RE: xPL-FirM-Schema

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

Sorry for not answering quicker - I guess Tony and John are a bit snowed
under too...

I'm just paying a flying visit online, but I have a copy of your email
on my little Axim PDa, so I'll have a read through it tomorrow when I'm
out of the office.

Ian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 September 2004 11:57
To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] xPL-FirM-Schema

Hi Mal

> I had a quick look at the schemas in the docs, but it seems there
isn't
> suitable existing one that you could use.  The remote.basic is the
closest,
> but requires key names, with the zone being optional.  You of course
don't
> have any key names

I have based my schema similiar to what Tony did for my probe
kit.........

> While you can certainly set the zone for transmission, via xpl, I'm
not
sure
> how the receive will work - if Homevision doesn't request the zone,
does
> that means that the zone sent in the xpl_stat message may be wrong?

The zone received status message would only be sent if Homevision / usb
uirt
requested it .......

> One little nitpicking detail - other schemas (like the config
requests)
use
> command=request - your Firm.basic schema has current=request.  I
wonder if
> it should change, just to be consistant?

Nit pick away ...i want to try and get it right first time.....
If you look at the zoning schemas when requesting a device ie temp
sensor it
sends a current=request...???????

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] xPL-FirM-Schema


> Well you are using you're own schema - so I guess you can send
whatever
you
> need - in this case it's just a zone number.
>
> I had a quick look at the schemas in the docs, but it seems there
isn't
> suitable existing one that you could use.  The remote.basic is the
closest,
> but requires key names, with the zone being optional.  You of course
don't
> have any key names.
>
> While you can certainly set the zone for transmission, via xpl, I'm
not
sure
> how the receive will work - if Homevision doesn't request the zone,
does
> that means that the zone sent in the xpl_stat message may be wrong?
>
> One little nitpicking detail - other schemas (like the config
requests)
use
> command=request - your Firm.basic schema has current=request.  I
wonder if
> it should change, just to be consistant?
>
> Mal
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] xPL-FirM-Schema
>
>
> > Hi Mal
> >             Thanks for replying........
> > Firstly FirM was designed as an "Addon" for Homevision
....and
Homevision
> > encodes and decodes ALL ir signals ...all FirM does is 1: direct
the
> > transmitted ir (from homevision  / usb uirt)
> > to the required zone........2: Informs  Homevision when requested
which
> zone
> > sent ir...........
> >
> > > 1) have the FirM controller send an xpl_trig message,
containing
the
> zone
> > > and the IR message when IR is received from the rx unit.
> >
> > FirM Can only give Zone info only ....Homevision / usb uirt 
receive
ir
> > message and decode....
> > Unable to send a trig message due to current FirM
hardware......It
uses
3
> > pins (bcd) for zone identification and will update the pins when
ir
is
> > received but relies on Homevision / usb uirt to read the pins
when
> required
> > .....Homevision  / usb uirt may not require  zone info.........
> >
> > > 2) Send an xpl_cmnd to FirM containing the zone and IR
message to
send
> > when
> > > you want to transmit.
> >
> > Hopefully thats what im doing with the xpl message
below...........the
> > zoning schemas in the xpl docs seem to confuse me .....
> >
> > > > > xpl-cmnd
> > > > > {
> > > > > hop=1
> > > > > source= xpl-xplhal.mainpc
> > > > > target=aec-FirM.mainpc
> > > > > }
> > > > > FirM.basic
> > > > > {
> > > > > zone=1
> > > > > }
> >
> > Thanks
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> >
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