How to register Homeseer HS3 Pro Trial (Linux Version on Mac)

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ccmichaelson

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There seems to be more Homeseer users here than on Homeseer's forums...
 
Background
I just downloaded and installed Homeseer HS3 (version 3.0.0.94 linux version on mac).  I followed the linux/mac install instructions and have it running but I have no idea how/where to register for the 30 day trial version or where/how to access the HomeSeer version on my mac.  I stubbled across this registration page (https://myhs.homeseer.com/Register) but it's asking for a license ID & password (which I don't have).
 
Questions 
  1. On the mac, how to I access the HomeSeer UI?  I have apache running on port 80 already - I saw some screenshots of people using http://localhost but that's my apache server.
  2. How do I register for the 30 day trial using the Linux/Mac software?
Thanks!
 
Yup; you don't register the Homeseer 30 day trial; just run it and the clock starts to tick.
 
You have to change the port before running it if you are running Apache on Port 80.  Go to the Homeseer root directory / config / settings.ini file.
 
You will see the port number there as 80; change it to something else like 81 or 8888.  You register the license ID and password once you purchase it.
 
There are more Homeseer users on the Homeseer forum then on this forum; having said that the Homeseer forum sometimes is a bit zealously moderated.
 
Homeseer3Webserver.jpg
 
Here I am playing with the HS3 Deeelite, HS3 Pro on Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and HS3 Pro on Wintel 32 bit.  Fastest for me is the Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit.
 
Make sure you shut it down before restarting it.  The web server port increments if it runs more than once and changed the INI file.
 
Kill the Mono job to start it from scratch.
 
pete_c said:
Yup; you don't register the Homeseer 30 day trial; just run it and the clock starts to tick.
 
You have to change the port before running it if you are running Apache on Port 80.  Go to the Homeseer root directory / config / settings.ini file.
 
You will see the port number there as 80; change it to something else like 81 or 8888.  You register the license ID and password once you purchase it.
 
There are more Homeseer users on the Homeseer forum then on this forum; having said that the Homeseer forum sometimes is a bit zealously moderated.
 
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Homeseer3Webserver.jpg
 
Here I am playing with the HS3 Deeelite, HS3 Pro on Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and HS3 Pro on Wintel 32 bit.  Fastest for me is the Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit.
 
Make sure you shut it down before restarting it.  The web server port increments if it runs more than once and changed the INI file.
 
Kill the Mono job to start it from scratch.
Click to expand...
 
the gWebSvrPort was not listed in the settings.ini so I added it, restarted HS3, and still not luck.  I even killed apache and tomcat so that nothing was listening on port 80 and restarted HS3 (without the port specified) and no luck.  Is there a more recent binary - I'm using 3.0.0.94
 
settings.ini:
[Settings]
gLastShutdownOK=False
gFirstTimeRun=False
gConfigFilename=HomeSeerData.hsd
gLocLabel=Room
gLocLabel2=Floor
bUseLocation2=True
bLocationFirst=False
gLongitude=71.03
gLatitude=42.22
SADProc=True
last_event_time=2014-8-30-17-36-0
gLastRunVersion=3.0.0.94
gWebSvrPort=8085
[Display]
gSelectedGroupWeb=All Groups
 
HS3 Log
HomeSeer Linux starting...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer LOG database /Users/cameron/Downloads/homeseer/HomeSeer/Logs/HomeSeerLog.hsd
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Loading Settings
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Settings Loaded.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]-> 
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->********************************************************************************
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->            HomeSeer version 3.0.0.94 Edition: HS3 Pro Starting Now
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->********************************************************************************
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]-> 
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Creating Class Objects...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->COM port classes started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Application interface class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Web server class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->E-Mail SEND class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->E-Mail RECEIVE class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Plug-In Interface class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Local voice recognition class started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Database SAVE process started.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Loading configuration file ...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer database /Users/cameron/Downloads/homeseer/HomeSeer/Data/HomeSeerData.hsd
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Warning]->Configuration database has no devices in it: /Users/cameron/Downloads/homeseer/HomeSeer/Data/HomeSeerData.hsd
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Database]->Loading Devices...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->0 total devices loaded.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->Loading Event Groups...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->Loading Events...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->0 total events loaded.
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->Loading COUNTERS...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Load Config]->Loading TIMERS...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->HomeSeer version is: 3.0.0.94
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Creating Speaker Client Interface Object...
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Warning]->This version of HomeSeer is not registered and is currently disabled
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Error]->Unable to start plug-in API: Address already in use
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Startup]->Checking for available plug-ins
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: HSTouch Server, version: 3.0.0.38
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: X10, version: 3.0.0.22
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: Z-Wave, version: 3.0.0.151
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Initializing Plug-Ins
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Start automation engine...
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Initializing Speaker Client Interface
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Speech]->Listening for remote speaker connections on port 10401
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Starting Event Scheduler...
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer Energy database /Users/cameron/Downloads/homeseer/HomeSeer/Data/Energy/Energy.hsd
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Updater services starting...
8/30/2014 5:29:08 PM:[Startup]->Starting DDNS service...
8/30/2014 5:29:09 PM:[Startup]->Start up complete.
Type 'shutdown' to shutdown HomeSeer
 
 
> 8/30/2014 5:29:09 PM:[Info]->System registered with MyHomeSeer service successfully.
 
