Yac Listener Plug-in

The YAC listener plug-in listens for Caller-ID messages from a YAC server. When such a message is received, the plug-in forwards the information to the Caller ID plug-in, if installed. Optionally it can also instruct the homevision controller to display the information on the video screen using the built-in Caller ID display functions of the homevision controller. The YAC configuration screen provides four modes for displaying the Caller-ID information on the HomeVision video screen:

Transparent

The plug-in sets up the HomeVision controller Caller-ID screen and then instructs the controller to display it on a transparent background (overlayed on top of incoming video).

Solid

The plug-in sets up the HomeVision controller Caller-ID screen and then instructs the controller to display it on a solid background.

Macro

The plug-in sets up the HomeVision controller Caller-ID screen and then instructs the controller to run a macro. This way you can do sophisticated things like displaying the information on a transparent or solid background depending on the time of day, control the television to go to the appropriate A/V input and startup a timer to shut down the controller video automatically after some time. It is the responsibility of the macro to actually display the information.

None

In this mode the plug-in will not send any information to the HomeVision controller. This can be useful if you only want to forward the Caller-ID data to the Caller ID plug-in.

A YAC server for windows is available here.