Home automation

[Andy Jacobs]

Not really sure if this is the right place to start for this. I've just got
this burning desire to mess around with some home automation. Is there any
way with PHP that you can write out to a USB port, for example, to turn a
device on of off?

Does anyone know where there's any decent information about this?

Andy

[Anders Holte]

USB connections can be used just as another COM-port:
(haven't tested this, but it should work)

<?php
`mode com1: BAUD=9600 PARITY=N data=8 stop=1 xon=off`;
$fp = fopen ("COM1:", "w+");
$command = chr(27)+chr(64); //DEVICE DEPENDANT
fputs ($fp, $command);
fclose ($fp);
?>

/anders

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Not really sure if this is the right place to start for this. I've just got this burning desire to mess around with some home automation. Is there any way with PHP that you can write out to a USB port, for example, to turn a
device on of off?

Does anyone know where there's any decent information about this?

Andy

[Andy Jacobs]

On 13/11/04 10:37 am, in article kt********************@news.telia.no,
"Anders Holte" <an*@nospstart.no> wrote:

USB connections can be used just as another COM-port:
(haven't tested this, but it should work)

<?php
`mode com1: BAUD=9600 PARITY=N data=8 stop=1 xon=off`;
$fp = fopen ("COM1:", "w+");
$command = chr(27)+chr(64); //DEVICE DEPENDANT
fputs ($fp, $command);
fclose ($fp);
?>

Hmmm... Probably should have said that I'm running a Mac. I get your point
though.

Cheers

Andy