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Chat Log 2009-06-15

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2009-06-15 05:46:07 AM *juha*   Zigbee apparently also pay-to-play, and not possible to license a stack under GPL: http://freaklabs.org/index.php/Blog/Zigbee/Zigbee-Linux-and-the-GPL.html
2009-06-15 05:46:22 AM *juha*   and then people wonder why this industry never takes off.....
2009-06-15 06:09:41 AM *juha*   Facial recognition in HA: http://www.cepro.com/article/is_facial_recognition_the_future_of_home_automation/
2009-06-15 08:05:47 AM jvelociter   Hello all
2009-06-15 08:06:16 AM *juha*   hey
2009-06-15 08:06:20 AM jvelociter   wow "When you arrive a door will open automatically, the elevator will know what floor you're going to", a bit creepy
2009-06-15 08:06:46 AM jvelociter   though interesting
2009-06-15 08:07:32 AM ncherry   Morning Juha!
2009-06-15 08:07:41 AM *juha*   hey neil
2009-06-15 08:08:08 AM *juha*   yeah dunno how realistic face recognition will be but it sure opens a lot of interesting ideas for profiling apps
2009-06-15 08:08:25 AM *juha*   kind of "magical" switch to different states
2009-06-15 08:09:01 AM jvelociter   I wanted to let you know I looked a little at how canvas + SVG could work together for a navigation UI. I thought it would be just to painful easy doing until I've read this : http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/06/rendering-svg-canvas-burst/
2009-06-15 08:09:05 AM ncherry   It's gotta be more than face recognition but that would work pretty well when they get some more of the bugs out (sorta like the voice recognition)
2009-06-15 08:10:31 AM mgallissot   I've making some of this profiling stuff with switches, it's pretty good when you're sure about who's in command
2009-06-15 08:11:20 AM mgallissot   mixing some data of the house (which laptop is connected to the access point, which room is switched on...) you can statisticly guess who's there
2009-06-15 08:11:38 AM mgallissot   saving you the cost of a camera
2009-06-15 08:12:21 AM ncherry   I'd like to see the math on that first ... also how does it deal with new unknown users?
2009-06-15 08:12:55 AM *juha*   would be just a guest permission I think
2009-06-15 08:13:02 AM *juha*   permissions based system
2009-06-15 08:13:25 AM mgallissot   well, maths are made by bayesian networks for user profiling (at least, in my case)
2009-06-15 08:13:34 AM *juha*   I like bayesian
2009-06-15 08:13:34 AM mgallissot   unknown user is still an issue
2009-06-15 08:13:37 AM ncherry   Ah, sorry, I've not physically recovered from the ride (it was great)
2009-06-15 08:13:40 AM mgallissot   bayesian is great
2009-06-15 08:15:19 AM ncherry   I'll be reading a lot more this summer after I take a little vacation from school (I really need to dig into some code) bayesian is on that list (an AI book I have).
2009-06-15 08:15:24 AM jvelociter   for a panel UI you can use a identification/authentification system that mimics the android "unlock phone" mecanism
2009-06-15 08:15:49 AM jvelociter   drawing a pattern with your finger
2009-06-15 08:16:11 AM *juha*   hmm that's a cool idea for unlocking a touch device
2009-06-15 08:16:36 AM jvelociter   yes, and it can work as identification too
2009-06-15 08:16:38 AM ncherry   Is that pattern permanent or is it just for that login?
2009-06-15 08:16:54 AM jvelociter   your children can have their own pattern, but less options
2009-06-15 08:17:02 AM jvelociter   like not play with the TV: )
2009-06-15 08:17:19 AM jvelociter   on the android phone it's just to unlock the screen
2009-06-15 08:17:24 AM ncherry   Children are quite observant and tend to pick up on these kinds f things
2009-06-15 08:17:33 AM jvelociter   yep that's right
2009-06-15 08:17:48 AM jvelociter   if they really want to know, they will
2009-06-15 08:18:29 AM ncherry   I have a hackers mind so they'd have to be able to out think me (at this moment that's not tough
2009-06-15 08:19:08 AM *juha*   yeah I was thinking its a cool way to set a user profile, or simple app navigation too
2009-06-15 08:19:23 AM jvelociter   you need a new pattern each day, generated with a simple algo
2009-06-15 08:19:34 AM ncherry   agreed
2009-06-15 08:19:35 AM jvelociter   that will make your kid think, at least
2009-06-15 08:20:14 AM ncherry   I like it better than complex passwords or pass-phrases (I prefer the later)
2009-06-15 08:21:31 AM *juha*   typing a password every time you come home just gets boring very quickly
2009-06-15 08:21:42 AM jvelociter   if you always use the same pattern or password on a touch device, it's weak against the traces you finger leaves
2009-06-15 08:22:00 AM ncherry   It's also not complex enough)\.
