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Feature Requests / Multiple Speaker Control

« on: January 07, 2012, 06:21:34 PM »

I'm trying to look into controlling multiple speakers throughout my house via VC. I'm in design mode but here is a scenario:

If I had 4 pair of speakers connected to my audio system via an impedance protected speaker switch, I could then run them through a bunch of relays and control which speakers/combinations would be on. This way, I could have music on in specific rooms of the house or one whole floor or the whole house. Some forums out there suggest that X10 relays don't switch fast/accurate enough and suggest a serial controlled relay.

Does this make sense? Could VC send a serial command out of the COM port as an Action?

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Help with Events

« on: April 11, 2011, 10:56:00 PM »

I have a problem with events on 0.875. All seem to be working fine- events trigger actions, no problem.

I am having difficulty with an event when it is used to action mutliple, different groups. In the Command Tree, I have an event that triggers 3 actions- to enable/disable different Groups. The command only works if the command has one or two actions- all actions work. But when I add a third action, only 2 of the actions work- the third is ignored. It appears to be ignoring the first action in the list of three. I know the event itself is fine as it triggers a single action.

Could it be a timing issue?

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General Discussion / VC and Windows Task Scheduler

« on: March 22, 2011, 11:02:43 PM »

I'm trying to run a script on system start up using Windows 7 Task Scheduler. The actions run fine but when it tries to launch VC (0.875), I get the EULA form rather than loading the working version. I have tried calling the .exe directly and also a desktop shortcut in the Task Scheduler script. Both the exe and shortcut launch perfectly when selected directly.

Any ideas?

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EventGhost / EG Events

« on: March 15, 2011, 03:45:29 PM »

Is there any way to get EG to trigger an event in VC? I'd like to use an IR remote to run an EG script and in doing so, an event is triggered in VC and a script is run.

Do I need to "turn something on" in EG or can a "simple"  mod be made to a VC file?

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Tips for better speech accuracy / Multiple Users

« on: February 10, 2011, 10:12:43 PM »

I am on a quest to reduce/simplify the many remotes we currently use in our home and augment their operation with VC. As my command and payload lists lengthen, speech accuracy apparently decreases. I have a few questions:

1.What are the best ways to improve speech accuracy for multiple users ie. there are 4 people that will be using VC to control MM, XBMC and a satellite set top box (Bell ExpressVu/DishTV)? Can I do multi-user recognition training of some form?

2. Does command.xml and payload.xml size negtively impact performance?  Are there any suggestions to help?

3. I've tried different mics- USB wired, USB wireless and most recently a MXL 404 conference mic. Is noise cancellation the most important consideration for multi-user input?

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Feature Requests / VC Auto Ignore Me?

« on: December 27, 2010, 06:29:19 PM »

A suggestion for a new feature................

I'm playing with VC while the TV is on- I'm using EG and a USB UIRT to voice control channel selection. Because of background noise, I occasionally pick up some noise and VC/EG acts on it- sometimes changing the channel or turning the satellite components off! (It could also be me muttering something but I'd never admit it to my bride sitting beside me!).

Would it be a good idea to perhaps have a "timer" on VC such that after x seconds, VC goes into a Standby state automatically? A value could be added to the Options tab where the user could indicate the timer duration or select "Never" to defeat the auto Standby. This way, during periods of inactivity, there would be no accidental confidence issues.

Good/bad idea?

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EventGhost / Help with EG

« on: December 15, 2010, 08:58:21 PM »

I'm stuck with getting my first command working with EG. I followed:

http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=EventGhost

I've installed and ensured that the Broadcaster plug in is working. I built a command group but I think a  phrase was needed as a last step so I added a tag using "Hudson" as a phrase to be recognized.

When I start up VC, it recognizes "Hudson" with appropriate accuracy, but nothing appears in the EG log. Here is an extact of my voicecommand.xml file.

 <commandGroup name="EventGhost" enabled="True" prefix="" priority="0">
        <command name="mycommand" enabled="true" confirm="False" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
            <action>
                <cmdType>EventGhost</cmdType>
                <cmdString>hello</cmdString>
                <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
            </action>
            <phrase>hudson</phrase>
        </command>
    </commandGroup>

What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

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MediaMonkey / MM GenXML Issue

« on: December 06, 2010, 09:46:13 PM »

Sorry, I'm a newbie to VC- I've just downloaded it and am trying to get it working with MM. When I hit the Generate All in the GenXML form, I get the folowing error:

"Unhandled exception error has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Retrieving the  COM class factory for component with CLSID {148F7BB6-4C53-8E30-0F9115D30283} failed due to the following error: 80040154."

I thought it may be a permission/owner issue so I modified the MM folder properties but this did not help. Any suggestions?