ppower

Ppower, short for 'Penguin Power', is a piece of software for controlling x10 home automation equipment connected to the computer via a cm11a interface. It can be used to turn things on and off and lights dim and bright. In addition to controlling the x10

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joseph85750 Posted 2014-10-11

I've been using this for several years to control my X10 stuff. It works! I did have an interesting issue recently though, when trying to upgrade my hardware. I'd get the following error in my web logs: "/usr/local/bin/ppower: Daemon isn't running. Run it first" SELinux was to blame (as if there was any doubt). Something needs to be included in the code to deal with SELinux.

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