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

[Tom Van den Panhuyzen <tomvdp@xxxxxxxxx>]

I 'll add my typical sloganesk reply ;-)

How many people are running an xPL network without brains like HAL or
the scripting in xPL4Java ?  I bet exactly 0.

Which xPL application/device needs a device discovery protocol ?  Only
the brains.

The brains are an essential but different part of the xPL network.  I
fail to see why this component would not be portable.  It talks xPL at
one end and XHCP at the other.  There is no OS dependency.
It shouldn't be talking xPL on both sides because the XHCP-talk
doesn't concern the apps listening on the xPL network.

If you accept that the brains keep a list of devices then the
detection latency is a non-issue because it is solved using rapid
hbeats at startup.

Cheers
Tom