> He has had something like this designed for him in the past (by another
> company), but asked of the possibility of controlling the equipment via
> an iPhone using Bluetooth.
>
> He'd like (password protected) control from up to 20 metres away, but I
> think the distance is negotiable. There are no safety hazards involved
> in the equipment being remotely controlled.
>
> I've not delved into iPhone application development before, but do have
> over 10 years experience with Delphi (Windows) programming.
>
> How feasible does this all sound?  Has anyone here gone down that road 
> yet?

People have used an iPhone/iTouch to control things with a small app, using 
Wi-Fi, which I suspect may be a better way to go, seeing Microchip have 
Wi-Fi subsystems that can connect to a PIC.

>
> The other thing on his "wish list" is SMS reporting of equipment faults
> and tamper/abuse alarms.  I suspect this will blow the unit price out
> somewhat.  Has anyone in Australia used this type of service?
> David...

There are example projects out on the web where folk have used a PIC to 
control an old cell phone to send SMS. Just Googling for 'pic sms' turned up 
http://www.wrankl.de/SMST4PIC/SMST4PIC.html as the first hit. I have seen 
others in the past. 

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