| pcmdude | 09-25-2006 02:12 PM |
Homelink: why even bother?
�
�
It seems like the promise of Homelink hasn't materialized. I'd love to hear someone convince me otherwise, someone who has their dishwasher come on when they pull into the driveway.
Other than that, it seems like a glorified, built-in garage door opener.
Anyone?
Other than that, it seems like a glorified, built-in garage door opener.
Anyone?
| th1rd3y3 | 09-25-2006 02:17 PM |
I couldn't even get mine to work with garage door opener :(
| mdbuehler | 09-25-2006 05:16 PM |
Was it suppose to do something else? I looooove the range the opener has, easily 3x what the stock genie opener had.
| djerickd | 09-25-2006 05:21 PM |
RTFM!!!
I got mine to kick on the hottub and pour me a glass of champagne as soon as I get home, did you read the manual? :lol:
totally kidding... :devil:
I got mine to kick on the hottub and pour me a glass of champagne as soon as I get home, did you read the manual? :lol:
totally kidding... :devil:
| lawn boy | 09-25-2006 07:42 PM |
most new garage door openers scramble the code after every time it is used, therefore making homelinks useless on all but older openers
| Ray_from_SA | 09-25-2006 09:17 PM |
[QUOTE=lawn boy;15379904]most new garage door openers scramble the code after every time it is used, therefore making homelinks useless on all but older openers[/QUOTE]
It's a great system but inherently flawed. Although it's on the market the Genie boys haven't pullled all the bugs out of it yet.
I could almost guarantee that Chamberlain's system is more reliable.
It's a great system but inherently flawed. Although it's on the market the Genie boys haven't pullled all the bugs out of it yet.
I could almost guarantee that Chamberlain's system is more reliable.
| DocWyte | 09-25-2006 09:18 PM |
ooppssss
| DocWyte | 09-25-2006 09:18 PM |
Uh, no. If you read the instructions that come with the Homelink, you'll see that once you program it, you hit a button on the garage door opener itself, then the Homelink syncs up to the rolling code of the garage door opener.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.
| 02R6 | 09-25-2006 11:50 PM |
[QUOTE=DocWyte;15381145]once you program it, you hit a button on the garage door opener itself, then the Homelink syncs up to the rolling code of the garage door opener.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.[/QUOTE]
This guy.
The Homelink works like a champ in the wife's car and the range is why I love it. We have a rolling code opener as well.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.[/QUOTE]
This guy.
The Homelink works like a champ in the wife's car and the range is why I love it. We have a rolling code opener as well.
| Ghosthound | 09-26-2006 04:14 AM |
yea, i like homelink. ive never had any problems with it and it beats having a remote control jostling about in your car.
| pcmdude | 09-26-2006 07:58 AM |
So that's basically it... Homelink is a nice 'fixed' remote for the garage. Something a rubber band might replace at considerably lower cost.
No one is stepping up to say they use it for any of the other supposed functions -- and quite a few seem to have problems with it even functioning as a remote.
Hmmmm.
No one is stepping up to say they use it for any of the other supposed functions -- and quite a few seem to have problems with it even functioning as a remote.
Hmmmm.
| 06STIGO13 | 09-26-2006 09:05 AM |
[QUOTE=mdbuehler;15377903]Was it suppose to do something else? I looooove the range the opener has, easily 3x what the stock genie opener had.[/QUOTE]
Amen to that, I can open my garage door from down the street before I can barely see my house! It is great to just pull into the drive way and right into the garage. I love homelink for the simple reason that I don't have to have a clunky garage door openner in my car hanging from my sun visor, which I hate, and rattling around some place (glove box, center console, etc.). I don't need to start my dish washer from my car!:confused:
Amen to that, I can open my garage door from down the street before I can barely see my house! It is great to just pull into the drive way and right into the garage. I love homelink for the simple reason that I don't have to have a clunky garage door openner in my car hanging from my sun visor, which I hate, and rattling around some place (glove box, center console, etc.). I don't need to start my dish washer from my car!:confused:
| conker69 | 09-26-2006 09:08 AM |
[QUOTE=DocWyte;15381145]Uh, no. If you [color=red]read the instructions[/color] that come with the Homelink, you'll see that once you program it, you hit a button on the garage door opener itself, then the Homelink syncs up to the rolling code of the garage door opener.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.[/QUOTE]
Yup...reading FTW. I have a 2-year old opener with homelink and not one problem. Works great.
