Re: [LHA-misc] FW: Info

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

Niranjan K. wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>	We want to develop an application in Linux, which would act as a
>>readymade soft box for any kind of power line communication protocols.  I
>>had some basic doubts about cebus, if any body is aware of, do help me out
>> 
>>*	What are the minimum requirements needed to set up a CEBus network. 
>>*	What are the CEBus products available? 
>>*	Is it mandatory to have a PC interface with the network, what kind
>>of interfaces do the products provide?
>>*	Does each individual chip needs to be programmed for the
>>functionality?
>>*	What is the implementation architecute, ie the various components
>>involved in the CEBus system?
>>*	If we want to write an application (to be run on a PC) to configure
>>the CEBus network, what are the details we need to know?
>>*	Is CAL a set of API's provided by the manufacturer. Can we write the
>>application without CAL's help?

My experience with CEBus has been nil. I haven't been able to find much in
the way of controllers or devices to control. From the people I've spoken
to on the subject the impression I got was that CEBus would go nowhere.
Anyone else care to add to this?


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