From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 13:47:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8178E1065670; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20D9E8FC16; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:47:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p65DAxuF010382; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:10:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:10:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Achilleas Mantzios In-Reply-To: <201107041339.22470.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Message-ID: References: <201107041339.22470.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and controlling an alarm via relay X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:47:50 -0000 On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Achilleas Mantzios wrote: [snip] > I was thinking of some relay board (instead of the old modem), > possibly ethernet controlled This box has relays and GPIO available via ethernet. It's probably overkill for your application, but it's well made and easy to use: http://www.extron.com/product/product.aspx?id=ipltcr48&s=0 I'd also look at manufactureres such as Moxa and LANtronics. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]