Re: Girder to Homeseer (for a UIRT)

["dwoolridge2000" <doug_woolridge@xxxxxxx>]

I stumbled across this on the Homeseer forum:  www.gadgetland.net
(SeerCmd)

I hope to try this in the next week or so.  I'll let the group know
what I find.

Would anyone be using this and be able to comment on it?

Thanks,
Doug Woolridge

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul" <p-gale@b...> wrote:
> Has Homeseer got the equivalent of HV Desktop and ACE Desktop - two
> small progs that take a command line argument and pass it to the
main
> app - much better than writing to a file which is read every few
seconds
> - too much delay.
>
>
>
> I do this with both HV and ACE from Girder. Example:
>
>
>
> Girder action - OS tab
>
> File: c:\program files\HomeVision\HV Desktop.exe
>
> Step Size: \S ,g223C1E31
>
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwoolridge2000 [mailto:doug_woolridge@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 03 April 2003 16:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Girder to Homeseer (for a UIRT)
>
>
>
> Replying to my own post, but I've made some progress...
>
> I found a bit simpler way to create the "communication" file
in
> Girder.  I now have it executing a .bat file to "echo
EventName>
> C:\Homeseer\commfile.dat".
>
> As before, Homeseer checks for this file's existence every X
seconds
> and triggers the named event.
>
> My next attempt (just thought of it this morning) is to execute
> the "echo EventName> C:\Homeseer\commfile.dat" command
directly in
> Girder.
>
> Any more direct ties between the UIRT and Homeseer would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Doug W.
>
> P.S.  I've had some problems with the UIRT itself.  I'm using the
> schematic and PIC hex files from  http://www.fukushima.us/UIRT2/
> The only way I was able to get it to work was by reversing the
diodes
> vs. how they were shown on the schematic.  I've also had problems
> with the circuit overheating (I actually burned my finger on the
> PIC).  Tough little guy survived, though.  Anybody else have
> experience with this?
>
>
> <SNIP>
> > My questions:
> >
> > 1)  Does anyone know of a Homeseer plug-in for the UIRT?
> >
> > 2)  Has anyone got a (clean) way for Girder to trigger a Homeseer
> > event (a plug-in would be ideal)?
> >
> > 3)  If the answer is "no" to 1&2, is there a way to
create a text
> > file with girder, other than having Girder open and type to
Notepad?
> >
> > I do have it working, but it's quite slow and pretty cobbled.
> > Currently, Girder creats a text file which Homeseer checks for
> every
> > x seconds with a recurring event.  The text file contains the
name
> of
> > the event to be triggered.  This is slow and messy--I'd rather
not
> > have a multi-second delay for my IR commands.
> >
> > Any help would be MOST appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug W.
>
>
>
>
>
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