also check out the first HS4 hacks post In an attempt to make the HS4 GUI somewhat usable I added some GUI hacks. This time I won’t show all code + changes in detail but I will share the code (devices.html) and images of the changes (below). NOTE: the updated … read more…
also check out the HS4 hacks v2 post This is where I will share all of the GUI hacks that will be applied to Ho meseer 4. “Changing the HS4 user interface? Why would you do that?” Well, because it is horrible. Note that there’s no guarantees – just go … read more…
Today I ran into an interesting article about the Amazon Alexa voice service (AVS). This used to be available only on the Amazon Echo device but is now also available for non-Echo devices. In this case they run it on a Raspberry Pi 2! A while back I wrote a … read more…
If you’re a Homeseer user there’s a BIG chance you’ve heard of Jon00. He has created many great extra’s for Homeseer. INFO: http://www.jon00.me.uk/hs.html (enter username/pwd: guest/guest twice) One of the great scripts is “Jon00 Database Charting Utility for Homeseer 3”. The plugin can write data to an SQLite database and use … read more…
Here’s an issue I have run into many times: great plugin/script for Homeseer, but it lacks a web-based configuration page. Result: you need to edit a physical file on your Homeseer server to make changes. Not ideal. So the idea arose to create a piece of code that would – based … read more…
After moving to a different house I decided to get rid of the old crappy X10 technology…. Wow! Suddenly there is….. – no doorbell press notifications – no heating control (solved: smart thermostat) – no central ventilation control Decision: embrace Z-Wave. After talking to a couple of people the following products have … read more…
Last year I found a Kickstarter project called Homey. This product really caught my interest. Why? It does a couple of things that make home automation as accessible as it can get. Always on voice recognition 8 Radio’s Web based configuration App for both Android and iOS. There are so … read more…
For quite a long time the Google Chromecast had been sitting in my mind. There was an unexplainable attraction but not enough to conquer the “why DO I need it?”. As a dear friend of mine says: “Why do I need it? Feeling beats relevancy” For years I have been searching … read more…
For quite some time I wanted to run a local DNS server so I don’t have to remember IP addresses. Yes, there’s many, it’s not my memory. In the huge amount of instructions I was unable to find exactly what I needed. Therefore I will post my configuration that might be helpful … read more…
A while ago I got a call from a friend saying that I had to check out this new Kickstarter project: Plugaway This really looks interesting. Wall plugs that can be remote controlled that also monitor the energy consumption. Looks a bit like a product we’re been using for years … read more…
