Guide to Digital Home
Technology Integration
by
Quentin Wells
The
most complete, up-to-date resource for home technology integration
and home automation available,
Residential Integrator’s Guide
to Digital Home Technology Integration explores how the latest
high-tech systems converge to create integrated, whole-home unified
systems.
With a focus on installation,
troubleshooting, and maintenance, coverage includes LANs, internet
connectivity, video and audio systems, telephone systems, security
systems, lighting controls, and more.
The book first focuses on the
basics of each technology segment, what it does, and how its various
components work, and then progresses to explain how to connect these
components into a unified working system that accomplishes a
specific function.
This instruction culminates in
the ultimate in home technology integration fundamentals: it reveals
how all home technologies can be integrated in a single home
automation and communication system that provides maximum
performance in all areas, while staying within the budget of the
average home owner.
Designed for the
professional installer who wants to obtain
DHTI+
certification or do-it-yourself home owners, the book’s
straightforward writing style and comprehensive approach make this a
valuable resource.
Features:
- Practical training projects
and case studies help readers gain hands-on
experience in high and low voltage wiring, wireless
setup, component installation, testing, maintenance,
and troubleshooting
- Multiple illustrations and
photographs provide detailed explanations of how
tools and components work
- Step-by-step instructions
deliberately and carefully spell out how to perform
critical procedures for solid comprehension
- Provides insights from
working professionals that focus on common errors
and ways to fix them, providing readers with
information they can use in real-world situations
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Contents:
Chapter 1 - Introduction to HTI
Chapter 2 - Home Technology Networks - The Basics
Chapter 3 - Home Network Design and Configuration
Chapter 4 - Home Network Central Components and Low Voltage
Wiring
Chapter 5 - High Voltage Wiring
Chapter 6 - Video and Audio Fundamentals
Chapter 7 - Audio/Video Installation and Setup
Chapter 8 - Home Security and Access System Fundamentals
Chapter 9 - Security System Installation and Setup
Chapter 10 - Telecommunications Fundamentals and Installation
Chapter 11 - Home Automation and Control Systems - Lighting;
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC); Water; and
Automated Devices
Chapter 12 - Power Supply and Conditioning
Chapter 13 - Troubleshooting Integrated Digital Home Technology
Systems
521 Pages
Copyright 2009
About the Author:
Quentin Wells is Student Media Center
Director at Salt Lake Community College, and has worked and taught
in the video production and computer areas since 1970.
Formerly general manager of Career Research
Corporation and FilmWorks, an audio visual company, Wells holds a
degree in Political Science and has written numerous instructional
and training manuals as well as more than 75 documentary and
educational video programs.
He has trained teachers and administrators in
school districts and colleges across the country. In addition to
technical writing, he has also published a novel based on his early
career as a CIA officer.
2008 NEC
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