computer controlled emergency light

[cybermaniac]

hey guys,

I had an idea and was hoping someone could help.

I would basically like to attach an emergency light (similar to: http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR267220 or http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/22423/gadget4all-blue-flashing-usb-lights), and have it be controlled by the computer.

E.G. If an HDD fails, have it send a command to something (maybe I need to purchase a controller?) and have it activate the power on the USB port.

Ideas and thoughts?

 

[deathwish]

in short there isnt a way of controling those lights via usb as most of them run off the 5v whitch is allways on whether the device is disabled or not

the device would have to have some sort of data i/o and a driver to be able to turn it off and on

you could use the parallel port to controll led's though

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/csppleds.aspx

 

[cybermaniac]

in short there isnt a way of controling those lights via usb as most of them run off the 5v whitch is allways on whether the device is disabled or not

the device would have to have some sort of data i/o and a driver to be able to turn it off and on

you could use the parallel port to controll led's though

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/csppleds.aspx

damn....oh well - back to my original plan of hiring a hooker to watch the logs, and when something goes wrong she goes WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO