Re: Mango M2M and xAP]

["mlohbihler" <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick,

I had a deeper look at the Java code. I think it will take a bit of
work to integrate with Mango, although what you have is a good start.
Were you going to contact me offline? I didn't hear anything, and i
just wanted to make sure a spam checker didn't get involved or anything.

Cheers,
m@



--- In xAP_developer@xxxxxxx, "Patrick Lidstone"
<patrick@...>
wrote:
>
> I will contact you off list - I don't anticipate there being a
problem with
> us reaching agreement.
>
> Patrick
>
> On 3/24/07, mlohbihler <ml@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > Thanks for the information. Regarding the license, if it is
indeed GPL
> > i unfortunately will not be able to use the code within Mango,
since i
> > am planning to have add-ons and such for which i would charge. If
the
> > developer (Patrick Lidstone, i believe) has not yet decided, then
the
> > LGPL is much more adoption friendly.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > m@
> >
> >
> > --- In xAP_developer@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Matthew,
> > >
> > >   I had a quick look at your website and this looks very
interesting
> > > ...  glad you are considering adding xAP support.
> > >
> > >    Probably the most prevalent and useful schema you will
wish to
> > > support is xAP 'BSC'  which is Basic Status and Control - it
handles
> > (as
> > > it says on the tin) most simple I/O involving binary, level
and text
> > > based devices.
> > >
> >
> >
http://www.xapautomation.org/wiki/index.php/Basic_Status_and_Control_Schema
> > >
> > > We will  be augmenting this with a 'TSC' schema (telemetry)
very
> > > shortly and an initial 'for comment' version is already
available at
> > the
> > > url below. TSC better handles sensor reporting data
including
ranges,
> > > real world units and negative values etc.
> > >
> >
> >
http://www.xapautomation.org/wiki/index.php/xAP_Telemetry_Status_and_Control_Schema
> > >
> > >   There are a few hardware I/O devices supporting embedded
xAP BSC.
> > > Two useful ones will be the Phaedrus xAP Netiom which is
essentially
> > > mostly digital I/O, including serial  but has 4 analogue
inputs. Of
> > > recent date the opnone which is a 1-wire interface, shortly
there will
> > > be a serial version too that supports X10 and another for
SMS
> > messaging.
> > >  There is also an embedded C-Bus controller supporting BSC
but you
> > > probably won't have the hardware to support that.  If you
are
able to
> > > work with software applications there are also several other
useful
> > > applications around using BSC that could help too.
> > >
> > > http://www.phaedrusltd.com/pages/html/netiom-xap.html
> > > http://www.opnode.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=home
> > >
> > >    Any questions - just ask away and once again ... I
believe the
> > > existing Java libraries are also released under GPL and
there
have been
> > > a couple of tweaks to them recently ... but I'll leave that
to be
> > > confirmed by those involved.....   Once again welcome and I
look
> > forward
> > > to seeing xAP support within Mango M2M
> > >
> > >   Cheers Kevin
> > >
> > >  mlohbihler wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm the primary developer of Mango M2M
> > > > (http://mango.serotoninsoftware.com).
I'm considering adding xAP
> > > > support to the product, but first wanted to check on
the
license for
> > > > the Java implementation. Mango is licensed as open
source
under GPL.
> > > >
> > > > Also, if anyone knows of something good that could
serve as an xAP
> > > > evaluation kit (i.e. real hardware for testing the
Mango/xAP
> > > > integration), i would appreciate any suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Matthew Lohbihler
> > > > Serotonin Software
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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