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Using my computer to control lights
Name: jehova Date: May 10, 2005 at 17:24:04 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Irrelevant
Comment:
What would be required in order to be able to turn on and off the lights in my room with my computer?
that's rite getting off ur comp for a sec doesn't hurt u very much does it? lol. or u r just trying to be cool!? :)
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Response Number 7
Name: jehova Date: May 13, 2005 at 05:54:42 Pacific
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Thanks for all the comments. It's not that i'm lazy to get up and turn on the switch, i'm just trying to do something cool :) But some of you recommend the x10 products for automated home and so on.. but i'm interested in building such a system by myself, without using something that somebody else built. and by the way, i want to be able to control only one switch, not the whole house.
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Response Number 8
Name: marky81 Date: May 13, 2005 at 06:15:37 Pacific
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If you want to be cool, then it would probably be easier to just get a BB gun and stock up on lightbulbs! :-)
AMD Athlon 1.8GHz 512MB RAM 120GB HDD GeForce 4 w/ 128MB RAM DVD/RW ABIT 1.49 Mo/Bo Beleive it or not, runs HL2 like a dream!
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Response Number 9
Name: wizard-fred Date: May 13, 2005 at 08:21:04 Pacific
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The advantage of using X-10 is that it is safe for the ports and can also be done wirelessly.
If want to roll your own you first have to decide on what i/o port, serial, parallel, usb or expansion bus, how you are going to interface the port to to the device and what softwae your are going to drive the port.
Windows makes it harder since there is no direct access to the hardware. In DOS you had easy access to the ports.
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