This would be overkill, but I thought I would mention these products in case someone was looking for a more "robust/industrial" automation solution that could be integrated with the linux command line and asterisk. I do use asterisk as a "remote control" device for a few non-critical inputs (air supply valves) in our production plant. I also use asterisk for remotely checking status on few IO points. Opto 22 produces the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">SNAP PAC System a </span>line of "IO control brains". Some of these devices/brains can run a control program independently, other serve as remote IO points for a controlling brain or a program running on your linux server. Most of the software is free with the exception of a few programs that are used in a large scale deployment situation. <div>
<br></div><div>Cheapest non-controlling brain</div><div><a href="http://www.opto22.com/site/pr_details.aspx?cid=4&item=SNAP-PAC-EB2">http://www.opto22.com/site/pr_details.aspx?cid=4&item=SNAP-PAC-EB2</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>SDK for linux development (free). The SDK contains a program called eioctl that you can compile for command line control of IO points.</div><div><a href="http://www.opto22.com/site/pr_details.aspx?cid=4&item=SNAP-PAC-EB2"></a><a href="http://www.opto22.com/site/downloads/dl_drilldown.aspx?aid=2890">http://www.opto22.com/site/downloads/dl_drilldown.aspx?aid=2890</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Bryant Zimmerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:BryantZ@zktech.com">BryantZ@zktech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">I would look at x10 triggered switches. There are some command line tools you could call from an IVR. <br>
I did a lot of x10 development on windows back in the day. I have seen some things for linux as well.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.heyu.org/" target="_blank">http://www.heyu.org/</a><br>
<br>
Bryant<br>
<br>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><hr width="100%" size="2" align="center">
<b>From</b>: "C F" <<a href="mailto:shmaltz@gmail.com" target="_blank">shmaltz@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent</b>: Monday, October 18, 2010 7:55 PM<br>
<b>To</b>: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <<a href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com" target="_blank">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject</b>: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk to switch on electric heaters remotely?</span><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
Ah Sandman <a href="http://sandman.com" target="_blank">http://sandman.com</a> use a relay that goes onto an fxs port,<br>
call that fxs port and you have a connection. Since that only work<br>
momentary you will need a flip flop relay, the advantage is that by<br>
calling it again you can turn it off.<br>
Ring relay:<br>
<a href="http://sandman.com/wizard.html#UniversalRingRelay" target="_blank">http://sandman.com/wizard.html#UniversalRingRelay</a><br>
flip flop relay:<br>
<a href="http://altronix.com/index.php?pid=2&model_num=RBR1224" target="_blank">http://altronix.com/index.php?pid=2&model_num=RBR1224</a><br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Gilles <<a href="mailto:codecomplete@free.fr" target="_blank">codecomplete@free.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello<br>
><br>
> I'm sure someone has already tried this: I use a couple of electric<br>
> heaters to heat my office.<br>
><br>
> I'd like to somehow connect them to Asterisk so that I could switch<br>
> them on remotely by either calling the IVR or sending an e-mail to the<br>
> Asterisk host, so that the room is warm when I get to the office :-)<br>
><br>
> Any information appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thank you.<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> _____________________________________________________________________<br>
> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com" target="_blank">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<br>
> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:<br>
> <a href="http://www.asterisk.org/hello" target="_blank">http://www.asterisk.org/hello</a><br>
><br>
> asterisk-users mailing list<br>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br>
> <a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a><br>
><br>
<br>
-- <br>
_____________________________________________________________________<br>
-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com" target="_blank">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<br>
New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:<br>
<a href="http://www.asterisk.org/hello" target="_blank">http://www.asterisk.org/hello</a><br>
<br>
asterisk-users mailing list<br>
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br>
<a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a><br>
<br></div></div></span>
<br>--<br>
_____________________________________________________________________<br>
-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com" target="_blank">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<br>
New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:<br>
<a href="http://www.asterisk.org/hello" target="_blank">http://www.asterisk.org/hello</a><br>
<br>
asterisk-users mailing list<br>
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br>
<a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Marvin Horst<br>
</div>