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honeybear
December 15th, 2012, 07:46 PM
Hi,

Mission is to

There are lot of examples on youtube but are using wifi mostly.

Would you know how to wol a lamp to turn it on/off on a 110/220v plug?

Which device could be used?

Thanks

memilanuk
December 15th, 2012, 09:58 PM
Arduino and/or X10 would be my guess...

Take a look at this book here for ideas:

http://pragprog.com/book/mrhome/programming-your-home

honeybear
December 16th, 2012, 05:29 AM
Arduino and/or X10 would be my guess...

Take a look at this book here for ideas:

http://pragprog.com/book/mrhome/programming-your-home

I havent Android. I am using ubuntu.

Thank you for the link. you know which hardware would work?

memilanuk
December 16th, 2012, 06:49 AM
IIRC, not all the projects use Android. <shrug>

Might also check arduino.cc for a ton of Arduino related stuff - forums, tutorials, etc.

chadk5utc
December 16th, 2012, 06:59 AM
if your looking for wired ethernet control what about something like this
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=9258T

There are many other but they far exceed the cost of the lamp