Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ames!amdahl!bnrmtv!perkins From: perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.misc Subject: Re: RS-232 Box with light and Buzzer wanted. Message-ID: <2289@bnrmtv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 18:14:49 EDT Article-I.D.: bnrmtv.2289 Posted: Mon Jul 27 18:14:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 04:29:44 EDT References: <200@et.UUCP> <1320@genrad.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: BNR Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 30 Summary: BSR X-10 sends signals over AC lines, not RS-232 Xref: mnetor misc.wanted:1205 comp.misc:890 In article <200@et.UUCP> mike@et.UUCP (Mike Graham) wrote: > > I am looking for a box that connects to a serial port, and has > > an alarm (buzzer, bell, not ^G) and a lamp. > > By sending a sequence to the > > box the light comes on (or alarm or both), send another and > > they goes off. (pretty simple stuff eh !) In article <1320@genrad.UUCP>, rep@genrad.UUCP (Pete Peterson) responded: > Well, it's not exactly "a box" but DAK (Drew A. Kaplan), the consumer > electronic stuff place, sells an RS-232 BSR X-10 controller for $19.95 > + $4.00 shipping (note that it's not in their latest catalog, but they > do still sell them). With this and a BSR X-10 appliance module for about > $15, you can control the light/noisemaker(s) of your choice (up to 15 amps > worth) from an RS232 serial port. The BSR X-10 controller doesn't fit the requirements. While the BSR controller accepts its input from an RS-232 port, it broadcasts the control signals to the individual modules over 110V electrical wiring. The controller and module(s) must share a transformer circuit. There's no RS-232 connection at the individual modules; in fact, there's no input from any appliance module at all: they're output-only devices. -- {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins --Henry Perkins It is better never to have been born. But who among us has such luck? One in a million, perhaps.