RE: Lighting

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Pedro,

      I would be most interested to know how you
get on here and what sort
of products you actually find for lighting and UPnP. I had a good look
a
while back at the spec and even played a little bit with some stuff but
in
the end it was going to be a long task. I have no doubt that it is a
fantastic concept and there are some big name behind it - including
obviously Microsoft.

      I have found that most everything I would
want to be able to do can
be accommodated with xAP and hence have gone that route, plus it's
something
that almost anyyone can code to and implement whereas UPnP is very complex
-
at least 100K of code in an embedded solution and Ethernet based. Of
course
when the xAP / Clipsal gateway is available then it all comes together
and
if the Clipsal UPnP integration were there too then we'd both be happy.

      Keep me up to date on any developments
here.

      Kevin
   > -----Original Message-----
   > From: Pedro M.V. [mailto:pmacv@xxxxxxx]
   > Sent: 31 January 2003 09:59
   > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
   > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Lighting
   > 
   > I am thinking about lighting control be www.upnp.org
Universal Plug and
   > Play.
   > 
   > With UPNP you can latter select the best control
system.
   > 
   > Regards.
   > 
   > ----- Original Message -----
   > From: <umar@xxxxxxx>
   > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
   > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:02 AM
   > Subject: [ukha_d] Lighting
   > 
   > 
   > >
   > > I hope to be wiring up the new house in next few
days.
   > >
   > > I have told the sparky to wire up each group of
lights and related
   > switch back to the mains - that means we will end up with
around 16
   > lighting circuits upstairs (dependent on final wiring)
and 4 mains
   > circuits upstairs, and a little more downstairs.
   > >
   > > I am not decided about X10 lighting or Clipsal C Bus
(is that right)
   > but I understand that this method of wiring will mean I
dont have to
   > decied until after first fix stage - is that correct?
   > >
   > > The questions are
   > >
   > > - where can I get prices from for Clipsal system
   > > - if I choose x10 it will come from one of our group
members - laser
   > or LA - they dont know that yet so dont tell them :-)
   > > - what are other lighting alternatives?
   > > - what consumer units will I need?
   > > - can anyone recommend place for cheap twin &
earth cable - I think I
   > might need a lot ....
   > >
   > > Also for clipsal lighting, if you have 3 groups of
lights in one
   > room, do you run 1 cat5 cable next to the switch or 3
runs?
   > >
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