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| Subject: From: Date: | RE: [ECS] iButton connection to ECS Kevin Keast Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:45:10 -0500 |
Hi Nathan, I am too looking forward to getting online with the ibuttons. I ordered a few things to start out with-just the basics. The RS232 device is backordered but I should have it this week. What do you use your java ibutton for? Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Brown [mailto:nbrown@thystonius.com] Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 5:18 PM To: ecs-list@netbloc.com Subject: RE: [ECS] iButton connection to ECS AJ, FYI, I'm fixing the UI and adding more error handling right now, so tell me when you recieve your hardware. I'll send you the beta. In terms of your question. iButtons have a couple attachment options one of which is a keyright. I have carried a Java enabled iButton on my key ring everyday for the last two years. It's still as nice as the day I got it. For the "punch out" idea, my software has two setting for "the presence of ibuttons". a) Whenever a button becomes attached or leaves the network a message can be send to indicate the ROM (the exact button) that left or was added. b) Link to a specific true/false item in ECS for a specific button. If this button is on the network then the item is true, else false. I haven't implemented this in my house, so I don't know which is the easiest to code yet. Nathan -----Original Message----- From: A.J. Griglak Sent: Wed 11/22/2000 1:43 PM To: ecs-list@netbloc.com Cc: Subject: RE: [ECS] iButton connection to ECS Would these i-buttons work as a home/away switch? They are little things you can attach to a keyring, right? On the way out the door, you would "punch out" of the house. Is this possible with ECS? -=A.J. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:07 PM To: ecs-list@netbloc.com Subject: RE: [ECS] iButton connection to ECS Hi Nathan, I just ordered a couple of things from them! Sounds awesome! Very interested in your DDE interface! Excited too! Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Brown [mailto:nbrown@thystonius.com] Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 6:01 PM To: ECS UserList (E-mail) Subject: [ECS] iButton connection to ECS I just finished writting an 1-Wire interface to ECS. It uses the DDE Interface to update the values of any item in ecs based on the one wire network. I developed it so I could use 1-Wire digital temp sensors (cheap and acurate). I was curious if anyone else saw a need for this program. It is currently kind of custom to my implementation, so if there is any need I would be willing to make some modifications to make is more generic. Either post something to the site or email me directly. Nathan