Linux Smart Homes for Dummies
โ Scribed by Neil Cherry
- Book ID
- 127433850
- Publisher
- Wiley Pub
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 9 MB
- Series
- For dummies
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Library
- City
- Hoboken, NJ
- ISBN
- 0764598236
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
- This book shows Linux hobbyists how to create a wireless, integrated home network that controls home automation devices and automates home services* Demonstrates how to connect a wireless network to multiple computers and then make it communicate with home automation devices-no programming knowledge required!* Provides step-by-step instructions for streaming audio to any room in the house, setting up a smart phone system, creating a Linux-based weather station, controlling the thermostat, controlling appliances, automating light switches, adding remote control to a computer or phone system, adding voice controls, and much more* The CD-ROM features open source tools that are used with home automation hardware, including Freevo (free version of Tivo) and Bluelava (Web interface for X10 hardware)
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