2009-06-15 08:22:08 AM jvelociter   you'll have to clean it all the time
2009-06-15 08:22:21 AM *juha*   something on touch is cool, a RF key for secure auth
2009-06-15 08:22:26 AM ncherry   Actaully that's one of the preblems of most systems
2009-06-15 08:23:01 AM mgallissot   I used mobile phone recognition...
2009-06-15 08:23:33 AM ncherry   So if I get your phone, I get in?
2009-06-15 08:23:45 AM *juha*   well same with your keys, no
2009-06-15 08:23:46 AM mgallissot   yeap, but I might run behind you
2009-06-15 08:24:15 AM ncherry   Not if you haven't noticed it yet (that might seem a little odd)
2009-06-15 08:24:16 AM *juha*   face recognition puts a twist to that though
2009-06-15 08:24:29 AM ncherry   Yes it does
2009-06-15 08:24:39 AM jvelociter   what if I take a picture of you and print it on a A4?
2009-06-15 08:24:44 AM jvelociter   will I pass?
2009-06-15 08:24:51 AM ncherry   Shouldn't
2009-06-15 08:24:57 AM *juha*   not sure the hi quality systems are that dumb
2009-06-15 08:24:59 AM ncherry   It doesn't have the depth
2009-06-15 08:25:23 AM mgallissot   how does it recognize twins ?
2009-06-15 08:25:32 AM ncherry   The measure a few diffrent things and can recognize hollywood makeup jobs
2009-06-15 08:25:35 AM *juha*   probably doesnt
2009-06-15 08:25:39 AM ncherry   Woh!
2009-06-15 08:25:52 AM *juha*   if you're a twin, you should look for an alternative security system
2009-06-15 08:25:56 AM *juha*   like a password :-P
2009-06-15 08:26:10 AM ncherry  
2009-06-15 08:26:20 AM mgallissot   yeap... or data fusion with face recognition and mobile phone detection
2009-06-15 08:26:38 AM ncherry   Remember that phones can still be cloned
2009-06-15 08:26:51 AM mgallissot   but cloning both your face and your phone can be hard
2009-06-15 08:27:08 AM ncherry   Not if you can wait a few decades
2009-06-15 08:27:38 AM mgallissot   also, most people still hide their spare key somewhere in the garden, so, that's still better
2009-06-15 08:28:19 AM ncherry   Yeah but then there's my last line of defense, two chow-chows
2009-06-15 08:35:08 AM jvelociter   do you have any target devices in mind for a touch panel ?
2009-06-15 08:35:55 AM jvelociter   the touch book from always innovative looks interesting http://gizmodo.com/5162584/first-hands-on-touch-book-is-a-part+netbook-part+tablet
2009-06-15 08:36:01 AM *juha*   eeetop for starters
2009-06-15 08:36:03 AM *juha*   yes it does
2009-06-15 11:16:56 AM guest981   juha around?
2009-06-15 11:16:59 AM guest981   (is Andy)
2009-06-15 11:19:48 AM acoliver   woot I actually signed in
2009-06-15 11:24:26 AM *juha*3977   hey
2009-06-15 11:32:54 AM acoliver   hey so does this composer build?
2009-06-15 11:33:04 AM acoliver   I want to dink with the output
2009-06-15 11:33:18 AM acoliver   aha
2009-06-15 11:33:36 AM *juha*3977   not exactly a clean build system yet
2009-06-15 11:33:38 AM *juha*3977   work in progress
2009-06-15 11:34:32 AM acoliver   doesn't deploy in jboss?
