Now: What is xAP - WAS OSD of CallerID info on a Tivo? (dummy's guide needed)

["mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>]

No, it's a fair comment.

The trouble with xAP, of course, is that the majority of us are
developing xAP primarily to meet our own needs. (That is why, for
example, I wrote the HomeVision xAP code.)

There is, in any architecture/protocol project, a flow of
documentation that broadly following the same path. I've included
broadbrush timelines for xAP.

- Statement of requirements (Q3 2002)
- System Architecture (Q4 2002)
- Developer reference code (Q1 2003)
- Developer HOWTOs (Q2 2003)
- Installer HOWTOs (Q3? 2003?)
- End-user HOWTOs (Q1 2004???)

What we are trying to put together now is a series of "HOWTOs"
aimed,
not at developers, but at installers.

You will see "shortly" a new pair of xAP websites.

1: Developers will have a targetted resource that contains much of
the in-depth technical information not only currently on
www.xapautomation.org, but also on various sites that individual
developers have put together.

2: Installers will have a targetted resource that includes not
only "ready to run" xAP components for download, but a series
of "HOWTO" documents.

What do I mean by "shortly".... well, depends really. If someone
wants to volunteer to pay Stuart or me to do this, then within 3-4
weeks :-) If left to our own devices, then it'll go in there among
all the other stuff like "having a life" and "making a
living".

Regards,

Mark



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Mouser" <rmouser@t...> wrote:
> Hi Mark
>
> At the risk of sounding controversial I think many users of this
group
> (Well ok ME!) would benefit from some good old plain English
> explanations of the xAP applications. As Tom says, we don't all
talk or
> understand 'code' or 'schema's'.
> I realise that there is a life cycle to the development process and
> perhaps at the moment xAP is not ready to become self
installable 'self
> extracting' 'full blown' application(s) as detailed in the design
> objectives. If this is the case then some idea on the site of the
> proposed timescales for this to happen or a 'Were at this stage' in
the
> process.
>
> Just my 2p worth.
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark_harrison_uk2 [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 26 August 2003 18:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OSD of CallerID info on a Tivo? (dummy's guide
> needed)
>
> Ah, yes - the xAP website :-(
>
> www.xapautomation.org is VERY overdue for an overhaul. There are
now
> about 100 xAP applications out there - the site lists only 33 of
> them...
>
> ... likewise, there's a lot of "HowTo" documentation
sitting, well,
> in our inboxes / hard disks / etc, that REALLY needs uploading.
>
> /me calls for the site webmaster :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "e1230758" <tom@k...> wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am sure someone out there could explain how to do this in very
> > simple layman's language. I have looked at the Xap sites and am
> > totally baffled about what they are talking about! I am starting
> from
> > the point of having no idea what a Schema is, what you do with it
> or
> > whether it goes on the PC, the Tivo or what.
> >
> > My Tivo has a Turbonet card and I can successfully use Tytools,
so
> > the Network bit works fine. I have used the really good guides on
> the
> > list before with out problems, but this time I am way over my
head.
> >
> > My modem has CallerID which Works and I also have a modified BT50
> > which gives the CallerId info at the Com port. So I would like to
> use
> > one of these to pick up the info, then forward it to the TIVO,
> either
> > directly or by using a program that recognises the number and
> > substitutes it for a known name.
> >
> > I am running win98SE and have downloaded and installed the
> > Microsoft .net Framework 1.1 as one of the site suggested.
However,
> > what next? I previously tried a programme called YAC that was
> > recommended, but it does not work with WIN98 so that option was
not
> > available.
> >
> > In summary does anyone know of a dummy's introduction guide to
> > getting my CallerID info onto the Tivo. appologies if this has
> > already been covered but I did not find anything in simple enough
> > language which I could follow.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> >
> > Tom
>
>
>
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