IBM touts Home Director

Table of Content

• IBM Home Director Classic Series Manuals
• System Overview; Home Network Connection Center; Cables And Wires - IBM Classic Series Homeowner's Manual
• IBM Dives Into the Home Automation Market
• Home Network Connection Center
• ERP Software Blog
• IBM Delivers Its New Home Director Home Networking System
• IBM touts Home Director

Yes the cables are labelled as are the outlets, but how to attach 3rd party router etc. to this mix is where I draw a blank. I guess I'll just bite the bullet and get a professional to take care of it. To be fair, I really don't know that you would get documentation on the modules from any installer. The best you could hope for was documentation regarding the labeling of the wires.

As for internet, I didn't see a router or switch in any of the pictures. The hanging yellow cables are probably for the network outlets. It looks like all of the cables are labeled, so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out where each one goes.

IBM Home Director Classic Series Manuals

The Boxes video amp probably does not pass reverse DC which means it also was replaced with teh one chilling in the middle of it all. IVB previously told me about Elk M1 I think, and I am wondering how difficult it would be for me to simply use another structured wiring case or company. Since all the wires etc. are already in one central location it shouldn't be a huge undertaking, or would it. The system I have has video, video amplifier, audio and telephone distribution. I am also using a GE CADDX Networx system for contracted security.

Combined with the innovative design of the Home Director solution, the average home buyer is now able, for the first time, to purchase a home networking system that is customizable for their needs – yet does not require a special hardware configuration. Yes its a cable modem, and its the Time Warner techs that rewired the box to add that amplifier that you see in the pics. All connections to the house run to that box then distibuted out to the rest of the house.

System Overview; Home Network Connection Center; Cables And Wires - IBM Classic Series Homeowner's Manual

That one connects to the outside world, whether it be cable modem, DSL modem, fixed wireless uplink, or whatever. If you need more than 4 connections, an ethernet switch can be connected to one of the LAN ports and outlets connected to the switch. Switches have no single "input port," so it doesn't matter what cable connects to what port.

You mention rewire with CAT6, when right now the whole house is wired with CAT5e. Thats an undertaking I don't know if I am willing to go through since we only plan on being here maybe 2 more years. I like your suggestion of the switches, all I have to do is figure out how to implement said suggestion. Personally looking at your current setup I'd say you need a integrated services switch from cisco... As pointed out, the documentation isn't clear so makes it more difficult to do add router etc. myself.

IBM Dives Into the Home Automation Market

Connected to the router is my modem, sonos zonebridge, slingbox and computer . With all these things connected you can understand my unease with messing with it and screwing it up. Research Triangle Park, NC – IBM today announced the introduction of its IBM Home Director home networking solution — the first effort of its kind by a major technology company to deliver a compete home network controlled from a PC or television screen. IBM and its partners in the home construction industry are now delivering this leading-edge technology to new homes throughout the United States. In order to ensure consistent installation and service for Home Director home networking systems, IBM has developed the IBM Authorized Home Systems Integrator Program. To become an Authorized Home Systems Integrator, companies and individuals must meet qualification requirements developed by IBM, receive training from IBM and agree to act as a local installer, integrator and service representative for Home Director.

For now I'd like to imropove ethernet connection points around the house, inactive points despite numerous outlets. Don't know if this entails adding modem and router or just one of the two to the home director. Just want to do what it was designed to do basically, cable/video distribution without multiple cable boxes, etc. I thought this was something I could do myself, but since I was made to believe that it was so hopeless, I thought of replacing it. The accessories do not exist anymore, the comany doesn't offfer them, now does ebay. Cable company nor two installers I tried could make head nor tails or it.

• Home Network Connection Center

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It's the first effort of its kind by a major technology company to deliver a complete home network controlled from a PC. Executioner's House in Brandýs nad Labem, a rare example of preserved Renaissance commoner' house from the half of the 16th century, houses a small museum devoted to history of crime, torture and death penalty in the region. Mystic, no disrespect accepted LOL, I didn't wire it, it simply came with the house with no documentation what so ever, as hard as that is to believe.

If so, just move your cable modem downstairs and connect it to the 2-way splitter in place of the cable that goes up to that room. Then connect a CAT5e patch cord from the cable modem to the router. If you're doing wireless, you might want to use the WRT54G there and connect 4 outlets to the router. One of them, of course, has to be the outlet where your WRT100, etc. are. That should give you internet in 3 rooms in addition to where your gear already is located. Through the creation of a new Authorized Home Systems Integrator program, IBM has developed a unique distribution channel that provides local installation, service and support for IBM Home Director systems.

This look's like a poor man's attempt of wiring a home with sub standard parts, no disrespect intended... I've tried the documentation on their site before, not as thorough as it seems, and I don't understand it all. With a newborn in the mix now, having hours of sparetime to sit and figure where each wire comes from and goes to is not going to happen anytime soon. Spice up your small talk with the latest tech news, products and reviews. With the Home Director announcement, IBM is going one step further in bringing cutting-edge technology to consumers, making technology part of the home itself. On Wednesday, Big Blue announced it was shipping consumer PCs enabled with speech recognition software and developing wearable PCs.

Not much different from what you would see with an OnQ, Leviton, or other box. The modules from all the different companies all do the same functions for the most part. The cost of installation ranges from $750 to $1,500, Raschke said, when installed in new homes. Once installed, the home owner pays standard Internet, cable, and telephone service fees. IBM Home Director gives home owners access to high-speed Internet connections, home entertainment devices, phones, video feeds for security purposes, as well as the ability to control home appliances from a centrally located console.