PC Email Control of lights?

[Phillip T. Murphy]

Take a look at HomeSeer ( www.homeseer.com ).

If it won't do it out of the box (which I think it will), you can write a
very simple script to handle it.


"Only Raw Meat" <RawMeat-nospam@beighton.org> wrote in message
news:CrGCa.285$JX5.110@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net... Can anyone recommend or point me at a simple light and software set up, which will allow a Microsoft Outlook rule to execute a file which switches on alarm light/lamp, or similar device. I.e. I want a light to go on in my house (home office) when I receive high-priority emails. Either directly plugged in via an interface (USB, serial etc.) or via an X10 controller. I can set uop outlook/exchange to execute the rule, I can not find a
simpel device (alarm light etc.) which will itnerface to a PC and is
automatically software controllable (via anpplicaiton) Any ideas/recommendations? Thanks in advance.

[Chip G]

If you are using a version of Outlook that supports VBA and are somewhat
familiar with VBA, you can use the free download ActiveX component for
firecracker or CM11A assuming you have one of those controllers to control
any X10 device. Simply setup a VBA script that executes upon receipt of the
message for which you wish you monitor.

If you are in to programming a little deeper, you could program directly to
the serial port attached to the controller using commdlg.dll but the other
way is a lot simpler IMHO.

Hope this helps.

Chip

"Phillip T. Murphy" <SpPtAmMurphy@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:W626b.189$wf1.188@bignews3.bellsouth.net... Take a look at HomeSeer ( www.homeseer.com ). If it won't do it out of the box (which I think it will), you can write a very simple script to handle it. "Only Raw Meat" <RawMeat-nospam@beighton.org> wrote in message news:CrGCa.285$JX5.110@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net... Can anyone recommend or point me at a simple light and software set up, which will allow a Microsoft Outlook rule to execute a file which
switches on alarm light/lamp, or similar device. I.e. I want a light to go on in my house (home office) when I receive high-priority emails. Either directly plugged in via an interface (USB, serial etc.) or via an X10 controller. I can set uop outlook/exchange to execute the rule, I can not find a simpel device (alarm light etc.) which will itnerface to a PC and is automatically software controllable (via anpplicaiton) Any ideas/recommendations? Thanks in advance.