Re: Electronic device control from RPG was ->Re: Niftiest thing(s)you have done in RPG ILE or /FREE

Hi Aaron,

Interesting idea.

A couple of years back I created a subsystem on AS400 which did a similar job to MQ-SERIES - i.e. it transferred records to a pc network.
A program in the network would send in a request which my program picked up, validated, and created the appropriate response data stream which was sent to the requesting program on the network.

This used the tcp/ip protocol.

Sounds like an interesting idea you have ...


Regards,
John McKay
www.rpglanguage.com
www.mckaysoftware.ie


----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:39 PM
Subject: Electronic device control from RPG was ->Re: Niftiest thing(s)you have done in RPG ILE or /FREE

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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