Re: Timed control access to playstation

["Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a bunch of ideas.

http://www.familysafemedia.com/index.html

If you use X10 it would be really easy for your kid to figure out how to
stop it.

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Brian Dye
brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://tech-home.com
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<marcrand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1127352772.443860.25550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am so belidered at the amount of x-10 'stuff' out there, that I can't
> seem to find a straight forward solution to my problem.  I have no X-10
> experience nor equipment and usually the most helpful people are found
> in groups like this.  I also applogize for the newbie question.
>
> My Problem(s)
> How can I control the access to my son's play station such that they
> can only use it for 1 hour a day?  How could I control the TV so that
> it is only on for 2 hours a day?  Ideally this would be done
> automatically, where the child would turn the playstation on (perhaps
> at an X-10 controller that would then turn on the outlet?) then after a
> predetemined time period the x-10 controller would 'time out' the plug
> by turning the playstation off.  If the child turned the playstation
> off before the alloted time, they could keep the remaining minutes for
> later in the day.
>
> My Environment
> I have no current X-10 equipment, but I do have a wired computer
> network.
>
> Any input would be great.  And I think I'm prepared to spend $150 to
> solve the problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
>