Re: RFXCOM and xPL

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For infrared you could look at the USBUIRT, Homeseer has a plugin for
it.

You don't need XPL or xAP for the RFXCom monitoring. The ACRF plugin
for Homeseer supports the RFXCom devices and there is a script to
monitor power consumption with the RFX power monitoring transmitter.
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=118165

I like to keep things simple and as power and environment monitoring
can be done fairly easily in Homeseer, using XPL seems to be adding an
extra layer of complexity for no gain.

Bill

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "geminichris2pher"
<geminichris2pher@...> wrote:
>
> I have a small HA setup using HomeSeer and MainLobby (with Music
> Lobby) and an ADI Ocelot controller. It is all starting to come
> together although I have quite a bit to learn still.  I wanted to work
> on my infra red setup now as I need to control my amplifier and TV and
> the RFXCom plus infra red support that xPL seems to offer elsewhere
> was interesting so I took a look but now I'm confused...
>
> How would I go about adding xPL into such a setup, to get temperatures
> and electricity consumption displayed in MainLobby or HomeSeer and
> buttons controlling things and the IR linked with Homeseer IR
> functions ?  It seems there is no visual / graphic based interfaces to
> xPL at all or am I missing something ?
>
> My searching did link me to some xAP applications that offer graphic
> interfaces and also plugins for HomeSeer and MainLobby. Are xAP and
> xPL the same and if so can I use these to get to MainLobby ? I don't
> want another separate system I would like it all to work together
> which I think is what xPL does.
>
> Mal Lansell wrote..  "The purpose of xPL is to provide a simple,
> common method of communication between all the various kinds of HA
> devices."
>
> Also on the RFXCom products there seem to be two receivers both for
> 433.92  but offering different protocols - is there some reason you
> cant use just one for both ?
>
>   Sorry if these are silly questions, but I did look over all the
> links  provided.
>
>
>   Chris.
>