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Hi
Nik,
I havent
commented
until now but here are my thoughts......
I
AM
getting pissed off by some of the comments being made and the lack of
support
for some members of the list. I wasnt particularly offended by your comment
as I
am aware that I am well behind schedule with my development plans.
I
have
always designed and built my own bits of kit to suit my needs and it is
encouraging to see other members of the list tackling their own projects
and
making the results available to others.
It
can
be a soul destroying task trying to get something working, either hardware
or
software, but the buzz when it finally comes together is superb. People
need
ENCOURAGEMENT for what they are doing. The only acceptable forms of
negative
feedback are reports of the project not doing what it was INTENDED to do,
NOT
slating someones efforts because it wasnt designed to do what you want it
to do.
Most
of the projects under development have been discussed at the design stage
with
progress reports during protoyping, this means that people have had plenty
of
opportunities to add their input.
The
reason for
homebrew projects is primarily the lack of a commercial equivalent or not
being
able to afford the commercial offerings. For that reason alone, it is
obvious
that the designer would build it to fully meet his/her needs. The ability
to
also accomodate the wishes of others is a bonus but it should be remembered
that
it is still the designers OWN needs that take priority.
Ian's work on the IR repeater has made fantastic
progress from the humble beginnings of Nigels circuit and ideas that I gave
to
Ian based on my own experiments with bi-directional IR. He has also gone on
to
create several other useful gizmo's using self taught PIC
programming skills (plus a few late night phone calls
to
me)
Frank has also spent a lot of time developing
his IR
zoning system which although I havent followed it too closely I can see
exactly
what he is designing. To me, his system seems a viable system utilising the
power of HomeVision for the complex task of decoding and transmiting IR and
controlling the switching circuitry that does the actual zoning. Porting
this to
another intelligent IR system should be relatively simple.
Graham and Andy have also done some great work
with
HomeAutomator, again HomeVision centric at the moment but designed to
accomodate
whatever hardware someone has at a later date
Developing HA hardware/software requires two main
things....
1. the technical ability
2. the infrastructure to develop for.
If you own a HomeVision that would be the
obvious
platform that you would initially develop for.
I am WELL AWARE that my own KAT5 development is
behind schedule but things always take much longer than anticipated to get
through the design stage. Mark McCall saw the first KAT5 prototypes in
January
1998 but it was May 2001 until it was actually launched. The switcher is
far
more complex than the basic KAT5 units and the last thing I want is to
release a
unit that does not perform in the way that I want it to.
I am making every effort to get the KAT5
switcher
finished as early as possible but please remember that this is my HOBBY. I
have
a day job that pays the bills but keeps me away from home for 12 hours per
day.
I also have a Wife and 5 year old daughter who like to see me
occasionally.
...... anyway, thats how I currently feel.
Keith
www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv
Sorry
Frank,
You're right,
Keith already did great things for this group. Supposed to be funny, but
obviously not.
I'll shut
up....
Sorry if anyone
offended, especially Keith
Nik
Nik
Comments like this one REALLY pisses me
Off even though your not refering to my project . If people like you want
all the bells and whistles you have a price to pay and thats dfevelopement
time . The person developing this product is paying a higher price in that
he has less time to spend (and probably out of pocket) with his family as
all his spare time is taken up trying to provide people like you a cost
effective solution to your wants and needs......
Frank Mc
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 12:28
AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Hv
multizone ir system Costing
Should I wait, or it will end up like famous
switcher....:-).
Cheers,
Nik
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