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2009-03-11 01:06:48AM ncherry   Hey juha9668, it's bed time,
2009-03-11 01:07:13AM juha9668   it is?
2009-03-11 01:07:39AM ncherry   It is for me, well it's supposed to be.
2009-03-11 01:07:56AM juha9668   ok... get a good rest then
2009-03-11 01:08:03AM ncherry   I was poking around Groovy and Expect for Java
2009-03-11 01:08:25AM ncherry   I can't I need to figure out how you guy s are writing this Java stuff.
2009-03-11 01:08:41AM ncherry   Oops wife just yelled at me gotta go.
2009-03-11 01:08:49AM juha9668   ok later
2009-03-11 01:37:56AM guest5177   disappointing to see the current generation of browsers still cannot do CSS2 {}
2009-03-11 01:38:10AM guest5177   CSS2 {}
2009-03-11 01:39:00AM guest5177   it was disappointing two years ago I first looked at it but figured it would get there eventually -- two years later still not done {}
2009-03-11 01:39:09AM guest5177   it's a shame {}
2009-03-11 03:48:20AM juha9668   apparently I should be looking at CSS 2.1 instead
2009-03-11 04:56:53AM juha2796   testing personal spaces and blogs
2009-03-11 05:01:04AM juha2796   You will see all blogs from the entire site (personal blogs, project blogs, global blogs) aggregated here: http://www.openremote.org/display/project/Community+Blogs
2009-03-11 05:01:11AM juha2796   (excuse the lack of CSS for now)
2009-03-11 05:02:04AM juha2796   we should probably come up with some criteria which of these end up on the small space we have on the front page (based on username, label, location on site)
2009-03-11 05:52:56AM juha2796   debugging some macro layout issues in IE7, going to take a stab at some DNS maintenance next, so if the site disappears....
2009-03-11 07:17:42AM marcf   Hey Juha
2009-03-11 07:22:51AM marcf   let me know what you want to do with the front page design. I liked the color elements from the design.
2009-03-11 07:31:08AM juha2796   yes me too, I will look at adding the color classification
2009-03-11 07:31:27AM ncherry   Monrning!
2009-03-11 07:31:38AM marcf   morning
2009-03-11 07:31:41AM juha2796   morning neil
2009-03-11 07:31:43AM marcf   afternoon for me
2009-03-11 07:31:49AM marcf   evening for juha
2009-03-11 07:31:53AM juha2796   yep
2009-03-11 07:32:05AM ncherry   Well at least we have all the meal s covered
2009-03-11 07:32:08AM marcf   all one big family
2009-03-11 07:32:11AM marcf   he
2009-03-11 07:32:14AM marcf   what's with the font
2009-03-11 07:32:21AM juha2796   hmm... so looking at our spring based beehive, it still comes with a 40MB of libs with it -- not exactly feather weight either
2009-03-11 07:32:33AM marcf   afraid we won't hear you?
2009-03-11 07:32:44AM juha2796   hey, that hurt my ears
2009-03-11 07:33:01AM marcf   don't be blasphemous
2009-03-11 07:33:20AM marcf   40M in java is LIGHTWEIGHT
2009-03-11 07:33:33AM marcf   ha back to normal font
2009-03-11 07:33:43AM juha2796   I guess so... by today's standard
2009-03-11 07:33:53AM marcf   hey speaking of which
2009-03-11 07:33:55AM juha2796   call it inflation
2009-03-11 07:34:04AM marcf   Mark Spencer called yesterday
2009-03-11 07:34:17AM marcf   he has been looking at some Android based stuff
2009-03-11 07:34:22AM juha2796   cool
2009-03-11 07:34:24AM marcf   says we should totally take a look
2009-03-11 07:34:27AM marcf   linux and java
2009-03-11 07:34:43AM marcf   would require porting and all but may be a good wave to catch soon
2009-03-11 07:34:49AM marcf   would allow for killer remotes
2009-03-11 07:34:49AM juha2796   software stack is pleasant yes
2009-03-11 07:34:58AM juha2796   don't see much hardware yet
2009-03-11 07:35:06AM marcf   he has been researching that
2009-03-11 07:35:10AM marcf   he is ready to share that with us
2009-03-11 07:35:14AM juha2796   rumour has it much of the API is still undocumented?
