HomeSeer Home Control Software - X10 - Z-Wave - HomeSeer Technologies

HomeSeer HS2 is an advanced home automation and remote access software package that is designed to integrate the major systems of any home.

With HomeSeer, you can control and monitor lighting, appliances, security, HVAC, telephone and home theater all from one central point... and you can do so by computer, remote control, touchscreen, PDA, telephone, the internet or by voice!

Features (optional hardware is required for some applications):

• Have your lights switched on at sunset and turned off at sunrise again.
• Have lights or appliances switched on and turned off at automatic times or in dependence of your presence.
• Control all your lamps and appliances by voice.
• Control all your lamps and appliances by remote control.
• Control all your lamps and appliances by internet access.
• Control all your lamps and appliances by E-mail.
• Access your e-mails with every internet browser from your office or from away.
• Send and answer your e-mails by internet access to your home.
• Control your videorecorder by internet access.
• Have yourself informed by voice announcement if you have received an e-mail and have its content read.
• Have e-mails answered automatically.
• Control HomeSeer by voice command: Let it execute commands like starting programmes, switch on and off lights and control of audio and video equipment.
• Control your HVAC and supervise its on-time to lower the energy costs.
• Automated display and/or announcement of current news, weather, stock exchange quotations etc.
• ... The possibilities of HomeSeer are nearly unlimited, (almost) everything is possible!

Control Lighting and Appliances
HomeSeer works with "powerline", "hard-wired" and "wireless" technologies for total lighting and appliance control. Homeowners can use easy to install plug-in hardware modules (for table or floor lamps) or built-in modules such as wall switches and outlet receptacles. Lighting "scenes" may be created with precise dimming levels to suit activities, moods and changing light conditions within the home.
Requires: Technology-specific PC interface, lamp / appliances modules or wall switches, and if necessary, further equipment depending on the desired application.

Control Security
Connect HomeSeer to your security system and supercharge it's capabilities! With HomeSeer, security alerts can turn all your home's lights on, announce an intruder, shut down your HVAC system, email you at work, call your cell phone, display camera views on your TV or trigger any number of events within the home. And, because HomeSeer is web-enabled, you'll be able to monitor and control all security activities remotely.
Requires: Open-interface security system, HomeSeer plug-ins or scripting, and if necessary, further equipment depending on the desired application.

Control HVAC
Programmable thermostats have been available for many years but they're all limited to just a number of "timed" events. By adding a HomeSeer-controlled thermostat, here are just a few of the things you'll be able to do: 1) Raise or lower the thermostat when your security system is armed or disarmed; 2) Receive an email or phone call when the temperature goes above or below specified temps; 3) Turn your A/C on by cell phone on your way home; 4) Shut down your HVAC system when fire or smoke detectors are triggered.
Requires: Open-interface thermostat, alternative Open-interface weatherstation, HomeSeer plug-ins or scripting, and if necessary, further equipment depending on the desired application.

Control Telephone
Here are just a few of the things you can do with a HomeSeer-powered telephone system: 1) Dial by voice; 2) Create message "boxes" for the whole family; 3) Automatically email messages as MP3 attachments; 4) Use voice commands to control HomeSeer from any telephone in the house... or in the world! 5) Listen to your messages over the internet! 6) have HomeSeer phone when anything special happens in your home.
Requires: HomeSeer Phone software with Way2Call Hi-Phone Desktop USB Modem

Control Home Theater
Complete audio and video control are close at hand! Use HomeSeer to control TV, DVD, VCR, Cable, Dish and Stereo systems. HomeSeer also supports Microsoft Windows Media Center (MCE) 2005, Windows Media Player 9 & 10 and other popular media players. Add a wireless touchpanel to your coffee table and you'll have the latest in home theater control!
Requires: IR controller, HomeSeer plug-ins or scripting, and if necessary, further equipment depending on the desired application.

System requirements:

• Operating system: MS-Windows Vista, MS-Windows XP, MS-Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
• CPU: 800Mhz or faster
• RAM: 256MB or more
• Hard disk space: 150MB or more free