I'm interested in home automation. I know very little about this stuff and I was wondering is X-10 the only solution? I have full attic access and an unfinished basement, so I have full wiring access if necessary. I would like to have a system that can communicate with an alarm system too. Plus, I would like to remotely check the status of the system, possibly running on a secure server. What is available such as software & hardware. I don't want to hire anyone to do this for me as I believe I am capable of doing the work myself, since I setup and maintain Netware & NT systems for a living.

Thanks.