RE: CBus control?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Frank.

What kind of functionality do you have between CBus/alarm?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Frank Mc Alinden
> Sent: 06 October 2006 11:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CBus control?
>
> Hi Paul
>
> I have my CBUS system  connected to Homevision via a pc interface and
also
> connected to my alarm system via  aux inputs.......I try to track the
> status
> of cbus loads  using xPL  as i found it easier to do... xPL update
> variables
> in Homevision using Determinators.....Obviously Kevins HV Interface 
would
> be a better way of doing this..........
>
> HTH
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:43 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] CBus control?
>
>
> Just thinking about CBus and the best way to link it into my existing
HA
> system and need some thoughts/ideas.
>
> I will be putting CBus lighting and control into my loft conversion
and
> maybe replacing the whole house lighting system (currently 40 LD11's
and a
> few AD10's). As a rough idea, I'm thinking of 5x 8 channel dimmers, 1x
8
> channel relay, a handful of bus couplers, 6-8 DLT's and a PC
Interface.
>
> Amongst other bits, my current HA system comprises of:
>
> Comfort directly linked to
> HomeVision Pro
> HA Server running:
> HomeSeer 2
> Loads of xAP apps
> MainLobby server
> Etc.
>
> The options I'm aware of for the CBus control are the Comfort CBus UCM
or
> possibly Kevin's upcoming (are you still working on this Kevin?)
> HomeVision
> CBus controller?
>
> Any other methods I should be considering? What are the
ad/disadvantages
> of
> each of these methods?
>
> I can't see any problems so far with using a software/PC based method
as
> the
> control scenarios I can envisage are not time or mission-critical, so
the
> unreliability of a PC vs hardware maybe isn't such an issue? My HA
system
> is
> pretty stable now.
>
> Any other thoughts/ideas?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
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