From: Rene K. M. <ki...@th...> - 2000-05-27 07:26:24
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Hi all, I just discovered mh . . . and I'm impressed of it to say at least. Few weeks ago I started a small project http://the-labs.com/HomeAppliance/ with thin-clients connected together through ethernet, and I was searching stuff like ethernet over powerline and general home-automation resources when I found mh. My focus is more media stuff, like tv, radio, vcr, to merge into one device, and make the functionality available to every thin-client in the network. The thin-client is build (for now) with off-the-shelf components (microATX K6/2 500 as example), later with IOpener or another netappliance (LCD) device(s). I only know little about X10, and so far it's serial over powerline or IR/radio remote control, with some input/output devices (if I'm right), but I search for 100Mbs networked home where thin-clients are connected, which then may feed X10 devices to switch lights and stuff, among other features the thin-clients serve. So, that's my quick introduction :-) Maybe you have something alike in mind, or maybe some of you work or even run something like this already, among MH. Best regards, Rene K. Mueller ---- /\ Rene K. Mueller <ki...@th...> <ki...@sp...> // \\ Phone +41 1 261 4743 - HyperMedia Designer & Programmer \\ // http://the-labs.com/ - The Labs: Graphic & Web Tools, \/ Corporate Web Consulting |
From: Bruce W. <br...@mi...> - 2000-05-27 15:38:19
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> Few weeks ago I started a small project > http://the-labs.com/HomeAppliance/ > > with thin-clients connected together through ethernet, and I was > searching stuff like ethernet over powerline and general home-automation > resources when I found mh. > > My focus is more media stuff, like tv, radio, vcr, to merge into one > device, and make the functionality available to every thin-client > in the network. The thin-client is build (for now) with off-the-shelf > components (microATX K6/2 500 as example), later with IOpener or > another netappliance (LCD) device(s). Your web page is great! Affordable web clients for the home, like you have outlined, are exactly what we are all waiting for. I have salivated over various 'web tablet' sites recently, including this one that uses the Transmeta chip: http://www.ideo.com/studies/transmeta.htm > I only know little about X10, and so far it's serial over powerline > or IR/radio remote control, with some input/output devices (if I'm > right), > but I search for 100Mbs networked home where thin-clients are connected, > which then may feed X10 devices to switch lights and stuff, among > other features the thin-clients serve. The only 100 Mbs network I have heard of is eithernet. Wireless just got up to 10 Mbs, and powerline is substantially less. I think phone based networking is also around 10. > So, that's my quick introduction :-) Maybe you have something alike in > mind, or maybe some of you work or even run something like this already, > among MH. The mh web server is pretty flexable. We can use auto-generated pages of various Items, commands, and interfaces, or you can build your own web pages that control specific things. Once we start playing with other web interfaces, we should get a better idea of how to extend the mh web server. For example, I don't know much about how PDAs display web pages (I forgot the acronym ... WAH or WHA ? ). I think the key to all this is interoperabilty. As long as all these nifty new devices have open protocols, we should be set. And Neil Cherry's work on other HA drivers/deamons is great since we can cross communicate data via socket data. Bruce |
From: Rene K. M. <ki...@th...> - 2000-05-28 07:33:38
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> Affordable web clients for the home, like you have > outlined, are exactly what we are all waiting for. I have salivated over > various 'web tablet' sites recently, including this one that uses the > Transmeta chip: > > http://www.ideo.com/studies/transmeta.htm I collected some links of IAppliance machines: http://the-labs.com/IAppliance/ > Once we start playing with other web interfaces, we should get a better idea > of how to extend the mh web server. For example, I don't know much about > how PDAs display web pages (I forgot the acronym ... WAH or WHA ? ). Right, this is one of my concern to build a 'scaleable' GUI, which looks good on a 256x160 LCD, but also on a 24" 1920x1200 CRT. :-) In the moment you use pixel-exact design like XMMS or other MP3-players then you can really make beautiful GUIs, but problem is scaleability. Therefore I consider vector-based GUI (buttons and sliders etc), but not sure if I go for it, just trying to gather ideas how to make a GUI work on many platforms as possible. > I think the key to all this is interoperabilty. Indeed. Best regards, Rene K. Mueller ---- /\ Rene K. Mueller <ki...@th...> <ki...@sp...> // \\ Phone +41 1 261 4743 - HyperMedia Designer & Programmer \\ // http://the-labs.com/ - The Labs: Graphic & Web Tools, \/ Corporate Web Consulting |