About:
GNU Phantom.Home is a computer controlled home automation system. The software includes a circuit diagram for building the Phantom.Home.Controller, a simple circuit board that attaches to your PC's parallel port. Using the combination of hardware/software you can control (i.e. flip on or off) nearly any 120V device. And with a little bit of electronics know-how, you can probably control nearly any device at any voltage by modifying the circuit board to meet your needs. The simple circuit included can be created and built for around $25. The modules cost around $10 (basically a heavy duty relay).

Author:
Joe Thielen <jthielen (at) accesstoledo (dot) com> [contact developer]

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Homepage:
http://www.joethielen.com/phantom/home/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.joethielen.com/phantom/home/phantom_home-1.00.tar.gz

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		Microsoft, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C++
[Topic]		Home Automation, System :: Hardware

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.00	28-Jun-2000	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.00	N/A	28-Jun-2000 21:23
Beta0.70	N/A	26-May-2000 21:50
Beta0.62a	N/A	10-Mar-2000 17:06
Beta0.60	N/A	19-Oct-1999 23:22

 Comments

[»] Why not use X10?
by Sharp - Mar 15th 2002 18:32:13

From what I understand, you would need place all your appliances close to your computer or have lots of wires around your house. But why not use X10 or and a program like heyu? Plus, lights are a lot funner to dim than to switch on and off.

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