Re: [misterhouse-users] Re: Re: How do I connect Misterhouse to an Ocelot?

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Ooh, I don't know about xalib under Windows. I run it on a gentoo system (I've
also run it on Solaris).

It might be worth trying to compile it under cygwin, though...

Quoting Susan and Sal Athalye <sat...@ro...>:

> Paul,
> Thanks for the response. I am running Windows XP, and I thought that the
> ncpuxa required xalib which was Linux only.
> If that is not the case, how do i start xalib on Windows? I have started to
> write a module for the Ocelot using the serial
> protocol published by Applied Digital. This evening I was able to
> successfully turn off a light using the prototype module
> talking over a serial connection to the Ocelot. Just wanted to know if
> someone had already done this for Windows (i.e. provide the user
> with a way to set Ocelot parameters, read parameters and do IR and X10 stuff
> by plugging into the MH framework).
> 
> I am using the DSC alarm panel module and the W800RF module as examples of
> how to plug a module into the framework.
> Any tips or pointers to MisterHouse documentation for "device driver"
> writers would be much appreciated.
> 
> Sal
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Estes" <pa...@yo...>
> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.misc.misterhouse.user
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: How do I connect Misterhouse to an Ocelot?
> 
> 
> > Sal,
> >
> > For X10 on the Ocelot:
> >
> > In your mh.private.ini, put the host and port where xalib is running:
> > ncpuxa_port=control:3000
> >
> > In your .mht tables, just put the ,ncpuxa on the end of the X10 items to
> use the
> > Ocelot to control them:
> > X10I,      A10,      porch_light,         All_Lights|Outside, ncpuxa
> > X10I,      A11,      deck_light,         All_Lights|Outside, ncpuxa
> > X10I,      A13,      dining_light,       All_Lights|Dining_Room, ncpuxa
> >
> > Let me know if you need some IR examples, let me know....
> >
> > Quoting Susan and Sal Athalye <sat...@ro...>:
> >
> > > Clive,
> > > Thanks for the pointers. I am primarily interested in setting variables
> on
> > > the Ocelot from the PC and interpreting Ocelot notification of X10
> events on
> > > the PC, both over the serial link.
> > > I downloaded a demo of HAL2000 and found that the program was sending
> X10
> > > commands to the Ocelot over the serial interface. I was able to status
> > > lights and turn devices on/off for example.
> > > I was wondering if someone had already written a plugin for Misterhouse
> for
> > > the PC so that one could create a Serial_Item for example and
> communicate
> > > with the Ocelot.
> > >
> > > Sal
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Clive Freedman" <sc...@fi...>
> > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.misc.misterhouse.user
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 4:35 PM
> > > Subject: Re: How do I connect Misterhouse to an Ocelot?
> > >
> > >
> > > > > What modules need to be loaded in order for MH to communicate with
> an
> > > > > Ocelot?
> > > > > Any code fragments would be helpful.
> > > >
> > > > There are a couple of pages about the Ocelot on the Twiki pages:
> > > >
> > > > http://tifster.tzo.com/wiki/bin/view/Misterhouse/OcelotWindows
> > > > and
> > > > http://tifster.tzo.com/wiki/bin/view/Misterhouse/OcelotAndMisterHouse
> > > >
> > > > If (like me) you are on Windows, let me know if you find anything I
> have
> > > not
> > > > found.
> > > >
> > > > Clive
> > > >
> > > >
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