[mythtv-users] Home Automation + MythTV/Linux

Tortise tortise at paradise.net.nz
Thu Aug 7 05:26:54 UTC 2008


Hi

Has anyone achieved or looked into Zigbee integration with MythTV for Home Automation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZigBee Zigbee is a wireless system which is arguably more secure than X10 (Which to me can be simply 
overcome by plugging into the mains of a external device such as a light....exposing the whole X10 system!  Sorry X10!)  A mains 
filter is said to reduce security concerns however not the aforementioned exploit.

Zigbee on the other hand is a mesh network of low range wireless devices.  It may be that it is a better network than the 802.11 
series as the radio mesh can be localised to the area of interest with minimised wider broadcast capability / exposure.

Kind regards
The Tortise

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