On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Andrew Errington wrote:
Ha ha. Good luck.
Somehow I'm not feeling encouraged.
Perhaps what you really want is an ethernet enabled mains switch.
A bank of those would be nice. Amongst other things I have a washing machine where the clock is dying and the replacement will cost lots.
After all, you do have Cat5e everywhere in your house, don't you?
The wife keeps whinging about tripping over it, the duct tape on the floor and the holes.
Another alternative is the Dallas one-wire bus. There are 'switch' nodes that you could connect (via optoisolators, natch) to a mains relay (or modified Arlec doodad).
Sigh! The PHB's of the world keep saying how marvelous the hardware types are with their reusable components...the hardware guys are so way ahead of software etc. etc. They haven't actually gone to hardware catalogue on the web and tried to find a component that will a) match an electrical & mechanical spec, b) has a known price c) is in stock. It all just seems to be way harder than it should be. John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand
