RE: Web programming advice needed (for Polaron)

["Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

A couple of ideas of the top
1) Try  - http://www.activxperts.com/ActivComport/ 
- Not used it myself
2) Misterhouse if you are into Perl (Windows or Linux) - not very
difficult to do what you want.  Maybe someone has already done it
in
fact?
3) Thought of procomm plus (Symantec) using there ASPECT scripting.
Don't recall any way of having Web interface to initiate scripts -
anyone else know ?

Cheers
Shane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, 3 November 2002 10:07 p.m.
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Web programming advice needed (for Polaron)
> 
> 
> I've been thinking about this during the night (didn't sleep 
> too well) Maybe I'm taking on a task which is beyond my 
> abilities, I've done some VBA programming in the past, and my 
> first job was working for an ICL systems house as a systems 
> integrator.
> 
> The only disadvantage of the polaron system, is that when a 
> button is pressed the serial interface doesn't report it, but 
> you can query the status of a channel as often as you like.
> 
> You'll probably see where I'm going now. How difficult would 
> it be to write an autom8it plug in for it? Can Windows 
> scripting send ascii text to the serial port?
> 
> The "simple protocol" can be downloaded from here:
> 
> http://www.polaron-group.co.uk/controls/protocol.html
> 
> While I'm currently in the minority of one running this 
> hardware, I know of two other UKHA members who are 
> considering the stuff (you are both welcome to pop round and 
> have a look once I've moved in on the 15th BTW!). I did send 
> a pdf of the dimmer panel manual to our beloved leader and 
> his response was "Looks a quality piece of kit!" It isn't
> cheap though and like the fellow city chap that was featured 
> on CH4 this week I ended up going WAY over budget (7 grand on 
> lighting and 3 on curtains and blinds).
> 
> Thanks for listening!
> 
> Tim.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 02 November 2002 23:34
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Web programming advice needed
> > 
> > I'm going to be programming up the Polaron system in about a
week's 
> > time.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I've been offered a copy of their sitecontroller program which
uses
> html
> > code in a container app to activate lighting scenes (no
status).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > There is also a simple RS232 protocol I can use to send 
> ASCII test in 
> > through the serial gateway to activate scenes. What I'd 
> really like to 
> > be able to do is set up two sets of web pages on a server to
be
> accessed
> > over an intranet from a notebook PC or PocketPC. Is there a dll
or
> java
> > app or ASP extension that I can use off the shelf to do this?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > If not is it something that could be easily knocked up?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > 
> > 
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