HouseBot

Does anyone know how to examine a received rs232 string and strip away certain characters leaving only the data wanted. e.g. I have a serial device sending the room temperature, this device sends a string "IT:19" meaning Indoor Temp 19deg I want to beable to display the temperature "1...

Does anyone know how to "cut" out a section of your panel background?

I am trying to wrap my panel around a video capture screen and when I try to create a .PNG with a transparent section it comes out as a black square, is there a way of doing this within Housebot?



Regards, Andy

Does anyone use the Voice Recognition Plugin for Housebot?

How do you set it up?

What is a grammar file?

How well does it work?



Andy.

Does anyone know how to connect a digital switch input into Housebot?

I am trying to connect a standard PIR sensor instead of an X10 type, is there any Plugins written for any of the digital input PCI cards?



Andy.

My problem with changing the file name was because I had not un checked the "Hide extensions for known file types" under folder options!! I have also found that the problem with the button repeat not working is because the controls are on a pop-up panel, if I change the panel type the butt...

Scott,



When I download your test it saves as .zip and will not launch with Housebot, how do I change a .zip to .hbx?



Andy.

Scott, I have created buttons to raise and lower the leviton light level of an X10 light which also has a bargraph display, the button will work fine with single press but I cannot get the button repeat to work. I have enabled the button repeat feature and entered +=10 for the light raise button in ...

Scott, Thanks again, worked a treat. I am having trouble trying to get the button repeat feature to work, I have tried putting the same +=n but nothing happens, do I need to give more specific detail of what value to change as button repeat does not show the property to be changed? Or is it because ...

Kevin, I don't know if this will be pointing you in the correct direction but try this, When you have created your Device say DVD then you "Add Property", select A/V status, double click on this and select IR Codes, then map your learnt codes to the commands and set up your buttons propert...

Scott Many thanks for your reply. I was up until the early hours not wanting to be beaten by this and found what I was doing wrong. :shock: It seems that my drawing software does not like saving a transparent background when saved as a .png, and was converting the transparent background into a white...

Does anyone know how to create your own icon for a button, every time I try using Paint Shop Pro6 I get a white background with the picture.

Ive tried to use a transparent background but it seem's that when I save as a .PNG it becomes a white!



Andy.

Thanks for the reply Scott, I am fairly new to Housebot, but learning fast! I have a few questions for you, if you do not mind? 1 Can you input CCTV pictures from cameras ie, front door etc? 2 Is there a way of monitoring incoming phone calls and producing a caller ID to be displayed on screen? 3 Wh...

I know this has been asked before, but does anyone have any good themes for housebot?

Or does anyone know if you can use a third party software solution such as MainLobby? I have seen that HomeSeer can be used with MainLobby, could Housebot be used this way?



Andy.

Many thanks for the reply Scott, I tried using other programs through the CM11 and they also take around two seconds to control anything (same as Housebot) I tried using an RF transceiver with remote and this operates fairly instantly, does this remove the possibility of Line noise? Does the CM11 wa...

I am using a CM12U connected to Housebot but find that there is a delay of aprox 3seconds from sending a command to it actually happening. I assume this delay is between the CM12U and the devices? Is there any way of speeding this up, does a CM10U work faster as from what I read it does not have a s...