On Monday 04 December 2006 12:02, Paul Alfille wrote: > On 12/4/06, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand that owfs is unlikely to run on windows but is it possible > > to tun > > Au-contraire! (Though the windows port is not yet of the same quality. > There have been reports of memory leaks that need to be investigated). > > owpython on a windows box connected to owserver without resorting to > > > Ahh! You want to communicate (with owserver?) via python, but not use the > libow library (which builds under cygwin). > This has been done for other languages: > > owshell -- uses C to talk to the owserver directly. Perhaps a little > complex, since it includes the Bonjour code and came from a stripped > version of libow in the first place. > > owsim -- a work in progress that uses Tcl to talk to owserver. Tcl has > great network support and we essentially parse the owserver protocol in Tcl > code. > > I suspect that you could do the same in python. Probably a few days project > for a python expert. The owserver network protocol is documented on the > website: http://www.owfs.org/index.php?page=owserver-protocol > (And in the code, of course). > > For TCL > network basics: > http://owfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/owfs/owfs/module/simulants/ownet.tcl?revisi >on=1.5&view=markup server code: > http://owfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/owfs/owfs/module/simulants/owhandler.tcl?re >vision=1.8&view=markup (Note that owsim is a owserver, rather than client). > > excellent but rather cumbersome methods like cygwin? >
Yep that is the sort of line I'd like to be able to take. I'm very messy at code, but where's theres a will, I'm building a higher object model using Django http://www.djangoproject.com which constructs database models from python class models. > > I am keen to be able to monitor the one wire network in several places > > all of > > which are windows devices with users who are even more simplistic than > > myself > > ( if that can be believed, my only defence is that some of them are 6 > > years > > old) > > You underestimate your progeny! If they can hack python, they are probably > os agnostic. They mostly use it to cheat on maths homework. Niether have realised multiplication is a lookup. > > owpython seems only to be availabe as an rpm, can I just copy the source > I really don't want to have to re-write too much cos I'm lazy, and the more I write the more errors I know are there. A Sensor object is a lovely concept in itself. > I presume you want to display (and perhaps control) your system on > distributed computers, with more than one platform. Have you considered > building a web app? Your cgi code can use python or bash or whatever. You > can expose whatever you want, even full owhttpd. It would be easier to > develope and use a central http server, trusting that all other machines > can easily load a browser. There's an attempt to generate a distributed model for community energy use monitoring that's running out of a forum: http://navitron.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=678.0 I'm keen to plug into Visual Python for object representations of solar rigs. have a look at http://www.spritenote.co.uk/solar.html for an idea of what I'm up to. I've got a pretty awful object model running which might allow auto assembly of this sort of system. > Besides, we believe in cultural diversity. > And we have great sympathy for non-native American speakers. > > Paul Alfille Hadn't considered the language implications of the style. And isn't the language English :D.. or is it actually written in Navaho? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