2009-03-11 07:35:16AM marcf   (the hardware)
2009-03-11 07:35:21AM marcf   oh...
2009-03-11 07:35:32AM marcf   probably not something for right now then
2009-03-11 07:35:38AM juha2796   ask him if he took a look at developing?
2009-03-11 07:35:40AM marcf   but definitely something to keep in mind in the near future
2009-03-11 07:35:44AM juha2796   or knows someone?
2009-03-11 07:35:49AM marcf   he knows someone
2009-03-11 07:35:55AM marcf   that is what prompted him to reach out
2009-03-11 07:36:05AM marcf   looking at touchscreens in the 300 range
2009-03-11 07:36:22AM marcf   I could see the controller being a Android
2009-03-11 07:36:26AM marcf   a farm of them
2009-03-11 07:36:27AM juha2796   ok... well the rumour of undocumented API is totally unqualified, would be nice to check with someone who's tried it
2009-03-11 07:36:41AM marcf   I will put you in contact
2009-03-11 07:36:47AM marcf   like I said, not #1
2009-03-11 07:36:50AM marcf   but soon enough
2009-03-11 07:36:50AM juha2796   right
2009-03-11 07:36:56AM juha2796   would be fun
2009-03-11 07:36:59AM ncherry   Hey guys, what is this controller you speak of?
2009-03-11 07:37:05AM marcf   once we grow to 10 people
2009-03-11 07:37:05AM juha2796   we don't know
2009-03-11 07:37:18AM marcf   mark spencer just mentioned it yesterday to me
2009-03-11 07:37:24AM marcf   he was all excited about it
2009-03-11 07:37:35AM marcf   Mark S is kinda like you neil
2009-03-11 07:37:39AM juha2796   yeah... people like it, its open and comes from google
2009-03-11 07:37:40AM marcf   he doesn't do UI too well
2009-03-11 07:37:44AM marcf   only phone and CLI
2009-03-11 07:38:00AM ncherry   No I meant whatis the definition of this controller is it a remote or is it the central part fo the system?/
2009-03-11 07:38:09AM marcf   good question
2009-03-11 07:38:23AM marcf   the touchscreen is a controller with a remote
2009-03-11 07:38:28AM marcf   (Asus eeeTouch)
2009-03-11 07:38:41AM marcf   some of the apps we are about to release are iphone only (KNX)
2009-03-11 07:38:49AM marcf   others will require controller to map to media
2009-03-11 07:38:57AM marcf   (see Juha's earlier discussion)
2009-03-11 07:39:21AM marcf   (speaking of which as soon as the forums are functional, i don't mind plucking out the content from here on a bi-daily basis)
2009-03-11 07:39:33AM ncherry   The eeeTouch fits my definition of a central controller, something with a lot more resousrce than the remote controllers (early discussion, in the archives?)
2009-03-11 07:39:46AM marcf   yesterday
2009-03-11 07:39:54AM marcf   and yes on EEETouch
2009-03-11 07:40:39AM juha2796   our controller is very close to the definition of zigbee "coordinator"
2009-03-11 07:40:55AM juha2796   The most capable device, the coordinator forms the root of the network tree and might bridge to other networks.
2009-03-11 07:41:17AM marcf   right "bridge to other networks"
2009-03-11 07:41:26AM juha2796   It is able to store information about the network, including acting as the Trust Centre & repository for security keys.
