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---> Home Program Introduction Welcome to the HOME PROGRAM for WINDOWS V1.3 (c) Copyright 1996-1997 Crescent Moon, Raleigh, NC, all rights reserved. E-Mail - crescentmo@aol.com The HOME program is an integrated home or business automation and information system that will control many functions of a house or business. These functions include phone dialing, voice mail, answering machine, remote phone access, security system, electrical control (X-10), date calendar, reminders, address book (both personal and business), calculator, information organizer, notify by pager system and television program system. These functions are integrated with each other which makes this program very powerful but still very easy to use. This program was totally designed to be used without a keyboard. You can use a touch screen display or a mouse. To select an item, touch the picture on the menu or you can move the mouse to the picture and press the left mouse button. To return to the previous menu you can press the exit picture or if you are using a mouse, press the right mouse button. Of course if you want to use the keyboard, most of the buttons and all of the character (text) entry can be done with the keyboard. Also all icons (pictures) can be selected by keying the first character of the icon title. For example: for the Phone Menu, press the "P" key on your keyboard. For more help on a certain section, go to that menu and select the help icon picture. The home program is an integrated program for the home. The program will do the following functions: * Phone System - A smart phone dialer. * Voice Mail - A smart answering machine. * Security System - A smart security alarm. * Electrical Control - Controls electrical devices. * Date Calendar - A smart wall calendar for reminders. * Address Book - Keeps personal and business information. * Organizer - Organize many aspects for your family. * TV Listing & Remote Control - TV program schedules. * Notify by Pager - Page someone with this alpha- numeric or numeric only pager support. * Calculator - An full function tape calculator. * Reports/Graphics - Reports about this system * Update System - Change system specifications * Mood Support - Controls multiple electrical devices easily. ---> HOME Program - Shareware The HOME Program is a shareware program. Registration is required if you continue to use the HOME Program after evaluating it for 30 days. Complete your registration of the HOME program for full benefits. After you register the HOME Program, you will receive the following: 1. Receive the current release of the HOME program. 2. Removal of memory restrictions for Address book, Electrical control and Reminders (each restricted to 1,000 characters) 3. Removal of the limit of 3 voice mail messages. 4. Removal of the "UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE VERSION". 5. Be able to process current TV Program Listing information. 6. Support for full IR Remote Control support. 7. Laser printed copy of this manual. 8. Advance notification of updates to the HOME Program. ---> License Agreement This software is protected by both United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. You may use it on a trial basis provided you do not violate the copyright. After you have evaluated it, you are required to pay the license fee of $39. This license fee entitles you to use the software on one computer at one time. If you wish to run several copies of the software concurrently, you need to pay an additional license fee for each concurrent copy. You are granted a limited license to copy the shareware version of the HOME program for the trial use of others providing you include all files in complete and unmodified form. You may NOT distribute the registered version of the HOME Program under penalty of copyright violation laws. ---> Limited Warranty Crescent Moon or its owners of this HOME Program do not warrant that this software operation will be error free or uninterrupted. The authors shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages from the use or the user's inability to use this product. The authors of this program specifically disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose and of merchant ability. ---> Ombudsman Statement - ASP This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX (616) 788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. ---> HOME Program - Registration Form There are two ways to receive the registered version of this program, by sending a request and money directly to the author or my using Public Software Library (Credit Cards Only). 1) CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY You can order with MC, Visa, or Discover from Public (software) Library by calling 1-800-2424-PsL or (713) 524-6394 or by FAX to (713) 524-6398 or by CIS Email to 71355,470. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O. Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705. The HOME Program product ID is #14691. NOTE: Please specify the DOS or Windows version. THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS. Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc., must be directed to Crescent Moon, P.O. Box 90391, Raleigh, NC 27675. To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify Crescent Moon the day of your order and we will ship the product directly to you 2) Order directly from Crescent Moon Please send check, money order, or postal order. If you are from outside the USA please have your bank prepare a check in USA dollars drawn on a USA bank. Send registrations to: Crescent Moon P.O. Box 90391 Raleigh, NC 27675 To order directly with Crescent Moon, please fill out this order form and send a check, money order or postal order. Name __________________________________________________ Company (if applicable)________________________________ Address _______________________________________________ City ___________________________ State _____ Zip_______ Phone# _______________________ Fax# ___________________ What functions or features would you like added to the Home Program? _______________________________________________________ Version Requested DOS __________ Windows ____________ Where did you obtain your copy of HOME program?________ Payment by: Check ___ Money Order ___ Postal Order____ $39.00 for single user license $_______ North Carolina Res. Add 6% Sales Tax ($2.35) $_______ Shipping and Handling ($7.00) $_______ Outside USA - Additional Shipping ($7.00) $_______ Total $ _______ NOTE: A special UPGRADE from HOME Program V1.x to V1.3 can be ordered through the mail for $5.00. (Order only thru the mail) ---> Home Program Requirements ---> Computer * 386, 486, Pentium or better * VGA compatible display adapter and display * 1MB of memory, but 4MB is recommended for SMARTRAM and future growth of this program. * 500K bytes of DOS free memory before loading program.(DOS Only) * For Windows version, 4MB of memory minimum. * Hard disk - reserve about 3MB plus 15MB per hour of voice mail storage, and about 30MB for Television Program Listing data. * Mouse (serial or bus) or touch display screen. * Free COM# port for electrical system controller (optional) * Adapter board for wired alarm system connection (optional) * Voice modem (Rockwell Chipset) if using voice mail (optional) Support for IR Remote Controls (AFO-6 or BIRD-1B) (optional) * Touch-Tone Phone Service for your phone line (if using phone, voice mail or pager functions) * UPS power backup (optional but highly recommended) * DOS V5.0 and up , Windows/95, Windows/NT or OS/2 V3/V4. ---> Mouse Support Some type of mouse support is required for the HOME program. The mouse can be any type that the "MOUSE" command in your DOS supports. For example, PC DOS V6 supports serial, bus, PS/2 or inport mouse. This support will depend on the version of DOS that you have running. If you do not have the mouse support running, the HOME program will remind you to activate this support. Windows/95, Windows/NT and OS/2 provide compatible mouse support for this program. For OS/2, this program can run as a WINOS2 program. ---> Touch Screen Display Support The HOME program is designed to work with a touch screen display and this is the optimum type of use for this program. The touch screen display must support a mouse emulation device driver that looks like the DOS "MOUSE" command. The author is using an IBM Display, Model 14PT. The biggest problem with touch screen displays is the price. A 14" touch screen display will cost between $800 to $1200. The cost of these displays are coming down in price, but they still be out of the range for some of you. That is why the HOME program supports a normal mouse. ---> Keyboard Support Even though all functions of the HOME program can be done with a mouse or touch screen display, a keyboard can be used for MOST of the program, but not all. The keyboard is handy if you are entering in many address book names. Also, most of the icons can be selected by entering the first letter of the icon name. The "ESC" key can be used to exit out of any menu. ---> Voice modem support The HOME program support a voice modem that uses the "ROCKWELL" chipset (this is most of the voice modems on the market). The author has tested the "Phoneblaster 14.4" and the "InfoTel 28.8" voice modems. For voice mail and dialing functions, a 14.4Kbps modem is all you will need. The 28.8Kbps modems do have new speakerphone commands in the ROCKWELL chipset and the author may be incorporating this function in a future release of the HOME program. The 14.4Kbps voice modems will cost between $50 to $150. The 28.8Kbps voice modems will be about $125 to $200. If you are planning to use the computer for over dial-in services like America