Continued support
Posted: Wed 13 May 2015, 15:23
Hi,
If i were to implement a solution based on your product, how likely is it that you would continue support for it for an extended time? Is there any fallback plan for when you "get tired" of maintaining the gateway, switch to a different alarm system, or have an unfortunate accident? This kind of project/product has a tendency of suddenly disappearing, and that makes me concerned.
We also have the issue of support for platforms other than the ones you have compiled for now. Implementations in a non-compiled language would probably be more fitting, but i understand you are under NDA for the protocol. Would you be able to compile for more platforms, in case for example rPi becomes unavailable in it's current form, or OS updates makes the binary un-runnable?
I have also read around the 'net about the reluctance to use a binary-only solution that might or might not contain backdoors and call-home functionality.
Do you think there is any chance Siemens would consent to making the protocol public? They would benefit greatly from doing so, since their product would instantly gain a lot of 'home automation' customers and other integrators. Maybe there is even some interest on their side to implement an API themselves. I don't have any contact points at Siemens, so i thought you might be the right person to bring forward such suggestions to them.
Regards,
If i were to implement a solution based on your product, how likely is it that you would continue support for it for an extended time? Is there any fallback plan for when you "get tired" of maintaining the gateway, switch to a different alarm system, or have an unfortunate accident? This kind of project/product has a tendency of suddenly disappearing, and that makes me concerned.
We also have the issue of support for platforms other than the ones you have compiled for now. Implementations in a non-compiled language would probably be more fitting, but i understand you are under NDA for the protocol. Would you be able to compile for more platforms, in case for example rPi becomes unavailable in it's current form, or OS updates makes the binary un-runnable?
I have also read around the 'net about the reluctance to use a binary-only solution that might or might not contain backdoors and call-home functionality.
Do you think there is any chance Siemens would consent to making the protocol public? They would benefit greatly from doing so, since their product would instantly gain a lot of 'home automation' customers and other integrators. Maybe there is even some interest on their side to implement an API themselves. I don't have any contact points at Siemens, so i thought you might be the right person to bring forward such suggestions to them.
Regards,