2009-06-15 11:34:41 AM acoliver   ahh it wants me to deploy a ds
2009-06-15 11:35:13 AM *juha*3977   tomcat
2009-06-15 11:35:22 AM *juha*3977   yeah you will need beehive too
2009-06-15 11:35:25 AM *juha*3977   on mysql
2009-06-15 11:35:33 AM acoliver   beehive the bea thing?
2009-06-15 11:35:48 AM *juha*3977   no, just a database and rest front end
2009-06-15 11:36:02 AM *juha*3977   some readme has info, some of it may not have outdated yet
2009-06-15 11:36:09 AM *juha*3977   get mysql first
2009-06-15 11:36:17 AM *juha*3977   then import sql/import.sql
2009-06-15 11:36:22 AM *juha*3977   ant war on beehive
2009-06-15 11:36:26 AM *juha*3977   deploy beehive.war
2009-06-15 11:36:29 AM acoliver   where is beehive?
2009-06-15 11:36:31 AM acoliver   what is beehive
2009-06-15 11:36:52 AM *juha*3977   /Manager/Beehive
2009-06-15 11:36:55 AM *juha*3977   is a infrared database
2009-06-15 11:37:15 AM *juha*3977   beehive.war/WEB-INF configure your mysql properties
2009-06-15 11:37:21 AM *juha*3977   url, user, password
2009-06-15 11:40:17 AM acoliver   coing beehive
2009-06-15 11:41:37 AM *juha*3977   ok
2009-06-15 11:44:12 AM acoliver   *juha*3977 does it create the beehive db or do I need to?
2009-06-15 11:44:17 AM acoliver   (in mysql)
2009-06-15 11:44:51 AM *juha*3977   source beehive/sql/import.sql should be enough IIRC
2009-06-15 11:45:19 AM *juha*3977   has table definitions at least
2009-06-15 11:45:31 AM *juha*3977   don't remember if you need to create database; first
2009-06-15 11:45:49 AM *juha*3977   probably create db first yeah
2009-06-15 11:46:09 AM acoliver   no database selected error like 50 times
2009-06-15 11:46:32 AM *juha*3977   yeah create db first, then use beehive;
2009-06-15 11:46:41 AM *juha*3977   then source import.sql
2009-06-15 11:47:31 AM acoliver   ok also doesn't create the user
2009-06-15 11:47:38 AM *juha*3977   true
2009-06-15 11:47:45 AM jvelociter   you should import icons.sql too IIRC
2009-06-15 11:52:03 AM acoliver   what is lirc and/or can I ignore it or what can I set beehive config to ?
2009-06-15 11:53:01 AM *juha*3977   you can ignore lirc install, the import.sql has the data for ui composer to pull the infrared models and buttons
2009-06-15 11:57:38 AM acoliver   where is its log4j config set to /logs (notice from the root)
2009-06-15 11:57:44 AM *juha*3977   ignore
2009-06-15 11:58:09 AM acoliver   java.io.FileNotFoundException: /logs/openremote.log (No such file or directory) (FYI)
2009-06-15 11:58:14 AM *juha*3977   yeah
2009-06-15 11:59:57 AM acoliver   am in designer
2009-06-15 12:00:01 PM acoliver   IRBuilder
2009-06-15 12:00:08 PM acoliver   create a screen
2009-06-15 12:00:08 PM *juha*3977   cool
2009-06-15 12:00:14 PM acoliver   each tab has nothing under it
2009-06-15 12:00:23 PM acoliver   and says to create tab heading icon (gear for instance)
2009-06-15 12:00:29 PM acoliver   but pressing that does nothing obvious
2009-06-15 12:00:34 PM *juha*3977   click on the tiny gear icon
2009-06-15 12:00:42 PM *juha*3977   ok
2009-06-15 12:00:47 PM acoliver   ahh gear brings something up
2009-06-15 12:00:51 PM acoliver   the HTTP + did not
2009-06-15 12:00:58 PM *juha*3977   yeah http et al wont
2009-06-15 12:01:04 PM acoliver   which vendor do I like?