2009-03-11 07:41:27AM marcf   because in the meantime IP everywhere is a neil joke
2009-03-11 07:42:03AM marcf   The controller needs to come naturally in narratives of what we do
2009-03-11 07:42:07AM juha2796   where we differentiate is we can have several controllers per network
2009-03-11 07:42:13AM marcf   right now it is central to our discussions, when it shouldn't be
2009-03-11 07:42:17AM marcf   perhaps, I mean
2009-03-11 07:42:19AM ncherry   I looked at that and I think we need more resources than the phones have for the central part of the system.
2009-03-11 07:42:23AM juha2796   in zigbee language coordinator is the first node to start the mesh
2009-03-11 07:42:43AM marcf   I can do KNX remote control without a controller
2009-03-11 07:43:10AM ncherry   For instance where does the interpreter/central logic live? The stuff that does the if this then that
2009-03-11 07:43:21AM marcf   we can not do IR without a controller because we are missing a IP/IR bridge and the protocol to do it which right now is LIRC/iguana
2009-03-11 07:43:40AM marcf   yeah but that is the point, in many use cases we don't need an "interpreter"
2009-03-11 07:44:02AM marcf   central logic appears in some scheduling where you don't want a Human acting but a CPU 24/7 spouting events
2009-03-11 07:44:11AM marcf   but it is not central to our narrative
2009-03-11 07:44:15AM marcf   our narrative is
2009-03-11 07:44:24AM ncherry   Actually yes you do, it's just going to be hidden from the user in most cases (my opinion)
2009-03-11 07:44:26AM marcf   remotes -> OR -> media
2009-03-11 07:44:30AM juha2796   re: IP/IR bridge -- hardware is available but you're faced with "record every remote at home" scenario without LIRC/CCF again
2009-03-11 07:44:40AM marcf   sometimes remotes -> media is easy (KNX IP)
2009-03-11 07:44:49AM marcf   and the iphone can be a remote without the necessity of a box
2009-03-11 07:44:53AM marcf   in that case don't buy a box
2009-03-11 07:45:13AM juha2796   everything IP based basically
2009-03-11 07:45:22AM marcf   yes
2009-03-11 07:45:24AM juha2796   works straight from console
2009-03-11 07:45:27AM marcf   yes
2009-03-11 07:45:29AM ncherry   But how does one mix and match the parts? (X10, KNX, Insteon, what-ever)?
2009-03-11 07:45:30AM juha2796   iphone, eee touch
2009-03-11 07:45:39AM marcf   neil, we agree
2009-03-11 07:45:43AM juha2796   mix-match = controller
2009-03-11 07:45:49AM marcf   you will naturally introduce the controller that way
2009-03-11 07:45:55AM marcf   juha is right
2009-03-11 07:46:15AM marcf   mix match, schedules, reporting/audit == controller
2009-03-11 07:46:22AM marcf   so a controller will come in naturally
2009-03-11 07:46:33AM marcf   but to lead with "a controller" is a false narrative
2009-03-11 07:46:50AM marcf   hence the question yesterday (check the history here)
2009-03-11 07:47:08AM ncherry   I guess I still need to see the code to further understand. I have a feeling the limited CPU and resources of the phone will limit what can be done.
2009-03-11 07:47:11AM marcf   btw I thought the discussion yesterday was very positive frommany angles
2009-03-11 07:47:30AM juha2796   neil: buy ipod touch, it is amazing what ARM9 can pull off
2009-03-11 07:47:33AM marcf   1/ the question was educated the guy had understood what we were about
2009-03-11 07:47:51AM marcf   so the website sucks less from that perspective
2009-03-11 07:47:51AM juha2796   I'm playing racing games
2009-03-11 07:48:08AM marcf   2/ he went right to the question of controller understanding KNX didn't need it
2009-03-11 07:48:20AM marcf   so overall I took this as a very positive sign
2009-03-11 07:48:28AM ncherry   Have any of you guys played with an HA system?
2009-03-11 07:48:38AM marcf   the website is streamlined and delivers teh story (the narrative) in a better way
2009-03-11 07:48:41AM juha2796   meaning?
