Re: xAP Plugin for HouseBot - a touchscreen based frontend.

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes :-)  I've been watching the (rather dormant) thread on this -and
subscribed to the announcement list but information is hard to find.  It
does sound to be along much the same lines , although chargeable , and
additional to HomeSeer as well of course.  Looking forward to seeing it
though.  Will be interesting to see what emerges as HS is much in need
of a realtime interface. Should be good - and hopefully will just work
with xAP of course.   You can achieve a similar functionality with
HomeSeer already with MainLobby (mlhs plugin)  or indeed XLobby (free or
commercial) with the xAP plugin, xAP Floorplan (free) or indeed I guess
HouseBot now front ending HomeSeer.

I was trying HouseBot last night with the busiest device I could find -
a remote 7 segment display from my boiler where each of the eight
segments (inc the dot) are reported as separate xAP BSC devices .  It
was flashing all segments 3 times per second (it does this during a
Legionnaires protect cycle) - so around 48 xAP messages per second - and
I had a remote version of the 7 segment display through HouseBot -and it
coped really well -I was most impressed !

Kevin

Paul Gordon wrote:
>
> In the same vein, might be worth mentioning that Homeseer is about to
> be expanded with a remote touchscreen client that sounds like it's
> going to be much the same as described below.
>
> - It runs on Windows and Windows CE (so pocket PC's)
> - TCPIP based communication to the Homeseer server
> - Multiple clients
> - NOT web based, so fast, real-time updates etc. & doesn't require
flash
> - Separate screen design application
>
> It's slated to go into beta any day now, and scheduled for release
> early next year. Unfortunately it likely isn't going to be a free
> add-on, and price details aren't known yet.
>
> Paul G.
>
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> Subject: [xap_automation] xAP Plugin for HouseBot - a touchscreen
> based frontend.
>
> Hi all - and news of xAP support within another commercial HA
application.
>
> I am looking for beta testers for a xAP plugin for HouseBot by
> CeBotics . It has been written by Edward P. and works with xAP BSC
> devices and , as ever, appears really good. It's a two way
> integration, BSC devices are discovered and tracked/controlled within
> the application and HouseBot internal properties from inbuilt devices
> exported as BSC back to xAP land . Hopefully this beta will go final
> in a few weeks.
>
> If you aren't already a HouseBot user (it used to be part of
> Meedio) then it's an affordable HA controller application interesting
> for a number of reasons - but one inparticular. It runs as a server
and
> allows you to create multiple remote touchscreens that run either as
> standalone PC applications or on Pocket PC type devices (WinCE/mobile
> based). You can use it from other clients too if they support RDP
> (remote desktop) - like the Linux based Nokia 800 (770?) for example.
> These remote screens operate really fast with realtime updates,
> graphics, text and slider type controls. . It's really one of the
first
> applications that I've seen that operates similarly to Crestron and
AMX
> systems in this way. If you're interested in realtime Pocket PC
control
> of your HA system or PC based touchscreens then it's well worth a
look.
> There's a free 30 day trial on the website, which has screenshots etc
,
> and possibly a 'xAP' special pricing TBA . (RRP is under £35)
>
> Contact me if you're interested in the beta...
>
> Cheers Kevin
>
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