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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: I'd lay quite good odds on those control boards having USB COM ports chips. They could use the USB directly in HID mode, but then driver software has to use all the USB interfacing drivers etc. Whereas every programming language under the sun has reliable support for COM ports. [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (andy.g4jnt[at]gmail.com) 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.0 T_DKIM_INVALID DKIM-Signature header exists but is not valid X-Scan-Signature: 4d97240a623a26620214cd27feaa9f71 Subject: Re: LF: Windows software to drive a relay at a given time? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c0ded1643a0520569a325dc" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false --94eb2c0ded1643a0520569a325dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd lay quite good odds on those control boards having USB COM ports chips. They could use the USB directly in HID mode, but then driver software has to use all the USB interfacing drivers etc. Whereas every programming language under the sun has reliable support for COM ports. They're so simple to drive, from anything Andy On 12 April 2018 at 10:03, VIGILANT Luis Fern=C3=A1ndez = wrote: > Hi all > > Just my contribution to rise a little the "relay control rush" ;-) > > There is something better than COM ports. Quite cheap and already > including a number of relays > eBay and other sites have many different relay boards connected via USB > like this > https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-way-8-Channel-DC-12V-Relay- > control-board-relays-Module-For-AVR-ARM-Development/112144067285?hash=3D > item1a1c4eaad5:g:IbsAAOSwIGJaRHNA > > There are many ways to manage this boards. From Windows dashboards to DOS > aplications which can be invoqued with commands > from any other software to do the job. And you will not have relays > clicking every time PC reboots > > 73 de Luis > EA5DOM > --94eb2c0ded1643a0520569a325dc Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'd lay quite good odds on those control boards having= =C2=A0 USB COM ports chips.=C2=A0=C2=A0
They could use the USB directly= in HID mode, but then driver software has to use all the USB interfacing d= rivers etc.

Whereas every programming language under the= sun has reliable support for COM ports.

They'= re so simple to drive, from anything

Andy


On 12 April 2018 at 10:03, VIGILANT Luis Fern=C3=A1ndez <luis@vigila= nt.es> wrote:
Hi all

Just my contribution to rise a little the "relay control rush"=C2= =A0 ;-)

There is something better than COM ports. Quite cheap and already including= a number of relays
eBay and other sites have many different relay boards connected via USB lik= e this
https://www.ebay= .com/itm/8-way-8-Channel-DC-12V-Relay-control-board-relays-Module= -For-AVR-ARM-Development/112144067285?hash=3Ditem1a1c4eaad5:= g:IbsAAOSwIGJaRHNA

There are many ways to manage this boards. From Windows dashboards to DOS a= plications which can be invoqued with commands
from any other software to do the job. And you will not have relays clickin= g every time PC reboots

73 de Luis
EA5DOM

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