Re: MSS100 and CBus (was: How many PCs do you have at home?)

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul

> Works very well, when you learn the rules.

God wish i knew the rules...Just had to reboot the computer...I have  3 mss
units which are connected to Homevision VFD Unit and Probe Kit......Most of
the time after a bootup i have to toggle the power to the Homevision mss
unit...This time i had to change the ip address on that Homevision com port
was set on as the mss unit was assigned a new ip....
Is it possible / easy to give them fixed ip addresses.......

> Incidentally, with CGate there's none of this rubbish -
> because you tell it about the MSS100's IP address and port and it
connects
directly rather
> than going through a serial connection.

Im also using Cgate with xPL connected to a pc interface...might be an idea
to get another mss unit and free up my serial port......

> As for cost, I got the PCI as part of the cbus course, and an MSS100
costs
much less than
> a CNI!

Thats pretty good then.........Happy with your cbus kit ????
Thanks
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] MSS100 and CBus (was: How many PCs do you have at home?)


> Works very well, when you learn the rules.
>
> Getting the software to work without freezing took lots of trial and
error. (And when it
> did freeze, I was forced to reboot). It works from my laptop over a
wireless connection,
> but not from my desktop over a wired network.
>
> On the laptop, I have to set the redirector software to redirect COM2
to
the MSS100. The
> laptop only has one physical serial port, so there are no conflicts
here.
>
> But, when I start the CBus software, I must have COM2 redirected to
nothing so that when
> the CBus stuff opens, it gives me an error message. Then I point
redirector COM2 at the
> MSS100, then I tell the cbus software to try COM2.
>
> Any other sequence fails (for me at least). On my desktop, I have two
physical serial
> ports and the above didn't work. Disabling the physical COM2 or trying
to
use COM3 instead
> didn't work. Unlike the laptop, I actually use COM1 on my desktop, so
this
may be a factor
> here.
>
> Anyway, once I learned the above, starting things up is reliable and
operation is reliable
> as well. It all works very well. Incidentally, with CGate there's none
of
this rubbish -
> because you tell it about the MSS100's IP address and port and it
connects
directly rather
> than going through a serial connection. This appears to be because a
CNI
is just a PCI
> with an MSS100 inside it.
>
> As for cost, I got the PCI as part of the cbus course, and an MSS100
costs
much less than
> a CNI!
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] How many PCs do you have at home?
>
>
> >
> > Hi Paul
> >
> >             Hows the cbus pc interface working out  with the
MSS100 unit
> > ???....Must be cheaper than using a clipsal network interface ??
> >
> > Frank
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 7:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] How many PCs do you have at home?
> >
> >
> > > 7
> > >
> > > HTPC (XP)
> > > Kitchen PC (XP)
> > > My laptop (Win2K, don't use it much at the moment)
> > > Work laptop (Win2K)
> > > My main desktop (Win2K)
> > > Fileserver (Win2K, also currently acting as my MAME machine
with new
> > www.SlikStik.com quad
> > > controller :-)) )
> > > Linux box for web server and other things
> > >
> > > 14 other IP boxes: 2 x tivo, iPronto, 2 x SliMP3, MV1000, 2
x MVP,
xbox,
> > dedicated
> > > firewall/ADSL, wireless access point, MSS100 attached to
CBus PCI and
a
> > (currently spare)
> > > MSS100, Acorn RiscPC
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Ukha_D@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:57 AM
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] How many PCs do you have at home?
> > >
> > >
> > > > How many PCs do you currently use at home.
> > > >
> > > > "Proper" PCs, not epods/pda's etc.
> > > > Ones that are in daily use - not bits in the attic that
could be a
PC
> > > > someday :)
> > > >
> > > > Well?
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