2009-06-15 12:01:06 PM *juha*3977   just infrared, x10 and knx
2009-06-15 12:01:15 PM acoliver   (I'm on IR)
2009-06-15 12:01:22 PM *juha*3977   use whatever
2009-06-15 12:01:31 PM *juha*3977   i think you are connecting to the default db in china :-P
2009-06-15 12:01:35 PM *juha*3977   so it will be slow
2009-06-15 12:01:53 PM acoliver   adaptec
2009-06-15 12:01:53 PM acoliver   I got my start writing OS/2 SCSI drivers for Adaptec cards
2009-06-15 12:01:55 PM acoliver   so why not
2009-06-15 12:04:03 PM acoliver   ok so I downloaded my shavic
2009-06-15 12:04:19 PM acoliver   I get 2 xml files, a conf file and an irb file
2009-06-15 12:04:26 PM *juha*3977   right
2009-06-15 12:04:38 PM acoliver   the irb file looks like JSON
2009-06-15 12:04:56 PM *juha*3977   one for controller, one for the UI, conf is for lirc daemon and the irb is a json to recreate the UI if you upload it back to composer
2009-06-15 12:05:24 PM acoliver   why the xml for the ui and not the json?
2009-06-15 12:05:46 PM *juha*3977   because everybody loves xml?
2009-06-15 12:06:05 PM acoliver   well browsers don't much
2009-06-15 12:06:39 PM *juha*3977   browsers would connect to the controller, controller is just java rendering xml
2009-06-15 12:07:06 PM acoliver   So the iphone is written in java atm?
2009-06-15 12:07:11 PM *juha*3977   no
2009-06-15 12:07:16 PM *juha*3977   obj-c
2009-06-15 12:07:18 PM *juha*3977   cocoa
2009-06-15 12:07:24 PM acoliver   and that is parsing the xml?
2009-06-15 12:07:38 PM *juha*3977   yeah
2009-06-15 12:09:17 PM acoliver   OK. Is that something you feel strongly about (the XML)? I can do JSON w/less code/memory.
2009-06-15 12:09:37 PM *juha*3977   json would be fine
2009-06-15 12:10:39 PM acoliver   ok so the iphone is consuming the XML/JSON and composing the UI based on the defniitions, then it connects over http to the controller and issues commands like this: /cmd.htm?id=
Unknown macro: {button_id}
&commandType=
Unknown macro: {command_type}
2009-06-15 12:10:57 PM *juha*3977   yea
2009-06-15 12:11:09 PM *juha*3977   or the last one M3
2009-06-15 12:11:14 PM *juha*3977   which is a bit cleaner
2009-06-15 12:11:29 PM acoliver   the button id is from the xml
2009-06-15 12:11:34 PM *juha*3977   yea
2009-06-15 12:11:34 PM acoliver   what is the command type?
2009-06-15 12:11:37 PM acoliver   M3?
2009-06-15 12:11:53 PM *juha*3977   if youre looking at the wiki page for controller command, just scroll to the end
2009-06-15 12:12:02 PM *juha*3977   /press /release /click
2009-06-15 12:12:04 PM acoliver   ahh got you
2009-06-15 12:12:05 PM *juha*3977   are command types
2009-06-15 12:12:20 PM ncherry   quit the room
2009-06-15 12:12:43 PM acoliver   ahh
2009-06-15 12:17:33 PM acoliver   OK so Phone gui takes in def file, renders, sends responses with button id and /press, /release or /click to the server. Where does the phone get the server url from?
2009-06-15 12:18:17 PM *juha*3977   config directly right now, will be a multicast discovery by final
2009-06-15 12:19:59 PM acoliver   how does the user config that? How does the user switch between panels? This is in the rendered app?
2009-06-15 12:20:42 PM *juha*3977   iphone has a specific settings UI panel which all apps can integrate to, the config is written by the user there
2009-06-15 12:20:55 PM *juha*3977   panels you switch by finger swipe on the screen
2009-06-15 12:21:07 PM *juha*3977   these are iphone SDK elements
2009-06-15 12:21:10 PM acoliver   ok. cool.
2009-06-15 12:22:22 PM acoliver   back at you soon.
2009-06-15 12:22:28 PM acoliver   have a good evening
2009-06-15 12:22:35 PM *juha*3977   later
2009-06-15 12:33:31 PM marcf   acoliver strikes again?
