Have You Thought About An Open Source Project Around The Isy - Universal Devices ISY-994i User Manual

24.4.11 Have you thought about an open source project around the ISY?

• We actually thought about doing precisely that but the OS is licensed and, as such,
can never truly become free. Thus, we decided to go for the next best alternative:
provide free SDKs to whomever wants to write network applications for ISY. We
might start working on a Linux based solution (when we get some free time) which
would give us more flexibility for making ISY a little more open source.
24.4.12 Can the second serial port be used for control/status of INSTEON
devices via the ISY, from an outboard device such as a PC or a micro-
controller based device?
• The second serial port is used to Administer ISY for functions which we do not allow
from the GUI to be performed (for security reasons) such as reset userid/pwd,
factory reset, etc. And, thus, you cannot use it to write programs which
communicate to INSTEON network through ISY. This said, however, we do have a
Java SDK which allows you to write "network" programs which enable you to do
exactly what you want to do (through the serial port) using TCP/IP and a network
connection.
24.4.13 I just "love" having my computer on all the time; is there any way ISY
could be a standalone product?
• ISY is completely standalone: you use your computer to set it up the first time and
you never need a computer after that unless you want to control it remotely or
configure triggers/schedules make scenes etc. And, most importantly, you do not
have to write programs nor do you have to install anything on your computer
(except JRE).
24.4.14 Is the ISY a multitasking based device?
• Yes. The ISY is running in a continuous loop(s) (multitask) doing a variety of things
such as sensing user input, a button press somewhere, a web service request, and
also sensing all the "state" changes on the network. Triggers are notified when there
are changes in the state of the devices on the network and, based on the defined
conditions, they perform tasks such as sending an sms/text/page, turning on/off a
device/scene etc.
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