[uiu]   The Tools There are a great many tools or hardware devices and software applications that are used to create the automated home. In this section we will take a look at some of the hardware and software used and developed by me. H = Hardware           S = Software H Homevision A description of the hardware and some of it's functions H H X10 modules The available types and their functions H H FirM Hardware A description and explaination of the best (IMHO) hardware add-on for Homevision H H Temperature probes Pico temperature probes used by me H H Rocket port A network serial hub allowing almost endless serial ports H H Rio/DDAR MP3 hifi component for music all around the house H H EPODS Wonderful little windows CE touchscreen device H H Fujitsu PT510 Windows 98 flat panel PC H H Ethernet over powerline A God send for those who don't have CAT5 everywhere H H Pronto and Pronto PRO Touchscreen IR remotes with PC interface H S HomeAutomator Visual Basic DCOM interface to Homevision, ASP, VBscript and other applications S S Asterisk Linux based PBX supporting SIP H.323 and IAX protocols S

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