Re: X10 control with PHP

["mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andrew Jones <andrewjjones@l...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, well I now have a CM12U, AM12U and the Activehome
> software working together fine.
>
> I am looking into trying to control it from the web (see
> drivemeinsane.com and livingroomcam.us), at the moment with
> PHP. I have written a small page that starts the x10comm.exe #
> program.

> Is there anyone else out there that has a web interface using
> PHP (or CGI) on Windows?

Yes, but not using Activehome. I, too, wrestled with x10comm for a
while, before deciding it was the work of the devil.

The way I ultimately got things going with Apache was to have Apache
cgi-bin to a copy of "xAP-send", which is a lightweight program
that
sends a xAP message. The xAP message then gets picked up by
"xAP-X10",
which does its stuff.

www.xapautomation.org will point you in the right direction,
alternatively the xap_automation group here on Yahoo!

It's worth noting that my Intranet also runs "xAPlogger" which
takes
all xAP mesages and writes them into a database, plus some PHP that
queries that database to allow me to say "you've turned on the bedroom
light 140 times in the last 6 months type queries :-) "

Regards,

Mark