2009-06-15 12:34:12 PM marcf   the JSON, isn't the point that Marcus liked was he hacked the xml directly?
2009-06-15 12:34:16 PM *juha*3977   getting evaluation of android and/or titanium client dev.
2009-06-15 12:34:26 PM *juha*3977   json is still text
2009-06-15 12:34:26 PM marcf   cool
2009-06-15 12:34:46 PM marcf   was talking with Jean-Luc
2009-06-15 12:35:09 PM marcf   for installers, where we come at is that a clean package with KNX (which is the only java only yes?) would do fine
2009-06-15 12:35:31 PM marcf   is that the only pure-java we have at the moment?
2009-06-15 12:35:44 PM *juha*3977   everything is pure java except lirc, no?
2009-06-15 12:35:51 PM marcf   seems that way
2009-06-15 12:36:07 PM mgallissot   from what I know, UPnP is pure java
2009-06-15 12:36:17 PM marcf   cool
2009-06-15 12:36:20 PM marcf   that makes 2 then
2009-06-15 12:36:22 PM *juha*3977   and dont even care if not pure java but has linux/mac/win support
2009-06-15 12:36:37 PM marcf   sure
2009-06-15 12:36:50 PM *juha*3977   so serial will do also
2009-06-15 12:37:02 PM marcf   ok
2009-06-15 12:37:10 PM marcf   do we have autodiscover in calimero?
2009-06-15 12:37:13 PM *juha*3977   yes
2009-06-15 12:37:16 PM marcf   cool
2009-06-15 12:37:25 PM *juha*3977   for a subnet
2009-06-15 12:37:32 PM marcf   ok, good enough for now
2009-06-15 12:37:44 PM jean-luc   juha what do you think about a simple vmware pre packaged evaluation ORB linux distro. download and run on any system?
2009-06-15 12:37:53 PM *juha*3977   why?
2009-06-15 12:38:05 PM jean-luc   why not - ease of eval
2009-06-15 12:38:16 PM marcf   ease of dev would be one
2009-06-15 12:38:39 PM *juha*3977   i just said everything is portable except lirc
2009-06-15 12:38:58 PM marcf   IR is the only one that we care about and without the physical connection you are not resting runtime
2009-06-15 12:39:09 PM marcf   focus
2009-06-15 12:39:55 PM marcf   how is the packaging today?
2009-06-15 12:40:13 PM marcf   supporting KNX and UPnP is just a question of packages we drop or is there more to it?
2009-06-15 12:40:28 PM *juha*3977   its a WAR
2009-06-15 12:40:36 PM marcf   so easy
2009-06-15 12:41:11 PM marcf   hey ac
2009-06-15 12:41:21 PM marcf   welcome
2009-06-15 12:41:38 PM acoliver   marcf the point of the json isn't json vs xml it is parsing in the browser vs well...not parsing.
2009-06-15 12:41:41 PM acoliver   hi
2009-06-15 12:41:52 PM marcf   so back to the pure java package the thinking is tha tmost the people that contact are installlers today and they come from the KNX angle
2009-06-15 12:41:58 PM marcf   either iKNX or KNX-ORB
2009-06-15 12:42:21 PM marcf   the xml is hackable by people is json?
2009-06-15 12:42:24 PM acoliver   it reduces the amount of code on the client.
2009-06-15 12:42:30 PM marcf   so?
2009-06-15 12:42:40 PM acoliver   it also is many times faster
2009-06-15 12:42:45 PM acoliver   (depending)
2009-06-15 12:42:54 PM acoliver   but I don't care
2009-06-15 12:43:04 PM *juha*3977   json is fine, iphone SDK has an XML parser in it so it is easy, yes json is human editable
2009-06-15 12:43:07 PM acoliver   both are hackable
2009-06-15 12:43:15 PM marcf   ok
2009-06-15 12:43:34 PM marcf   you doing something ac?
2009-06-15 12:43:40 PM marcf   I mean building somehting?
2009-06-15 12:44:16 PM acoliver   juha asked me to look at android support. So I am.
