MainLobby w/Television

[jlegan]

Hey all. I really like the look of MainLobby and what it is capable of. Until I can afford some wireless monitors (or RDP clients), I was wonder if it was worth it to hook up to my TV for the time being?

Also, if I wanted to get some opinions on some wireless *and* wired clients which I could RDP into my 2k3 server with? What are you guys using out there? I am looking at spending no more than $500.00 a piece.

Lastly, I am trying to find some sites that have information (screenshots, examples, etc...) on Homeseers integration into MainLobby. Information including what can be done, how it can be customized, etc...

Thanks,

Jim

 

[AccessX10]

What type of TV? Yes, you could view ML on a TV and control it with keyboard or some type of remote. If you have a newer TV that supports HD, you would be better off.

What MainLobby apps do you want to run? DVDLobby, MusicLobby?

Have you tried the MainLobby and HomeSeer sites for screen shots?

http://www.htpcservers.com/phpbb/viewforum...888cf9e1db4846d

http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=90016

 

[jlegan]

I would like to run: Weather, Security Cameras, Phones, Web and Possibly Video through it.

I have seen a lot of screenshots of MainLobby and what can be done with it, but not many of HomeSeer integrated into MainLobby.

Jim

 

[DavidL]

Actually you might have seen quite a few screenshots integrated with Homeseer, but didn't realize it as it looks nothing like Homeseer. What you will see is Homeseer data being displayed in MainLobby. Data like turning a MainLobby button to Green as it is ON in Homeseer. Or, your horoscope in MainLobby from a Homeseer script that scraped it off a website and populated a HS device status with the text. The text is then viewed in MainLobby. List goes on and on.

 

[TonyNo]

I wanted Main Lobby too, but I didn't want to pay to get that functionality.

First, I ran s-video output from my HA machine to my main TV and used a Gyration wireless mouse and keyboard. I then created some graphical screens with HTML and JavaScript which I accessed via a web browser (Firefox) in Kiosk mode. Later, I added a touch screen and low-cost (used) PC (~$550 total) and got it on my wireless network. Of course, I tweaked the screens a bit to make that transition (800x600 to 1024x768).

Examples of my screens (reduced)...

Audio • CID • Music Playlist • Weather

 

[Michael McSharry]

I have virtually no experience with the graphical front ends so I'm not promoting one vs another vs roll-your-own. If the primary driver is cost then XLobby has a lot of appeal with a $0 pricetag. Some HS integration screen shots with XLobby is at http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t...ighlight=xlobby.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

For what it is worth (probably not much) HERE are some of my (older) Main Lobby scenes FYI.