Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 May 1999 16:16:33 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: hardware panel control |
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Hi Jens.
> I have a spare machine that I would like to do some simple tasks > here, for which no terminal (and access control) is really > needed. For this, I thought it would be easiest to have one of > these small numeric panels that sell for a few dollars, > connected to the parallel port or serial port, and execute > arbitary commands for each digit (e.g. according to a > configuration file), controlled by a daemon or some user-space > program.
> The question is, before I start reinventing the wheel, has > anyone done this already, can I have a look at it, and how > expensive would the extra hardware be? I don't think it would > be just the panel...
I would suspect that networking the two machines together and just doing a `telnet` through to the one without a display or keyboard would be the cheaper option. I know that my network consists of a total of 9 machines, with only one monitor and two keyboards between them - and the second keyboard is plugged into one that won't boot without a keyboard, but is otherwise unused...
> "Bastard Operators from Hell" anagrams to > "Shatterproof Armored Balls"
LOL!!!
Best wishes from Riley.
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