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PajamaGuy

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Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« on: November 13, 2008, 05:49:29 AM »

I did a little testing with AHCMD.exe and I can send commands to AHP via email!  Way cool - sure it's dependent upon my 30 minute Send/Receive cycle, but hey - it's better than nothing!

I know...I know - and I will look at X10-Dispatch, but this was too simple to pass up.
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2008, 11:41:53 PM »

PajamaGuy, how were you able to accomplish this?
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2008, 07:00:28 AM »

1.  Created a PHANTOM module "K1" which triggers a macro to take a snapsot from a backyard camera & email it to me.
2.  Wrote a 'k1-ON.bat" file that runs the command line, "AHCMD SENDPLC K1 ON"
3.  Created a rule in Outlook that runs "K1-ON.bat" whenever it receives an email with "X10:K1ON" in the Subject line.

The hardest part was finding AHCMD.exe - (do a search here)

It works - and can flip any trigger you might have!  :)%
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2008, 09:29:01 AM »

So, does it work BOTH ways ?
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2008, 06:15:31 AM »

How do you mean?
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2008, 09:48:46 AM »

1.  Created a PHANTOM module "K1" which triggers a macro to take a snapsot from a backyard camera & email it to me.
2.  Wrote a 'k1-ON.bat" file that runs the command line, "AHCMD SENDPLC K1 ON"
3.  Created a rule in Outlook that runs "K1-ON.bat" whenever it receives an email with "X10:K1ON" in the Subject line.

The hardest part was finding AHCMD.exe - (do a search here)

It works - and can flip any trigger you might have!  :)%

This will email the snapshot to you, but I just wondered how you send a command to "AHCMD.exe" to execute a command in your setup.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2008, 12:07:30 PM »

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Created a rule in Outlook that runs "K1-ON.bat" whenever it receives an email with "X10:K1ON" in the Subject line.

Sent myself an email - with "X10:K1ON" in the SUBJECT line.  When Outlook receives the email, it (by rule) runs the batch file "K1-ON.bat"
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Re: Now I can do ___________________ from my Blackberry!
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2008, 06:38:41 PM »

I did a little testing with AHCMD.exe and I can send commands to AHP via email!  Way cool - sure it's dependent upon my 30 minute Send/Receive cycle, but hey - it's better than nothing!

I know...I know - and I will look at X10-Dispatch, but this was too simple to pass up.

Have you checked out the iPhone home controller project? Can't see why it won't work with any browser enabled cell phone but I haven't spent too much time going through it. Check it out though. You may get an idea or two:

http://www.iphonehomecontroller.com/
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2008, 06:06:59 AM »

I would - and did have an iphone for the Mrs., but her fingernails are too long and it was a pain for her to operate.  Some places I go do not allow me to have a camera with me, so I'm relligated to an 8820 BB.
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