February 12, 2016Home Automation, Home Security Netgear’s Arlo Q Security Cam is a Winner I’ve had quite a few different IP/Security Cameras from various vendors like D-Link, Foscam, Insteon, etc. going back to my first […]
June 8, 2014Connected Home, Home Automation, Windows 8.1 Get MMS Alerts from Insteon Cameras I’ve got a great set up for Home Automation and Security, thanks to my Insteon devices and software, including the newly […]
June 3, 2014Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Windows 8.1 Insteon Windows 8.1 App Fixed with Update Yesterday, I wrote about my disappointment with the initial release of the Insteon for Hub App that was released to the […]
March 13, 2014Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Windows 8.1 Updating My Home Automation and Security System A couple of years ago, I wrote a series of posts detailing my roll your own home automation and security system. […]
February 13, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking DIY Home Automation I’ve recently written 5 posts about "do it yourself home security". Another piece of the puzzle I wanted to solve involved home […]
February 12, 2012Connected Home, Home Security, Media Center, Networking, Windows Media Center DIY Home Security Part 5 – View Cams in Windows Media Center I mentioned viewing my cameras in Smartvue for iPxxx devices in a previous post. I actually posted some details on how to […]
February 5, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 4 – View Cameras From Anywhere In Part 3, I wrote about setting up dynamic DNS and port forwarding for my cameras and desktop controller as well as […]
February 4, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 3 – DYNDNS, Port Forwarding As I mentioned in Part 1, setting up the D-Link IP cameras (and IP camera in general most likely) is easy if […]
February 3, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology DIY Home Security Part 2 – Configuring Motion Alerts The heart of my home security system is motion detection and alerts. As I mentioned in the first post, I selected Blue […]
February 2, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Technology DIY Home Security Late last year, I decided that paying ADT $40 a month wasn’t worth it. I had 10 year old security equipment and […]