Ideas and Examples.

• The ZephIR! Simple and robust Infrared Control.
  
  
• The ADB I/O -- ( Tutorials ) NOTE: The ADB I/O is no longer produced :-(
  The Beehive made a great product for interfacing XTension to sensors and
  controls which are not possible with X-10. Here's some of the specifications of the ADB I/O :
  
  • Plugs into the Apple Desktop Bus port on the Macintosh.
  • 4 ADB I/O units can be connected to one Macintosh.
  • No external power supply needed.
  • 4 relay outputs.
  • The relay outputs have a timer function that can be optionally set to, 0 to 25.5 seconds.
  • 4 data acquisition channels. Each channel can be configured as an analog input (8 bits resolution), a digital input or a digital output.
  • Maximum sample rate: 90 samples per second.
  • 4 channels per sample. Max 12 samples per second recommended for smooth simultaneous mouse operation.
  • Connect to sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure etc.
  • Connect to switches for motor control, HVAC etc.
  • Easily scriptable from within XTension.
  
  
• FerretTronics
  FerretTronics offers chips which interface to common 'servo motors'...
  which can push or pull or rotate small mechanisms !
  Geeky ? Not really, just a matter of connecting some wires and adding some scripts...
  
  
• MathPad
  MathPad from Mark Widholm adds custom graphs of data from your XTension system. This site may be a bit slow sometimes, but it's there.
  
  
• QuickCam -- ( Tutorials )
  The QuickCam from Connectix is scriptable and can be commanded from scripts in XTension, even over your network:
  
  
• WeatherTracker
  The WeatherTracker software actively downloads weather data from the Internet. Incorporate graphs and video into your XTension system.
  
  
• YoYo - Caller ID and paging -- ( Tutorials )
  The YoYo from Big Island is scriptable and can be used both to record CallerID and to send alphanumeric messages to a pager. Note: Big Island ia also defunct :-(
  
  
  

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