Centauri's Thoughts

I finally dug out the old X-10 stuff, and while thinking about how use of all that, and whether to use wine with the original CD, or look for linux drivers, I decided I would really rather run in native linux mode, and be able to study the source and underlying protocol. With that, I could write much more into control scripts.

One interesting ability is to get broadcasts from a device, re-direct that to the unix level, and fire scripts because of it. Thus: a motion sensor could trigger a series of events including turning on lights, sending an e-mail (with details of what triggered the e-mail), and other actions.

So far, the BEST uses have been simple, motion activated lighting in areas at night that ALWAYS need them on a temporary basis.

I'll find other uses, I'm sure.