H@me

[nexus99]

Has anyone here used H@me on an IPod touch? I am thinking of using a Touch as my touchscreen controller for my nightstand.

 

[jharrell]

I use my iPhone with H@me this way since it's sits on my nightstand charging every night. This has totally replaced the need to use the keypad for both me and my significant other as we both have iPhones. I arm the system every night in bed using my phone.

The only issues I have and you may see less or perhaps more depending, is when you wake up the device it takes a few seconds to connect to the WiFi and get an ip address, so if you start H@me up to quickly I have noticed it doesn't like that situation too much sometimes. That is I have had it hang for a few seconds then prompt with a dialog to reconnect, then it works, I have also had it just close H@me then I have to run again and it works. Now I am not sure if this may be worse or better on the iPhone vs iTouch, since I have it set to access either through cellular or WiFi using a DDNS name, so when starting up H@me too quickly I think it's actually starting to access the system through cellular then switching to WiFi on the fly which either H@me or the panel doesn't like. Perhaps this would be more stable on a touch thats only on WiFi then again it just might come up with a connection error until WiFi is fully connected.

 

[nexus99]

I use my iPhone with H@me this way since it's sits on my nightstand charging every night. This has totally replaced the need to use the keypad for both me and my significant other as we both have iPhones. I arm the system every night in bed using my phone.

The only issues I have and you may see less or perhaps more depending, is when you wake up the device it takes a few seconds to connect to the WiFi and get an ip address, so if you start H@me up to quickly I have noticed it doesn't like that situation too much sometimes. That is I have had it hang for a few seconds then prompt with a dialog to reconnect, then it works, I have also had it just close H@me then I have to run again and it works. Now I am not sure if this may be worse or better on the iPhone vs iTouch, since I have it set to access either through cellular or WiFi using a DDNS name, so when starting up H@me too quickly I think it's actually starting to access the system through cellular then switching to WiFi on the fly which either H@me or the panel doesn't like. Perhaps this would be more stable on a touch thats only on WiFi then again it just might come up with a connection error until WiFi is fully connected.

I pulled the trigger on a Touch yesterday and it looks like it is working well. Just as you do I will be using this as a dedicated bedside controller in the master bedroom. Currently I have the following running:

H@me - for HAI control
Alarm flashlight - digital clock/alarm application
Apple Remote - To remotely play music via iTunes on my media server.

For 200 bucks this is an amazing touch panel solution to control security/audio/lights/and waking me up in the morning!

 

[gilesmig]

I'm thinking about buying an iTouch for the same reason. What software version of the iTouch worked for you with the H@me?

 

[nexus99]

I'm thinking about buying an iTouch for the same reason. What software version of the iTouch worked for you with the H@me?

I am using the most current version available. Works like a charm on a 2nd gen iPod touch.

 

[PaulD]

I am also interested in an iPod (not iPhone) for similar use with H@me. What size memory is recommended for this type of application? I will not be using it for music/etc so I don't need a lot of memory for storing music.

 

[nexus99]

I am also interested in an iPod (not iPhone) for similar use with H@me. What size memory is recommended for this type of application? I will not be using it for music/etc so I don't need a lot of memory for storing music.

I have the 8Gb model and it has tons of space yet. I would get a 2nd gen though for the built in speaker.