irclog2html for tuxscreen on 2001.07.09

irclog2html for tuxscreen on 2001.07.09 07:28:41 viljo hmm, smaller and smaller. 11:27:00 viljo hey. 11:27:05 viljo quiet in here.. 14:39:30 nikos is away: Errands 15:20:12 nikos is back 19:42:26 Tangent Hi 19:42:29 nikos 'lo 19:43:01 Tangent I've been playing around with the X10 home automation stuff this week... 19:43:11 Tangent Tuxscreen would make an ideal controller for it all 19:43:18 nikos Yep. 19:43:30 nikos Tangent: Did you see the mention of that on the Tuxscreen wiki? 19:43:39 Tangent nikos : Nope 19:43:49 Tangent Has someone done it? 19:44:02 nikos http://www.tuxscreen.net/wiki/view/Main/TuxScreenApplications 19:44:24 nikos Tangent: Not to my knowledge, that simply discusses the idea. 19:45:10 Tangent nikos : Nod.. looks like what I've been thinking... 19:45:24 Tangent nikos : I'm just learning how all this X10 stuff ties together at the moment 19:45:56 Tangent nikos : I have already realised that I want a central machine to controll it all... and I don't want disk and fans in it 19:46:19 Tangent nikos : Kinda fun walking around the house, using the iPAQ to switch lights on and off tho' 19:46:26 nikos True. 19:46:38 nikos But at $99, the Tuxscreen is tempting. ;) 19:47:06 Tangent nikos : I've already got my order in for two 21:15:29 BZFlag Tangent: They should be on the way now. Waiting to hear from my wife. 21:21:52 BZFlag Tangent: yep. shipping ammount covered usps air exactly. I think that's 3-4 days? Could be there this week. ;-) 21:22:36 Tangent BZFlag : Let's hope so... I need to tie it into my X10 toys that I bought today 21:28:09 BZFlag heh, the serial dongles should work fine once linux is up. 21:29:46 Tangent BZFlag : Yep.. I reckon that it'd make a great console with NFSroot 21:32:22 jacques_work yo 21:33:13 Tangent Hi jacques_work 21:33:21 jacques_work hi Tangent 21:33:26 Tangent Damn.. these X10 things are addictive 21:33:36 jacques_work things are picking up here I see 21:33:49 jacques_work oops, thought I was on intimate 21:34:01 jacques_work i saw backlog of earlier today - lots of ppl on 21:37:33 jacques_work Tangent: where you order X10 stuff from? 22:17:57 Tangent jacques_work : I found it in a local DIY store going _real_ cheap 22:18:38 Tangent jacques_work : I picked up 4xappliance module 4xlamp module, 2x timer controller and 2xPC serial Controller for 90GBP 22:19:06 Tangent Something like 20% of the normal cost over here 22:19:58 Tangent Of course, now I want lots of other bits that I can't get cheaply 22:20:56 jacques_work Tangent: cool :-) I hve a bunch of x10 stuff I've never installed 22:21:36 Tangent jacques_work : Well.. now that I've got xtend working, I've got it all doing what I want... 22:21:57 Tangent jacques_work : I.e. the PC controlls everything, and all the devices are treated as dumb perhiperals. 22:22:30 Tangent jacques_work : I don't have the switches etc controlling anything directly... just feeding a singnal to the PC, which then controlls the devices 22:23:32 jacques_work Tangent: yep, I have a cm11 (I think) which attaches to a serial port 22:24:12 Tangent jacques_work : Nod.. pretty much the same as I have... CM12U ( I think the U is for UK) ... I'm using CM11A stuff with it, and it seems the same 22:24:48 Tangent jacques_work : I can recommend heyu+xtend as a good setup 22:37:18 jacques_work Tangent: cool, I'll have to check those out 22:38:11 Tangent jacques_work : I've set up all my devices using housecode a, and all my buttons as housecode b. The PC sits in the middle, and picks up the button presses, and feeds them to the appliances... 22:38:28 Tangent jacques_work : executing shell scripts etc whenever it gets a housecode b button press 22:39:15 jacques_work heh, your new house is gonna be majorly cool 22:39:55 jacques_work Tangent: so is it all gonna be controlled by a tuxscreen? 22:40:02 Tangent jacques_work : That's the plan :) 22:40:09 Tangent jacques_work : And powered by solar panels 22:40:19 Tangent jacques_work : At least some of it anyhow... hall lights 22:40:41 Tangent jacques_work : I want to get PIR sensor for the hall, and have the lights automatically controlled 22:40:52 jacques_work Tangent: oops, did you forget you live in te UK? (no sunshine) 22:40:57 jacques_work :-D 22:41:19 Tangent jacques_work : Nope.. I remembered... so I bought BIG solar panels 22:41:44 jacques_work Tangent: and lots of huge fresnel lenses 22:42:00 Tangent jacques_work : No.. no lenses... 