[rescue] x10 controllers for remote power mgmt?

[Steve Sandau]

I use the cheaplightswitch code and handful of electronic parts to turn
lights and such on and off and to click a relay that unlatches the door
at work (electromagnetic latch that I got tired of walking around to
unlatch...). It turns the data lines on a parallel port on and off. Hook
that to a power supply and a relay, and you can turn all kinds of things
on and off.

It is, as the name implies, very inexpensive. I don't know if the code
will compile on any other *nix, but it was pretty simple code, simple
enough that *I* could understand it!

Google should tell you where to find it if you are interested. 


Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> 
> Assume that system A and system B are in the same room, reachable via
> the Internet.
> 
> What is the cheapest way to remote power cycle A or B?  Unfortunately
> neither A nor B is a E4500 with LOM :-( .
> 
> When I check out the x10 controllers, apparently there are utilities
> to communicate over serial with an x10 power controller and turn
> things off or on.  Would this work well with copmuter equipment?
> 
> I have heard good things about the APC MasterSwitch but they are a
> little pricier than an x10 solution.
> 
> Cordially
> 
> Patrick Giagnocavo
> patrick at zill.net
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Steve Sandau
IS Technician, TMA Bath, Maine
ssandau at bath.tmac.com