Re: Cbus XPL XAP

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

xAP Floorplan is available from www.mi4.biz (for free).   You would
need
a xAP C-Bus gateway though to get the bridging to C-Bus - and as you
mentioned earlier this is implemented in a standalone embedded
controller to do away with C-Gate dependence etc.

Charmed Quark has C-Bus integration inbuilt and early xAP integration too.

Does the Nokia 770 have a Java VM available yet ? - as that would open
up another possibility ?

Kevin

Dean Barrett wrote:
>
> Hi Kevin
>
> I'm a MainLobby user too - but not HomeSeer, and yes you are right it
wont
> work on 770 because its Flash - though i believe they have looked at
it.
>
> I like the idea of some kind of web front end as it will mean control
from
> anywhere on virtually any device.
>
> xAP floorplan sounds interesting - i guess floorplan etc. is available
> from
> the xAP site ?
>
> The other alternative seems to be CharmedQuark - though as a complete
> replacement for MainLobby looks a little too indepth, though it may be
a
> route i'll have to take.
>
>
> Dean.
>
>
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On
> Behalf Of
> Kevin Hawkins
> Sent: 27 June 2006 13:22
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Cbus XPL XAP
>
> I use MainLobby as a C-Bus front end (via xAP/HS) which is very
polished
> in appearance, but I don't think ML will be useable on the Nokia as it
> is Flash based. I don't believe the Nokia has a Java VM either does it
> ? I have also used XLobby with the xAP plugin but ongoing development
> of XLobby seems to go in stops and starts by the author so I would
base
> any usage on what it does now rather than futures.
>
> There is one other possibility which could achieve what you want - let
> me check if they support the 770.
>
> If you like Ajax based web solutions it may well be that xAP Floorplan
> will run on the Nokia 770 - I haven't tried it though. If it does that
> will give you exactly what you've asked for with realtime
> display/control of C-Bus devices (if you use the xAP C-Bus gateway) ,
> it also includes a scheduler and script engine. You can skin the
> background and device icons to achieve any look you want.
>
> Kevin
>
> Dean Barrett wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Is anyone using any of the above in combination to produce a good
web
> > front
> > end for Cbus ?
> >
> > I've asked on cbusforums but drew a blank..
> >
> > I'm keen to find a nice solution for use on the Nokia 770 - which
i've
> > found
> > to be a top bit of HA hardware.
> >
> > Currently using it for the Slimp/Squeezebox with the Sonos'esque
770
> Skin
> > which is a lovely HTML skin utilising Ajax for non-page
refreshing
> > updates.
> >
> > It would complete my setup lovely if i could also control CBus
via a
> > similar
> > styled web interface - i dont want to use Clipsals Homegate as
its a bit
> > clunky on the web inferface side of things.
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > Dean.
> >
>
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