PowerHome

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PowerHome by PowerHome Automation Latest stable release: 2.1b (December 13, 2008) Latest unstable release: 2.1b (N/A) Download latest stable release [N/A Download latest unstable release] Price: $99.95 USD Maintenance: n/a Trial: 30 day OS: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista License: Unknown

Contents 1 PowerHome 2 About 3 Features 4 Supported Hardware 4.1 Caller ID 4.2 Lighting 4.3 IR 4.4 Security/Automation Panels 4.5 Misc 5 Screenshots 6 External Links

About

PowerHome is a home automation software package that allows control of lighting, appliances, security, and Home Theater.

PowerHome is also supported by eHome Creations with eHome Digital Tools, a stand-alone touch screen application with support for distributed audio/video and a front-end for PowerHome.

Features

• Fully-programmable interface via choice of languages. Internal Macro and formula scripting or any language supported by Windows Script Host (VBScript, JScript, etc.)
• Internal Web server for remote control and monitoring. Supports user defined dynamic content via PSP (PowerHome Server Pages)
• Built-in WAP server for remote control via an internet enabled cell phone
• Control via email
• Voice Recognition (VR)
• Text to Speech (TTS)
• User-definable remote layouts allow for virtually any keystroke combination
• Touchscreen-friendly interface
• Customizable display allows display of floorplan layouts and the placement of controls over actual photos
• Controller module allows use of virtually unlimited number of controllers. Use multiple X-10, IR, and other controllers.
• CD jukebox player control with playlists and autoprogramming
• CD database with freedb support
• Video database
• Macros
• Triggers
• Timed Events
• Full event and Web logging
• Multi-X control allows a sequence of X-10 commands for control (access 256 macros from a palm pad by pressing 2 buttons, 64 macros from a keychain remote by pressing 3 buttons).
• Sunrise, Sunset, and Civil Twilight calculations
• Socket Server for remote control of PowerHome from other applications and machines
• Windows Messaging Interface for additional remote control capabilities
• Setup Wizards

Supported Hardware

Caller ID

• CID Modem
• Net Caller ID

Lighting

• INSTEON
• UPB
• X-10

IR

• CIR
• CPU-XA/Ocelot
• Multi-CIR
• RedRat2,3
• Slink-e
• USB-UIRT

Security/Automation Panels

• Elk M1G

Misc

• Velleman K8000
• W800RF32
• Generic Serial
• Sockets (TCP and UDP)
• Text to Speech (TTS)
• Voice Recognition (VR)

Screenshots

External Links

PowerHome Website
PowerHome Forums