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Low Voltage Wiring Add-On
 If you're building a new home, low voltage wiring is the way
to go for very responsive and reliable home automation. By
running low voltage wiring from your lights and sensors to a
central source, you can monitor and control your low
voltage wiring from Home Domination by using a digital I/O board.
All the various controllers supported by Home Domination can be
used concurrently, so you can even use X10
signals to control your low voltage outputs or use low voltage
inputs to control your X10 devices!
Low voltage wiring can be done in a number of
ways, however one configuration is to run the high voltage wiring
directly to the light, and have a 24 volt relay which turns the
light on and off. Low voltage wiring is run to a momentary
switch which controls the relay. A separate low voltage wire
can be run to a central location in the house so it can be
controlled with a computer. Motion sensors can also be
installed and wired to a central location. Using Home
Domination and a digital I/O device, you can log activity and
create macros that can automatically do switching. The
macros can use a combination of time and sensor triggers, so you
can have the macro only take affect at certain times if desired.
The IO board support is an add-on module that is
enabled with an authorization code. Any version of the product
will let you evaluate it for 30 days once you add an IO switch or
sensor. After that time, you will only be allowed to create X10
sensors or switches.
You can plug this device into any available USB port and use
it to control your low voltage wiring. It controls up to
16 inputs or outputs, and you can add as many units as you have
ports available, or use a USB hub for even more. This is
supported for Windows 2000 operating systems and beyond (Windows
2000, XP, 2003 Server, ...)
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Other Digital I/O Devices
Home Domination is capable of communicating to any digital
I/O board that is controlled by sending data directly the
computer's internal I/O ports. A driver must first be
installed (not done by the normal install), and the driver must
be configured for the proper base address, therefore, you will
need to email
if you're interested in using one of these digital I/O
boards. This driver is currently only available for
Windows 2000. When emailing, please indicate the specific
brand and model of the digital I/O board being used.
There's no guarantee that your particular board will be
supported, however we may consider adding support for it.
Home Domination has been tested with the ADLINK ACL-7122
144-CH Programmable Digital IO Board. This is an
older card an may no longer be available. Check out http://www.adlinktech.com
and search for "Digital I/O Card" to see their current
list of controller boards from ADLINK. There may be plenty
of other manufacturers other than ADLINK for this type of
board.
If you would like other I/O devices to be supported, please
email.
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