Enabling The Phone Feature; Running Events By Phone; The Address Book; Receiving Phone Messages - HomeSeer HomeTroller Series 4 Getting Started Manual

Note that the drivers for the Way2Call Hi-Phone units are already installed on the system. Simply
install the hardware and the drivers will load automatically. For the Hi-Phone, right click the Way2Call
Hi-Phone system tray icon and uncheck the Suspend option.

Enabling the Phone Feature

HomeSeer Phone software is required to enable the phone functions of the HomeTroller.
Information on purchasing this software may found on the HomeSeer website
(www.homeseer.com).
Click on the "Phone" tab and scroll to the "Line Specific Settings" section. Pull open the menu in
this section and select the Hi-Phone Voice Interface then click on the "Create Line" button.
Additional configuration options will appear below. Once you've adjusted your settings, click the
SAVE button at the bottom of the page.

Running Events by Phone

Events can be run by voice command spoken over a telephone if the HomeSeer Phone Software
and Way2Call Hi-Phone Voice Interface are installed.
To control any event for voice control by telephone, go to the Event Properties screen for that
event (see page 18), type the voice command to use to run the event, and specify whether the
command has to be spoken through a microphone or a telephone or either. Click the SAVE
button to save the changes to the event.

The Address Book

HomeSeer Phone software includes an Address Book for maintaining contact information for
family, friends, colleagues and companies. The feature allows dialing by voice (ie "call Mom",
"call Steve at work", "call the pizza parlor", etc) and can work with caller ID (CID) to create
text-to-speech announcements (ie "a call is coming in from your mother in law").
To get to this screen, launch the web interface (see page 10), click the Phone button under the
time and date bar then click the Address Book button.
Some of the advanced features available in the Address Book require Caller ID to be available on the
phone line. This feature also requires purchase of the HomeSeer Phone and a Way2Call Voice
Interface.

Receiving Phone Messages

If the voice messaging functions of HomeSeer Phone software are enabled, the HomeTroller can
serve as the message center for the family. The Messages screen appears when the Phone
button is clicked at the top of the web interface. From here, you can view the number of voice
messages recorded in the system and play them back. You can do this from any computer in
your home AND from any computer on the internet! A default mailbox is created when the
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