[GRLUG] Time Clocks and Software

[Bob Kline]

http://forums.plugpbx.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=52.0

<http://forums.plugpbx.org/index.php?action=printpage;topic=52.0>Lots of
anecdotal testimony.

    -- Bob


On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://chemicaloliver.net/electronics/sheevaplug-why-globalscale-suck/
>
> <http://chemicaloliver.net/electronics/sheevaplug-why-globalscale-suck/>If
> you put "sheevaport reliability" in to a
> google search you'll get an eye full.
>
>    -- Bob
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <
> awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 08:34 -0500, Ben Rousch wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >> We have a series of intercoms in the shop that emit a buzz to let
>> > >> people know when it's time to start work, go to lunch, or go home.
>> Our
>> > >> current time clock software sets a schedule for those buzzers and
>> > >> stores it on the time clock. The time clock then trips a relay (or
>> > >> something like that) at the appropriate time. The inexpensive clocks
>> > >> do not seem to have to capability to control such a buzzer system.
>> > I've just started looking into plug computers, like the SheevePlug. A
>> > Linux install on a wall wart, with a USB port.
>> >  Maybe I can plug in one
>> > of the previously-suggested USB relays and create a fairly simple
>> > system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug
>>
>> Everyone I've talked to who has used such devices reports a very high
>> failure-rate [short life].
>>
>>
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