Last weekend I ran into this fantastic video of a company called Corning. They show how displays & glass can and will change the (near?) future. The video shows how our future might look like. To be honest, I hope we’re getting there sooner rather than later. How realistic is … read more…
Goal Access telnet enabled devices to send commands and/or get information. What can you do? A couple of examples: – Telnet to a switch and turn off Power-over-Ethernet for a specific port. – Telnet to a router and grab data about bytes-send/received and put this in a HS device How … 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…
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. Example: When my car enters a geofence I get a push notification. Example: When my car leaves a geofence the thermostat is set to 17 … 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…
Goal: Control HS devices and information through Siri or a similar system on the iPhone. Example: here. There are a couple of options to control HS via voice (iPhone application) Jailbroken iPhone with Siri alternative Nuance Dragon Remote and Nuance Naturally Speaking Vocal on iPhone 4S with application on OSX Both … 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…
Other items for my roadmap (not in individual posts yet) Control LG TV from HS Using serial: https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/developer-support/scripts-plug-ins-development-and-libraries/script-plug-in-development/37827-pioneer-receiver-rs-232-control-via-homeseer?t=123350 https://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…
Finally – being triggered by Jaybee’s discussion on Domoticaforum.eu I wanted to simplify my webcam script, taking away the need of running 1 script on the HS web server and 1 script on a generic IIS web server. It worked! On the WebCam script page you will find more details … read more…
Goal The ability to use Instant Messaging to “talk” to my Homeseer system. How Stipus Instant Messaging Connector in Homeseer IM Account (Jabber, MSN, ICQ) IM Clients Cost €30 Stipus IM Connector plugin €0 IM clients Todo Buy/Install Stipus IM client Configure Test Post documentation, tips, etc.
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