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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Battery Low? Communication failure? There’s a good chance you have devices with this status. How do you know about it? These devices don’t talk. So to solve this issue I wrote a script allows you to see if there’s issues with your devices. Once configured, this script will put the … read more…
Don’t have enough time to manage your Homeseer system? Same here ;-) I found that a lot of time spend was to monitor and maintain the HomeSeer system. The first question is: what do you have to do? Are you overlooking something like the system running out of disk-space? I … read more…
Today I received my Kiwi Wifi . This is an ODB2 interface that uses Wifi to talk to OBD2 applications. There’s a couple of iPhone apps that support the Kiwi Wifi. Now I have to find a way to link it to HomeSeer ;-) It’s all about integration and getting … read more…
