Computers
in the home are certainly not new, however, as we all upgrade our older
machines to newer high-speed PC’s, we end up with less capable
computers with no resale value. If you terminate your new home with a
home networking system, you can connect all of your computers together
and be able to share resources. Now everybody in the home can have his
or her own computer connected to the high-speed network with full
ability to print, share devices such as CD/DVD-ROM drives, digital
cameras and scanners from his or her own room and access a high-speed
Internet connection.
Imagine being able to come home after
work with your laptop and being able to plug into the network at the
kitchen table allowing you to be just as productive at home as you are
at work. You now have access to the printer in your home office without
making any cabling changes or moving equipment. These
networks also allow you to access digital audio and video from the
Internet almost anywhere in the home.
Video has
evolved to be more than just TV. A home network can take the output of
your VCR, DVD, Satellite or Cable feed and run it down to the distribution panel.
We then use a technology called multiplexing or channel modulation to
assign the output of the video device a particular channel. Let's say
channel 59. We then take the modulated channel and insert it into the
video distribution area of the panel. That’s it! Now every TV in the
home can view the family room or home theatre DVD/Satellite on channel 59. Remote
control signals can also be relayed by the system, allowing you full
control over that device with a standard Universal remote
control. Surveillance cameras can be “plugged” into the system to
be viewed on any TV in the home or even remotely from a computer with
high speed Internet connection. Now with HDMI, High Definition TV and Video signals can be shared between HDTVs throughout the home from a single source.
Telephony
has come a long way in a very short time and the future promises many
more advances. We use Category 5e and Cat 6 cables to accommodate
today’s technologies and provide the bandwidth needed for the future.
Each outlet allows you to have multiple phone lines anywhere in your
home. A great feature for home based businesses and home offices.
Conduits can be installed in your home today to provide pathways for the cabling systems of the future. This will allow you to bring new technologies to any room in your home as soon as they are available.
