Recent content by Jim Reid

After doing some more reading on Home Assistant versus Smartthings, it looks like I am going to go down that rabbit hole, after all. So now my plan is to buy a new computer that is powerful enough to run Plex Media Server, Blue Iris, and a Linux VM with Home Assistant. This will give me the full...

Yep, I did a pretty good job of over cabling... There are 42 Ethernet runs coming to the media closet using solid copper Cat6 (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B071W2FVPL) My main concern now is that I'd like to get an NVR, camera, and doorbell camera system that works well with Google Home...

I looked through the Cliff Notes and found that they said "doorbell cameras are the only exclusion" to their recommendation to not use cloud based camera systems. I assume this is because of the currently limited selection of doorbell cameras. I did find on Doorbird's site that they officially...

I ran Cat6 to my doorbell location during our remodel and I'm thinking of getting a Doorbird D101.

We are currently in the process of remodeling a home and we are expecting to move in around Thanksgiving. During the remodel, I went ahead and ran Cat6 cable around the home all coming back to a media closet in the family room. It's now time to go ahead and purchase the security camera system...