Need some ideas on how to program HAL to do different tasks? Then this is the area for you! This section gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do different things in HAL, such as having the front porch lights turn on automatically when someone approaches your house.

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...control a light or appliance from the computer?
...schedule a light or appliance to turn on or off when I'm not home?
...have several lights turn off with only one command?
...set it up so that the front porch lights turn on when someone approaches the house?
...have lights turn on automatically when I enter a room?
...have lights turn off automatically after I've left a room?
...get lights to come on automatically at dusk?
...have the same lights turn on at different times, depending on which "mode" I've set the house to ("Vacation Mode", "At Work Mode", "Night Mode", etc.)?

...get my computer name?
...get my computer's IP address?

...set up house phones to work with HAL?
...set it up so that I can use HAL and the computer as a speakerphone?
...connect HAL to my PBX Phone System?
...make sure HAL starts automatically if my computer reboots?
...set up HAL to use two different modems, one for retrieving Internet information and one for telephony features (recording voice mail messages, etc.)?

...get HAL's attention so that I can talk to it?
...access my house from a remote location and give it commands?
...set it up so that I can talk to HAL from any room in the house?
...change the default attention word?

...modify the settings for a voice mailbox?
...change the type of greeting HAL will use for incoming calls?
...add a mailbox to HAL's answering machine?
...retrieve my messages from a remote location?