Controlling a Lock

[bluejaguar456]

Hi People

 

i am a kind of beginner to .net.

 

I have got a load of DVD's in my bedroom ad i am sick of my brother taking them all of the time.

 

I want to have a cupboard with a lock on but i want to be able to control the lock with my computer. Just simple like, Button click on and button click off. but i do not know if this is possible an anyone advise me?

 

Thanks for your help in advance

[headkaze]

I would ask someone at your local electronics store if they have kits for something like that. You might want to consider controlling a device through a COM port or perhaps there are devices that already have their own software and way to communicate via a computer. This is why you really need to look around at the devices out there on the market, then the manual that comes with it should explain how to communicate to it.

 

I'm guessing digital combination locks could be quite expensive.