The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01D

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01D is live.  We do get a bit side tracked at the beginning discussing Ian’s newly acquired Zune HD.  Check out his initial impressions at http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/blogs/ian/archive/2009/09/22/first-impressions-of-the-zune-hd.aspx.  I look forward to his in-depth technical analysis, especially regarding some of the questions we brought up in previous Continue Reading

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 019

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 019 is live.  Now that we have wrapped up our discussions on UPnP technologies, DLNA, and DPWS, we take a break from a specific topic and discuss several of the recent technologies that impact our design and implementation strategies.  [mp3]http://blip.tv/file/get/IanDixon-TheCustomIntegratorShow019442.mp3[/mp3] Direct Download – Subscribe via RSS – Subscribe via Continue Reading

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 018

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 018 is live.  In this Installment, Ian and I wrap up our series of Podcasts covering networking, Ethernet hardware, UPnP technologies, DLNA, Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS), and Microsoft’s Rally platform.  There are so many related and inner twined components that it makes designing, Continue Reading

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 017

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 017 is live.  In this one, we extend the concepts we covered with UPnP technologies and the DLNA roles out to resource-constrained network connected devices with Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS).  Once again, this is a set of IP-based protocols for “machine to machine” Continue Reading

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 016

The Custom Integrator Show Installment 016 is live.  This installment reviews the DLNA device roles in addition to the UPnP A/V Device Control Protocols (DCP) and services we discussed previously.  We also take a look at the efforts of the UPnP Forum’s Working Committees regarding some of the new DCPs like QoS, Rendering Continue Reading