Re: I'm Sure this is an old question

["garygfx" <garygfx@xxxxxxx>]

Mally,

I don't have Homevision so I can't give a fair answer, but from what 
I understand you can have more programatic control of X10 if you 
connect your computer up to a CM12. You have the choice of ActiveHome 
(simple but prone to crashing), Homeseer (powerful), and a couple of 
other control package.

With Homeseer alone you can active the built-in web server and 
control your home over the Internet or locally from any PC on your 
home network. Events can be set up with complex conditions and if you 
can program in VB or ASP you can create your own application or 
extend X10 control to whatever else you can connect your computer to!

Homeseer can speak to you so you know what it's doing and it has 
basic voice control. If only I had a tiny radio lapell microphone 
with batteries that last a week I'd use that feature! ;-)

Oh, and Homeseer is much cheaper than Homevision, but each product 
was designed for a different purpose. Some people have and use both. 
I'm sure a Homevision user will be along in a minute to correct me 
and explain about the product.

Gary.


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Malcolm Passmoor"
<malcolm.passmoor@b...> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been a member of this group for a week or so, thus far I 
haven't seen an answer to my question which I'm sure must have been 
mentioned a hundred times.
> 
> I'm just starting out with HA, I'm a computer programmer/architect
and have lots of ideas that I want to mess around with. The big 
question I have is, should I go for Homevision or something like a 
CM12U with, for example, homeseer/bespoke software ?
> 
> Any advice appreciated or if anyone can point me to a URL where 
this has previously been discussed that would be great.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Mally.

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