RE: Choice of OS for Home Automation

["Paul Miller" <pmiller@xxxxxxx>]

What's it worth Andy :)


-----Original Message-----
From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 February 2001 12:57
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Choice of OS for Home Automation


my lips are sealed :)

DesG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Harvey [mailto:andyharvey99@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 February 2001 12:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Choice of OS for Home Automation
>
>
> That might work, but don't tell the wife, otherwise I
> wouldn't be able to use the plan of replacing the 486
> with her P100, replacing her PC with my Pentium 433
> and buying myself a brand new machine :-}
>
> --- Des Gibbons <des@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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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