Yes, the linux "Bottle Rocket" program works with the IBM Home Director kit from www.worthdist.com. The tk/tcl front end for Bottle Rocket, "Rocket_Launcher", also works fine. I have not had a chance to look at Heyu. But give me a couple of days and I will!
This is great! I wish I would have read the thread before I ordered the fire cracker! My Home Director kit came today and the PC module itself is worth the 10 bucks! With the fire cracker, the only thing I could think of was setting up cron to send commands, but that means keeping my PC on. I am lookin forward to digging into Heyu!
Please excuse my lack of knowledge concerning electricity, as I will admit, I know little about it. Except for the fact that I do not like the feeling I get when I get shocked! When we built the out building, actually a small workshop, we hired someone and they put a main breaker on the outside of my home, and connected it to the meter that is on the outside of my house that the electric company reads. This main breaker is enclosed and can be locked. From there, a cable was ran to the out building. This cable then goes to a circuit box with 4 breakers for the outlets and lights. I was not smart enough at the time to run the wire and a switch back to the house to control the security lights. So, for the 6 dollar fire cracker and a 13 dollar switch, I can now turn them on and off! I'm not sure how much wire would run for approx. 150 feet, but I would assume it would not be much more than 20 or 30 bucks. But the labor would take some time.
I'm sorry, I should have defined "out building". It is a building that is NOT attached to my house. And since this remote building does have electricity, it already contains one of those fancy $1.50 light switches inside this "out building". As far as spending $1.50 for a switch instead of $6 for a Firecracker kit, yes! I would do the same if I needed a switch. If you go back and read my original post, I stated that I spent $13 bucks for a remote switch, to turn on/off the security lights in this remote out building that is not attached to my house...from my house.
I received mine two weeks ago. I could not find a good use for them. My house is small enough that you can walk over and turn off the light. But, after receiveing endless email from them, I looked around on their web pages and found a light switch for $13. (Of course, I got some free stuff when I ordered it) I have a out building with flood lights for security. But had to walk outside to turn them on and off. Installed the switch, and BAM! Works great from the comfort of my home! Looked at another site for a light switch and they wanted $29...
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Yes, the linux "Bottle Rocket" program works with the IBM Home Director kit from www.worthdist.com.
The tk/tcl front end for Bottle Rocket, "Rocket_Launcher", also works fine. I have not had a chance to look at Heyu. But give me a couple of days and I will!
This is great! I wish I would have read the thread before I ordered the fire cracker! My Home Director kit came today and the PC module itself is worth the 10 bucks! With the fire cracker, the only thing I could think of was setting up cron to send commands, but that means keeping my PC on. I am lookin forward to digging into Heyu!
Thats true! But if I have it my way, I'll be staying here!
Please excuse my lack of knowledge concerning electricity, as I will admit, I know little about it. Except for the fact that I do not like the feeling I get when I get shocked!
When we built the out building, actually a small workshop, we hired someone and they put a main breaker on the outside of my home, and connected it to the meter that is on the outside of my house that the electric company reads. This main breaker is enclosed and can be locked. From there, a cable was ran to the out building. This cable then goes to a circuit box with 4 breakers for the outlets and lights. I was not smart enough at the time to run the wire and a switch back to the house to control the security lights. So, for the 6 dollar fire cracker and a 13 dollar switch, I can now turn them on and off! I'm not sure how much wire would run for approx. 150 feet, but I would assume it would not be much more than 20 or 30 bucks. But the labor would take some time.
I'm sorry, I should have defined "out building". It is a building that is NOT attached to my house. And since this remote building does have electricity, it already contains one of those fancy $1.50 light switches inside this "out building".
As far as spending $1.50 for a switch instead of $6 for a Firecracker kit, yes! I would do the same if I needed a switch. If you go back and read my original post, I stated that I spent $13 bucks for a remote switch, to turn on/off the security lights in this remote out building that is not attached to my house...from my house.
I received mine two weeks ago. I could not find a good use for them. My house is small enough that you can walk over and turn off the light. But, after receiveing endless email from them, I looked around on their web pages and found a light switch for $13. (Of course, I got some free stuff when I ordered it) I have a out building with flood lights for security. But had to walk outside to turn them on and off. Installed the switch, and BAM! Works great from the comfort of my home! Looked at another site for a light switch and they wanted $29...