How do I configure an extreme feedback device to notify CI build status?

Question

Trying to save the next guy/gal some trouble in finding out what is needed to setup lava lamps or traffic lights or what have you (the term I believe is eXtreme Feedback Devices) as a BIG VISIBLE INDICATOR of your continuous integration build status.

Ensure your post includes... (and please don't mess this question up with imaginative responses.. although it may be insanely funny at the point of conception)

• the XFD
• what 'helper' hardware is needed
• software that you managed to hook it up with
• detailed instructions on how to set it up

Answer 1

There's actually pretty detailed directions for this kind of thing in the CruiseControl documentation for the X10 Publisher.

(Mike Clark's directions mentioned by Gishu predate the X10 publisher being part of the base CruiseControl distribution.)