Enhancement / Wish Lists

[juwi_uk]

So far:

1.       Add escalation colours to labels so attributes (say colours etc) change within different value ranges.

2.       Can we possibly get a zoom function like MS Paint? It get\'s difficult to align small objects.

3.       How about a \'Select All\' option, if I want to move a bunch of objects it\'s currently not practical, I have to do them one by one.  Done!

4.       An Undo button if possible in Floorplan editor. Done!

5.       Modbus Gateway so can get information from my Power Meter. Currently all I need is to read certain registers to display the current Voltages (3-Phase), Current and frequency in realtime. If it\'s possible it would be a great addition to have this ability and look at the realtime power consumption of your house.  The problem I can see is that you have to poll the device, maybe a polling cycle can be selected by a dropdown list so people cannot enter something in ms and will then create too much network traffic. This can also be in a settings menu and wouldn\'t be something that you would change often. The modbus gateway is also IP/Port driven so connection to the device is easy. Reading a register value might be a different story but there are lots of examples on the web for it.  Done!

6.       At the bottom of the main screen, the open zones are displayed. They seem to be in HEX and is difficult to relate to actual zone names. Can that be changed to the actual zone name?  Done!
 
7.       Try auto reconnect on disconnect (have max retries to stop endless loop). Done!

8.       Review Send/Receive status message frequency/detail written to status bar. Done!

9.       There is no ‘Cancel’ option in the Floorplan object settings. Done!
 
10.   If you accidentally pressed Away Mode and forgot to check/uncheck (I still can’t remember) the Force Arm box, the system waits for the final door closure. Maybe a “Waiting for final door exit” message could be displayed in the status bar to remind you that you need to exit or cancel and enable the Force Arm check box.


 

[juwi_uk]

Dear all,

Hopefully one or two of you are using the ComfortClient by now.

If not why not....it\'s free !!  

This thread is to post any new features requests or ideas or rants.  Whatever you feel.

Be gentle with me though as I spent many an hour working on this in my spare time and happy to spend many more if people use it and have good ideas to move it forwards.

The ComfortClient is a .NET 2 application, written in VB .NET on Visual Studio 2005.  It\'s currently around 9500 lines of code.

Regards

Julian

p.s Anyone fancy buying me a copy of Visual Studio 2008 and I\'ll develop for .NET 3.5 too! Feel pity for a poor end user! 

 

[ident]

What is the advantage in developing for .NET 3.5?

[juwi_uk]

As I understand it,  performance both at design time in VS2008 and runtime incl better multicpu support.

I bow to more experienced developer types here.  

Maybe now is not the time to make a move but I\'m sure it will come even if only because MS enforce sometime. Maybe I\'ll download the trial and load up the client in it and see how it works and what is new.

At the moment the client seems quite happy on XP and Vista (64bit) and multicpu but no idea about Win 7 till I upgrade to this after it\'s released.

J

 

 

[Ingo]

On Windows 7 RC (x86) the ComfortClient works 100% I haven\'t had any issues yet. Will test Windows 7 (x64) some time soon.

Ingo.

[mrtae]

Hi Julian,



I’m not sure can it be happen where ComfortClient software on the keypad having a LCD display (just like real keypad) & display status word same as actual or local keypad? This useful for remote access user.

 

By using ComfortClient software, is there a way for Remote Access user can have or hear the same voice as local user? Can it be done?



Then can it be done like from PC (Remote or network user) talking with having Mic to local keypad home user?

Thanks..

[juwi_uk]

Hi MrTae

Very spooky that you\'ve just asked this question.

My ComfortClient software will have sound in it in the next version which will be ready within the next 2 weeks.  It will use the phrase WAV files in the same way that Comfort does and will be available on each floorplan object via the Editor.  Only last night I asked Ingo to test some of this on his setup.

Sound on the PC is generally much much clearer than on the keypad as you\'d probably expect from bigger speakers.

The focal point for the next ComfortClient release is sound; phraseword based, custom sounds, system sounds....going to concentrate on adding functionality in this area.

Regards

Julian

 

 

 

[cgiltrow]

Hey Julian,

I can organise you a copy of VS2008.  I used it to do my development.  You will specifically need it if you want to build a service and run the connection client in a service (that could potentially be shared) and if you want to look at building a Windows Mobile version. I have been working on these, but have not had sufficient time to make meaningful progress.

Regards,

Clinton.

[juwi_uk]

Hey Clinton,

How are you doing.

The next big think I want to do is a service gateway that allows multiple connections from the client to Comfort.  And a \"Connection Manager\" UI that can peek into the service at active connections. 

The business driver for doing this is to allow multiple touch/flatscreens to connect using the client to a central source.

That\'s going to have to be a project once my current contract finishes though and I\'m \"resting\" ready for the next so will be later this year.

Julian

 

 

 

 

[mrtae]

Hey Julian,

Good to hear that.... very appreciate your hard work.

So that mean i\'m on the right time n timing.