RE: What is xAP????

[Stuart Poulton <swp@xxxxxxx>]

> Either format should get the job done, I guess the cost will dictate
how
> many rooms people decide to add displays to.  Perhaps You'd have
VFD's in
> the main rooms with cheaper LCD's in the others.  Maybe we'll all
just start
> saving for the nicest displays we can afford.
> 
> I'm wondering what sort of distration these displays would make in
a
> darkened room.  I guess it would be kinda nice if they dimmed to
match the
> amount of ambiant light in the room.

It's perfectly possible to dim the backlight, and in some cases
actually
turn the display off, so if the output driver is sufficently intelegent
it will be able to pick up changes in the lighting settings broadcast
across xAP and make the appropriate changes.

> Well it makes a change from pictures of the naked display
hardware.  I think
> I'd prefer something a lot plainer, all white with just 4-6 small
buttons on
> it.  The visable display should take up as much of the pannel as
possible.
> Another think to consider for mounting, can the displays be seperated
from
> the circuit boards they are normally shown on.  The boards often
appear to
> be a lot biger than the screens.
> 
> I'd been thinking of a single sized plate, but double will obviously
allow a
> wider display.  For me, in most rooms, the display would be next
to a single
> sized light switch.  Though for the lounge it'll be next to my
Lutron which
> is an oversized double, maybe 2cm higher than normal.

Ok the URL was ment as an example only, but some kind of silk printed
membrane I think is in order. 

With regards mounting the displays serperalty, it might be possilbe but
only with custom hardware I think VFD's are tricky to handle more soe
than LCD.

Regards to size, it's down to the distance between screwhols I think,
on
a single plate, whats the screw seperation, and how big is the plate a
a
whole ? Have you got pointers to Lutron pictures ?

Thanks

Stuart

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