mControl Gains iPhone/iPod Touch Control Interface

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Smart Home Blog » mControl and iPhone/iPod Touch — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:28:39 GMT

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Shmoe — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:34 GMT

Apple needs to add a built-in infrared blaster, the iPhone/iTouch would be be perfect universal remote.

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Rob — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:46:13 GMT

i have been using mcontrol for z-wave control for a few months now and love it, especially compared to other z-wave HA solutions on the market. Ted is excellent for support and very responsive. mcontrol includes a media center plugin (you can add it to the main pinwheel) as well as web page and wap page for cellular phones (pre-sized page. you will need to manually edit page for your phone if resize needed, not a fluid page). there is a built in web server included but it does not support any authentication. you need to use IIS for that as per their recommendation. you could probably use something like xampp, apache, and openssl if you know enough to get by. the z-wave is via controlthink so it's probably best to use their z-wave usb stick which is firmware upgradable (only on the market like that at this time as far as i know). the software supports rules as well as conditional statements. it can integrate lighting, hvac, irrigation, voice control, ip cameras, etc. i use the panasonic Bl-C30A for camera and it works fine however i cannot get the PTZ functionality (at least in WMC). i have to double check with Ted on this.

mControl on the iphone

Ian Dixon's Blog — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:30:46 GMT

Chris Lanier has details of a new iPhone interface for Embedded Automation's mControl software. Checkout

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MitchSchaft — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:34:50 GMT

I've been using mControl and Insteon adapters with my WHS box since December. Me loves it.

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Ben Drawbaugh — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:22:53 GMT

Chris,

I've been into HA for about a year and I think I'll give mControl another try.

Hit me up if you have any questions as I'm currently controlling about 20 Insteon lights, Elk alarm, HAI thermostat and all my HT equipment including my TVs via rs-232.

Sneak Peek: mControl iPhone Interface for Home Automation | eHomeUpgrade

Sneak Peek: mControl iPhone Interface for Home Automation | eHomeUpgrade — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:05:09 GMT

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DanITman — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:50:39 GMT

Chris, this is why I submitted this to you. I have been shopping around the home automation idea. I wanted to start with lights and expand from there. mControl seems to have the best interface and WHS support. I'd be interested to see the write up that you do.