Re: PCB's arrived Friday. It Works

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

Hi Ian
Had a look nice to see your making progress....Like the idea of
using different plug in modules to control the dimmer good stuff !!!......
I take it at the  moment  your using rf control ???...Will the plug in
modules have a cover plate over them ??........

Whats the idea of having 5 inputs ??

The xAP guys have Homeseer support but  i dont think the xPL guys have at
this stage ...
Im sure both camps would assist in supporting your kit.....


Good luck with the project , keep us posted as im sure there will be a lot
of interest in these especially since it has status feedback.........

How do you find the 18f series of pics ?? just got a couple of 18f252 and
18f452 but havent had a chance to play as yet....

Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Davidson" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:30 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] PCB's arrived Friday. It Works


> Hi All
>
> Well after many delays I finally had a fully working prototype of my
X10
> replacement. I took the plunge and ordered 20 PCB's which arrived on
Friday.
> I build one up on Friday and have been testing it as I got chance this
> weekend. As of about ten minutes ago it all works. I have one built
and
> boxed sat on the hall floor ( SWMBO gone out to work). I can set the
light
> to any value and currently have a fan connected to the AUX o/p all
switching
> as it should. Full status is working, I know the current level and if
in a
> dim cycle what level it is getting to. I can see the switch status and
> receive a message when the switch is pressed either on or off. I have
added
> a few more pictures to
>
> http://www.automated-house.co.uk
<http://www.automated-house.co.uk/>
>
> Click on gallery and forward to the first picture with some PCB's and
a
pint
> pot! There are about a dozen pictures from there on.
>
> I have not updated any of the text yet but I will do as I get the
chance.
>
> The last part of the puzzle is to integrate them into my HA setup. I
was
> going to try to write a homeseer plugin, however XAP/XPL have both
come on
> and I believe now support homeseer. So can anyone from the XAP/XPL
groups
> tell me how I could write a PC app that would enable my modules that
> communicate in a form of SNAP (the packet size is between 11 and 15
bytes
> depending on the address field size) to talk either XAP/XPL. Ideally
one
> that is based around a file so that I could add extra commands as
required.
> I have one command byte so I could specify command 04 which is a goto
level
> command and then add the appropriate XAP/XPL details. Is there
anything
> available I could modify. Unfortunately I do not have VB my test
software
I
> wrote in Delphi, so any help appreciated.
>
> OK enough typing must get back to some more testing.
>
> Ian D
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