Re: Upgrade HomeSeer to 2.0 ?

["Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If they already have an IP-based box we could certainly use it, but it often
requires that we install whatever Acme virtual comm port drivers that box
requires on our side, and we aren't too hip on doing that on our system.
This scheme means we don't have to deal with any of that.

Another reason why I went forward with this is that about 80% of that work
is the same work that will be required to support serial ports that don't
have such virtual com port drivers, such as the GC-100, to make them look
like regular com ports to us (though it's still limited in that case because
the GC-100 ports are very limited in their capabilities.)

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Dean Roddey
Chairman/CTO, Charmed Quark Systems
www.charmedquark.com

<MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Neat! Does that mean I'm absolved from disconnecting and mailing the
> Aprilaire
> thermostats, DMX lighting controller, Slinke and so on ?? ;-) The idea of
> foregoing HVAC, lights and music would be/is too suggestive of a disaster
> situation ...
>
> Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)/ Microsoft Terminal Server Client and
> Server
> are standard with XP Pro and Server 2003 and allow the option of
> connecting
> remote serial ports, so I don't see exactly why this couldn't be done with
> Homeseer. A kludge to be sure.
>
> One advantage of an IP-based serial hub is the ability to have failover of
> hard-wired serial connections to a backup PC -- on site or remote.  A
> minor
> advantage in most cases, but could be very useful in remote installations
> such
> as a cabin or where the local folks are unwilling/unable to set things
> right.
>
> ... Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
> www.EControl.org
>