On-line, Prodigy, Compu-serve or Internet, the 28.8Kbps modem is much nicer for these services. WARNING: A normal Hayes or Hayes compatible modem is support in a limited way. This type of modem can only be used for phone dialer and pager functions of the HOME program. ---> Speakers for Voice modem support It has been the authors experience that a set of speakers with volume control (amplified) are highly recommended. The volume control on most voice modems are minimal at best. ---> Exiting out of the HOME Program (DOS ONLY) To exit the HOME Program, you need to press the "ESC" key on the keyboard from the Main Menu. This will bring up a message "Are you sure you want to exit (Y/N)" To complete the exit, press the "Y" key on the keyboard. ---> Electrical Controller Interfaces To be able to control electrical devices by the HOME program, you must use the TW-523, CP-290 or Active Home(CM11) X-10 inter-face. The TW-523 and Active Home controllers both provide for two-way communications to and from the X-10 devices in your house. TW-523 Special Note: The TW-523 provides a (bit-banging) serial interface, but you need an RS-232 interface connector to be able to plug into your Personal Computer. SPECIAL NOTE: The Windows version does not support the TW-523 controller interface. Below are the parts that are needed to do this: * TW523 - Two way X-10 interface (about $18-$23) * TW523S20 - RS-232 interface for TW523 (Baran-Harper only) (about $50-$60) The HOME program has been tested with the following X-10 devices: * LM-465 - X-10 Powerhouse - Lamp Module. * WS-467 - X-10 Powerhouse - Remote Dimmer. * AM-466 - X-10 Powerhouse - Appliance Module. * AM-486 - X-10 Powerhouse - Appliance Module. * PF-284 - X-10 Powerhouse - Powerflash Interface. List of Retailers for X-10 devices The following stores can be used to get most or all of the X-10 devices: Baran-Harper Order # 1-800-661-6508 Home Automation Systems, Inc. Order # 1-800-762-7846 or 1-800-367-9836 Advanced Services Inc. Order #1-800-263-8608 Radio Shack - (your local store) ---> More Information on X-10 A file is included with this program to provide additional X-10 vendors and frequently asked questions. The file is called: "X10FAQ.TXT". Comparing the CP-290 and Active Home to TW-523 Controllers The reason why the TW-523 controller was selected as the electrical controller for the X-10 devices is the two way capabilities of this device. The TW-523 can both send and receive the X-10 command and this is needed for the security system and electrical system. The CP-290 is support but can only send out X-10 commands. This limited the capabilities for electrical and thermostatic control only. Program Button's The HOME program used a concept of buttons to provide input from you. Any time you want to select what the button represents, all you need to do is move the mouse pointer (if you are using a mouse) anywhere in the button highlighted area and press the left mouse button. If you are using a touch display, all you need to do is press the button highlighted area with your finger and release. Buttons come in three different modes. 1) To select that item in the button area and 2) To display the next valid choice for that button area. This is used in mainly the update area to select a different value for that button. 3) To be able to edit the value in the button area. For example, in the address book area, you can select the button for the person's last name and an edit keyboard area appears for you to key your last name. When you are done editing the button, just press the exit button to see the previous menu with the next edited value. ---> What's New with Version 1.3 * Support for native windows support (seperate version). * Support for multiple phone lines for voice mail (up to 2 lines). * Personal Voice Mail messages using Caller-ID information. * Support for Active Home X-10 computer interface controller. * Support for television listing - data from Visionsoft Corp. * Support for hard wired alarm systems. * Support for TV & Audio Remote Control devices (All- For-One-6 and BIRD Modem 1B). * Enhanced remote phone support for Moods,Security & Electrical. * Remote phone support for caller id information for voice mail. * Control electrical devices for sunrise and sunset times. * Update your city location for correct sunrise/sunset times. * Advanced reminder option for birthday & anniversary dates. * Send all reminders for that day to a alpha-numeric pager option. * Playback of outgoing voice mail message added. What's New with Version 1.2 * Multiple pager support for paging and reminders (up to 7 pagers). * Support for CP-290 X-10 computer interface controller. * Caller-ID - Displays PRIVATE if caller-id is blocked. * Option to reject Caller-ID Blocked (Private) calls. * Enhanced address book with quicker response. * Mood Graphic Chart to see all on and off timings for a X-10 device. * Support for X-10 Thermostat Device (RCS-TS Model). * ON/OFF System Option Menu to control paging functions, fast display and Voice Mail answering options. * Selectable number of rings before voice mail answers phone. * Fast Display option - may not work on some display adapters. * Moved the Notify by Pager messages into its own log file. * Allow the right mouse button to go back one value on update buttons. * Support for saved voice mail messages (up to 1000 message can be saved). * Biorhythm charting for your family and friends. * Updated area code and exchange database for United States, Canada and Mexico. * Automatically updates the time for daylight savings time. * Mood support - Good Morning, Good Night, Vacation, Out, etc. * Organizer - Organize many aspects of your life. ---> Phone Introduction The phone dialing system has these features: * Dial phone number from screen. * Remember the last five different phone number dialed for fast re-dialing of those phone numbers. * When area code is entered, the state will appear. * When the first three numbers of the phone number are entered (exchange), the city will appear. * International Country lookup when international number is dialed. * When the phone number is entered, the address book is automatically searched for the name of that person. * The address book can be used to automatically dial phone number. * Updated area code and exchange phone number database for USA, Mexico and Canada. * Logs all phone activity. ---> Phone Menu The phone menu provided you an easy way to dial a number from your computer display. You only need to dial a number as you would on a normal phone. ---> Dialing a phone number Example: To call a local number, press the following buttons: '5' '5' '5' '1' '2' '1' '2' 'Dial' If you make a mistake on one of the numbers, all you need to do is press the <left arrow> button to erase the last entered number. Example: To call a long distance number, press the following buttons: '1' '9' '1' '9' '5' '5' '5' '1' '2' '1' '2' 'Dial' If you have a non-voice modem, the computer will dial the number and you will have 20 seconds to pickup your phone handset. If you do not pickup your phone within that time, the computer will hang-up the modem phone. If you have a voice modem, the computer will continue to let the phone ring until you pickup your phone handset and press the <cancel> button. If you pickup the phone handset, the HOME program will display to amount of time you are on the phone call. ---> Redialing a number To redial a number, a list of five buttons on the right hand side of your display will contain the last five different numbers that you have dialed while the HOME program has been up. To redial one of those numbers, just press that button that contains the number. The HOME program will automatically redial that number. ---> International Phone Number support When making an international phone call at is prefixed by "011", the HOME program will provide the country name when the international country code is entered. The last dialed numbers will also support up to 25 numbers for the international phone numbers. For the Address Book, both the Home Phone and Work Phone number fields will support up to 25 numbers for international calls. These two fields will only show the first 12 numbers on the Address Book Entry menu but when you edit the phone numbers, all 25 digits will be shown and remembered. The HOME program will also provide the approximate local time for that country. This will be the best estimate of local time because many factors and that some countries have multiple time zones. ---> Automatically appending a phone number prefix The HOME program will automatically append a phone number prefix before the actual phone number that is being dialed. This is needed for many business lines that require a '9' to be dialed to get an outside line. Please see the Phone Update menu in the Update Menu for more information. ---> Voice Mail Introduction The voice mail that has these features: * Accept up to 99 voice mail messages.