What Installers Need to Know About Smart Home Hubs
The term ‘smart home’ has been around for a while now. Initially, it described a residence that was wired throughout and connected to the Internet. Now, the word ‘smart’ in smart home implies some kind of remote control, most likely …
Tips for Tidy Wire Management
Many installers agree that structured wiring using the home run method is the best solution for networking homes and businesses. It involves using dedicated cable runs from a central panel to each distribution point. But, with so much cabling coming …
More structured wiring options: Daisy chain with WiFi networking
Part two of structured wiring options for home and business connectivity In our last post we described the ‘home run’ or ‘star wiring’ method of installing a structured wiring network in a home or business. Other common methods include WiFi …
What exactly is home run wiring?
Part one of structured wiring options for home and business connectivity Family homes, as well as businesses, are now requiring better network solutions for ever-increasing demands for data. As a start, a whole-house network can greatly benefit from an efficient …
How multi-play solutions connect smart homes to the Internet of Things
If you follow tech news even casually, you’ve no doubt noticed a steady uptick in the number of articles about ‘smart homes’ and ‘multi-play’. Well, maybe “uptick” isn’t the right word, since it has actually been more of an explosion. …