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| Credits | |
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| Preface | |
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| A Foot in the Front Door | |
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| Know the X10 Address | |
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| Turn On a Light | |
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| Master Your Appliances | |
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| Send X10 Commands | |
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| Send X10 Commands Wirelessly | |
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| Keep Watch with Motion Detectors | |
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| Turn On the Lights When You Enter a Room | |
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| Turn On the Lights When They're Needed | |
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| Ring a Bell to Alert the House | |
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| Sense What's Happening | |
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| Control the Uncontrollable | |
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| Groom Your Home for X10 | |
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| Set Addresses for Modules Without Dials | |
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| Increase the Spousal Approval Factor | |
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| Unplug Your Computer | |
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| Add a Brain to Your Smart Home | |
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| Get to Know XTension | |
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| Get to Know Indigo | |
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| Get to Know HomeSeer | |
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| Sync with the Sun | |
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| Choose the Right Controller | |
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| Maintain an X10 Library | |
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| Shop for Secret X10 Devices | |
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| Welcome to the State Machine | |
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| Office | |
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| Remember Important Events | |
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| Keep the Lights On While You Work | |
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| Know Who's Calling | |
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| Broadcast Announcements to the Whole House | |
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| Announce Events with Recorded Announcements | |
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| Send Pager Messages | |
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| Broadcast Messages on Your Home Network | |
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| Control Your Printer from Afar | |
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| Phone Your Home | |
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| Control Your Home with Phlink | |
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| Forward Phone Calls | |
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| Silence the House when You're on the Phone | |
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| Kitchen and Bath | |
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| Brew Your Morning Coffee | |
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| Detect the Beer Thief | |
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| Install a Kitchen Terminal | |
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| Install a Home TV Server | |
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| Control Your Heating Remotely | |
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| Monitor the Refrigerator Door | |
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| Heat the Toilet Seat | |
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| Detect Flooding | |
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| Monitor the Litter Box | |
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| Avoid Battery Memory Problems | |
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| Bedroom | |
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| Educate Your Alarm Clock | |
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| Put the House to Sleep for the Night | |
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| Lighting for Insomniacs | |
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| Adjust Lights as the Sun Rises | |
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| Simulate a Sunrise | |
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| Motorize Your Window Blinds | |
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| Outdo Big Ben | |
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| Garage and Yard | |
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| Monitor Your Driveway | |
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| Know If the Garage Door Is Open | |
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| Control Your Garage Door | |
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| Control Your Home from Your Car | |
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| See Through Walls | |
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| Use Indoor Modules in the Great Outdoors | |
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| Control Outdoor Lighting | |
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| Track Fuel Consumption | |
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| Know When the Mail Arrives | |
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| Mow the Lawn | |
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| Get the Weather | |
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| Safely Water the Garden | |
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| Foster Green Pastures with a Smart Sprinkler System | |
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| Stop Watering During Rainstorms | |
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| Adapt Sprinkler Schedules and Solar Water Heating to Available Sunlight | |
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| Security | |
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| Check for an Empty Home | |
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| Know Who's Home | |
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| Avoid False Intrusion Alarms | |
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| Nobody Here but Us Ghosts | |
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| Send Notifications of Home Events | |
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| Who's There? | |
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| Secure Your Construction Site | |
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| Monitor Your Summer Home | |
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| Protect Outdoor Cameras | |
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| Know When Windows and Doors Are Open | |
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| Bark like a Dog | |
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| Unite Your Alarm and Home Automation Systems | |
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| Instill Peace of Mind for the Elderly | |
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| Monitor Your Home with a Network Camera | |
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| Advanced Techniques | |
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| Improve the Response Time of Motion Detectors | |
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| Check for Dead Motion Detector Batteries | |
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| Outsmart Motion Detectors | |
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| Improve X10 Reliability | |
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| Avoid Common X10 Problems | |
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| Streamline Your AppleScripts | |
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| Harness Your Hamster to Power a Night Light | |
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| Get More Out of Your Motion Detectors | |
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| Track Home Events with iCal | |
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| Chart Home Automation Data | |
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| Share Your Home Automation Mac with Other Users | |
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| Remap X10 Addresses | |
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| Control Lights in a Group | |
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| Block Units for Easier Scripting | |
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| Calculate Elapsed Time | |
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| Identify Trouble Spots | |
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| Control Your Home from a Web Browser | |
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| Which Way Did She Go? | |
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| Index | |