Welcome to the xPL Project blog

11 Aug, 2009  1 Comment

The xPL Project has been running since 2003, developing ‘glue’ to tie together home automation technologies.

We have developed a broad range of software and solutions across all of the common operating systems – we have Java and Perl based tools which run on Linux, Windows, MacOS, as well as native applications for Linux and Windows… all sending and receiving a common language of simple XML like text messages.

This latest update to our website comes alongside a series of new developments – we have implemented a public bugtracker, based on the flyspray solution (an open source project like us), and completed the first phase of a project to rewrite many of our older applications from Visual Basic 6 to .Net technologies.

If you are interested in home brew home automation technologies, dive in - our discussion forum is friendly!

Updated Linux gateways

16 Oct, 2009  No Comment

New versions of the following Linux based xPL gateways are now available from http://www.iranger.com:

  • The RFXCOM wireless receivers
  • AprilAire thermostats
  • Lutron Homeworks lighting system
  • HAI Omni series of security systems

Other xPL based applications include a java based xPL device tracking email reporter, Asterisk call tracker, Davis Weather Station gateway and an osd.basic to Growl message mapper for Macs.

Sounds like an epic period of development from the Internet Ranger!

The xPL Discussion forums are back online..

16 Aug, 2009  No Comment

After some major PHP surgery and a bit of database hacking, the Forums are back online, in their new home.

We should get the xpl-home.org address working again in a day or so, however, The forums are available to log into now at:

http://xplproject.org.uk/forums

your username and password should continue to work – if you have any issues, please pop me an email (ianlowe (at) xplproject.org.uk ) and I’ll get you sorted out.

Not surprisingly with a move on this scale, we have some bits and bobs not working on day 1.  bear with us!

edit: the old forum address is gone…