Re: [LHA-misc] Help - So many linux HA options

[Neil C. <nc...@ho...>]

HGu...@ao... wrote:

> Thanks Mr. Cherry for the great web site and articals.

Thank you also. :-)

> The automation devices I have:

I'll add thoses to the tally

> Now finnally the questions,
> 
> I've looked at source forge project (LinuxHA) and it appears this is only for
> the HCS system (is that true)? Is linux HA focusing on the HCS stuff or are
> there plans to add devices to Linux platform (and how would that happen?)

The HCS code is based on Dan's X10d (for the CM11A, he also has one for the
LynX10). The focus will be on variuos controllers, the next being the Ocelot
family of controllers. I may be able to through in the CP290 right away.

The reason it looks like just the one controller is that is what I started
with. I need to get a stable base then start porting to other controllers.

I'm not much of a GUI person, I like text file configs but I do realize
that others need something more intuitive. The next step is actually to
adapt the HomeDaemon to use the new controllers. Then it's off the the user
interface. I've started to build Perl/TK programs that run on either Win95
or Linux (I haven't tested it with anything else) for the HCS. Perl permits
me to write quick and dirty code.

> Is the idea to build upon the X10d (or similar program for each interface)?
> How does the architecture handle many differing interfaces (sockets, shared
> memory)? What about user interface (is there any for the Homedaemon)? Any
> Documenattion for using HomeDaemon's CGI?

It's basically a status <device_number>, where device number is A1 = 0
B1 = 16, P16 = 255 (0 - 255). I think he's docuemented it a bit in the latest
release. It is still a bit confusing since the device name has to do with the
info the fills in the table of the status page.

> Also finally, Does anyone have any experience with the commercial packages
> available for Linux Home automation  (ECS).

I just started to play with ECS, Mark Gilmore has been very helpful. My
system isn't even close to being stock (it's distributed). I hope to get
a little more time to play with it soon.

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