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diff --git a/ProjectHome.md b/ProjectHome.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1490099 --- /dev/null +++ b/ProjectHome.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# DRControl # + +DRControl is a command utility written in Python and uses the pylibftdi. You can control the Denkovi 4 USB Relay board to set relay on or off. + +The 4 USB relay board (DAE-CB/Ro4-USB) uses a FT245RL chipset that uses Synchronous Bit-Bang Mode protocol. + +## Info ## + + * The pylibftdi version 0.11 or later is needed, otherwise the previous relay states does go to off when new state is issued. + * The only relay board that has been tested is the 4 USB Relay board. Support for the 8 USB Board Relay is added, but not tested. + +## News ## + +4-JAN-2013 + +Release 0.12c, small bug fixed with the "ALL" option. + +3-JAN-2013 + +Release 0.12, Fixes to 8 USB Board, and the "ALL" action now works for ON, OFF and STATE. +Update, version 0.12b replaces the version 0.12 with a important fix. + +2-JAN-2013 + +Small fixes and 0.11 release available. + +27-DEC-2012 + +Release 0.1 is now downloadable, still working on the documentation. + +## Latest Release ## + +[Version 0.12c (4-JAN-2013)](http://drcontrol.googlecode.com/files/drcontrol.0.12c.zip) + * Version 0.12c fixes a bug with the "ALL" option + +[Version 0.12b (3-JAN-2013)](http://drcontrol.googlecode.com/files/drcontrol.0.12b.zip) + * Version 0.12b fixes a critical bug with checking the correct relay number + * Fixes to 8 USB Relay Board + * All relays can be adressed with "ALL" for ON, OFF and STATE + +## Credits ## + + * Ben Bass (pylibftdi) + +## Resources ## + + * USB relay boards from Denkovi [http://denkovi.com](http://denkovi.com) + * Python-FTDI from [http://www.ohloh.net/p/python-ftdi](http://www.ohloh.net/p/python-ftdi) + * pyLibFTDI wrapper for Python-FTDI [https://bitbucket.org/codedstructure/pylibftdi](https://bitbucket.org/codedstructure/pylibftdi) + +## Other Projects ## + + * [RFXCMD](http://code.google.com/p/rfxcmd/), an command line utility to receive and send messages with RFXtrx433 transceiver. + * [TempSensor](http://code.google.com/p/usb-sensors-linux/), an utility to read data from Lascar EL-USB-RT temperature/humidity USB sensor.
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