Hrm. (no CND delivery until too late)

"Daniel D. Barber" (dbarber@braintechnology.com)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:04:27 -0500


Jason,


>     Yes, and that's exactly what I do.  I use caller-id to determine
>   whether or not to ring the phone in my bedroom via X10 using an X10
>   computer controller and a special module, but that's another story.
>   Given it's rather time-critical, I read the caller-id from the mgetty
>   logfile.  For other non-time sensitive things, such as logging the
>   caller-id info to a logfile, I use cnd-program.  Not an ideal
>   combination, but it's working well for now.
> 
Can you go into more detail on how use use the x10 controller to control
your ring?  I use the logfile the same way, but really had not figured
out how to control the ring.  What specific type of controller, how do
you send the signal, etc?

thanks,

Dan