HouseBot

So, to paraphrase, about six months to a year before the next release.

OK.

Has anyone worked on a device to connect HouseBot to iTunes? Functionality similar to what is provided for WinAmp would be ideal. There's a COM interface for iTunes and I thought I'd take a shot at creating a Script Device. However, if someone has already developed an appropriate device perhaps they...

<bump>
The silence is deafening!

Scott:

Can you tell us about what features you have planned for future releases of HouseBot? When is the next release date?

Thanks!

I experienced the same problem when I created the Software Remote and Theme for the News Script Device. The main panel displays several RSS-based news stories stored as HouseBot properties. Clicking the Refresh button (retrieves RSS feed) would cause the underlying properties to randomly disappear/r...

News is a Script Device designed to retrieve the Top 5 news stories from a news agency's RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication). It includes RSS URLS for CBC, BBC, and CNN's World News sections. You can modify the list and add your preferred news sources. A Software Remote and Theme are included and ...

<bump> Scott: I haven't dabbled with eXtensible Automation Protocol (xAP) yet but the breadth of available applications and supported devices is drawing me in quickly! Here's my two cents: It seems to me that if you could add support for xAP, HouseBot could tap into the existing pool of xAP-supporte...

I was looking for a product that could work with HouseBot and provide the functionality of HomeSeer Phone. I haven't found it yet but I encountered a very interesting application that provides Interactive Voice Response (IVR) at a reasonable price. NCH Swift Sound is discounting their IVM Answering ...

If not PowerHome then what other applications were evaluated before you made the decision to use HouseBot? What swayed you to use HouseBot?

Richard: Many thanks! Very impressive! I'm not familiar with Dutch but I think I understand what the screens are monitoring/controlling. Referring to the Informatie page: 1. How are you monitoring the Doorbell and Garage? 2. What is the source of the temperature data? 3. What is the source of the vo...

According to the Memberlist, the following members have posted over 100 messages on this Community Forum: acheslow Circe640 dlmorgan999 ericvic kbosscawen kilowatt MichaelK PT Richard Naninck spike5884 Steve Steve Horn talisman yaccri Many of these members have been around for years and have, no dou...

HouseBot and PowerHome offer similar features at about the same price. Naturally each offers something the other does not have (example: PowerHome has a WAP interface; HouseBot provides Software Remotes). I'm evaluating the two products and would like to hear from anyone who has compared them. What ...

Wow! I'm impressed with Notepad++! I've retired my other freeware text and hex editors and switched to Notepad++. Thanks for the tip!

Yup, it's all relative to where you're standing.

With my newfound knowledge (thank you gents), I've tuned Windows Explorer to treat HBX files as ZIP files (folders, whatever) and can now open and explore them conveniently. Lots of interesting stuff in them; lots to learn.

Thanks for that tip. After staring at the raw internals of an HBX file I realized I was looking at a compressed file (first two characters are "PK"). I was about to zip the ConfigExport.xml when you replied. I now realize there is no need to unzip the original file but simply to rename it ...