2009-03-11 07:48:43AM marcf   no
2009-03-11 07:48:46AM marcf  
2009-03-11 07:50:11AM juha2796   .... neil is stuck writing....
2009-03-11 07:50:17AM juha2796   a novel coming?
2009-03-11 07:50:24AM marcf   I fear...
2009-03-11 07:50:25AM ncherry   The current HA systems allow a lot more than just control of the devices, they also incoprorate pulling information and processing it for user built web pages of for use in other ontrol/monitoing situations. They work 7x24 ...
2009-03-11 07:50:27AM marcf   nice color
2009-03-11 07:50:35AM marcf   yes....
2009-03-11 07:50:43AM juha2796   yeah neil... that is where the middleware will come in
2009-03-11 07:50:44AM ncherry   They are the central part of the system
2009-03-11 07:50:50AM marcf   we got it, HA is berry berry complex and requires a cray
2009-03-11 07:51:00AM ncherry   Neil can't type with this keyboard .. Neil Can't type
2009-03-11 07:51:15AM marcf   seriously though
2009-03-11 07:51:25AM ncherry   Well not a cray.
2009-03-11 07:51:30AM juha2796   7x24 == high availability, replication all that... done in middleware
2009-03-11 07:51:36AM marcf   we are not saying "there will not be a box"
2009-03-11 07:51:41AM marcf   there WILL be a box
2009-03-11 07:51:48AM marcf   (and it is a central piece)
2009-03-11 07:51:52AM marcf   but mark my words
2009-03-11 07:52:07AM marcf   one of the first products I think will get some traction
2009-03-11 07:52:12AM marcf   (KNX iphone)
2009-03-11 07:52:14AM ncherry   This term middleware confuses me (I'm not up on various terms which is where the confusion comes in)
2009-03-11 07:52:17AM marcf   will not require the box
2009-03-11 07:52:25AM juha2796   middleware = server software
2009-03-11 07:52:28AM marcf   middle ware == center-ware
2009-03-11 07:52:36AM marcf   it is in the center
2009-03-11 07:52:42AM marcf   of everything, the universe
2009-03-11 07:52:46AM juha2796   iphone will not be a server
2009-03-11 07:53:00AM ncherry   My problem is that it sounds like a marketing term and is very vague
2009-03-11 07:53:03AM marcf   just j/k
2009-03-11 07:53:11AM marcf   because it is very vague
2009-03-11 07:53:23AM marcf   we intuitively know we will need it
2009-03-11 07:53:30AM marcf   until the product is crisp clear
2009-03-11 07:53:35AM ncherry   Juha, thanks! That's what I was worried about (Iphone = server)
2009-03-11 07:53:36AM marcf   "you need this box to do IR over this"
2009-03-11 07:53:43AM juha2796   middleware == OSGI runtime, does that help?
2009-03-11 07:53:52AM marcf   then it is just fuzzy
2009-03-11 07:54:20AM marcf   probably not
2009-03-11 07:54:24AM ncherry   Somewhat, I've got to start using the OSGi runtime. I recall it but have not used it yet
2009-03-11 07:54:40AM juha2796   me neither :-D
2009-03-11 07:54:43AM juha2796   i just know the marketing terms
2009-03-11 07:54:46AM juha2796   :-D
2009-03-11 07:55:12AM marcf   he he
2009-03-11 07:55:27AM marcf   I like the colors
2009-03-11 07:55:33AM ncherry   :-P ppttth to Marketing term I are an engineer (how that for a vague term)
2009-03-11 07:55:38AM juha2796   it helps to follow who is talking
2009-03-11 07:56:06AM marcf   I might as well go transparent because when I talk neil hear s"pffft"
2009-03-11 07:56:25AM juha2796   it's the great chasm of marketing <--> engineering
2009-03-11 07:56:29AM marcf   neil did you see the latest from china? the assembly?
