Re: RFC xplOccupancy

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart
Have been thinking recently about  Access / Occupancy and a
couple of  ideas i has was making a xPL Card reader  or an xPL RFID
Reader......Was also thinking of making a pir probe for my probe system as
its a zoned system and use a specific probe input .....
Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: [ukha_xpl] RFC xplOccupancy


> Recently I created a script at work to log when I entered and left the
> building (I kept forgetting what time I started, and hence what time I
> could leave)
>
> I've been expanding on this idea tonight, and I have come up with
> xplOccupancy. I'd like some feedback from you guys on my idea.
>
> It's dead simple really, it's just a database to keep track of
occupancy
> of a location(s), with an xpl application sitting on top keeping it up
to
> date, and responding to requests.
>
> At the moment I use kdebluetooth to watch for my phone, and when it
see's
> it (or loses it) it fires off a script. That script will fire off an
xpl
> occupancy message.
>
> The schema I have in mind is loosely based on LOG.BASIC
>
>
> Schema Definition
> ------------------
>
> Class = OCCUPANCY
> Type  = BASIC
>
> This schema provides the ability for a device to transmit information
> relating to occupancy.
>
> xpl-cmnd Structure
> ------------------
> Not applicable.
>
>
> xpl-trig Structure
> ------------------
> occupancy.basic
> {
> type=in  out
> token=bluetooth  ibutton  biometric [  .... ]
> id=Token ID
> }
>
> XPL-STAT Structure
> ------------------
> Not applicable.
>
> Pretty simple really. When a device detects the presence of a token
that
> represents occupancy, ie a bluetooth device, ibutton or some kind of
> biometric device, it sends a message:
>
> occupancy.basic
> {
> type=in
> token=bluetooth
> id=00:12:34:56:78:90
> }
>
> I havn't included a timestamp in the message, as I'm not sure it's
needed.
>
> There will also be a status message too, but I havn't thought that
through
> yet ...
>
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