Posted: 6/4/2007 8:38 PM
Post subject: Smart homes - Take control over your flat
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Highness
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Location: Sweden
Does any one know how to control external components via a computer? Let's say we have this issue: I have a cellphone with bluetooth, and when I park the car I can have my computer sense my cellphone is present nearby. How can I for example have my computer switch on the lights in my flat when it recognizes my cellphone near by?
Posted: 6/4/2007 10:08 PM
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Tub
Joined: 6/25/2005
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a) buy lots of monitors b) xloadimage -fullscreen white.png alternatively: a) get a girlfriend b) aplay turn_the_lights_on_bitch.wav seriously, it depends on your setup. if you want to use dedicated lights that will only be controlled by your computer, you can buy a computer controlled multiway connector. Plug your lights in, let the computer turn the power on. If the lights are further away: my father bought some remote controlled switches that are put between the outlet and the light's plug. Those are switched on and of with a remote control though, not from his computer - but there's IR-hardware for computers, so that might be a solution if the lights are in IR-Range. to control the lights but still keep the regular light switches working you'll need something different though. you're probably best off just browsing the selection of some electronics dealer. Once you know what parts are available, you'll figure something out. pearl.de is known to have a huge variety of exotic toys, but I doubt they deliver to sweden (and their site is german and french only).
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Posted: 6/5/2007 1:12 AM
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Tub wrote:
alternatively: a) get a girlfriend b) aplay turn_the_lights_on_bitch.wav
Misogyny FTW
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