EIB Home Automation Basics英文电子书.pdf

A Page 1 of 20 1. Approaching home automation... Guide to Course 1. Approaching Home Automation 2. Wiring in New Construction 3. Wiring in Existing Construction 4. Getting Used to X10 5. Infrared Other Protocols 6. Audio and Video Distribution 7. Programming Logic 8. Resources In my book Integrating the Smart Home and its Owner (ISHO for short) I make mention of the fact that Home Automation is something of a black art. Not in any moral sense, of course, but it is so very undefined that it can mean almost anything. Id like you to know on this very first page exactly what I mean when I speak of home automation. First of all, I hate the term. It doesnt mean anything substantial. Heck, your furnace comes on automatically, doesnt it? And cant you control the light bulb on the other side of the room by flicking a switch? I can hear it now: Gee, the neighbors say, you must have an automated home! Hardly. Just because some things happen automatically doesnt necessarily imply home automation. (Ow - the phrase is painful). I much prefer the term system integration. A Page 2 of 20 System Integration speaks to the need for intelligent cooperation between the electronic systems in your home. It could be a matter as small as controlling different lighting zones by time or circumstance, or it may go so far as interfacing audio/video, security, lighting, heating a/c, sprinkler systems, oh-gosh-so-many -other-things. Remember the key idea: Integration of systems. Did you ever have a great idea that really excited you, but found you couldnt put it into words? Turned out that you really didnt have such a good idea of what your great idea was, didnt it? Once you have a grip o