Timothy Weber wrote:
> I've got a small network of ZigBee nodes at home that talk to each other 
> - Run as a Windows service, so if the power goes out, when it comes back 
> 
> - Use a central server app to talk to the virtual COM port, so the PC's 
> 
> - Add a TCP/IP gateway, so other machines on the LAN (and possibly the 
> 
> - Add a simple HTTP wrapper, so nodes' status, sensor values, and 

Hi Timothy, I did something similar (I've been talking about it at 
forum.microchip some times).

I have 485-based 16F628-based nodes, and recently some Nordic 2.4GHz 
nodes as well. There is a "router" made with USB interface (HID) that 
talks to all of the devices (though nodes on the same medium have the 
ability to do peer-2-peer). PC acts as a supervisor, with a C++ software 
(not a service, by now, since it is also a User-Interface).
I have TCP and HTTP "gateway", on the PC. I also developed a 
Ethernet-based version of the same "router", still to be engineered.

This powers my home at
http://adpm.homeip.net

of course the "internet part" is less interesting than the real 
experience ! :)

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Ciao, Dario -- ADPM Synthesis sas -- http://www.adpm.tk

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