Re: CBUS joy!

["Chris Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Happy to help.

No idea on PAC (if ever)

Think java would let me be xAP centric which makes more sense. Java
can be happily compiled on fly to allow scripting. VBery powerfull
realtime debugging too.

C

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> More or less a verbatim description of my requirements! - I might be
pestering you quite a bit later in the year... :-)
>
> Anyone know when (if?) the PAC is going to be available in the UK?
>
> I know what you mean about Homeseer being X10-centric... - however
it's something I already have an investment in, and I'm quite
comfortable with, so I'd like to stick with it for the advanced smarts.
>
> Paul G.
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>
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of christopher purves
> Sent: Mon 06/02/2006 13:16
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> PAC from Australia
>
> Kevins gateway for the xAP (thanks Kevin)
>
> The inital programming was done by my electrician (Ben) and was mostly
> groups based. I have now changed almost everything to be scene based
rather
> than group based. I have all DLTs so I have defined everything as
action
> tags to get the labelling working for scenes (nice). Most rooms now
have 3
> scenes and an all off button on the first page. This gives
consistent layout
> throught the house which is good for wife/nanny/cleaner and means we
turn
> lights off occasionally (if you need to turn 5 groups off to make a
room
> dark it stops happening).
>
> Next steps -
> Arming alarm (confort) -> all lights off
> DLT to control open/close of curtains via comfort.
> Possibly control aircon via dlt's.
> Irrigation is via 4 CBUS relay but not sceduled yet - B&W
touchscreen for
> this.
>
> I am still tempted to write my own automation system to replace
homeseer in
> java. Homeseer seems (even now) a little flakey and overly X10 based.
We
> shall see.
>
> Chris
>
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