Re: Using YAC to display on TiVo and SliMP3s

["Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Kenneth Watt" <kwatt@f...>
wrote:
> > What is YAC?
> 
> Basically and essentially, it's a simple CLID program but it does 
have a
> couple of very neat features, like the TiVo support for CLID out
the
> box. The other nice thing is the text send, which allows a string 
of any
> test to any listener or client on the LAN.
> 
> Now it is supported by ACE and there is the plug-in for the SliMP3
as
> well so the slims, TiVo and any LAN PC all display any message sent
from
> the YAC server. Or now, from HomeVision through ACE!

If this all YAC does is relay Caller ID info/arbitrary text to 
multiple receivers at the same time, then it's pretty much redundant -
xAP has that same functionality today, with the only bit missing 
being the connectivity with ACE. In the case of the xAP Tivo display 
software, it's able to display information from any number of 
sources, caller id being just one of those.

To give you more of an idea of the kind of flexibility you get, the 
CID info can also be intercepted at the same time by a xAP SMS sender 
and xAP web/wap cache - so you can be notified of missed calls when 
you are out via SMS (or e-mail if you prefer, with preferences set 
via a simple GUI), and also review the last n calls via the web or 
via a wap browser. Of course you don't want the SMS notifications 
when you are at home, but the xAP comfort interface takes care of 
that.

> Reading through the xAP stuff it would be nice to also send stuff 
from
> the WM918 in the shape of xAP, like temperature warnings or other
> extreme alarms sent by the software. 

xAP does this today too... You can find the xAP WM918 interface on my 
website. I use the outside weather as one of the influencing factors 
in controlling my heating (together with occupancy information and 
internal temperature data collected from Quasar temp sensors). All 
the moving parts are inter-connected with xAP.

>It may also prove useful to be able
> to display on the slims various bits of info from other sources, 
perhaps
> not for me personally, but I'm sure others could find it useful.

This stuff isn't nicely packaged and documented yet, but it is 
getting to the point where the number of components that talk xAP 
have critical mass and you can create very powerful, very flexible 
control scenarios without having to get your hands (too) dirty.

Patrick

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