[ale] BottleRocket

[Jim Williams]

Firecrackeris a starter set you can/could get for a
small "donation" of about $6 from www.X10.com.  It is
for home automation, turn on/off lights and such.  I
just got mine yesterday but did not have a chance to
hook it up yet.  If it works well it looks like it
could be very addictive to get everything in my house
hooked up, no more running around turning all the
lights off before I leave.
I think bottelrocket is the Linux software but I have
not had time to look at it yet.
Best just go to the X10 site to get the info.

--- Matthew Brown <matthew.brown at cordata.net> wrote:
> Could someone tell briefly what BottleRocket and
> FireCracker do?
> 
> -Matthew
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Hamm <dhamm at itrepro.com>
> To: <cfowler at zfh-csg.penguinpowered.com>;
> <jimpop at rocketship.com>
> Cc: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:46 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: [ale] BottleRocket
> 
> 
> > I got bottlerocket and it worked first try.  I did
> use /dev/ttyS1 instead
> of
> > setting up/linking to a /dev/bottlerocket.
> >
> >  On Wed, 14 Jul 1999,
> cfowler at zfh-csg.penguinpowered.com
> > wrote: > I got the firecracker to work!
> > >
> > > I did this:
> > >
> > > cat </dev/firecracker &
> > >
> > > Then ran the program.  For some reason you must
> do this.  I would
> > > assum cat holds open the port and there are
> certain stty settings
> > > when this happens.  I have not had the time
> > > to really look at this.  Maybe someone else will
> know.  I went
> > > and bought the deluxe kit since I did get it to
> work.  Now cron
> > > will control the house!  Maybe at will get a
> little
> > > bit of usage too.  Like turn on a lamp when a
> process is finshed!
> > >  Turn on other lamps depending on return code.
> > > This could be fun
> > >
> > > Chris
> > > --- Original Message ---
> > > "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop at rocketship.com> Wrote on
> > > Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:43:10 -0400
> > >  ------------------
> > > I took advantage of their "pay for shipping and
> we'll get you
> > > hooked" $6
> > > offer recently, and experienced the same thing
> w/ Mandrake 6.0.
> > >  I only
> > > wanted to fool around with it.  As things are,
> the devices sit
> > > on my desk
> > > collecting dust right now.  Still a $6 for 3
> paperweights isn't
> > > too bad of a
> > > deal. ;-)
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <cfowler at zfh-csg.penguinpowered.com>
> > > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:40 PM
> > > Subject: [ale] BottleRocket
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Anyone here use BottleRocket?  I've purchased
> the X10 FireCracker
> > > > unit but have been unsucessful getting
> BottleRocket to work.
> > > >  I have tried on 3 Machines. 2 RH6.0 and 1
> RH5.2.  The winbloze
> > > > program works fine.  Is there something that
> must be done in
> > > > the OS to get this device to work?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Chris Fowler
> > > >
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> > David Hamm
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> > Imaging Technologies Services Inc.
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> 
> 
> 



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Jim Williams
Software Developer, ICC/GRSoftware
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