2009-03-11 07:56:31AM juha2796   total disconnect
2009-03-11 07:56:50AM ncherry   Juha, that's usually the problem
2009-03-11 07:57:11AM ncherry   Marcf, which assembly, the pictures you sent?
2009-03-11 07:57:16AM marcf   http://openremote.finalist.hk/IRBuilder/
2009-03-11 07:57:19AM marcf   no new stuff
2009-03-11 07:57:23AM marcf   beehive connected to iphone
2009-03-11 07:57:25AM marcf   try it
2009-03-11 07:57:29AM marcf   select a product
2009-03-11 07:57:32AM marcf   see teh buttons
2009-03-11 07:57:37AM marcf   drag and drop them on the page
2009-03-11 07:57:38AM marcf   voila!
2009-03-11 07:58:09AM juha2796   hey speaking of which... somewhat ahead... I'm thinking it would be cool to dig into the database and do some discovery on the type of commands that are there
2009-03-11 07:58:15AM juha2796   like people are using '>>' for something
2009-03-11 07:58:24AM juha2796   some use 'FWD'
2009-03-11 07:58:29AM marcf   right
2009-03-11 07:58:32AM juha2796   those should map to a common icon
2009-03-11 07:58:37AM marcf   exactly
2009-03-11 07:58:44AM marcf   That makes a ton of sense
2009-03-11 07:58:56AM marcf   also it would make the icons not look like ass
2009-03-11 07:59:03AM juha2796   hehe yea
2009-03-11 07:59:12AM juha2796   that will come
2009-03-11 07:59:23AM juha2796   thinking also the vendor selection could be prettier
2009-03-11 07:59:31AM juha2796   logos and ***
2009-03-11 07:59:31AM marcf   it is functional for now
2009-03-11 07:59:32AM ncherry   I couldn't get the drag and drop to work on the Macros
2009-03-11 07:59:41AM marcf   me neither
2009-03-11 07:59:58AM juha2796   yes... functional is goal right now... hence the "that will come"
2009-03-11 08:00:16AM ncherry   It worked well otherwise
2009-03-11 08:00:29AM marcf   I can't make sense of my icon and it drives me nuts is it a dolphin jumping over a dwarf?
2009-03-11 08:00:52AM juha2796   some linux penguin love
2009-03-11 08:01:10AM juha2796   that's how it looks to me
2009-03-11 08:01:33AM marcf   much better
2009-03-11 08:01:41AM marcf   a pirate, yay!
2009-03-11 08:01:57AM ncherry   I can't see the icons at all, mine looks like a cookie monster (and hope that's all)
2009-03-11 08:02:06AM marcf   it is a bee
2009-03-11 08:02:09AM marcf   pretty cool
2009-03-11 08:02:23AM marcf   juha is a penguin with a hat
2009-03-11 08:02:30AM marcf   I wish they let us upload ours
2009-03-11 08:02:42AM juha2796   I'm sure if you pay them $800...
2009-03-11 08:02:46AM marcf   yeah
2009-03-11 08:02:57AM juha2796   no actually it might be a plugin
2009-03-11 08:03:00AM juha2796   I think I saw that
2009-03-11 08:03:01AM ncherry   Wiley E. Cyote super genius, I like the way that sounds
2009-03-11 08:03:06AM juha2796   but its $$$ per year
2009-03-11 08:04:11AM juha2796   ok the cookie girl is scary
2009-03-11 08:04:15AM juha2796   (the teeth)
2009-03-11 08:04:23AM ncherry   Not sure Cookie Girl is going to be that popular ...
