I know these are particularly suited to the psx-2, but how do they play with the fireball servers?

There is no module for two-way Escient at this time. Wi-Fi, in this case, does not translate to web. There are a few modules for weather and stuff like that, but not a "browser" which would work with an Escient (or any) web interface to speak of.

To put it simply, URC is utilizing Wi-Fi as a method of communication. It is not used for any true browser functionality at this time.



Thank you,
Damon
Control Systems Consultant & Programmer

Uhmmm, isn't there now a browser on the MX6000?

Yes, there is.

Well why didn't you tell me? haha

First, thanks for the correction. Second, when did that come out?



Thank you,
Damon
Control Systems Consultant & Programmer

Isn't there also a backdoor way to put a web page into the 5000?

So, this may be a dumb question but I will ask anyway.

The escient module \fireball\rti - is it simply optimized for a 320x240 screen or is it truly model specific to rti? Wonder if I would see it on a KP4000, MX5000, or MX6000.

No way to do it with an MX-5000. The 6000 - yes definately. I use RTI keypads and the T4 and T3-V to do a lot of Escient navigation and it is really slow and tedious.

Media Center control via Autonmic worked pretty good for me on both URC and RTI platforms, even better on URC for the most part.

The 5000 has no web functionality. If they wrote a driver that would probably be the only way to do it. There is a K-Scape driver available in the tooolbox, unsure of why the Fireball was not implemented since they are pretty common.

Guys... we determined early on that the MX-5000 screen is too small for web browsing. However, it sounds like you have a different use for the web than browsing.

I have an idea, so I want to take a short poll:

Would it serve your needs if there was a web viewer module on MX-5000? A viewer module is something that the installer would provide a URL at setup time, and the module would automatically go to that URL. There would be no home page, no forward or back, no scroll bars... just the contents of whatever page you're pointed at. On MX-5000, that would mean you'd have to have a web programmer create a 240x320 web page, and all navigation would have to happen using buttons ON that page. It could use multiple pages, yes, but all links would ahve to be from the buttons on the pages.

The reason we didn't put a web browser on the 5000 is that it was basically impossible to navigate without a stylus. This solution would allow for control of things like a Fireball, but it would require some web development on your part.

(This is just me thinking out loud here... I'm not speaking for the company or making any promises that this idea is going anywhere.)

Oh... and the reason there's a Kaleidescape module available for MX-6000 is because Kaleidescape is a Complete Control Partner, and they wrote it.

Best regards,
Dale

I would vote yes for the browser - not to surf the web, but to take advantage of PDA-type applications that are offered with some IP devices like Escient. Escient's web browser is fine as far as ergonomics go - it's just very slow on the type of applications ai use.

Would be nice to translate the PSX2 on the MX-5000 - obviously the full kit and kaboodle would not fit, but a toned down version would be more than fine. I think customers get intimidated by the incredible detail on the PSX2 anyway.

By the way, I have seen a good amount of customer interest sway from the 6000 to the 5000 over the past couple of months. I have sold quite a few of the 5000 remotes and have a good amount of inquiries for the 5000 as of late - which has really mainly been centered around the 6000.

Dale, I like your idea.

This may be a dumb question but what about the tons of Web Mobile Apps that run on my HTC Droid Eris's screen? It is a lot smaller than the iPhone/iPod Touch but still very useful for these types of mobile screens that somehow pop into view when entering generic web addresses or from Google searches. It seems this type of webpage would be a great match for the MX-5000?

The droid screen is bigger than the 5000 screen, and it's also much higher resolution. Droid also uses a capacative screen. But in short, we tried it and for a number of technical reasons, web browsing on the MX-5000 just doesn't work.