Re: I'm Sure this is an old question

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 02 Sep 2002 8:52 am, Kenneth Watt wrote:
> HomeSeer is good, I've had a quick play with it and, if you cannot
> afford dedicated hardware then it's a decent solution.
>
> Misterhouse is free and supposed to be good but a pig to program,
you
> need to know PERL.

But that's the same with any of the options, you need to learn the language
it 
uses. The amount of perl you need to know to use MrHouse is minimal, and as
Malcom already said he was a programmer ....

> Homevision is a dedicated HA controller. HV's sole job is to monitor
and
> run your HA system and is, IMO, the most flexible controller as well
as
> the most reliable out the box as well as expandable.

Again, you need to learn it's language to program it.

> I am a great advocate of Homevision but I suppose it comes down to
what
> you really need in your own circumstances but most Homevision
owners
> wouldn't consider changing, ever! Homevision simply works and keeps
on
> working is very stable and reliable and, when it's controlling
your
> home, I think that's a very important factor and I refuse to tie that
to
> a PC totally.

Don't get me wrong, I aint knocking Homevision (I want one!!! :-), I just
didn't want a newbie to get the impression MrHouse was too complex to use
because you had to learn perl. You don't, you need to learn a small 
subsection of it that is ~= to the stuff you learn to program Homevision
(I've never used Homeseer, but it's a point & click affair isn't it? Or
do 
you need to script that too? If so, MrHouse is no more complex than that
either.)

I'd match my Linux+MrHouse+CM12U based system up against a Homevision
anyday 
in terms of reliability (if I hadn't stopped using it at the moment because
I'm preparing to move house.

-- 
On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not
enable you to fly."

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