| Do you enjoy doing working on projects around | | | | your home is warm and comfortable. |
| your home? Then consider a DIY home | | | | There are inexpensive automation products on |
| automation project. You can save money by | | | | the market today that allow you to control your |
| doing it yourself. You can enjoy the satisfaction | | | | thermostat via the internet or telephone. You can |
| that comes as you work on your project. You | | | | purchase and install the products yourself. |
| can take pride when your project is completed to | | | | Make sure all your individual automation products |
| your satisfaction. | | | | are compatible with each other. |
| Products are on the market today that make it | | | | If you have an existing house that is not |
| easy for the do-it-yourselfer. They are not | | | | pre-wired for home automation, there are now |
| expensive. You do not have to be a wizard to | | | | systems on the market that communicate both |
| understand how to install and use these products. | | | | wirelessly and over the electric power lines |
| Here's how to get started | | | | already installed throughout your house. They are |
| Think of ways your home life could be made | | | | designed to work together with maximum |
| easier, more comfortable, more convenient, safer | | | | functionality. |
| or less stressful. More than likely, there is a DIY | | | | Start with remote thermostat control and expand |
| home automation solution. | | | | your system later |
| Suppose you travel a lot. It's mid-winter. When | | | | The starter system that you set up to control |
| you leave home you turn the thermostat way | | | | your thermostat can be expanded to do much |
| down to save energy. When you return, your | | | | more. Lamps, dimmers and switches, hard-wired |
| home is cold and uncomfortable. You turn up your | | | | outlet modules, plug-in modules, thermostats |
| thermostat and wait for your home to slowly | | | | controls for heating and cooling, garage door |
| warm up to your comfort zone. | | | | controls, and much more -- all can be controlled as |
| Here's your solution: Adjust your thermostat | | | | long all the devices are compatible with each |
| remotely via telephone or the internet before you | | | | other. |
| arrive home. When you walk in your front door, | | | | |