Re: reset modem

["Jvert" <Jhenigin 'at' cawmcast.net (cawm=com)>]

http://www.homeseer.com/downloads/index.htm
If your program is in windows you can find some activex controls to work
with different x-10 devices, free.

"Moshe Jacobson" <bramoshe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Swiss Tony <makinglove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> my broadband modem forgets what it doing every couple of days and it
>> needs
>> the power disconnecting for 10 seconds to remind it.
>> i would like to be able to do this automatically when a program i've
>> written
>> recognises that the net is off-line.
>
> If you've already written the program to determine if you're
> connected, you can purchase an X10 kit (transceiver, firecracker
> module for your serial port, and an appliance module to control your
> modem's power source.  Install bottlerocket (for Linux), or some other
> automatable program to control the firecracker, and when your program
> detects the outage, send a signal to turn off the modem, then turn it
> back on!
>
> Moshe [TMTOWTDI!]
>
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