Yup; something is up.
 
Start Homeseer 3 like this after killing whatever mono is running.
 
Looks like the registration stuff got the HS3 discombobulated.
 
 
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Warning]->This version of HomeSeer is not registered and is currently disabled
8/30/2014 5:29:07 PM:[Error]->Unable to start plug-in API: Address already in use
Click to expand...
 
Delete the directory and re untar it.  Don't register it; just run it.  Set the INI file configuration to gFirstTimeRun=False  before you start it to
 
Go to the setup pages and put in the time zone or location information, change the default password or disable the default user and put in yourself.
 
Start it and you should see this:
 
This way it doesn't take you to the registration stuff.
 
Last login: Fri Aug 29 14:01:42 2014 from 192.168.244.138
root@ICS-Ubuntu-229:~# cd /usr/local/HomeSeer
root@ICS-Ubuntu-229:/usr/local/HomeSeer# ./go
HomeSeer Linux starting...
8/30/2014 7:05:09 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer LOG database /usr/local/HomeSeer/Logs/HomeSeerLog.hsd
8/30/2014 7:05:09 PM:[Startup]->Loading Settings
8/30/2014 7:05:10 PM:[Startup]->Settings Loaded.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->********************************************************************************
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->            HomeSeer version 3.0.0.94 Edition: HS3 Pro Starting Now
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->********************************************************************************
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Creating Class Objects...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->COM port classes started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Application interface class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Web server class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->E-Mail SEND class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->E-Mail RECEIVE class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Plug-In Interface class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Local voice recognition class started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Database SAVE process started.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Loading configuration file ...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer database /usr/local/HomeSeer/Data/HomeSeerData.hsd
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Database]->Loading Devices...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->10 total devices loaded.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->Loading Event Groups...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->Loading Events...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->0 total events loaded.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->Loading COUNTERS...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Load Config]->Loading TIMERS...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->HomeSeer version is: 3.0.0.94
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Creating Speaker Client Interface Object...
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->This version of HomeSeer is registered as a HS3PRO version.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Warning]->Plug-in developer mode is enabled and connection time out is set to 900000 milliseconds.
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Info]->Remote plug-in API interface started on port 10400
8/30/2014 7:05:11 PM:[Startup]->Checking for available plug-ins
8/30/2014 7:05:13 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: HAI, version: 1.0.0.13
8/30/2014 7:05:14 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: HSTouch Server, version: 3.0.0.38
8/30/2014 7:05:15 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: X10, version: 3.0.0.22
8/30/2014 7:05:15 PM:[Plug-In]->Found plug-in: Z-Wave, version: 3.0.0.168
8/30/2014 7:05:15 PM:[Startup]->Initializing Plug-Ins
HAI Plugin v1.0.0.13
Connecting to HomeSeer at 127.0.0.1:10400
8/30/2014 7:05:17 PM:[Info]->Plugin HAI has connected. IP:127.0.0.1:46296
8/30/2014 7:05:17 PM--Connected to HS
8/30/2014 7:05:17 PM--Checking root devices for HAI...
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Web Server]->Local IP address is: 192.168.244.229
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Web Server]->Web Server started on port 9999
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Startup]->Start automation engine...
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Startup]->Initializing Speaker Client Interface
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Speech]->Listening for remote speaker connections on port 10401
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Startup]->Starting Event Scheduler...
8/30/2014 7:05:21 PM:[Database]->Opening (Mode=Read Only) up HomeSeer Energy database /usr/local/HomeSeer/Data/Energy/Energy.hsd
8/30/2014 7:05:22 PM:[Startup]->Updater services starting...
8/30/2014 7:05:22 PM:[Startup]->Starting DDNS service...
8/30/2014 7:05:22 PM:[Startup]->Running the startup script Startup.vb
8/30/2014 7:05:28 PM:[Startup]->Start up complete.
Type 'shutdown' to shutdown HomeSeer
 
 
I nuked the HomeSeer directory, untar'd the file again, tried everything you said with no luck.  I even downloaded the latest beta (3.0.0.125) and that doesn't work on my Mac OS.  My log file is similar to yours Pete but there's no mention of "Web Server" IP address nor the port number.  I disabled Apache & Tomcat and nothing is running on port 80...  Guess I'll dig up my old Windows box just so I can kick the tires on HomeSeer.  
 
I would post a message here:
 
Running Homeseer 3 on a MAC 
 
I am finding that Homeseer 3 runs faster in Linux than on Wintel.
 
I have one test computer touchscreen with MAC, Linux, Android and Wintel running on it.  I have not tested HS3 on the iOS yet and will do so in the next week.
 
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