For a long time I have been running Homeseer in a Virtual Machine under VMware Server 2.0. VMware server 2.0 however was end-of-support >1 year ago. The last software update I believe was from 2009/2010. Plus the fact that I had big problems getting it to work on a Windows … read more…
After receiving my new TV (Philips, 9000 series) I found that to open “Net TV” you have to go into a menu, select Net TV and click.. Horrible. So I wanted to program this under an unused key on my cable decoder remote (more info here). Requirements – Homeseer – … read more…
You’re sitting on the couch with your laptop – working, when your wife asks: could you switch on lamp 8? Now there’s a couple of things you can do Completely ignore her NOOOO !! Walk to that lamp and switch it on Well that’s an old world way of doing … read more…
Here’s some nice news from our friends at RFXCOM. They just released the USB RFX Transceiver 433Mhz (EU). If you want a USB RFXCOM module, this is it! € 95,20 (excl. shipping) is a fair price for the huge amount of functionality that you get. Nice Low cost Nice packaging … read more…
Last weekend I ran into this fantastic video of a company called Corning. They show how displays & glass can and will change the (near?) future. The video shows how our future might look like. To be honest, I hope we’re getting there sooner rather than later. How realistic is … read more…
On my Car Integration page you can see how I have setup a tracking system that integrates with Homeseer. What I really wanted is Geofences. This results in a couple of HS devices that tell me where my car is. Example: When my car enters a geofence I get a … read more…
Homeseer can send emails but you cannot send emails to Homeseer. Using Jon00‘s Email plugin you can do this. Jon00′s plugin support forum: board.homeseer.com Functionality: Using email to trigger events and switch devices, integrated web-mail interface, announcements, etc. I use this script for a couple of things of which the Geo-fence GPS … read more…
Goal: Control HS devices and information through Siri or a similar system on the iPhone. Example: here. There are a couple of options to control HS via voice (iPhone application) Jailbroken iPhone with Siri alternative Nuance Dragon Remote and Nuance Naturally Speaking Vocal on iPhone 4S with application on OSX Both … read more…
There’s a couple of plugins that can make your life in Homeseer a lot easier. – Account Links (by Jon00) – Webpage Builder (by Jon00) Account Links What? This allows you to change the look & feel of the Homeseer admin user interface. The most important functionality for me is … read more…
Finally – being triggered by Jaybee’s discussion on Domoticaforum.eu I wanted to simplify my webcam script, taking away the need of running 1 script on the HS web server and 1 script on a generic IIS web server. It worked! On the WebCam script page you will find more details … read more…
One of the most popular trackers are the Xexun 102 and 103 trackers. There’s imitation devices being sold so be careful. I have never seen a product where the documentation is so bad, the amount of documentation versions is so huge (each saying something different) and where there is NOT … read more…
After my tracker being down I had not noticed that the GPS-trace website format changed a bit breaking my script. Version 0.2! Therefore I have updated the script so it will work again. Updates and details are available on the Car Tracking project page.