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[Sam]

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Sam O'Connor <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: mbsd
Other License: 
Package: Daemon and client to talk to Dynalite lighing control equipment from 
unix
System name: dynetd
Type: non-GNU

Description:
DYNET is a RS485 based network protocol used by the Dynalite range of building 
automation and lighting control equipment
Dynalite sells software that only works on Microsoft Windows.
My software allows Linux computers on a LAN to send dynet packets to an RS485 
network and perform aribtrary actions in response to recieved dynet messages.
I didn\'t have to reverse engineer anything, Dynalite has a list of opcodes on 
their website.
See http://dynalite-online.com/html/opcodes.htm 
I have a simple daemon for that forwards dynet packets to and fro between the 
RS485 network and a LAN (UDP).
(The daemon is ~ 1000 lines of C and should work on anything POSIXish.)
The daemon can also execute shell scripts in response to any message that 
passes through.
I have written a matching command line client that sends dynet messages as UDP 
packets.
I aim to build on this infrastructure to provide a map based building control 
GUI.
I don\'t have a website to post the code on but I am happy to mail it if 
requested. (It is quite rough at the moment)

Other Software Required:
No special libraries needed.
(Just does serial and UDP I/O)
Some tcattrs used may be Linux and or GNU specific.

Other Comments:
I have no relationship with the Dynalite company other than as a customer
who bought some of thier gear. I have no interest in promoting this code
other than the hope that it may be of some use to other Dynalite users who 
don\'t have windows.