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         dhoward Admin Group 
          
  
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           | Posted: February 04 2008 at 18:10 | IP Logged
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All,
 
 Check out the new PowerHome Wiki located here: http://www.power-home.info/wiki.
 
 Feel free to add/edit or give me ideas on what you'd like for me to contribute.  Ive just started it with the PowerHome features and FAQ to familiarize myself with a wiki (used them, never contributed before  ) and it's really easy.
 
 Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
 
 Dave.
 
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           | Posted: February 04 2008 at 19:28 | IP Logged
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Cool!    
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         TonyNo Moderator Group 
          
  
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           | Posted: February 04 2008 at 22:13 | IP Logged
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OK, I did a bit of playing!    
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           | Posted: February 08 2008 at 20:28 | IP Logged
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I think this will be great once everyone starts putting their hints and tips in there!
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           | Posted: February 08 2008 at 23:28 | IP Logged
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Gota luv this new sandbox...
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           | Posted: February 23 2008 at 13:29 | IP Logged
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Dave can you enable the upload files options, Id like to upload some basick screen shots of the interface along with the basic descriptions of screens I have started adding.
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         dhoward Admin Group 
          
  
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           | Posted: February 23 2008 at 20:41 | IP Logged
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Upload capability is now enabled  .  Remember, if anyone would like to have edit access to the wiki, just drop me an email with your desired username and an email address.  I'll create the account for you, you'll get an email with a random password, and you can then login and change it.
 
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           | Posted: February 29 2008 at 15:28 | IP Logged
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So I was on the Wiki today, wanting to try and give back a little. I have an account there already, registered it before Dave had to cut them off.
  Anyway, those things don't make a lot of sense to me, but either I don't have access to add things, or I'm totally not understanding!     
 
  Anyway, I created a help file for the Call ID plugin. I would appreciate it if someone goes through it and makes sure it is all correct, and if not, let me know what needs to be fixed up.
  you can get to it here http://seburn.ca/home-automation/caller-id.html
 
  Thanks,
     Brian
 
 Edit: March,10,2008 - This help file now on the PowerHome Wiki
  Edited by Gadgets - March 10 2008 at 02:23
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Looks good Brian.  May have a little wordy problem with "Announce the caller information (provided you have previously the Speech."
 
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           | Posted: February 29 2008 at 23:56 | IP Logged
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       Looks good Brian.  May have a little wordy problem with "Announce the caller information (provided you have previously the Speech."
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     oops!
 
 Actually I put that there as a test... yeah that's it!    
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Gatdgets, I moved your wiki topic to a new title "CID Plugin Tutorial" it was under the generic title of "PowerHome" which I did not think you expected to have it saved under.... It stopped at the space in your original title.
 
 I am just trying to help Dave with a little house keeping so the new Wiki we asked for is not more of a burden to him...   
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No problem Todd... that was my first time putting anything on a wiki, that was a chore in itself!  :-)
 
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Well Keep up the good work, that was a real nice write up! 
 
 What I did to add stuff was to first search for a topic and then add it from the page where it tells me it does not exist...
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nice work Dave!
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I think we need a list of items people want on the WIKI... (maybe a seperate section on the forum where each topic can duscuss each item?)
 
 I am working on a writeup for Elk-PH setup.
 
 I also think we need detailed info on each PH command
 and function of PH
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Can someone work on a write up for PH and ehome intergration? and Xlobby? or has something else come up because they both have gone commercial now?
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Steve has docs on setting things up. Look here.
 
 Let me know if you mean something else.
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I am reviving the WIKI topic for the "new users" we all know PH2 will bring them out of the woodwork... I have been working a bit on it and will continue to as time permits... Boy o boy... this having a baby on the way is taking too much of my free time.
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The "Roadmap 2013" Thread began discussion of the PowerHome wiki, so I am resurrecting 
 this thread to keep threads on topic.
 
 I have a suggestion for the top level of the wiki. Categories that match each of the 
 PowerHome menus: File, Edit (maybe not needed), Maintenance, Control, Macros, Voice, 
 Reports (Window and Help not needed). We could place people in charge of each category 
 (Easy for me to say because I don't think I would be the right guy for any of them).
 
 We would probably want some specific "programming" categories as well.
 
 Anyway, this is just a suggestion, meant to get our minds thinking about the best way 
 to approach the wiki. I don't have an emotional attachment to doing it this way, but I 
 do want people to start thinking about how the best way to do this would be.
 
 By the way, these are the chapters in the current PH Users Guide
 
 Introduction
 System Startup
 PowerHome Basics
 PowerHome Explorer
 Control Center
 Variable Substitution
 Formulas
 Execution Queue
 System Variables
 Control Center Tabs
 Timed Events
 Triggers
 Send Keys
 Macros
 X-10
 IR
 Discs
 Slots
 Playlists
 Video
 Voice
 X-10 Status Screen
 Event Log
 Palm Pad
 Discs Reports
 PSP (PowerHome Server Pages)
 Socket Server
 Windows Messaging
 WSH (Windows Script Host)
 Email Control
 Virtual X-10
 
 And the appendixes are
 Controllers
 Database Structure
 Last Minute Updates
 Changelog
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I am willing to help as well.
 
 An entire rewrite of the manual is very ambitious.  I had 
 helped Dave in 2008 with the quick start guide and the 
 elk/powerhome guide.  It took quite a bit of time 
 especially for Dave.  
 
 The wiki was started subsequently but I recall it was 
 hard to administer for Dave because open access resulted 
 in spam entries (or something like that) and it took a 
 lot of Dave's time to straighten out.  
 
 I was thinking that perhaps the project should start 
 small with separate practical how-tos or primers 
 addressing a particular topic.  Such as how-to use the 
 new insteon devices i.e. how to link them to the existing 
 version of PH; how to control a receiver using PH and 
 sendsocketserver;  How to use your telephone and PH (CID 
 pluggin integration).  I'm sure anyone could think of 50 
 more (Temperature monitoring and PH, Using your energy 
 meter and PH, etc., etc).
 
 The forums have much of this information and if they were 
 mined an put in a wiki (or something similar) I think 
 that would be a good start.  Then a complete manual 
 rewrite could be undertaken, perhaps integrating the 
 howtos as examples.
 
 Just a thought.
 
 Noel
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