Re: xAP to C-Bus production hardware IT WORKS

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin
Looks very nice ...well done
I take it the Homevison version will require  the new hv eprom with the
custom lighting ??

> Casewise it fits too :-) I still have the task of milling the end
> panel cutouts - if anyone knows a good place to get this done (at low
cost
> /low volume) let me know - otherwise it's going to be done by hand for
the
> first few at least.

My plates for FirM / Probe Hub cost  i think about $10 each for milling and
engraving....gives you an idea for cost...

> I shall be showing these units at UKHA2004

I hope Paul is video taping ???

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:12 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] xAP to C-Bus production hardware IT WORKS


> AT LAST .. Just in time for UKHA2004...
>
> I now have my 'final versions' of the MKII C-Bus to xAP boards back
> from the manufacturers and I have powered a couple up and they work !!
> Although I say so myself they are very professional and look like any
other
> volume produced product. Here is an early picture of the board
> http://tinyurl.com/2d27h
partially assembled, it needs a couple more chips
> and connectors adding and the C-Bus module and Rabbit core is not
mounted
> yet, they go at the top of the board in the pic. I shall post some
more
> pictures of the fully completed versions and the case soon, as soon as
I
> find my camera download cable. (I will send pics direct to you Mark as
> well).
>
> (Hope that link works - if not it is in the UKHA Yahoo Photos area
/Kevin)
>
> This is a significantly more feature capable board than the previous
> MK1 - more details on that too shortly.  This will be the same
hardware
> controller that can connect HomeVision units to C-Bus, just different
> firmware.
>
> The newer board uses a different Rabbit core (the 3700) to the
> previous design and I still have some firmware tweaks to do that will
> complete the hardware I/O re-assignment and also change the Ethernet
> downloader code a bit. This is now a very capable board with 4 serial
ports,
> parallel I/O and Ethernet plus 512K SRAM, 512K Flash  and 1MB of
serial
> flash memory.  The board also supports RS422/RS485 and (optionally)
true
> optical isolation. There is an inbuilt web server and ftp server.
There
are
> a couple more bonus hardware features there too for 'the future'.  Of
course
> these extra features need firmware support to be useful, currently all
that
> I have commited to is the C-Bus to xAP gateway and I've said that I am
> looking at HomeVision to C-Bus*.
>
> Casewise it fits too :-) I still have the task of milling the end
> panel cutouts - if anyone knows a good place to get this done (at low
cost
> /low volume) let me know - otherwise it's going to be done by hand for
the
> first few at least.  I shall be showing these units at UKHA2004.
>
> Now - an offer - I only supplied a handful of the MK1 units and as a
> reward to those early adopters I am very happy to give you full credit
of
> the price you paid - against a MK11 unit. In fact I would prefer you
do
this
> such that I have only one codebase to support.
>
> I will post more details & the final price for the MK11 units
> shortly on the xAP Automation group rather than crosspost on both..
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xap_automation/
>
>
>    K
>
> * BTW There will also be a 'software only' C-Bus offering for
HomeVision
> that allows C-Bus control from macros similar to the way X10 works
now.
This
> is a slightly less capable version and has lower performance than the
> hardware controller (HomeVision is effectively tasked with handling
the
> continual C-Bus parsing). I shall be showing this at UKHA2004 too.
>
>
>
>
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>
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