Re: Home Automator - WAS Re: HV MULTI ZONE RX UPDATE

["Frank Mc Alinden" <armagh@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Graham
                        
Sounds like a big task .
Good Luck

Frank Mc
----- Original Message -----
From: "graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:43 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Home Automator - WAS Re: HV MULTI ZONE RX UPDATE


> --- 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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