Re: 'Premise' by Lantronix - anyone know anything about this HA software ?

["keyvan2r" <keyvan@xxxxxxx>]

I knew I could find the item...

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?
story_id=1000&slashSess=debacfa22b32e64f570ce2f14ad83caf

Keyvan

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "keyvan2r" <keyvan@e...> wrote:
> I posted about this package around 8 months ago (I am sure it is
> somewhere in the UK HA archives)- I downloaded the old version
trial
> (not 2.0) about six months ago and played with it for while.
> It has a different approach than HomeSeer (which is where my
limited
> knowledge of HA software comes from). It takes a logical device
> versus a physical device. You have "define" the devices as
logical
> first - giving them the appropriate qualities characteristics -
you
> then associate this logical layer of the device to an actual
device -
>  you also have to the tell the system what means of communication
> are to be used for the logical layer to communicate with the
> physical device. I.e if you assign a logical device (say a light)
> with a X10 module, you must tell the device to communicate with
the
> light via say a CM11a unit, etc. Then there are "scenes" to
set up
> in conjuntion with the devices.
> I looked at it since it also provided support for a number of HA
> item which I have (slinke, Homevision, etc.). It also supports the
> Lantronix (who are the owners of the software now) serial over LAN
> devices.
> I did not think it worth $995 asking price, but it had some clever
> ways of managing media over the LAN and it may well be worth the
> $199 price tag for the non-dealer version.
> There are loads of "properties" to be defined and managed
for each
> item. It has support for a vast number of HA and media devices. In
> my opnion it is not for those looking for a quick & simple to set
up
> solution - but if you don't mind getting your head around the
> concept, it's pretty good.
>
> Keyvan R