RE: HomeVision or other?

["Baker, R Keith" <keith.r.baker@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure how much I will need to control. At the moment I'm thinking
of just lighting but "away" mode would be good, plus PIR
controlled stuff.
I can see it will soon outstrip a basic CM11.

I want to avoid spending loads up front but I also want to avoid buying
stuff
that I will be upgrading later.

Ocelot seems a good price vs functionality deal.

Cheers

Keith


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 3:40 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeVision or other?
>
>
> Keith,
>
> If your "control world" is limited to X-10, or things you
want to
> control only when you're there with the Pronto, then it's fine.
>
> If you want to have control of other (non-X10) devices by
> timed/triggered macro, then you need something more sophisticated.
>
> For example, when my house is in "away" mode, the following
happen:
>
> - Somepoint in the evening, the study light goes on
>
> - Later the light goes off, and the light in the bedroom comes on
> together with the TV
>
> - Later the TV goes off, then the light.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baker, R Keith [mailto:keith.r.baker@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 February 2002 11:58
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeVision or other?
>
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Now I'm sure this has been considered but instead of using a dedicated
> controller like HV or Ocelot, why
> not have a simple CM11 interface and use the pronto for control.  I'm
> sure there is a catch here, so what
> is it?
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Bovingdon [mailto:bov@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:03 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HomeVision or other?
>
>
> www.remotecentral.com <http://www.remotecentral.com>
> www.prontoedit.com <http://www.prontoedit.com>
>
> The new Marantz colour unit looks nice - shame it costs so much.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Baker, R Keith <mailto:keith.r.baker@xxxxxxx>
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx' <mailto:'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:35 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeVision or other?
>
>
> I was looking at getting the Leopard. But it seems that there
> is little
> capability to use it as anything other
> than an input device, ie, it would be nice to send messages
> from the PC
> to display on the screen but
> this does not seem possible unless the message is pre-programmed into
> the Leopard.
> So, I was thinking that using a pronto, plus an Ocelot would
> be better,
> then any HA control would be recieved
> as IR commands from the pronto.
>
> Does this seem like a sensible aproach?
>
> How good is the a Pronto?  does it have ALL the commands for
> my Sony 940
> Receiver/Amp?
>
> Are macros assignable to on screen buttons for single hit use?
>
> Pointers to useful Pronto web sites would be good.
>
> And what about alternatives to the Pronto? or different approaches to
> the combining remotes and HA control problem?
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:22 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeVision or other?
>
>
>     I took a look at HV's current price and it does seem more
> expensive
> than I remember. The differential is quite significant now.
>
>     You can compare the hardware features yourself I guess from the
> specs so here's some comments on the software side.
>
>     The Ocelot is the brains behind the Leopard controller and is well
> produced and professional product (IMO). I use the Leopard and I am
> happy with it, but I find it awkward. A lot of my criticisms are to do
> with the specific capabilities of the Touch screen interface and the
> ongoing development of the product and hence don't apply to
> the Ocelot.
> Basically little appears to be happening in terms of new features but
> what you do have works well. The programming environment for
> the Ocelot
> is quite different to HomeVision - much more like a
> programming language
> and that may or may not be an advantage to you. I suggest you download
> the software which is available on the web site and try it
> and see what
> you think. It can be used without the Ocelot connected. In addition I
> suspect the amount of code space inside the Ocelot is much less than
> with HV and requires much more skill to code in a complex environment.
> There is a well supported mail list for this however.
> Homeseer supports
> Ocelot directly.
>
>     HomeVision - which I use too - is my choice of HV
> controller. I find
> it easy to use and incredibly powerful, it has a busy mail list
> supporting it and Craig does an exemplary job. In fact he and Dan
> Hoehnen (ACE author) are my nominations for the best support Oscars. I
> find it much easier to add things quickly into HV and to understand
> things later on when I've forgotten why I did such and such.
> This allows
> for more ad hoc experimentation & less planning is required (but
not
> recommended). The programming environment can also be downloaded from
> CSI's site and works without HV so have a look and see - it is a much
> more graphic environment. In addition the HomeVision application links
> up with ACE etc via DDE to provide a very tightly integrated solution.
> The ACE / Homeseer integration is much more of a programming interface
> (COM).
>
>     In the USA there is also a product called HomeVision PC available
> which is lower cost - the main difference being it is a card
> sitting in
> a PC so it requires a permanently powered PC.
>
>     My recommendation ?? HV every time but that's being a little
> insensitive to the now much larger price difference than I
> had expected,
> so you takes your choice I guess... If you will use TV
> display then the
> HV of course is a certain choice.
>
>     A comparison of HV against JDS's Time Commander is quite
> enlightening and is available here http://www.csi3.com/hv_comp.htm
> <http://www.csi3.com/hv_comp.htm>
.
>
>     Kevin
>
>
> [[K]]
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andylaurence@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 February 2002 16:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Homevision or other?
>
>
>
> I suppose it'll be time for me to splash out on an HA
> controller of some
> description soon.  I've been looking around at the possibles.
>  I've seen
> this ( http://www.letsautomate.com/10599.cfm?CFID=432
> <http://www.letsautomate.com/10599.cfm?CFID=432&CFTOKEN=51078446)>
> &CFTOKEN=51078446) which
> seems to do quite a lot for not a lot of money.
>
> I'm after something which will do X10, IR and possibly control things
> via
> relays (no idea what yet).  Bear in mind that I run a server 24/7 at
> home,
> and have another which can do the same.  What would I be
> missing out on
> if I
> bought the above rather than HomeVision?  I know I'd lose the TV
> interface
> of HomeVision, but that doesn't bother me.  Are there other
> alternatives?
>
> Andy
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