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Section: Unix

Added: Tue, Oct 19th 1999 19:15 UTC (8 years, 9 months ago)

Updated: Tue, Jan 30th 2001 06:12 UTC (7 years, 5 months ago)

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]

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]
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Default 1.00 28-Jun-2000 GNU General Public License (GPL)

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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