It sounds like the LinuxMCE project may be of interest to you. I know a couple members of the LinuxMC community already run the Orbiter control software on the Openmoko platform.
On Mon March 31 2008 9:59:27 am Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: > Hi list. > > I want to write an application for the Freerunner to control stuff in my > house. This includes TV, light and other stuff. > > For the TV, I want a smart remote, that remembers which channels I > usually watch on a given time and weekday. It should sort the channels > so that my favorite program appears first. This is not something I > will implement, but I want to make a lib. for communication with TV, > lights, etc. The systems could be accessed through wlan, bluetooth, > etc. > > All these peripherals should communicate using the same standard > protocol. My problem is to choose a good one. It must support: > - auto registration of devices (each device has a default ID and a > device_type_id, > it will be discovered on broadcast and assigned an unique ID, much like > DMLS (http://www.dmls.com)) > - knowing what kind of device it is (device_type_id) > (ligh (on/off or dimming, etc), TV (selecting channels, etc), etc) > - ask the devices for status report > - send control message to the devices > > My plan is to connect the divices to a micro controller, a multiplexer > and then to a linksys wireless router (flashed) over rs232 or usb. A > normal computer could of course also be used. > > I am not sure exactly how or when to do this, but it would be cool. Any > ideas? The most important thing is that it is an open standard with low > overhead. > > -- Flemming > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- ---- Brandon Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://onedollarlinux.com BLOG - http://onedollarlinux.com/personal/
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