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What is this?
=============
This is the Global Premises Control package. It is intended to be a
complete solution to the DIY home automation. It provides you with a
daemon which will centralize all control functions, and some custom
programs for sound, remote control and things like that.
The first steps to realizing the goal was made by Koen Martens. He wrote
the first daemon and made the first support programs. Other people got
interested and ported the GPC package to their homes. Since then it seemed
wise to coordinate development to prevent from having three different
versions of the package. It is currently under development and is far from
complete.
History
=======
15-03-98 - The first initiative
With the help of Henri Aanstoot and Marco Geels the first
cables were mounted in the ceiling at Waalstraat 136. This
involved re-dedicating some high voltage lines for the low
voltage used by GPC equipment.
The next few days Koen Martens spend his time writing software
to switch on the lights (which was not possible without
software anymore :). This software was very rudimentry and
did not feauture the daemon yet.
28-03-98 Version 1.0 was born.
The need for a global way to control the premises arose, and
Koen Martens decided to write a daemon which would control the
input and output lines, with support programs for the logic.
This resulted in global, the gpc daemon.
Running on different servers there were programs to control
lights and lightswitches (light_control), sound (sound) and
the alarm clock (wakeup).
10-06-98 Version 2.0 (r0.2.0) was born.
The support programs containing any logic had vanished,
instead the daemon had all the logic encoded in it.
03-07-98 Version 2.0 still.
- Added remote control receiver code.
29-11-98 GPC r0.3.0
- Started coordinated development
11-12-98 GPC r0.3.1
- Security support included, providing a (basic) interface
for protecting variables with passwords on a security level
clearance basis.
- Global notify protocol added, clients can now register one
or more variables. This makes the old (0.3.0) polling method
obsolete thus reduces the network load dramatically.
- Logging library added.
16-12-98 GPC pre-0.3.2
- Complete new configuration scheme! All the variable, port &
import configuration go into a set of config files. The
config directory is currently hardcoded to "/etc/gpc/".
Sample configuration files are included.
- Warning! Inet.c is unstable. When you kill any client
connected to a gpc daemon, the daemon might crash if the
client had any vars registered.
- In progress: links from daemon to daemon. This is quit
tricky, because the gpc_loop() function is not non-blocking
yet.
Development
===========
The development is done on the following beta sites:
- Subnet
Location : Waalstraat 136, Enschede, Netherlands
Site coordinator: Koen Martens AKA gmc (gmc@freemail.nl)
Site description: Single floor appartment
3 occupants (1 human, 2 rats)
P60 32MB RAM running linux
486 8MB RAM running FreeBSD
486 8MB RAM running linux
DEC Writer
WYSE terminal
The 486 linux machine has the daemon, and is
hooked up to the premises.
The P60 has a sound card and a RC receiver.
- Lip-on-ice
Location : Lipperkerkstraat 321, Enschede, Netherlands
Site coordinator: Willem-Jan Faber AKA aloha AKA xtz
(w-jfaber@freemail.nl)
Site description: Three floor house
Four occupants (3 male, 1 female)
Connected to three other premises.
Computer list not yet in!
- Venom
Location : P. Mondriaanstraat ??, Almelo, Netherlands
Site coordinator: Sebastiaan Smit AKA venom (wssmit@freemail.nl)
Site description: Three floor house
Three occupants
4 computers
If you would like to join the development, mail me at gmc@freemail.nl.
In progress
===========
The following projects are in progress right now:
- A script language to describe the control logic for the daemon
Koen Martens
- An cgi interface for the http connectivity
- Support for sharing variables on multiple daemons
Usage
=====
Use is for your own risk. We can not be held responsible for any damage
resulted from running any of this software.
Keeping that in mind, usage is very simple but work needs to be done on
the documentation :)