(answering machine like). * Be able to save up to 1000 voice mail messages. * Records caller-id information with each voice mail message (voice modem and deluxe caller id service required) * Will page you of any voice mail message. If you have caller-id, the phone number and name are sent to your alpha-numeric pager (optional). * Call in and pick up your voice mail messages. * Voice mail message automatically stops when the phone is picked up. No stop switch to press. * Caller-ID name and number displayed on the screen when people call in. Caller ID deluxe version is required for this function. Personalized outgoing voice mail messages can be sent out if a certain caller-id number is received. See Update Phone section. * Optionally, a "This number does not accept Caller-ID blocked calls" message will be spoken when detected and no voice mail taken. ---> Voice Mail Main Menu The voice mail main menu provides you a list of up to 99 voice mail messages, including date, time and caller-id information (if available). The list is automatically sorted by date and time, so that the most current voice mail message is the top of the list. To get more information about a particular voice mail message, just select that voice mail message button. This will go to the voice mail message menu. A "Saved" voice mail button is presented to view up to 1000 saved voice mail messages. You can listen to any of the saved voice mail messages at anytime or for future reference to the date, time and caller-id information on the message. ---> Updating the Outgoing Voice Message The outgoing message can be chanced by selecting the UPDATE button on the main menu, then selecting the VOICE MAIL button. This function will be covered in the update selection of this document. ---> Voice Mail Message Menu The voice mail message menu provides you compete information about the voice mail message that you have selected. This includes: * Date and time * Caller ID information, Caller ID Deluxe function required from your local phone company * Duration of voice mail message * If Caller ID information is available, a search through your address book is made. If found, the person names, address, city, state and zip code are displayed. Four options are also available on this menu for this voice mail message: * To Listen to the message * To Delete the message * To Keep the message * To automatically re-dial that person, if caller ID information is available. ---> Taking Voice Mail messages The voice mail function in the HOME program also takes (records) messages like an answering machine. The voice mail message can be virtually any length of time. If the phone handset is picked up during the recording of the voice mail message, the recording will stop. ---> Pager messages for Voice Mail If you have a pager, either a alpha-numerical or numerical only, the voice mail function will page you. For a alpha-numerical pager, the pager message will provide you the caller ID information (if provided) and the length of the voice mail message. If you have a numerical only pager, your home phone number will be sent so you can call in to retrieve your message by using the Voice System Functions. ---> Retrieving Voice Mail messages remotely The HOME program provides for the owner to listen and delete any or all voice mail messages from anywhere in the world. This is called Voice System Functions. ---> Voice System Functions To be able to get into voice system functions, the owner calls up their home phone number from any other phone. When the outgoing message plays, just press the asterisk '*' button on the phone. This will prompt the owner to enter a passcode followed by the pound '#' key on the phone. You will be given three chances to enter the correct passcode. The passcode is a number from 0000 to 9999 that the owner selects on the Update - Passcode menu. This will be discussed later in this document. Note: At this time, you can only get your voice mail messages from a remote phone. We plan to add the ability to control your house security and electrical devices with this function. To listen to your voice mail messages, press the <1> key on your phone. This will tell you the number of voice messages that you have waiting. A number of options are available while listening to your voice mail messages: * Press the '1' key to REPEAT the current voice mail message. * Press the '2' key to DELETE the current voice mail message. * Press the `3' key to hear the caller id number and name. * Press the '5' key to play the LAST voice mail message. * Press the '6' key to play the NEXT voice mail message. * Press the '9' key to return to the main voice system functions. You will not need to remember these number because the a voice will list the number and functions at the end of each voice mail message. You can press these number at anytime and the system will do that function immediately. At anytime, you can press the asterisk '*' key to end the Voice System function. All Voice System Function calls are logged in the Phone Log, and a pager message is not sent. ---> Security System Introduction The smart security alarm system has these features: * Up to 14 alarm zones. The alarms zones may be immediate (windows), delayed (doors) or fire/smoke zones. * Wired alarm connections for 2 different PC adapter boards. * Can dial your pager for any change in zone status. * Logs all alarm activity. * Activates an X-10 alarm horn if your house is broken in to. ---> Security Menu The security system menu provides you a list of zones (or parts of a house that are monitored by the security system). Their are 14 zones that can be monitored with this system. If a zones is opened (such as a door or window), the zone button will flash red. To stop the zones from flashing red, just close all windows, door, etc. of that zone. All activities of all zones are logged in the security log. This is described later in this document. Also on the Security Menu, you will see a numeric keypad in which to enter you passcode (the same as your phone passcode) if the home security system has been locked (activated). A message will appear when the correct passcode has been entered. To lock up the house, press the Security Lock button. This will monitor the house for open zones. If a zone is opened and the entry delay has been exhausted, the Security System will flash the screen RED, turn on the Alarm Bell, send a pager message and turn on all electrical devices that are defined to be activated by the security system. The definition of these electrical devices are described in the Electrical section of this document. The alarm bell will sound until the passcode is entered or 15 minutes have passed. This prevents the alarm bell from running all the time if you are not present at your house. NOTE: The security functions require a TW-523 X-10 controller or a hard wired adapter card to function. The button labeled "View House" is a prototype for your pleasure. Currently, no support is provided for this function. ---> How to specify the Security Zones To specify the characteristics of each zone, press the button for that zone from the Security Menu. You will then be at the Security Zone Edit menu. Each zones can have its own specifications, such as: * Zone name * Entry delay time * Exit delay time * Zones source (X-10 device address Use H-1 to H-14) * Normally Open or normally Closed * Send a pager message if zones is opened To change the name of the security zone, press the button with name of the zone. This will pop up a keyboard on the display. You can use the display keyboard or the real keyboard to change the name of this zone. To save the new name, press the EXIT button on the top right corner of the display or press the right mouse button. To change the Entry Type, press the button and the text within the button will change from Delayed, Not Active or Immediate. The rest of the buttons on this menu work like this so you do not need to remember all of the values. To save the security zone characteristics, press the EXIT button or the right mouse button. This will go back to the Security Menu. ---> Pager messages for Security System If you request the system to send you a alpha-numerical pager message, a message will be sent with the zone name when the security system is locked (active). For a numerical only pager, a special number is sent for the security functions. The number is "000-001-0xxx", where "xxx" is the number of the zone. If the alarm bell goes on, the "xxx" with be "911". ---> Connecting up your Security System All security system zones are connected by either an X- 10 electrical controller (TW-523(DOS ONLY), CP-290 or Active Home) or by a adapter board that can be hard wired to your magnetic contacts around your house. Security System using X-10 electrical controller The security system zones signals are sent from X-10 devices that can transmit an X-10 command to the TW-523 controller. The most common device for this is the: PF-284 X-10 Powerhouse - Power Flash Interface ($18-$30) The PF-284 can be used to connect, in parallel, to an existing (wired) burglar alarm systems by connecting them to the zone leads (check with alarm vendor). Remember that you will need a PF-284 for each zone that you want to be connected. You can also use standard magnet contacts and wire them directly to the PF-284 device. The magnet contract are sold by most X-10 retailers. The Power Flash Interface device should be set with Input=B and Mode=3. Please see instructions on the PF- 284 for other options. Security System using adapter board for contacts Two adapter board are supported for hard wired alarm system connections. These boards are: ACL-7125 - 8 port input and 8 port output - est. price $109 AR-B2001 - 16 port input - est. price $ 59 These adapter boards can be purchased by: Circuit Specialists Inc. 220 S. Country Club Dr. Bldg #2 Mesa, AZ 85210 Sales - 1-800-528-1417 - 1-602-464-2485 Fax - 1-602-464-5824 The two adapter boards will plug into your Personal Computer using a standard ISA bus. The ACL-7125 provides both 8 input ports which will be using for connecting to your door and window contacts and an 8 output ports which are currently not being used (future use). ACL-7125 Connection The ACL-7125 provides a 37 pin "D" shell connector. I/O ports 2A8 and 3E8 are only supported. The easiest way to connect the 37 pin "D" shell is to purchase a "Male 37 pin D Connector for ribbon wire" and 2 or more feet of 37 wire (38 gauge) ribbon wire. Ports are: Input port 1-Pins 12 and 30. Input port 5-Pins 16 and 34. Input port 2-Pins 13 and 31. Input port 6-Pins 17 and 35. Input port 3-Pins 14 and 