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Current Release: 3.0.9127
HAI Part Number: 1108

Purchase a combo of Web-Link II and Home Control for Windows Media Center using HAI Part # 1110

You're just a click away with HAI Web-Link II.

Whether you're at the office or on vacation, your home is only a click away. Using your laptop, PDA, web-enabled phone, or any computer with Internet access, you can monitor and control your home through Web-Link II by using a web browser.

Web-Link II allows you to monitor and adjust settings for lighting, heating and air, security, and appliances with the added benefit of wireless access over a PDA or web-enabled phone. It is sold WITHOUT any subscription fees.

Web-Link II allows a homeowner to view family and property with video surveillance using analog cameras and record video on demand or based upon an event.

Web-Link II will send e-mails or text messages based upon specified events.

Brenda gets home from school and enters her user code into the HAI Omni-family home control system to disable the security system. Accordingly, an e-mail is automatically sent to her mother's work e-mail address informing her that her daughter is home.

The front doorbell is rung, triggering the front porch camera to start recording two minutes of video and automatically sending an e-mail to the homeowner at work. The homeowner may then use a web browser at work to view the live scene from the camera or to review the recorded video.

The homeowner is unexpectedly getting to go home early from work. He uses Web-Link II to turn down the air conditioning in order to arrive home to a cool house before leaving work.

HAI Web-Link II offers skins to allow you to customize the look and feel of the web pages by applying different graphic and color schemes. You can have a different skin for each client computer or Windows account that is used to log into Web-link II.

Web-Link II has RSS (Real Simple Syndication) support on the Web-Link II Home Page. You can easily add custom data, such as weather forecasts, sports scores, news, personal blogs, and much more, to your Web-Link II Home Page.

Web-Link II has special client pages that are used to run on a PC Touchscreen (such as a Pelham Sloane unit) and Touchscreens that have an Internet Explorer 5.5 or later Browser built-in. You can access the standard Web-Link features on these pages by simply touching the designated icons.

Web-Link II will peacefully coexist on the same computer as HAI's Snap-Link software product.

HAI Web-Link II runs as a Windows Service in the background on a Windows 2000, XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, or Vista Enterprise computer connected to a supported HAI home control system (see below). Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows XP Home Edition are not supported operating systems. If this computer is connected to the Internet, you may access Web-Link II from across the Internet.

Comparison of Web-Link II to Other HAI Software

1. HAI Omni LT, Omni, Omni II, Omni IIe, OmniPro, or OmniPro II house controller with Version 1.8 firmware or later.
   
   
2. The PC running Web-Link II connects to the HAI home control system in one of the following manners:
   
   
   1. Through the HAI Model 10A17-1 Serial Interface connected to an Omni LT, Omni, Omni II, Omni IIe, OmniPro, or OmniPro II home control system. This interface provides both an RS-232 interface and an RS-485 interface. The RS-232 interface is provided through a standard DB-9M connector. The serial interface may be connected to a personal computer using a readily available "null modem" or data transfer cable. The RS-485 interface is provided through a two-position terminal block.
      
      
   2. Through a serial interface built onto the Omni LT, Omni II, Omni IIe, or OmniPro II home control system. This serial interface supports both RS-232 and RS-485 connections. The RS-232 interface is provided through a modular connector located in the upper left corner of the house controller. To access the RS-232 interface, use the HAI Model 21A05-2 Serial Cable Kit. Plug one end of the cable into the modular connector on the house controller. Plug the other end into the Model 21A05-1 Communication Cable Adaptor (modular to DB-9 RS-232), which connects the home control system serial port to the computer's DB-9 RS-232 port. The RS-485 interface is provided through the same modular connector. To select RS-485, move the interface jumper (below the modular connector) from the "232" to the "485" position. Using a standard 4 position phone cable (with the tab on the modular cable facing up, make sure that the Yellow wire is at the top), use the Yellow and Green wires for communications.
      
      
   3. Through the built-in Ethernet interface (J6) on an Omni IIe or OmniPro II home control system. Use a standard network cable to connect the house controller to a hub, switch, or router. Use a network crossover cable when connecting the house controller directly to the NIC card on a computer.
      
