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

[Tom Van den Panhuyzen <tomvdp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Users who don't have xplHAL installed ... ?  Surely they are running
xPL4Java or another component that can manage device configuration in
that case ?



On 9/24/05, John B <home-automation@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
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