News

January 31, 2006

HAI announces that it has now released Version 2.01.6025 of its award-winning Web-Link II software accessory for HAI House Status Switches. This update is free to all registered users of Web-Link II.

1. This version does not support the Windows Media Encoder Series 9.  If you already installed the Windows Media Encoder Series 9, contact HAI for removal procedure.
   
   
2. DO NOT install this update if your Web-Link II Server is running on the Windows 98SE Operating System. The only supported Operating Systems for this version is Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003.

This latest release of Web-Link II adds the following new features:

• The Web-Link II Server now runs as a Windows Service
  
  

  The service runs all of the time whenever the computer is turned on.

• Added a Control Panel applet to configure properties of the Web-Link Server
  
  

  There is no longer an icon that appears in tool tray.  To configure the Web-Link Server, select "HAI Configuration" from the Windows Control Panel.

• Support for running Web-Link II and HAI Home Control for Windows Media Center on the same computer
  
  

  Version 2.01.6017 of the HAI Home Control for Windows Media Center must be installed along with this update of Web-Link II to run both software programs on the same computer.

• 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. RSS is a format for syndicating news and other content.  Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated via RSS.

• New Web-Link II Touchscreen User Interface
  
  

  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.

• New Skins
  
  

  Skins 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.

• Improved support for sending and logging e-mails
  
  

  Send e-mail by simply entering the e-mail address to where the message will be sent.  In most cases, this e-mail address is the only information Web-Link II needs to communicate with the recipient's e-mail server.  In the event that the e-mail does not reach the recipient, click on the Advanced Settings link to specify an SMTP server.

• Setup now addresses Windows Firewall, directory security, and SP2 security permissions issues
  
  

  When Windows XP SP2 and other Windows Updates were introduced, the changes would prevent Web-Link II users from accessing Web-Link II or some of its advanced features without manually configuring permissions.  In this version Setup now handles these security permission issues.

• Support for HAI Omni IIe Controllers.
  
  
• Support for the latest lighting protocols (HLC, UPB, RadioRA, and CentraLite).
  
  
• Support for Extended Range Temperature Sensors.
  
  
• Support for Windows Media Player 10.
  
  

Download Instructions:

1. After logging into Web-Link II, click the "Options" icon to display the options page.
   
   
2. Click the "Check for Product Updates" button next to "Product Updates and Special Offers" to login to the Web-Link II update site to download the patch.
   
   
3. Right-click on the "Download Web-Link II Update 2.01.6025" link at the bottom of this page and choose to save the file. 
   
   

   DO NOT install from the browser! 
   To avoid confusion we recommend saving the file to your desktop.

4. After the download is complete, close the browser window.
   
   
5. From within Web-Link II, press the Logout button, then close the browser.
   
   
6. Shut down the HAI Communications Service
   
   

   If Web-Link II is running as an application, on the System Tray, right-click on the HAI Communications Service icon and select Close from the context menu.
   
   If Web-Link II is running as a Service, from the Windows Task Manager, select the "Processes" tab, then select "HAICommSrv.exe" from the Image Name list. Next, click the "End Process" button.   When the Task Manager Warning message is displayed, select "Yes".

7. From your Desktop, double-click the update file to begin installation.
   
   

   If you saved the file to another location, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the location where you saved the file and double-click it from there.

8. Follow the instructions for the update.
   
   

   Setup may rename the Web-Link II database file "haiinfo.dat".  If it does, Setup will alert you. Afterwards, you will have to select "Serial" and reenter your "Access Code" and specify the "Serial Port" and "Baud Rate" or specify "Network" and specify the controller’s local network "IP address", the controller’s local network "port number", and the controller's 128-bit "encryption key" again before the HAI Communications Service can reconnect to your controller.