HomeRun 1.3.2 review

HomeRun is an X10 software system that uses the serial port based (requires USB adapter) home automation system to control modules attached to lamps or appliances around your home.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 575K Developer: Findley Studios Buy Now Price: $15.00 Updated: 07 Aug 2004

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HomeRun is an X10 software system that uses the serial port based (requires USB adapter) home automation system to control modules attached to lamps or appliances around your home.

Features:
Daily scheduling of events and/or scripts.
Assign scripts to incoming X-10 on/off events.
Turn individual modules on and off, both manually and by timer.
Change the brightness setting of individual modules, which will change the brightness of lamps attached, both manually and by timer.
"All Lights On," "All Units Off," and "All Lights Off" are supported both manually and by timer.
AppleScript(tm) support. (Drop the HomeRun application icon on the Script Editor to see full details. In particular, see the HomeRun suite.)
Completely multi-threaded. Serial communications with the controller is handled in its own thread. AppleScripts(tm) are run in their own process space. HomeRun provides a user interface for stopping scripts that it has launched.