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[Bigshow1030]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[atomic]

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

 

[Lax]

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! http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=8662

 

[p4r4s1t3]

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]

hoe hoe hoe

 

[Bigshow1030]

to be honest

me and about 10-15 guys around the neighborhood always have a christmas light competition and I really wanted to have the upper hand on them this year