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    Tell me about Kinect...

    Aim very ignorant at this, I saw in YouTube what it is, but did quite understand. When you say Kinect are you talking about the Xbox with that logated sensor? Or is it only the sensor it self?

    How acurrate is the VR?

    How does Kinect talk with HS and how does it know which event your asking to activate?

    Thk you
    Hector
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    Win.2003 OS, HS3
    BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
    BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
    MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
    AP800,Honeywell Stat

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    When I say Kinect, I'm talking about the sensor only.
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    This sensor can be plugged into a PC, and communicate with HomeSeer through this plugin.

    The VR is very good compared to any other VR product because the microphone array is capable of ambient noise suppression.

    To use a voice command to trigger an HS event you need to add a kinect trigger of type "A phrase was recognized" and set the phrase of your choice.
    See user guide for more details.

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      #3
      Ok, this is making sense now thks, now what type of connection are we talking about to connect to pc? I currently use vr thru a mic mixer Ap800, which then is connected to HS, so aim using a 1/4 plug to the mic input of the pc.
      Hector
      ____________________________________
      Win.2003 OS, HS3
      BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
      BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
      MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
      AP800,Honeywell Stat

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        #4
        Originally posted by Rotech View Post
        Ok, this is making sense now thks, now what type of connection are we talking about to connect to pc?
        USB

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          #5
          Will this work with XP OS?
          Hector
          ____________________________________
          Win.2003 OS, HS3
          BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
          BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
          MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
          AP800,Honeywell Stat

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            #6
            Originally posted by Rotech View Post
            Will this work with XP OS?
            no, kinect needs win 7 or later

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              #7
              Seams I've been blow out of the water.... thks
              Hector
              ____________________________________
              Win.2003 OS, HS3
              BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
              BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
              MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
              AP800,Honeywell Stat

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                #8
                Is the Kinect plug-in primarily for voice recognition, or does it do the gesture recognition also? If gesture recognition, how well is that working? i.e. is the Kinect gesture recognition real-world ready, or still a work in progress?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NeverDie View Post
                  Is the Kinect plug-in primarily for voice recognition, or does it do the gesture recognition also? If gesture recognition, how well is that working? i.e. is the Kinect gesture recognition real-world ready, or still a work in progress?
                  The kinect plugin does gesture and posture recognition.
                  Posture and gesture recognition work well under certain conditions: you need to stand up at, at least 1m from the sensor, the sensor needs to be able to see most of your body.
                  The next version of the plugin will be able to recognize more gestures, and some of the parameters (like the speed of the gesture) will be user defined.

                  If you have a kinect, just try it, and let me know what's working or not working.

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                    #10
                    Kinect as webcam?

                    Can the Kinect work as a webcam in HS3 as well as VR, gesture and occupancy sensor?

                    Have you tried a Kinect 2 yet?

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by turtlini View Post
                      Can the Kinect work as a webcam in HS3 as well as VR, gesture and occupancy sensor?

                      Have you tried a Kinect 2 yet?
                      There is some drivers available to use the kinect as a regular USB webcam:
                      http://piotrsowa.eu/2013/03/17/kinec...ans-kinectcam/
                      but unfortunately you can't use that and the plugin at the same time, as only one program can access the video stream.

                      what I could add relatively easily to the plugin, is a web page which would display pictures of the kinect video stream at regular intervals.

                      I haven't tried the kinect 2 yet.

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                        #12
                        adding pics to Kinect plugin

                        Adding the ability to capture pictures at intervals would be a very nice security option!

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