RE: xAP HomeSeer plugin

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Um, in addition to that -=20

In the new Hardware tab - I guess what confused me was the talk about HS
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d BSC - these then, are referring to quite different things than the
Device=
s tab? i.e. you can create the actual HS device - but then disable HS
chang=
e reporting in the Devices tab. Is that correct?

My last point (for now!) - I don't think I've ever seen the 'add device
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ng BSC' option available in the New Hardware tab - it's always greyed out.
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It this something to do with available schema or something else? Should I
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n fact be seeing the option?

Many thanks again,

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 19 August 2006 14:15
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xap_automation] xAP HomeSeer plugin
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> Ah OK thanks.
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> I'd wrongly assumed that the devices tab enables and disables support
of
> these devices IN HOMESEER ITSELF - this is wrong then?
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> So all along - I've been generally enabling Homeseer support and
disablin=
g
> BSC support for most items. In fact, I should generally be ENABLING
BSC
> support for items like lights etc and DISABLING most homeseer support?
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> Paul.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> > [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
> > Sent: 19 August 2006 13:39
> > To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xap_automation] xAP HomeSeer plugin
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> >     BSC is 'Basic Status and Control' which is a xAP universal
schema
> > for controlling simple devices (binary/level/text values).  One
of the
> > great advantages of BSC is that it is close to plug and play
between xA=
P
> > devices that support it - and it has rudimentary discovery of
devices
> > and their capabilities.  It's disadvantage is that it doesn't
richly
> > describe the capabilities of a device - here you would use more
> > functionally descriptive schema like 'whole house audio'
'security'
> > 'weather' or something.
> >
> >     The great synergy between HomeSeer and xAP BSC is that
devices
> > created in HomeSeer are very close to BSC in style. We thus allow
a
> > native HomeSeer device to be presented to xAP as a BSC device
which
> > means its status can be seen by all xAP devices and it can be
controlle=
d
> > by all xAP devices. That is what selecting 'BSC' does - it
connects the
> > device to xAP using BSC.   xAP FloorPlan for example works very
well
> > with BSC devices.    HomeSeer additionally has its own schema
called
> > 'HomeSeer' and this schema has more information within it but is
not
> > universally recognised like BSC.  Enabling the 'HomeSeer' schema
again
> > allows the device to be visible and controllable from the xAP
network
> > but only by using the HomeSeer schema. You can enable xAP and
HomeSeer
> > schema support independently.  If you have no need for the HS
device to
> > be accessible to your xAP network then you would enable neither
of thes=
e
> > options, which reduces xAP network traffic and overhead. If you
wanted
> > to see a HS device in xAP FloorPlan then enabling BSC for that
device i=
s
> > a good route.
> >
> >     The above relates to HS native devices - those that are
inbuilt in
> > HS eg X10 and those that can be added via HS plugins, it does not
apply
> > to devices that are created from xAP using the xAP plugin, as
these are
> > already present on the xAP network anyway.
> >
> >   K
> >
> >
> >
> >  Paul Gale wrote:
> > >
> > > I=92m not quite sure what the BSC and HomeSeer round icons
actually m=
ean
> > > and when I should enable/disable them in the Devices tab of
the xAP H=
S
> > > plugin. Can someone explain please?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Paul.
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