Jay Basen, Author at Residential Tech Today

Jay Basen

Jay Basen has been a home automation hobbyist for over 30 years and has worked professionally in the industry for almost 20 years. His professional background is electrical engineering and software development. He has a master's degree in engineering and has been writing software professionally for over 40 years. To read more of Jay's articles, visit his blog http://topicsinhomeautomation.blogspot.com/

Author's Posts

Security

Applying the Lessons of Business Continuity Planning to Smart Home Security

Just as a business continuity plan helps a company continue operations when problems arise, a residential continuity plan (RCP) can do the same for the systems in a home. Business continuity planning is defined by Investopedia as “the process involved in creating a system of prevention and recovery from potential threats to a...

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Allterco Robotics Adds Shelly Motion Detector to Smart Home Line

Allterco Robotics has added a new IoT motion sensor, the Shelly Motion, to its Shelly product line that I believe many people will find useful in their smart home designs. I recently wrote about the line of Shelly IoT relays. Shelly smart home products are manufactured by Allterco Robotics, one of seven companies that make up the...

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Aeotec Z-Wave Sensors Expand a Smart Home’s Understanding of the Real World

Aeotec Z-Wave Sensors are the first Z-Wave devices to be certified and released using 700 series technology. The 700 Series update provides better security, a more powerful CPU for faster automation, improved range, 64-percent less power consumption for battery life of up to 10 years. Aeotec makes a wide range of Z-Wave sensors and...

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Shelly Offers Easy-to-Use Products for Smart Home Hobbyists and Professionals

Shelly is not a name that every smart home enthusiast is familiar with in the U.S., but it is a well-established brand in Europe and other parts of the world. Doug Roberson, chief technology officer of Allterco Robotics U.S. provided me with a few Shelly products to test. Shelly smart home products are manufactured by Allterco...

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How to Integrate the Garage into a Smart Home

A garage can easily become the forgotten stepchild of a smart home. After all, homeowners typically spend very little time there. There are, however, a number of different ways to make an overhead garage door smart. Let’s explore the differences between a smart overhead garage door and a dumb one. A garage, of course, is just a...