Implementing a "normally open" relay

[Achilleas Mantzios]

Hi,
i am building a home security system based on zoneminder under FreeBSD 6.2.
I think i have it all sorted out, except a way to drive an external alarm upon
camera motion.

I have set up the alarm panel with an additional zone, which corresponds to an
EOL circuit terminating to a 47Kohm resistence. When i join the ends together
i can see the light of the xmitter flashing, so the electric part is ok.
(all the above with a powermax+ system, the EOL loop is attached to a magnetic 
contact, connected to its aux. input).

I have the LMLBT4M card from linux media labs, which i managed to make it
work with Zoneminder. This card supposedly has a GPIO feature, allowing it
to control a "normally open" circuit. So i wrote a program to drive the GPIO 
bits
but unfortunately i dont see it on the electric level. The circuit never 
closes
when i attach the wires to the DB15 pins (11,12) and write the corresponding 
word to the GPIO data register.

So what is left for me is to abandon the GPIO idea and find another way to do 
this:
Have two states:

a) (normal) Have the two wires isolated from eachother, ground, voltage
b) (alarm) Connect the wires together (shortcircuiting the EOL).

Could it be done someway with /dev/cuad* /dev/lpt*

Many thanx for any hints.

P.S.
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Achilleas Mantzios