Re: Homeseer and XLobby

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just seen that Pierre has released a new version 3 xAP plugin for
XLobby - I didn't know about this so I'm just now getting up to speed.
I can see where there was some confusion in how I thought you were
seeing xAP messages :-)

xAP Plugin for XLobby v3 thread
http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3656

K

Kevin Hawkins wrote:
> Gareth Cook wrote:
>
>> OK, I'm stuck !
>>
>> I have Homeseer (been running for years), and never used XLobby
before.
>>
>>
> Quick familiarisation/basics check.
>
> 1) Are HomeSeer and XLobby running on the same machine ?
> 2) Have you a xAP hub installed and running as the very *first* xAP
> application to start (i.e. before XLobby and HomeSeer) ?  Which hub
are
> you using ?
> 3) This is ver 2 Homeseer ? (and the V2 xAP plugin as well)
> 4) Ensure you have a way of seeing xAP messages (which I think you
> already do have) - and if so can you see in the left hand pane of
Viewer
> (or GUI hub) the two devices 'homeseer' and 'XLobby'  ?>
>
>
>> I've installed the plugin in XLobby, and it seems to be working -
there a
>> re a ton of messages in the xap plugin. I THINK it's receiving
Comfort PIR
>> movement as xap messages into XLobby.
>>
>>
> Where are you 'seeing' these messages and what device are they coming
> from (the source line in the xap message) ?  I am not quite sure what
> you have configured in either XLobby or HomeSeer yet to set this up ?
>
>> All I want to do is trigger Comfort/CBUS devices via homeseer from
xlobby.
>> I presume I'll need to trigger HomeSeer events in order to do
this.
>>
>>
> I can't help on the Comfort bit but I am thinking what you would do
here
> is set up a button in XLobby that sent a xAP BSC message to a
> corresponding device in Homseer (probably a virtual device you have
set
> up FTTB) - then HomeSeer would run a script which would alter
something
> in Comfort (perhaps this is a counter ??) which would pass this on to
> C-Bus. I am not sure how the C-Bus mapping is done via Comfort.  In my
> setup XLObby directly controls C-Bus so the  XLobby>HomeSeer and
> HomeSeer>Comfort and Comfort>C-Bus step is not needed.  But it
should
> all work, its just a longer chain.  First step is to get your button
in
> XLObby changing a device in HomeSeer - let's focus on that for now.
>
>> Anyone got a sample set of configs I could use to just slap on and
see
>> whats what ? It could be my total lack of understanding of xlobby
of
>> course on how to send out a valid formed xap message.
>>
>>
> HomeSeer doesnt work that way  - all the device info is kept in an
> Access DB now and I don't believe XLobby does either.    Do you see
xAP
> messages when you press the XLObby button you created ?
>
> K
>
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