From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-12-26T08:51:43+09:00
Subject: Ruby X10 Software

Hi All.

My gadget gift for Christmas this year turned out to be a X10 Firecracker kit.  
No, its not explosives, but a simple X10 device controller and accessories.  
The kit comes with the CM17A wireless computer interface, a wireless 
transceiver/controller combo, and a lamp controller.  This is the same kit 
that Mike Clark talks about at 
http://www.pragmaticautomation.com/cgi-bin/pragauto.cgi/Monitor/Devices/BubbleBubbleBuildsInTrouble.rdoc. 
And yes, I already have mine connected to my lava lamp (but it is not 
monitoring the build yet).

I put together a simple Ruby package for controlling the CM17A firecracker 
controller and everything is working from Ruby just fine.  Then I did a 
little searching on the web and found very few other Ruby X10 projects.  I 
found Hal Fulton's Domo project (with CM11 controller) and one other CM17A 
implementation (rats, I should have check google before doing one from 
scratch).

Is anyone else doing any X10 stuff with Ruby?  Just curious.

-- 
-- Jim Weirich    jim@weirichhouse.org     http://onestepback.org
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