INSTEON

I would love to automate the blinds in my house. There seem to be no good products for opening and closing blinds as the sun travels around the house.

I want temperature, humidity, motion, and CO2 sensors in Insteon-controlled light switches. So much could be achieved with a device like that.

Be vewy vewy quiet...we huntin wabbits!

When will you guys be coming to Fort Lauderdale? Doing my first install tomorrow.

We were just in Miami about three weeks ago and we may be back to Orlando before the end of the year.

You're right, Dan. Introducing INSTEON into the DIY crowds of Make, SparkFun and Instructables would be great.

Any other fans out there looking for something like this?

There's also sites like phidgets.com (usb controlled sensors) and similar electronic tinkerer sites (here's a list) http://www.xmarks.com/site/www.phidgets.com/

Use Indigo Touch every day!

Hey Dan, it would be cool to take some screen shots of your favorite Indigo Touch screens and share them with the group.

I'm running MiCasa and it's great, more Insteon controllers are on the way :)

Thanks for the update, Kirk!

I need a % discount coupon. I have quite a few items that I would like to order...but the final bill is quite hefty. Any thoughts on when you'll have another % based discount? Coupons?

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A dedicated device that does what you describe is unlikely to be developed in the near future. What we can do with some ceiling fan manufactures is use our KeypadLinc to control two inline dimmers and set the dimmer for the fan to three different levels of fan speed by linking it to different preset dim levels. Keep in mind that not all fans like ... Read Moreto have dimmers put on them, but the ones that do work fine. The other inline dimmer would be connected to another button on the keypad. One way to tell if a ceiling fan is a good candidate for a dimmer to be controlling it would be to try it and see if the fan starts making a loud humming noise when you are dimming the switch that is controlling the speed. If it makes a loud hum then it should not be used if it is reasonable quite then it will be fine.