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From: Nick Gunn
[mailto:ngunn@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 July 2002 6:51 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] A different
interface on HA
Hi,
Not sure if anyone has tried
this
before? I thought I’d share some ideas I’m having
about
integrating Home Automation with Instant
Messaging.
I’ve found a Perl module
that
interfaces with MSN messenger:
http://www.adamswann.com/library/2002/msn-perl/index.html
I think this could be an
interesting
way to interact with the house? I’m pretty much
online
on MSN all day at work and at home, so I thought it’d be pretty cool
if I
could use it for Home Automation too.
I’m not the best at Perl,
but
the site includes a sample script which is easy to
modify. So
far I’m impressed!
I’ve registered a new
username
for the house (how odd does that sound!). Once the perl script
is
running the server, the house appears online to me as a user.
From
here I can now send commands to the house which can be executed on the
server
and the responses sent back to me.
Using this I should be able to
interface with HomeSeer, so I can give a command like “Turn on porch
light”. I should also be able to Interface with Meteor so it
sends
me an message with the caller ID when I get a call and I’m
out.
My next step is to interface to
HomeSeer through Perl. Has anyone done this before who can give me
some
tips?
I see a few late nights playing
with
Perl coming up!
Cheers,
Nick
For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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