RE: [Embedlets-dev] X10 and 802.11

[Ted K. <tk...@ya...>]

Kelly wrote:

> Dear Jac and Ted - I used the X10s for about a years worth of waited time 
> with the CM11A [...] Trust me on this... I would NOT hook one up to a 
> coffee pot in fear of buring my house down.

This has been my perception of X10 for a while now too and that is why I have
not spent too much energy on X10 myself.  But it appears that the whole Home
Automation industry runs on X10 and so if we want to move Embedded Java into
this area it seems that we must interoperate with X10.


Here is a diagram of the current Home Automation scenario we need to deal with:

http://www.smarthome.com/images/smarthomelive_setup_big.jpg


I noticed that 802.11 is starting to be used as the means of integrating more
sophisticated devices into the home and as soon as we start talking standard
internet protocols then Embedded Java shines.


All we need is a strategy for introducing Embedded Java into the Home
Automation space and I personally think that remote and secure access to the
home using any Java enabled cell phone is the easiest way to do this.


Web Services based Enterprise Outpost can not do this but a JXTA based JackNet
Home Outpost can and that is one reason that I am devoting a part of my time to
JackNet.


Ted

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