Re: CBus control?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

I have my pir(s)  statuses via aux inputs   which i use to trigger 
lighting
..Although i now have my pir(s)  statuses  via alarm outputs (relays)
connected to Homevision (via my HV I/O Expander) and now have HV control
the
lighting  as i much prefer to tinker with HV than my alarm panel........I
havent yet got the on/off status from my alarm panel but that will be easy
to do .....

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBus control?


> 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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