[mh] OpenZWave

[Tom M. <tme...@gm...>]

I was about to send out a status update on OpenZWave, and on closer
inspection of the message below, it appears Mal accidentally sent the
message only to me, and not to the list. (I don't see it in the Gmane
archives).

So I guess this will be new information to most of you, then. Well, I
see this reference:

Steven J. Bauer wrote:
> In the xPL forums there has been some more talk about the work Mal is
> doing with an Open Z-wave project which is could be used as a better
> basis for the z-wave support that MisterHouse could have.
> 
> The post where this is talked about:
> http://xplproject.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=870&p=6587#p6587
> 
> The project is hosted here:
> http://code.google.com/p/open-zwave/

did make it to the list.


In a nutshell OpenZWave is a project started by Mal Lansell, using the
Z-Wave code in LinuxMCE as reference material, along with other public
documents, to create an open Z-Wave stack in C++. It's being developed
on Windows with a C# binding, but actively ported to Linux by other
developers.

The project has been getting some support from the lead developer of the
LinuxMCE Z-Wave code, and hardware vendor Aeon Labs has been providing
information and test hardware to support the project.

I recently checked in on the project and from reading the developer list
it seems to be coming along nicely, with some developers getting
practical value from it. I'd say it is still a ways off from being
production ready, with some key pieces missing, but it likely represents
the best path to better Z-Wave support in MH. The likely architecture
using an xPL gateway as the interface between MH and the OpenZWave driver.

As with any open source project, developers welcome. See the message
below for more info, and links to the developer discussion group.

 -Tom


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [mh] z-wave
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:22:05 -0000
From: mal_lansell
To: Tom Metro

--- In mis...@ya..., Tom Metro wrote:
> So we have a couple of votes for xPL. Perhaps a good next step would 
> be to pitch this to the xPL people and see if there are interested 
> people over there.

Hi

I'm one of those "xPL people", and I have some good news for you all.

What started as a Windows port of the Z-Wave bits of LinuxMCE to provide
freeware xPL Z-Wave support is morphing into OpenZWave - a
cross-platform, open-source library to enable anyone to add Z-Wave
support to their applications without requiring any in-depth knowledge
of Z-Wave or purchase of an expensive SDK.

I have Windows code working, and the native Linux stuff isn't too far
behind.  I want to launch with some sample apps etc to get people
started, so we're looking at up to a couple of months before it's all
ready to go.

There will be xPL apps that use OpenZWave, but in time hopefully others
will use the library to create apps for many other systems, including MH.

Until the first release is available, you can still join the OpenZWave
Google group and discuss Z-Wave in general, or what you want to see from
OpenZWave.

http://groups.google.com/group/openzwave

Thanks

Mal Lansell
OpenZWave Admin and xPL Dev.