2006/1/8, Ronald G Minnich <[email protected]>: > But: you can get reed relays from radio shack. Wire the contacts of the > reed relay across RST. Drive the relay coil from one of 8 parallel ports > of a PC. Voila, 8 remote resets. I did use these relays once for a > remote doorbell, and I can tell you that you could even use the remote > doorbell + reed relay combo for reset ... that would be amusing. Ring > the doorbell, reset the rack of machines. The doorbells have multiple > selectable channels. Fun.
You could use a parallel port to control more than 1 device. With output and ground, you could use a microcontroller (or probably some gates, but my EE skills suck) to determine which pins are set and have an 8 bit mask to control up to 255 devices, I think. --Devon > If you have more time than money, this will work. We have more money > than time, so we use ICE and similar stuff. > > ron Ha. I'd go for a balance between the two :S --Devon
