Re: Need programmable LCD touchpad

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

There seems to be something interesting at:

http://www.mp3car.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=33

but I have no direct experience with the company.

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Bobby G.

"Richard S. Smith" <rss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Instead of using the X10 or Insteon wall keypads, what I really want
> is a nice, compact LCD panel/touchpad that I mount on the wall and
> then program to display status messages and send control signals,
> without the expense of a full-featured product like the Leopard II.
>
> It would just be a small LCD that I could program from my PC to
> display certain strings and have certain regions "active" so that my
> PC would "know" what button was pressed.  I could send and receive
> data from a controlling PC via IP or RS485 serial, I don't really care
> as long at it works.  I could then translate the inputs into the
> appropriate X10 commands on the back-end, rather then needing the
> control pad to have that kind of intelligence.
>
> My goal is to have a small, discreet LCD touchpad in each room as the
> "interface" to my home automation, and no I will not buy a Leopard
> because that would be massive overkill for what I need.
>
> Has anyone else thought of a solution to this one?  I can't beleve
> it's just me who's thought about this.
>
> Thanks, as always.
>
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