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Integration Ideas / Alarm Design

« on: March 04, 2014, 04:38:33 AM »

So I asked for this board to be created so that we could discuss system level design ideas. I figured I could kick it off and see what all you VC gurus out there can offer......

Here's my set-up:
Windows 7 x64, integrated sound card, USB UIRT, Vera, latest VC and VoxWav, Yamaha V series amp, 70" Panasonic plasma, lots of mp3 and mp4, fiber based digital TV (Canadian), DSC alarm system.

I'd like to embark on a "blank page" design. I have  a fairly large home with 4 bedrooms, garage, pool and irrigation system.

Ultimately, I'd like to provide a fair amount of home automation but lets start with the alarm side.

I'd like to place multiple cameras (low cost) in and out of the home and have them linked to Vera/DSC. I would like to arm and disarm using VC (eventually moving towards a proximity detector). When an alarm condition exists, I would like to establish a 2 way audio and video link, via Android, and challenge the intruder, in addition to the alarm sounding off.

Using VC, I'd like to arm/disarm and check status. And of course, I'm looking for a frugal design.

One of the key design criteria is that I would like to have multiple speakers in the design so that I can "talk to/challenge" to an intruder in any room. So do I need multiple sound cards (1 for the media part of the design and a second for the alarm broadcast, and VAC?)

I'd be interested in any design ideas. Thanks.

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Integration Ideas / Re: VC Integration Ideas

« on: March 02, 2014, 04:54:27 AM »

Thanks,

1. VoxNastics looks like the appropriate spot.
2. I like "Integration Ideas" as well.
3. How to integrate VoxCommando with......everything! Show us your system ideas.

In looking at the current boards, Tips and Tricks is pretty close. Just want to move it up a level and get into system level ideas more than functionality ideas (if that makes any sense!)

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Integration Ideas / VC Integration Ideas

« on: March 01, 2014, 10:31:40 PM »

Just wondering if it makes sense to start up a new forum discussion area which supports "how to" possibly use VC with various project plans.

What I'm finding is tons of useful forum info on how to use VC with various software and hardware apps, plugins and devices but I'd like to see discussion at the system level. For example, there are comments on using XBMC instead of MCE but how about some info on typical system architectures so that VC use can be maximized (eg. using VC and XBMC together using the following configuration allows for this or that). Or how could one implement a low cost multi-camera alarm capability that could be accessed via VoxWav? What interesting ideas can be supported using various plugins? Vera implementation? Unique USB UIRT applications? Etc.

Just wondering.............

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General Discussion / Merry XMAS All

« on: December 24, 2013, 01:07:33 PM »

And a Happy New Year.

 

Thanks for all the support- truly a great product and forum!

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FORUM CAN'T SEND EMAIL / Re: InfoCenter List

« on: November 06, 2013, 01:39:39 PM »

Thx. Good stuff.

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FORUM CAN'T SEND EMAIL / InfoCenter List

« on: November 05, 2013, 04:50:13 PM »

James,

I like to read the most recent posts to see what's active on the forum. Anyway you can lengthen the list of "Recent Post" in the Info Center panel at the bottom of the forum, through a forum setting change, so that a more complete listing is available?

Silly request maybe but it makes reviewing a little easier!

Thanks.

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General Discussion / Xbox One

« on: May 22, 2013, 12:42:49 PM »

With yesterday's announcement, it will be very interesting to see if Microsoft can deliver what it promises!

They claim that the new unit will be an "All-In' device with the comment that:

'“All in” translates to auto-identification as soon as Kinect sees a user; face, finger and mouth recognition; a 60 per cent wider field of view; Active IR sensors; the ability to identify six different people of all shapes and sizes (in much smaller rooms that previously possible); much improved voice control (based on an array microphone setup and much more complex algorithms); and Full HD 1080p video recording for Skype calling."

The microphone array is good but how will it react in a noisy (normal) environment?

So will it work or is it mostly marketing hype? Anybody got $600+ to play with this fall?

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Feature Requests / Re: Android Mic that works like a normal mic

« on: April 06, 2013, 11:11:02 AM »

Here is a full solution that you can tinker with: http://james.lipsit.com/whole.htm

I considered using it as a concept and modifying to meet my specific needs but but haven't got around to it as I'm using my Galaxy S2 mostly (VoxWav is great!)

