Re: saturn switches

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

Hi Kevin

> OR I have a nice low cost 'black box' about the size of a HomeVison
unit
> that attaches directly to Ethernet and C-Bus (no serial interface and
no
PC
> required) - it is an embedded controller.

Any idea yet on what its going to sell for ?? and hows the homevision
version coming along..?

I believe the 3.42 prom is available (got one myself) .......
Thanks
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:40 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] saturn switches


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>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]
>    > Sent: 19 June 2004 00:20
>    > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>    > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] saturn switches
>    >
>    > John B wrote:
>    >
>    > > I'm just getting my C-Bus kit up and running, and it's
>    > great... it
>    > > works - instantly, and reliably!
>    > > No problems with status response, or anything getting
>    > out of sync - I
>    > > have global variables in xPLHal that track the level of
>    > every light,
>    > > so in any of my scripts, I can find out exactly which
>    > lights are on,
>    > > and at what brightness, and have complete control over
>    > every light.
>    > >
>    >
>    > What do you use to interface to the cbus system? Just the
>    > PC serial i/f?
>    >
>
> Jim - you can use the RS232 interface (or the more Expensive ethernet
one)-
> there is a also a thing called a 'SIM' or serial interface module that
some
> of the OEM products use at a much lower cost. C-Gate - a Java
application
> connects to this and acts as a tcp/ip server that provides control and
> status info about C-Bus activity. The xPL connector attaches to this
as a
> network client, this is very effective solution costwise as all the
> components are available 'free' currently, assuming you have the RS232
C-Bus
> module available already.
>
> OR I have a nice low cost 'black box' about the size of a HomeVison
unit
> that attaches directly to Ethernet and C-Bus (no serial interface and
no
PC
> required) - it is an embedded controller. It speaks xAP out the other
side
> (Ethernet)and allows for full control, status and synchronisation with
C-Bus
> including all the high level MMI management. Once you have xAP you are
then
> in 'open' territory and you can control and monitor C-Bus from most
anything
> eg from xAP Desktop and now HomeSeer using the xAP plugin or even from
> MainLobby ! Anything that has a conduit to HomeSeer (and there are a
lot
of
> these applications eg Girder) can now work with C-Bus effectively via
xAP.
> This black box has some extra RS232/422/485 serial ports, parallel I/O
eg
> for 'normal' switches - which can control C-Bus groups and
incorporates a
> web and ftp server allowing Control and Status monitoring for C-Bus
all
> without a PC server or middleware application.
>
> Kevin
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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