RE: [misterhouse-users] Problem with IButton State

[Bruce W. <wi...@ch...>]

> Well I've switched back from to Windows from Linux for
> my MH server.  Upgraded from an PIII/500 to an
> AthlonXP 2200+.  The one problem I'm still having is
> with ID IButton state changes.  I have a line of code
> like this:
>
> speak "$Weather{Summary_Speak}" if ON eq state_now
> $ib_eric;
>
> This used to read me a weather summary when I touched
> my ID button to the reader in my garage.  I don't seem
> to picking up when the button is touched to the
> reader.  However, I can list the IButtons though and
> it's in the list of attached, and missing if removed.
> I'm not having any problems with reading temperature
> buttons.  I currently have ibutton_tweak = 2 (Can't
> read any buttons with any other value) and
> ibutton_line_length doesn't seem to have any effect if
> SHORT or LONG.  I tried turning on ibutton debug, but
> it was a ton of output I didn't quite understand.  Any
> one have any ideas or code I could use to better see
> what is or isn't happening?

I suspect the perl based iButton code we have is inherently less reliable
than one based on standard iButton libraries.   The was recently an xAP post
about someone who has an interface for xAP (or was it xPL), so if you get
stuck, that might be an option.

Bruce