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Not used very much these days, but you can use async communications support on the i-series to control devices that have an RS-232 interface.

http://tinyurl.com/9zz5m8


Aaron Bartell wrote:
I wish I had a horse because that would mean I thought I had enough time in my day to take care of it :-)

But on a more serious note, it would be fun to just start out with something simple like a talking to a motor that has three states: stop, forward, backward - almost like a garage door. Imagine how cool it would be to write a program that could open your garage door from your Blackberry which makes a web services call to your AS400 which "calls" the garage door - that would just be so geeky cool.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


Vern Hamberg wrote:
Yes Aaron, but you probably want the hay loaded in the stall where you keep that horse, too!

Aaron Bartell wrote:
I know that was said in jest, but the past couple years I have really wanted to do a project that would have RPG "talking" to a physical electronic device to automate something in my home (being that I have an AS400 in my basement). Has anybody done such a project outside of work?

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

Michael Ryan wrote:
But one could burn their feet when they were making bacon in bed on
their George Foreman grill.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't believe Nifty has to be hard to read or understand. It would
be nifty if my i server were interfaced with a toaster, a coffee maker
or espresso machine, a griddle and a refrigerator to have breakfast
ready when I wake up.

Jim


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