11-24-2013, 10:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-24-2013, 10:52 AM by Tin Turtle.)
I have a home that was built in 67. It is a tri-level with a large woodshop that is occupied mostly by just myself. Since 2009 I have also spent a lot of time in Beijing.
I run a modified Baby Dragon that has 3 virtuals on it, two Windows and one of Oracle Linux. There is a gig switch, and I pulled Cat5 through some parts of the house when I did some mods years ago. So there are two drops upstairs, one behind the AV center, my office etc. Wireless runs as well.
So I just put in a security camera in the shop along with Blue Iris. Amazing. I am hooked. I installed CQC yesterday and made a couple of templates, one with Blue Iris running. Works great, I like the flexibility.
My 3 non-camera devices that I feel are requirements would be Smoke, CO2, Thermostat. So the Nest products look pretty good in that regard. Easy, quick and a no brainer.
But... I would like to have water detection. And then it would be nice to have wireless open/close sensors on the windows and doors. Then it would be nice to have....
So CQC has some attractions. The dragon runs 365 and I tunnel in daily from China and manage the network. Works great with only one hang up over the last year (which was fixed with a replug by the neighbor). Since its already there, with lots of extra horsepower it has potential to really do some work in the house.
I can save money with a couple of features. One is auto shutting down the lights when nobody is in the room (I am terrible about this). The other thing would be putting dampers in the basement for some rooms in the house, not running the AC with the windows open etc, pre-heating the shop etc.
I am also looking at some other products too, mostly because I am concerned the drivers in CQC seem to be for older products. I have some flexibility because I am buying what I want with an eye to grow, but I need to make sure I have both wireless and hardwired options for areas of the house.
I am probably going to start by buying a piece of hardware to see how integration works. Luckily the demo period is long enough I should be able to figure out what to do.
I run a modified Baby Dragon that has 3 virtuals on it, two Windows and one of Oracle Linux. There is a gig switch, and I pulled Cat5 through some parts of the house when I did some mods years ago. So there are two drops upstairs, one behind the AV center, my office etc. Wireless runs as well.
So I just put in a security camera in the shop along with Blue Iris. Amazing. I am hooked. I installed CQC yesterday and made a couple of templates, one with Blue Iris running. Works great, I like the flexibility.
My 3 non-camera devices that I feel are requirements would be Smoke, CO2, Thermostat. So the Nest products look pretty good in that regard. Easy, quick and a no brainer.
But... I would like to have water detection. And then it would be nice to have wireless open/close sensors on the windows and doors. Then it would be nice to have....
So CQC has some attractions. The dragon runs 365 and I tunnel in daily from China and manage the network. Works great with only one hang up over the last year (which was fixed with a replug by the neighbor). Since its already there, with lots of extra horsepower it has potential to really do some work in the house.
I can save money with a couple of features. One is auto shutting down the lights when nobody is in the room (I am terrible about this). The other thing would be putting dampers in the basement for some rooms in the house, not running the AC with the windows open etc, pre-heating the shop etc.
I am also looking at some other products too, mostly because I am concerned the drivers in CQC seem to be for older products. I have some flexibility because I am buying what I want with an eye to grow, but I need to make sure I have both wireless and hardwired options for areas of the house.
I am probably going to start by buying a piece of hardware to see how integration works. Luckily the demo period is long enough I should be able to figure out what to do.