Re: [mh] How to send commands to mh?

[Marc M. <ma...@me...>]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 05:06:36PM -0800, JimMH wrote:
> 
> How do I send text commands to mh?  The install instructions talk about a
> command window in the tk interface, being able to enter commands in the web
> interface, and via the OS command line.  I haven't been able to figure out
> any of them.
> 
> The OS command line mentions MS Windows and uses the "house" command.  This
> doesn't work on Fedora.  Should this work?  Is there a similar method for
> Linux?

http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Insteon#toc23
mentions

To answer the likely most common question for the X10 user, or someone
trying to do something outside mh, this is how you toggle a switch from the
command line:
gargamel:/var/local/src/misterhouse/mh/bin# ./mhsend --run 'fmr mast off' (remove underscores).

Marc
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