[Hai-users] Email alerts from HAI

[Brad]

There are pages built into WebLinkII made for IPHONE.
You make your choice the first time you connect with your phone.
It's spelled out in the instructions.


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From: "John Purnell" <imail at northsquare.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 10:26 AM
To: <hai-users at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [Hai-users] Email alerts from HAI

>
> 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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