Fw: Re: Grand Designs tonight touchscreens.....

["Chris Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

You want a beta tester ? :)

Chris




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@u...> wrote:
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> Recently I've been playing with both Crestron and AMX systems and one
> thing I've learned is that they are ideally modelled on a touchscreen
> control environment, (and so they should be at that price). What I
mean
> by that is that they attach to an embedded failsafe controller and
they
> respond instantly and provide immediate feedback and work 100%. Many
> actions are handled locally on the screens (page flips, transitions,
> button states) with only the things requiring external feedback or
> control being processed via the controller.  The screen design
> applications are really user friendly and powerful too.  The model
they
> use to link buttons to actions is also very well developed in terms of
> device control suitability. Actually it's very similar to xAP BSC
(Basic
> Status and Control) which has been most reassuring as we developed
that
> before seeing this so we must be on the right track.
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> The main issue with web based interfaces has always been the lack of
> real time feedback although great strides are now being made to
achieve
> this. When a 'click' causes an update it's not so much of an issue but
> external events updating screens is more awkward without excessive
> polling/refreshes.   Indeed xAP Floorplan now has AJAX based code to
> provide near just such realtime response. You see a map of your house
> (via a web browser) where lights turn ONOFF and can be conttrolled in
> almost realtime.
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> <Teaser> What I think we UKHA'ers need is the equivalent as a
software
> application , and I've been looking and playing with a number of
things.
> XLobby and MainLobby are only partial solutions here as they are
> primarily single screen PC centric applications. XAP Desktop also
serves
> this quite well for enthusiasts and maybe a touchscreen focussed
version
> for high performance on even low power PC's even more so.  Wouldn't it
> be nice though to have a something that offered  Crestron/AMX type
touch
> screen design / functionality with a layout and design application
plus
> controller engine as an affordable PC application..?  Couple this with
> xAP BSC support and it would be really exciting..    (I hope) ...
> Stay tuned, not quite there yet but not far away either.....
>
> Kevin
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>  Chris Purves wrote:
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> >What I have noticed is the increasing tendancy of devices to offer
a
> >web interface. As such I definitely think there is an advantage to
a
> >large touchscreen that can simply 'host' these views. Although its
> >lovely to do custom stuff its certainly easier just to forward on
> >these interfaces .... in my installation I have
> >
> >aircon web
> >asterisk web
> >russound sms music system web
> >homeseer web
> >weather web
> >web web :)
> >
> >loads of other things I can't think of.
> >
> >Just a thought.
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> >C
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> >--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@u...> wrote:
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> >>Gareth Cook wrote:
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> >>>Easy enough to plumb one touchscreen as the main display
onto a
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> >miniitx
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> >>>system - but what if you want more ? Do we need display
cards
that do
> >>>multiple video outs or something ? I'm assuming I could
just use the
> >>>homeseer web engine to drive buttons, etc. and that can
talk back to
> >>>Comfort and CBUS.
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> >>This is what RedRadio's RAD-I/O does - it divides a single
screens
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> >'real
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> >>estate' into 8 sub  panels each of which drives a low cost
screen
> >>directly over CAT5 with power and video,which means all
display is at
> >>full PC speed.  Touch screen feedback emulates a mouse click
on
main PC
> >>- there are a couple of restrictive aspects although not
serious.  1)
> >>The 'touch' is shared across all screens, ie they fight for
contention
> >>as there is only one mouse effectively and 2) the video card 
has
to be
> >>the main and only display screen on the PC.
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> >>Kevin
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> >>http://www.redradio.com/products/rad-io.html
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