news this morning from our forums that Clipsal are going to open up gain access to to their C-Bus protocol. This is the news many custom installers as well as DIYers have been waiting on as it should seemuch easier integration of C-Bus prducts with other systems. Interestingly this comes extremely soon after the statement that Philips have aquired Dynalite. The future of illumination manage is definatley going to be interesting…
Clipsal to publish the C-Bus serial protocols for free utilize by application as well as product developers. Clipsal have today revealed that it will publish the C-Bus Application Layer protocols for free gain access to as well as download. These protocols allow devices designers as well as suppliers to integrate their products with a C-Bus system.
Starting in the next week or two, the preliminary set of protocol documents will be published as well as made available. These documents include: A guide for designers to utilize the C-Bus Serial interface gadget – A description of the different methods to interface a gadget to C-Bus – Over 15 detailed serial protocol descriptions covering the complying with C-Bus Applications (with more to come):
Lighting, changing as well as Electrical tons Control
Security
Trigger manage (including Scene Triggering as well as sign Control)
Enable Control
Temperature Broadcast
Ventilation
Access Control
Clocks as well as Timekeeping
Telephony
Air Conditioning
Irrigation Control
Measurement as well as analogue input
Pool, Spa, Pond as well as Fountain Control
Device error Reporting
Later in 2009, extra protocol documents will be added to the published list. This will include Multi-Room Audio Control, as well as a number of others still in development.
To aid devices as well as product developers, Clipsal will likewise later this year make offered the 5000SM/2 – a little matchbox sized module that can be quickly added to devices to develop in a C-Bus Interface. This product has been offered for a long time to C-Bus enabled partners – it will now ended up being generally available. A advancement kit, drawings, dimensions, as well as so on will likewise be made generally available.
The existing C-Bus enabled program will continue – providing a point of get in touch with for devices developers, support. If preferred by an devices manufacturer, a product can likewise be tested for conformance under the C-Bus enabled program – providing clients confidence of a high quality product that is endorsed by Clipsal. C-Bus enabled partners will likewise be able to purchase personalized 5000SM2’s or C-Bus micro controllers which will provide their product direct support in the C-Bus Toolkit software.
Current software application drivers for WindowsTM as well as Linux operating systems will continue to be provided for free download, as will the fully-featured C-Gate software application driver.
Ron Ghezzi, C-Bus product offer manager stated “We are extremely excited about the opening up as well as publication of C-Bus serial protocols, which will make integration by an already thriving neighborhood of designers even easier.”
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