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Homeowner Forum / Home Automation / December 2006homeseer/ocelot
Anyone using this combination... Im looking at controlling some stuff around the home but I want something that will do digital i/o possibly some 4-20 ma sensors.... but I want to be able to access the system from work also...so I need something with a good gui and the ability to control from the web...but I also need something easy to use. I have been trying to research on the web and the homeseer software with ocelot controller...and the secu 16 module for digital i/o seems to be what Im looking for.... I basically want something I can play with before implementing in my home....and I want something versatile.... easy to use but I would also like to write some programs for it......something easy to program.... what type of language does homeseer use...Ive read its a form of basic.... Is there good documentation with the products mentioned...setup, web access instructions etc... Im not familiar with tcp/ip and all that but from what I have read getting web access is fairly easy with homeseer..... also what additional costs are associated with web access...I looked at one product on the net and it required a monthly fee for accessing the home system via the web... Any comments, help, info appreciated.... I use HomeSeer with Ocelot. My old Time Commander system went belly up and I needed something that I could program. Ocelot worked OK until I discovered Homeseer. With Homeseer, the Ocelot is too much. That is, I don't run any IR so I'm just using it as a very expensive interface. HS will use just about anything. If I had it to do over again, I'd forget the Ocelot and just get a plugin interface. BTW, Homeseer is pretty confusing at first but they have a great message board. Once you get into it, with scripts and events, it'll do damn near anything you want. John >Anyone using this combination... Im looking at controlling some stuff >around the home but I want something that will do digital i/o possibly [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Any comments, help, info appreciated.... > I use HomeSeer with Ocelot. My old Time Commander system went belly up > and I needed something that I could program. Ocelot worked OK until I [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > >Any comments, help, info appreciated.... Thanks for the info.... can you name another interface that will work with the homeseer software and allow digital and 4-20 ma connections. In all my searching I could only come up with the combination I have listed above...homeseer, ocelot, and secu-16..not sure on that number...i/o module for the ocelot. Any less expensive suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> I use HomeSeer with Ocelot. My old Time Commander system went belly up >> and I needed something that I could program. Ocelot worked OK until I [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >number...i/o module for the ocelot. Any less expensive suggestions >would be greatly appreciated. OK, there ya go. As I said, I don't use anything but X10 with mine. 4-20 sounds handy but I don't have any real app for it. What are you using it for? John, Any recommendation on a book I can get to explain the scripting? The Homeseer message board does not do a good job. Thanks! DAW >I use HomeSeer with Ocelot. My old Time Commander system went belly up > and I needed something that I could program. Ocelot worked OK until I [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> >>Any comments, help, info appreciated.... The scripting is just basic VBScript with some hs functions added. I've attached one as a txt file. You just put them into your \scripts directory and can call them. I find them easier than setting a million events. It's very confusing at first. HS Help has scripting functions but you really have to already know what you want. There is no tutorial on this. There are some good tutorials on VBScript. For a VBS reference I use http://www.w3schools.com/vbscript/vbscript_ref_functions.asp. Between the two I don't have a problem. Course I am a programmer. The HS Message Board is very good. You can get most any question answered rapidly. >John, >Any recommendation on a book I can get to explain the scripting? The [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>> >>>Any comments, help, info appreciated.... I have been using this combination for a long time. I use the Ocelot side for the "must do" x10 and IR events and the HS for the glitzy stuff . I don't really care for the newer 2.x versions of HS. I have reverted back to the 1.7 version. If I had to pick between HS and the Ocelot, the Ocelot would be my stand alone pick. > Anyone using this combination... Im looking at controlling some stuff > around the home but I want something that will do digital i/o possibly > some 4-20 ma sensors.... but I want to be able to access the system > from work also...so I need something with a good gui and the ability to > control from the web...but I also need something easy to use. > I don't really care for the newer 2.x versions of HS. I have reverted back to > the 1.7 version. Yeah, shame isn't it? They had a good thing going and really seem to have dropped the ball with the 2.0 version. > Yeah, shame isn't it? They had a good > thing going and really seem to have > dropped the ball with the 2.0 version. Hi Bill, What about version 2.0 is problematic? I haven't kept up to date with HS since we stopped buying from them (no problems with them or the product at the time; just different modes of operation).  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