Home Automator - WAS Re: HV MULTI ZONE RX UPDATE

["graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Frank Mc Alinden" <armagh@b...>
wrote:
> MessageHi Mark
>            
Sorry i thought that Home Automator was a similar thing 
to Homeseer . To be quite honest once you guys start talking computer 
stuff in general im lost . Every body talks about web enabling things 
and not being very computer compliant i miss a lot. im even confused 
about all those gadgets you,ve mentioned . I hope Grahme and Andy 
dont read that post......
> 
> Frank Mc

Of course I read the posts :-)

Anyway, Mark H thanks for your comments, I must remember to pass on 
your commission (20% of selling price if I remember correctly ;-)

The reason(s) we wrote/are writing HomeAutomator is because we wanted 
a front end that could be adapted so that it was suitable to be used 
on different devices and we wanted it to be capable of interacting 
with lots of different 'backend' devices.

So for example I would like to see it eventually be capable of 
working on any 'computer' which would include desktops, laptops, 
tablets and handhelds; with any operating system (that has a web 
browser) like windows, linux, mac os; and communicating with lots of 
other hardware and software such as HomeVision, CM12, Homeseer, 
Mister House, Winamp and so on.

We also wanted the whole thing to be free and to eventually be 
released for everyone to contribute to it's design.

But above all we wanted the front-end to be flexible and customisable 
without requiring any knowledge of HTML, ASP, Javascript, Perl, C++ 
or any other 'languages'. The idea is that someone can take 
HomeAutomator and set it up for their own devices, using their own 
graphics, with variants for people in their own house. I personally 
will have most HomeAutomator functionality disabled for my wife and 
kids, but when I log on to the same system everything will be 
accessible. They will simply see a few attractive screens for 
controlling the room they are in, I will have access to the entire 
house from any room or even anywhere in the world.

It is, I suppose a very sophisticated two way remote control, and as 
such I guess you could argue that it should be called HomeController 
rather than HomeAutomator. But I stuck with HomeAutomator for two 
reasons, the first was that I already owned the domain ;-) the second 
is that it is the 'public' view of an automated home. People are 
unlikely to see or even interact directly with HomeVision, so 
although it is the true 'Automating' component, HomeAutomator is 
what 'users' will see.

I hope that clears things up a bit, I have tried to avoid too 
much 'computer speak' and really this message should be the 
HomeAutomator group, but you did ask!

Graham



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