Re: Meteor, Comfort and HomeVision

["Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., steve.cooper@u... wrote:
> 
> Well christmas is nearly here and having finally convinced NTL last
week
> that caller id is available in my area I was thinking of getting a
Meteor
> from santa.  What I want to do is have callers names announced
over 
a
> speaker.
> 
> Q1. How have others done this?

It can be done with:
Homeseer (IIRC you use Homeseer?), with my plugin, or Justin's plug 
in + script. 
or
Tony Tofts xAP bits under Windows
or
My xAP bits under Linux

I think there is xAP connectivity to HV in the works - not sure 
though.

I think Mark McCall has a meteor connected direct to his HV, but I 
don't know the details of what's behind it.

> Q2. Is it still cheapest to get it straight from pathway?
> Q3. Which version do I need, just hardware or with ActiveCID 
Standard
> Edition?
>
> Q4. Which side of Comfort do I need to put the Meteor?

On the exchange side of the comfort box, otherwise you may have 
difficulty logging calls when "Away" mode is set.

> Q5. How can I link it into HV to get a webpage of caller numbers?

You can do this from Homeseer with a plugin. If you fancy the 
experimental route, you can also do this with xAP connector for 
meteor + xAP web cache or xAPHal script.

Patrick



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