Re: Electronic device control from RPG

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
> > > >     
> > > >       
> > > >         
> >   
> >