Re: Home Automation Software

["Dean Smith" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Cant speak for AuotM8it...

... but in Homeseer, they are distributed by HomeSeer via a plug-in
download
screen within the app. HomeSeer take your money, keep $5 and pass the rest
on to the author.

Dean


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:16 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home Automation Software


> I thought that plug-ins were developed mostly by community (individual
> users), so I don't understand how they can charge for something that
> they didn't develop.
> But I might be wrong.
> Maybe it's not a bad idea to have a business model, where framework
will
> be chargable, and plugins not (depending on developer). That would
> encourage individuals to develop plug-ins (either for free, or for
> money), as long as framework has reasonable (cheap) price.
> Nik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Stuhler [mailto:julian.stuhler@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 April 2003 17:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home Automation Software
>
>
> Hi Michael.
>
> The Gold licence gives you the A8 Framework plus all of the available
> plug-ins. The alternative is to buy the basic edition (Framework + X10
> plug-in only) and then pay separately for each additional plug in you
> want to buy. I'm not sure if Jim has settled on the price for the
> plug-ins yet (they are still (just about) in beta and therefore a free
> download) but even assuming they are only going to be a tenner each it
> won't take many to make the Gold licence a bargain.
>
> As I said, the UI side is really subjective so I suggest you take a
look
> at both and see what works best for you. A8 tends to use larger more
> intuitive and colourful icons in both the app and web interfaces, but
as
> usual I suspect it really comes down to what you're used to. SWMBO
finds
> the A8 X10 control panel particularly easy to use as it displays the
> device name as a confirmation that you're about to turn on/off the
right
> thing!
>
> regards,
>
> Julian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Mc Aree [mailto:michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 April 2003 16:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Home Automation Software
>
>
>
> Thanks for that Julian,
>
> A few quick questions -
> What does the GOLD option get me?
> UI - I though they were similar - how different are they? I find
Homseer
> easy enough to use but SWMBO doesn't - might be worth giving A8 a go.
If
> I dies she says all the HA stuff will have to go in the bin!
>
> Michael
>
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