      

Minimum Computer Requirements without Streaming Media Capability

• 300 MHz processor, such as an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, or Vista Enterprise
  
  
• 32 megabytes (MB) of RAM
  
  
• 50 megabytes (MB) hard-disk space
  
  
• CD-ROM drive
  
  

Minimum Computer Configuration with Streaming Media Capability (single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for100 Kbps through 500 Kbps)

• 866 MHz processor or higher, such as an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, or Vista Enterprise
  
  
• 256 megabytes MB of RAM
  
  
• USB port or Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI boards
  
  

Recommended Computer Configuration with Streaming Media Capability (single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for100 Kbps through 500 Kbps)

• Dual 2000 MHz processors or higher, such as an AMD Athlon 64
  
  
• Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business, or Vista Enterprise
  
  
• 512 MB of RAM
  
  
• USB port or Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI boards
  
  
• For single stream and multiple bit-rate content for 500 Kbps through 2 Mbps or more, the recommended system configuration must be used.
  
  

Requirements for Streaming Media

Web-Link II Client Computer

Streaming media (video and sound) can be received on a Web-Link II Client Computer. To accomplish this, the Web-Link II Client Computer must have Microsoft's Windows Media Player installed.

Download the latest version of Microsoft's Window Media Player. Please consult the Windows Media Player installation documents for further information on installation and configuration of Windows Media Player.

For users of the Compaq Ipaq PDA, please refer to the HAI website for information on downloading Windows Media Player for Pocket PC.

Web-Link II Server Computer

Streaming media (video and sound) can be broadcast via the Web-Link II Server Computer when it is configured for one of the following manners:

1. USB (Web Cam) camera connected to a USB port on the Web-Link II Server Computer (this configuration supports only 1 camera):
   
   
   • Connect the USB camera to the USB port on the Server Computer prior to starting the HAI Communications Service.
     
     
   • Web-Link II computer should meet the Recommended Computer Configuration with Streaming Media Capability requirements (see above).
     
     
2. One or multiple CCD cameras modulated onto a Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Board on the Web-Link II Server Computer:
   
   
   1. CCD camera(s) are connected to a modulator. The output from the modulator is then connected to a Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI board in the Web-Link II Server Computer (up to 40 cameras can be connected in this configuration).
      
      
   2. Required Components:
      
      
      1. Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI board (with WDM drivers) or Hauppauge USB
         
         
      2. CCD camera(s) with power adaptor and cables
         
         
      3. Video modulator with power adaptor and cables (optional audio input for sound)
         
         
      4. The Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI board must be installed in the Web-Link II Server Computer according to the manufacturer's instructions.
         
         
      5. Download WDM drivers for the WinTV PCI boards from Hauppauge and install prior to installing Web-Link II.
         
         
      6. CCD cameras require a power source. Connect the power adaptor (required for your selected camera) to the camera according to the manufacturer's instructions. Connect the camera's video output to the video input (usually RCA connector) on the modulator. If applicable, connect the audio output to the audio input (usually 3.5mm stereo jack) on the modulator.
         
         
      7. Configure the modulator according to the manufacturer's instructions. The channel in which the video image is modulated onto must be programmed into the modulator. The output from the modulator (usually "F" connector) is then connected to the "TV" connector on the Hauppauge WinTV-GO PCI board.
         
         
      8. Web-Link II computer should meet the Recommended Computer Configuration with Streaming Media Capability requirements (see above).
         
         
      9. Refer to the "Web-Link II User's Guide" for a connections diagram when connecting cameras in this manner.

To access Web-Link II over the Internet you must have a full-time connection to the Internet (i.e. DSL or Cable service) on the computer running Web-Link II and one of the following:

1. Static IP Address. A Static IP address is a dedicated IP address assigned to your Internet account by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). This address should not (or very rarely) change. You will use this IP address to access Web-Link II (via the web server) over the Internet.
   
   
2. Subscribe to a Dynamic DNS Service. DNS (Domain Name Service) is a service that allows you to alias your Dynamic IP address to a static (permanent) hostname, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet.
   
   Clients (which are written by third-party developers) can be used to automatically update your Dynamic DNS hostname with your current IP address, without the need to open a browser. This allows you to access Web-Link II (via the web server) over the Internet by entering in your static hostname instead of your current IP address.
   
   Click here for a list of Dynamic DNS providers.