[asterisk-users] Is there any Asterisk controllable thermostat?

[Matthew Rubenstein]

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 00:58 -0700,
asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 23:04:52 -0500
> From: "Zeeshan Zakaria" <zishanov at gmail.com>
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Is there any Asterisk controllable
>         thermostat?
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> I am wondering if there is any such thermostat available which can be
> controlled from Asterisk.

	Trixbox comes bundled with xPl, which is a home automation network API
that is also common to Windows XP. I haven't seen any documentation of
how to actually use it (with Trixbox/Asterisk), but I would be very
interested in seeing some, including examples and supported HW.


> Like you call your home pbx, dial some extension,
> e.g. 333 and it asks to set the temperature, you enter a temperature,
> and it
> sets the thermostat to that temperature. This thermostat will be very
> useful, e.g. when you're coming back home after a few days and now its
> snowing and you want home to be warm on your arrival, you can turn the
> furnace on an hour before your arrival.
> 
> Is there any such thermostat available, and for that matter any other
> Asterisk controllable home automation devices?
> 
> -- 
> Zeeshan A Zakaria 
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(C) Matthew Rubenstein