2009-06-15 12:44:21 PM marcf   so with the KNX crowd, a pure java binary makes ease of eval
2009-06-15 12:44:32 PM *juha*3977   pure java binary is trivial
2009-06-15 12:44:39 PM marcf   they will want an orb anyway down the road
2009-06-15 01:52:24 PM acoliver   unrelated question on Marc's abs positioning vs grid. Any plan to do something in between? Meaning I kinda like the grid but think the power button should take two columns in the top row (for instance) (and be a red round button). think like HTML tables sorta? I have fat fingers.
2009-06-15 01:53:09 PM *juha*3977   yes its already there
2009-06-15 01:53:12 PM *juha*3977   in M2
2009-06-15 01:53:25 PM *juha*3977   you can hover the mouse pointer close to the edge of the button
2009-06-15 01:53:35 PM *juha*3977   drag it to make it span several rows or cols
2009-06-15 01:54:04 PM *juha*3977   not documented yet, i was thinking about it today that I forgot to talk about it
2009-06-15 01:54:24 PM *juha*3977   the drag area is a bit small
2009-06-15 01:54:29 PM *juha*3977   so it feels a tad clumsy
2009-06-15 01:54:30 PM *juha*3977   but works
2009-06-15 02:09:47 PM acoliver   afa the pure java bla -- you're talking on the controller right? Not phones right?
2009-06-15 02:10:04 PM *juha*3977   yes
2009-06-15 02:10:05 PM acoliver   oh good
2009-06-15 02:10:26 PM acoliver   java on phones is dead as a doornail afaik. I think BB will dump it too
2009-06-15 02:11:08 PM *juha*3977   yes that's pretty much what I'm hearing too... dunno how much dev still goes on in europe, it was big on the scandinavian manufacturers
2009-06-15 02:11:46 PM *juha*3977   what is BB?
2009-06-15 02:12:27 PM *juha*3977   on downside it means we need to wait for the reinvention of the VM
2009-06-15 02:12:46 PM *juha*3977   on mobile
2009-06-15 02:15:52 PM acoliver   blackberry
2009-06-15 02:16:07 PM acoliver   in the us blackberry is the entrenched monster in the enterprise space.
2009-06-15 02:16:21 PM acoliver   While iphone is the home user monster, your company probably bought you a blackberry
2009-06-15 02:25:31 PM acoliver   *juha*3977 rhomobile, appcelerator, adobe all are in the webkit + js.
2009-06-15 02:26:12 PM acoliver   I'd still like to see davlik for iphone but apple is pretty restrictive.
2009-06-15 02:27:19 PM *juha*3977   yeah, pretty restrictive is an understatement
2009-06-15 02:27:26 PM *juha*3977   I just read the iphone dev program license yesterday
2009-06-15 02:27:31 PM *juha*3977   one of the worst I've ever had to read
2009-06-15 02:30:34 PM acoliver   as long as you have cornered the market you do not need to be non-restrictive. Instead, protect your growing monopoly. Makes a lot of business sense at least how things are going right now. Once they win they can screw the carriers.
2009-06-15 02:31:13 PM *juha*3977   yes apple is just another microsoft no doubt
2009-06-15 02:31:29 PM *juha*3977   I think its too early to act like they've won though, and being restrictive is gonna come back to bite them
2009-06-15 02:51:54 PM acoliver   well it cost them my choice. The G1 sucks for battery but I can't deal w/o keyboard. i email by phone more than by computer... If there were kb versions I'd probably have gone with the flow. though android apis nicer (objectivec bah)
2009-06-15 02:53:10 PM *juha*3977   they're creating space for android to emerge and I'm happy they do
2009-06-15 02:54:42 PM jean-luc   btw 3.0 os opens up the usb interface so you can soon have your favorite keyboard attached ...
2009-06-15 02:55:32 PM mredeker   and also bluetooth is opened, there are some really cool tiny bt keyboards
2009-06-15 03:09:30 PM jean-luc   not to mention the IR sender kits that will evolve (or zwave / zigbee / rf) for that matter, wrapped in a nice case that double as an extra battery
2009-06-15 03:36:59 PM *juha*3977   Qualcomm shows off prototype Eee PC running ARM + Android + No CPU Fan: http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/305316/qualcomm_shows_eee_pc_running_android_os
2009-06-15 04:45:08 PM acoliver   *juha*3977 is there a real http://www.openremote.org http://www.openremote.org/schemas/iphone.xsd laying around?
