Hasta La Ideas

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Nick McCarthy’s home automation home run:

This week’s selection may not seem like an office to most people, but the system Nick has assembled could easily be used as one. Here’s his breakdown of what is featured in the picture:

I’ve installed a Home Automation System in my apartment consisting of GE Z-Wave Wireless dimmers, a Vera Z-Wave Controller, an attached USB-UIRT to transmit IR to my TV/Receiver, and SQ Remote running on my iPad to let me control it all.

With this setup, I can turn on my TV/Receiver, Fire up Plex on my Office/HTPC, play a movie, dim the lights and control the volume.

In addition to the iPad that is controlling his hardware, he has a “cable modem, wireless router, and home automation controller” behind the doors of his media center. He has 6TB of storage, too. He also has access to his media center on his regular size computer in another part of his place. Being able to sit on the couch and do work from an iPad and have it show up on the big screen television is darn nifty. Thank you, Nick, for sharing your home automation setup with us.

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