I have a Shure 8 channel mixer (SCM-810) with Intellimix (shuts off any non-transmitting mic ports)- if anyone is interested in purchasing (cheap), send me a PM.

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WAY Off Topic / Seasons Greetings

« on: December 24, 2012, 12:47:56 PM »

Merry XMAS to all and Happy New Year!

This is by far the best forum I regularly read. Thanks James for all your hard work and perseverance.

VC and VW are truly great products!

 

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VoxWav Free and VoxWav Pro / Re: Problems with VoxWav Free 2.1

« on: December 13, 2012, 01:51:01 PM »

Thanks Kalle, James.

I changed the Mic Source to Mic and that helped considerably!  The TCPMic plug in is a great addition- no more wav folder! I assume the change is to transmit the voice right over the UDP port?

James, I just switched over to the Bell FibeTV service and will now work on integrating VC/VW with it- I'l hopefully post a video when its ready- probably take a couple of weeks or so due to XMAS priorities!

I would also suggest looking at putting an install pdf, wiki or training video together as there have been significant changes to how VC works and integrates with Android. Just suggesting.......

Great app and integration work. What's next?!

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VoxWav Free and VoxWav Pro / Problems with VoxWav Free 2.1

« on: December 12, 2012, 11:31:53 PM »

I've been away for awhile and just updated to 968 and VW Free 2.1- great progress! Can't get it to work- no recognition of any loaded commands.

I have kept the default TCP settings in VW and enabled TCPMIC to listen to 33339. I am using d:\wavwatch as my share in VC. I can access the folder from my tablet from a File Explorer- no firewall issues.

The History pane shows:

Events&&AV.Mic.On
AV.Mic.On
Events&&AV.Mic.On
AV.Mic.Off
TCPWav.Open
no sox processing
Wav.Reco.Complete

Here are the last few pertinent lines from the log file ( I think!)
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   21   TcpMic: C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav (563) read bytes: 8192
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   22   TcpMic: Clipping count: 0
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   23   TcpMic: C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav (564) read bytes: 7976
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   25   TcpMic: Clipping count: 0
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   27   TcpMic: C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav (565) read bytes: 0
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   28   TcpMic: disconnected
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   31   TcpMic: total bytes: 4587528
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   32   TcpMic: wav header OUT
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   36   TcpMic: creating fileinfo for: C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   37   TcpMic: setting fileinfo attributes to temporary
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   911   trying to open: C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav
12/12/2012 10:17:08 PM   945   TcpMic: Closing TcpClient
12/12/2012 10:17:10 PM   479   trying to delete file:C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav
12/12/2012 10:17:10 PM   482   DELETED wav file:C:\Users\Dad\AppData\Local\Temp\TcpMicTmp1611.wav


What am I missing?!

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EventGhost / Re: EG Quotes

« on: September 03, 2012, 05:58:45 PM »

Got it. Thanks. You were right- the payload is ignored.

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EventGhost / Re: EG Quotes

« on: September 03, 2012, 04:12:25 PM »

Sorry for making it so confusing!

I'm using the Broadcaster plug-in in EG and when I send EventGhost.Send {1} from VC (and per the example above I say Red as the choice), Broadcaster displays:
Broadcaster.Red 'Red'

If I send  EventGhost.Send from VC (and per the example above I again say Red as the choice), Broadcaster displays:
Broadcaster.'Red'

iRule sends a udp packet to EG and Broadcaster displays Broadcast.Red

So I'm simply trying to get VC to send a payload/suffix that doesn't include the single quotes.

Maybe the easiest way around this to include 2 events in the EG macro- one for VC and one for iRule.

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EventGhost / Re: EG Quotes

« on: September 02, 2012, 11:03:17 PM »

Sorry for the confusion. I have tried both a payload {1} and without a payload. Both are sending the chosen variabel with single quotes. Attached is a short example. thanks.

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EventGhost / EG Quotes

« on: September 02, 2012, 06:54:24 PM »

When I build a command using EventGhost.Send along with a Payload Range, the packet received by EG has a single quote around the chosen payload.

For example if the command is EventGhost.Send and the chosen value from a payload range containing Orange,Red,Blue is Red, then the event in EG appears as Broadcast.'Red'.

I have a number of EG macros built with the event already defined without quotes (coming from an iRule panel I'm already using).

Any way to overcome this or is the best way to add a second event in each EG macro? Thanks.