32. Input port 7-Pins 18 and 36. Input port 4-Pins 15 and 33. Input port 8-Pins 19 and 37. To connect a port you also must use a power source ( a 12 volt DC transformer does very good). A sample connection is to connect: For port 1: Connect pin # 12 to plus side of transformer Connect negative side of transformer to door contact. Connect other side of contact to pin # 30. AR-B2001 Connection The default I/O port address is 3E0 (AR-B2001) and the alternate port address is 2A0 (AR-B2001-A). This adapter supports up to 16 input ports that can be specified on the alarm zone configuration menu (even though that only 14 zones can be configured). The advantage of this adapter card is that pins 33 and 34 provide the power voltage so you do not have to provide a separate transformer. Input port 1 - Pins 1 and 3. Input port 2 - Pins 5 and 7. Input port 3 - Pins 9 and 11. Input port 4 - Pins 13 and 15. Input port 5 - Pins 17 and 19. Input port 6 - Pins 21 and 23. Input port 7 - Pins 25 and 27. Input port 8 - Pins 29 and 31 Input port 9 - Pins 2 and 4. Input port 10 - Pins 6 and 8. Input port 11 - Pins 10 and 12. Input port 12 - Pins 14 and 16 Input port 13 - Pins 18 and 20. Input port 14 - Pins 22 and 24. Input port 15 - Pins 26 and 28. Input port 16 - Pins 30 and 32. ---> Alarm Bell Interface The HOME program uses the X-10 address of "H-16" for the alarm bell (or siren). The X-10 products provide a alarm bell X-10 device for this purpose. Currently, the X-10 address of "H-16" can not be changed. ---> Electric Control Introduction The electrical controller has these features: * Turns appliances on/off (Coffee Maker, Hot Water, etc.) * Turns lights on or off with 8 dimmer levels (Lights, etc.) * Controls up to 3 thermostats. * Support for sunrise and sunset times for electrical devices. * Turns on/off electrical items by security system. * Turns on/off electrical items by time & date. * Logs all electrical activity. * Graphs the times for all device activity and for all modes. ---> Electric Menu The Electric Menu provides you an icon (picture) view of eleven different rooms in you house. These are: * Living Room * Dining Room * Kitchen * Family Room * Master Bedroom * 2nd Bedroom * 3rd Bedroom * Study Room * Outside House * Garage * Extra Rooms * Thermostats Note: At this time, these rooms are not changeable. To control electrical devices in a given room, press the icon button for that room. This will show the next menu of all the electrical devices for that room. ---> Electric Devices in a Room This provide you a list of all electrical devices for a given room. Only seven electrical devices can be displayed at a time, but you can press the down arrow or up arrow to display the rest. On this menu you can turn ON or OFF a given electrical device. If you want to DIM (if a lamp) or display electrical devices events, press that electrical device and the electrical device details menu will appear. You can add a new electrical device to this room by pressing the plus '+' button. ---> Add new Electrical Devices By pressing the "+" button, an Add Device menu appears. You need to provide the following information: * Device Name - A short description of that electrical device (up to 30 characters) * Device Address - The X-10 address of the electrical device. * Device Type - Either an Appliance or Lamp. ---> X-10 Device Address Assignments Each X-10 device need an unique X-10 address for the device to work. Think of these X-10 addresses as a phone number, a different number for each house. The X- 10 address contains a letter from "A" to "P" and a number from "1" to "16". This program provides a suggestion on how to address these X-10 devices. For the letter part of the X-10 device, we suggest the following: * A - Study Room Devices * B - 2nd Bedroom Devices * C - 3rd Bedroom Devices * D - Dining Room Devices * E - Extra Room Devices * F - Family Room Devices * G - Garage Devices * H - Security System Devices * I - Reserved for HVAC system (future use) * J - Reserved for HVAC system (future use) * K - Kitchen Devices * L - Living Room Devices * M - Master Bedroom Devices * N - Not currently used * O - Outside Devices * P - Reserved for IR system (future use) Each of these letters can have up to 16 device addresses for that room or area. ---> Displaying Electrical Device details From this menu you can edit the electrical device (name, address and type), DIM the lamp device and view all of the events set for that device. Each electrical device has a limit of six events, at this time. If you want to display the details of an event, press the event button for that event. If you want to add a new event, press an event button with no description (blank). To delete an event, press that event button and then press the delete icon on the top left corner of the display. ---> Adding a New Event When you press a blank event button, you will be asked to select the type of event on the next menu. The options will be: * A - Specify date and time for device. * B - Specify day of week and time for device * C - Specify another trigger for device * D - Specify mode for device * S - Specify sunrise/sunset time for device Each of these options are described below: A - Specify date and time for device. - You can specify one date and time for that event to trigger that device. This is limited because this event will only occur once a year. B / S - Specify day of week and time for device - You can specify a wide range of day or combination of days for this event. The day can be: * Sunday * Monday * Tuesday * Wednesday * Thursday * Friday * Saturday * Monday through Friday * Saturday through Sunday * All days C - Specify another device trigger for device You can specify for when another X-10 device is turned on, this event will also be activated. This is very important for when the alarm bell (X-10 address H-16) goes on, that this electrical device event will also be activated (such as the outside lights). All of the above events has a turn device option. This turn device can be one of the following: * ON - Turn the electrical device on. * OFF - Turn the electrical device off. * FLASH - Turn the electrical device on and off every 6 seconds * DIM Level 1 - Turn the lamp on to the dimmest setting. * DIM Level 2 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 3 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 4 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 5 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 6 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 7 - Turn the lamp on to the next dimmer setting. * DIM Level 8 - Turn the lamp on to the highest dimmer setting. You can also set the amount of time for that event to be active. If the hours:minutes options are all zeros, no timer will be used for this event. NOTE: For the event to activate an electrical device, the HOME program must be running at that time. The HOME program checks the list of events every minute of the day. ---> Thermostat Control The program will allow you to control up to 3 separate thermostats in your house or business. The thermostat must be a RCS-TS Model which can be purchased for around $200 each. This is an X-10 device so you also must have an X-10 controller connected to your async port on your computer. This program can send commands to the thermostat to HEAT, COOL and turn OFF it. You can set temperatures between 42 - 90 degrees. The HOME program can be set multiple temperatures and setting based on the day, time, trigger device or mood settings. Please see the electrical control settings for events. ---> Date Calendar Introduction The Date Calendar has these features: * Display a month at a time. * Hi-lighted icon buttons for days with reminders * Be able to view, add, modify or delete reminders. * Specify a time for a reminder. Ten minutes before the reminder is due, the program will remind you and optionally page you with that reminder (alpha- numeric pager required for pager function). * Birthday and anniversary advance reminder function. (See Update On/Off Menu) * Send all reminders to your pager in the morning. (See Update On/Off Menu) ---> Date Calendar Menu When you press the Date Calendar icon button on the main menu, the date calendar menu will be shown. This displays the current month with up to three different colors of day buttons that represent: * Blue day button - Day without any reminders and special dates. * Purple day button - Day with reminders or special dates. * Pink day button - Current day on the month. You can select the previous month by pressing the up arrow icon button or select the next month by pressing the down arrow icon button. By pressing any of the day buttons from the date calendar menu, you will go to the Date Menu Display ---> Date Menu Display There are two different items that a day may display: * Purple - Special date, either a birthday and anniversary from your address book. These cannot be modified from this menu. If you want to change the date for this birthday or anniversary, please use the Address Book edit to change these items. * Blue - Reminder for that day and optionally time for the reminder. These reminders can be edited or deleted by pressing on the button for that reminder or you can add a reminder by pressing the plus '+' button on the left side of the display. ---> Adding or Editing a Reminder A reminder can be anything you want it to be. A Doctor's appointment, a special day of the year or a reminder to take your pills are just a few examples of a reminder. A reminder has the following options: Reminder Name - The text for the reminder, up to 40 characters. Year - This is optional. If you want the reminder only for a certain year press the buttons following the "Year =" to display the year that you want. Alarm - This is also optional - If