Dennis C. Brewer - Home Automation Made Easy: Do It Yourself Know How Using UPB, Insteon, X10 and Z-Wave

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Do It Yourself Know How Using UPB, INSTEON, X10, and Z-Wave

Dennis C. Brewer

800 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240

Home Automation Made Easy: Do It Yourself Know How Using UPB, INSTEON, X10, and Z-Wave

Copyright 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5124-9
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5124-0

Library of Congress Conrol Number: 2013951117

Printed in the United States of America

Second Printing: February 2014

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Dennis C. Brewer is a technology enthusiast who has been associated with electrical and electronic projects since attending Washington Middle School in Calumet, Michigan.

His early technology experience included testing for and receiving an FCC commercial radio broadcast engineer license that allowed him to become a solo station operator announcer/engineer for WMPL AM/FM radio in Hancock, Michigan,. and finished service as a Chief Petty Officer Interior Communications Electrician to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree.

Dennis attended Michigan Technological University (MTU) and served simultaneous membership in the Michigan Army National Guard as a communication Sergeant First Class and a Cadet in the Michigan Technological University Army ROTC program. Upon graduation he was commissioned and a first Lieutenant, Combat Engineer Branch US Army Reserve.

Mr. Brewers employment in government service included the State of Michigan as a computer technology specialist with assignments in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Department of Management and Budget, and Department of Information Technology. During his 12-year career in State of Michigan Government as a Novell (CNE) certified network engineer and information technology specialist, his experience included hands-on hardware, administration, network management and troubleshooting, consulting and planning services for state agencies, establishment of enterprise-level standards and procedures implementation, data security, and identity management. After retiring from state government, Dennis continued to pursue his interests in technology as an author and independent consultant.

Published books by Dennis C. Brewer include:

Build Your Own Free-to-Air (FTA) Satellite TV System, by Dennis C. Brewer (McGraw-Hill: Nov 8, 2011)

Wiring Your Digital Home For Dummies, by Dennis C. Brewer and Paul A. Brewer (For Dummies/Wiley: Oct 9, 2006)

Security Controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 IT Compliance: Authorization, Authentication, and Access, by Dennis C. Brewer (Wiley: Oct 21, 2005)

Picture Yourself Networking Your Home or Small Office, by Dennis C. Brewer (Course Technology PTR: Dec 2, 2008)

Green My Home!: 10 Steps to Lowering Energy Costs and Reducing Your Carbon Footprint, by Dennis C. Brewer (Kaplan Publishing: Oct 7, 2008)

His magazine writing credits include topics on disaster recovery, defining adequate security controls, free satellite TV, and Sarbanes-Oxley controls.

For more information about this author and his current technology and writing projects, visit http://www.DennisCBrewer.info.

This book is dedicated to individuals who face mobility challenges of any kind with everyday living; particularly those individuals who sacrificed for their nation during times when leadership, foreign policy, and diplomacy failed.

Id especially like to thank the persons, instructors, and professors who made a positive impact on my education as a writer and as a critically thinking person. There are many, but among the many are a few who made a significant and memorable contribution. The first of these is my mother, Verna W. (Sembla) Brewer [19102006], who taught me to read as a very young child from the pages of the Daily Mining Gazette while sitting on her knee. My father, Leslie Brewer [19031951], who sacrificed to make sure I had access to volumes of the classics at home. Fast-forward to my time at Michigan Technological University (MTU) to thank and recognize the person from whom I received the first sincerely positive and constructive feedback on a piece of my writing: Arlene Jara Strickland, an instructor in a freshman Humanities class. I also wish to confer thanks to Professor George Love (MTU), who taught me to appreciate the full communicative power of the words found in our English language. Sincere thanks are also due to Melissa Ford Lucken, who provided post-college lessons in creative writing and taught me the intricate anatomy of good stories and the elements necessary for a respectable book, and provided a personal example as someone who not only professes the skills of writing but also is a very accomplished author in her own right.