Below you will find a list of old projects that I have been working on. Some projects resulted in HomeSeer Scripts being written. These can be found in the scripts section.
Philips Hue
Setup This is extremely easy. Just follow the instructions on the meethue.com website Integration First thing: integrate with Homeseer. For this I used the fantastic Philips Hue script from Jon00. Use the documentation included in the script download for installation. … read more…
Homeseer “Siri” integration?
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 … read more…
Roadmap – other items
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 … read more…
Instant Messaging integration
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 … read more…
Paperless Home
Goal: getting rid of incoming paper asap, continueing with electronic documents Here’s what I learned when setting up my Paperless Home. For this project I have ordered a Fujitsu Scanner (click for more technical details!). Software: Scansnap Manager 5.0L24 (Windows … read more…
Doorlock Sensor
I know if the door is closed, but is it actually locked? How A reed relay with a magnet in the lock linked to a Visonic MCT-302. DJ: Also test with micro switches so you don’t need a magnet … read more…
Mac Mini
Auto copy digital camera pictures Plex Media Player Put Mac to sleep Autocopy digital camera images Insert memory card and wait for the ‘ready’ notification. Wouldn’t that be easy? Auto copy images from your digital camera Want an easy way … read more…
Ventilation
How to use HomeSeer to control your centralized ventilation? I have a switch that allows me to control the ventilation from the Kitchen. When do I want to switch ventilation? In the Bathroom! TODO: add pictures of the Xanura inside … read more…
Audio integration
STATUS: project dead. Because of the fact that you have to run iTunes or WMP on your HomeSeer server I stopped this project. Currently I use the iRemote on my iPad to control iTunes directly. The only annoying thing is … read more…
Car Tracking
Goal Integrate Car location in HomeSeer to enable location/presence based services (heating, security, power consumption) More information is added on the Car Tracking page. How Using Xexun TK-102/TK-103 GPS tracker Application that receives and processes the received data HS acts … read more…
Car Integration
UPDATE: there’s some new developments regarding car integration. Keep watching the main page for more news. Goal Ability to view real-time car data, position and if possible images ‘Update: Also working on Car-Tracking system now. HOW? Interface to the car … read more…
HomeSeer TIPS
Goal What should I do to keep my HomeSeer system up & running? Why? One page that lists a lot of things that can make your life easier. HS Device Status – NEW! HS Connectivity Disk space DB Maintenance HS … read more…
Doorcam
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. … read more…
Automatic Curtains
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 … read more…
Heating Control
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) … read more…
Power consumption
Using all of these technologies it would be nice to use it to lower the energy consumption. Here’s some of the ideas I want to use to lower the energy consumption. TV, decoders, mediaplayers use 55W in standby mode Detailed … read more…
Doorbell
Doorbell registration (in Database) Frontdoor Camera integration Doorbell registration Goal: Would like to monitor Doorbell rings. How: get a Marmitek SM10 Universal sender. It detects a press and sends (for example) D1 to HomeSeer, which in turn writes a database … read more…
Monitor Water
Goal MONITOR water consumption. Knowing how much water you use and when you use it. Awareness will lower the water usage. Thanks to Jaybe I found that my current water meter does have an output for pulse counting. How to … read more…
Infrared
Related: How to control your cable decoder from the livingroom and bedroom, including the tv signal Related: Move functionality to 1 remote (including controlling lights) Related: Directly control your IR-Trans with signals learned through Homeseer GOAL Control all Infrared … read more…
HST screenshots
These are screenshots of my HS Touch client running on my Albatron 7″ touchscreen. More information on this device and Homeseer Touch can be found here. Here’s another interesting HS Touch screenshot thread: Domoticaforum -click on the images to … read more…
Rain monitoring
Goal MONITOR rain Is it raining or not? With this information warnings could be send out if (for example) windows are open. MEASURE rain How much rain did we get? This can be used in graphs, statistics etc. Measure, how? … read more…
Gardencam
Goal Get camera images from the back of the house without seeing the camera. HOW? Buy a bird house (‘vogelhuisje’) Buy a wireless PTZ camera Modify the bird house to fit the camera Add a hole for the power supply … read more…
Car Presence
Project to monitor the presence of my car (i.e. is it in front of the house or not). This project will also provide temperature information (inside the car) when ‘home’. Goal: Know if the car is in front of … read more…
Touchscreen
Details Challenges Links HS Touch tips (nice!) Albatron tips (nice!) Screenshots News August 2011: Looking at the current market you should NOT buy a Windows based touch-screen. Go with Android which is also supported by Homeseer Touch. May-01 2009: Most … read more…
Bluetooth Presence
Goal Measure presence of people based on Bluetooth in their phones. Run scripts/actions based on this information. How Install USB Bluetooth module on HomeSeer server. Install the Stipus HomeSeer Bluetooth plugin to integrate the BT dongle with HomeSeer. TIP … read more…
Gas Monitoring
Goal: Measure gas usage. Have all data stored in a database. How: Connect the RFXCOM Pulse module with Optical Sensor Cable to my RFXMeter. The data will be processed and stored in a database by the RFXCOM plugin. The RFXMeter … read more…