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[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Bill I've been having (day) dreams of setting up you voice commander since I 1st read about it! It sounds great!

I have more than one computer, and wondering which one I should use. Do you have and "requirements"? Speed, OS, RAM, etc?

By the way, I am also a watt saver and I use the socket rockets to turn on the compact fluorescence lights.

Best I can tell you is Win98 or better and a PentiumII\PentiumII-equivalent or later processor at 233 MHz with 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or better is recommended (based on MS recommendations for the speech engine).

[HA Dave]

Bill I've been having (day) dreams of setting up you voice commander since I 1st read about it! It sounds great!

I have more than one computer, and wondering which one I should use. Do you have and "requirements"? Speed, OS, RAM, etc?

By the way, I am also a watt saver and I use the socket rockets to turn on the compact fluorescence lights.

Best I can tell you is Win98 or better and a PentiumIIPentiumII-equivalent or later processor at 233 MHz with 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or better is recommended (based on MS recommendations for the speech engine).

PERFECT! I have a dust collector that also exceeds the min requirements. I had used my last desktop as a FTP server to exchange some pics among family, but we are all caught up now and exchange pics at Christmas. 

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Bill I've been having (day) dreams of setting up you voice commander since I 1st read about it! It sounds great!

I have more than one computer, and wondering which one I should use. Do you have and "requirements"? Speed, OS, RAM, etc?

By the way, I am also a watt saver and I use the socket rockets to turn on the compact fluorescence lights.

Best I can tell you is Win98 or better and a PentiumIIPentiumII-equivalent or later processor at 233 MHz with 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or better is recommended (based on MS recommendations for the speech engine).

PERFECT! I have a dust collector that also exceeds the min requirements. I had used my last desktop as a FTP server to exchange some pics among family, but we are all caught up now and exchange pics at Christmas. 

Cool!     I'm always glad to hear someone has given new purpose to an old door-stop.   

Let me know how it goes!

[Tuicemen]

Dave_x10_L : inorder to have AHP working reliable you'll want to be running XP as the OS
Once Bill  gets BVC running it won't run well on 98 either something to do with Net Framework!
Bill : Are you planing on continuing to support BXVC once BVC is released since it is realy a update to BXVC ?

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Dave_x10_L : in order to have AHP working reliable you'll want to be running XP as the OS
Once Bill  gets BVC running it won't run well on 98 either something to do with Net Framework!

Is this from experience?  You're the only one I've given BVC to to test, and I haven't been able to try it on 98 yet myself.   

Bill : Are you planing on continuing to support BXVC once BVC is released since it is realy a update to BXVC ?

I'm really leaning toward releasing one last version of BXVC (maybe I'll even version it 1.0 finally!     ) and then concentrating on BVC (the Visual Basic Express version) which requires the dot NET Framework 2.0.  Although I can't quite seem to kick the "can I do that in JScript?" bug, so it's possible BXVC will inherit some new features from BVC anyway.  Best I can say is; "Expect BXVC to fall by the sidelines with few updates once BVC is released."

Another thought... Since BXVC and BVC both rely on AHP to communicate with the CM15A, their future O/S and hardware requirements will be directly linked to X10's choices of O/S and hardware support for AHP!  This also brings to mind that since the CM15A is a USB device, the minimum O/S requirement should probably be amended to "Win98 SE or above", since Win98's limited USB support may not even allow AHP and the CM15A to function properly.

[Tuicemen]

Bill: I haven't ran BVC on 98 but have ran my program and X10dispatch both use net framework 2 and both experiance some problems! Each time it seems to be related to framework so I expect simular problems with BVC, Maybe I'll get to trying it on 98 this week!
I'll e-mail you the results!

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Bill: I haven't ran BVC on 98 but have ran my program and X10dispatch both use net framework 2 and both experiance some problems! Each time it seems to be related to framework so I expect simular problems with BVC, Maybe I'll get to trying it on 98 this week!
I'll e-mail you the results!

Thanks!  I'd sure like to know how (if?) it works!   

[Puck]

Bill: I finally (see pic below) installed your BXVC software. Couldn't wait any longer... especially since I got reminded of it today. 

VERY NICE!!!

Look forward to playing and having fun with this. 

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Bill: I finally (see pic below) installed your BXVC software. Couldn't wait any longer... especially since I got reminded of it today. 

VERY NICE!!!

Look forward to playing and having fun with this. 

Thanks!   

Let me know how it works (or doesn't?) for you!   

