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I was planning to use both a PC and
Comfort.
How controllable is comfort via computer
interface? How much data is "reported" to the computer? Have I
got
my wires crossed here? Can you log comfort actions on the computer,
and
display, say, temperature graphically?
I was hoping to use the central computer to
provide
whole house audio on demand from MP3`s, combined with control of other
audi-visual appliances, although I don`t know quite how yet! Also,
expanding into voice activation through the computer and software when my
budget
and reliability allow.
Basically I want a very configurable system I
can
build on. I have high hopes, and a small budget!
Regards,
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
12:26
AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] X10,
PCs/Homeseer
and Reliability
>Sorry, this is another one of my patented incoherent e-mails so
I'll
summarise (or try to ;-)):
>what prompts people to use something like HV/Comfort
rather
than a PC? Is it purely price?
A dedicated hardware solution like Comfort or HV is definately more
robust than a PC solution. In the case of HV vs HomeSeer (for
example)
you'd also have to add on quite a bit of hardware to bring your PC up to
the
same capabilities as HV. You'd need video in and out, IR Tx and
Rx,
X10 Interface, digital and analogue I/Os as well.
Once you had all these add-ons it would be unlikely they would
interact
as flawlessly as in the HV design.
However for many people HomeSeer and a PC will be more than enough for
their needs.
Depends what you want to do?
M.
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