RE: Cbus XPL XAP

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin

I'm a MainLobby user too - but not HomeSeer, and yes you are right it wont
work on 770 because its Flash - though i believe they have looked at it.

I like the idea of some kind of web front end as it will mean control from
anywhere on virtually any device.

xAP floorplan sounds interesting - i guess floorplan etc. is available from
the xAP site ?

The other alternative seems to be CharmedQuark - though as a complete
replacement for MainLobby looks a little too indepth, though it may be a
route i'll have to take.


Dean.



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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kevin Hawkins
Sent: 27 June 2006 13:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Cbus XPL XAP



I use MainLobby as a C-Bus front end (via xAP/HS) which is very polished
in appearance, but I don't think ML will be useable on the Nokia as it
is Flash based. I don't believe the Nokia has a Java VM either does it
? I have also used XLobby with the xAP plugin but ongoing development
of XLobby seems to go in stops and starts by the author so I would base
any usage on what it does now rather than futures.

There is one other possibility which could achieve what you want - let
me check if they support the 770.

If you like Ajax based web solutions it may well be that xAP Floorplan
will run on the Nokia 770 - I haven't tried it though. If it does that
will give you exactly what you've asked for with realtime
display/control of C-Bus devices (if you use the xAP C-Bus gateway) ,
it also includes a scheduler and script engine. You can skin the
background and device icons to achieve any look you want.

Kevin

Dean Barrett wrote:
>
>
>
> Is anyone using any of the above in combination to produce a good web
> front
> end for Cbus ?
>
> I've asked on cbusforums but drew a blank..
>
> I'm keen to find a nice solution for use on the Nokia 770 - which i've
> found
> to be a top bit of HA hardware.
>
> Currently using it for the Slimp/Squeezebox with the Sonos'esque 770
Skin
> which is a lovely HTML skin utilising Ajax for non-page refreshing
> updates.
>
> It would complete my setup lovely if i could also control CBus via a
> similar
> styled web interface - i dont want to use Clipsals Homegate as its a
bit
> clunky on the web inferface side of things.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Dean.
>







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