RE: (ukha_d) Homeseer/CID/Meteor

[peter.white@xxxxxxx]

This would be great.

My HS scripts are OK, but they just run a little slow sometimes, so
hopefully
running directly out of HSP will speed things up.

(BTW, am I the only one that find HSP a bit temperamental??  Often it
fails to
disconnect the line, and equally as often it'll just give up answering
calls)
Not sure why yet, as I've not been hone to check the logs).

I think the other features (such as play a .wav on each ring) can be
controlled
out of HS, but again it might be more efficient if Rich can allow each
contact
to have a specific .wav file attached, though I guess this can be done out
of
the HSP script.

Something that would be quite cool, but possibly a bit OTT for HSP, is more
of
an interactive element, i.e. when a caller calls when you're out, they have
some
menu options, e.g.

* press [1] to leave a message for [name]
* press [2] to hear the mobile number of [name] (this option would not
be
available to unmatched callers)
* press [3] to hear the current weather in [home town]

and other stuff like that.  Totally pointless of course, but dead
flash!

-----Original Message-----
From: MIME:justin@xxxxxxx at INTERNET
Sent: 16 May 2002 10:22
To: White, Peter; ukha_d@xxxxxxx at Internet
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Homeseer/CID/Meteor


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)"



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