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I know we want folks to post automation stuff here , but if you want some great info on home automation go to....
www.home-automation.org.
Also a good system is the www.homeseer.com site

Check these out and if you do install one come back and tell us how it works.:)

thank inpector i always love finding new sites to purouse to give me ideas for my next home project.

heh, thanks inspectorD, you just saved me a whole lot of time