title: Home Automation Basics - Practical Applications Using Visual Basic 6 (Sams Technical Publishing Connectivity Series)
author: Thomas Leonik
description: Did the mailman come today or not? How many times did the kids run in and out today? How long does the air conditioner usually run? So many questions -- all of which can be answered with a monitoring system as part of an automated home!
zlib_text: How To Smart Home
  
  A Step by Step Guide for Smart Homes & Building Automation
  
  A Key Concept Book by Othmar Kyas
  
  5th Edition
  
  How To Smart Home
  
  Published by Key Concept Press
  
  [www.keyconceptpress.com](http://www.keyconceptpress.com)
  
  ISBN 978-3-944980-12-6
  
  Fifth Edition May 2017
  
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