choosing a standard

[Flemming Richter Mikkelsen]

On 4/1/08, Andy Powell <andy at automated.it> wrote:

> On Monday 31 March 2008 14:59, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:
> ...

> All these peripherals should communicate using the same standard
> > protocol. My problem is to choose a good one. It must support:
> >   - auto registration of devices (each device has a default ID and a
> > device_type_id,
> >     it will be discovered on broadcast and assigned an unique ID, much
> like
> > DMLS (http://www.dmls.com))
> >   - knowing what kind of device it is (device_type_id)
> >     (ligh (on/off or dimming, etc), TV (selecting channels, etc), etc)
> >   - ask the devices for status report
> >   - send control message to the devices
> >
> > My plan is to connect the divices to a micro controller, a multiplexer
> > and then to a linksys wireless router (flashed) over rs232 or usb. A
> > normal computer could of course also be used.
> >
> > I am not sure exactly how or when to do this, but it would be cool. Any
> > ideas? The most important thing is that it is an open standard with low
> > overhead.
> >
> > -- Flemming
>
> Perhaps taking a look at the xap and xpl protocols might be helpful
>
> http://www.xapautomation.org/index.php?title=xAP_Home_Automation_protocol
>
> http://wiki.xplproject.org.uk/index.php/XPL_Links
>
>
> Andy


Thank you Andy! I will have a look at them during the weekend:)

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