Re: Plugwise xPL-PERL support
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:10 pm
Hey Daromer,
to be able to tell something useful I really need the debug output of the communication between the software and the Stick (this means all messages created and received by the stick just before the point where the communication fails).
As I stated before, I suspect that you can cause the interface code to hang by triggering a situation where the stick does not respond to a command/request. If the initial 'ACK' sequence is not generated by the stick then the software will hang. This is intentional, because if this happens I don't know the recommended way to handle this. Reason: we're lacking the docs of the communication protocol. Plugwise refuses to disclose this info (but happily refers users who want to control their circles from non-windows systems to this forum for help...)
Concerning your previous message: I suspect that your use of xpl-plugwise is causing something to happen to the Circle, not the mere fact that you are using xpl-plugwise to communicate to the Stick (as you suggest). I'm running xpl-plugwise since a few weeks before the release at home without problems.
I plan to add the power reading to my devices in the next days, so maybe I'll hit the same problem. We'll see
to be able to tell something useful I really need the debug output of the communication between the software and the Stick (this means all messages created and received by the stick just before the point where the communication fails).
As I stated before, I suspect that you can cause the interface code to hang by triggering a situation where the stick does not respond to a command/request. If the initial 'ACK' sequence is not generated by the stick then the software will hang. This is intentional, because if this happens I don't know the recommended way to handle this. Reason: we're lacking the docs of the communication protocol. Plugwise refuses to disclose this info (but happily refers users who want to control their circles from non-windows systems to this forum for help...)
Concerning your previous message: I suspect that your use of xpl-plugwise is causing something to happen to the Circle, not the mere fact that you are using xpl-plugwise to communicate to the Stick (as you suggest). I'm running xpl-plugwise since a few weeks before the release at home without problems.
I plan to add the power reading to my devices in the next days, so maybe I'll hit the same problem. We'll see