Re: Homeseer on a mac...finally

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John, I must admit a quiet dual OS machine is very appealing . Just
wondering what are the features for communication between the Mac and
Windows OS - I'm guessing you have shared disk directories and that cut
and paste work OK but   is there anything more inbuilt to Parrallels  ?
Also thinking that you could use some form of IP communications
between the two for realtime communication ...  now if there was a HA
protocol based on TCP or UDP that opens another possibility ;-)...

Kevin

jeyellok wrote:
> Been a bit of a lurker for many years on the forum. With others help
and the passage of
> time i automated most lights and my central heating system which i
simply love living with
> and is controlled by Homeseer. Early in 2005 i bought a Mac mini to
experiment with.
> Without getting into an argey-bargey (not in my dictionerey!) over
windows vs. mac i loved
> OS X and its brilliant power to parentally control my youngsters email
and web habbits -
> and it never crashed. The experience made me want to move more of my
'life' onto the
> mac. Since then i've bought more Apple hardware including an
intel-powered laptop.
>
> The point of this post was i could not never find equivalent
Automation packages to match
> Homeseer or Ambient's Virtual Weather Station that ran on the mac.
Even Microsofts
> Windows emulator, Virtual PC was useless. Recently a company called
Parallels released an
> app that allows you to run Windows alongside OS X seamlessly. Using
its new 'coherence'
> mode, the MS taskbar sits on the bottom of the screen alongside the OS
X dock. MS
> windows and OS X windows play so nicely together in the same way its
simply freaky to
> see in action. I started with a ZX81 and now have a beard so i'm not
freaked easliy!
>
> Bottom line is homeseer and my Weather station apps work on my Apple
laptop flawlessley
> (25hrs so far) with the steam-boiler PC switched-off and the relative
silence is deafening. I
> am cheating because i'm still within windows for automation and
weather, but perhaps i
> now have the best of both worlds. I will add a mac logo to the outside
of the house beside
> the 'Intel inside' and 'Designed for MS Windows'
>
> I can post a more detailed write-up later if someone gives me a
pointer.
>
> Regards
> John
>
>