The script that will be posted here is in beta testing now. Support is limited and will be done through . IMPORTANT UPDATE: 2013 March 18th Updated code is posted below supporting the new v1.1 API. See this post for the changes or download the new script. It’s a script … read more…
Twitter authentication
It has been talked about before. Twitter will STOP supporting Basic Authentication (see post June 23rd below). With help of a friend I was able to find, test and document this workaround which is really easy to implement. See the Twitter project page.
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 based on defined rules Cost €80-120 Tracker €0 Software (just … read more…
GPS Tracking
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…
Update: Database script
I have updated the Database Write script with a new feature. You can now write a device VALUE or STRING to the Database. Examples of how you could use this: Write the temperature to a DB Write free diskspace to a DB Write security status to a DB More info … read more…
After 30 hrs: iPad
30 hours after the official availability of the iPad in the Netherlands I couldn’t take it anymore. I found an excuse to go near an iCenter and bought the iPad. 6 hours later the Homeseer Touch client was up and running. It is a great device! Now I need TIME … read more…
Twitter Authentication going to break..
Twitter announced that they will stop supporting basic authentication starting June 30th. This will break my Twitter script! With the basic authentication that is currently being used you send a password to authenticate. Having multiple applications/websites talking to Twitter you almost need password management ;-) As an alternative they want … read more…
Homeseer Device Monitoring
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 information in the homeseer … read more…
World population
Looking at my counter scripts I noticed that the world population script wasn’t posted on this website. Now it is! You can find it in the left menu in the “Plugins/Scripts” section (‘Counters‘). It’s extremely easy to install and it will give you a HS device that contains the current … read more…
RF technologies – need more?
Currently I’m using X10, Zigbee (Plugwise), X10 RF, Oregon and Visonic devices. I figured that I should one extra RF technology: Klik-aan-klik-uit. Just ordered KAKU remotes, switches, lamp & device modules at Eshop.nl. Let’s see how that works. The good thing: They’re incredible cheap and wireless. So no slow X10 … read more…