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Re: iButton home control


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: iButton home control
  • From: Nigel Orr <nigel.orr@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:33:02 +0000
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  • References: <"Mike Chapman" <mike.chapman@xxxxxxx><000001be0a7e$4e48bf20$e44b95c1@gamanite-01>
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

At 08:47 10/11/98 GMT, you wrote:

>Has anyone considered using iButtons (www.ibutton.com) as a method of
>controlling your home?

Yes indeedy!

>  I was thinking that you could store info within the
>button which could be read by your pc and the x10 kit controlled
accordingly.

Not really sure what you mean- I'm planning to use it _instead_ of X10- as
well as the buttons themselves, there are assorted parts (thermometer,
switch/input) which could easily be used for home
automation/security/access- they basically have defined a network protocol
(microLAN).  I'm planning to use the ubiquitous PIC microcontroller for any
more complex functions...

At the moment I'm busy getting the first phase of cat-5 cabling into the
house, then I can start playing for real!

>If anyone has any ideas about this I'd love to chat to them.

Anyone else?

Nigel
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Underwater Acoustics Group,              o / o    \_/(
Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering     (_   <   _ (
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