You can now see the live (outside) temperature at my house. This is displayed in the box on the right side. Currently the way to do this is pretty complicated and not easy to configure. To simplify and make it easy for everybody to use I will need to spend … read more…
Goal: Integrate HomeSeer with my Cisco Call Manager using the HS SIP plugin. How: Integrate HomeSeer with SIP telephony, for example using SIP, Skype or HSphone plugin Ideal: Direct SIP integration of HS with my CUCME system with Cisco IP phones. Cost: Skype plugin ($29), HSphone plugin ($49) or combined … read more…
I wish you all a healthy and happy 2010. My door-camera did not have a good start. It’s broken :-( Need to order a new one as replacing it under warranty (ordered in Hong Kong) would probably cost more than buying a new one. A new camera was ordered. When … read more…
Goal Control HomeSeer and Camera’s using Plex Media Center How Need to write a plugin for Plex that allows me to: View Webcams (done!) Turn lights ON and OFF View information from HomeSeer (counters, temp, etc) Cost €550 Mac Mini €0 Plex Media Center Todo re-write plugin, document, share UPDATE: … read more…
Yeah! Just received my new computer: Mac Mini! Yes, this is my first (personal) Apple computer. It’s a great little device with low power consumption that will play a central role in home entertainment. How? One of the things I want to use this for is: Music (through iTunes) Digital … read more…
Goal: LED lightning in Kitchen area, Kitchen drawers and Garden. How: Using (warm white) LED strips. Ideal: Get RGB LED strips and add PC control through DMX or another protocol/method. UPDATE: I have an RGB LED strip with RGB Infrared controller: I don’t see why I would want colored LED … read more…
Goal See who’s at the front door based on: Motion (using MS13) Doorbell press (using SM10) Door opening (using Visonic MCT-302) Mail delivery (using Visonic MCT-302) Where do I want to see this? EMAIL with picture based on an event. WEBSITE where I can select events, dates and then show … read more…
Goal Control Curtains through Homeseer. There’s a couple of problems with this: First of all I don’t have any curtains in my house ;-) which is kind of important. I should put that on my roadmap too. The other problem is the price. The AutoGordijn solution is cheap but nasty. … read more…
Normal (using configured profile/schedule) Tele program (pre-configured profile: 17 degrees centigrade (32F) Goal Control central heating and set it to a lower temperature when ‘away’. How Get a Marmitek UM7206 Universal receiver. When it receives an ON message (for example) D5, it will close a loop. This loop happens to … read more…
Something that was on my to do list for a long time: document one of my older projects: Heating Control. This project allows you to control your Central Heating system (actually, the thermostat). I have to define “control” because you don’t have full control. What can you do: Switch a … read more…
