Thomas,
I manage a number of 1-Wire devices with MM's Xap applications. They are stand alone. I currently have two running on a separate computer. He's also written a stand alone Xap application for this device.
The WebControl unit is targeted for control applications and not data collection ones. They have A/D, DO and DI already covered so most of the other 1-wire interfaces would not have added benefit. Most of these also have support circuits for a specific application such as wind speed or baro pressure and the WebControl has not provisions for application-specific interface setup. They recently went from 8 bit to 12 bit temp sensor. I expect that to be their last step with 1-wire devices. For a general purpose 1-wire interface with IP backend you want TINI or HA7Net. The price point for these units are several times that of the WebControl.
Hello
I've been in contact with CAI Network yesterday to ask some more info about future release of the WebControl.
In 1-2 years time frame, they will propose a new hardware/firmware evolution, based on 32 bit CPU, including more capabilities to handle more 1-wire.
Today, I'll mix Webcontrol and others hardware control to capture/manage all my planned sensors
Best,
If you set the device up for static addressing the IP is persistent. Here's what I found: webcontrol-20110121.tgz. It contains several files but the one you're most interesting in is the WebControlUserGuide2-03-03.pdf (note 3.03 is the firmware I have on my Webcontrol board). Winzip can handle the tgz file (it's a unix tar.gz file).... is there an extended documentation? I don't know whether the IP settings are persistent.
Hello
I wonder if CAI Network plans to support more 1-wire sensors in future release (wind, baro, counter...)