[maemo-developers] N800 as a home automation/monitoring remote

[From: David Greaves]

Jussi Kukkonen wrote:
> Mike Ferguson wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I think I'd like to try to use my N800 as a remote terminal 
Not a server, right?

> Have you considered Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)? Using a defined
> protocol and a nice library should simplify the implementation details
> quite a bit: someone else has already figured out how to deal with
> signals, multiple clients, etc... As an additional bonus anything you
> write would be compatible with other UPnP products and software, at
> least if your plans match any of the existing UPnP device/service
> standards: "Lighting Controls", "Security Camera" and "HVAC" should be
> interesting device categories to you.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play
> http://www.upnp.org/standardizeddcps/default.asp

But would you want that on the N800?

Surely uPnP would go on the HA server? (the one with the hardwires too)
The N800 should just be a client - then the server exposes a view on the
hardware (so, for example, it can control multiple actions like lights on,
curtains close).

David