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[bart]

Bill, you so RULE!!! I only got to play with
the time/date and the 'Thank You' feature,
but I LOVE it! What I really like about
the 'Thank you' feature is that the response
is always something a little different...not
just the same 'You're welcome' every time.
That gives it a nice little variance! Great
work!

Now, about that system tray...hehehhehe

[bart]

I have a question about BXVC in
general...will BXVC work using ActiveHome
(not Pro) and a cm11a? Or must you have Pro
with the cm15a? I have an extra 11 laying
around and I could hook it up in my son's
room on his own house code just to play with
and have fun with lights and a fan.

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Bart,

First, thanks for the kudos.

Second, unfortunately I don't have a CM11A
to play with, so I don't know if it will
work with the scripting interface in Active
Home Pro and I don't have Active Home.  My
best suggestion is to hook it up and see
what happens (and let me know! )  I'm
always open to suggestions and always
trying to support more hardware and
software, but my finances are limited so I
can only work with what I can get ahold
of.  That's one major reason BXVC is
written in JSCRIPT as a HTA... it may be
limited but it's FREE!

Let me know what you find out,
-Bill-
bill@wgjohns.com

[Tuicemen]

Awesome Bill!
Your hard work is not invain! Nice adds, I
like the new look as well !
Happy Holidays!

[rob]

Bill:
Excellent stuff.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you
too.

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

I finally realized that the black-on-blue
color scheme was hard to read on a standard
monitor (I was using a laptop as my
development system when I first started
this).  I also thought it might be easier
to follow if I grouped related sections by
color.  I know the GUI needs work, but I
get so involved in the code and making it
do more that I tend to neglect the GUI.
Promise it'll get better (someday).

-Bill-

[bart]

I have an idea, and I was wondering if anyone has tried this, or if anyone has an idea for this. Using BXVC to control things like stereos, TVs, etc, using the VCRCommannder2. I can already see the set and how it would be done, with the exception of one element...getting the house/unit code to transmit RF (not PLC) from the PC. Does a CM15A have this functionality to be able to transmit a code both PLC AND as RF? Or perhaps a Firecracker unit would do? And if Firecracker would work, would the Firecracker software be able to get the command from BXVC?

The setup would be easy...just trying to find that one missing link. Being able to transmit a house/unit code as RF (like a motion sensor can do) from the PC.

[todd k.]

Bill, Nice piece of software! Reminds me of HAL.

Alas, I've switched to the SmartHome 1132cu
usb controller, (the AHP CM15a just never
worked well.) and can no longer use the AHP
software to program timers and macros.

Any chance you might be able to support ther
1132cu usb controller?

Cheers,   Todd K.

[-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)]

Todd K.,

E-mail me and I'll see what I can figure
out.  I don't feel it's appropriate to
discuss competing hardware on X10's forum,
but I am interested in supporting as many
controllers as I can figure out how.

-Bill- (of BXVC)
bill@wgjohns.com

[showson1]

Bill.. and all..
I'm still waiting for my X10 stuff to come
(should be here today)... WOO HOO!

I installed AHP and BXVC and am VERY
impressed with both. I love the Star Trek
sounds used as the defaults in BXVC.. nice
touch.

I was wondering how to trigger macros with
BXVC and I think it just occurred to me,
please correct me if I'm wrong on this:

Create a macro in AHP and set the trigger to
say A5.
In BXVC, create a new device (at the bottom
of the page) called something like 'Living
room lights" and give it the ID of A5.
The if you do the "Computer use living room
lights" it should activate the macro?

Please correct me if I'm wrong on that, but
it makes sense.. of course I don't have any
hardware to test it.

[showson1]

Hey all!
Been messing with BXVC and really love it..
thought it'd be cool to have mics all over
the house for the voice command but wasn't
sure how to do it.
Just had this idea..

Get one of the wireless intercom systems,
take one of the feeds off of that into the
sound card (with some modifications).

That way if you wanted to send a voice
command just speak it through the intercom..
not ideal, but may be something to try.

[Tuicemen]

showson1
thats exactly how I do it !
computer activate <name of macro>

[Dan Lawrence]

Well, I downloaded the .zip file on Bill's
site and exreacted the files - no
executable!!! how do you run it without an
executable?

[showson1]

Dan,
Just double click the .hta file.

[Dan Lawrence]

Did that. Nothing happened except WordPad
opened and displayed the contents. What was
supposed to happen?