RE: Re: [Project] Kbd/LCD device

["Broadfoot, Kieran J" <Kieran.Broadfoot@xxxxxxx>]

Ant,

SNMP is not a bad idea but I am not a fan of programming or for that matter
working with MIBs.  Interestingly there is quite a nice correlation between
mibs and objects which we could employee ;-)

I still think a simple ascii protocol might be more than enough for now and
does allow us to pipe pretty much anything down it.  Given this it allows
the object model I suggested earlier self determine the meta data to be
shunted between console and device etc.

If we reach a concensus today I might start to put together some of the
network code tonight and post to the group as soon as so we can start to
iron out bugs and make sure it does as requested.

Thanks
kieran

-----Original Message-----
From: Ant Skelton [mailto:fourstringmother@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:15 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [Project] Kbd/LCD device



> I agree a simple socket based network protocol is
> more than adequate.  Do we
> need the complexity of IM or IRC though?  Take a
> look at smtp or ftp for
> instance.  The handshaking and comms is very simple
> and pretty much as much
> complexity as we need.

Arse, I seem to have confused everyone ;) I was using
IM as an example of two way symmetric communications,
c.f. using web-browsing as an example of ephemeral
asymmetric connections.

Absolutely the last thing I want to do is entrust
anything in my house to the likes of AIM ;)

You're spot on with smtp/ftp - we want something
equivalently simple, preferably human readable,
flexible enough to be used by a wide variety of
devices, and which allows for future expansion /
revision as we think of more stuff.

Actually, now I think about it, maybe SNMP is the way
to go, or at we could at least look at is a jumping
off point. Normally I wouldn't recommend SNMP for
anything more strenuous than propping up a wonky
table, but it does address a lot of the same issues.

ant




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