BottleRocket is a command-line interface for Unix systems to use the FireCracker kit. It is easy to use, has all of the major (non-gui) functionality of the Windows interface, is easy to call from scripts and the backend code is made to be easily linked into other programs. The X10 Firecracker kit is a simple wireless home automation system, consisting of a lamp module, an appliance module/radio receiver, a hand held wireless transmitter and a wireless transmitter that plugs into a standard RS-232 serial port. Using either the handheld transmitter or the serial port transmitter, a user can turn on or off any of up to 256 appliances, and brighten/dim any of those that happen to be lamps and plugged into the special lamp modules. Each appliance to be controlled must be plugged into its own module, and each module is set (by turning dials on the front) to a unique address by which it is identified. Software can also be downloaded from X10 to control the modules from a Windows machine. These are the gadgets that were (are?) being given away dirt cheap on slashdot and freshmeat. This will be my first package. My application as a developer was only sent in a few days ago, and from what I've seen, it could be a while. If anybody wants to take a look at my package, whatever, drop me a line. -- Ian Peters | GnuPG Key ID 5C23D20C | "He that breaks a thing to find out itp@gnu.org | E584 2558 FAC3 BEAB EFAC | what it is has left the path of itp@acm.org | FC74 CFED 7E24 5C23 D20C | wisdom." -- J.R.R. Tolkien
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