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Miscellaneous xPL Applications

• xPL DawnDusk (http://johnb.xplproject.org.uk/info/xpldawndusk/) The XPL DawnDusk service sends XPL messages at dawn and dusk, and can be queried for it's current state by other applications. Dawn and dusk are determined by calculating your local sunrise and sunset times, based on your latitude/longitude.

• xPLExec (http://www.xplmonkey.com/xplexec.html) runs executable files in response to xPL messages.

• xPL_GetURL (http://www.gadgetshed.co.uk/index.php?pg=8210) downloads files via HTTP or FTP.

• xPL_News (http://www.gadgetshed.co.uk/index.php?pg=8210) retrieves RSS feeds and sends the headlines in osd.basic messages. Also features a standalone (non-xPL) mode.

• xPL_Display (http://www.gadgetshed.co.uk/index.php?pg=8210) is a simple flash up form that responds to osd.basic commands.

• xPLvol32 (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/xplvol32.zip) This replacement for the windows mixer has been tested in Win2K and Windows XP. Tester feedback on other Windows platforms is welcome. This application works best when the original Windows Mixer is hidden from the system tray. The original Mixer remains accessible through the xPL application.

• Mute Tool (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/officemuter2.zip) is a handy little companion tool to xplvol32. This app is assigned two buttons, corresponding to the address of a PC Mixer, and can mute or unmute the speakers at the click of a button

• WM918 Weather Station (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/xPL_WM918.zip) Provides xPL Support for Weather stations using the WM918 Protocol.

Monitoring and Logging

• Medusa.xPLLogger (http://blog.boxedbits.com/xpl) logs xPL messages. It writes xPL messages to an XML file. It comes with 3 XSL transformation files that will take the XML as input and generate html output which can be viewed in any browser. There is also an XSL included that generates Excel output.

• xPL Raw Monitor 3 (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/xplrawmonitor.zip) is an xPL Network Monitor that has a multiple message buffer, allowing entire conversations to be captured. Useful for troubleshooting that your new application is responding correctly to configuration requests, for instance.

• Medusa.xPLBalloon (http://blog.boxedbits.com/xpl) shows xPL messages as pop ups in the taskbar notification area.

xPL Message Senders

• Sender (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/sender.zip) is a GUI based xPL Sender, useful for diagnostics and as a development tool. Note: this tool is capable of sending xpl config messages, however, a device that is configured in this way will not be visible to xPLHal correctly. Care should be taken on a live network.

• xPL_GUISender (http://www.gadgetshed.co.uk/files/xpl_guisender.zip) provides a GUI for entering xPL message information that can then be sent on to the xPL network.

• X10 Send (http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/x10send.zip) - A dedicated Windows X10 command-line Sender which launches, sends a single X10.Basic Message (based on command line parameters) then exits.

• xPL Send (http://johnb.xplproject.org.uk/info/xplsend/) - A handy Windows command-line tool that is able to send any type of xPL message.

• xPLSend (http://www.xPL4Java.org/xPL4Linux) - a Linux command line tool to send xPL messages. It is part of the examples in the xPLLib package (download, make, then cd examples and make - viola!). Has lots of defaults (overridable) to make command lines as short as possible.