Re: Creation of a Home Automation Platform

[Silvio Gissi <silvio.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry to reply my own post and sorry for asking an already explained
issue... I'd still like to see the source code... Can you send to me?

PS: Comments are in dutch??

Thanks,

Silvio Fonseca

On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 21:43 -0300, Silvio Gissi wrote:
> Bram,
>
>  That sounds very interesting, where can we find the source code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Silvio Fonseca
>
> On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 21:56 +0200, Bram Biesbrouck wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a Belgian student, who is fascinated by home automation. As
my final
> > year thesis/assignment (Computer Science at the University of
Ghent), I
> > wrote an application platform to integrate several communication
> > standards and protocols (currently in Java, but I'll investigate
a
> > possible port to C/C++ this summer). Currently, it works pretty
well
> > with Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth and X10 (research for ZigBee, EIB
and
> > CBus is on it's way). Future research will mainly be concentrated
around
> > wireless protocols, though.
> >
> > The transitions between the protocols are transparent for the
platform
> > and I made GUIs, a control-website, a mobile phone MIDlet, a 3D-
> > interface and a Bluetooth-hardware module (which controls a wall
outlet
> > with Bluetooth).
> > As a supporter of free and open source software, my ultimate goal
is to
> > create a generic, modular and expandable open source platform for
Home
> > Automation, that can cooperate with every possible HA-technology
in the
> > world, so that the user doesn't have to choose between different
> > technologies. Instead, every single technology or protocol can be
> > embedded into the platform by means of protocol-dependent plugins
with a
> > common interface to the platform (much like Linux-modules, maybe
even
> > real Linux-modules).
> > I'm aware of several other similar technologies (Jini, UPnP,
> > Salutation, ...), but none of them is specifically made or
designed for
> > HA-solutions. I want to create a HA-network-technology that can
adapt
> > itself to the user, instead of the other way around. Instead of
renewing
> > your HA technology when it is outdated, expand it with new
technology
> > and keep your "old" configuration where it is still
applicable; because
> > of the platform, the new technology will always be compatible
with the
> > "old", and even when it is not, a simple
software-update will be
> > sufficient.
> >
> > The current core-codebase is about 3000 lines of code, the
different
> > side-codebases each around 800, all written in Java. All software
is
> > written under the GNU General Public License.
> >
> > Please send me any thought, question, challenge, idea or
feature-request
> > you can think of. I will dedicate a website on it (where you will
find
> > the code) as soon as I find the time to create one. I already
wrote a
> > 70-pages paper on the subject (in dutch), email me to get a copy.
> > (translators are welcome to translate it into English). I'm
willing to
> > fill in or discuss any detail, problem or the like.
> >
> >
> > Bram Biesbrouck
> >
> > PS: I probably made a whole lot of spelling- and grammar-errors,
my
> > apologies in advance, English isn't my native language.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >