After outgrowing the capability of his Homeseer home automation system this guy decided to build his own. The system consists of a wide variety of hardware, everything from off the shelf X10 to custom build modules. For example to monitor his electricity consumption he is counting the number of times his meter flashes in a minute. What does it monitor? The easier question is what doesn’t it monitor…
Currently it is monitoring:
- Energy Consumption
- Water Consumption
- Gas Consumption
- Phone Calls (including caller ID)
- Weather
- Security Cameras
- Toilet flushes (look on the main page right column)
- Fridge Opens
- Washer and Dryer
- Door Bell Rings (also captures a picture of who was there)
- The list goes on and on……
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