[Wolves] OT? Open source house alarms

[Kevanf1]

2009/7/21 Mike Hingley <computa_mike at hotmail.com>:
> Ok - Had a scope around - seems that there are a couple of competing
> home automation standards out there - X10 and
>
>
> There is a Perl project called Mister House - @
> http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/  You might be able to use this to
> script what happens based on sensor input.
>
> I think there are some issues with X10 in terms of how reliable it is -
> but you may be able to glean some more info from
> http://www.linuxha.com/athome/index.html#Projects
>
> I'd be interested in your results - particularly if it were something
> that the LUG could implement easily.  What do we think? This sort of
> investigative project work seems ideal for some collaborative
> working...
>
> Other thing to consider is the alarm board running the linux kernel
> (naturally).  Could we use something like an arduino for this or
> something similar?
>
>  Mike
>
Try doing a search on the Linux Magazine site.  I recall reading about
a house alarm project on there about 2 years ago.  I think the
author's last name was Schilli.  He's a perl master if I remember
correctly.  If I could find my copy of the relevant edition I would
offer to let you have a loan of it.  Trouble is I don't know quite
where I put them all... posibly the loft and at the moment I cannot
get up there, sorry :-(
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