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What is BottleRocket?
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BottleRocket is a command-line interface for Unix systems to use the
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FireCracker kit. It is easy to use, has all of the major (non-gui)
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functionality of the Windows interface, is easy to call from scripts
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and the backend code is made to be easily linked into other programs.
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What is the X10 FireCracker kit?
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The X10 Firecracker kit is a simple wireless home automation system,
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consisting of a lamp module, an appliance module/radio receiver, a
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hand held wireless transmitter and a wireless transmitter that plugs
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into a standard RS-232 serial port. Using either the handheld
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transmitter or the serial port transmitter, a user can turn on or off
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any of up to 256 appliances, and brighten/dim any of those that happen
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to be lamps and plugged into the special lamp modules. Each appliance
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to be controlled must be plugged into its own module, and each module
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is set (by turning dials on the front) to a unique address by which it
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is identified.
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