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Re: [mh] New Member - Looking for Feedback
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From: Thom P. <pai...@gm...> - 2009-08-17 23:23:15
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How did you get all the cpan modules installed? I was having trouble following along with the instlal guide. Are there rpms that can be installed with yum, or is it all from the cpan command line? On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Tom MacLean<tma...@sa...> wrote: > > Hi Thom, > > Welcome to the group. > > I use CentOS too. Without issues. > > I had to install all the cpan modules. It took a moment to figure out what > dev packages I had to insall first, but in the end it all worked out. > > I haven't had tome for the VR, or even for the TTS. > > Regards, > Tom M. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thom Paine [mailto:pai...@gm...] > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:47 PM > To: The main list for the MisterHouse home automation program > Subject: Re: [mh] New Member - Looking for Feedback > > So I installed CentOS5 in a vmware session on my laptop for testing > purposes. I am a little confused on all the cpan stuff. do I need to install > all those modules via cpan to get mh to work, or are they optional? > > I guess to test I was planning on setting up a couple of cron jobs to > announce the time and that sort of thing. > > I was reading on the website that mh supports a couple of different VR > software. I have festival installed already, but don't seem to have any of > that working yet. > > I plan to use one of the voices from ceptral, but I don't want to get too > many modifications on the go at one time. I'd like to use the default and > start there. > > What base OS do people on this list use? > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM, stu<st...@bl...> wrote: >> Welcome to the group Thom, >> >> Mister House will get you most of the way there on it's own. With >> allowing for custom programming in perl, people usually run out of >> ideas (or money) before they run out of supported functions :-) >> >> It has a fully functional web gui for your tablets. I believe it >> will talk to zoneminder, an IP Camera bit of software - tho I've had >> good luck pulling images from them with system calls from the software. >> You'll need to research your IP camera purchase to make sure it's >> supported in linux - not all of them are. >> >> As far as integrating with Mythbox and Trixbox - I'll leave >> answering those questions to those who have used them :-) >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> Stu >> >> On 8/15/2009 5:19 PM, Thom Paine wrote: >>> Greetings everyone. >>> >>> I have been looking around the net for a while on some home >>> automation for linux. I currently have heyu working reasonably well >>> for some basic home automation, including motion sensors when I walk >>> into rooms and things like that. >>> >>> I am looking to start increasing the complexity of my system by >>> adding some VR and more complex events in regards to motion sensors >>> and things like that. >>> >>> I was somewhat inspired by Jarvis in Ironman, and while I realize it >>> was a movie, I think there might be some things I could replicate in >>> my house. >>> >>> I am looking at tying together IP video cameras, motions sensors, my >>> trixbox, my mythbox, some sort of a weather station type thing, and >>> this could be with iButtons or one-wire stuff, person recognition >>> with bluetooth (from my cell phone I'm thinking), motorized blinds >>> and ultimately windows, the hvac, and rounding it out with control >>> pads scattered in key locations in the house. >>> >>> I have the entire main floor of my home all outfitted with x10 light >>> switches, and lamp and appliance modules for pretty much everything. >>> I have a few motion sensors in areas like the kitchen, dining room, >>> bathroom, spare room, and bedrooms that control certain lights. With >>> heyu I am pretty much at the max memory for my CM11 module, and can't >>> really add much more to it. Cron is running certain events, and the >>> CM11 is running other ones that I am doing dawn/dusk based events on >>> like controlling the living room lighting while I am away and that >>> sort of thing. >>> >>> This does seem ambitious, but I'm also thinking that other people on >>> this list must have something similar, or at lease certain modules of >>> this idea. >>> >>> I have a new to me server ready to go for this project, and am >>> looking for feedback on some things. >>> >>> I am looking at using CentOS5 as the base OS. I have a trixbox and a >>> mythbox which are already on my network and functioning well. I have >>> a tablet PC which I plan to use as my control pads and put them >>> through the house. So I am looking at some sort of a frontend/backend > system. >>> Does Mister house support that sort of thing? >>> >>> I guess that is all for now. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal >> Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration >> and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application >> coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> ________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to: >> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 >> >> > > > > -- > -=/>Thom > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. 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