On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 13:52 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 13:42, WGregory wrote: > > Thanks to the list, I am now able to play an audio sound and recording > > from my Fedora 5 box to warn out our night crew of a problem (play > > [filename].wav/ogg). I also would like to connect a warning light or > > strobe to the system to provide visual warning. In addition to lan, I > > have serial and usb ports available on my system. > > > > Does anyone know of such a product? And how to trigger it to alert from > > Fedora? Needless to say, also need way to turn if off from the Fedora. > > There are devices that can work as relays off your serial or > parallel ports, but for something even more general you might > like some X10 switches and a controller operated by the > computer. There are an assortment of links here: > http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialX10SmartHomeNetworking.html > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > Thank you for the link. It is very useful.
