[Herts] Stuff

[Steve Clark]

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Thomas Adam wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 02:26:55PM +0100, Steve Clark wrote:
>> didn't work. I ought to have another go. There's also the software to
>> set up my house control system (Comfort) that is Windows only. I may
>> keep an old PC just for that.
> 
> There have been some ideas about this for Linux in the past; Larry Wall
> uses Perl to control many appliances within his own home.  I've also
> seen several attempts at doing this under Linux, but I don't know of any
> one particular project to come to fruition.

The control system runs from a dedicated box rather than a PC. It has
some advantages for security and stability. I only need the PC to make
changes. I have X10 units to control all my lights. This can be done
from Comfort or from a PC. I have some software to do that on Linux, but
haven't done much with it apart from some tests when I had problems with
Comfort. Turned out that a new hair-drier was interfering with Comfort!

Hey, I've produced some traffic on the list :)

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Steve
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