Orange UKs Blog (called ‘The Feed’) often finds interesting stuff – and this time is no exception. They report on a GSM remote switch, which simply enough you can call or send a text to – and the switch then does it’s business and switches whatever it is connected to ON or OFF!
I checked out the source vendor, Quantek.co.uk, and they had this to say:
The GSM-AUTO is a wireless GSM mobile phone remote control switch that connects to the GSM mobile phone network.
It is activated by calling its mobile telephone number, it will reject the call without answering and switch on or off the device connected to it
It has 2 independent relay switches with normally open and normally closed relay contacts, these can be programmed to switch on for a pre-determined length of time whenever the GSM-AUTO is called, alternatively the switches can be permanently switched on or off by sending the GSM-AUTO a sms text message
Applications include remotely controlling heating, lighting, engine pre-heaters, aviation engine pre-heaters, irrigation systems, water well pumps, pumping stations, remote access control of gates , re-setting of remote servers, control of remote scientific instruments
Personally I love the idea of this – I’ve got stuff at home that I’d like to boot up or bring off standby on the way home, and the thought of sending a text to do it is just kewl 🙂
It’s for sale at £139 at the Quantek shop, which ain’t the cheapest ever – but then again you can’t put a price on leading the mobile convergence revolution, now can you…? 😉
[Via: Orange via: Quantek.co.uk]