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RE: [xAP] xAP display - Brief update, Code & Pics


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  • Subject: RE: [xAP] xAP display - Brief update, Code & Pics
  • From: "Ian B" <Ian@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:31:44 +0100
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Hi Patrick

Congratulation on such a quick result. Can you give me some idea of the cost
of the Rabbit module and interface and display, everything on the end of the
network cable I guess.

Thanks

Ian

>-----Original Message-----
>From: PatrickLidstone [mailto:patrickl@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 17 August 2002 03:01
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx >Subject: [ukha_d] [xAP] xAP display - Brief update, Code & Pics
>
>
>Following on from the meteor threads, I've put together a xAP
>compliant plug-in for Meteor - for both win/32 and Linux, and have a
>working first cut of a xAP display.
>
>What does this mean in practice? Plug a meteor box into either your
>linux box or windows box, run up the Meteor-xAP software, and any
>device on your LAN can potentially receive caller id data as it
>arrives. I have a standalone display sitting on my LAN which picks
>this data up; it could equally well be captured by Homeseer (updated
>plug-in coming soon), a webserver, TIVO or whatever. There is no
>practical limit on the number of devices which can use the
>information sent out, and they all receive it at exactly the same
>time.
>
>Both the source and executables are available from my website
>(patrick.lidstone.net/ha). I'm hoping that others will take these
>examples and use them as the basis for further xAP development.
>
>Getting TIVO to display the xAP message should be straightforward
>with Stuart's xAP Perl toolkit.
>
>Also up on the website is the Rabbit source code for the display
>controller, and a couple of (not great) pics of the display in
>action.
>
>The display is configurable via its own on-board web server. Once
>configured, it displays any xAP compliant message it is told too. The
>display is also mirrored to the webserver (so if anyone has a rabbit
>but lacks a display, they can still play with it ;-)
>
>Justin, how about integrating xAP into your Nokia SMS efforts to make
>it "open"? I'll do the same for my Linux SMS engine.
>
>Patrick
>
>
>
>
>
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