Chris Wilson Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I once read an article somewhere that mentioned using a mobile in a car, to shut off the engine, via a call from anaother mobile phone. I have a totally different need to remotely control a switch, at a none fixed site. If such a thing as in the article were realtively easily possible it would answer my problem. Does anyone know if this is possible without major hassles? Thanks. (I know of x10, that won't work as the device I need to switch is away from the mains) Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSZ Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 http://www.apogeekits.com/remote_control_via_cell_phone.htm somthing like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest electricmini Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I once read an article somewhere that mentioned using a mobile in a car, to shut off the engine, via a call from anaother mobile phone. I have a totally different need to remotely control a switch, at a none fixed site. If such a thing as in the article were realtively easily possible it would answer my problem. Does anyone know if this is possible without major hassles? Hi Chris, One of my electric-car building friends (nuts ?) has a small circuit board he built which has a mobile phone module built into it. I think he uses it to send SMS texts to him when his car's finished charging! I can drop him a line if you want, shouldn't be too hard to mod it to receive texts and do things depending on the contents (e.g. send it a text saying "TURN OFF") Regards Richard (electricmini) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 http://www.apogeekits.com/remote_control_via_cell_phone.htm somthing like that? Yes, but maybe something a BIT more sophisticated so it wouldn't switch on receipt of ANY incoming call? Thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi Chris, One of my electric-car building friends (nuts ?) has a small circuit board he built which has a mobile phone module built into it. I think he uses it to send SMS texts to him when his car's finished charging! I can drop him a line if you want, shouldn't be too hard to mod it to receive texts and do things depending on the contents (e.g. send it a text saying "TURN OFF") Regards Richard (electricmini) If it's no trouble I'd appreciate it, yes please! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Planting a bomb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 If it's away from the mains.....how are you going to keep the phone powered? You'd have to charge it every four days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soop Dogg Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 If it's away from the mains.....how are you going to keep the phone powered? You'd have to charge it every four days? From the original post, I think he means the switch to be controlled is away from the mains. He wants to toggle it on/off from a mobile phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 From the original post, I think he means the switch to be controlled is away from the mains. He wants to toggle it on/off from a mobile phone. But doesn't the phone has to be by the switch to control it? Hence how do you keep the phone charged if no power nearby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 24, 2006 Author Share Posted January 24, 2006 Charging it isn't a big deal, it's only for occasional use when I'm away, which is never for long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest electricmini Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Hi Chris, I got a reply from my friend, he says that it is possible but the project has stalled a bit (he has too many projects, much like me) Have you found a widget yet to do what you want? I can follow this up a bit more if you like. Regards electricmini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 So to summarise, a switch is wanted that is either sms controlled or dial controled allowing on/off function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Chris, Stuart (Cree) had something like this set up years ago with his house phone.. switching the washing machine on and stuff I think. Was many years ago when I was a little nipper and my uncle was telling me. Maybe he'll have an idea.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 I think I have found something, what i want is the ability for a mobile phone, say in a shed, awy from mains power, to be dialled, and the remote mobile to control a relay to switch a device on or off. It needs to be more sophisticated than ones which use the display illumination lighting up when a call is received to do the switching, as they can false on a wrong number or just any call. The remote phone would have tto cotrol the switch ONLY when a unique code is sent. Thanks. Carlos: I don't want to hassle Stuart, his mother's pretty ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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