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Bigshow1030 · 03-07-2005, 02:30 PM

I know you guys are going to love this but I am trying to find out if there is any way that i can control my christmas lights to come on by a computer command, I would really love to hear your guys thought and suggestions on this

stalex111 · 03-10-2005, 05:44 PM

Wow! Christmas lights????? Hey, man, its March!
Do you mean controlling the lights with like, windows or with a button on the side of your keyboard or something?

Yeti · 03-10-2005, 05:55 PM

Crap, I saw something a few months back (around Christmas maybe

) that I think is exactly what your asking about... I just can't remember where... it must have been on another forum. Well, I'll look a bit, but so you know there is a way to do it.

p4r4s1t3 · 03-10-2005, 07:16 PM

I'm sure if we can beam real-time video feeds of ourselves across the pacific ocean in seconds, there is a way to do that..lol.

Yeti · 03-10-2005, 07:26 PM

Quote:

I'm sure if we can beam real-time video feeds of ourselves across the pacific ocean in seconds, there is a way to do that..lol.

Well, of course we can do it. Heck, I could put some of my National Instruments lab equipment together with a power supply and some wiring and write a LabView program that would do it.... but that would cost an insane amount of money and it would be a waste of that equipment

Bigshow1030 · 03-10-2005, 07:40 PM

what I am wanting to do is to have the computer control when the christmas lights come on and so fourth.....I know it is way out there but I figured I would ask yall and see what we could come up with

atomic · 03-10-2005, 07:51 PM

there are things like x10's active home pro kit goto http://www.activehomepro.com/activehome-pro.html and take a look

**Lax** · 03-10-2005, 09:23 PM

http://www.planetchristmas.com/ There was another site advertised either on here or Sysopt that was a whole forum dedicated to having christmas lights ran by computer or by sounds and such. I'll see if I can dig it up for you.

P.S. Sysopt is having technical difficulties so I can't find the thread now.

P.P.S. I knew it was on here somewhere, TADA! Planet Christmas, Computer Controlled Lighting

p4r4s1t3 · 03-10-2005, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yeti

Well, of course we can do it. Heck, I could put some of my National Instruments lab equipment together with a power supply and some wiring and write a LabView program that would do it.... but that would cost an insane amount of money and it would be a waste of that equipment

Lol, I think the question we need to ask is....Why would we want to do it.

tweaker · 03-11-2005, 01:09 AM

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03-07-2005, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bigshow1030 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Posts: 576	Kick out of this I know you guys are going to love this but I am trying to find out if there is any way that i can control my christmas lights to come on by a computer command, I would really love to hear your guys thought and suggestions on this __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200 DFI "LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb" Kingmax SuperRAM 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200, Maxtor(1 200GB+160GB) XFX GeForce FX 5900 Video Card, 128MB DDR RAIDMAX Silver Aluminum Gaming Case w/420W P.S."668WSP" NEC 3520 Dvd-Burner Sony CDRW-DvdRom Jason :P

03-10-2005, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
stalex111 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Switzerland Age: 17 Posts: 499	Wow! Christmas lights????? Hey, man, its March! Do you mean controlling the lights with like, windows or with a button on the side of your keyboard or something? __________________ FACT: GOOGLE doesn't know all, GOOGLE only knows about 4% of the web... But rely on GOOGLE to know everything you need. ~"There are 10 different types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't"~

03-10-2005, 07:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bigshow1030 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Posts: 576	lol what I am wanting to do is to have the computer control when the christmas lights come on and so fourth.....I know it is way out there but I figured I would ask yall and see what we could come up with __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200 DFI "LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb" Kingmax SuperRAM 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200, Maxtor(1 200GB+160GB) XFX GeForce FX 5900 Video Card, 128MB DDR RAIDMAX Silver Aluminum Gaming Case w/420W P.S."668WSP" NEC 3520 Dvd-Burner Sony CDRW-DvdRom Jason :P

03-10-2005, 09:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 21 Posts: 2,279	http://www.planetchristmas.com/ There was another site advertised either on here or Sysopt that was a whole forum dedicated to having christmas lights ran by computer or by sounds and such. I'll see if I can dig it up for you. P.S. Sysopt is having technical difficulties so I can't find the thread now. P.P.S. I knew it was on here somewhere, TADA! Planet Christmas, Computer Controlled Lighting Last edited by Lax; 03-10-2005 at 09:37 PM.

03-11-2005, 01:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
tweaker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Age: 30 Posts: 2,954	hoe hoe hoe __________________ Posting and you - CF edition www.tweaker.se FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

03-10-2005, 05:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yeti VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,300	Crap, I saw something a few months back (around Christmas maybe ) that I think is exactly what your asking about... I just can't remember where... it must have been on another forum. Well, I'll look a bit, but so you know there is a way to do it.

03-10-2005, 07:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
p4r4s1t3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 266	I'm sure if we can beam real-time video feeds of ourselves across the pacific ocean in seconds, there is a way to do that..lol.

03-10-2005, 07:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
atomic Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 24 Posts: 712	there are things like x10's active home pro kit goto http://www.activehomepro.com/activehome-pro.html and take a look

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