22:42:17 Tangent just a couple of 53W panels, and a 90Ah deep cycle battery 22:43:45 Tangent jacques_work : Should be sufficient to light 45W of low-energy lighting for 45 mins per day I think :) 22:43:50 Tangent jacques_work : Even in winter 22:44:30 Tangent jacques_work : The figures for the UK are 48 of the panels I just bought to supply an average (i.e. not 5 computers + 2 aircon) house 22:44:43 Tangent jacques_work : I reckon with about 150 panels, I could meet my power needs 22:46:42 jacques_work heh, I hear solar panels are not cheap tho 22:48:06 Tangent jacques_work : The panels were about 300GPB each 22:48:24 Tangent jacques_work : The deep cycle battery was another 250 22:48:32 Tangent jacques_work : But I already have a suitable inverter 22:52:28 jacques_work Tangent: yep - not cheap 22:53:13 Tangent jacques_work : No.. not cheap, but may just pay for itself over ten years, and has zero emissions 22:53:23 jacques_work Tangent: and definitely cool 22:53:28 jacques_work: excuse me? 22:53:28 jacques_work ibot: search bnchmarks 22:53:37 jacques_work: what? 22:53:37 jacques_work ibot: search benchmarks 22:53:39 Tangent jacques_work : But that's minor... I'm still working out the climate control for the computer room 22:53:46 jacques_work ibot: search for benchmarks 22:54:42 pda benchmarks are at http://pocketpcpassion.com/General/VOBenchmark/VOBenchmark.htm 22:54:42 jacques_work ibot: pda benchmarks 23:00:51 Tangent Well.. the iPAQ did pretty well all round there Generated by irclog2html.pl by Jeff Waugh - find it at freshmeat.net! Modified by Tim Riker to work with infobot logs, split per channel and by date, etc.

`07:28:41`	`viljo`	`hmm, smaller and smaller.`
`11:27:00`	`viljo`	`hey.`
`11:27:05`	`viljo`	`quiet in here..`
`14:39:30`	`nikos`	`is away: Errands`
`15:20:12`	`nikos`	`is back`
`19:42:26`	`Tangent`	`Hi`
`19:42:29`	`nikos`	`'lo`
`19:43:01`	`Tangent`	`I've been playing around with the X10 home automation stuff this week...`
`19:43:11`	`Tangent`	`Tuxscreen would make an ideal controller for it all`
`19:43:18`	`nikos`	`Yep.`
`19:43:30`	`nikos`	`Tangent: Did you see the mention of that on the Tuxscreen wiki?`
`19:43:39`	`Tangent`	`nikos : Nope`
`19:43:49`	`Tangent`	`Has someone done it?`
`19:44:02`	`nikos`	`http://www.tuxscreen.net/wiki/view/Main/TuxScreenApplications`
`19:44:24`	`nikos`	`Tangent: Not to my knowledge, that simply discusses the idea.`
`19:45:10`	`Tangent`	`nikos : Nod.. looks like what I've been thinking...`
`19:45:24`	`Tangent`	`nikos : I'm just learning how all this X10 stuff ties together at the moment`
`19:45:56`	`Tangent`	`nikos : I have already realised that I want a central machine to controll it all... and I don't want disk and fans in it`
`19:46:19`	`Tangent`	`nikos : Kinda fun walking around the house, using the iPAQ to switch lights on and off tho'`
`19:46:26`	`nikos`	`True.`
`19:46:38`	`nikos`	`But at $99, the Tuxscreen is tempting. ;)`
`19:47:06`	`Tangent`	`nikos : I've already got my order in for two`
`21:15:29`	`BZFlag`	`Tangent: They should be on the way now. Waiting to hear from my wife.`
`21:21:52`	`BZFlag`	`Tangent: yep. shipping ammount covered usps air exactly. I think that's 3-4 days? Could be there this week. ;-)`
`21:22:36`	`Tangent`	`BZFlag : Let's hope so... I need to tie it into my X10 toys that I bought today`
`21:28:09`	`BZFlag`	`heh, the serial dongles should work fine once linux is up.`
`21:29:46`	`Tangent`	`BZFlag : Yep.. I reckon that it'd make a great console with NFSroot`
`21:32:22`	`jacques_work`	`yo`
`21:33:13`	`Tangent`	`Hi jacques_work`
`21:33:21`	`jacques_work`	`hi Tangent`
`21:33:26`	`Tangent`	`Damn.. these X10 things are addictive`
`21:33:36`	`jacques_work`	`things are picking up here I see`
`21:33:49`	`jacques_work`	`oops, thought I was on intimate`
`21:34:01`	`jacques_work`	`i saw backlog of earlier today - lots of ppl on`
`21:37:33`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: where you order X10 stuff from?`
`22:17:57`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I found it in a local DIY store going _real_ cheap`
`22:18:38`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I picked up 4xappliance module 4xlamp module, 2x timer controller and 2xPC serial Controller for 90GBP`
`22:19:06`	`Tangent`	`Something like 20% of the normal cost over here`
`22:19:58`	`Tangent`	`Of course, now I want lots of other bits that I can't get cheaply`
