Home Automation - homeseer/ocelot

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homeseer/ocelot

cornytheclown@hotmail.com

2006-11-05, 9:25 am

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....

Spectrum

2006-11-05, 9:25 am

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

On 5 Nov 2006 05:41:04 -0800, "cornytheclown@hotmail.com"
<cornytheclown@hotmail.com> wrote:

>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....

cornytheclown@hotmail.com

2006-11-05, 5:25 pm

Spectrum wrote:[color=darkred]
> 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
>
> On 5 Nov 2006 05:41:04 -0800, "cornytheclown@hotmail.com"
> <cornytheclown@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

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.

Spectrum

2006-11-06, 9:25 am

On 5 Nov 2006 13:32:46 -0800, "cornytheclown@hotmail.com"
<cornytheclown@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Spectrum wrote:
>
>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.

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?

Gemini

2006-11-07, 8:25 pm

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.
<cornytheclown@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162734064.236828.305750@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 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.
>

D&SW

2006-11-08, 8:25 pm

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

"Spectrum" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:fuvrk2tk11vmd0etpmlcpuijj6as07ftoj@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>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
>
> On 5 Nov 2006 05:41:04 -0800, "cornytheclown@hotmail.com"
> <cornytheclown@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

Bill Kearney

2006-12-18, 9:25 am

> 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.

Robert L Bass

2006-12-18, 1:25 pm

> 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).

--

Regards,
Robert L Bass

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