[ale] Bottle Rocket

Bob Toxen transam at VerySecureLinux.com
Wed Jun 24 18:09:49 EDT 2009


Have a look at the "blockip" script on the companion CD to
Real World Linux Security, 2nd.  It can invoke the br Bottle Rocket
program and the CD even has the source to br on it.

Enjoy.

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 02:13:50PM -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
> After years of a hiatus, I've broken out my X10 gear and am having
> problems with understanding how to use bottle rocket.
> 
> The main motivation is to keep timers on an aquarium.  I now have the
> air pump on C1 and light on C2.  Cron keeps lights going from 8am-9pm
> and keeps air pump going from 8pm till 8am.   There are live plants in
> this tank so when there is no light i need to pump Oxygen into the
> water.  During the day the bubbles will remove CO2 and the plants need
> that.
> 
> I've got a dino light on C4 for the daughters.  I can not seem to figure
> out how to only dim the dino lamp using br.  I'm using a lamp module on
> the aquarium light because I'm low on appliance modules and I do *not*
> want that dimmed.  
> 
> It seems that br wants to send a DIM command to all modules in the house
> code.  Any ideas? 
> 
> I'm using cron too :)
> 
> 
> Chris


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