XMPPHWFS
Under the barbarian name of XMPPHWFS stands the following idea:
hardware IOs made available on a fuse filesystem through xml messaging protocol
and imagine doing stuff like
garage_temp = myHome/garage/temperature garage_heat = myHome/heating/pump1 if (( $garage_temp < 2 )) then echo 1 > $garage_heat fi
the above example is crappy, because it would be better done with the event-driven interface that must be included. maybe fill an sql table and bots that read it? I propose sending all events to a bot, maybe event-master by default. This bot should then do what is needed with the event. For large systems, devices can communicate with specialized bots. The Fuse inteface should also be implemented as a bot. Simply specify where to mount the filesystem, connect your bot, you're done. No need to have a modified jabberd.
XMPPHWFS is meant to replace locmon, which in my opinion was a good idea but is too buggy and impractical. from a recent copy of 20 minutes, it seems the industry is also heading towards something alike, only for home robots and social networking. WTF, tell me why your vacuum cleaner should tell all your facebook friends there's a plant in its way.
it was suggested to use IRC for communication, but device description is be greatly improved through use of XML and XMPP is just that.
Hardware
to make XMPPHWFS as useful as possible, some hardware should be designed and the necessary firmware written
Software extensions
- communicate with Asterisk to send voice commands
- have some fun with XMMS2 / MPD
