[Hai-users] Email alerts from HAI

[John Purnell]

Thanks Doug for confirming what I was seeing. After install and 
playing with a bit, I can clearly see the lack of support for the 
program, win7 isn't mentioned anywhere and laughably, the 
registration page only has "date of purchase" year up to 2010, so 
that is telling. ha.

it seems not worth using, except for that email ability, which is my 
main goal in this. So the software may still have functionality for 
me. I agree, that snaplink or the Iphone App that talks direct to 
panel is so far the best way to go, I was hoping somehow the more 
expensive weblinkII would somehow include that $50 app's 
functionality, but alas no, I guess its another $50 into the home 
auto hole... heh heh.

I will setup some alerts and things on weblink and see how it 
compares to the Homeseer setup I currently have, but now with a bit 
more experience into weblink, I think homeseer might be better as you 
can build the iphone page for that "phone-home" connection. But, its 
got a learning curve to it that I am not yet over, I am still using 
the Homeseer Iphone page I built  a year and a half ago. So I've 
forgotten how to do that already and will have to relearn a bit.

but the customization, and continued support by homeseer is 
reassuring, as opposed to not with weblink.

I think I read that Lutron or someone big bought HAI? I wonder if 
that will be a renewed effort put into HAI, or if they'll use good 
bits and kill the brand? Anyone have any info on that?

John.


At 04:21 PM 12/24/2012, Doug Ringler wrote:
>And John, just so you know for the sake of full disclosure, since I'm the
>one that recommended it, HAI hasn't updated or apparently supported Web-Link
>II for some time now.  It appears that Snap-Link has largely reduced the
>Web-Link market to levels that are not interesting to HAI (making a few
>assumptions here of course).  I say that since Web-Link II has not been
>updated from HAI for some time now.
>
>Doug Ringler
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: hai-users-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:hai-users-bounces at tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of John Purnell
>Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 4:54 PM
>To: hai-users at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [Hai-users] Email alerts from HAI
>
>I just setup a WebLinkII on my HomeSeer Box connected to OmniProII.
>playing around and learning a bit, and of course I locked myself out of
>weblinkII for an hour with the 3 failed login attempts.
>
>I tried restarting service, but that didn't clear the login lock. Is there
>really no reset in the software?
>
>My goal is to get weblink emailing me my alerts, but also was hoping to use
>Iphone to view it, right now I use HomeSeer. I see the $50 app for HAI, and
>I have that on my boss's system and his Iphone, it talks directly to the
>Panel, but I do not see an app to talk to weblink direct, so does that mean
>you have to use the browser and just use a webpage to weblink like from a
>PC?
>
>THanks,
>John.
>
>
>
>At 05:50 PM 10/15/2012, Doug Ringler wrote:
> >Web Link II software will send emails via an smtp server, loaded on a
> >PC, and connected to the Omni Panel via either an RS232 or RJ45
> >ethernet connection directly to the Omni Board. It will send emails
> >based on events programmed in the Omni.  WebLink II is software
> >marketed by HAI.  I have used it for years and it works pretty well.
> >
> >Doug Ringler
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: hai-users-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:hai-users-bounces at tssi.com] On
> >Behalf Of John Purnell
> >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:26 PM
> >To: hai-users at tssi.com
> >Subject: [Hai-users] Email alerts from HAI
> >
> >I wonder if I'm missing something with the HAI stuff, in order to get
> >email alerts from my house with Omni panel, I have a HomeSeer setup
> >running and connected via rs232 and HomeSeer is programmed to send me
> >email alerts when certain events happen, or to send me temperatures, or
> >tell me if a property perimeter sensor has tripped, etc...
> >
> >am I right that HAI cannot yet send me emails direct? I have not seen
> >anywhere how I can add an smtp server and program emails to be sent.
> >
> >am I missing it here? or maybe there is an expansion board by now I can
>buy?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John.
> >
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