Peter, I don't mean to hijack your thread but thought it worth mentioning the xPL interface already built into Slimserver. Which can also provide effectively the same functionality and potentially much greater flexibility and extensibility.
I use the xPL interface to control power (through an X10 switch) to one of my amplifiers dependent upon the status of the accompanying Squeezebox. xPL is an open, community supported, automation comms protocol designed to operate across a variety of media, including TCP/IP networks. See www.xplproject.org.uk for details. You will see that you can install xPL applications on both windows and Linux machines (and there's a Java version as well!), and that interfaces are available for x10 controllers (CM11/12, W800RF32) and many other devices. I understand that a Z-wave interface is also in the works. xPL HAL is the automation controller that receives xPL messages and triggers simple or complex responses based upon really easily defined user scripts. You don't need to understand Perl to make this work! Where Peter's plugin wins over xPL is that there isn't a firecracker interface for xPL (but as it's a community supported protocol there's nothing stopping anyone from writing one). Chris -- lostboy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lostboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=125 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24065 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
