ECS (Event Control System) 4.03

ECS (Event Control System) 4.03 offers you an all-purpose automation program that is suitable for virtually any tasks (in residential, commercial, and industrial environments). ECS is simply the most powerful system available. Every other system has significant limitations. Omnipotence is also responsive to comments and continually upgrading ECS." Dan (Livonia, MI) 

Boasting an object-oriented design, ECS is elegantly simple, yet extremely powerful. Tasks may be implemented via schedules or English-like scripts. Accessible via Internet and/or PDA. Prices range from $140 to $680.

Automated tasks may be implemented via simple time-based schedules (great for novices)
and/or English-like scripts (which give power users the flexibility they demand).

And anyone who can surf the web will be comfortable with ECS, as it supports a browser-based user-interface (which may be accessed from any desired Internet connection or WAP-enabled phone/PDA).

Why should you choose ECS?

1. Capability/flexibility: ECS is simply the most powerful/flexible automation software there is (and our customers concur). It supports more devices and features than any other, its scripting language can implement any desired logic, and ECS web pages can have virtually any desired appearance.
2. Stability: ECS is a robust/well-tested/proven program that is used in numerous homes, office buildings, and various other commercial/industrial sites (including multiple sports arenas, 2 universities, 2 institutes, and a US stock exchange). ECS will soon be used to control/monitor 200+ traffic-caution lights in a VA school district, and a fuel pumping station at a CA police station. For objective opinions, see our testimonials and/or send your questions to our User's Email List.
3. Unrivaled tech support. Try us out by calling 423-745-0026 with your questions.
4. Cost: We have numerous pricing options, the most popular being:
5. Experience: We have been developing automation software for 18 years.
6. Free evaluation and initial configuration: The installation is complete and fully operational for 30 days. And if you provide us a list of your devices and their addresses, we will create your initial configuration so that you may quickly/easily evaluate ECS.
7. You will not waste your time with ECS: All automation programs take some time/effort to master (ECS being no exception). But you don't want to invest your time on a product which may later prove to be incapable of performing the desired tasks (or doing so dependably). With ECS, you are assured that your efforts will be greatly rewarded :-).
8. Ease of Installation: Most ECS system hardware can be installed by a novice in less than an hour.
9. Scripting services: If you would like us to write a script(s) for you, then send us a description for a cost estimate. Our prices are very reasonable (normally $30 to $50 per script).
10. Access security: In November/2006, world-class security experts at the Philadelphia stock exchange subjected ECS to some 1800 unique hack attacks (all of which failed).
11. Minimal memory/CPU footprint: The ECS executable is only around 2 meg, and ECS sleeps when appropriate (you won't even know it's running). So ECS can run on most of those old PCs that have been retired to the closet.
12. Support for OEM (private-label) versions: We offer customized private-label versions of ECS to companies that can assure a minimum of 2 sales per month.
    

Major Features:

1. Internet-access:  Access your home from any PC or web-enabled PDA/phone (including the iPhone, iTouch, BlackBerry, and WAP devices). And note that our web pages display updated values automatically, while many other systems require a page refresh to see updates.
2. PDA/WebPhone support: The ECS web server automatically detects when you are using a PDA/WebPhone,
3. and sends small pages specifically designed for small screens and low bandwidth.
4. Schedules: Set any light/appliance/etc to a desired state at any time.
5. Some example schedule entries might look like this:
6. Scripting: Supports powerful IF/THEN/ELSE scripting language which closely resembles normal English.
7. Graphics support: Create floor-plan/layout Pages with buttons and clip-art images (of doors, chairs, etc).
8. Light/appliance control: Dim/brighten lights, and turn any appliance on/off.
9. Direct-wired/LED lighting (if wiring is an option): ECS supports this unique capability via the EcoDimmer and/or NCD's "PWM8x" line of dimmers. To our knowledge, this is the only direct-wired/DC lighting system that can be automated. A few AC systems are available, but all are very expensive (over $2000). LEDs use less than 7% of the energy used by incandescents, and they last some 60 times longer. And unlike fluorescents, LEDs contain no mercury.
10. Commercial sign support: Display any desired info (in any desired color) on large LED signs (see "Signs" in Supported devices table).
11. Caller-ID: Announce/display/log the name/number of callers.
12. Use customized names for known numbers.
13. Entertainment: Create a customized web page(s) with buttons/etc to control all your TV/stereos/etc from any rooms in your house. Use any ethernet-enabled device in your home (PCs/laptops/PDAs/iPhones) as fully-customizable remote controls.
14. Security/Fire/Flood:
15. NetCams: We also support Axis camera's motion-detection feature (whereby the camera itself detects motion and notifies ECS).
16. Place ECS Objects within images and live video streams. For example: If you had a live video of a room in which ECS controlled a lamp, then you could place the ECS lamp directly underneath the real lamp.
17.  Run/control other programs: Execute and control any programs by emulating keyboard/mouse activity in the appropriate Windows (just as if a person were typing or clicking).
18. Remote control: Carry out any task(s) when you push a button on any remote control, keypad, pendant (X10, IR, and/or RF), or ECS web page (on any PC or laptop).
19. Remote control of PC media players: Many now use their PCs as music/video players (via software such as WinAmp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, ITunes, etc). The problem is that PCs (unlike CD/DVD players) don't come with remote controls. But with ECS, you can control your music/movie playback via any remote, keypad, or pendant.
20. Phone, email and text messaging alerts: Notify you of any events via a phone call, email, and/or text message.
21. Client/server socket communications: ECS can communicate with other programs while acting as a client (that initiates communications) or a server (that responds to communications). Both TCP/IP and Datagram/UDP are supported.
22. XML/RSS monitoring: Download XML & RSS pages, extract tags/values, and carry out any action(s) per the results.
23. Monitor desired weather, headlines, stocks, etc, and report any desired tags/values via speech, emails, text messaging, etc.
24. Web-page downloads: Download web sites and extract desired data from same (e.g. weather forecasts, stock quotes, etc).
25. Reminders: Remind you (via audible, visual, emails, and/or text messaging) of upcoming dates/times (appointments, anniversaries, etc).
26. Custom web pages: Create fully-customized web pages which appear and behave exactly as desired.
27. Logging/diagnostics: Any unexpected behavior may be easily diagnosed via detailed logging of the related Object(s). For example: If a light is coming on at an unexpected time, its log will denote what changed it and what it was set to.
28. Support of unknown devices: If you have a device which is not directly supported by ECS, chances are that you can support it via scripts (which can read/write data to the device's serial-port or IP address). We are also open to suggestions, if you would like us to add support for a new device(s).
29. Remote access to serial devices: Most serial (RS232) devices we support may also be accessed remotely, whereby the device is connected to another PC and accessed via an ether-net connection. There is no extra cost for this feature.

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