Ethernet Contact Input / Relay Output

[SL4P]

Ocean are a really good bunch.
Ive purchased a few things from them in the past.
They won't let you down.

Any word on the total quote for both ends?

[Kjelt]

Good that you found them. Another thing to consider, are both devices going to be on the same (inhouse/incompany) network or are you planning to use them on remote sites so you need to communicate over 3rd party networks eg the www.
In the latter case there could be some pittfalls waiting (firewalls, port-routersettings etc.).

[David_AVD]

The job being quoted is somewhere with an IT department that will organise the routing.  The www is not part of the route.

[Rasz]

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=54722

That seems to be exactly what I'm not looking for.  I only scanned the thread but only saw mention of SMS or web page triggers (not an end to end solution).

No, this is exactly what you are looking for. In fact this is what you settled on, minus din rail enclosures.
$25 400MHz linux box with 6-11 GPIO lines accessible from command line/bash scripts/python program/cgi/whatever you want

[David_AVD]

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=54722

That seems to be exactly what I'm not looking for.  I only scanned the thread but only saw mention of SMS or web page triggers (not an end to end solution).

No, this is exactly what you are looking for. In fact this is what you settled on, minus din rail enclosures.
$25 400MHz linux box with 6-11 GPIO lines accessible from command line/bash scripts/python program/cgi/whatever you want

So to configure it you have to fudge around with scripts, etc?  No thanks.

[Kjelt]

accessible from command line/bash scripts/python program/cgi/whatever you want

He only wants a single HARDWARE button in another location connected to the network. 

[Rasz]

https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=54722

That seems to be exactly what I'm not looking for.  I only scanned the thread but only saw mention of SMS or web page triggers (not an end to end solution).

No, this is exactly what you are looking for. In fact this is what you settled on, minus din rail enclosures.
$25 400MHz linux box with 6-11 GPIO lines accessible from command line/bash scripts/python program/cgi/whatever you want

So to configure it you have to fudge around with scripts, etc?  No thanks.

what exactly is your job then? sounds like you want to charge your client for .. buying something online?

yes, two $25 boxes require you to sit on your ass for few hours and write some code. Those 2x $200 boxes you found also need programming - you said you dont want to control from the web, and that means scripting two of them together.

[donmr]

Looks like I've found a solution: http://oceancontrols.com.au/CBW-040.html and http://oceancontrols.com.au/CBW-060.html

These seem to be made by Control by Web.  They have a variety of products. (I've been looking for something like this too.)

[David_AVD]

what exactly is your job then? sounds like you want to charge your client for .. buying something online?

Yes!  You got it in one.  That's how the real world works.  You provide the client with a working, reliable and supportable solution.  No need to reinvent the wheel every day.   

[David_AVD]

Looks like I've found a solution: http://oceancontrols.com.au/CBW-040.html and http://oceancontrols.com.au/CBW-060.html

These seem to be made by Control by Web.  They have a variety of products. (I've been looking for something like this too.)

Yeah, some cool stuff there.  I can see me using this sort of gear more often in the future.