RE: NEW ukha project

[Andy Bovingdon <bov@xxxxxxx>]

I'm in marketing - I can't help myself... Means that I have a tendency
to think too far out all the time and having a technical background
makes me real dangerous :-)

I still don't believe anyone is making a true home automation solution
that pulls everything together easily in an extensible way. There are
MP3 server solutions (like Imerge) and there are home automation
products - but nothing that bridges the gap, sitting somewhere between
the basic HA systems and the Crestrons/AMX's of this world. Not sure
that the market is quite ready for it though, apart from in my own
little world ;-)

At 03:11 PM 11-02-02 +0000, you wrote:
>Don't want much Andy do you? ;-)
>
>K.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Bovingdon [mailto:bov@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 11 February 2002 14:14
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] NEW ukha project
> >
> >
> > The SlimDevices unit looks quite neat - been chatting with them
about
> > it. I would like to see something along those lines, but with a
few HA
> > additions, such as:
> >
> > a) Act as a pre-amp for audio with stereo out for connection to a
>power
> >     amp, or more accurately - powered in-wall speakers. A digital
out
> >     would also be good. This is kind of what they do now.
Eventually
>an
> >     advanced unit handling multimedia would be good. A/V with 5.1
or
>7.1
> >     sound streamed from the central PC - but lets start simple
:-)
> > b) The ability to act as an IR receiver and possibly an emitter
also -
> >     Grab IR and send it to the PC to route to the sources or to
>trigger
> >     macros etc.
> > c) It should be possible to override the audio to make
announcements
> >     or to mute when the phone goes.
> > d) Built in microphone to permit voice control from the room,
possibly
> >     with some sort of noise cancellation capability to
distinguish
>from
> >     any audio it is delivering.
> > e) Built in motion sensor, light level sensor and thermometer.
> > f) Either connect via Cat5 or my preference would be 802.11b -
via a
>PC
> >     Card to allow for upgrade or Bluetooth options.
> > g) In wall or stand alone options
> > h) I would like to see some better integration between HA stuff
and
> >     DECT phone systems, especially the ISDN based ones which
allow
> >     multiple lines etc - great if the unit could display the
phone
> >     numbers and names of callers or to announce them before I
walk
> >     all the way to the nearest handset.
> > i) The PC should have the ability to display any arbitrary piece
of
> >     text on the device - from time to temperature and so on.
> >
> > The unit should act on it's own communicating with other units
and
> > the core system running back on a PC somewhere. It would be nice
if
> > the display colour could be changed - like car head units, to
match
> > the interior decor.
> >
> > I had thought about using older PocketPC's with WLAN cards to do
some
> > of what I wanted - the old mono iPaqs perhaps - small and quite
>capable
> > of decoding MP3 or WMA streams - not to mention video.
> >
> > Now if you could make it fit into a light switch (double size
>naturally),
> > taking power from the socket, communicating via 802.11 to the PC
while
> > controlling the lights for the switch it has replaced - easy home
> > automation that is faster than X10 and avoids additional twitter
on
>the
> > power line.
> >
> > Ok - I'm getting carried away here - time to stop :-)
> >
> > At 01:00 PM 11-02-02 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >With the current talk about DDAR, I wondered if at any time
the
>group,
> > >had given any consideration to the production of a ukha MP3
Player,
> > >along similar lines to the DDAR, and now Slimdevices
products.
> > >
> > >Perhaps with the added advantage of integrating additional
control
>into
> > >the display for HA purposes, eg Room temperature control ?
> > >
> > >As a background I've been looking at mp3elf, a tini powered
solution
> > >which at the current time due to Dallas Semis supply problems
I don't
> > >consider viable, there is however a large volume of data
available on
> > >the web for MP3 Players, but as yet I've not seen an ethernet
based
> > >player.
> > >
> > >Anyone interested ? I'm sure between the members of the group
we have
> > >enough knowledge to implement this.
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >
> > >Stuart
> > >
> > >
> > >
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