2009-03-11 08:04:50AM ncherry   Well it's off to the races for me (rat race)
2009-03-11 08:05:35AM marcf   see you later neil
2009-03-11 08:06:00AM juha2796   later
2009-03-11 08:06:43AM marcf   sent an email to bill re: front page
2009-03-11 08:06:46AM marcf   let's finish it
2009-03-11 08:07:15AM guest3397   quit the room
2009-03-11 08:10:25AM juha2796   might need some CSS work later on some subpages (like the forums) -- once I figure out what functional elements we get to use from the software
2009-03-11 08:11:50AM marcf   ok
2009-03-11 08:12:11AM marcf   I like the new chat
2009-03-11 08:12:19AM marcf   at least you feel connected with guys like neil
2009-03-11 08:12:28AM marcf   more real time than the forum
2009-03-11 08:12:40AM juha2796   yes
2009-03-11 08:12:42AM marcf   if we can use both in a good way, it is an ideal community builder
2009-03-11 08:12:53AM marcf   he took to it like a duck to water
2009-03-11 08:13:16AM juha2796   need to take the scooter back home, be back later
2009-03-11 08:13:23AM marcf   ok
2009-03-11 11:05:45AM marcf   hello everyone
2009-03-11 11:53:58AM marcf   juha is baaaack
2009-03-11 11:54:20AM guest3051   been here a while {}
2009-03-11 11:55:05AM juha2796   looking at how we can attach metadata into our wiki pages... that will come in handy for some tasks
2009-03-11 11:55:08AM marcf   bill said he was going to take a pass at making the one I liked look better and we should be good to go with it
2009-03-11 11:55:11AM marcf   sure
2009-03-11 11:56:16AM juha2796   tagged and branched beehive 1.0 beta 1 in svn
2009-03-11 11:59:02AM juha2796   our SVN log shows up here: http://openremote.wiki-neon.adaptavist.com/display/Community/Community+Activity
2009-03-11 11:59:24AM juha2796   we can pull in some website stats there as well, the current ones are just a quick hack
2009-03-11 12:00:20PM marcf   ok,
2009-03-11 12:00:35PM marcf   you talking about google analytics?
2009-03-11 12:00:54PM marcf   as a first step to know traffic that woudl be good
2009-03-11 12:01:04PM marcf   we really have no idea as is do we
2009-03-11 12:01:11PM juha2796   no.. these are just page hits on the site, most active contributors, etc
2009-03-11 12:01:23PM juha2796   there's no geo data etc
2009-03-11 12:01:25PM marcf   page hits is better than nothing
2009-03-11 12:01:28PM juha2796   yes
2009-03-11 12:01:46PM marcf   google analytics can be embedded in the template
2009-03-11 12:01:55PM marcf   did you ever try it?
2009-03-11 12:02:13PM juha2796   I haven't tried embedding the data... will check
2009-03-11 12:02:55PM marcf   it is pretty straightforward
2009-03-11 12:03:25PM marcf   what is more interesting in goog analytics is that it gives you how people find you
2009-03-11 12:03:28PM marcf   referrals
2009-03-11 12:03:31PM marcf   search
2009-03-11 12:03:34PM marcf   organic
2009-03-11 12:03:45PM marcf   LOL
2009-03-11 12:03:58PM marcf   the program just told me "don't speak so fast, take a break!"
2009-03-11 12:04:00PM marcf   amazing
2009-03-11 12:04:10PM marcf   it complains I type enter too much
2009-03-11 12:04:13PM marcf   try it it is hilarious
2009-03-11 12:04:15PM juha2796   thinks you are spamming
2009-03-11 12:04:22PM juha2796   1
2009-03-11 12:04:31PM juha2796   indeed
2009-03-11 12:04:34PM marcf   1
2009-03-11 12:04:47PM marcf   he
2009-03-11 01:29:52PM marcf   that is a lot of guests is that all juha
2009-03-11 01:30:00PM marcf   ah, google analytics...
2009-03-11 08:34:35PM ncherry   > he took to it like a duck to water I saw that (and you're right ) Only pop'd in for a moment, gotta do my homework (god I feel like I'm in high school, instead if my wife catches me she can really hurt me and not in a good way!

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