AutoM8it vs. Homeseer WAS X10 speaker control ???

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Homeseer is a more developed product at the moment.

Autom8it is being actively developed much more.

Autom8it is currently free (but may introduce a charge at some point.)

Homeseer definitely costs money.

Autom8it is likely to support xAP first.

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Claxton [mailto:UKHA@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 November 2002 16:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 speaker control ???


I thought maybe changing the switch of delay to a longer time might
bypass
that problem. Saying that I suppose if I set it for too long the person
will
leave the room and the system will still think they are in there :(
Unless I could also have the option of manually informing the system where
I
was in the house if I started having that problem?

What's a VOIM ?

I've downloaded the demo's of Autom8it and Homeseer so I will give both
of
them a try at the weekend. Any plus/negative points to look out for
when
comparing the two?


-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Whyte [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 November 2002 16:27
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10 speaker control ???


David,

Firstly, MS13 modules are not really (in my experience) that great at
occupancy detection.  They are great for detecting movement but if
(say) you
are sitting watching TV, using a MS13 the system may think you are not
in
the room due to NOT detecting any movement.

The switching sounds like a good idea, maybe using a VOIM??  (Over to
Paul
"VOIM Expert" Gordon)

Before buying Homeseer, check out Autom8it (www.autom8it.com) as a more
flexible and cheaper alternative (IMHO)

HTH

Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Claxton [mailto:UKHA@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 November 2002 16:17
> To: UKHA Mailing List
> Subject: [ukha_d] X10 speaker control ???
>
>
> Hi,
>       I'm going to fit speakers to all the
rooms in my house
> and I was planning
> on having a speaker switch or volume control in each room. I was
just
> wondering if it's possible to also link up an X10 MS13 sensor to
the
> speakers to switch them on when someone is in the room and
> then switch them
> off if they leave the room.
>
> My thinking is along the lines of sending announcements to
> the speakers. If
> someone is in one of my bedrooms listening to music and
> someone is in the
> kitchen not listening to music, the person in the kitchen
> would still want
> the ability to hear any announcements over the speakers. So
> that would mean
> if the phone rang I would want it to announce who was calling
> in all the
> rooms where people were, therefore I need a system that would
> auto switch on
> the set of speakers in the kitchen, the announcement would be
> heard, then
> switch them back off (also to be able to mute the stereo while the
> announcement was in progress and then un-mute it would be nice)
>
> Also the ability to override the system and say if someone
> leaves the room
> leave the speakers switched on would be nice.
>
> I am also planning to buy Homeseer, it looks powerful enough
> to help me on
> my way to do this sort of stuff, it was just the connecting
> the X10 system
> to the speaker system that I can't figure out.
>
> Any ideas ????
>


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