Re: [mh] xAP vs Proxy

Thanks for the reply and confirmation! I don't understand xap basics yet.
Is it UDP based? I noticed that the secondary instance has no broadcast
address, but isn't this one sending item state data to the main instance?
If I want to run the secondary on my laptop occasionally for development,
do I need to comment anything out on my main instance so it doesn't look
for the laptop constantly?

Sorry, noob here. LOL

Steve

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM H Plato <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yup, I use this to syncronize objects in two instances. I have one
> instance for items that are network based and could have pauses (like
> venstar or razberry), and then a master loop that has the primary logic.
> xAP synchronizes item state and speech events
>
> Been running this way for years. From what I recall:
>
> 1. I use ubuntu.
> 2. I use a xap-hub from 2002 that Patrick Lidstone created (I have the
> source if needed)
> 3. my mh.ini xap settings:
>
> #master instance
> # Xap Control
> xap_disable= 0
> xap_nohub  = 1
> xpl_disable= 0
> xap_echo_all = 0
> xap_echo_speech = 1
> xap_echo_mhspeech = 1
> xap_enable_items = 1
> ipaddress_xap=192.168.0.x
> ipaddress_xap_broadcast=192.168.0.255
>
> #secondary instances
> xap_nohub  = 1
> xpl_disable= 0
> xpl_nohub  = 1
> xap_echo_all = 0
> xap_echo_mhspeech = 1
> xap_enable_items = 1
>
> 4. The items need to have the exact same name in both instances
>
> On Nov 24, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Stephen Switzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to refresh my memory on something I did 10+ years ago. I
> had an instance of MH on my laptop that monitored the motion sensor of my
> main MH instance and reacted to it, etc. I was looking and the proxy code
> and discovered that this really only works with serial items, so I have to
> re-create the code from the serial layer on up.
>
> I then discovered the xAP explanation (
> https://github.com/hollie/misterhouse/wiki/xAP) and realized that object
> states and voice commands can be synchronized. I'm not quite understanding
> this idea. Can someone share a working implementation? It should be of an
> instance that can sometimes run, but usually will be off.
>
> Other ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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