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author | rh <rh@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-07-15 07:12:26 +0000 |
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committer | rh <rh@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-07-15 07:12:26 +0000 |
commit | 2795d165f6bb3e54f7c6c565d29b97af79faba8f (patch) | |
tree | e39ab6d69534ba9c8834a8309a44a3b9f9d95f88 /misc/bottlerocket/pkg/DESCR | |
parent | fd0458392517ffa02e533737a28fdae20c6dc9e2 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-2795d165f6bb3e54f7c6c565d29b97af79faba8f.tar.gz |
Initial import of the FreeBSD port of bottlerocket-0.04c, a home
automation software for the X10 firecracker kit.
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diff --git a/misc/bottlerocket/pkg/DESCR b/misc/bottlerocket/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..39e8912dd4e --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/bottlerocket/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +What is BottleRocket? + + 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. + +What is the X10 FireCracker kit? + + 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. + +WWW: http://mlug.missouri.edu/~tymm/ |