by Mark Edward Soper (Author)
Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will walk through the process of outfitting every room in your home with a network connection that you can control with a few clicks on your computer keyboard. Complete with illustrations and photographs, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will have you riding the wave of the future in no time.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
Publisher: QUE With Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation shows users how to take control of their home. Never again will they worry about turning on lights when away. Never again will they serve meals late because they forgot to turn on the crock pot. And the good news is, users don't have to be a card-carrying nerd to do it either. With a few simple tools and the existing 110 electrical wiring, users can be on their way. With a few other additions, X10 technology and a little effort, users can create a home that does their bidding. X10 Technology is a protocol that simply allows commands to be sent over power lines to control electrical devices. X10 is a communications language that allows compatible products to talk to each other via the existing 110V electrical wiring in the home. No costly rewiring is necessary. And the best part, it's now more affordable than ever. This technology has been around for more than 25 years, but only recently has it become mainstream, affordable and useful. To most, home networking is something you do to connect one or two PCs for a rousing game of Unreal Tournament. Think bigger. With the skills taught in Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation, users can outfit every room in their house with a network connection, allowing them to control X10 and other home automation systems with a few clicks of the keys.
Published: 08 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0789732076
ISBN 13: 9780789732071
Book Overview:
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home AutomationAbout the Author
Mark Edward Soper is president of Select Systems and Associates, Inc., a technical writing and training organization.
Mark is a 22-year veteran of the technology industry. His previous experience in photography, creative writing, and journalism has helped him make high technology useful to everyone.
Mark has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. He is an A+ Certified hardware technician and a Microsoft Certified Professional. Mark's previous books on home technology subjects for Que include The Complete Idiot's Guide to High-Speed Internet Connections, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cable Internet Connections, Easy Digital Cameras, and Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Networking. Mark is also the author of TechTV'sUpgrading Your PC, Second Edition, published by another Pearson Technology imprint, Peachpit Press.
Mark coauthored both the first and second editions of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Technician's Portable Reference, Upgrading and Repairing PCs Field Guide (which has been translated into several languages) and Upgrading and Repairing PCs: A+ Study Certification Guide, Second Edition with Scott Mueller, one of the world's leading PC hardware experts. Mark also co-authored the original edition of TechTV's Upgrading Your PC with Patrick Norton. Mark has been writing technical documents since the mid-1980s and has contributed to many other Que books, including Upgrading and Repairing PCs (starting with the 11th edition through the current 16th edition); Upgrading and Repairing Laptops; Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Second Edition; Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition; Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (alleditions);Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (all editions); Platinum Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP. Mark has also contributed to MaximumPC Ultimate PC Performance Guide and MaximumPC Guide to Building a Dream PC.
Mark has been writing for major computer magazines since 1990, with more than 140 articles in publications such as SmartComputing, PCNovice, PCNovice Guides, the PCNovice Learning Series,and MaximumPC. His early work was published in WordPerfect Magazine, The WordPerfectionist, and PCToday. Many of Mark's articles are available in back issues or electronically via the World Wide Web at http://www.smartcomputing.com. Mark welcomes comments at mesoper@selectsystems.com.
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