RE: Re: Automation management software

[Martin Wonders <martin.wonders@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I agree, the first step I will take for configuration and management will
be
with configurator etc.
But I'm am considering automation control via a computer/web interface with
nice buttons for turning lights
on/dimmed etc. I suppose I should have said automation control software,
sorry about the misunderstanding.

I've looked at Homeseer and it looks like the tool for the job, I've
installed the plug-in for comfort, and the xap plug-in
for Homeseer but can't find the xap plug-in for c-gate. Does anyone know
where I can get this?

Thanks

Martin



-----Original Message-----
From: mike [mailto:mikegriff@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 August 2004 08:30
To: ukha_d
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Automation management software


Martin

I agree with Richard on this

I have just installed 12 Units of C-bus having stripped out all my x10 kit



Using Comfort preferably having mastered Configurator you should be able to
do whatever you need for a while



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From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 August 2004 01:45
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Automation management software



Martin

I wonder whether your first step isn't just to use Comfort to
interface to and manage/control CBus directly.  Presumably you will
get Comfigurator to program your Comfort system.  With this and the
CBus interface you can then use pretty much any thing happening in
Comfort or linking into Comfort (including phone, touchpads and IR
etc) to control CBus directly without further steps.

I don't have CBus but I use Comfort in this way to manage much of the
control of my X10 lighting.  This has the basic advantage of not
needing an always-on pc to be part of the loop.  In my experience,
this setup is very robust and surprisingly flexible.

Admittedly, you may want to then build on from this base and
introduce added layers (web i/f or additional diverse components such
as caller id or TTS etc) such as suggested elsewhere but these can
supplement rather than replace your core.

My reason for suggesting this is that it took me some months just to
master Comfort and find its limits before needing to introduce the PC
type element. While I now also use this, I can still be sure that I
have a robust backbone setup even if the PC goes down.

Hope this helps.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Martin Wonders <martin.wonders@u...>
wrote:
> Hi John/Frank,
>
> Thanks for that, I'll have a look at it.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John B [mailto:home-automation@j...]
> Sent: 11 August 2004 18:30
> To: ukha_d
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Automation management software
>
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> > I have had a glance at this, but it looked like I would need to
do some
> > development, and
> > put this down to future work.
> >
> > What I am really after is something that is ready built, for the
time
> being.
>
> I'm sure Frank will agree that xPLHal is pretty much an out of the
box
> solution... he was controlling his C-Bus kit in a matter of 30
minutes...
> and that's with no development or scripting required.
>
> All you need is xPLHal, the Comfort xPL connector and the C-Gate xPL
> connector - see www.xplhal.com and www.xplproject.org.uk.
>
> It's all free (unlike Homeseer which must be purchased), it's all
> open-source, and under constant development by the xPL development
team,
> based on feedback from the growing xPLHal user base.
>
> There is also a cross-platform version of xPLHal under development,
so if
> you build your home automation system on a WIndows box initially,
you'll be
> able to move it over to a Linux-based box at a future point if you
wish.
>
> In addition, xPLHal is able to support xAP devices, so you'll be
able to
> have a mixture of xPL and xAP applications if you wish (though this
will
> require some VBScript coding).
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
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