[57north-discuss] Meeting minutes - and comments!

[Calum Chisholm]

I use one of these -
http://www.homeeasy.eu/RemoteControlSMSBaseStation/HE101/189/Product/81/

Does the job quite nicely, and can usually be picked up quite cheaply on
ebay. They have a pretty decent range of wall-sockets, PIR sensors, light
sockets etc. for more permanent setups too.

The built-in software is pretty eccentric though (can't rename/delete
devices without a factory reset, don't give devices names starting with
'heat'...). It's limited to 2G sim cards as well, though I suspect that's
the case with most devices of this type.

Cheers,
Calum



On 24 April 2014 11:28, Aidan Karley <aidan_karley at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 4-way extension? As in a mains power lead?
> I was looking at things like that years ago in the old apartment, and was
> mainly stymied by an absence of relays that I could drive from TTL and
> could switch 250V AC. (This was before Maplin opened in town IIRC ; years
> ago). Since then I've got hold of a set of radio-controlled mains
> pass-through plugs which would probably form a more economical base for
> remote control of home electrics.
> A GSM shield would require a SIM card and account. I guess that you use a
> cheap and nasty Asda phone.
> Any security?
>
> --
> Aidan Karley,
> Aberdeen,
> Scotland
>   On Thursday, 24 April 2014, 8:36, Carl Anderson <noodlemonkeh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>  On 24 April 2014 03:41, Aidan Karley <aidan_karley at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>  On Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 15:10, Aidan Karley <
> aidan_karley at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  "the text controlled cable."
> Interesting - can someone elaborate?
>
>
> I have a 4-way extension cable, which I have removed the insides from and
> replaced with an arduino, GSM shield and relay. This allows me to send text
> commands to it so I can remote control it.
>
>
>
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