dreimanneins

I want to "control" light with max msp. I don't want to dimm light. I just want to switch off or on light. So maybe it is the easiest to switch on or off a power board via max / msp. Does anybody knows how to do it with a max msp patch and what hardware do I need to connect it to a power board? Thanks, Martin

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Max would be the easy part of this equation. However, dealing with large voltages - like you would find in a home power board - is a non trivial task and I would suggest that you proceed with caution...

If you're still keen to get your hands dirty, take a look at an Arduino board, controlled with Maxduino or similar. There are many tutorials out there that will help you learn about switches, but again, if you're dealing with the voltage that comes out of the wall, you can get real dead, real fast. 

http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/ArduinoPower

If you're still keen to get your hands dirty, take a look at an Arduino board, controlled with Maxduino or similar. There are many tutorials out there that will help you learn about switches, but again, if you're dealing with the voltage that comes out of the wall, you can get real dead, real fast. http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/ArduinoPower


Thank you, is there not another way to get the signal out of max msp and maybe to have some save kind of hardware which "tells" the power board on or off?

If you ask that question, I would go with the Arduino suggestion. There are really easy to use solutions for driving relays available:

http://www.makershed.com/products/powerswitch-tail-ii

Arduionos are certainly the cheapest & good but if you want a simple solution (midi note switches on/off) this is good,but costs a bit

http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/42-681_CANFORD-MIDI-MAINS-SWITCHER

thanks so much. That "midi note on / off" solution seems to be very suitable for me. Does anybody knows where to get such a midi switcher in australia? I need it as soon as possible in the next days. I would be happy if anybody has some recommendations? I'm here just for two month and I don't know where to buy something like that?

The other solution, cheap and quite safe is using an Arduino board with this kind of 

On your Arduino board, you just have to plug your relay on the Digital Inputs and send High or Low value to them true Max/MSP.

This would be the easiest solution for me.

The other solution, cheap and quite safe is using an Arduino board with this kind of "plug and play" relay. Then, you can use Arduivis to talk to the arduino code from max.

This would be the easiest solution for me.


Switch on / off light or power board with Max msp