Re: xAP xPL EIB C-BUS X10 - choice overload!

["John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:13:02 +0000
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] xAP xPL EIB C-BUS X10  - choice overload!

> Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>
> > are in the way we each do it. Unfortunately they are not
interoperable.
>
> I've still not got involved with either project yet (although I'd
> probably lean towards xAP as that's what you made the C-Bus interface
to
> deal with ;-> ), mainly due to time constraints (I can see myself
> getting into it and months disappearing from my life which I just
don't
> have spare at the moment : ), but I could swear I'd heard talk about
> some sort of interoperability being developed - did I dream that? Was
it
> on the table then pulled? Was it made then everyone forgot about it?

You can use xPLHal (http://www.xplhal.com/) to bridge between
xPL and xAP.
For example, a message initiated by an xPL device could be picked up by
xPLHal, which would then send out an xAP message to be actioned by Kevin's
C-Bus interface.

This basically means you can mix and match between xPL and xAP devices as
you please, however you need to remember that xPLHal is the single point
where the two protocols merge, and any bridging you do must be configured
manually - there are sufficient differences between the protocols to
prevent any form of automatic bridging.

Despite this, a number of people (myself included) are successfully using
both xAP and xPL in a single, fully integrated environment.

Regards,

John



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