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From: Kevin Burr
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1993 02:24
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1993 02:24
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If your reading this outside of Ottawa, please accept my humble apologies...
Ottawa ACM/SIGCHI February Meeting
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Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1993
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Place: BNR Carling Auditorium
(Pavillon Building, formerly Administration)
3500 Carling Ave., Nepean
Corner of Carling and Moodie
Speaker: Marty Milette
Mitel
Topic: Butler-in-a-Box Home Automation System
Presentation and Live Demonstration
About the Talk
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Marty Milette will be giving a product demonstration, with explanation, of the
Butler-in-a-Box home automation system. It is referred to by the Smithsonian
Institute as the "HAL-1" because it is the first fully integrated voice
controlled automation system for home use.
During the demonstration, Marty will
- give a brief explanation of what the X-10 home automation protocol is,
and how it is used
- show how the Butler functions in an X-10 environment
- explain the four modes of operation: time, touch, situation, voice
- walk through and explain the steps necessary to program the unit
- show the unit in full voice interactive operation
For further information contact:
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Chair: Sonia Bot (613)763-4992 sdbot@bnr.ca
Treasurer: Scott McEwen (613)763-2552 mcewen@bnr.ca
Program Director: Vanda McLelland (613)236-6604 x374 (163)232-5182
Membership Director: David Kelly (613)560-6001 x1879
71102.534@CompuServ.com
Funding Director: Matthew Powell (613)228-8232 (613)228-9169
Newsletter Editors: Tom D'Ippolito (613)763-9515 crtxd02@nt.com
Ron Pinder (613)763-8551 pinder@bnr.ca
Assistants: Kevin Burr (613)763-2330 burr@bnr.ca
Randall Senske (613)591-4758
senske@kaou93.enet.dec.com
Peter Szmidt 75470.420@CompuServe.com
Marceli Wein (613)993-2565 wein@iit.nrc.ca
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