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It would be interesting to compare statements to determine if there was a common vendor or on-line verifier amongst all the people here that reported the fradulent charge.

A combination of mControl + Global Cache will also allow this. mControl macros can be triggered by various items including: - Incoming INSTEON (including group commands), so you could have each button on your ControLinc initiate a different macro. - Incoming IR - Incoming X10 - Incoming Z-Wave...

In considering TV-based interaction, consider a media center solution. And amongst media center solutions, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 systems are by far the most popular. Media Center PCs allow you to centralize/manage media (TV, videos, music, pictures, etc.) and access this data...

Two points: 1. I have no insight or inside info on the status of SoftSled (software MCX) or alternate hardware MCXs - but I have to think that Microsoft and other companies have seen this hole and will fill it shortly. 2. Also, there is another (related?) technology called SideShow...

A couple of future considerations: 1. Ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) - these PCs have just been released and I expect the prices to come down and functionality/performance to improve. I believe that UMPCs will be essential components of future homes and should be taken into consideration. (The...

So far we've written to connect via serial, but will support Ethernet at a later date. Yes, you will be able to view/change M1 via extenders. Ted

Hi guys, Yes, mControl v1.50, scheduled for mid-June, will have Elk M1 support. Actually, we demonstrated this funcitonalty at the EHX Spring 2005 (Orlando, FL) tradeshow. Some of the other features within mControl v1.50: - Support for Ultra-mobile PCs (800 x 480 screen size) - Support for...

The way that I understand it, companies like ATI would provide a kit, that you would could install. I suspect it would be a card+software. Ted

Mike, What an integrated cable card buys you is one electronic item - instead of STB + MC EPC, all you will need is the MCE PC. DRM will be a major component of Vista - for example HDMI/HDCP support. For example, from what I've been able to piece together, if you record HDTV, but want to put it...

Last week Embedded Automation posted a beta version of mControl (v1.31A), which provides event-based status update of SwitchLinc and KeypadLinc ON, OFF, Fast ON and Fast OFF paddle presses. There is also a related application note. Ted

First of all, thank you for your time to do a review of our company. Please let me clarify a few items: see: http://www.intel.com/buy/viiv.htm mControl v1.31 already supports this functionality, but we will continue to expand on this functionality. mControl v1.31 already supports D-Link IP...

I received the following in an email yesterday from ChipCon, a major supplier of ZigBee chips and accessories - they have been acquired by Texas Instruments. The ZigBee standard is a good match for TI's low-power uC chipsets, though our ZigBee development system uses Atmel uCs. Ted

I'm sure I can asnwer the question if I understand what you mean by "mControl can update Insteon devices" - can you elaborate? Ted

This device works with Media Center - conencts via USB and uses FrontView (see: http://www.mediacentermagic.com/) Ted

Hi, Ted from Embedded Automation (mControl) - just wanted to factify: mControl works with XP Pro, XP Home, Win 2000, MCE 2005. For non-MCE machines, you can use IE6. This probably covers about 90% of the computers used in home automation. We support 2-way INSTEON already, but for v1.30 to be...