Moving Forward

Today I just learned that we are still on track for installning our foundation. This is big news!

I am still been waiting for Marvin Electroncis to contact me! In case you are new to this, I talked with Marvin Electronics to see what it would take to install a new Crestron Prodigy system into my new house. This was over 2 weeks ago. I guess they don't want my business. So, I guess its time to look for someone new. I'll get back to you shortly with what I have found.

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Crestron Prodigy Layout

Something that I found very helpful is to use your floor plan drawings when you design the home automation layout.

Because mine was just created, I was able to use the digital version of it. I then took it in to Photoshop and used the layers to mark out my zones. Each zone has it's own color. In fact each devise like switches and dimmers, and so on, also have their own layer and color.

For the devises, I used there color and made dots on the floor plan drawing to represent where they would be somewhat located. My architect seems to be quite pleased with this way of representing the locations of the devices.

Back soon...

Ok, I'm back.  Anyway, using the digital copy of the floor plan really made it that much easier.  It gives you a true birdseye view of your whole house.

Coming soon, I will talk about the difference that I have found between Crestron Prodigy and Control4.

Thanks!

Installing Crestron's Prodigy

Hello - and welcome to my blog about installing a new Crestron Prodigy system into my soon to be built house.   We are still at the design phase right now, but we are hoping to break ground within the next few weeks.

Anyway, yesterday I went into Fort Worth to visit Marvin Electronics.  I wanted to get a better understanding of what it is I'm getting into $$$.  Now I've got to wait another few days before I have an answer.  Oh well.

In case your interested, here is what I looking at doing:

First things first, come up with the zones.  What rooms will share stuff like music and video.  In the case of our house, we will have 6 zones.  The master bedroom, bath, and utility room will be Zone 1.  Zone 2 will be the Theater.  Zone 3 is made up of the living room, kitchen, dinning, and the main hallway that runs down the center of the house.  Zone 4 is bedroom 1 (my office) and Zone 5 is the bedroom 2.  Zone 6 will be for outside, being the front and back yards.

Next, it was on to the lighting.  Because Crestron Prodigy is essentially made up of wireless devices, all I really needed to do was figure out where I wanted my light switches, dimmers, and room controllers.

Sticking to the Zones, lets take Zone 1 and what I wanted to do there.

Zone 1 - Master bedroom, bathroom, and utility room.
P-SWRF       Light Switches for on/off
P-DIMRF     Dimmers
P-CBD          Lighting Keypad
P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)
P-IDOC        Ipod/Ipad/Iphone connections
P-STATRF  Thermostate

Security System controls

Zone 2 - Theater/Hobby Room

P-SWRF       Light Switches for on/off

P-DIMRF     Dimmers

P-CBD          Lighting Keypad

P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)

P-IDOC        Ipod/Ipad/Iphone connections

Zone 3 - Living/Family Room, Kitchen, Dinning

P-SWRF       Light Switches for on/off

P-DIMRF     Dimmers

P-CBD          Lighting Keypad

P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)

P-IDOC        Ipod/Ipad/Iphone connections

P-STATRF  Thermostate

Security System Controls

Zone 4 - Bed Room 1, or my office

P-SWRF       Light Switches for on/off

P-DIMRF     Dimmers

P-CBD          Lighting Keypad

P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)

P-IDOC        Ipod/Ipad/Iphone connections

Zone 5 - Bedroom 2

P-SWRF       Light Switches for on/off

P-DIMRF     Dimmers

P-CBD          Lighting Keypad

P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)

P-IDOC        Ipod/Ipad/Iphone connections

Zone 6 - Outdoors

P-CBD          Lighting Keypad

P-CBD-AD  Touchpad for music - video functions I hope to install at the same time ($$$)

Thats all for now.