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The interface to the hobby-boards hub was implemented with xapmcs1wire and not mcsTemperature. BSR made up a nice diagram and there is a discussion on the subject at http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...ht=xapmcs1wire
So if I understand this correctly, the xap "stuff" will be used to make the interface to devices on this 1wire hub in addition to collecting data and providing charts.
Does that mean that I wouldn't need mcsTemp if all my devices were connected through this hub?
The way the sensor values are transfered follow the path of
Sensor ->Hobby-Boards Hub Master -> xapmcs1Wire -> LAN
The data on the LAN can then go various ways. It will always be the case that the first stop is with an xAP Hub. In this scenario then there are one of two, or both options available.
To answer your specific question, Homeseer and mcsTemperature are optional. Likewise going the other path xapmcsDatabase and xapmcsChart are optional. What iis not optional is the Hobby-Boards Hub and xapmcs1Wire.
The analog tab in mcsTemperature will be use to indicate the virtual device that was used by the mcsXap plugin when you "A" accepted the sensor into Homeseer. For the switches & relays you will use the Discrete tab.
Got it working now. Just needed to erase the information that was originally in place from have the 1wire device directly accessed by mcstemp and add the xap devices.
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