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Connecting the Telephone Voice Interface
The Way2Call Hi-Phone USB or Hi-Phone Lite Voice Interface is required to enable the
telephone functions of HomeSeer Phone software. The Voice Interface is designed to connect
to one of the RFTCP‟s USB ports and the phone connections may be configured for whole-
home use or for use with one specific telephone. The Voice Interface must be installed in
series with the phone or phones you wish to control. Installation and configuration instructions
are included with the Voice Interface.
Enabling the Phone Feature
HomeSeer Phone software is required to enable the phone functions of the RFTCP.
Information on purchasing this software may found on the HomeSeer website
(www.homeseer.com).
Click on the “Phone” tab and scroll to the “Line Specific Settings” section. Pull open the menu
in this section and select the Hi-Phone Voice Interface then click on the “Create Line” button.
Additional configuration options will appear below. Once you’ve adjusted your settings, click
the SAVE button at the bottom of the page.
Running Events by Phone
Events can be run by voice command spoken over a telephone if the HomeSeer Phone
Software and Way2Call Hi-Phone Voice Interface are installed.
To control any event for voice control by telephone, go to the
Event Properties
screen for
that event (see page 18), type the voice command to use to run the event, and specify
whether the command has to be spoken through a microphone or a telephone or either.
Click the SAVE button to save the changes to the event.
The Address Book
HomeSeer Phone software includes an
Address Book
for maintaining contact information
for family, friends, colleagues and companies. The feature allows dialing by voice (i.e. “call
Mom”, “call Steve at work”, “call the pizza parlor”, etc.) and can work with caller ID (CID)
to create text-to-speech announcements (i.e. “a call is coming in from your mother in
law”).
To get to this screen, launch the web interface (see page 10), click the Phone button under
the time and date bar then click the Address Book button.
NOTE: The drivers for the Way2Call Hi-Phone units are already installed on the system. Simply install
the hardware and the drivers will load automatically. For the Hi-Phone, right click the
Way2Call Hi-
Phone
system tray icon and uncheck the
Suspend
option.
NOTE: Some of the advanced features available in the Address Book require Caller ID to be available
on the phone line. This feature also requires purchase of the HomeSeer Phone and a Way2Call Voice
Interface.
