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Discussing the Home Automation System

Bob meets with Tom Morgan of Home Automation Inc to look at the "brain" for the home automation system and then goes on to meet with the wiring contractor to see how the house is wired.
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Discussing the Home Automation System

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" In the last century wiring a house meant telephones and electricity and that was it but now in the 21 century it's gotten much more complicated Tom Morgan is here. From. We want to make it home automation getting and that's a lot to concept but what we're talking about is the ability for a house to. Control itself not only in terms of lights and in terms of bones but also in terms of entertainment and security and everything else."

" Absolutely as a work but we do is is that we manufacture. Controllers. These controllers. Allow you to take your lighting. In your thermostats. In New York. Our security. As well as your telephone even the Internet today. You can allow all them to seamlessly work together to work together yes so that what we're striving for is what I'm calling a connected home -- that term and perhaps. And the connected home really means it all of those different technologies. Are put to work that's not for example in terms of security. What will this allow me to do here at that time OK when you go to bed what will be able to do is is simply when you arm your security system. Is that we can do such things as turn off lights in the house. As well as give you protection on the windows and doors right set back your thermostat so you're saving energy every single and the OK and then this house Burgundy something fun. We're going to make sure that the garage doors and a -- but if there that don't. But this is also the nerve center for the electronics that are coming into the house in terms of the world wide web. In terms of compressed. Signals for video and all that right or actually what we will be doing is where the world wide web we actually have in. In interface that allows the lighting is well as the security. To all. Totally into this one control board so that this control board gives you the actual control within the home."

" Now the control box saying -- gets installed I've got. Right here in this closet and Julian I think before we go any further you want to remove that directions all right so that we can put it in the safe box. And that get away from these dangerous drugs. That's kind of brought one more expensive component yet little thing right. So I'll make sure that our contractor has that. And time in terms of the actual wiring that's going on I'm gonna talk with John white about that is they're the contractor on that content thanks for coming -- thank you -- done let's talk about the wires that go into the -- Well here you've got a little."

" Ray ran IRA have filed wires will be in the people in this countless -- and I mean what what's this purchases -- to gauge low voltage wiring rule one contact there's security system that's for the security system that's. That's nothing really new that's been around for awhile that's correct Bob OK here we got the fourth airliner this is also going to be the controls for the key ads. And various interfacing devices for the security panel as well as the home automation and what about like temperature controls and stuff that's correct that's through this as well yes OK. And then this here we've got four twisted care. High speed data line. Cat five cat five this is the important stuff that you want to put in new construction that's right right. And then this one this is the quad shielded RG six coaxial cable tool used for video applications as well as cable modems wow OK. And then we've got this. This is a four pair sixteen gauge oxygen free audio wiring and so they can handle the moisture in the area fabulous and this is for speakers that's correct for music. And the last one this institute -- be speakers as well."

" Let's go into the family room for example -- see how it works. I know that this is going to be the entertainment wall correct and entertainment today means more than just watching TV or using a VCR there's all sorts of new. Technology -- coming out movies are available on different kinds that this will be digital surround sound and things are gonna come to the house in compressed signals then what are you. What you do here --"

" As a coaxial cable which once it was a video application of it. -- into the house here via satellite or local cable services. In here as well we'll have we're running cat five again. And this is for interactive television for satellite TV where you might have program ordering they're going to go back out through the cat five high speed."

" Exactly so you're communicating back and forth all right what about the security system in the house is is that are also 21 century -- that some older technology it's it's kind of it is it's evolved there's some technologies in it right now that have been done for years where we have now recessed magnetic contacts yeah that's been around that's been around wildly those that is there and down under the house that this house is built on a crawl space it. Given that it's across these can't anybody just go there and cut it. Well if they did they'd actually activate the system the relay would actually. Fire assistance so that it would initiate the security system if if the wire were these OK well thanks John I can't wait till it's all. Up and work --"

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