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Advanced
Automation Features
- Automatic or manually executed Tasks
- Device / Equipment control and monitoring
- Control programs on computer
- Extensible through VBScript
- Remote Control
- Customizable Remote User Interfaces
- Plugin architecture
System Requirements
- Server
- Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or
Windows XP (Home, Pro, or MCE)
- 200 MHz CPU
- 128 MB RAM
- 15 MB hard drive space
System Requirements
- Remotes
- Microsoft Windows CE 2.11, Windows CE 3.0, PocketPC,
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
2000, Windows XP (Home, Pro, or MCE), or Windows Vista. 64-bit editions of
Windows are not supported.
- 32 MB RAM
Hardware Compatibility List
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HouseBot Features |
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Tasks |
| The heart of the automation is
accomplished through user configurable Tasks.
Tasks are created with a simple point-and-click task
wizard to set up sophisticated events without any manual
programming.
Tasks allow monitoring and control over any Device
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Device / Equipment
Control |
| All physical devices that need to be
controlled or monitored are setup in the system as
'Devices'. These Devices have properties that reflect
their current state and allow HouseBot to control them.
The properties that a device has depend on the abilities
of the device and define what can be monitored and
controlled. For example, to turn on the "kitchen under
the counter light" device, simply change the "Power
State" property of the "Kitchen Under Counter Light" (or
whatever name you wish to give it) to "On". This will
cause the light to turn on.
In addition to controlling physical devices such as
switches, HouseBot can also control Software Devices.
Software Devices are simply software applications
running on the HouseBot server that can be monitored and
controlled in the same way that physical devices are
monitored and controlled. Both types of Devices
contain properties and are controlled exactly the same.
HouseBot supports a growing list of automation
interfaces and software.
Click here
to see a quick list of things that can be controlled, or
check out the
hardware compatibility page.
You are not confined to a single hardware interface or
protocol for automating your home. HouseBot can
control and monitor equipment from a variety of
manufacturers in the same way. For example, you
can have an X10 wireless motion detector trigger a task
that will turn on Z-Wave lights.
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Hardware Interfaces |
Software |
- ADI Ocelot / Leopard
- Global Cache GC-100
- Modem / Phone
- PowerLinc USB
- Slink-e
- USB-UIRT
- W800
- X10 CM11a, CM11g
- X10 MR26a
- Z-Wave
- Insteon
Connect multiple hardware interfaces to your PC's USB,
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- Email Sender (SMTP) – send email messages.
- Execute Program Devices – runs external
programs, commands, or batch files.
- External Control – to control HouseBot from
a command-line interface or external COM object.
- Null Device – can be used as a placeholder
for custom-defined properties or variables.
- Playlist Manager – provides a list of tracks
to organize online media.
- Script Device – allows HouseBot
functionality to be extended through custom
Visual Basic scripts.
- Sleep Timer – controls timed delays.
- System Time – monitors and controls the
system time.
- Text-2-Speech – lets HouseBot communicate
through a synthesized voice.
- WinAmp – controls the WinAmp application.
- Windows Clipboard – monitor and controls the
windows clipboard.
- Windows Message Device – lets HouseBot
integrate with external programs through Windows
Messages.
- Device replicator – allows device control to
be distributed across multiple HouseBot
servers running on a network.
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Remote Control -
Software Remotes |
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Software Remote user interfaces are constructed by simple
drag-and-drop editing to create interactive (2-way)
control panels of the HouseBot system.
Software remotes run as native
applications on a variety of Windows, Windows CE, and
PocketPC platforms — no clunky web browsers required.
Run your themes on "software remotes" for real-time
monitoring and control of your HouseBot Devices
through wired or wireless PCs, PDAs, tablet PCs, and
touchscreens.
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