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Hello everyone. I just want to start by saying that this forum (CocoonTech) in gold. I've already found a lot of information by searching and reading. So thanks in advance!
I'm just about to get the go on my long awaited short sale after being a renter for way too long, and I've been doing some research. I pretty much know that I'm going to want a power line system like UPB or Insteon, which will have a powerline-to-USB connection to a computer. I understand programming the switches and sockets, and I've seen a bunch of different packages that would do that (HomeSeer, CPC, LinuxMCE, UPStart) but for the life of me I do not understand what an intelligent controller box would be used for. Something like the M1-Gold or an OmniPro box is what I mean by "intelligent controller".
Please tell me if I'm wrong, but it seems more for security/rip-cord connections and processing. I see that many people have UPB/X-10 things connected to their M1-Gold, but then they connect the M1-Gold to a PC and use HomeSeer or other software to control the whole lot. What's the point of the "Intelligent" part of the controller box if you are just going to do your _real_ programming on a PC/Server?
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I'm just about to get the go on my long awaited short sale after being a renter for way too long, and I've been doing some research. I pretty much know that I'm going to want a power line system like UPB or Insteon, which will have a powerline-to-USB connection to a computer. I understand programming the switches and sockets, and I've seen a bunch of different packages that would do that (HomeSeer, CPC, LinuxMCE, UPStart) but for the life of me I do not understand what an intelligent controller box would be used for. Something like the M1-Gold or an OmniPro box is what I mean by "intelligent controller".
Please tell me if I'm wrong, but it seems more for security/rip-cord connections and processing. I see that many people have UPB/X-10 things connected to their M1-Gold, but then they connect the M1-Gold to a PC and use HomeSeer or other software to control the whole lot. What's the point of the "Intelligent" part of the controller box if you are just going to do your _real_ programming on a PC/Server?
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