Fw: Re: Putting it all together and XAp in a box ??????

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed - I dont see xAP as an all in one, but as an ability to reduce the
software portion of the glue, and provide a one-to-many bridge.

I'll still have to have HomeSeer to log events, etc - which is fine. And
still allow XLobby with the xap plugin to talk to the same interface at
the same time.

I'm all for solid state where possible.

G.

Gareth Cook
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Hi Mark,

Mark Walker wrote:
> Hi
> No I guess thats not to tricky.
> You end up having to cross post because only the odd person actually
> replies and thankyou to the ones that did.
> Patrick was indeed very helpful in answering his part but there were
> no other responses to the rest of it.
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I think the problem with the other post is that it was very 'open' and
would have taken pages to reply to. ( and yes I know I sometimes write
pages anyway).  I think there is also a bit too much 'hope' being placed
on xAP as an end user product to magically tie all the bits you want
together.  I've tried in my previous post to outline the purpose of xAP
and xPL and to steer away from them being out of the box solutions for
everyone (particularly those wanting a  plug and play end user
solution).   xAP (and xPL) at this stage require people to spend a small
amount of time becoming comfortable with a scripting language or a
'wizard/determinator' type equivalent to create the interactions between
devices. Given both protocols encompass devices from simple switches to
highly complex AV type systems or rich data sources like TV listings,
email etc then this is unavoidable. So the focus must be on an
environment that you feel comfortable in configuring (HomeSeer, VB
script, C-Bus PAC, xPL HAL etc), and the user interface devices that you
desire in your home.
> Guess that puts me at the bottom of the list for a C-bus XAP
> interface.
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Not at all , I have 4 units reserved at the moment for people - just
handling a software update for C-Bus bridges before I send them. One is
yours, but I do want you to be comfortable that it will do what you want
it to do ...  I think there are a load of other decisions you need to
make too to reach your goal.

Kevin
> Regards
> Mark
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@u...> wrote:
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>> No it wasn't Mark,
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>>     You cross posted that question to both this group and (more
>> appropriately) the xAP group.  On the xAP group it was answered
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>> an hour on 10th Jan by Patrick. I suggest you check the other post
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>> made  for the reply....   unless that's too tricky for you ;-)
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>>     Kevin
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>> Mark Walker wrote:
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>>> I guess that was a tricky question for you guys
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