Fw: [comfort-developer] ACE-Comfort - New comfort interface available

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hoehnen" <info@xxxxxxx>
To: "Comfort-Developer" <comfort-developer@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:55 AM
Subject: [comfort-developer] ACE-Comfort - New comfort interface available


> All,
>
> I have just about finished a new program that provides a Windows user
> interface to Comfort.  It runs on Win95 and later and connects to a
UCM
via
> a serial port.  It is intended to provide a simple user interface for
those
> Comfort owners who do not want/need a web interface.
>
> If you have already installed ACE Server on your pc, the installation
will
> detect this and will copy several of the Comfort config files to the
> ACE-Comfort folder.  After starting the program, if it does not start
> connecting within 1 second, go to Setup/Options and configure the
interface.
>
> I still need to add DIM, BRIGHT and extended data commands to the X-10
tab.
> I am also going to make the EVENT log info be even more user friendly
by
> replacing numbers with words.
>
> The program defaults to BASIC mode.  I this mode, 3 tabs will be
disabled.
> To go to ADVANCED mode and enable these tabs, go to Setup/Options and
then
> the STARTUP tab and enabled the ADVANCED option.
>
> You will notice that in BASIC mode the status at the bottom right
displays
> simple messages like "OK".  But, in ADVANCED mode, you will
see all the
raw
> Comfort communication.  It may be desirable to enable the 3 tabs, but
still
> keep status info at a basic level.  Let me know.  The Comfort Monitor
window
> can always be used to display all communication.
>
> I just realized that this version has 1 bug that occurs at midnight. 
At
> midnight, Comfort stops the UCM status reporting feature.  So, you
will
have
> to logout and then login in order to start the status updates again. 
I'll
> fix this very soon.
>
> Chiu, have you changed this or made it an option so status reporting
does
> not stop?
>
> I have not decided on price yet.  But, it will probably be about $49. 
It
> also uses a different registration mechanism than the other ACE
products.
> ACE-Comfort will run for 30 days and will be fully functional.  You
will
> just get a nag screen at startup.  After 30 days, it will not run at
all
and
> you will have to register it to use it.
>
> Please feel free to give good and bad feedback.  If you have to setup
too
> many things, let me know.  I would like for it to auto-configure as
much
as
> possible in the final version so the end user does not have to do
much.
>
> http://www.customautomationtech.com/honesoftware/SetupACE-Comfort-115.exe
>
> Regards,
> Dan Hoehnen, President
> Custom Automation Technologies, Inc.
> http://www.customautomationtech.com
>
>
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