Re: roZetta Status

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Thanks for all the details - I found those two devices plus their PAC but
did not find any manuals for them. If is it an ASCII protocol neither I nor
roZetta need to know anything about it. roZetta users can enter the ASCII
commands. If it's not ASCII I don't have time right now to dig into it but
that will require coding and I tend to give low priority to anything that
comes with red tape attached.

rhamer <rhamer.2dfuaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>C-Bus has 2 hardware devices for interfacing external computers.
>
>Both use the same protocol, one is serial RS232 and the other is
>ethernet.
>
>A public release version of the protocol (read not fully published,
>some secrets held back) is available for free by registering with the
>link that Frank gave you.
>
>There is however likely to be a catch. That protocol is released to an
>individual for their own use, you are not allowed to release a broduct
>based on it. It's in the agreement.
>
>I bumped into this when writing the C-Bus driver for CQC, but I did
>manage to get around it. Clipsal agreed to let me distribute my work,
>so long as anybody I gave it to had also been granted access to the
>public release protocol.
>
>In your case it might be slightly different so long as you don't ever
>release the source code for general consumption. All CQC drivers are
>distributed as source to encourage development.
>
>Clipsals preferred interfacing method is via an intemediate product
>called C-Gate that allows socket connections to an in memory object
>model. Very powerful, but very complex and you now need a PC as well.
>
>Cheers
>
>Rohan