Re: xPLComfort install trouble

["Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All items are running on one machine.

Event log shows:
Error initialising xPL Comfort: System.NullReferenceException: Object
reference not set to
an instance of an object.
at xpllib.XplConfigItems.Add(String itemName, String itemValue,
xplConfigTypes
itemtype, Int32 itemCount)
at xpllib.XplListener.LoadState()
at xpllib.XplListener.BasicInit()
at xpllib.XplListener..ctor(String strSource, Int32 InstanceNo)
at xplComfort.comfort.Initialise()
at xplComfort.xPLComfort.OnStart(String[] args)

The sequence of events in the event log is:
(1) xPLComfort service started ok
(2) 50 seconds later, xPLComfort service failed to start because the
C:\<Windows_Directory>\System32\xpl_johnb-comfort.instance1.xml file
could not be accessed
as something else had it open.
(3) All subsequent start attempts failed with the NullReferenceException
above.

I don't remember what I did that may have contributed to this now though
:-(

Updating plug-ins gives an error for xpl-schema-collection.xml, wmute.xml
and petec.xml,
but doesn't say what the error is, only "unable to download the plug
in". What does this
mean?

Anyway, deleting
C:\<Windows_Directory>\System32\xpl_johnb-comfort.instance1.xml and
reinstalling xPLComfort (didn't try just restarting it) did the trick (so I
don't know why
it didn't work first time around).

Now that it seems to be working, I could do with some simple help on the
scripting. For
starters, I'd like to display a slimp3 message when any input zone gets
modified. I have
the meteor script that sends slimp3 messages, so I can see how to do that
bit.

What I think I need is some code that will:
(a) Check that the incoming message is of type sensor.basic
(b) Check that the type property in the message is "input"

Is there an online examples page that shows trivial things like this to get
you started?

Thanks,
Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] xPLComfort install trouble


>
> Hi Paul,
>
> > Next I want to display things when comfort events happen, but the
installation doesn't
> > want to work.
> >
> > I installed xPLComfort and told it I'd configure it remotely. In
xPLHal I clicked on
> > 'awaiting configuration' and comfort was there. When I tried to
access it, I just got
the
> > 'no vendor information' message.
>
> Is xPLComfort installed on the same PC as xPLHal? Or is it on a
different PC?
> If it's on a different PC to the one running xPLHal, you'll need to
download an xPL Hub,
e.g.
> http://www.xpl.myby.co.uk/downloads/xplhub/xplhub.zip
>
> > So I uninstalled xPLComfort, reinstalled it, and this time told
it to configure now -
and
> > that I had an ethernet device. (I actually use an MSS100 - works
great for
comfigurator) I
> > told it where the thing was, although it didn't ask for the port
number, so it will
> > probably have that wrong.
>
> Yep, it assumes the default UCM/Ethernet port number.
>
> > Anyway, the comfort service wouldn't start (or rather, it stopped
straight away -
possibly
> > because of the port number problem?) and comfort no longer
appears within xPLHal.
>
> Have a look in the Event Log of the PC running xPLComfort - usually
any problems with
the startup are logged to the application log.
>
> > Uninstalling and reinstalling to select remote config doesn't
make it appear in xPLHal
> > again.
>
> Delete the file
C:\<Windows_Directory>\System32\xpl_johnb-comfort.instance1.xml, and
then try restarting the xPL Comfort service.
>
> Let us know how you get on.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
>
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