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- juwi_uk - 01-12-2013
With more of us getting Raspberry Pi\'s, has Cytech considered the possibility of porting the CWS (Comfort Web Server) software to this platform?
It seems to me that the CWS platform has failed to go mainstream (a) because of price being too high and (b) because the hardware becomes obsolete to quickly (and retooling for this takes too long or not viable).
But with the Pi being next to nothing to buy (approx. ã35 + cost of SD card in the UK) then this would address (b) above for a start as this hardware isn\'t going anywhere and in fact is still in it\'s infancy. I assume the software is unix based too so porting would be relatively easy?
The Raspberry Pi could then mount inside the main Cytech chassis and presumably also be powered by the main power supply too (if the thing can run on a couple of AA batteries then surely the PS can power it too)?
All Cytech would maybe need on the hardware side is maybe a small daughtercard to allow the pi to connect to the comfort bus and the pi has expansion bus headers for this sort of thing that hobbyist\'s and other companies are falling over themselves to provide add-ons for so again this is a developing standard and hot-topic?
People could be free to order their Pi\'s directly from local suppliers and Cytech supply a preloaded SD card and interface (if needed) to hook it all together. Cant see all of this costing more than say ã100 all-in!
- slychiu - 01-13-2013
As the Pi is a retail product, the only value for a manufacturer is to supply an add on interface. Unlike iPhone and Android which have millions of users, the market is still very small.
If a 3rd party developer would like to develop software it may be possible for use to make an add on board for the Pi to connect to the Comfort Bus
- juwi_uk - 01-13-2013
Chiu,
Does that mean that Cytech would make the source code for the CWS opensource then so that the community/developer could investigate the port into the \"Pi world\"?
Julian
- slychiu - 01-13-2013
Alas, we do not own the rights the the webserver software, which was licenced for that specific use only
I suspect that it may have maintenance issues because of the evolution of Java. A fresh approach would probably be better
- wexfordman - 01-13-2013
This could, e interesting. I am trying to remember, did Cwm allow multiple logins, and could a pi version allow this?
- ident - 01-14-2013
cwm allows one login at a time. When one logs in the previous user who logged in is kicked out
Multiple connections are possible for webserver but when only one ucm is used, only 1 user can be logged in at a time. For a system which does not require login than many can conect at a time but that will be a security rsik