HouseBot

Wracking my brains trying to remember where the problem was. I'm pretty sure it's in the HouseBot code but it is the actions of the xAP plugin that cause it. I'll try reading through the source code to see if I can spot it. I don't like things that have to run as Adminstrator.

I don't like this aspect but I thought it was (and remains) the 'HouseBot way'. Like to fix it but the last time I spoke to Scott about it http://cebotics.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=855833&p=447495#p447475 I got the impression that the xAP plugins' behaviour in this area was in keeping w...

One quick check. Are you running HouseBot 'as Administrator'? It needs that.

Hi all! Dunno why this forum's PM didn't generate an email to me. Thanks for Tim for raising me on email directly. Sorry to hear folks are having some problems. It's been very quiet for ages with no problems reported (on my, now I'm paraniod, maybe there's loads and I just didn't get to hear - eeek)...

xAP Plugins for HouseBot is a set of software components that connects HouseBot to a xAP home automation network allowing HouseBot to increase the range of devices it works with. xAP-enabled HouseBot installations can work with audio servers such as Logitec's SqueezeBox; lighting systems including C...

It works as long as you run it as Administrator. Without that it can't start up as it can't get r/w access to the database files since they are stored alongside the program executables. There should be something in the RTF file about this (or have the installer set the permission) as it'd give a bad...

I'm looking too - if they're there, it's not obvious :-/

Progress. Yes and No. The plugin for SlimServer overtook the HouseBot plugin and turned out to be a lengthy piece of work. That is available from the SlimDevices site now. But I've not progressed with the HouseBot plug-in to date. Still plan too though.

Edward

By strange coincidence I'm writing a xAP plugin for SlimServer in parallel with the xAP HouseBot plugin since I want to control SlimServer from HouseBot too! (but that project is not as near completion as HouseBot at the moment).

Edward

Great, you're signed up as a beta tester!

Good to know you're not worried about any technical limitations of large numbers of properties. As I said, this is an exteme, but real example. Most other situations would be much more conservative. I understand your composite suggestion; there could be milage in that. One issue with that is the lac...

OK that's cool. How do you feel about the quantity of properties/devices?

Coming back to the original question of dynamic device creation. Assume that the xAP functionality is being implemented as a Hardware Interface 'xAP Network' that deals with low-level xAP message (UDP) reception and transmission coupled with various flavours of HouseBot Devices that act as proxies f...

I am actively working on xAP support for HouseBot. I have had an alfa version running for several months. It supports xAP BSC binary and level devices. The devices can either be local to HouseBot or mirror the state remote devices. The plugin does not create devices dynamically (the original questio...