you want the reminder to be displayed for a certain time, press the buttons following the "Alarm=" to display the time that you want. When - This provides you an easy way to copy this reminder to multiple days. The options that are available are: * This Date - Reminder for only this date. * All Days - Reminder will be shown for all days of the year. * Mon-Fri - Reminder will be shown on all Monday's thru Friday's. * Sat-Sun - Reminder will be shown on all Saturday's and Sunday's. * Sunday, Monday, ... Saturday - Reminder will be show on the appropriate day of the week for all of the entire year. The option Temporary or Permanent is designed to automatically remove old reminders that are not valid. This automatic removal system is currently not implemented but plans are for this function in the future. Currently the temporary or permanent will only be recorded with the reminder. A third option is "HIDDEN". This hides the reminder from the monthly calendar menu and the reports function of reminder. Page - This provides an option to send this reminder to your alpha numerical pager if you specify an alarm time. The reminder will be sent about 10 minutes before the alarm time specified. ---> Special Reminder Names * "SYSTEM_UPDATE" - This will provide the voice mail counts and up to 5 phone numbers / name from the Caller-ID information. ---> Address Book Introduction The address book has these features: * Be able to quickly find the person who you are looking for. This is done by entering the first few letters of the persons last name and business name. * Both personal and business modes are supported. * Be able to quickly find the person by a business association. * View all information about a person on a single screen. * Be able to automatically dial the home, business or cellular phone number of that person. * Be able to add, modify or delete address book entries. * All searches are very fast, all address book entries are stored in memory in a compressed format. * Uses the comma delimited format for address book file on disk. This allows you to move current address book files to the HOME program with minimal conversion problems. You will be able to use this address book file for input to other programs. * Birthdays and anniversaries are automatically entered as special dates to the reminder section of the HOME program. ---> Address Book Menu The address book menu was designed to quickly find a person. This menu provides a number of options. These are: Look at an address book entry - This menu provides a listing of up to five address book entries. To show all information about that entry, press that entries button (if using a keyboard, press the number to the left side of the button). Mode - This will toggle between personal mode and business mode. In personal mode, you need to enter the first few characters of the person's last name to quickly show a new list of entries. In business mode, you need to enter the first few characters of the Business name. Add - If you want to add a new entry to your address book, press the plus '+' button on the left side of your display. Scroll buttons - You can display the next or previous list of five address book entries by press the associated up arrow or down arrow buttons. ---> Address Display Entry Once you press an address book entry, you will be shown all information about this entry or person. Each entry has the following items: Last Name - Last name of the person(s). First Name - First name of the person. Spouse Name - First name of the spouse. Address - Address of the person(s). City - City of the person(s). State - State of the person(s). Zip - Zip code of the person(s). Home Phone - Home phone number (See Note) Work Phone - Work phone number (See Note) Cellular Phone - Cellular phone number (See Note). Birthday - Birthday date in "MM/DD/YY" format. Spouse Birthday - Birthday date of spouse in "MM/DD/YY" format. Anniversary - Anniversary date of couple in "MM/DD/YY" format. Fax Phone - Fax phone number (See Note). Notes - Special notes for that person or couple. Business Name - Business name (used for business mode). Note: All phone numbers must be either "XXX-XXXX" format or "AAA-XXX-XXXX" format, where "AAA" is the area code. Do not specify a "1" in front of an area code (long distance) because this will automatically be done for you. At the bottom of the display you will see three buttons: Dial Home - Automatically dials that home phone number. Dial Work - Automatically dials that work phone number. Dial Cellular - Automatically dials that cellular phone number. ---> Edit an Address Book Entry To edit (change) an item such as an the address for that person, press the button for that item and a menu will appear with the keyboard on the display. You can change the item with either by using a mouse or touch screen display to modify the item or use your normal keyboard (all three ways will work). ---> Address Book Memory How can I tell the number of address book entries that can be entered before I run out of memory? This can easy be shown in the REPORT menu, VITALS REPORT function. This is documented later in this document. ---> Address Book file format The address book file format is in "Comma-delimited" format, with double quotes around all items. This format is common for many other programs that will export to. The address book file name is "HOME.WS" and the items must be in the following order: 1. Last Name - (17 characters maximum) 2. First Name - (10 characters maximum) 3. Spouse's First Name - (10 characters maximum) 4. Address - (39 characters maximum) 5. City - (25 characters maximum) 6. State - (2 characters maximum) 7. Zip Code - (10 characters maximum) 8. Home Phone Number - (12 characters maximum) 9. Work Phone Number - (12 characters maximum) 10. Birthday - (8 characters maximum) 11. Spouse's Birthday - (8 characters maximum) 12. Anniversary - (8 characters maximum) 13. Notes - (39 characters maximum) 14. Cellular Phone Number - (12 characters maximum) 15. Business Name - (39 characters maximum) 16. Fax Phone Number - (12 characters maximum) ---> Television and Audio Menu The Television and Audio Menu has these features: * Television Program Listing for most TV & satellite channels. * Remote control support for the All-For-One 6 and the BIRD Model 1B Remote Controls. * Automatically record TV programs using the remote control. ---> Television Program Listing The television listing provided you a list of program that are scheduled for most satellite broadcast channels. Currently their are 98 channels and more being added. When you select the TV Program button, the current program list will be shown. You can look at additional channels by selecting the down arrow or the up arrow. You can also see other times, either backward or foreword by selecting the right or left arrows. You can easily move to another day by selecting by selecting the right or left double arrows. On the left hand side of the display is a list of channels. You can assign numbers to each of these channels. When you assign these channel numbers, the display will be sorted by channel number then. Please see the UPDATE - TV LISTING function for more information. To show additional information on a given TV program, just select that program by moving the mouse to that show and press the left mouse button or if you are using a touch screen display, just press that show. There is also a "SCROLL" function on the bottom of the screen. This will show a slowly moving displays through all of the channels automatically. To stop this function, just press any other button on the screen. The last function is a "FIND" button on the bottom of the screen so you can specify a word or multiple words that are used to search all of the channels for a given program title or find an actor. This display will also allow you to search just the program title or search all of the information available for that program (such as an actor name, for example) ---> Getting TV Program Listing Information The HOME program uses the TV program listing information from: Visionsoft Corp. P.O. Box 2247 Greensboro, NC 27402 Sales with Credit Card - 1-800-577-3492 or 1-910-274-7773 Visionsoft will provide the listing information each month using the following delivery vehicles: Diskette mailed to you (3 1/2" or 5 1/4")$ 59.95 /year * You download from the Internet $ 39.95 /year * You download from their BBS $ 39.95 /year NOTE *: When you mention that you are using the HOME program, Visionsoft will provide a $10 discount for the diskette mailing and a $5 discount for Internet access off of these prices. ---> How to load the TV Program Listing Information You can get the TV Program Listing information either by electronic delivery (Internet or BBS) or by diskette using mail. When using the electronic delivery, a "zip" file contains the information. Just copy this :"zip" file into the "HOME" directory ("C:\HOME" is the default). Then unzip it using the following command: PKUNZIP <"zip file name"> If you receive a diskette, copy the files from the diskette into the "HOME" directory by using the following commands: CD \HOME (Go to the HOME directory) COPY A:*.