HomeTroller Getting Started Guide – rev 2.0
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To send audio to the specific PC named “myserver”:
myserver
To send audio to the specific instance named “soundcard1” on the PC “myserver”:
myserver:soundcard1
Speaker Client Settings
The Speaker Options screen is where parameters can be set for a Client. Different parameters
can be set for each Client, including the voice selection and the attention and ignore phrases
and acknowledgements. Click the
Options
menu item in the Speaker screen to get to the
Speaker Options screen.
If the speaker client PC needs to run multiple speaker client applications (such as to support
more than one sound card), the speaker client needs to be launched with its instance name.
Launch the speaker client with a parameter to the exe file with the instance name like:
Speaker.exe soundcard1
This can be done with a shortcut or from a command prompt. The above command launches the
speaker client with a new instance named soundcard1. This new instance has totally separate
settings from any other instance running on the same computer.
Remote Connections
The Speaker client may be accessed from ANY OTHER COMPUTER in the word! This will allow
you to receive text-to-speech announcements and control your HomeTroller by voice from your
work computer (for example). To configure the speaker client for remote connections, you must
follow these guidelines:
1)
Install the speaker application client on the remote computer. This is
accomplished by running the installer on the CD supplied with your HomeTroller
and selecting the option to install only the speaker application.
2)
Make note of the “Speaker Client Port” number on the HomeTroller Setup screen
(on the General Tab in the “Other Settings” section),
3)
Run the speaker application client on the remote screen and open the “Options”
screen (see Figure 9 below). In this screen, enter the static IP address or your
‘MyHomeSeer-Connect’ address. For information about HomeSeer’s
‘MyHomeSeer-Connect’ service, visit homeseer.com.
4)
For security purposes, you’ll need to enter a “Connection Username” and
“Connection Password” on this screen also. Be sure to enter a username and
password from the “Web Users” tab of the Setup screen in your HomeTroller.
NOTE: This login must have ‘normal’ or ‘admin’ privileges.
5)
Click “OK” to save your settings and then click “Connect” on the main speaker
application client screen to establish a connection to your HomeTroller.