How can i control emitting time of wefts on serial port ?

DarkGoth has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

      I'd would like to control with a PERL script a little motor linked on my serial port on which will stand a cam or anything else.
  Thus, in order to do such a thing, i have read all that i could find in the monastery gates, because this thema have been approached two times, but my main problem was not resolved.

-  In fact, i'm not able to control the run time ... for instance, i don't know how to say it to operate during five seconds.
-  Then, I would like to control it with the keyboard or a pad, but the same question came to me. What kind of binary wefts must i send to control it during the same time i have pressed a key ?

Thanks a lot, if you can help me or give a link, a clue ...

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Re: How can i control emitting time of wefts on serial port ? by BigGuy (Friar) on Feb 13, 2001 at 07:17 UTC
you could check out fastolfe's home node which will lead you to fastolfe.net He had a web cam setup that was controlled with a perl interface (I could be wrong though) I beleive his setup used lego mindstorms. But he might have some helpful hints. BigGuy "One World, one Web, one Program" - Microsoft promotional ad "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler	[reply]
Re: Re: How can i control emitting time of wefts on serial port ? by DarkGoth (Acolyte) on Feb 13, 2001 at 18:38 UTC
Ok, thanks, but he has made it with LEGO Mindstorms, so that's not what i wanted even if he has given me ideas. I want to control it with a PERL script....	[reply]
Re: How can i control emitting time of wefts on serial port ? by a (Friar) on Feb 13, 2001 at 23:56 UTC
You might (argh trailing i tag) want to look at X10 stuff, see the perl journal for a cool 'perl house controller' article. a	[reply]