RE: Homeseer/CID/Meteor

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Pete,
that's a very polite way of saying RTFM ;-)

I have emailed Rich and he quite likes the idea of being able to attach a
script (or 1 liner) to a HSP phonebook entry, so hopefully that will appear
in a future release.

All,
Just to clarify what I am doing...
I have decided to write my own HomeSeer Meteor plugin as I wanted to tie
CID
into HomeSeer Phone. If I didn't want to use HSP I would have used
Patrick's
plugin and saved myself much time & effort!

The idea is that when CID is available on an incoming call the number is
looked up against the HSP phonebook, the name (if a match is found) and
number are then passed to HSP so it can then perform various actions based
on who is calling. e.g:
Terminate the call (perhaps the Mother-in-law :-))
Take a message.
Enable the caller (with PIN code) to perform actions using DTMF or voice
recognition.
Whatever happens, HomeSeer is also notified that there is an incoming call
with CID available.

Outgoing numbers will also be looked up against the HSP phonebook and
several virtual devices within HS will be populated with relevant info.
e.g.
name, number, call duration etc.
I guess you could run a script based on the value of any of these virtual
devices changing. e.g. if outgoing name = any of SWMBO's friends then
disconnect the call after 2 hours :-)

At the end of a call (in or out) the call information will be logged to a
file.

I don't want to go down the "my plugin does this", "my Dad
is bigger than
your Dad" road. That's not the point. I am writing this because I have
specific requirements for CID usage & I thought I would share. If it is
useful to others then that's cool! If it's almost what you want but
"how
about..." then let me know.

I'm still open to the idea of working with Patrick on this, but as he said,
he already has a long to-do list & isn't bothered about HomeSeer Phone!
- so
I thought I would leave him alone!

Cheers,
Justin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter.white@xxxxxxx [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 May 2002 9:01 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] RE: (ukha_d) Homeseer/CID/Meteor
>
>
> The details are in the meteor_CID.txt file, I quote....:
>
> ' * Names will be looked up in the cid_directory.txt file.
> '      Put this file in the same directory as your script. Here
> is the format
> for the content:
> '
> '          123-456-7890 = John Doe,event to run
> '          333-222-3333 = Harry Smith
> '
> '     The item after the comma is an event to run if the number
> matches. You
> could
> '     turn on a light if someone in particular calls, gee!
> Changes to this file
> won't go
> '     into effect until the init function is re-run (it's read
> into memory).
>
> Pete
>
> PS Note the numbers above are US style, UK format is [STD]-[number]
> PPS I've not actually tried running an event, but let me know if
> it works out!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME:justin@xxxxxxx at INTERNET
> Sent: 15 May 2002 21:21
> To: White, Peter; ukha_d@xxxxxxx at Internet
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Homeseer/CID/Meteor
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PatrickLidstone [mailto:patrickl@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 15 May 2002 6:03 PM
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: (ukha_d) RE: (ukha_d) Homeseer/CID/Meteor
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., peter.white@b... wrote:
> > > My script allows a light to be turned on (or whatever) based
on the
> > callerID
> > > info ;-).  But it ain't as slick as a plug-in!
> >
> > And so will my plug-in, although it doesn't do name look up of
> > incoming number because I  don't need that functionality in the
plug-
> > in and couldn't be arsed. If this is really a big deal, I can add
it,
> > but it'll go on the end of a very long list...
> > If I were to add name look up, what would be the preferred
method?
> > Outlook contacts, flat file, access, A.N.Other?
> >
> > Patrick
> >
>
> Are you talking about having an event occur based on *who* is calling,
> e.g. If John Smith calls, turn on A1 or if 123456 calls turn off A3?
>
> I have had a quick look at the script & plugin and can't work out
how that
> is possible.
>
> Justin.
>
> P.S Why does the subject of this thread keep growing with extra
"Re:
> (ukha_d)"