Re: PCIR device - A few questions

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,
have you thought about the Smartlinc PCIR device?
http://www.smartlinc.com/pctoirlinc.html
This is supported by HS and smarthome.com have it on special for $79.95
instead of the usual $189.95!!!
Shipping looks like it might be a bit pricey but if we got a couple in one
order overall it could work out cheaper than the RedRat.
Having said that I've just downloaded the HS SDK, I'm tempted to have a
crack at writing a plugin for the RedRat. :-)

Justin

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PCIR device - A few questions


> >>So now I am looking at the RedRat device. Does anyone know if
this works
> >with HomeSeer?
> >
>
> I asked this question directly to Rich Helmke quite a while ago...
>
> Basically, the RedRat device is not >directly< supported by HS,
- i.e. it
> does not appear in the list of IR interfaces. However, if you are up
to
it,
> it should not be >too< difficult to support it via the scripting
interface,
> as the redrat is a serial device.
>
> This is something I am seriously considering as well, as it seems
unlikely
> (for now) that direct support for the redrat will be appearing in HS
anytime
> soon. - When I asked Rich about it, he replied he would support it in
> homeseer if there was enough user demand for it, but after asking on
the
HS
> message board there was very little user demand evident for it, so
that's
> pretty much that!
>
> Mail Rich (rjh@xxxxxxx) and tell him you want support for this device
as
> well! - the only reason I haven't yet bought a redrat is because of
the
> direct support, and I don't currently have the time to code the suport
> myself via scripts...
>
> I *REALLY* want a serial-port device as I am totally commited to W2K
as
the
> platform for my Homeseer PC, and I am not prepared to compromise on
that!
>
> What may be of interest is the availability of shareware drivers which
DO
> allow application access to the parallel port under Windows 2000. As
you
no
> doubt know, normally this would be forbidden by the HAL, but someone
has
> written a Kernel-mode device driver which bypasses this restriction,
and
> makes the parallel port hardware accessable to user-mode applications,
so
in
> theory you could use the Concept device under W2K...
>
> Obviously there are the usual reliability & stability worries with
such a
> "bodge" so I'd suggest testing it out on a development
machine first! -
I've
> downloaded it, but not tried it out yet...
>
> HTH
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> PS, - If you are interested in developing scripts to add Redrat
support in
> HS, I'm happy to work with you on that...
>
>
>
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