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RE: Re: [Project] Kbd/LCD device


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  • Subject: RE: Re: [Project] Kbd/LCD device
  • From: "Nick Shore" <nick.shore@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:07:51 +0100
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> unforeseen limitation of the donor protocol. HTTP for example is fine
> for allowing devices to report their status when asked, but because
it's
> a client-pull model, there's no easy way for a device to actively
report
> something, for example "hey! somebody just smashed the front
window!".
> In a client-server architecture, you'd end up with the central
> controller having to poll all its client devices, and polling is well
> known to be the work of Satan. In a peer-to-peer environment, it would
> be pretty much unworkeable.
>

Surely you can use HTTP POST to submit info as though a form had been
filled
in ???

Nick.





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