<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/1/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andy Powell</b> <<a href="mailto:andy@automated.it">andy@automated.it</a>> wrote:</span></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Monday 31 March 2008 14:59, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:<br>...</blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">> All these peripherals should communicate using the same standard<br>> protocol. My problem is to choose a good one. It must support:<br>
> - auto registration of devices (each device has a default ID and a<br>> device_type_id,<br>> it will be discovered on broadcast and assigned an unique ID, much like<br>> DMLS (<a href="http://www.dmls.com)">http://www.dmls.com)</a>)<br>
> - knowing what kind of device it is (device_type_id)<br>> (ligh (on/off or dimming, etc), TV (selecting channels, etc), etc)<br>> - ask the devices for status report<br>> - send control message to the devices<br>
><br>> My plan is to connect the divices to a micro controller, a multiplexer<br>> and then to a linksys wireless router (flashed) over rs232 or usb. A<br>> normal computer could of course also be used.<br>><br>
> I am not sure exactly how or when to do this, but it would be cool. Any<br>> ideas? The most important thing is that it is an open standard with low<br>> overhead.<br>><br>> -- Flemming<br><br>Perhaps taking a look at the xap and xpl protocols might be helpful<br>
<br><a href="http://www.xapautomation.org/index.php?title=xAP_Home_Automation_protocol">http://www.xapautomation.org/index.php?title=xAP_Home_Automation_protocol</a><br><br><a href="http://wiki.xplproject.org.uk/index.php/XPL_Links">http://wiki.xplproject.org.uk/index.php/XPL_Links</a><br>
<br><br>Andy</blockquote>
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<div>Thank you Andy! I will have a look at them during the weekend:)<br> </div>
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