Everything works fine. Both of my garage doors have rolling codes and the Homelink works perfectly.[/QUOTE]
Yup...reading FTW. I have a 2-year old opener with homelink and not one problem. Works great.
| pcmdude | 09-26-2006 11:03 AM |
No one uses it to turn on the lights in their house, etc?
| DocWyte | 09-26-2006 03:15 PM |
As far as I know, it's main purpose is as a garage door opener. How is it supposed to turn anything else on? Whatever else would have to be on a transmitted signal and no lights, etc in my house are. I'm sure you could use it for that, but you'd have to retrofit whatever that object was to work...
| jlitch | 09-26-2006 03:23 PM |
i think homelink is worth it just for the garage opener! its much more secure because you can't use it without the car on (unlike the traditional garage openers which could provide an easy entrance to your home if someone decides to break into a car parked outside).
i think there's some way I can integrate it with my home security system as well, since it came with a remote transmitter. I should be able to use it to turn off my house alarm. Haven't done this yet though.
i think there's some way I can integrate it with my home security system as well, since it came with a remote transmitter. I should be able to use it to turn off my house alarm. Haven't done this yet though.
| pcmdude | 09-26-2006 04:11 PM |
[B][I]As far as I know, it's main purpose is as a garage door opener. How is it supposed to turn anything else on? [/I][/B]
Oh that's funny. Homelink was designed to be a system whereby from your car you could, say unlock your front door, cut on the lights, cut appliances on and off, work your home security system,etc. It was literally to be a LINK with your home's automation. There were supposed to be a bunch of compatable systems dovetale with Homelink... that haven't materialized.
Go to the Homelink website and you'll see. But if you go to the "compatable brands' link, most of the compatable systems are obsolete. They appeared and disappeared quickly.
Radio Shack does have modules apparently whereby you could cut certain lights on from the car.
I was asking the question to see whether there was anyone using it for anything other than a glorified (long distance?) garage door opener... apparently not.
Oh that's funny. Homelink was designed to be a system whereby from your car you could, say unlock your front door, cut on the lights, cut appliances on and off, work your home security system,etc. It was literally to be a LINK with your home's automation. There were supposed to be a bunch of compatable systems dovetale with Homelink... that haven't materialized.
Go to the Homelink website and you'll see. But if you go to the "compatable brands' link, most of the compatable systems are obsolete. They appeared and disappeared quickly.
Radio Shack does have modules apparently whereby you could cut certain lights on from the car.
I was asking the question to see whether there was anyone using it for anything other than a glorified (long distance?) garage door opener... apparently not.
| DrD | 09-26-2006 09:51 PM |
[quote=jlitch;15390996]its much more secure because you can't use it without the car on[/quote]
you obviously haven't driven in a recent model Honda, then - they have constant power - you don't need the key in the ignition to get them to work.
For me (I added a transmitter to my 02 with a dpdt switch) I use one channel for my garage, and the other for the gate to my neighborhood, so it works great for me!
you obviously haven't driven in a recent model Honda, then - they have constant power - you don't need the key in the ignition to get them to work.
For me (I added a transmitter to my 02 with a dpdt switch) I use one channel for my garage, and the other for the gate to my neighborhood, so it works great for me!
| Bennett | 09-26-2006 10:38 PM |
You can control X10 devices with homelink... Light switches and stuff like that. I've done it before.
Bennett
Bennett
| DocWyte | 09-27-2006 12:22 AM |
My point is you need to have those devices which have a transmitter in them so you can program the Homelink with it. Obviously if you don't, you can't use it. What's so funny about that?
My house is 5 years old and has nothing I can turn on/off with Homelink and I bet 99.9% of the homes out there are like mine.
My house is 5 years old and has nothing I can turn on/off with Homelink and I bet 99.9% of the homes out there are like mine.
| jlitch | 09-27-2006 11:18 AM |
[QUOTE=DrD;15395922]you obviously haven't driven in a recent model Honda, then - they have constant power - you don't need the key in the ignition to get them to work.
For me (I added a transmitter to my 02 with a dpdt switch) I use one channel for my garage, and the other for the gate to my neighborhood, so it works great for me![/QUOTE]
well, in our suby's at least. They don't get continuous power or whatever Honda's doing...
For me (I added a transmitter to my 02 with a dpdt switch) I use one channel for my garage, and the other for the gate to my neighborhood, so it works great for me![/QUOTE]
well, in our suby's at least. They don't get continuous power or whatever Honda's doing...
| wrb2006sti | 09-27-2006 01:42 PM |
I live in a gated community and my mother does also so its nice not to have three remotes to get into all those places. one for the garage one for the gate and one for the gate at my moms place. its VERY conveinant! life sucked before the sti i had three remotes in my type r! and it gets hot in vegas remotes tend to melt here at times
| CynicX | 12-16-2007 11:10 AM |
I like the fact they open garage doors but turn lights on and off or activate appliances? Seems kind of silly to me. MAYBE an outside light as illuminate the area around your garage door would be nice other then that to me its just a glorified garage door opener (which I like so you dont have to keep a remote in your car).
My father is a general contractor building residential homes and hes done one thats fully automated but its all computer/PP activated. Its nice but its things that are nice to do when you are AWAY from home. Not right outside of your house...
Things like checking for security faults while your away (open doors, motion sensors) even checking security camera record and LIVE feed. Adjusting the HVAC temp before you leave work for home or on a day with a sudden temp change....this goes all they down to humidifier activation and setting. Turning lights on and off for whatever reason while your away...even an option to randomize lights on and off to give the effect of someone being home. This is all in a gated community with deputized guards that I dont think a single break in has ever happened lol...better safe then sorry...
As for homelink....I dont see the purpose of anything more then opening gates and garages...
My father is a general contractor building residential homes and hes done one thats fully automated but its all computer/PP activated. Its nice but its things that are nice to do when you are AWAY from home. Not right outside of your house...
Things like checking for security faults while your away (open doors, motion sensors) even checking security camera record and LIVE feed. Adjusting the HVAC temp before you leave work for home or on a day with a sudden temp change....this goes all they down to humidifier activation and setting. Turning lights on and off for whatever reason while your away...even an option to randomize lights on and off to give the effect of someone being home. This is all in a gated community with deputized guards that I dont think a single break in has ever happened lol...better safe then sorry...
As for homelink....I dont see the purpose of anything more then opening gates and garages...
| italy wrx | 12-16-2007 06:53 PM |
I absolutely love my Homelink... Hate having a garage remote that needs batteries and has crappy range.
| LathanM | 12-16-2007 09:00 PM |
It all comes down to how automated your house is. Combine it with an automation system like MainLobby, HAL or CQC and it is great. It is nice to be able to turn on the outside lights as I drive up without having to deal with the stupid motion sensors. Turning off the garage heater in the morning when I leave is nice too. Most of this I could do without Homelink but having one less keyfob is always a good thing.
| 12secsti | 12-16-2007 10:57 PM |
I enjoy having the Homelink mirror, I have a two Genie openers that are less than a year old, if you read the manual it tells you how to sync it correctly. I am like everyone else, I have probably 3x the range of the genie remote. The best part is no remote leaving a mark on my visor or sliding off and hitting me in the head when I hit 2nd gear :)
| Idok | 12-16-2007 11:00 PM |
i absolutely LOVE mine....
I live in a gated community and got it to work on the outer gates, and have an older garge door opener that it works perfectly on
love it love it love it!
I live in a gated community and got it to work on the outer gates, and have an older garge door opener that it works perfectly on
love it love it love it!
| Hecatoncheires | 12-16-2007 11:23 PM |
[quote=Bennett;15396526]You can control X10 devices with homelink... Light switches and stuff like that. I've done it before.
Bennett[/quote]
+1. [url]www.x10.com[/url] HomeLink can learn the commands from X10 remotes. You can control lights and appliances this way. Cheap and easy.
Bennett[/quote]
+1. [url]www.x10.com[/url] HomeLink can learn the commands from X10 remotes. You can control lights and appliances this way. Cheap and easy.
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét