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…
A week ago I ran into a post about Easybulbs on the Homeseer support forum. Being very happy with my Philips Hue lights I wanted to know more. These bulbs are also being sold as DekoLight, iLight, AppLight, AppLamp, LedMe, MiLight NOTE: I have not seen or tested any of the … read more…
Yes, on a rainy Saturday afternoon I took my family to the Amsterdam Apple-store where I bought the Philips Hue starter kit. YES it is not cheap but I really wanted to experience these new LED technologies and integrate them into my home automation system. The system uses Zigbee for … read more…
Just found out that my GPS Tracking script stopped working. I have updated the script with the new URL and added some enhancements. You can download the new script from the GPS Tracking project page. Enjoy! DJ
read more...Twitter stopped supporting their v1.0 API in favour of the v1.1 API. Unfortunately I was using this in my Twitter script. Fortunately my friend JW pointed out the (pretty easy) fix. On the Twitter script page you will find the updated script. Changes – version history – varVersion … read more…
“Always-on, always ready, voice-activated. Ubi is an ubiquitous computer. Just plug it in, talk to it and it’ll help you connect to your world.” Interesting.. Such a small device that does voice-recognition, text-to-speech and a lot more.. It runs Android and appears to have a fairly open architecture. It only … read more…
All Today I have updated my Drive space script. The main difference with the old script is that the configuration is now gone from the script itself (mostly). Instead you call the script for each drive you want to monitor. The Database write component has also been removed. For DB … read more…
Finally, my new Xexun TK102-2 tracker arrived. It’s a small and portable GPS tracking unit that you can either carry or put in a car. Note that fake trackers are being sold. You can check the IMEI on the Xexun website. Package contents 1x Xexun TK102-2 1x Power supply with … read more…
Other items for my roadmap (not in individual posts yet) Control LG TV from HS Using serial: http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=123350 http://domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7141 Migrate HS to new server/OS description: Migrate Homeseer to new Operating System (Win 7) requirements: Identify what exactly needs to be done See post “Migrate HS to new Server/OS” Xxxxx … read more…
