Christopher Sedore writes: > I bought a one-for-all remote that I drove from FreeBSD just in the last > year or two. You might try www.smarthome.com. I bought the remote, > cable, and docs for how to use it for under US $100. They also have > RS232 learning IR devices for $180. Expensive, but I wasn't willing to > do the electronics work.
Familiar with www.smarthome.com. Bought docs from them when the OFA-6 changed to a newer OFA-6. A problem I've always had with the OFA-6 was that I couldn't "hold a button down" over the serial port. Could only momentarily press it. Found something interesting, http://www.smarthome.com/1143.html, "IBM Home Director X10 Starter Kit." Appears to be software for programming a fancy IR/RF remote control via serial port. Then you can turn the computer off and the remote control will execute preprogramed instructions at the assigned time. $39.95. Now it doesn't really say the IR/RF remote control has the serial port but I don't see anything else. It does say you can turn the computer off after programming your events. So it has to happen outside of the computer. Guess I'm going to have to buy one to find out. On second thought it appears SmartHome is simply not picturing the Home Director controller, which is the component that connects to the PC serial port. Search for "IBM Home Director" on Yahoo! yielded lots of accurate hits. At the moment I don't see a path from the computer to an IR appliance. Maybe there is one. Maybe not. But mostly the IR/RF remote control is there to provide a cordless way for a human to do the X10 stuff. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dke...@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
