Re: xAP HomeSeer plugin released - BETA2

[James <james@xxxxxxx>]

I have upload a new beta of the plugin:
Includes fixes for the port blocking and modal errors
Adds support for IR from the Red Rat
The start of adding full IR support into HomeSeer as well as keeping the
existing IR event system.
Much improved CPU usage
Fixes some issues with Basic Status

Download from www.mi4.biz

James

> James wrote:
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>>What is it?
>>
>>While the features of the plugin are many, simply put, it enables
any
>>xAP device to control HomeSeer and for HomeSeer to be able to
control
>>any xAP Device. Most of the basic stuff is done automatically and
when
>>things require a little user input, like the new hardware wizard,
they
>>are done as simply as possible. This is not to say the plugin only
does
>>the basic stuff, there is scripting support, raw xAP variables,
event
>>sequences and much more.
>>
>>What it does - The full spec
>>
>>1, Supports 2 remote X10 interfaces via xAP with routing
>>2, Any change to any device is output over xAP
>>3, Wizard based install of virtual devices for detected xAP
hardware
>>4, Allows xAP commands to control HomeSeer. These include changing
any
>>device, launching an event and tts.
>>5, Text to speech support both HomeSeer formatted messages and the
>>general tts schema used by xAP speech.
>>6, Full support for xAP basic status and control. This applies to
all
>>HomeSeer devices not just those created from this plugin. This
gives you
>>full control over any device from any HomeSeer plugin as well as
>>internal ones.
>>7, All the databases that the plugin uses to process are all web
>>updateable via a simple click.
>>8, Event sequence editor. Many xAP messages can be sent on one
event.
>>These events are triggered from within the standard HomeSeer event
>>system so can be based on time, email, voice etc. You can also
trigger
>>command line apps as part of the sequence.
>>9, Infra Red xAP sequences. On receipt of an IR xAP message the
plugin
>>can generate many other xAP messages or command line triggers.
>>10, Device change sequences. When any HomeSeer device changes a
sequence
>>of events is run.
>>11, All of the above sequences are made in an easy to use gui. You
don't
>>need to know anything about xAP to use them, for example to make a
>>slimp3 pause you first pick slimp3 from a drop down list and then
pause,
>>that's it!
>>12, Any element of any of the sequences can contain information
from any
>>other device or any HomeSeer global variable.
>>13, You can send a xAP message from a HomeSeer script by a simple 1
line
>>command
>>14, As well as creating devices based on xAP data there is also a
table
>>of xAP variables that can be used. Once data is loaded in these
>>variables they can be used as part of any of the xAP event
sequences
>>(IR, device change and regular HomeSeer events)
>>15, All the xAP variables are available as HomeSeer global
variables for
>>use within HomeSeer scripts.
>>
>>Please remember this is beta software. I would expect the final
release
>>to happen within two weeks. The plugin has proved very stable over
the
>>last few months and has been tested on some very large xAP
networks.
>>Thanks go to all those who helped test it out :-)
>>
>>Download from www.mi4.biz
>>
>>Guides and howtos
>>http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=5
>>
>>Enjoy
>>
>>James
>>mi4.biz
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