Hello there
here is a piece of python largely inspired by "xpl chumby" of doghouse for notifications in xbmc. I'm not a programmer, away from, I copy the code here and I'm trying to adapt. XAP works on my Arduinos many functions, dialogue with HomeSeer.

HomeSeer ascocié the event has this code:
------------------------------------------------------script homeseer----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub Main
Set xap = hs.Plugin("mcsXap")
Dim line1
dim line2
line1 = hs.DeviceString("[12")
line2 = hs.DeviceString("Y90")
xap.SendXapMessage "raspbmc.xap.raspbmc", "xap-osd.display", "display.xbmc", "line1" & Chr(1) & line1 & Chr(0) & "line2" & Chr(1) & line2
End Sub



------------------------------------------code thanks to doghouse for xpl chumby------------------------------------------------

#!/mnt/usb/python/bin/python
from xbmcjson import XBMC, PLAYER_VIDEO
import time
import datetime
from threading import Event, Thread
import re
import sys, string, select
import os
from socket import *
import warnings

# instance name
iName = "raspbmc"
# Sub routine for sending a heartbeat
def SendHeartbeat(hbThreadEvent) :
hbSock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
hbSock.setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET,SO_BROADCAST,1)
while not hbThreadEvent.isSet():
msg = "xap-hbeat\n{\nv=12\nhop=1\nuid=FF00CC00\nclass=xap-hbeat.alive\nsource=raspbmc.xap."+iName+"\ninterva l=60\nport="
msg = msg + str(xapPort) + "\n}\n"
hbSock.sendto(msg,("255.255.255.255",3639))
hbThreadEvent.wait(60.0)

# Sub routine for sending a heartbeat
def SendEndBeat(hbThreadEvent) :
hbSock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
hbSock.setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET,SO_BROADCAST,1)
msg = "xap-hbeat\n{\nv=12\nhop=1\nuid=FF00CC00\nclass=xap-hbeat.alive\nsource=raspbmc.xap."+iName+"\ninterva l=60\nport="
msg = msg + str(xapPort) + "\n}\n"
hbSock.sendto(msg,("255.255.255.255",3639))
hbThreadEvent.wait(60.0)

# Sub routine for sending info
def Sendinfo() :
hbSockinfo = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
hbSockinfo.setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET,SO_BROADCAST,1)
msgbsc = "xap-header\n{\nv=12\nhop=1\nuid=FF00CC01\nclass=xAP-OSD.Display\nsource=raspbmc.xap."+iName+"isplay\n}\nDisplay.xbmc\n{\nLine1=Text to display\nLine2=Text to display\n}\n"
hbSockinfo.sendto(msgbsc,("255.255.255.255",3639))


# bsc info

# Get IP Address - LINUX ONLY
def getip(ifname):
import fcntl
import struct
s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
return inet_ntoa(fcntl.ioctl(s.fileno(),0x8915,struct.pac k('256s', ifname[:15]))[20:24])

buff = 1500
# Main Loop
def main():
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=UserWarning, module='urllib2')
global xapPort
xapPort = 3639
# Initialise the socket
UDPSock = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM)
bound = 0
while bound == 0 :
bound = 1
try :
addr = ('0.0.0.0',xapPort)
UDPSock.bind(addr)
except :
bound = 0
xapPort += 1

# start the heartbeat thread
hbThreadEvent = Event()
hbThread = Thread(target=SendHeartbeat, args=(hbThreadEvent,))
hbThread.start()
#print "------------start------------------"
Sendinfo()
xbmc = XBMC("http://192.168.1.55/jsonrpc", "xbmc", "xbmc")
xbmc1 = XBMC("http://192.168.1.250/jsonrpc", "xbmc", "xbmc")
try:
while True:
readable, writeable, errored = select.select([UDPSock],[],[],60)
if len(readable) == 1 :
data,addr = UDPSock.recvfrom(buff)
message = str(data)
message = message.splitlines()
xaptype = message[0]
if xaptype == "xap-hbeat":
continue
xaptruc = message[1]
xapversion = message[2:5]
xaphop = message[3]
xapuid = message[4]
#print (xapuid)
xapclass = message[5].rsplit("=")[1]
#print (xapclass)
if xapclass != "xap-osd.display":
continue
xapsource = message[6].rsplit("=")[1]
print (xapsource)
xaptarget = message[7].rsplit("=")[1]
print (xaptarget)
if xaptarget.lower() != "raspbmc.xap."+iName.lower()+"isplay.xbmc" or xaptarget != "raspbmc.xap.raspbmc:display.xbmc":
print "---------yes-------------"
bracket = message[8]
xapcmd = message[9]
#print (xapcmd)
bracket1 = message[10]
xapcommand = message[11].rsplit("=")[1]
xapcommand1 = message[12].rsplit("=")[1]
print (xapcommand)
print (xapcommand1)
if xapcommand != "":
xbmc1.GUI.ShowNotification({"title":xapcommand,"me ssage":xapcommand1})
xbmc.GUI.ShowNotification({"title":xapcommand,"mes sage":xapcommand1})
elif xapcommand == " ":
print "---------no-------------"
else :
continue
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print 'Exiting, please wait...'
SendEndBeat(hbThreadEvent)
sys.exit(2)

# you'll have to change this to your adapter name if using usb ethernet
LocalIP=getip('eth0')
main()