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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: kcyankee on October 25, 2007, 09:41:15 PM
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would like to hook up the system to a wireless hu directly and then access it over the net. Can this be done or do ou have to have a computer in the mix at the location where the system is installed?
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would like to hook up the system to a wireless hu directly and then access it over the net. Can this be done or do ou have to have a computer in the mix at the location where the system is installed?
I don't of, or have ever heard/read of anyway to remotely access X10 directly via the internet, without a computer in the mix. The computer control is software derived. However "phone control" was once popular.... although I know nothing about that.
As far as the computer.... for internet control. It doesn't have to be much of a computer. I have been working with controlling my HA using voice commands (http://davesdomainonline.com/bvc/bvc.htm) and have been able to do so with an old curb-side quality PC.
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so hooking up the usb video adaptor to a usb to RJ45 and then connecting to a router will not work and i need to have a computer on all the time? I was tryng to set up remotemonitoring of my second ome and viewing the camersa over the net at work and also hooking up the motion sensors so an email is sent to me when motion in the house is detected.
figured i could get them via my blackberry also
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so hooking up the usb video adaptor to a usb to RJ45 and then connecting to a router will not work..............
Correct. If you want to by-pass the computer to view your cameras on-line you will need an IP server (which is what your PC is doing) However there are devices that can do what you want (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-9100A-PLUS-N&cpc=SCH)(<click the link). I use an IP camera myself (as well as X10 cameras).
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Wow, this is great, so if i understand it right, i would hook up the video receiver to this box and then the box to my Linksys router and i sould be in business. I wuld then use the software with this box to then view the cameras and not use the Vanguard software or could you use that?
You are a great resource and for my first experince with X10, thisis turning out to be great as i learn how to do this.
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Yeah... like my tag line says, this stuff is really only limited by imagination (and pocket depth). Glad you found the info helpful.
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When i hook up the video receiver to this box, will I be able to have the x10 Cameras scroll thru each one like i can see using the vanguard software?
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When i hook up the video receiver to this box, will I be able to have the x10 Cameras scroll thru each one like i can see using the vanguard software?
I don't know.... I don't own that particular IP server. I think... it shows (up to) four cams at the same time.