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Article #10670Re: Remote control over the telephone.
From: Robert S. Helfman
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:14
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:14
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In article <Bv80Ho.3uq@ecf.toronto.edu> manuelp@ecf.toronto.edu (MANUELPILLAI Gerald Nishanthan) writes: >There is an X10-based product which does this. I don't know the details, >but it allows you to issue touch-tone commands over the phone to a controller, >which sends on/off commands to the appliance (over the house wiring to an >X10 module). > It's called the Telephone Responder. It runs about $65 and allows remote control of up to 10 specific unit codes within the house. I use mine extensively when traveling, to pre-cool (or pre-heat) the house, warm up the hot-tub, and to power up my computer in preparation for dial-in via modem.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!usc!news.aero.org!helfman From: helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Remote control over the telephone. Date: 28 Sep 1992 17:14:56 GMT Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <1a7eigINN2d9@news.aero.org> References: <1992Sep25.092643.329@hemlock.cray.com> <Bv80Ho.3uq@ecf.toronto.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aerospace.aero.org Keywords: remote-control, telephone.