> I've searched the archives, but found only limited information about > controlling external devices with Rev. As I need something somewhat > more sophisticated and reliable than X-10 devices, I would like to > ask anew if anyone is doing this kind of work? What would be ideal > is an external Programable Logic Controller that we could communicate > with via Rev. Any help will be greatly appreciated! >
Like Troy, I have done a lot of this sort of stuff using either serial or TCP/IP connections. Rev cannot yet handle USB comms, although I understand Altuit is working on an external for this. If you need to use a USB port, a USB-serial adapter works fine with Rev's serial commands. Serial comms are easy as you just open a port or driver, write, read and then close the port. There is a sample stack on my web site which might help you get going if you decide to use serial devices: <http://www.troz.net/Rev/tutorials/SerialTest.rev.gz> TCP/IP requires you to open sockets rather than ports, but apart from that it's very similar. If you are looking for hardware recommendations, I have lately taken to using Weeder modules <http://www.weedtech.com/> which can do a variety of I/O stuff. That's some general advice, most of which I have already spouted on this list, but if you have any more specific questions, please ask. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution