Parallel port powerSwitch (pp_powerSwitch)

Introduction

pp_powerSwitch is a TCP/IP based server, which controls a power switching device through the parallel port. Besides Java, I used a bit C to handle the parallel port I/O.

I use it for controling heating, lamps, computers, coffee machine and other things (device has eight ports).

Features

• multiple connections
• user athorization
• cron-like scheduled switching
• reads configurations from file
• configurable log output
• simple port descriptions (add a short description to each port)
• remote shutdown

Requirements

• Java >= 1.4.x (SDK for compiling the source or JRE for using the compiled package)
• a switching device connected to your parallel port

Switching device

Schematics & info.

Documentation

README. More info coming up...

Latest source

PowerSwitch_0.1.1.tar.gz
(26-okt-2002)

Binaries

Coming up...

ChangeLog

• 2002-10-26: fixed security bug, thanks to Thomas Bretgeld

Tests

Tested and built on Linux, yet I'm plaing to make it work on OpenBSD.

Todo

• write nice graphical, curses-based and php-based interfaces. Until then, telnet will do.
• logs into MySQL
• users may change their passwords
• Add X10 support.

Author

pp_powerSwitch was written by Sebastian Dehne ( basti at xs4all dot nl ). For questions, feel free to send me an e-Mail.