Home automation sounds complicated; just the name just conjures up images of complex robot arms doing the dishes and robots scuttling around all over the place. In fact home automation is a lot simpler than this and it is very easy to install and use.

Home automation appliances can enhance the operation of your home and they fall into the following main categories:

* Lighting control.
* Heating control.
* Wall switch control.
* Radio control.
* Infrared control.
* Home security cameras.
* Appliance modules.

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I am looking for a way to report basement flooding through a Z-Wave controller/monitor. I am looking for either a Z-Wave water detector or else a Z-Wave module that will report a contact closure so that I could connect it to a separate water detector. Does anyone make either a Z-Wave water detector or Z-Wave contact closure reporting module?

Actually, a contact closure reporting module would be excellent for all sorts of monitoring. I found a module that will produce contact closure to operate a device, but I have not found one that will detect and report a contact closure.