Here is the VB source code for my application. It was writtem using Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2005. You can download Visual Basic Express for free from Microsoft.
There is still a lot I would like to do with my application, but I think this is a good start and I would like to see what others do with it.
I provide this application and source code on an open source basis with the understanding that whoever uses it and develops its further will also provide the source code to their further developments on an open source basis here.
I started a similar project to what you want a couple of months back.
Google for \'Xpl\' and you will find a really simple protocol for doing exactly what you want to do. You just download the relevant files (its free) and install it as a windows service. (I am using it on a MS server 2003 setup, but you can also install it on your desktop and host a website using IIS, which comes on the Windows discs).
You also download the Comfort Plugin (I also got the day/night plugin) which allows xpl to communicate directly with comfort. You can then start using the simple setup program, xpl manager, to set up your devices (Similar to the comfigurator program).
Once you\'ve done this it is actually a simple process to knock up your own floor plan (using something like Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver to create the pages).
If you download MS visual web developer 2008 express (Free from microsoft) you can use AJAX to allow you to dynamically update portions of the web page for PIR alerts, temperature sensors etc so you dont have to keep updating the entire page to get your new information.
All this sounds complicated perhaps, but i\'m a noob when it comes to stuff like this, so if i can do it....
All in all this will let you have what you want, ie internet access to your security system (Although i would recommend making sure the access is secure!!!
You can also get the xpl plugin for MCE and now also for zWave kit (if and when it ever hits our shores in the UK in any meaningful amount).
Anyone who is comfortable designing webpages should consider xpl (and also Xap, which can do more than xpl) as a good way of controlling and accessing Comfort. I\'m finding out tons of stuff, just by experimenting.
Best of all, FREE is a lot cheaper than the web server UCL (Sorry Cytech).
Just wondering if there was any indication as to when the CWM would be available ? Purchased a new comfort system today, and had ordered the cwm only to find out there is a delay witht he cwm. Dont mind waiting forthe cwm, will look at an interim solutution, but any guidelines as to when it will be available ?
01-08-2008, 01:32 AM (This post was last modified: 02-25-2009, 11:49 AM by admin.)
The CWM is now out of sytock because the manufacturer of the embedded PC module discontinued it without notification. We have had to develop the product using a new hardware platform and it is taking a longer time than anticipated. The software is still being tested. We expect it would be a few months before the product is ready for production.
In the meantime perhaps you can consider other solutions lime the Everhome software, see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum27/845.html
I will have a look at the solution cgiltro has (the other solution looks nice, but wont make much sense for me to pay for it, as I intend to go the cwm route when it is available again).
