Greetings.
Building a home currently and will start wiring up and buying hardware in a couple months. My PC that will be hosting the HS VM will be located in my home office, which is sort of a tower room located above the main-floor master bedroom. The main floor of the home is where 90% of any wifi and z-wave devices will be located. There will also be an unfinished basement that we'll be adding to in time.
I am currently planning on getting a Z-Net for the remote placement functionality but don't want to make it an obvious "box" mounted to a wall nor do I want to make it hard to access since it may need replacement in time, etc.
One thought was to put it into a recess box in a wall (similar to a large switch box or an in-wall speaker housing) with a painted grill to help hide it. But I'm worried that would limit it's effectiveness. Another idea was to have it sitting on a book shelf nook in our living room or mounted under a desk that will be in the same general area.
But I'm wondering what others may suggest. I'm trying to keep it located pretty centered to where most sensors will be active, including some door locks and HW-100/200 light switches. But also keep it hidden without impacting functionality or access too much.
advTHANKSance!
Building a home currently and will start wiring up and buying hardware in a couple months. My PC that will be hosting the HS VM will be located in my home office, which is sort of a tower room located above the main-floor master bedroom. The main floor of the home is where 90% of any wifi and z-wave devices will be located. There will also be an unfinished basement that we'll be adding to in time.
I am currently planning on getting a Z-Net for the remote placement functionality but don't want to make it an obvious "box" mounted to a wall nor do I want to make it hard to access since it may need replacement in time, etc.
One thought was to put it into a recess box in a wall (similar to a large switch box or an in-wall speaker housing) with a painted grill to help hide it. But I'm worried that would limit it's effectiveness. Another idea was to have it sitting on a book shelf nook in our living room or mounted under a desk that will be in the same general area.
But I'm wondering what others may suggest. I'm trying to keep it located pretty centered to where most sensors will be active, including some door locks and HW-100/200 light switches. But also keep it hidden without impacting functionality or access too much.
advTHANKSance!
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