RE: I'm Sure this is an old question

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

> 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 ....

Hmmm, I looked @ MrHouse a while back and, TBH, I was scared too even
try it as it looked like way too much hassle.

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

Yes, but it's hardly challenging!

> > 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.

If it's that good why do you want HV? ;) Would that have to do with the
IO support, IR support, phone support, expandability and external
hardware that can be *easily* integrated (to a point)?

Kidding Stuart, just kidding don't flame me!;)

K.

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