[ale] Scammers, Security, Zigbee and Linux. - PlutuHome?

[Mike Harrison]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Daniel Howard wrote:
> I made sure the techs saw the 
> cameras all around the outside my house and told them, "smile, you're on the 
> Internet," and so far, knock on wood, no problems.

I tend to let such visitors know I work at home (I really do) and that I'm 
usually armed (mostly for raccoons and squirrels though, a .38 and .22 
with shot, but the .45 is never far away).

Having a nearly unapproachable house (on a 30-45 degree hill) except for 
the driveway and its motion alarms means they have to cross the beams, 
unless they do some serious boondocking (rappel down from the cliffs behind the 
house) or rock climbing.

I usually meet/greet visitors as they start walking up the driveway
from my deck, and if they are brave enough to drive up the driveway,
it freaks them out when I greet them from over their heads (the deck is 
20+ feet in the air). Spooks most people out.

The real question:

    Anyone have any experience with PlutoHome or any other
    way of interfacing to such devices besides X-10 such as Zigbee with Linux?

    Googling seems to find a lot of press releases, little information.