Re: johnb-sender

[rleong1]

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"Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@b...> wrote:
> > it's about 9:45 pm right now. i'm doing a lot of asp pages for
web
> > based control over x10, a/v, security cameras, mp3. i just got
the
> > slims, i have some rios. i use an app called starCOM for
integrating
> > DCOM w/ my jds timecommander+. i use xantech for distributed IR
&amp; a
> > jds ir-xp2 for doing 2 way ir. i'm also playing around w/ hal
deluxe
> > for voice recognition/response. there's more but that's all i can
> > think of right now.
>
> Sounds like your going to be busy for a while with all the stuff you
> have....I take it then some of this has been xPLled .......How do
find the
> jds stuff ?? the time commander is the version previous to stargate
> ??....xantech stuff looks really nice but a little pricy i
think....i use
> homevision with my addon multizone ir tx /rx unit.....
> Im sure the voice stuff will be xPLled eventually ;-)) just a matter
of
> time.....
>
> Have Fun
> Frank
> PS.....Whats your name ???
>
>

i've been busy for the past 9 years doing this stuff ;) i got the
timecommander+ about 8 or 9 years ago. it was pretty much the only
thing out there at the time. i've been slowly adding stuff, but in
the last few years i've been doing a lot. the jds stuff has been
pretty reliable, although the firmware updates for the tc+ have pretty
much stopped since they started focusing on the stargate. the bundled
software is terrible and that's a major reason i use starCOM, which i
spent a lot of time beta testing.

i only have xantech ir receivers &amp; some connecting blocks. all the
other stuff is quite pricey but i'm very happy w/ the gear i have. it
was pretty much plug &amp; play over my cat-5 wiring.

the hal deluxe i got on clearance for $9 because i wanted to integrate
telephony w/ my system. the voice recognition is a bonus. it's kinda
big &amp; slow though &amp; not open at all. for what i want to do,
i'd have
to upgrade to hal 2000 &amp; hali. i have installed xpl_phone &amp;
may start
implementing that for some things instead of hal.

as far as xpl'ing stuff, i've been using the beta for xplrionet.
that's going well after a few hurdles. i've also slowly added tts &amp;
osd &amp; have been using sendxpl to generate commands from my starCOM
scripts (i've been urging the author to add xpl support to starCOM :)

i'm constantly upgrading stuff. it's never ending :)

-- Reynold