I would look at x10 triggered switches. There are some command line tools you could call from an IVR. I did a lot of x10 development on windows back in the day. I have seen some things for linux as well.
http://www.heyu.org/ Bryant ---------------------------------------- From: "C F" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 7:55 PM To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk to switch on electric heaters remotely? Ah Sandman http://sandman.com use a relay that goes onto an fxs port, call that fxs port and you have a connection. Since that only work momentary you will need a flip flop relay, the advantage is that by calling it again you can turn it off. Ring relay: http://sandman.com/wizard.html#UniversalRingRelay flip flop relay: http://altronix.com/index.php?pid=2&model_num=RBR1224 On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Gilles <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I'm sure someone has already tried this: I use a couple of electric > heaters to heat my office. > > I'd like to somehow connect them to Asterisk so that I could switch > them on remotely by either calling the IVR or sending an e-mail to the > Asterisk host, so that the room is warm when I get to the office :-) > > Any information appreciated. > > Thank you. > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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