From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 09:33:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B296C1065670; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:33:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from smadev.internal.net (host3.dynacom.ondsl.gr [62.103.35.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5D28FC0A; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:33:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smadev.internal.net (localhost.internal.net [127.0.0.1]) by smadev.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p659XdO6097517; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:33:39 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by smadev.internal.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id p659Xdil097516; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:33:39 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com) From: Achilleas Mantzios Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt To: Bernt Hansson , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:33:38 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <201107041339.22470.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <4E12CE42.20305@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4E12CE42.20305@bah.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201107051233.39286.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and controlling an alarm via relay X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:33:43 -0000 =CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Tuesday 05 July 2011 11:41:38 =CE=B3=CF=81=CE=AC= =CF=88=CE=B1=CF=84=CE=B5: > 2011-07-04 12:39, Achilleas Mantzios skrev: > > Hello, sorry for the cross-post but i believe this question might seat = in both lists. > > I am the guy who had the done the old 1.23.3 zoneminder port some years= ago, and i am thinking of installing/testing > > the new 1.24.4 port, submitted by bsam@FreeBSD.org. > > Besides the basic functions, i am thinking of re-using some old techniq= ues by which i controlled > > the home alarm via a NC/NO circuit (basically it was an enhanced door c= ontact), > > driven by an old zyXel modem, which in turn was driven by a small perl= program driving the com port, and > > which was called by a deamon reading zoneminder shared memory info dire= ctly. > > That way i could trigger the alarm system getting into alarm state, whe= never zoneminder detected motion, > > in a fully controlled and programmatic way. >=20 > Is this what you you are looking for >=20 > http://www.telldus.se/products/tellstick >=20 No,=20 what i am looking for is for a way to control a NO or NC/EOL switch from Fr= eeBSD. Most probably it must be some kind of relay. I have not used any ever, exce= pt once using a zyXel modem to behave like a relay switch in a N/C contact. =2D-=20 Achilleas Mantzios