HouseBot

... I view HouseBot as more than a home automation system ... Yes, I would agree with that. HouseBot goes way beyond a simple home automation application by virtue of the fact that it can be expanded almost without limit. Just the addition of some simple scripts allows me to do things like firing u...

A couple of interesting points here that really need to be addressed. The statement from Alan that "over time you will see the products provide tigther and tighter integration with each other" and the question from osetivo "is there a real interest in broader "Home Automation&quo...

... further to my previous post, I got to thinking that it would be nice to have HouseBot provide the start and end of Civil Twilight in much the same way as it provides sunrise and sunset. This may be a lot more useful in practical terms for turning lights on and off. Anyone living near the equator...

Thanks for the reply Scott. I understand about the System Time.Sun Rise Indicator property and I should probably have explained things a bit better. I was just trying to keep things simple for the sake of clarity. Rather than the period between actual sunset and sunrise I'm really after the period b...

I think there may be a problem with the forum search. I was looking for a post I remember reading on the old HouseBot forum regarding an anomaly with sunrise/sunset times. A search for "sunrise" only brought up a post related to myHTPC .... despite there being a post in the new HouseBot ar...

.... and 4) Now costs $AU 88.67 :) Sorry, couldn't help myself. I can't really comment on the changes or improvements that commercialization brought with the emergence of Meedio Essentials as my only interest is in pure home automation which doesn't include home entertainment equipment. I've never u...

... I could list tons of software that benefited from going commercial; zoomplayer, girder, netremote, and the list can go on. I agree ... but by the same token I could list dozens of freeware applications that have been "acquired" simply to remove them from the marketplace because of the...

Thanks Alan. If the folks at Meedio are indeed enthusiasts and actual users then the hope for the future of HouseBot looks much brighter. The "About us" section of the web site conveys a rather "corporate powerhouse" impression, far removed from the comfortable familiarity of the...

Trust? ... well I guess I mean that if the rug can suddenly be pulled out from under user's feet once, it can happen again. After all, we're no longer talking about something which appeared to have been created by an enthusiast and provided at no cost for the benefit of the home automation community...

That doesn't really answer the question. OK, I know that the majority of plugins were developed by Scott and are therefore his intellectual property but what about those plugins, scripts or configurations developed by others?. What is their status and why can't they still be downloaded? Are those th...

While I appreciate your generous offer, as an existing user of HouseBot I am more interested in future versions of HouseBot. I use HouseBot for a home automation control system which does not include any home entertainment equipment ... and as such I don't have any particular interest in Meedio Esse...