fabads;428317 Wrote: > > I am regarding to use X10 protocol to switch on/off my amps from my SBC > (duet). I saw some topics about Firecracker but this small RF > transmitter/receptor needs a serial port. > > My Squeezecenter is installed on a Synology NAS (DS-207+) which is not > equipped with serial port ? > > Is there any solution to interconnect NAS and X10 with Squeezecenter ?
You should be able to use a USB-to-serial adapter, ala http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?p=62553&sid=fda53e34bbdb06f7d6870257bf075ca8 In brief: - connect the serial adapter - do whatever is needed (as above) to get a /dev/ttyUSB0 device - do what's needed to make /dev/ttyUSB0 usable by the SqueezeCenter user on the DS - compile the 'br' app for the DS (source code is included with the PowerCenter plugin) - configure PowerCenter to use /dev/ttyUSB0 and the 'br' utility you compiled In the Synology forum post, they're using a serial adapter based on the FTDI chipset. That seems the best choice if you think you might want two serial ports, and it costs about $20-$30 USD. You can get an adapter based on the Prolific 2303 chipset for about $10-$15, but those don't have unique serial numbers, so you can't use more than one on the same system very well (pretty much random which ttyUSBx device would be assigned to each adapter; with FTDI-based adapters you can configure Linux to name them reliably). You'd only need one, though, for Firecracker/x10 (and many other serial devices work when plugged in to the firecracker -- on my main system I have an Insteon serial controller plugged into the Firecracker and both work fine). Make sense? -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63960 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
