If this thing can detect guns the way they claim, and I have my doubts, then why not gut the gimmicky robot, install the hardware on the back-end, and mount cameras at the entry points? He holds the gun directly in front of the robot. Cool! Now back up 100′, and let me see if…
I’ve been running Plex as my media server for some years now, and it’s great. The one thing I’ve always wanted to get around to doing, was seeing if there was a way that I could get my Insteon SwitchLincs to respond to specific actions within Plex. For example, dim the lights to 15% when…
With the release of Android 5.0.1 on the Motorola 360 smart watch this month, you can now easily take a screenshot of what ever is on the watches display. It’s a little strange how the process works, but it works nonetheless. The only complaint is that there is no option to save the image directly…
In a past post Insteon Direct Commands, I explained how to build the http command to control your Insteon devices. Now there’s an easier way to build those commands, and it includes control of the Insteon thermostat as well.
In my article Insteon Direct Commands, I showed you how to turn devices off and on as well as set brightness levels. In this article I’m going to cover how you can control Insteon Scenes using the same technique. Again, let’s talk about the format of the URL. The command below is the format to…
So you have your Insteon Home Automation system up and running, and controlling it with your Android phone using the Insteon for Hub app. Now lets take it to the next level, and control it by voice commands. By installing a couple of Android apps, and using the Insteon Direct Commands I covered in my…
If you’re using SmartHome’s Insteon line of home automation products, you can actually send commands to the controller via a web browser to control the devices that you have installed. Why would you want to do that? Well, you could create a shortcut on your desktop or Android phone, that with a single click will…
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When you right-click any shortcut, and select Pin to Taskbar a new shortcut is pinned in the Windows taskbar. The problem with this is the large amount of space between those shortcuts. There’s no way to actually modify that space, but there is a work around that can eliminate the extra space.
Today marks the start of my new career with Dell as a Systems Integration Sr. Advisor.