Smart Home Basics – Serial Connections

Smart Home Basics – Serial Connections

Chances are, you’re more familiar with Serial Connections than you realize. This is just a fancy name for a hardwired connection.  Most of our Computer monitors in the last 10 years were a type of Serial connection. It’s the funny adapter with all the pins...
Smart Home Basics – IP Control

Smart Home Basics – IP Control

IP Control is really a serial connection over the internet.  It can be wireless or hardwired depending on how the connected devices is connected to the home network.  Like serial connections, IP supports 2-way feedback. IR and Serial connections require a hardwired...
How To Prewire A Smart Home

How To Prewire A Smart Home

Can I Prewire My Own Home? … How Do I Wire A Surround Sound? Are you thinking about wiring your own Smart Home and Home Theater?  Are you wondering if you can?  Why not!  Pulling the wire is surprisingly simple. The tricky part is designing the prewire layout...
How To Prewire Distributed Home Audio

How To Prewire Distributed Home Audio

Audio Distribution ( Link to Audio Distribution Page) is pretty straightforward.  You send music from a central device, to speakers all over the home.  Prewiring your audio is usually simple, but there’s a few choices you need to make first. Are You Doing An Intercom...
How To Prewire Video Distribution

How To Prewire Video Distribution

UPDATED:  June 2023 If you’re unfamiliar with Video Distribution (sometimes called Media Distribution), I’ve written a short post for you here so we’re on the same page. What Wire Should You Run For Video Distribution? We recommend running (2)Cat6,...