July 2012
Beginner
176 pages
7h 48m
English

Automation UPStart, Bacteria Battery, and Stone Grinding
The chart in your article “DIY Home Automation” [Volume 30, page 42] says that “Setting up Universal Powerline Bus requires expensive software tools, usually purchased by a contractor.” That’s incorrect. Setting up UPB requires software called UPStart, which is available free to anyone and is all you need to set up many installations. UPStart even has signal strength and noise meters built in, something that most protocols need expensive hardware devices ...