Wednesday, February 1, 2006
HAI Releases New Version Of Web-Link II
Related Entries: Home Automation
I love being surprised, especially when it comes to new home automation updates that require no extra cost! Yesterday, I received an email from HAI about a new update to Web-Link II. Incidently, I have been working on integrating their communication DLL into my custom home automation server, so I can interface with the OmniPro II directly from my custom Flash UI. The most convenient and compelling feature of Web-Link II is that it allows you to control your home via a PDA and personal computer right out of the box. So, when HAI released version 2.01.6025 of Web-Link II, I couldn’t wait to see what features and fixes they included. Let’s just say, they went above and beyond my expectations… this latest release of Web-Link II adds the following new features:
- The Web-Link II Server now runs as a Windows Service
- Added a Control Panel applet to configure properties of the Web-Link Server
- Support for running Web-Link II and HAI Home Control for Windows Media Center on the same computer
- RSS (Real Simple Syndication) support on the Web-Link II Home Page
- New Web-Link II Touchscreen User Interface
Web-Link II has special client pages that are used to run on a PC Touchscreen and Touchscreens that have an Internet Explorer 5.5 or later Browser built-in. You can access the standard Web-Link features on these pages by simply touching the designated icons. Basically this is like the HAI Home Control for Windows Media Center. It’s a very nice, clean interface for use with a touchscreen. I still prefer the sexiness of my custom UI/server interface I’ve created in Flash and VB.NET.
- New Skins
Skins allow you to customize the look and feel of the web pages by applying different graphic and color schemes. You can have a different skin for each client computer or Windows account that is used to log into Web-link II. The one pictured is called Vista Glass.
- Improved support for sending and logging e-mails
- Setup now addresses Windows Firewall, directory security, and SP2 security permissions issues
- Support for HAI Omni IIe Controllers.
- Support for the latest lighting protocols (HLC, UPB, RadioRA, and CentraLite).
- Support for Extended Range Temperature Sensors.
- Support for Windows Media Player 10.
I highly recommend you upgrade your version of Web-Link II, to do so just log in to Web-Link II, click the “Options” icon to display the options page. Then click the “Check for Product Updates” button next to “Product Updates and Special Offers” to login to the Web-Link II update site to download the patch.
Good work HAI! And to anyone looking for a great home automation package, you definitely must check out HAI’s product lines!
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COMMENTS
Posted by Pedro Rebelo at August 3, 2007 5:22 AM
Hi do you know where can i download this software??
tks
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