SMS controled devices

I found this link
https://www.serasidis.gr/circuits/smscontrol/smscontroller.htm
U can control up to 8 devices trought SMS.
Cool...huh?

But kind of pointless.

Hero999 said:

But kind of pointless.

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Why pointless? It's OK and it's a starting point for better pojects.

Certainly not pointless. I live on a farm, and often come back late at night. Handy to be able to turn the floodlights on while I'm still five minutes away in the car (thats how long the damn things take to reach full brightness). Also, I work away a lot, and can't always rely on timers and the such to take care of lighting. I do have video over the internet and text messages reporting activity, but can't actually directly control anything. Excellent idea, will investigate it but not on T10's, unless someone can point me in the direction of half a dozen good unlocked ones!

Xbee pro will get you ~1.5Km with line of sight, costs $32, and easy to interface with a picmicro, further more, the XTend Radio Modems will get you over 40Miles with line of sight, but still excellent in urban conditions

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I'm in the UK! Still doesn't solve the problem of when I'm away, and given that SMS is free for me (500 per month limit) it makes sense. BTW I use a simple SMS system and an old phone for my motorbike alarm but thats on another thread. Maybe this is also talk for another thread!

BTW our authorities have today admitted is time to consider the idea of legalizing FM transmitters for iPods for in car use. Apple still can't legally sell them in this country. We all get ours from China!

It's posible to use T10, T28 etc.. Probably can be adapted for older Nokia (but with some direct board soldering). A friend of mine bought a T28 (for another poject) with 8$ (from the flea market), The uC is quite cheap and it's posible to use another type (including PIC) if u have good programing skils.