[HA Dave]

Bill: I finally (see pic below) installed your BXVC software. Couldn't wait any longer... especially since I got reminded of it today. 
VERY NICE!!!
Look forward to playing and having fun with this. 

Puck, Bill

I just bought AHP. I can't wait for the weekend (well... thats normal for me) to play with AHP with VOICE.

Of course... keep in mind I will be learning AHP at the same time. OK.. I had AH so it's not a whole new concept for me. But it's new enough.
I already told Bill... I am wound-up about this!

Most of my X10 is in the theater lighting, security system, or the camera system. I've decided to use the Bill's X10 Voice Commander for local control of the cameras. To me this is awesome!

I've been wondering..... if I named one camera "view screen" couldn't I set in my big easy chair and say "Computer.... View screen ON". I have already set-up the system so when the cameras are activated ... if the TV is on.. the camera images appear on TV automatically.

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

I've been wondering..... if I named one camera "view screen" couldn't I set in my big easy chair and say "Computer.... View screen ON". I have already set-up the system so when the cameras are activated ... if the TV is on.. the camera images appear on TV automatically.

Sorry if I'm being obtuse, but what exactly do you want to happen when you say "Computer.... View screen ON"?

Do you want it to just switch to a camera view, or actually turn on the TV or what exactly?   

[HA Dave]

Sorry if I'm being obtuse, but what exactly do you want to happen when you say "Computer.... View screen ON"?

Do you want it to just switch to a camera view, or actually turn on the TV or what exactly?   

I should have been more clear.

The reason I wanted the cameras, is I can't see my driveway from inside the house. Keeping an eye out for guests, or service people can be a major pain. From my office, I can't hear or see anything.

So I set the cameras up through auto-video-detecting, four port modulators. If I send video to the modulator (Camera or DVD) it "over-rides" the cable programing and appears on the TV screen. If I want to keep an eye on the driveway, front door, etc. All I have to do is turn-on a nearby TV and [then] using my scanpad remote turn on the cam I would like to view.

I also have motion activation, which does the same thing (as the remote), as well as VCR taping and turns on an inside light and chime.

What I would like to do... is set in my chair (office or living room) and (with the TV already on) turn on the camera, with a voice command.

[HA Dave]

what exactly do you want to happen when you say "Computer.... View screen ON"?

I am sorry Bill. I don't what I am thinking tonight. Actually, what I would like to happen is:  appliance module D9 to turn ON

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

what exactly do you want to happen when you say "Computer.... View screen ON"?

I sorry Bill. I don't what I am thinking tonight. Actually, what I would like to happen is:  appliance module D9 to turn ON

OK, then the answer is yes!    If you create a device named "View screen" with the address D9 and selecting the appropriate output mode (power line command, RF or both), then saying "View screen on" would issue D9 ON through the CM15A.

Obviously "View screen off" would issue the D9 OFF command.

You could also say "Computer, activate view screen" and "Computer, de-activate view screen" (if you want to get really Trekkie      )   

P.S.
This all assumes that you set up AHP or an appropriate MACRO in AHP so that when D9 ON is triggered the appropriate X10 commands are sent.  The switching of X10 cameras requires that you send OFF commands to all of the cameras and then send ON to the camera you want to view.  AHP can do this if set up correctly, but BXVC (so far) only sends one command (i.e. D9 ON) so something else (AHP) must send the appropriate off commmands.

I'm working on adding MACRO sequences to BXVC so that it could send that "string" of commands directly, but I've got some work to do yet.

[HA Dave]

what exactly do you want to happen when you say "Computer.... View screen ON"?

This all assumes that you set up AHP or an appropriate MACRO in AHP so that when D9 ON is triggered the appropriate X10 commands are sent.  The switching of X10 cameras requires that you send OFF commands to all of the cameras and then send ON to the camera you want to view.  AHP can do this if set up correctly, but BXVC (so far) only sends one command (i.e. D9 ON) so something else (AHP) must send the appropriate off commmands

Yep I figured as much. But was day-dreaming (I guess) as I typed. Currently, some cameras are a "two command" operation as a video sender (with a seperate module code) is involed. But the AHP can (I am guessing) handle that through a simple macro. I have a lot to learn... and looking forward to it.

But mostly looking forward to your Voice Commander, Bill.

I have other (additional) plans for the AHP and it's "suite" of software for the camera use, and that will be nice too.

But being able to cause a camera view to replace the program on the TV screen, via a voice command.... priceless.

Kirk never had it this good!!!!!!!!!!!!!