[TriLUG] software-addressable power switches?

[Andrew Perrin]

Thanks all - I've been looking for an excuse to explore X.10 so I'm going
to try out this direction. I'll report back when I've got something rigged
together.

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Fri, 2 May 2003, John Beimler wrote:

> Andrew Perrin wrote:
>
> >Is there a device, reasonably cheap and addressable in linux, that will
> >let me turn a plug on and off? I'm finding that my cable modem often
> >(e.g., every 2-3 days) loses its signal, but a power cycle brings it right
> >back.  I'd like to script this so when the computer can't ping out it
> >tries to power cycle the modem. But that would require some sort of device
> >that lets my computer tell a plug to turn off, wait 60 seconds, and turn
> >back on again. If such a device exists, I'm sure some TriLUGger will know
> >of it!
> >
> >
> I use cheap X-10 gear to do it, specifically this one:
>
> http://www.x10.com/automation/firecracker.htm
>
> of course it was a lot cheaper when I got it, and X-10.com wasn't the
> king of pop up ads then.
>
> Peace.
>
> john
>
>
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