RE: xPL-Issue

["John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Just to clarify a few points:

> - start order of services can influence hub-functionality:
> this is reported a few times and I think it is related to the
> xPL Hal built-in hub starting after a V3 hub. I think it
> makes xPL Hal crash (needs further investigation)

I can confirm that it doesn't cause xPLHal to crash.

If xPLHal can't start it's hub because another is already up, all it
does is write an entry to it's internal error log to tell you it
couldn't start it's xPL hub.

> - the xPL Monitor that stops showing messages (as reported by
> Ian): Ian, did you upgrade to the latest xPL Hal because this
> was once a known bug. The monitor didn't send hbeats. Newer
> versions of the hub clean up their client list, older
> versions didn't so kept on broadcasting packages even to dead clients.

Yep - this was indeed a bug in the monitor.

Also of note, the monitor does not use V3, and neither do any builds of
xPLHal currently in circulation.

I have just made the necessary mods to the official xPLHal source
distribution so that xPLHal now uses V3, and am currently testing it.

Regards,

John