Automate your home with HouseBot
A new version of HouseBot, Windows based home automation system, was released recently. The HouseBot offers following features:
- Automatic or manually executed Tasks
- Device / Equipment control and monitoring
- Control programs on computer
- Extensible through VBScript
- Remote Control
- Customizable Remote User Interfaces
- Plugin architecture
The system can be controlled via native application on a variety of Windows, Windows CE, and PocketPC platforms (web interface is described by HouseBot developers as clunky :)). HouseBot supports following hardware:
- ADI Ocelot / Leopard
- Global Cache GC-100
- Modem / Phone
- PowerLinc USB
- Slink-e
- USB-UIRT
- W800
- X10 CM11a, CM11g
- X10 MR26a
- Z-Wave USB
- Insteon (coming soon)
The HouseBot version 3.0 is available at price $69.99 USD (30-days trial version is also available). It allows to add your own extension as VBScript program or plugins. So, it’s good solution especially if you’re Windows geek.
