Square Connect SQ Blaster and SQ Remote review: Home automation, unified

Having already taken our first feverish steps down the path of an automated home , we figured it was time to try and integrate the home entertainment system with the household lighting. Our goal coming into this review was to sit down on the sofa and hit a single button on an old, unused iPhone 3G to automatically dim the lights, fire up the 5.1 sound, flip on the media streamer, and ignite the projector. To accomplish this seemingly monumental task we installed a WiFi-enabled SQ Blaster in the TV cabinet, a puck-shaped IR blaster from Square Connect that communicates with MiOS home control gateways like Mi Casa Verde’s Vera . So, did we succeed? Did we achieve the ultimate in home-owner nerdvana? You’d better believe it. Read on to find out how. Continue reading Square Connect SQ Blaster and SQ Remote review: Home automation, unified Square Connect SQ Blaster and SQ Remote review: Home automation, unified originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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