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hedg12
October 8th, 2005, 11:21 PM
I'm in the process of automating my kid's clubhouse, (yes, he's spoiled) and am looking for a simple way to control an electric space heater. I'm thinking of using an old fashioned mechanical thermostat to pass 5 volts to either the serial or parallel port of the PC running Girder. I've found both serial and parallel port plug-ins for girder, but I'm not sure if they'll do what I want. I'd like to poll the port every 2 minutes or so, and if the input is triggered (high or low, whichever works) have Girder trigger an x10 outlet. Is this do-able? Thanks.

Promixis
October 9th, 2005, 05:20 AM
you could look at www.phidgets.com - they work with girder.

the serial plugin has a 'switches' example that may also work for this

hedg12
October 9th, 2005, 07:38 AM
I'll check that out. Thanks!