`22:20:56`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: cool :-) I hve a bunch of x10 stuff I've never installed`
`22:21:36`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : Well.. now that I've got xtend working, I've got it all doing what I want...`
`22:21:57`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I.e. the PC controlls everything, and all the devices are treated as dumb perhiperals.`
`22:22:30`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I don't have the switches etc controlling anything directly... just feeding a singnal to the PC, which then controlls the devices`
`22:23:32`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: yep, I have a cm11 (I think) which attaches to a serial port`
`22:24:12`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : Nod.. pretty much the same as I have... CM12U ( I think the U is for UK) ... I'm using CM11A stuff with it, and it seems the same`
`22:24:48`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I can recommend heyu+xtend as a good setup`
`22:37:18`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: cool, I'll have to check those out`
`22:38:11`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I've set up all my devices using housecode a, and all my buttons as housecode b. The PC sits in the middle, and picks up the button presses, and feeds them to the appliances...`
`22:38:28`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : executing shell scripts etc whenever it gets a housecode b button press`
`22:39:15`	`jacques_work`	`heh, your new house is gonna be majorly cool`
`22:39:55`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: so is it all gonna be controlled by a tuxscreen?`
`22:40:02`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : That's the plan :)`
`22:40:09`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : And powered by solar panels`
`22:40:19`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : At least some of it anyhow... hall lights`
`22:40:41`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I want to get PIR sensor for the hall, and have the lights automatically controlled`
`22:40:52`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: oops, did you forget you live in te UK? (no sunshine)`
`22:40:57`	`jacques_work`	`:-D`
`22:41:19`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : Nope.. I remembered... so I bought BIG solar panels`
`22:41:44`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: and lots of huge fresnel lenses`
`22:42:00`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : No.. no lenses...`
`22:42:17`	`Tangent`	`just a couple of 53W panels, and a 90Ah deep cycle battery`
`22:43:45`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : Should be sufficient to light 45W of low-energy lighting for 45 mins per day I think :)`
`22:43:50`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : Even in winter`
`22:44:30`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : The figures for the UK are 48 of the panels I just bought to supply an average (i.e. not 5 computers + 2 aircon) house`
`22:44:43`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : I reckon with about 150 panels, I could meet my power needs`
`22:46:42`	`jacques_work`	`heh, I hear solar panels are not cheap tho`
`22:48:06`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : The panels were about 300GPB each`
`22:48:24`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : The deep cycle battery was another 250`
`22:48:32`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : But I already have a suitable inverter`
`22:52:28`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: yep - not cheap`
`22:53:13`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : No.. not cheap, but may just pay for itself over ten years, and has zero emissions`
`22:53:23`	`jacques_work`	`Tangent: and definitely cool`
`22:53:28`		`jacques_work: excuse me?`
`22:53:28`	`jacques_work`	`ibot: search bnchmarks`
`22:53:37`		`jacques_work: what?`
`22:53:37`	`jacques_work`	`ibot: search benchmarks`
`22:53:39`	`Tangent`	`jacques_work : But that's minor... I'm still working out the climate control for the computer room`
`22:53:46`	`jacques_work`	`ibot: search for benchmarks`
`22:54:42`		`pda benchmarks are at http://pocketpcpassion.com/General/VOBenchmark/VOBenchmark.htm`
`22:54:42`	`jacques_work`	`ibot: pda benchmarks`
`23:00:51`	`Tangent`	`Well.. the iPAQ did pretty well all round there`