Re: xAP control of X10 Extended commands via Homeseer

["Jon" <jon00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

Thanks for your work on this.

I have tried your new ocx and it would appear we now have partial
success. If I send an extended dim command, nothing happens as before,
however if I then send a X10 on, it does immediately go to that dim
level! Unfortunately no HS event will currently work with absolute dim.
Somehow, this on command needs to be sent after the extended command.

I have also tracked down the starting up issue. You may not know but
when Homeseer starts the web server, it first loads and runs the home
page in memory to assist with ASP.NET loading pages. It looks like your
plugin stops any VB.NET scripts from running if they are called from
within this page. It's unfortunate that I run two scripts in this way
(to notify guests on my site etc). It would appear VB Script code works
fine but this is a backward step IMO as I have converted most to VB.NET.

HTH

Jon





--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor <james@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> I have been chatting with Edward re the extended x10 commands and the
> following ocx will support it
>
> www.mi4.biz/files/testing/20070507_hspi_xAP2.zip
>
> I have also added a line that means that should HS request and x10
code
> that the plugin doesn't know that the info will be put in the log
which
> will hopefully make debugging easier!
> If you do have lots and lots of devices then I would suggest going to
> the xAP>Config>Devices tab and disabling some. Down the bottom
of the
> list you have a disable all option. Probably best to start with then
all
> off and turn them on as needed.
> Stability wise I haven't seen any problems. I have seen issues
> occasionally where when HS2 restarts the hs_compatibilty.exe which
runs
> the plugin doesn't stop and when HS2 starts it can't run any plugins.
> There is an issue with domotion, both xAP and domotion work fine on
> their own. Run them together and one or the other doesn't work, very
odd.
> It may be worth deleting your /xAP/ folder before running the new ocx
to
> make sure all is nice and clean. The vb.net error is very odd and not
> something i've seen before, if it continues could you email you
> /xAP/settings.txt file to me and i'll see what is going on. ( james at
> mi4 dot biz). I don't know if your running this on vista but there is
a
> hot fix for some vb.net errors ftp://homeseer.com/pub/VBPatch.exe,
but
> even without that patch the xap plugin is working fine here on vista
> with HS2.2.0.11
>
> Let me know how you get on.
>
> James
> Jon wrote:
> > Kevin,
> >
> > Sorry, I should have answered your first post better.
> >
> > I do also have Michaels xAP plugin installed (but disabled) and
tried
> > it before downloading James offering.
> >
> > I was hoping to support a home grown plugin first! That said, I
did
see
> > a post somewhere on the HS message board about xAP conduit
stability
> > issues (I cannot find it ATM) and wanting to change to Michaels
plugin.
> >
> > With conduit, I am seeing so many xAP messages, probably due to
my
486
> > devices being constantly updated that the xAP viewer cannot cope
at
> > times. As usual, I'm probably pushing things to their limit.
> >
> > I'll wait until James replies before going down a different
route.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins lists@ wrote:
> >
> >> HI Jon - sounds ominous ... HS runs for me pretty much 24/7
but
> >> maybe you're using an aspect of the xAP plugin that I'm not.
There
is
> >> also Michaels xAP plugin for HS - a very different UI but he
uses
it a
> >> lot and it fully supports BSC.
> >>
> >> K
> >>
> >> Jon wrote:
> >>