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Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Blind Folioi P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Blind Folioii About the Authors RobertC.Elsenpeterisanauthorandaward-winningjournalist.Heisco-author ofWindowsXPProfessionalNetworkAdministration,E-Business:ABeginner’sGuide, and Optical Networking: ABeginner’s Guide (all McGraw-Hill/Osborne). TobyJ.Velte,Ph.D.,MCSE+I,CCNA,CCDA,isatechnologyentrepreneur in Minneapolis, MN. He has helped launch four companies including Velte Publishing,anetworkingandinformationsystemspublishingfirm.Dr.Velte is co-author of the best-selling Cisco: A Beginner's Guide (2001, McGraw-Hill/ Osborne)[email protected]. About the Technical Editor GlenCarty,CCIE,isadataandtelecommunicationsspecialistinOdessa,FL.He hasheldpositionswithbothIBMGlobalNetworkandAT&Tandistheauthor of the book Broadband Networking, and a contributing author to Stephen Bigelow's Troubleshooting,Maintaining,andRepairingNetworks(bothMcGraw-Hill/Osborne). P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Blind Folioiii Build Your Own Smart Home Robert C. Elsenpeter Toby J. Velte McGraw-Hill/Osborne New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Front Matter/ Blind folioiv McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2100 Powell Street, 10thFloor Emeryville, California 94608 U.S.A. To arrange bulk purchase discounts for sales promotions, premiums, or fund-raisers, please contactMcGraw-Hill/Osborne at the above address. For information on translations or book distributorsoutsidetheU.S.A.,pleaseseetheInternationalContactInformationpageimmediately following the index of this book. Build Your Own Smart Home Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. 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P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Blind Foliov For Calvin and Rowena Pope P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Blind Foliovi Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen This page intentionally left blank P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:01 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Front Matter/ Blind Foliovii Contents at a Glance Part I Meet the Smart Home 1 Smart Home Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Smart Home Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 The Cost of a Smart Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4 Designing and Building the Smart Home LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Part II Smart Home Safety Systems 5 Security Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6 Designing and Building a Security System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7 Programming the Security System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 8 The Smart Home Garage and Lawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Part III Smart Home Utility Systems 9 Lighting the Smart Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 10 The Smart Home Kitchen and Bathroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 11 Smart Home Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 12 Smart Home Communication Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 vii P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:02 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Front Matter/ Folioviii viii Contents at a Glance Part IV Smart Home Entertainment and Integration 13 Audio/Video Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 14 Audio and Video Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 15 Working and Playing Together: The Smart Home Way . . . . . . . . . 297 16 Smart Home Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Appendix Smart Home Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:02 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Build8/ Build Your Own Smart Home / Velte / 3013-4 / Front Matter/ Blind Folioix Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii Part I Meet the Smart Home Chapter 1 Smart Home Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meet Your Smart Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Waking Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 During the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Welcome Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ARelaxing Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Going to Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Still of the Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Smart Home Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Home LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Exterior Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Home Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ix P:\010Comp\Build8\013-4\FM.vp Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:27:02 AM