RE: HomeSeer control using gameport.

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Justin, I'd be interested in this as well, - not sure I'd use it in anger
initially, - but I'm certainly still interested from a technical interest
point of view, and it may be something i'd be interested in using in the
not-too-distant future...

I'm also interested in getting an interface on my HA pc that can switch
relays, - purely for the purpose of switching the Homeseer announcement
speakers on & off... (I don't want to use Comfort for this just now, as
I
don't have a UCM yet, so my only means of communication between Comfort
&
Homeseer is X10... SLOOOOOOWWWWW)

Of course, the obvious answer is get a "proper" HA controller
like a
Homevision or an Ocelot et al... I may do this at some point, but in all
honesty, I'm not going to get such a purchase authorised by the CFO just
now... ;-) - SWMBO has specifically asked me to implement proper zoning on
the HS TTS speakers, so I know I can get a limited amount of expenditure
authorised for a relay board...

Paul G.





>From: "Nigel Giddings" <nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeSeer control using gameport.
>Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:22:40 +0100
>
>Justin,
>
>I would be interested in looking at this.
>
>I am using Homeseer and was looking for an easy way to detect switch
>closures so I could connect some 360 degree ceiling mounted PIRs.
>
>How many contacts can it monitor ?
>
>Nigel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 17 August 2001 11:25
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] HomeSeer control using gameport.
>
>I have been working on a small app to control HS using devices
connected to
>a gameport. This will be released as freeware.
>I wondered if any HS users on this list would like to test it before I
>release it to a wider audience?
>Send me a mail off list and I will send you the files at some point
over
>the
>weekend.
>
>Cheers,
>Justin.
>
>The (hastily knocked up) readme is as follows:
>
>HomeSeer Gameport Interface. 17/8/2001
>
>You will need the Visual Basic 6 runtime files (VBRun60.exe) installed.
>They
>are available here
>(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q192/4/61.ASP
>
>This software allows you to send on/off commands to HomeSeer using any
game
>device (joystick or gamepad) connected to your PC. You could also wire
>sensors, switches etc to the game device or do away with the game
device
>completely and wire directly to the gameport*.
>
>The software will detect the number of buttons available on your
installed
>device and present these in a list. By default the buttons will be set
to
>toggle mode (i.e press once for on and press again for off) you also
have
>the option to selectively choose a momentary operation (i.e press and
hold
>for on, release for off).
>
>The default housecode is A and unit number is 1, in this configuration
the
>buttons will send A1 to Ax (where x is the number of buttons
available).
>You can choose any housecode A to z and unit number 1 to 50.
>
>This has only been tested under Win98 with HomeSeer version 1.5.2
>
>Planned additions:
>Control over a network using TCP/IP.
>Ability to use multiple game devices.
>
>Notes:
>If a button is set to toggle mode but is held down no other button
presses
>will be detected until it is released.
>
>*Wiring directly to the gameport
>Info to follow
>
>
>
>
>For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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