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05-07-2008, 12:06 PM #11
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It's pretty darn clost to the cost of Crestron by the time you're done with it. I also HATE the way they deal with their license: for every zone you add, you have to have a license, which means more money. Everything you add is this way: Lights, thermostats, etc.
Given the cost and the hassle, I'd move towards Crestron or AMX before this. We did Control4 simply because it's a line with much of the same stuff but with easier programming. It's not Crestron but in my market there's notmuch call for that level of automation.Glenn Montjoy
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05-07-2008, 02:36 PM #12
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I hear they (liftware) are bringing back Jimmy Hendrix from the dead for a Concert at CEDIA. They didn't know what to do with all that investment money.
Then again, I could be wrong.I finally quit drinking for good. Now, I do it for evil.
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08-03-2008, 02:32 AM #13
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Originally Posted by COMediaSysFor a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
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08-03-2008, 08:43 AM #14
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I stand corrected then -3 months later
Explain a bit further then. What do you mean by "banks"?
I would say that any "simple" system would be relatively inexpensive and any complicated system could be expensive regardless of the platform.Glenn Montjoy
Colorado Media Systems, Colorado Springs
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08-03-2008, 02:30 PM #15
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Banks are groups of devices which are bought depending on the expected level of the system. If you buy a bank of 60, you can control 60 devices. If you later need more, you can add a bank of 8, 20,60, etc.
You can purchase LifeWare as a standalone, (no media centers) and you will find it to be relativly inexpensive. As for the platform, It is a Microsoft NTFS platform (XP). What most people dont understand is that it is only a platform and not an entire operating system. Its a method of information transportation and thats it.For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
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08-03-2008, 08:48 PM #16
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I can honestly say, I'm now completely confused.
I thought lifeware was a MS Media Center based product?
Now media center is just a media provider and it actually runs the core OS on another platform?
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08-03-2008, 09:01 PM #17
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That is correct. Media center is just an extension of Life/Ware and not the controller.
For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
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09-23-2008, 05:00 PM #18
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Well, I have been told that the license fee for a system I installed (if it would have been a Lifeware controlled system) with approx. 300 'devices' would have been around 40k retail. Without hardware. Just for the software. FYI.
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09-23-2008, 07:07 PM #19
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Originally Posted by WhiteVan Lifestyle
You can purchase LifeWare as a standalone, (no media centers) and you will find it to be relativly inexpensive. As for the platform, It is a Microsoft NTFS platform (XP). What most people dont understand is that it is only a platform and not an entire operating system. Its a method of information transportation and thats it.Tony Petrangelo
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09-23-2008, 09:24 PM #20
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Originally Posted by TonyAngelo
It still runs on a PC though. Again, AMX/Crestron/C4/HomeLogic have dedicated processors that are built to be processors.For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.
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