On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:44:29AM -0000, Kevin Wright wrote:
> Personally, I'm not so bothered about firmware updates for the
> 1000/1000i/one/etc, but particularly keen to see these modules being
> configurable via concordance.
> 
> My personal goal is a near-complete replacement of the existing harmony
> software which, quite frankly, sucks and does a great disrespect to the
> otherwise fantastic hardware.
> 
> 
> I guess the current hurdle is to support the tcp-over-usb communications
> that these newer models support.  I'm an experienced developer looking to
> contribute, and planned to start by decompiling/analysing some of the java
> classes used by the "official" drivers.  Obviously, I'd first like to know
> what progress has already been made in this direction so that I don't have
> to re-invent the wheel!

I managed to get one of them to DHCP and get the basic tcp-over-usb working.
It's not a pleasant experience, but it's possible. I can find the notes on
that if you're interested.

The problem is we've had little or no luck getting beyond that - understanding
the actual protocol that's used within the TCP packets...

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