[slinkelist] MP3's, WAV's etc

[Ian Cole]

Nirivs has done a great job of making the CD Changer control "Plug & play" -
most other automation requires some "glue" programming, even if in a
high-level scripting engine. I use my Slink-e to as the base for my whole
automation system, but I have quite a bit of code running on top of the
slink-e layer. I've written silly automations like "If I hit the volume up
button and the system is muted, UNMUTE it, don't kick the volume up!" (I
lost an amp that way once)

Until the software developers create some universal ways of controlling all
these different devices (such as the digital audio server we've been
discussing on this thread) and make it easy to integrate new devices, I
don't see many "non-programmers" creating large automation systems.

Ian

FYI., you can read about my slink-e based home automation @
www.technovelocity.com/hase

>  The most useful aspect of Slinkee is the IR control part. Being able to
> burn 9 or more  handheld remotes is a major bonus. I don't see much
> discussion of the home automation uses of this cool product. What's up
with
> that ?