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IVY for OWB, the open-source Web Browser for Consumer Electronic Devices!		  
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Sand-labs.org unveils a new open-source Web Extension to control domotic devices.
Montpellier (France), January, 28th, 2008

IVY for OWB, the open-source Web Browser for Consumer Electronic Devices!
   
 

EDF R&D (French Energy Provider) and Pleyo (Software Editor, Web-enabler for Consumer Electronic devices) jointly provided an IVY extension mechanism for Origyn Web Browser (OWB) - the open-source Web Browser for Consumer Electronic devices - to www.sand-labs.org.

IVY is an open-source, lightweight protocol developed by the CENA. It has several implementations in different languages and is used to enable communications between heterogeneous applications.

This extension aims at providing a way to operate IVY directly in Javascript from the browser, bringing IVY-based application development to a new level of Time-to-Market and User Interactivity.

This protocol is provided with two applications which leverage the support of IVY.

The first one uses IVY to control X10 appliances (Ivy-X10 subdirectory) and the second one uses IVY to show alert notifications on a Web page (IvyAlert subdirectory).


X10 with « OWB + IVY Web Extension »

X10 is a Home-Networking Protocol, used to control domotic devices.

OWB together with the IVY Web Extension will send commands over the network using IVY protocol to an IVY-X10 gateway. The gateway will then send commands to the X10 appliances.

This application shows the concept of a domotic control over a Web-browser environment, probably the starting point of an over-the-air control using a Cellular Phone or an IP-enabled Set-Top Box.

Alert management through IVY

This application is used to spread an alert mechanism on a network through the IVY protocol. The Javascript part handles the alert notification to trigger an event.

This sample could be extended to control any device through IVY on a home-networking environment.

About Sand-labs.org :

Sand-labs.org is an open-source Web Community for Consumer Electronic Devices.
Pleyo is the main sponsor of this community (www.pleyo.com).
More details on www.sand-labs.org


About EDF R&D : http://rd.edf.com/147262i/Home-fr/Research--Development.html

About IVY : http://www.tls.cena.fr/products/ivy/
   
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www.sand-labs.org unveils OWB, an open-source web browser for Consumers Electronic devices

Montpellier (France), July, 20th, 2007

Sand-labs.org team announces that OWB (Origyn Web Browser) is now available on his project platform.
 

OWB is a web browser designed for CE devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, Set Top Boxes and TV decoders, and any other consumer electronic product (GPS, home-gateways, Web-radios, PVR, DVD recorders, wireless devices etc.)

OWB enables access to external web services such as user interface administration and animation, the whole being based on the latest web standards.

OWB architecture dramatically eases the integration in CE devices: PLEYO provides an open-source abstraction layer which enables a fast and easy implementation on targeted platforms.

OWB has significant advantages:
  • OWB is based on Webkit (Apple Open-source Project), which is the worldwide reference for Web browsers technology,
  • OWB is continuoulsy tested and updated by an important community of Industrials; thus, it is equipped with the latest Web evolutions. Two versions are released per year,
  • The used open-source licences (L-GPL and BSD) are permissive and free,
OWB is already available on various platforms and adopted by an arising number of Industrials.
  • About www.sand-labs.org:
    Sand-labs.org is an opensource web community for Consumer Electronic devices.
    More details on www.sand-labs.org
  • About Origyn Web Browser:
    OWB is based on Webkit, the Apple open-source Project ( www.webkit.org), which is supported and adopted by major Industrials.

OWB pdf Press Release.
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www.sand-labs.org, an open-source platform dedicated to Consumers Electronic Devices, is born !

Montpellier (France), July, 20th, 2007

www.sand-labs.org is born !
 

This open-source platform hosts projects based on the Web technology for Consumers Electronic Devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, Set Top Boxes and TV decoders, and any other consumer electronic product (GPS, home-gateways, Web-radios, PVR, DVD recorders, wireless devices etc.)

The first project is OWB (Origyn Web Browser), a web browser for CE Devices based on Webkit.

OWB enables access to external web services such as user interface administration and animation, the whole being based on the latest web standards.

Other projects are already in preparation and will appear on www.sand-labs.org in the coming weeks. To submit your projects : projects-proposal@sand-labs.org.

Manufacturers, Operators and Organizations are invited to partner and sponsor the sand-labs initiative. Please contact : board@sand-labs.org.

Many privileges are reserved to members of this initiative, with several access conditions.
  • About www.sand-labs.org:
    Sand-labs.org is an opensource web community for Consumer Electronic devices.
    More details on www.sand-labs.org
  • About Origyn Web Browser:
    OWB is based on Webkit, the Apple open-source Project ( www.webkit.org), which is supported and adopted by major Industrials.

  "Sand-labs is born" official press release.

 
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