From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jul 1 12:45:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA29764 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA29757 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:45:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from emu.fsl.noaa.gov (kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.32]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA13222; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 19:45:09 GMT Message-Id: <199607011945.TAA13222@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA062750356; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:45:56 -0600 Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:45:56 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: gwh@spiders.com Cc: brantk@gatekeeper.atlas.com, hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199606282257.SAA05541@charlotte.spiders.com> (gwh@spiders.com) Subject: Re: Devices compatible with tw(4) (X-10) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Gene" == Gene W Homicki writes: Gene> I was just looking for remote power cycling devices Gene> (via phone, or whatever else) to manage a machine room while Gene> there are no staff around....and this message popped up. Gene> Has anyone used the X-10 stuff for this type of application? I don't know of anyone personally, but it's certainly possible with X10. In fact, there are telephone controllers for X10. You call up, enter a passcode, and then enter the X10 commands you want. It transmits them. I think JDS's Time Commander includes a phone-control option for X10, and there have got to be other solutions out there. I'd check Home Automation Systems' catalog ... not necessarily to buy from them (some prices good, yes, some prices ... not so good), but to get an idea of what's out there: http://www.techmall.com/smarthome/index.html If you want to involve FreeBSD with it, then one of the voicemail modems could work too. Get the kind that can echo back what touch-tones are pressed. When you get the correct code, have your FreeBSD system send X10 commands. If you're into recognizing touch-tones by hand, you can get a device called the VM100 from Reveal for about $49.95 (Internet Shopping Network carries 'em: http://www.isn.com). It's a device that plugs into your phone, into a serial port, and into the line in/line out jacks of your soundcard. When it indicates a ring, go off hook, and have the soundcard listen ... when you recognize the right DTMF tones, do whatever you want! -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/