Comments on: xPL

By: Tom VdP

Tom VdP — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:37:44 +0000

Serge, your best bet is a search in the forums (see top of the article). I am pretty sure there exist interfaces with the CM11 written for Linux.

By: Serge

Serge — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:54:33 +0000

Uh i’m just wandering around xPL, and i’m pretty surprised to see that you developed stuff using .NET … I’m on Linux (Ubuntu) only, trying xPL4Java, but i won’t be able to use any tools working only on Windows, whereas i would need the CM11a stuff … any idea, where could i find all this for Linux ?

By: X10 Home Automation

X10 Home Automation — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:19:59 +0000

X10 doesn’t support direct dim levels, so the command will be interpreted as a decrease from current levels. How the 20% is interpreted will be a function of how many “dim” commands are sent to the module, each one being 1/16 of the current brightness.

By: Tom VdP

Tom VdP — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:43:49 +0000

Medusa.xPLCM11 is “agnostic” about the dim level, it merely checks whether the level is in the range 0 to 100 and then passes it on to the X10 interface. How exactly the X10 components react I do not know as I never had any to try this on.
Someone at the xpl forums can probably answer this question. http://www.xpl-home.org/forums/index.php

By: GushK

GushK — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Quick question abou the Medusa.xPLCM11

for DIM, BIGHT commands, how is the level supported (0-100) and does it expect an absolute or relative value.
E.g if I call DIM, LEVEL=20, will it dim to 20% or dim by 20% from the current level?

Also how does this translate to the 16 brightness levels supported by the X10 modules?

By: Insteon

Insteon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:05:08 +0000

This is great, I like the ‘growl-esc’ popups – I have some interesting ideas for this, I’ll come back and post when I’m a bit further into the project.

By: Tom VdP

Tom VdP — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:00:35 +0000

Carlos,
I have never used determinators and xplhal wizards… I do everything in script. But please visit the forums (link is at the top of this page) and do a search there. I am sure this question is already answered! If not, feel free to post in the forum.

By: Cmri

Cmri — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:01:41 +0000

How can i display the value of a global variable in XplBalloon using message parameters?
I’m using Hal manager wizard

Thank u in advance,

Carlos

By: Tom VdP

Tom VdP — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:25:35 +0000

This application is normally running without a user interface. It displays xPL messages that are generated by other xPL applications or devices. So, if you would want to specifically send it a message, you would either write your own xPL application that can put an xPL message onto the network, or you could pick one of the many xPL sender tools that already exist.
Note that you will need at least 2 other applications: 1 xPLHalManager to configure your xPL applications installed anywhere on your network and a xPLHub on each pc that will join in the xPL network.
One more caveat: the xPL network is limited to local networks. (If you want to pass xPL messages via the internet you are better of making a web application that generates xPL messages on the local server.)

If the network you mention is a local network (i.e. UDP broadcast messages will be seen by all machines) then you could install:
- on each pc: xPLBalloon and xPLHub
- on your pc: xPLBalloon, xPLHalManager and xPLHub and maybe some tool that helps you to generate an xPL message easily (though xPLHalManager can do that too)

You could try a simple setup on 1 pc alone and see if it fits your need. If it does, then you only need to deploy xPLBalloon and xPLHub on the other pcs and configure them in the same way (the default config should be ok, but you will have to open and close the config settings for each in xPLHalManger).

By: bushmen

bushmen — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:18:42 +0000

hi,

how do you initiate a xPL message.

eg. if the setups are installed with the balloon icon running in the sytemtray.

how would i be able to send a custom message to a user on the network.

i would like to use this for communication purposes, where i can tell a user something on which they have to click ok to.

regards,