[TriLUG] OT: need ideas for a project that just landed in my lap

[Greg Brown]

This is interesting.  I have the Asus with two USB interfaces and I have a
USB LED light.  Tomorrow I'll hook it all up to see if I can get the light
to turn on and off.  Good idea.

The only thing that worries me is the device running in Station or WET
mode.  OpenWRT seems to woefully suck at both which drives me nuts.  But
this is a good start.. thanks!

Greg


On 2/15/06, Nathan Conrad <conrad at bungled.net> wrote:
>
> What I would do is hijack one of the LEDs on the access point. I'm not
> sure about the ASUS, but the LEDs are often programmable by
> software. You should be able to use the LED output to power a
> transistor switch, or maybe a relay, that would trigger the gate.
>
> Another way to do it without much programming would be to buy pretty
> much any USB device that has a LED.... often the LED will turn on when
> the driver for the device is loaded, and turn off when the driver is
> unloaded.
>
> The Soekris has some GPIO pins that would fit the bill perfectly. They
> probably even are able to supply enough current that you don't need
> any transistor amplifiers....
>
> -Nathan
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 04:59:26PM -0500, Greg Brown wrote:
> >
> > I have an unused Asus access point that runs OpenWRT AND has two USB
> ports.
> > I don't know anything about programming for USB.  Can I use this box and
> > power up a wire that would open the gate?   What about a wireless
> attached
> > soekris 4501?   It at least has a 9 pin serial connector.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Greg
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