Welcome to my
"HCS II compatible"
modules page
 
On this page you will find a series of modules I designed to be interfaced with Circuit Cellar's Home Control System II (HCS II).  Please visit the Circuit Cellar INK site for information related to this home automation system as well as specifications of each module currently available from Circuit Cellar.

Keeping up with Steve Ciarcia's spirit, the designs and firmware found on this site are made available free of charge for non commercial use.

If you click on the module name you will see its technical specifications as well as hardware kit content and price.  Partial hardware kits will be made available for users who do not have the hardware programming capabilities.  Under each module name will be listed the information available such as the module's technical manual in Acrobat PDF format, a zipped file that contains the HEX object file used by the module's PIC microcontroller as well as an XPRESS code snippet that can guide you in the integration of that new module in the HCS network.

HCS II Network Probe 

Technical manual
Schematic diagram
Zipped HyperTerminal configuration file
 
HCS II UPS 
Technical manual
Schematic diagram
 
HCS II HVAC 
Integration details
TH123 specifications and features
XPRESS sample code
 
Voice-Link (I'll revisit Jeff Bachiochi's design presented in Ink #45 and make it network based) Coming this winter! 
Technical manual
Zipped HEX file
XPRESS sample code
 
OSD-Link
Technical manual
Zipped HEX file
XPRESS sample code
 
Sprinkler-Link
Technical manual
Zipped HEX file
XPRESS sample code
 

Please take a look at Mike Baptiste's web page for other fine HCS modules.

Do not hesitate to send me  your questions and/or comments!

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Last updated: 98-07-30

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