For Developers
 
 
  Extending HomeSeer to Support Other Hardware and Software  
  If you are a developer, installer, or hardware manufacturer HomeSeer can support your product. With HomeSeer's plug-in architecture and our script and plug-in SDKs, you can easily develop your own plug-in to support your hardware or software. You can also contract us to develop the plug-in for you.  Script based systems and Active Server Pages (ASP/ASPX) that you have written can be licensed through HomeSeer and made available to the HomeSeer user community.  
     
  The Plug-In SDK, Script SDK, Updater Documentation and Sample Plug-Ins are all available in the "HomeSeer Developer Kit" which is in the HomeSeer Updater tool of HomeSeer.  (For help accessing the updater, click here).
  
     
  Plug-ins  
  Plug-ins are .NET EXEs or DLLs, or are ActiveX controls that are OCX, EXE, or DLLs, with preferences being that new plug-ins be developed using .NET technologies. The file resides in the HomeSeer directory and is discovered when HomeSeer is started. The plugin can be either an X10, Infared, or Custom/Security interface (or all types). Your plug-in can add new triggers, conditions, and actions to the HomeSeer Windows interface as well as add new web pages to the HomeSeer server. The SDK includes a sample plug-in written in Visual Basic .NET 2003, but plug-ins can be written in any language that supports the Microsoft .NET Runtime.     
     
  Scripts and Active Server Pages  
  Script based applications and Active Server Pages (ASP/ASPX) can also be written to extend HomeSeer's capabilities or to perform specific functions.  If you wish to license your script or ASP/ASPX to other users through HomeSeer Technologies, LLC, you will need to register yourself as an application provider and then follow the instructions in the Script SDK document.

The Script SDK includes HSSEncoder.exe, the HomeSeer Script Encoder Utility for encrypting your finished scripts.   For information on constructing a package for your script for the HomeSeer updater, please consult the Plug-in SDK which can be downloaded from within the HomeSeer v2.0 updater.		  
     
  Selling Your Application  
 

If you would like to re-sell your plug-in or script, we can handle that also. Your application can be sold through our online store. This program works as follows:

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 Your application will be promoted in our online store.
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 We will generate license keys and distribute the keys to users when they purchase your application.
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 You will have a free forum on our message board to discuss and support your application.
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 Your application will be included in the HomeSeer Updater so users have easy access to it.
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 Contact HomeSeer about pricing and commission options.

If you are creating a licensed script or plug-in, then the product has to have a unique product ID string (for plug-ins, this is what is returned from the Name function), so that a license file (LF) can be created for it. After receiving this file from HomeSeer Technologies, you must then include it in your package and copy it to the HomeSeer CONFIG folder during the installation of the package. You must also provide information to HomeSeer and agree to the terms set forth by HST to use the HST store, licensing system, and for maintenance of the licenses and license information. Please visit this web page for all of the latest information and requirements.

Information on distributing an application you have written using HomeSeer's Updater can be found in the updater section of the SDK documentation.

  
   
     
 
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