* C:\HOME PKUNZIP TVDATA The following command must be run for both the electronic and the diskette delivery methods: HOMETV (Builds TV schedule files) The HOMETV command (available only with the Registered Version of the HOME program) will build the TV Program Listing files. ---> Display TV Channel Program When you press a given television program, you will be shown more information about that individual program. This display the following: Television Program Title. Closed caption indicator. Detail program description. Rating of the program(0-4 stars) Program rating (PG,R,etc). Name of the Director. Program type. List of up to five actors. Country origin. There is also a "FIND" button on the bottom of this display to search for the next time that individual program is on next and what channels and time it is on. ---> Automatic VCR Programming From the television listing menu you can automatically record programs using the remote control function. To record a TV program, select that program and select the record button. This will prompt you for a number of options: * Want record device to you want to go to: VCR, AUX1 or AUX2. * Want device to select the channels from: the SAME device as the recording device or the Cable box or Satellite box. * What is the frequency of the recordings: One Time, Weekly, Daily or Monday thru Friday. ---> Remote Control Menu You can have the Home program provide control for your television, VCR, Cable box, etc. with the attachment of the All-For-One 6 remote control and serial cable option or the BIRD Modem 1B remote control. These remotes plugs into one of the communication ports of your personal computer. Please see the Update - Audio/TV Remote menu for setup instructions and remote comparisons. ---> VCR Menu From this menu you can review all of the recordings that you have specified. You can also add a recording manually using the `+' button. If you would like more information about that record or to delete that recording, press that program button. This will display a detailed menu of that program, if available. You can also press the delete button to remove this TV program to be recorded. ---> Notify by Pager Introduction The Notify by Pager has these features: * Be able to send an alpha-numeric or numeric only pager message. * Stores up to seven common messages for a pager message. * Register up to 8 pagers to send numeric or alpha- numeric messages. ---> Notify by Pager Menu This provides you an easy way to send a pager message to a person. Currently only one pager is supported. This menu supports both alpha-numeric pagers (can send letters and numbers) or numeric only pagers (can send only numbers, such as a phone number). This menu provides you a list of seven messages or numbers that you can send without reentering that message. You can send that message or number by pressing the button with that message or number. You can also edit or change that message or number by pressing the "EDIT" button just left of the message you want to edit. Initially, support for pager company systems that requires an account code or pin number to be entered before your numeric paged number, such as SKY-PAGE, is supported. Please see the section called "Update - Notify by Pager Update". ---> Editing a pager message By pressing the "EDIT" button, a display of a keyboard will be shown. You can change the message or number by using the mouse, touch screen display or by using the normal keyboard on your computer. When you "EXIT", the message or number will automatically be sent to the pager. ---> Setting up the Pager Before you can use this Notify by Pager menu, you must provide some information about the pager and pager service. This is documented in the UPDATE menu, "NOTIFY BY PAGER" section and is documented later. ---> Alpha Numeric Support Protocol (TAP) If you want to send an alpha numeric message, the HOME program supports only the Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) which is an industry standard. Most pager companies support this protocol but you must call your pager service for the (TAP) phone number and check to see if the pager company allows you to use it. ---> Calculator Introduction The calculator has these features: * Be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide. * Provides a tape like output. ---> Calculator Menu This menu provide you a simple calculator. You can do the following functions: Add - Add two numbers together Subtract - Subtract one number from another Multiple add - Add multiple numbers together Multiply - Multiply two numbers together Divide - Divide one number from another Clear - Clears out the calculator "Left Arrow" - Erases that last digit entered A tape is shown so you can see the last 12 numbers. If you find that additional functions for this calculator are needed, please register and specify the functions you would like to see. ---> Reports Introduction The Reports menu has these features: * Reminder Report - Provides a single page of upcoming reminders in the future. * Facts of the Day - Interesting facts of the day. * Biorhythm Graph - Charts up to 8 peoples biorhythms. * What's New - Displays all new functions and problems solved for this release of the Home program. * Information on Program - Provide author information * Vitals Report - Provides information on the status of the HOME program. * X-10 Report - Provides a sorted with on all X-10 definitions from both the electrical control system and security system usage. * Wall Clock - A simple analog clock with Sunrise, Sunset and Daylight Savings Time information. * Some Future Ideas - A list of ideas for the future. * Update Menu - Update functions for the Home program. (See UPDATE section for more information). * Logs Menu * Home Program Log - Start, stop and all errors with the HOME program. * Phone Log - All incoming and out-going phone calls, including pager messages. * Electrical Log - All activity with the electrical devices that this program controls. * Security Log - All activity with all security zone changes. * Pager Log - All activity to the pagers defined in this program. ---> Reports - Reminder Report This report list the most current reminders and special date (such as birthdays and anniversary's) that are coming up in the next few days or months.. This is very helpful to review up coming birthdays for a person. The report will also tell you the number of days away the reminder or special date is. The reminders and special dates cannot be modified from this report. To edit a reminder, go to the Date Calendar Menu or to edit a special date, go to the Address Book entry for that date. ---> Reports - Facts of the Day This report provide a list of interesting facts for that day of the year. The facts come in four sub-titles: * People born on this day. * People who died on this day * Holiday observed * Interesting facts A different report is available for each day of the year. ---> Reports - Biorhythm Graph This provides a biorhythm graph for up to 8 people. The add a person to the list, select the edit button on the left. Then add the persons name and birth date. To see the graph, select the button with the persons name in it. The wide yellow vertical bar is today's date. ---> Reports - What's New This provides you a list of all enhancements to this program and a list of problem that have been solved from the previous release. ---> Reports - Information on Program This report shows that following information about the HOME program: * Version number * Version Date * Name and address of the authors * Phone number and normal business hours for the authors ---> Reports - Vitals Report This report provides information about the internal works on the HOME program. This information is needed to help you determine if a problem exists with the HOME program or the amount of memory which is available for different items. This report provides you the following: * Version # and Date - Version number and version date of the HOME program. * System Up - The number of days, hours, minutes and seconds that the program has been running. * Memory Left - The amount of DOS memory (below the line) left for the HOME program. If this number is below 66,000, some functions of the HOME program will not work correctly. * Disk Space Used - The number of bytes (characters) used by the HOME program on the hard disk. This will include all voice mail message files. * Directory Space Left - The number of bytes (characters) that are left unused on your hard disk. This number should not be below 1,000 or problems will occur when the HOME program writes outs files, such as log files. * Modem Status - This provides a status of the modem. The status can be "NOT DEFINED", "HAYES MODEM OK", "VOICE MODEM OK" or "NOT FOUND". If this status is different from your definition, you may need to power off the personal computer and restart the HOME program. If you have a Voice Modem, the next line will provide some additional information about the modem. * Command Memory - This is used mainly by the authors of the HOME program. * Address Memory - The number of characters that the address book entries are using and the percent of memory used. If the percent of memory used is above 90%, use the UPDATE menu, MEMORY UPDATE function to increase the size of address memory. This can only be done with the registered version of the HOME program. * Address Entries - The number of address book entries that you have. * Reminder Memory - The number of characters that are used for the reminder and special dates. If the percent of memory used is above 90%, use the UPDATE menu, MEMORY UPDATE function to increase the size of reminder memory. This can only be done with the registered version of the HOME program. * Electrical Memory - The number of characters that are used for the electrical devices and events. If the percent of memory used is above 90%, use the UPDATE menu, MEMORY UPDATE function to increase the size of electrical memory. This can only be done with the registered version of the HOME program. ---> Reports - X-10 Report This report shows you a sorted list of all X-10 device addresses specified in the HOME program. This is very useful when adding additional X-10 devices so that you do not duplicate X-10 device addresses. ---> Reports - Wall Clock This is very simple wall clock for your enjoyment. This menu also shows the sunrise and sunset. The sunrise and sunset