RE: Choice of OS for Home Automation

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

Would one of those parralel port mp3 players not be a cheaper option? :)

DesG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Harvey [mailto:andyharvey99@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 February 2001 12:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Choice of OS for Home Automation
>
>
> --- Giles Paterson <gpaterson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am a bit of a Linux freak so would prefer to do
> > things that way if
> > possible. It just strikes that me using an old PC
> > running Linux would be
> > more cost effective than a high power machine
> > running NT or 2000. There also
> > seems to be a fair amount of open source software
> > for interfacing to X10
> > devices (a quick search on freshmeat.net revealed 20
> > or so).
> >
> > Does anyone on this list have experience of using
> > Linux in a home automation
> > environment?
>
> Yes, I run my home brewed home automation system on a
> 486 with 20M RAM running RedHat 6.2.
>
> It provides a TV output, has modem with caller
> display, input from a radio remote control, X10 via a
> CMU12, is connected to my burglar alarm, and can be
> controlled by email or SMS messages.
>
> I am thinking about upgrading to a Pentium because I
> want to use it for playing MP3s but the 486 can't
> quite cope.
>
> I started out using heyu originally but now have my
> own daemons and a load of bash scripts.
>
> =====
> --
> Andy Harvey
> andy@xxxxxxx
>
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