RE: Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby

["Bill Lott" <lottbill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks James for the reply and support.

After about 6 hours of trying - Still no luck.  I'm very frustrated at this
stage and am sure I'm doing something stupid, but I can't get it to work.

If I run an event within xlobby to execute within Homeseer, it works!.  If
I
try to change a light setting - no luck.

Everything from Homeseer to xlobby seems to work OK.  I just can't control
a
device from xlobby to Homeseer.

Here is a copy of the commands I see when I expanded from within the GUI
Hub.


Message within Hub from xLobby - Turn on device "Upstairs" in
location
"Hallways" within Homeseer

xap-header
{
v=12
hop=1
uid=FFABCD00
class=xAPBSC.cmd
source=PTrinchi.Xlobby.homeseer
target=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.Master:Hallways.Upstairs
}
output.state
{
id=*
state=On
}




Message within Hub from xLobby - Run event "GetTime" within
Homeseer

xap-header
{
v=12
hop=1
uid=FFABCD00
class=homeseer.command
source=PTrinchi.Xlobby.homeseer
target=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.Master:Master
}
homeseer.command
{
data3=
command=TriggerEvent
data4=
data1=GetTime
data2=




Message within Hub from Homeseer - Turn Hallways Light On
xap-header
{
v=12
hop=1
uid=FF411100
class=xAP-x10.event
source=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.Master
}
xAP-x10.event
{
event=On
device=H4
}







-----Original Message-----
From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of James
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:16 PM
To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby

Bill,

Hi, and welcome to the group. It looks like you've got all the right
things installed. I assume it's all on one PC, if not a hub should
really be running on both computers. In the messages below there are a
couple of oddities which I presume are just typos but better to check.
The iUID line should be just UID and above id=* there should be an
output.state { .
The next couple of things to try are putting the homeseer plugin in to
debug mode, in the xAP Conduit>Config menu. Every received xAP message
will generate lots of messages in the log. If nothing appears it would
be worth checking and restarting the hub on that pc. Next step would be
to try changeing the target from mi4.homeseer.*.*:Hallways.Light to the
full address mi4.homeseer.servername.H:Hallways.Light ( or whatever it
is) just to see if there are any issues with the wildcarding.
Hopefully one of these will fix it! Let me know how you get on.
James

Bill Lott wrote:

> I'm new to xap and could use some help. I posted on the xLobby forum
> but came here in hopes of success! I'm excited about the possibilities
> of xap and my home automation system.
>
> I'm attempting to control lights in the house via Homeseer/xap/xLobby.
>
> I have followed the install and have Homeseer plug-in, GUI Hub, and
> xLobby plug-in installed. The hub sees activities from both. I'm sure
> I omitted something stupid but..
>
> If I select "Actions on receipt" within the xLobby plug-in I
get
> windows opening within xLobby showing Homeseer activities so I know
> there is a connection between xlobby and Homeseer, but I can't get any
> actions from xlobby to work with Homeseer.
>
> Under the events tab I have created an event called ceiling light On
> and configured it as follows:
>
> Plug-in: xAP-Xlobby
>
> Command: Basic Control: On
>
> Variables: Hallways.light
>
> When I run this I see the following in the GUI Hub:
>
> xap-header
>
> {
>
> v=12
>
> hop=1
>
> iuid=FFABCD00
>
> class=xAPBSC.cmd
>
> source=PTrinchi.Xlobby.homeseer
>
> target=mi4.homeseer.*.*:Hallways.Light
>
> }
>
> id=*
>
> state=On
>
> }
>
> Nothing happens within Homeseer. There is nothing in the HS event log
>
> My device is light under the location of hallways.
>
> If I turn the light on within Homeseer, I get a popup window in xlobby
> that says
>
> xap-header
>
> {
>
> v=12
>
> hop=1
>
> iuid=FF411904
>
> class=xAPBSC.event
>
> source=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.H:Hallways.Light
>
> }
>
> state:ON
>
>
>
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