On 10/11/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mat Kyne</b> <<a href="mailto:matkyne@hotmail.com">matkyne@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have come to assume that the people that frequent this list have interests<br>similar to my own. (The ever-persistent desire to make one thing do many<br>things). So I am looking for some advice. I would like to automate various
<br>appliances around my house using X-10 modules, but have them controlled by<br>my computer. I am aware of Mister Home, and it looks cool, but it doesn't<br>seem to do what I am looking for.<br><br>What I would like to do is call my computer, and via touch-tones control the
<br>X-10 devices. I have DSL, and NEVER use my home phone line. So if I hooked<br>it up to a cheap $10 modem card, would it be possible to do this? An example<br>might be to call home and turn on the AC on the way home from school by
<br>punching in *9. Or be able to call home as I am pulling out of the drive way<br>in the morning to turn off the porch light by pushing *8.<br><br>It seems to me that this is old technology, so it might already be out there
<br>- maybe even so old that no one knows about it any more. (Like Windows 3.1)<br>Any pointers as to where to look would be greatly appreciated. -Mat<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
Oh, I'm all over this. I had this working fantasically when I rented an
apartment, but now that I bought a house, I haven't had the time to get
it set up on a larger scale.<br>
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You want to use Heyu, and basically everything can be controlled from
cron or commands via ssh. I didn't have the phone part, as I was more
happy with being able to ssh in and turn the module on or off.<br>
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I also had motion sensors in the spare rooms, the hallway, the
bathroom, and other seldom used rooms to turn the lights on and off.
And I had the outside light controlled from the remote keychain. I
programmed in an advanced feature for my then girlfriend, now wife that
when she went to the bathroom after 11pm, the light would gradually
brighten up to 50% and after she left it would dim back down to off.
This was alot better for her eyes. I was also into <a href="http://homepower.com">homepower.com</a> and
was looking at saving money. <br>
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Since this isn't anything to do with mythtv, feel free to email me off list and I'll gladly help you out all I can.<br>
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-=/>Thom<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-=/>Thom