RE: Re: xPL announcement/description protocol -- was xPLDiag

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

Hi Tom,

> Why would a diagnostic program use xPL ? It is the chicken
> and egg problem.
> If the xPL network is working correctly then HAL has
> sufficient data to explore the xPL devices.
> The diagnostic program should probe port 3865, find running
> processes, try to contact HAL using XHCP, send out packets to
> itself to detect possible network problems, check
> configuration settings, etcetera. It will be designed for a
> specific OS because it has to test specific problems that may
> occur on that OS.
>  Or am I missing the point (again) ? :-)  Cheers

Sounds sensible to me.

It is just an issue for users who either don't have xPLHal installed, or
don't use Windows.

Regards,

John