times are not exact and are based on an average sunrise and sunset times for the United States. ---> Reports - Home Program Log This report shows you the HOME program log. The reports will list all start and stop times for the program and list all ERROR that have occurred in the HOME program. This report will show the most current log entries on the top of the display. You can use the "up arrow" or "down arrow" icons to display additional pages of the log. All five log files that are maintained by the HOME program will automatically be limited to 750 lines. There is no need to erase these log files because they are getting to large. The trimming of these files is done at startup and once an hour while the program is running. ---> Reports - Phone Log This report shows you the phone log. ---> Reports - Electric Log This report shows you the electrical device log ---> Reports - Security Log This report shows you the security system log. ---> Reports - Pager Log This report shows all pager messages sent. ---> Update Introduction The update menu has these features: * Owner Information - Needs to be updated with name, phone number, daylight savings time, time zone and city location. * Change Passcode - Changes the passcode of the security system and voice system functions. * Time and Date - Changes the time and date for the Personal Computer. * Register Program - Tells you how to register the program, if you have not already. * Phone & Voice Mail Update - Updates phone functions. * Electric Update - Update electrical system information. * Audio/TV Remote - Updates for Remote Control functions. * Notify by Pager - Update pager information. * Memory Update - Updates the memory for address book, reminder and electrical system. * On/Off Systems - Options for paging, voice mail and reminder. * TV Options - Updates for TV Listing function. * Backup Files - Provides a easy way to backup your changed files for the HOME program. ---> Update Menu This menu provides a list of functions that can be updated. Before you use the HOME program, it is a good idea to go through all of the Update functions. This will make the best use of the functions of the HOME program. ---> Update - Owner(s) Information This menu asks for the following personal information: * Owner name(s) - Type you and optionally your spouses name here. * Phone number - Provide your phone number, including area code in the "AAA-XXX-XXXX" format, where "AAA" is your area code and "XXX-XXXX" is your local phone number. * Daylight saving time? - Answer YES or NO. * Time zone - Select the time zone that you live in. The next time zone can be selected by pressing the button. * Location - Select the button to get a list of cities worldwide. You can use the letters to select your city very quickly. This is used for calculating the sunrise and sunset times. ---> Update - Security Passcode This menu will allow you to change your passcode. This passcode is used in two different areas of the HOME program; for Voice System functions and Security System. The menu will first ask you to enter your old passcode in first. The passcode that is shipped with the HOME program is "1234". The menu will then ask you to enter your new passcode in. This passcode must be 4 digits long, from "0000" to "9999". The menu will then ask you to re-enter your new passcode to verify that the first new passcode will match. If the new passcode does not match (verify), the original passcode will not be changed. If you loose your passcode, the default passcode of "1234" can always be used to change it to another new passcode. ---> Update - Time and Date This menu provides you an easy way to change the time and/or date on your personal computer. This is the time and date that the HOME program used for a lot of functions so it is important to set this up correctly. The Time and Date menu provide you buttons for the following settings: * Monday - Month of the year. * Day - Day of the month. * Year - Year. * Hour - Hour of the day. * Minute - Minutes of the hour. * Seconds - Seconds of the minute, in 5 second intervals. * AM or PM - Morning or Afternoon. After selecting the correct time and date, please press the "SAVE DATE & TIME" icon button to save. If you just exit out of this menu, the time and date will not be updated. ---> Update - Register Program This menu provides you the documentation to register the HOME program if you are using the "Shareware" version. If you are using the "Registered" version, please ignore this menu. ---> Update - Phone and Voice Mail This menu provides you the values that need to be updated for the phone and voice mail specifications. If you do not have a modem installed, you can ignore this menu. The first menu provides you a list of phone line to configure. Please select the first line. You will then get a menu with the following: * Modem port number - This is the communication port number (COMx) that you have installed the modem. The modem port number can be from "1" to "10". In most cases, we recommend that you set the modem to be port number "3" or "COM3". NOTE: All communication ports must be defined to the Windows system. * Interrupt number - This is the hardware interrupt number that you assign to your modem. In most cases, we recommend that you set the modem interrupt value to "5" or "10". The HOME program supports the complete range of interrupts, "3" through "15". (DOS ONLY) * Phone dial prefix - This is commonly used by businesses or hotel rooms that you must dial a "9" or an "8" to get an outside phone line. It is recommended that you add a comma "," to the "9" or "8". This comma tells that modem dialer to pause. This is needed by most business phone systems. * Voice Main Answering - Select if you want the Home program to answer your phone and the number of rings to wait before picking up the phone. If you are using the caller id function, please wait at least 2 rings. Caller id information is sent between the first ring and the second ring. * Voice Message (out going) - Used to update your out going voice mail message. * Personal Messages - You can select up to 8 phone numbers to provide a personalized out going message or to select to block or reject the caller. This requires caller id for this function. SPECIAL NOTE: If an incorrect port number or interrupt is specified, the HOME program may provide unpredictable results. Please make sure that the correct values are used. To activate your new port number or interrupt, you need to exit the HOME program completely to exit back to the DOS command line ">". The HOME program can be re- started by typing "HOME" on the DOS command line. The update out going message will allow you to record a new outgoing voice mail message, either by a local phone connected to your personal computer or by the microphone that is provided with the voice modem. Note: If you are recording by using the phone, you will need to disconnect the phone line from the wall plate (line feed). This will stop the dial tone from being recorded. Once you select the input source, phone or microphone, the next menu will automatically start recording your message. You need to press the "STOP RECORDING" icon button to end the message. You can record any length message that you would like. ---> Using Multi-port Adapter Cards (DOS ONLY) This program supports the dump Digiboard (PC/4 & PC/8) and the dumb BOCA (BB1004, BB1008, BB2016) boards. To use these boards, you must edit the "HOME.MDM" file and add the one equipment command and some UART address commands. The syntax of the equipment command is: E=<Boca / Digi>,<HHH-Status Reg in Hex>,<#-Starting COM Port>,<# of ports> An example is: E=Boca,107,3,4 This will provide you a Boca board with the status register at x'107', starting at COM3 for 4 port to COM6. For each of the PORTS that will be used by the multi- port adapter, you also must specify a UART command. The syntax is: Ux=<HHH-Address of UART> An example is: U3=100 U4=108 U5=110 U6=118 This will assign x'100' to port COM3, x'108' to COM4, x'110' to COM5 and x'118' to COM6. NOTE: Wrong parameters will cause unpredictable results with these two commands. Please use caution. ---> Update - Audio/TV Remote Menu This allows you to update the following: * Remote Control Port # - This is the serial port number that you have connected All-For-One 6 remote control device. * Interrupt number - This is the interrupt number for this port. (DOS ONLY) * Remote Control Type - This is the type of remote control. * Change channels on - When you select the TV channel number on the program listing, this specifies the device to switch the channels on. Options are: TV, Cable box or Satellite box. * Channel selection menu - This allows you to specify the type of channel selection for each of the remote devices. Options are: 2 numbers, 3 numbers, 2 numbers with enter, 3 number with enter. * Programming remote - This set of menus allow you to program the BIRD-1B remote control. You can select the program bank overlay to program one of the 4 banks to a prerecorded device code or program any of the individual keys by training the BIRD from your own device remote control. ---> Comparing the AFO-6 and BIRD Remotes. The main difference between the two remotes is that the BIRD remote is fully programmable using any other remote. The BIRD remote is also a more professional remote using remote emitters and sensor. The BIRD with two emitters costs about $200. The All-For-One 6 remote control is a handheld remote with a special serial cable connecting to the personal computer. Most electronic devices can be operated with this remote and costs about $70 with the cable. ---> Special Instructions for BIRD remote. The BIRD Model 1B is a professional remote that can be trained. The remote can be connected to a twin emitter (this send the IR (InfraRed) signal to the electronic equipment. The emitter must be placed on the equipment its self and if you want to control more then two pieces of equipment, a IR connecting block is required. When programming, please refer to the BIRD-1B manual. Please contact your automation house store for more information. ---> Update - Memory Update This menu will allow you to update the memory that will be reserved for three different functions: These are: * Address Book size - The number of characters for your address book. This value can be from 1,000 to 59,000 characters (bytes). * Reminder size - The number of characters for your reminder and special dates. This value can be from 1,000 to 59,000 characters (bytes). * Electrical size - The number of characters for your electrical device definitions and events. This value can be from 1,000 to 59,000 characters (bytes). NOTE: These memory values are only used if you are using the registered version of the HOME program. To activate your new memory sizes, you need to exit the HOME program completely to exit back to the DOS command line ">". The HOME program can be re- started by typing "HOME" on the DOS command line. ---> Update - Notify by Pager Menu This menu provides you the values that need to be updated for the notify by pager function. If you do not have a pager, you can ignore this menu. These values are: * Pager Data Phone # - This is the phone number that will call your pager service company. If you are dialing long distance, please include the "1"; example "1-800-759-6366". * Pager Type - Please select either "Alpha-Numeric" or "Numeric" for the type of pager that you have. * Account # or Prefix - For "Alpha-Numeric" pagers, this is a seven digit number of your account number. This is supplied to you by your pager service company. For "Numeric" pagers, you can enter a prefix before the number to be entered to sent. For example: Sky-Page needs an Personal ID Number (PIN) followed by a "1 #" before the actual paged number is entered. An example of a prefix for Sky-Page is "1234567#1#", where "1234567" is your PIN number. * Name of person at pager - This is the name of the person who owns the pager. ---> Update - On/Off Systems This provides a list of operational options for the Home program. These are: * Security Paging - If you want to be paged when a security event occurs, such as an alarm going off. * Reminders Paging - If you want to be paged when a reminder message is to be sent and if you want all of the reminders for the day to send to you in the morning. * Voice Mail Paging - If you want to be paged when a voice mail message is left. * Voice Mail Answering - Allows you to select the number of rings that will occur before the HOME program answering the phone. You can also turn OFF the voice mail answering system. * Fast Display Option - Provides faster screen displays on most systems. If the icons (pictures) become fuzzy, turn this option OFF. * Reject BLOCKED calls - If you get a "PRIVATE" name from the Caller-ID, this indicates that the caller have told the phone company not to send their phone number to you. Many of these are solicitors. By selecting this options "ON", the program will answer the phone on the first ring and say "This phone will not accept Caller-ID blocked messages, Good bye" and hang up. This option is for all phone lines. * Advanced Reminders - The is remind you for a certain number of weeks in advance of all birthdays and anniversaries that are in your address book. ---> Update - Backup Files to Diskette This menu will backup up all of the HOME files that are modified by this program. You can select to backup to the "A:" diskette drive or the "B:" diskette drive. It is a good idea to backup your files at least once a week if you modify information in the HOME program. This is especially important for the address book, reminders, electrical and security system areas. ---> Update - Electrical Update This menu provides you the values that need to be updated for the electrical controller specifications. If you do not have an electrical controller installed, you can ignore this menu. These values are: * Electrical Controller Port # - This is the serial port number that you have connected the TW-523(DOS), CP290 or Active electrical controller and the RS-232 connector. The HOME program will used communication ports "1" through "4" (COM1 - COM4) using only the standard interrupts. The standard interrupts are: * COM1 = Interrupt 4 COM3 = Interrupt 4 * COM2 = Interrupt 3 COM4 = Interrupt 3 NOTE: For the Windows version, all communication ports must be defined and supported by the Windows system. * Interrupt number - This is the interrupt number for this port. (DOS ONLY). * Controller Type - "TW-523", "CP-290" and "ACTIVE" (Active Home) are the options. To activate your new port number, you need to exit the HOME program completely to exit back to the DOS command line ">". The HOME program can be re-started by typing "HOME" on the DOS command line. ---> Update - TV Options This menu will allow you to customize the TV Listing function. The customization features are: * Assign channel numbers - This is provide you a list of all available channels so that you a number from 1 to 999 can be associated with a given channel. Any channels that are assigned a value of zero will NOT be shown on the TV Listing feature. * Delay seconds for scroll - Specifies the number of seconds that a scroll display will be shown before moving to the next set of program channels. * Retention days for schedules - This specified the number of passed days that you want to keep the schedule files. To utilize hard disk space, this value should be set to "15" days. * Program assigned selection - You can have up to 9 sets of assignment channels in which to view the TV Listings. For example, some people have both cable and a satellite disk. To view the channels for cable this maybe selection # "1" and to view the satellite channels, this maybe selection # "2". * Reset all channel numbers - This is reset the channel number assignments for a given "program assigned selection" file. ---> Organizer Menu The organizer menu has these area in which to organize information: * Automobile Care - You can reminder yourself of oil changes, tune ups, transmission changes and tires maintenance. * Bank Balances - Store your bank account number, phone number, electronic phone number, pin number and balances for up to 3 different accounts. * Credit Cards - You can list all of your credit cards in case something happens to them. * House Inventory - List your home goods for insurance. * Library Books - Organize that books collection. Sort by book title and author's name. * Music Collection - Organize that music library. Sort by song name or musician's name. * Personal Tapes - Log the camcorder video tapes you took for vacations and holidays. * Video Tapes - List your video tapes. Sort by title, actors or movie type. This section will be improved even more in future releases. ---> Moods Menu The Moods menu allows an easier way to control multiple events with a single button. This includes the security system, lights control, appliance control and thermostats. The mood setting can be activated by selecting the mood button on this menu or by a X-10 transmit device, such as a "Remote Control Center" or a "Powerflash Interface" X-10 device. Some examples are: * Good Morning: * Turn off your security system * Turn on your coffee maker * Turn on the kitchen and bedroom lights * Good Night: * Turn on your security system * Turn on your outside lights * Turn off all other lights in house * Vacation: * Turn on your security system * Leave all lights and appliances off except for explicit lights * Will turn on your explicit lights * Emergency: * Turn on all lights in hour * Will flash outside lights * Will sound security system alarm bell A "MOOD" is comprised of the following items: * Mood Title - A description for the mood. * Security system option - Off, On or Explicit. * Light control option - Explicit, No change, All on, All off. * Appliance control option - Explicit, No change, All on or All off. * Device Address - The X-10 address to turn off or on the mood. Explicit control - Activate the devices with Mood on the event. No change - Do not change the events at all. ---> Future Functions The following list is of possible new functions in the future with the HOME program but is not a guarantee in any means. The implementation of this wish list will be up to you. Please vote by registering for your copy of the HOME program. * Multiple Address books (one for you & one for your spouse). * Electric control for more device types (drapes, etc.). * Outgoing voice messages for security system alerts. * Network support. * Central alarm support. If you have any ideas, please register and let us know. ---> Home Program Design note. It was the idea that a very low cost computer can run this program, including a diskless system and to be the only program running on that computer (excluding DOS operating system). This program was designed to be very fast and responsive, even with a 386 Intel CPU. The cost of a basic computer to run this program will only cost about $500-$700 or less. Three system configurations were designed around this program: 1. Standalone system connected to a TV with a VGA-TV adapter. 2. Standalone system connected to a touch screen display. 3. Part of a desk system, using a mouse and keyboard. ---> Thank you The people at Crescent Moon hope you enjoy your HOME program. It is always our concern to provide the easiest and most enjoyable program for you. If you wish to call or write us regarding any problems or even your impression of this program (either good or bad), please do so. We really want to here from you.