RE: Re: Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just ask away re the whole house audio stuff when you have questions :)

I did try VNC for a while but I found quite bad corruption in some of the
screen draws - didn't like it much :( I also tried everything else on the
market at the time. RD still is the nicest solution I found apart from this
screen locking issue. Maybe I'll look into it a bit more if I ever get
time!

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 February 2005 09:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...
>
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> Paul
>
> Thanks for the pointer on Neospeech.  I hadn't heard of it before,
> nor the point on AT&T NV taking a while to reload.  I checked out
> the samples and the american english was not particularly
> heavy/unpleasant.  As it was also much cheaper, I've gone ahead and
> bought/downloaded (over last night).  It will probably take until
> the weekend before I can properly play.
>
> (I'll probably then have to tap you in due course for how you have
> arranged the TTS into whole house audio etc.)
>
> Had you tried VNC too? If not, it might be worth you trying.  I
> found it a bit slower that RD but not enough to be irritatingly so.
> It's also multi-platform.  As an aside, there is apparently a Pocket
> PC version.  This has been recomended to me for sailing purposes
> (race navigation) where you can have a pocket pc in the cockpit
> VNCed to the main pc below.  I haven't tried it yet but it did occur
> to me that there might be similar HA applications (limitation being
> that,probably, you can only have the one client). Might be good
> where there is no native pocket pc client or web i/f.
>
> Rgds
>
> Richard
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...>
wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I've been using Funk Proxy which is quite good - noticeably
slower
> than Remote Desktop though unfortunately but doesn't have the
> problem with locking the server screen after disconnection (and
> messing up TTS). It is quicker than PCAnywhere though.
> >
> > I moved over to the Neospeech voices a while ago - as good if not
> better than AT&T NV but load up quicker (NV has a bad habit of
> taking up to 30sec on my server to re-load and initialise after a
> few hours inactivity) - not good for real time use.
> >
> > Try the www.nextup.com web site - you can actually just buy the
> voices on their own (NV and Neospeech) and download them! The only
> place I've found that does this. Their support was quite good too.
> The Neospeech voices are just US ATM - but they did say they're
> working on a UK voice.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@n...]
> > Sent: 01 February 2005 21:17
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Yes, I probably will drop Dan a line.  Thought I'd post here
first
> as
> > the CWI group is very quiet and Dan seems to be busy on other
> business
> > projects guaging by his web site.
> >
> > By the way, did you solve your problem with Remote Desktop?  I
> noted
> > this as when you raised it, I was just in the process of
switching
> to
> > a new server (located in the loft too) which could run TTS. I had
> the
> > same problem with Remote Desktop so have dropped back to VNC.
While
> > perhaps not quite as quick as RD, it seems to me, perfectly fine
> for
> > managing a remote server and allows reboots etc too.
> >
> > One other query, I think you use TTS too.  Which voices do you
use
> and
> > where did you source them?  I'm still trying to track down a UK
> > supplier of ATT's Audrey.
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...>
wrote:
> > > You might want to directly email Dan Hoenhen for help - he's
the
> > author and very helpful.
> > >
> > > www.customautomationtech.com
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@n...]
> > > Sent: 31 January 2005 23:11
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Paging Comfort CWI Gurus...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've been using CWI for 18 months plus now and needed to
upgrade
> the
> > > server.  This has now been done and I've reinstalled ACE
& CWI
> onto
> > > an XP Pro / IIS platform (all SP2ed and patched).
> > >
> > > So to the issue.  I've had an absolute nightmare getting
into
> CWI
> > > because of the 'permissions issue' (Error VBScript runtime
> > > (0x800A0046) Permission Denied /comfort/inc-security, line
199.
> > >
> > > This is a pretty regular issue and the explanations in the
setup
> > > worked in the past (setting / resetting permissions etc on
the
> > > Comfort, Ace Server and Web directories).  This time nothing
> worked.
> > > I've done everything in terms of setting, resetting
permissions,
> > > reinstalling IIS and starting again.
> > >
> > > I resorted to microsoft knowledge base (articles 255650
& 251361)
> > > which neatly explains the issue and tells you to use non-
> anonymous
> > > access. It worked ok locally (usual windows authentication)
but
> not
> > > from a remote machine. So I took this out.
> > >
> > > I've now resorted to setting the user for anonymous access
to
> the
> > > Administrator account. It works beautifully again.
> > >
> > > Only problem is that I think this may be a step too far in
terms
> of
> > > driving a coach and horses through security (not really sure
> about
> > > this - a little knowledge being dangerous). So, just in
case,
> I've
> > > closed down the external firewall for the time being.
> > >
> > > So... To the CWI gurus out there... Anyone got CWI on XP Pro
SP2
> > > working without resorting to these dire measures.  If so,
how??
> > > Please share!
> > >
> > > Ta
> > >
> > > Richard
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