Re: xFx New UID

["drodegeb" <drodegeb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Since I missed the xapTalk, it there a transcript for the discussion?

--- In xAP_developer@xxxxxxx, Paul Barrett <pbarrett@...> wrote:
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> Hi All
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> After last night discussions on xAPTalk, I had a look at the xFx
> source and tried to change the UID format.
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> As far as I can see there is no way we could achive the changes we
> require with out recompiling all the apps based on xFx.
>
> Stuart has placed validation on the UID field, as was mentioned last
> night, this also splits the field and stores it in 3 seperate
> variables (byte NetworkID, Int16 DeviceID and byte SubAddress) with
> there own public accessors.
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> I tried last night to extend the DeviceID by two 'characters' which
> ment changeing from Int16 to Int32, as the public methods needed
> changing to the new data type, the interface was changed and so just
> copying the new DLL to an existing app thorws an exception as it can
> no longer find a method with the correct signiture in the DLL.
>
> So, after all that, I think it comes down to, we need Stuart, or at
> least the source for the Hub.
>
> Hope this all makes sense and is of use to someone.
>
> Regards
> --
> Paul Barrett
> BAZAutomation.com
> pbarrett@...
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