Current Release: 3.0.9127
HAI Part Number: 1112
Add Monitoring and Control of Your Home to a Windows Home Server
The Windows® Home Server is a central server
that stores, organizes, protects, and allows you
to share all of your digital photos, music, video,
and documents, while running quietly in the
background.
WL3 is an Add-in for this server that allows you to monitor and control
your HAI home control system from any device with a web browser,
such as an iPhone™ 2.0, iPod Touch™, BlackBerry™, Smartphone, computer, PDA, etc.
Simply pull up WL3 on a browser and you have instant access
to your HAI home control system. From there you can:
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Conveniently control individual lights, turn off all
lights in the home or room, dim lights or adjust preset
lighting scenes
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View surveillance cameras - see your
front door, pool, boat dock, etc.
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Conserve energy by adjusting heating and cooling and
view humidity and outdoor temperatures
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Arm or disarm the alarm, view a security log to monitor
activity of housekeepers, nannies, etc.
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Control your Multi-Room Audio system. Select music
source and adjust volume levels in individual rooms or
the whole house
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View recorded surveillance video
When the WL3 for Windows® Home Server Add-in
is installed, it is continually monitoring your
home. It can inform you of events such as the
alarm system being disarmed or activated, a car
entering the garage/driveway, or even if the wine
cellar door or pool gate has been opened.
While monitoring your home WL3 can also perform the following functions:
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Record video from your surveillance cameras based on an event
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Send e-mails or text messages to inform you when an event has
taken place
Cameras and Videos
WL3 automatically configures supported UPnP IP
cameras on your home network and allows you
to manually configure other IP cameras on your
network or cameras that reside anywhere on
the Internet. It also allows you to view cameras
in your home or from public IP cameras around
town, such as traffic and weather cameras.
WL3 natively supports 60 IP camera models and requires
either MJPEG or MPEG4 format support. Most MJPEG and MPEG4 cameras
should function properly. Setup is simple. WL3
will automatically discover the supported UPnP IP
cameras and automatically configure them. Other
cameras can be added by simply configuring the
IP Address, Username, and password.
Regardless of the brand of camera, the video feed is
displayed in the WL3 format so that all camera
feeds have a consistent look and feel. Easily select
any camera, choose the frame rate and screen
size, manually start and stop video recording, take
a snapshot of the video image, and play, pause,
or stop the video stream.
Recorded videos and snapshots are
categorized and can be viewed anytime you log
into WL3, locally or via the Internet.
The video can be played at normal speed or
accelerated. There is even an option to step
through each frame of the recorded video.
Easy to Use
WL3 for Windows® Home Server is customizable
and allows you to change the user interface by
applying different graphic and color schemes.
You can also add RSS feeds for custom data,
such as weather forecasts, sports scores, news,
personal blogs, and much more, to your WL3
Home Page.
Requirements
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Requires a Windows® Home Server.
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Requires an OmniPro II, Omni IIe, Lumina Pro, or Lumina home control system
that has firmware version 2.4 or higher.
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HAI Home Control
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Snap-Link
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Snap-Link Mobile
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PC Access
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Web-Link II
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WL3
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User Interface |
Television with remote control |
PC application |
Windows® Mobile Application |
PC application |
Web browser |
Web browser |
Additional Interfaces Supported |
Additional televisions / monitors using Media Center Extenders |
Ultra Mobile PC |
Windows® Mobile based PDA's, Smartphone |
None |
iPhones™, BlackBerry™, PDA's, Smart Phones, Web Tablets, and Touchscreens |
iPhones™, BlackBerry™, PDA's, Smart Phones, Web Tablets, and Touchscreens |
Access HAI System via Internet |
Only via Remote Desktop |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Subscription Fee |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Requires Dedicated Computer On-Site |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Configure HAI System |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Program HAI System |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Create Rules/Alerts |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Notifications |
Pop-up notifications, audible, and visual |
E-mail, messaging, and pop-up notifications, visual |
No |
No |
E-mail, messaging, and visual |
E-mail, messaging, and visual |
Video Surveillance |
Yes |
Link to installed IP Web camera |
Link to installed IP Web camera |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Video Recording |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
RSS (Real Simple Syndication) ** |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Selectable Skins or Themes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Web Updates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Requires an Ethernet port on HAI Controller |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Connection Protocol *** |
UDP |
UDP |
TCP |
UDP |
UDP |
UDP |
Operating Systems |
Windows® XP Media Center Edition, Vista Home Premium, or Vista Ultimate |
Windows® Windows® ME and higher |
Windows® Windows®Mobile 5.0 and higher and .NET Compact Framework 2.0+ |
Windows® Windows®98SE and higher, Vista Ultimate, or Vista Home Premium |
Windows® Windows®XP Professional, Windows® 2000, Windows® Server 2003, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business or Vista Enterprise |
Windows® Windows®Home Server |
Note that this comparison does not include HAI Automation Studio since it is only used
as an installation tool for the IP devices in an HAI home automation installation.
It also does not include Pronto Link for Philips, which is a an add-on for specific models of Philips Pronto
remotes.
* Does not require installation on PC. Application can run from thumb drive, flash drives, or
other removable media.
** Displays RSS feeds such as latest news, weather reports, personal blogs, and much more.
*** Software using a UDP Connection to the controller will
work together as long as you do not exceed a limit of 3 simultaneous connections.
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