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…
In an attempt to move away from the few X10 modules I have left in my house I ordered a Plugwise Stealth. This is an ‘appliance’ version of the Plugwise Circle. The Stealth is smaller than the Circle but I expected it to be way smaller. It’s not that small … read more…
After getting back from our summer holiday I figured that I should share some experiences on how my home automation should work during my holiday. What do you have to do when you’re going on a holiday or away for more than a couple of days? Lights IP camera (recordings) … read more…
With the 2010 and later Philips TV models you can control the TV’s via the network interface (Wifi or wired). This works through the open source Joint Space interface. (see press-release) So I created some code and a Homeseer script to control your TV through Homeseer. Guess what. Homeseer uses … 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…
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…
Last week I received my Document scanner. In an attempt to make my home paperless this is the first step. I’m currently working on a Project Page, trying to capture some of the lessons-learned. This post is more about the scanner itself and the choices I had to make. Note … read more…
It would be great if you could help me think about the following: Something that I would love to automate: every piece of paper in my house [stextbox id=”alert” caption=”Update!”] My Fujitsu S1500 scanner has arrived. More information can be found on the Project page. [/stextbox] Goal Scan … read more…
2 weeks ago a gardener was going to completely remodel our garden. First assignment: take out everything. After that they were going to setup the garden according to our design. Just after they started I thought about my Garden– and Attic-camera. It would be funny if these take a picture … read more…
Even though I have not been using it because it takes time, I still wanted to post the script that’s working. Based on the Orange GPS trace service I created a script that allows you to put your car location & speed in HomeSeer devices. More info is available on … read more…
