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Installation
Equipment
PC Hardware & Peripherals
Why dual network cards?
Recommended Accessories
Software
Building from source
Kick-Start CD
Installers
Windows
Installing on a new platform
Network Boot for Media Directors
Encrypted DVD's
Wiring Considerations
Choosing Locations
Quick Start Guides
Picking the right components
Installing the software
Installing the hardware
Tell Pluto about your home
Testing and troubleshooting devices
Real world example
Setting up MythTV
Using Pluto
User's Manual
Security & Privacy Issues
What can I do with Pluto?
Control Pluto using a Windows device as an Orbiter
Control Pluto using a Symbian Series 60 mobile phone with Bl
Control Pluto using other types of mobile phones
Control Pluto using an Infrared remote
Add support for new remote controls
Automatic diskless boot of media directors
Change the look and feel of the Orbiter
Create my own skins or GUI for Pluto
Translate the GUI into another language
Use network audio players for a whole-house music solution
Control a TV or cable/satellite box
Watch a DVD/Listen to a CD
Have Pluto automatically control the TV and Stereo
Rip a CD/DVD to the Core
Watch/Listen to media stored on the Core
Play the same media in multiple rooms simultaneously
Search for media by attributes using the Orbiters
Flag media stored on the core as private
Flag whatever media I am watching now as private
Catalog media with attributes
Control regular A/V equipment
Control A/V equipment with RS232/USB/Ethernet
Make Pluto do something when I start media
Have my media follow me
Make announcements
Control the media director's volume using either a receiver
Use a satellite/cable box with the PVR
What modules are in development?
Control lights/climate using scenarios
Control lights or climate with a floorplan
Make things happen at set times or intervals
Make things happen when I enter a room
Have my lighting or climate settings follow me
Make things happen at sunrise/sunset
Have external devices control Pluto
Monitor surveillance cameras
Arm or disarm the alarm using the Orbiters
Automatically take pictures when sensors are disturbed
Have Pluto notify me of security alerts
Programmer's Guide
Why should I use the Pluto platform for my project?
Overview of the software modules
A new concept in collaborative development
Adding support for home automation devices
Pluto Admin Website
Wizard Pages
Basic Info
Users
Rooms
Devices
Orbiters
Interfaces
Devices Security
Lights
Media Directors
Climate
AV Devices
Infrared Codes
Learning/typing my own code
AV Properties
TOAD vs Discrete Codes
Floorplans
Surveillance Cameras
Phone Lines
Phone Extensions
Scenarios
Lighting Scenarios
Climate Scenarios
Media Scenarios
Scenarios Security
Telecom
Events
Respond to Events
Timed Events
Active sensors
Security-Video Links
Notifications
Settings By Alert Type
Outside Access
Advanced Pages
Device Templates
List Page
Edit Page
Design Objects
Packages
Advanced Pages Devices
Advanced Pages Scenarios
Boot Sequence
Network Settings
Add Software
Privacy Settings
Advanced Pages Events
DCE
Device Status
Execute Scenarios
Alert Logs
Mode Change Logs
Status
View Cameras
Pluto Home Software
DCE Router
User's manual
DCE Router Programmer's Guide
Command Line Options
Message Interceptors
Orbiter
Orbiter User's manual
Who Am I, Where Am I
The Main Menu
Maps
Orbiter Programmer's Guide
Mobile Orbiter
Designer
Designer User's manual
Text Formatting Options
sqlCVS
sqlCVS User's manual
Naming of Foreign Keys, Indirect Keys, External Keys
What do the psc_ fields do?
What do the psc tables do?
sqlCVS Programmer's Guide
Pluto Kick-Start
Pluto Orbiter Symbian
Pluto Orbiter Symbian User's manual
Pluto Orbiter Symbian Programmer's Guide
BD - Bidirectional command processor
RA - Client/Server Request-Action
sql2cpp
Pluto Libraries DCE
Does the device Implement DCE?
Understanding Controlled Via (aka Parent)
Categories
Make a DCE Device in 5 minutes
GSD
Cpp
Why DCE complements UPNP, XAP, XPL and other standards?
Plain Text DCE Messages
pluto_main database
Orbiter Generator
DCE Generator
DHCP Plug and Play
Pluto Scripts
Do I want a dedicated Core?
Pluto DCE Devices
Bluetooth Dongle
Bluetooth Dongle User's manual
Bluetooth Dongle Programmer's Guide
Pluto App Server
Pluto App Server User's manual
Pluto App Server Programmer's Guide
Pluto Disk Drive
Pluto Disk Drive User's manual
Pluto Disk Drive Programmer's Guide
Pluto GC 100
Pluto GC 100 User's manual
Pluto GC 100 Programmer's Guide
Pluto MythTV Player
Pluto MythTV Player User's manual
Pluto MythTV Player Programmer's Guide
Pluto Xine Player
Pluto Xine Player User's manual
Pluto Xine Player Programmer's Guide
Pluto Asterisk
AMP Configuration Guide
Broadvoice
Free world dialup
E-Fon (Switzerland)
Pluto Mozilla Plug-in
Pluto Mozilla Plug-in User's manual
Pluto Mozilla Plug-in Programmer's Guide
Pluto MythTV Plug-in
Pluto MythTV Plug-in User's manual
Pluto MythTV Plug-in Programmer's Guide
Pluto Standard Plug-ins
Pluto Standard Plug-ins User's manual
Pluto Standard Plug-ins Programmer's Guide
Pluto Xine Plug-in
Pluto Xine Plug-in User's manual
Pluto Xine Plug-in Programmer's Guide
Media Identifiers
Bang & Olufsen Systems
CX88 Blackbird Drivers
CX88 Blackbird Drivers Programmer's Guide
Versions
Development status for all modules
What does an appliance solution like Pluto cost?
Why buy a licensed Pluto product? What's the difference?
Do I need Pluto? Can I use the projects by themselves?
What if you don't have a driver for my home automation devic
How are media files organized?
What scenarios are created automatically?
I'm a Linux user already. Should I use Pluto's distribution
I want my software to run on Pluto but it isn't open source
Will you host, compile and support the Pluto plug-ins for my
Open Source Info
Troubleshooting
Reset the password for the Pluto Admin site
I can't access my media files over the network
How do I login to a Linux console?
PlutoVIP
Download
Online Documentation
