RE: Beta testers wanted ..HomeVision to C-Bus to xAP (to HomeSeer etc)

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I certainly don't have a problem - I'm sure some of the posts will be
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terest.

...just keep one aside for me! ;)

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
> Sent: 27 April 2007 20:18
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Beta testers wanted ..HomeVision to
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> xAP (to HomeSeer etc)
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> ATM I have asked people interested in the xAP / C-Bus / HomeVision
> gateways to use this list for questions and support  etc . The list is
> not too busy and I reasoned the information could be of interest to
> others. I hope to ship over 20 gateways next week which in itself is
> quite motivating ,  interestingly there's quite a few people using
these
> via xAP for getting C-Bus into HomeSeer so I expect a few HomeSeer
> questions too for James' or Michaels' xAP plugin.
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> The initial version will use (and abuse) the xAP v1.2 UID format. I
need
> over 2000 sub addresses as HV offers so much I/O  and program
variables
> in blocks of 256 items, plus C-Bus of course.   When the expanded UID
> tolerant hub is released I shall be moving to that format with a big
> 'yeah' !      E - you can see now why I'm a little worried by
automatic
> BSC device creation in applications.
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> I am however concious that I have a commercial interest in this
> product.  I use that term lightly though as I am not a company and I
> don't make any real money on these as they are sold at near cost. I
may
> make a bit more later with software add ons though.   If anyone has
any
> concerns re using this list then post or drop me a line - it's dead
easy
> for me to set up another group just for the gateways. If there's too
> many [OT] HomeVision/C-Bus ie non xAP questions then I'll also think
> again.
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>      Kevin
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> Kevin Hawkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > At last (only taken 18 months !)  I've just got a new batch of
gateways
> > imminent.
> >
> > There will be a new release of the firmware for these and I am
> > interested in getting beta testing participation from interested
people
> > , in particular HomeVision users attaching to C-Bus (or xAP). 
The new
> > versions will offer gateway facilities between any permutation of
these
> > three and later I hope to add a couple more serial devices too .
> > Basically it's a box that attaches between HomeVision, C-Bus and
> > Ethernet and allows HomeVision to fully integrate C-Bus control
and
> > realtime tracking including macros and actions etc , almost the
same wa=
y
> > HV offers this for X10 . The C-Bus processing is all done within
the
> > gateway so doesn't load HV and doesn't require any macros at all.
 A
> > fully configured gateway is circa =A3200 inc the C-Bus interface.
BTW
> > there is no obligation to keep the unit should you not wish after
the
> beta.
> >
> > If anyone is interested drop me an email offlist  .  I'll get
some
> > details up on the web site soon too - including pictures and
> functionality.
> >
> > beta <at> ukusa <dot> co <dot> uk
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
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