C-Bus licence dongle for Homegate

Just curious about these, never had to use one of these but would like to know how/were why it is used.

regards
Trevor

 

Homegate isn't free software. You can download and install it but it will only run in demonstration mode. You need the dongle unlock it.

 

That helps to understand what it's for thanks. Does that mean i can run a copy of homegate on a pc/tablet and what O/S's does it support. Can i then use Piced to create projects the same as for the 5080CTC series.

Sorry for all the questions, just trying to expand my knowledge of the c-bus world past the colour touch screens.

regards
Trevor

 

Homegate is basically the same software that runs in the colour touchscreen. It only runs on windows. You create the projects entirely within Homegate, which has an identical interface to PICED (It's the same code base). You can load colour ctouch project into Homegate.

 

Thanks for the update, i'll investigate some more later.
Appreciate your assistance.
Regards
Trevor

 

Is this still available to purchase? It needs a licence key if I understand correctly?

 

No longer needs a license to run 100%, but you need one for support from Clipsal.

It can also be started via a shortcut that uses command line options.../operate (simulation mode), search the forum for other options, can also be used to put it into a full-screen window.

 

Perfect, would you say this is a better option than the scheduler then?

 

It has internal scenes and schedule sections.

 

Latest version is asking for a license