Re: [misterhouse-users] RE: Sending binary data down the serial line

[Chris T. <ctu...@ya...>]

I *think* I would be, too, although I'm not sure what the benefits
might be. This garage door status indicator thing, it sounds like a
cool idea and I found one on ebay a while ago. But, the description
said something about it being just one of three components originally
provided by Stanley, and I'm not sure what to make of that. Also, does
this gizmo have any dependency on Stanley garage door openers, of which
I have none (I have a vintage 1984 Sears opener, instead).

What would be cool is to have MH make a bunch of noise if it thinks the
garage door is open anytime past, oh, say 23:00 weekdays and anytime
past 02:30 Fri & Sat nights. Don't close it "for me," just make a bunch
of noise and let me decide for myself if it should be closed or not.
Can these here Stanley doodads interface to MH to provide the
open/closed information?

ct


--- John Conrader <con...@ma...> wrote:
> I would be interested in this. Put my vote in.
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 03:02  PM, 
> mis...@li... wrote:
> 
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:02:21 -0600
> > From: Danal Estes <da...@ea...>
> > Subject: Re: [misterhouse-users] Sending binary data down the
> serial 
> > line
> > To: mis...@li...
> > Reply-To: mis...@li...
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> > I believe your doing this to send extended code to the Garage Door 
> > Indicator
> > Module?
> >
> > I checked the cm11.pm and it is 80-90% of the way there to being
> able 
> > to
> > send extended codes in that it sends them for preset dims on other 
> > module
> > types, etc.  It would be fairly easy to add the appropriate code to
> 
> > cm11.pm
> > and entries X10_Item.pm to create a new object type.  I would be 
> > willing to
> > do this if you (and others chime in here) are interested.
> >
> > The Garage Door Status Indicators are no longer made, but can be 
> > picked up
> > dirt cheap on eBay, etc.  They have three pairs of lights, labled
> for 
> > three
> > garage doors, each with a Green and Red light.  If I write the code
> 
> > proposed
> > above, a script could do something like:
> >
> > # argument matches house code on indicator module
> > $Ind = new X10_Garage_Door_Indicator('G');
> > # Set light 1 green, 2 neither, 3 red.
> > set $Ind 'G R';
> >
> > That is, the state would be 3 char, one for each light, G for
> Green, R 
> > for
> > Red, and blank for both leds off. Note that the hardware for these 
> > modules
> > will cause whatever lights were last set to start flashing if no 
> > update is
> > received for 4 hours.  This was originally indended to notify of a
> dead
> > battery in the door transmitter.
> >
> >
> > Interested?  If so, I'll write the code.  If so, it will take about
> a 
> > week.
> >
> > Danal
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge.
> The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use.
> Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day
> Trial.
> www.slickedit.com/sourceforge
> ________________________________________________________
> To unsubscribe from this list, go to:
> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365
> 


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day
http://shopping.yahoo.com