Re: xPL-FirM-Schema

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

Hi Ian

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

No Problem............Suspect Tony and John must be very busy .......

> 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

Thanks very much
Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 6:57 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] xPL-FirM-Schema


> 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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