Mr Science, meet MisterHouse

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Mr Science, meet MisterHouse

• Wally Kissel
• FNAL

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Mr Science, meet MisterHouse
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What is it and why?

• Its called MisterHouse.
• Youre kidding, right?

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What is it and why?

• Its called MisterHouse.
  Youre kidding, right?
• Home Automation Software

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What is it and why?

• Its called MisterHouse.
  Youre kidding, right?
• Home Automation Software
• Examples of Home Automation

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What is it and why?

• Its called MisterHouse.
  Youre kidding, right?
• Home Automation Software
• Examples of Home Automation
• Open source written in PERL

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What is it and why?

• Its called MisterHouse.
  Youre kidding, right?
• Home Automation Software
• Examples of Home Automation
• Open source written in PERL
• What about in a control room?

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How are we using MisterHouse?
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How are we using MisterHouse?

• Speech Synthesis

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• Speech Synthesis
• Spoken announcement of device status
• Linac
• Booster
• Main Injector

Main Status Process
Local Status Application
MisterHouse
TCPIP
ACNET
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How are we using MisterHouse?

• Speech Synthesis
• Spoken announcement of device status
• Linac
• Booster
• Tevatron
• Machine State Transitions

Resident ACNET Client
MisterHouse
TCPIP
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How are we using MisterHouse?

• Sound Files (.wav)

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• Sound Files (.wav)
• Simple status change
• Proton or Anti-proton transfers into the Tevatron
• Acknowledgeable status indication.
• Beam Permit disabled

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports
• Simple Standby video display

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports
• Date time titling for video capture

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports
• Large LED
• scrolling display

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports
• RF Remote Control

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How are we using MisterHouse?

• RS-232 Serial ports
• RF Remote Control

RF
RS-232
Resident ACNET Process
MCR Console Display
MisterHouse
ACNET
TCPIP
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Other things
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Other things

• Cell phone access

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Other things

• Questions?