Re: Has anyone ever managed to get xAPmcs1wire working?

["christopher14304" <madmax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That sounds like an old version.  Download
v1.88 @ http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=101056&page=1



--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, Simon Ryley <simon.ryley@o...>
wrote:
>
> In common with Keith Finnett, when the executable is run,
absolutely
> nothing happens.  The app doesn't appear in task manager, or give
any
> indication that it has done owt.  Running from the command line
doesn't
> work either, as the app appears to have no command line properties
> accessible through /?
>
> I'm running the version downloaded from the wiki, which according
to its
> properties, is version 1.01 or file version 1.1.0.0 dated
15/12/2004.
>
> I'll try and contact Michael through the homeseer forums to get his
take
> on this.
>
> Simon
>
> Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>
> > I don't believe that Michael McSharry (the mcs 1-wire author) is
a
> > member of this list. Unfortunately he doesn't fully implement the
xAP
> > spec and has used a variant for his own HA setup which he has
been able
> > to implement because his senders and listeners are of his own
coding.
> > However it appears he doesn't want to make the effort to change
his apps
> > to be fully xAP compliant or to participate here. I have had a
few
> > conversations with him and his problem is that he now has many
> > applications interworking that would each require extensive
changes,
> > particularly in addressing and embedded html, however some
improvements
> > for conformity with xAP  he has managed to adopt.  He has also
> > implemented some extra steps (schema) to assist in configuration
and
> > addressing of devices - as 1 wire addresses are very long and
outside
> > the scope of the current xAP UID although the new (pre announced)
UID
> > will be a great fit. mcs has an adaption of the BSC schema in use
to
> > allow enumeration of valid states   He also has a xAP hub, a xAP
OCX
> > and a xAP plugin for HomeSeer that do work well with his
applications (I
> > believe).
> >
> > Now all this is from a bit back and I haven't recently tried the
apps so
> > maybe they work better now.  There should be no interaction
problems
> > between his apps and xAP although they might not communicate
well - what
> > sort of problems are you seeing ?  I wasn't aware there were
issues of
> > not working , that sounds like a solvable issue - what's your
setup ? I
> > might be able to mimic it here. All in all I suppose he shouldn't
really
> > be presenting his applications as "xAP compliant" and
if it's
starting
> > to cause problems we need to address that. AFAIK things were
working OK
> > so this is news to me...
> >
> > On a positive note he does have his own mcs forum on the HomeSeer
system
> > where he supports these products - based obviously around the HS
plugin
> > , have you tried asking some questions there ?
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > Simon Ryley wrote:
> > > Title says it all really.  If so, how?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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