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**Rupp** · May 27, 2005, 10:12 AM

Welcome 22V10. Watch out because this stuff is addicting. That hardware will be more than enough to run HS.

**Michael McSharry** · May 27, 2005, 10:12 AM

Welcome to the family

Your Dell should work just fine and it will appear very responsive as you start out. The only real resource hogs are speach-related and video streaming. You will also find that elapsed time is another big hitter as files become bigger and additional software takes its little bite out of the cpu.

The X10 powerline is very low bandwidth, so when you have the opportunity try to use other communication means such as RF. If you have been lurking then it is likely you have seen many performance-related discussions as well as many others that spawn interesting ideas.

**tman1** · May 27, 2005, 07:08 PM

Neighbors?

Wow, I live there too! Do you know Bob?

Seriously, welcome aboard and I agree on the addictive part.

I have been in ha for awhile but after getting HS all the pieces started to fall togather and I have had more fun in the latter stages of this hobby than any other I have been involved in.

Later, Terry (sorry, couldn't resist the Earth joke)

**Guest** · May 28, 2005, 11:37 PM

Yea, I'm hoping it performs real well for that job.
I have tons of questions, However

I want to get the X10 control to be taken over from the active home start up stuff I have(8 lights, front gate motion detector, chimer and remote) and a couple extra motion detectors etc.

Need to figure out how I can walk around the property and have some control from a remote like an ipronto.

Can I set up a touch screen in the living room as a separate controller, with like ML as the front end?
and still have a remote like the tsu7000 control ?

I will have the dell(homeseer)computer in a wiring closet, connected via 10/100 network to my small LAN, ups backed up for about 3 hours of run time. I have an ADSL modem & Router.
The main computer is in the den with about 6 or 7 other workstations on the property. I wanted to use remote desktop to the homeseer Win2003 server?
Can I use my laptop from let's say the garage via 802.11G and control the homeseer system?

What I would like to use my homeseer for;
Lights
I have a couple web cams.
Thermostat, ac/heat control (RC-100B)HAI's RC-Series Thermostats
Sprinkler control Rfid (home/away)
Audio/ Video system (interface or control)
blind control
interface or control the alarm system w/smoke det.
eventualy do some voice recognition and anuciation.

You guy's see any problems or pittfalls I can avoid? sorry for the full salvo....

22v10

**Rupp** · May 29, 2005, 09:01 AM

First of all I would recommend posting a single question or 2 at a time. Many BB users shy away from disertations according to the statistics.

Originally posted by 22v10

Yea, I'm hoping it performs real well for that job.
I have tons of questions, However

I want to get the X10 control to be taken over from the active home start up stuff I have(8 lights, front gate motion detector, chimer and remote) and a couple extra motion detectors etc.

Need to figure out how I can walk around the property and have some control from a remote like an ipronto.
If by property you mean the house an maybe a small amount of the lawn then I would suggest a W800 RF controller. These can obtain the desired range using the proper antenna.
Can I set up a touch screen in the living room as a separate controller, with like ML as the front end?Yes
and still have a remote like the tsu7000 control ? Yes

I will have the dell(homeseer)computer in a wiring closet, connected via 10/100 network to my small LAN, ups backed up for about 3 hours of run time. I have an ADSL modem & Router.
The main computer is in the den with about 6 or 7 other workstations on the property. I wanted to use remote desktop to the homeseer Win2003 server?
Can I use my laptop from let's say the garage via 802.11G and control the homeseer system? Yes Out of the box there is the free TouchPad plugin and there's also MainLobby

What I would like to use my homeseer for;
Lights
I have a couple web cams.
Thermostat, ac/heat control (RC-100B)HAI's RC-Series Thermostats
Sprinkler control Rfid (home/away)
Audio/ Video system (interface or control)
blind control
interface or control the alarm system w/smoke det.
eventualy do some voice recognition and anuciation.

You guy's see any problems or pittfalls I can avoid? sorry for the full salvo....

22v10

**Guest** · May 29, 2005, 09:44 AM

I know, You are right...I just got a little wound up and kind of anxious to get things going.

and thanks

you answered some of the important ones.

I will gather my questions and post'm 1 or 2 at a time.
Thanks for the advice.

22v10

**kevingib** · May 29, 2005, 09:59 AM

22V10You may also want to look at the v572A for Whole House RF. I use this device made by the same folks that do the W800 in a 4000 Sq Ft house and it rocks. I can even run stuff from all of my surrounding neighbors houses.

I guess the biggest difference in tehse is the v572 is standalone and the w800 connects to the pc directly.

I started this HA journey about 5 months ago and finally bought Homeseer 3 months ago. take it slow and easy and it will all come together at once. I will be glad to shre my configuration info and such if you want to email me privately. I have implemented tons of stuff now and have a few more things planned.

**Guest** · June 6, 2005, 12:34 PM

Thanks kevin,

I think that's just what I need. I'm getting all the parts together and going to have a good ol time....

22v10

PS. Anyone got some pointers on mic's for whole house speach recognition ok maybe I'll just start with 2 mikes? TIA.

**rocco** · June 6, 2005, 01:21 PM

22v10, programmable array logic?

Just wondering . . .

**smoothtlk** · June 6, 2005, 02:10 PM

Found this in the "dissertation"

"Can I set up a touch screen in the living room as a separate controller, with like ML as the front end?
and still have a remote like the tsu7000 control ?"

Yes, you can use both MainLobby (via desktop or touchscreen) and a handheld remote at the same time. I control my TV that way. I use MainLobby TVLobby as a TV guide, and the Tivo remote control IR unit to change channels / change volume. I can also click on a Touchscreen running MainLobby to change channels / change volume too. Homeseer can also do same for automated control (lower volume of TV when phone rings...).

**Guest** · June 7, 2005, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by rocco

22v10, programmable array logic?

Just wondering . . .

You are correct Sir

I do allot with hardware EE and have had this nic for a long time

22v10

**Guest** · June 7, 2005, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by smoothtlk

Found this in the "dissertation"

"Can I set up a touch screen in the living room as a separate controller, with like ML as the front end?
and still have a remote like the tsu7000 control ?"

Yes, you can use both MainLobby (via desktop or touchscreen) and a handheld remote at the same time. I control my TV that way. I use MainLobby TVLobby as a TV guide, and the Tivo remote control IR unit to change channels / change volume. I can also click on a Touchscreen running MainLobby to change channels / change volume too. Homeseer can also do same for automated control (lower volume of TV when phone rings...).

Very cool, Smoothtlk...I want to interface it with my Dreambox 7000. I can display any message on the TV screen by hiiting the ip addy of the DB i.e. Http://www.db-ip-addy.com/message;" yo this is a test"

WHen I hit enter from my pc it pops up on the TV set in a box "yo this is a test"
I want home seerer to hit me with status updates while watching CSI

22v10

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