Re: Re: X10 control with PHP

[Andrew Jones <andrewjjones@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

mark_harrison_uk2 wrote:
>
> --- 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 :-) "

Thanks a lot Mark, I will look into that. Bye bye x10comm :)
--
Andrew Jones
http://andy29uk.blogspot.com