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BETA upload Mark Gilmore Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:08:19 -0400

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:08:19 -0400

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I have just uploaded a new beta which creates Group web
pages that appear almost identically to those in ECS.
Attached are latest instructions.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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Accessing ECS via the Internet
ECS supports a "web interface", whereby ECS Groups may be displayed in web pages. Currently, these pages only support the ability to conveniently set Item States and select different Items. We hope to add full editing capabilities in a later release.

Usage:

1. Start ECS.
2. Start your web browser and assure that the following options are enabled:

   JAVA
   JAVAScript
   Style sheets
   

3. At your browser's URL prompt, enter "http://{host}:3000", where {host} may be "localhost" for local access (i.e. http://localhost:3000), or an IP address for remote access. This will display the ECS "home page". IF you start ECS when connected to the internet, then you MUST enter the IP address. See Accessing your PC via the Internet for a discussion of IP addresses.

WARNING: If you start ECS when connected to the Internet, then anyone having your IP address could access your ECS Groups. We plan on adding a password-entry system in a later release.

To DISABLE ECS web support, enter this command in \AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot:

SET ECS_WEB=0

To create customized pages, use the ECS-generated web-page as examples.

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