Re: xAP HomeSeer plugin released - BETA

[James <james@xxxxxxx>]

I have just uploaded a newer version of the plugin, version 0.6, which
fixes a few issues and a rather annoying popup box is gone as well! I
would strongly suggest updating to this version as that  popup box
effectively pauses the plugin causing xAP events to be missed.

James

James wrote:
> What is it?
>
> While the features of the plugin are many, simply put, it enables any
> xAP device to control HomeSeer and for HomeSeer to be able to control
> any xAP Device. Most of the basic stuff is done automatically and when
> things require a little user input, like the new hardware wizard, they
> are done as simply as possible. This is not to say the plugin only
does
> the basic stuff, there is scripting support, raw xAP variables, event
> sequences and much more.
>
> What it does - The full spec
>
> 1, Supports 2 remote X10 interfaces via xAP with routing
> 2, Any change to any device is output over xAP
> 3, Wizard based install of virtual devices for detected xAP hardware
> 4, Allows xAP commands to control HomeSeer. These include changing any
> device, launching an event and tts.
> 5, Text to speech support both HomeSeer formatted messages and the
> general tts schema used by xAP speech.
> 6, Full support for xAP basic status and control. This applies to all
> HomeSeer devices not just those created from this plugin. This gives
you
> full control over any device from any HomeSeer plugin as well as
> internal ones.
> 7, All the databases that the plugin uses to process are all web
> updateable via a simple click.
> 8, Event sequence editor. Many xAP messages can be sent on one event.
> These events are triggered from within the standard HomeSeer event
> system so can be based on time, email, voice etc. You can also trigger
> command line apps as part of the sequence.
> 9, Infra Red xAP sequences. On receipt of an IR xAP message the plugin
> can generate many other xAP messages or command line triggers.
> 10, Device change sequences. When any HomeSeer device changes a
sequence
> of events is run.
> 11, All of the above sequences are made in an easy to use gui. You
don't
> need to know anything about xAP to use them, for example to make a
> slimp3 pause you first pick slimp3 from a drop down list and then
pause,
> that's it!
> 12, Any element of any of the sequences can contain information from
any
> other device or any HomeSeer global variable.
> 13, You can send a xAP message from a HomeSeer script by a simple 1
line
> command
> 14, As well as creating devices based on xAP data there is also a
table
> of xAP variables that can be used. Once data is loaded in these
> variables they can be used as part of any of the xAP event sequences
> (IR, device change and regular HomeSeer events)
> 15, All the xAP variables are available as HomeSeer global variables
for
> use within HomeSeer scripts.
>
> Please remember this is beta software. I would expect the final
release
> to happen within two weeks. The plugin has proved very stable over the
> last few months and has been tested on some very large xAP networks.
> Thanks go to all those who helped test it out :-)
>
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> Enjoy
>
> James
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