Re: [mh] Installing MisterHouse windows and Insteon Support?

[SSzretter <ssz...@ho...>]

Actually, the Windows install steps are not bad.   They would probably
benefit from some screen shots and expansion, which I am happy to do once I
have it all 100%.

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Michael Stovenour <mi...@st...>wrote:

> Hi and welcome to Misterhouse.  I might be able to help with windows
> support.  I’m one of the rare persons that develop on windows and run my
> home system on Linux.  I think that the wiki pages are, unfortunately,
> poorly maintained.  There is a lot of information on those pages that were
> once accurate, but may longer apply.  Don’t judge too quickly because much
> of the misinformation on the wiki as to do with the evolution of Perl and
> various Linux/Windows ports of Perl, not Misterhouse.  I think that
> historically there has been an attempt to accommodate all versions of any
> combination that a user might concoct.****
>
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>
> We added Setupsup.pm to the lib/site_winXX directories a long time ago so
> you shouldn’t need to add it yourself.  I’m assuming you used
> http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/install.html for the install
> instructions. I suppose no one updated the wiki page; I’ll at least delete
> the reference to Setupsup.pm.  Since you have recently gone through the
> windows install process; can you let me know if anything else on that page
> is questionable?****
>
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>
> Sincerely,****
>
> Michael****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* SSzretter [mailto:ssz...@ho...]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2013 6:43 PM
> *To:* mis...@li...
> *Subject:* [mh] Installing MisterHouse windows and Insteon Support?****
>
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>
> So I am able to follow all of the instructions for installing Misterhouse
> under windows, except for one thing - the win32::Setupsup ppm.   I am not
> able to find that package, and the repository the instructions reference
> does not work (503 unavailable).****
>
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>
> My main issue, is that I am also not able to find the insteon option in
> misterhouse.    The instructions say to go in to the web interface to
> 'setup mrhouse', then 'common code activation'.   There I should find an
> option to turn on for insteon  (
> http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Insteon+Walkthrough    refers to MrHouse
> home -> Setup MrHouse -> Common Code activation. If you're not logged in,
> you'll be prompted to do that now. Check the insteon_item_commands.pl.)***
> *
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> If I do not have to do that, how do I tell mr house where/how to find my
> com port 4 insteon PLM?****
>