2009-06-15 04:45:27 PM *juha*3977   you mean online?
2009-06-15 04:45:32 PM acoliver   anywhere
2009-06-15 04:45:52 PM *juha*3977   why, is the svn one not up-to-date?
2009-06-15 04:46:17 PM acoliver  
2009-06-15 04:46:46 PM *juha*3977   then no
2009-06-15 04:47:18 PM acoliver   you answered my question
2009-06-15 04:47:23 PM acoliver   thusly I found it
2009-06-15 04:47:30 PM *juha*3977   ok
2009-06-15 04:54:29 PM acoliver   Is there intended to be ONE single definition for the whole application (i.e. iphone.xml) or can there be multiple? Is there a screenshot of how "activities" are displayed?
2009-06-15 04:54:46 PM acoliver   (it appears the ui designer only makes 1 activity at the moment)
2009-06-15 04:56:11 PM acoliver   Natural to me *juha*3977 is Remotes[]>Activities[]>Screens[]->Buttons[] but that assumes Activity != Remote
2009-06-15 04:56:53 PM *juha*3977   activities screenshot is here: http://openremote.org/download/attachments/2425539/img16.png
2009-06-15 04:57:07 PM *juha*3977   you're correct the online tool doesn't currently allow defining these
2009-06-15 04:57:14 PM *juha*3977   it needs to be created manually on the XML
2009-06-15 04:58:12 PM acoliver   Ok and multiple .xml files? Meaning can I have multiple "remotes" which in turn contains "activities" or is "activity" the highest level?
2009-06-15 04:58:35 PM *juha*3977   thinking one single definition should be sufficient at the moment... are you thinking there's a reason for multiple?
2009-06-15 04:59:19 PM acoliver   I do not have an opinion.
2009-06-15 04:59:23 PM *juha*3977   activity is top level
2009-06-15 04:59:48 PM *juha*3977   thinking in terms of remotes is not entirely accurate
2009-06-15 04:59:58 PM *juha*3977   i could mix buttons from multiple remotes into a single screen
2009-06-15 05:00:26 PM *juha*3977   or a button that invokes a sequence of commands over several remotes
2009-06-15 05:01:03 PM *juha*3977   so activities -> screens -> buttons is correct
2009-06-15 05:01:25 PM acoliver   much simpler
2009-06-15 05:01:41 PM acoliver   then this is kinda easy to be honest.
2009-06-15 05:01:48 PM *juha*3977   easy is good
2009-06-15 05:01:51 PM acoliver   the hardest thing is getting the xml file
2009-06-15 05:02:18 PM acoliver   starting with idea that the app can grab the zip from some url somewhere
2009-06-15 05:02:41 PM acoliver   is that acceptable?
2009-06-15 05:02:50 PM *juha*3977   you will only need the xml from an url
2009-06-15 05:03:01 PM *juha*3977   and images served from url
2009-06-15 05:03:07 PM *juha*3977   the url being the controller
2009-06-15 05:03:20 PM *juha*3977   you dont need the entire zip on the phone
2009-06-15 05:03:41 PM acoliver   ok. I don't want to download the images?
2009-06-15 05:04:37 PM *juha*3977   the zip is downloaded into the controller
2009-06-15 05:04:52 PM *juha*3977   it will serve the images to phone over lan
2009-06-15 05:05:04 PM *juha*3977   or wifi
2009-06-15 05:05:49 PM *juha*3977   so simple url download from the controller url will do for now
2009-06-15 05:06:45 PM acoliver   ok.
2009-06-15 07:31:13 PM ncherry   Hey Jean-luc, broke a small pipe n NYC?
2009-06-15 09:07:50 PM jean-luc   yeah - no water yesterday
2009-06-15 09:08:00 PM jean-luc   a big hole actually ..
2009-06-15 09:08:07 PM ncherry  
2009-06-15 09:08:16 PM ncherry   I take it that it was a very big hole
2009-06-15 09:08:25 PM ncherry   The NYC pipes are usaully not small
2009-06-15 09:15:53 PM jean-luc   hi dan
 
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