Secret Project

Almost 7 months I have been working on my next major project. Think it will turn out to be more complex than I could have ever imagined. However, the good news is that the estimated release date is still early November. Sorry for not updating the website very frequent. Need read more…

New cable modem

Just got a new cable modem for my home internet connection. Do I need a connection this fast? Installing the modem was easy (it came without a manual!). Upspeed: 5Mbps! In 3-4 months time they will upgrade to 80Mb and next year to 120Mb (with DOCSYS 3.0 max of >200Mb) read more…

Monitor shower water usage

Today I finished my shower monitoring project. To monitor the water usage each time we take a shower we need to do one thing: weigh ourselves. When we step on the scale it will know who takes a shower based on the weight. Then it will measure and capture the read more…

Infrared integration

Just received my discounted IRTrans module, ordered with a group of Domoticaforum.eu members. It’s a small ethernet connected device that can receive and send IR signals. This allows me to control every device near my TV using HomeSeer!     Detailed information of the installation, Homeseer integration and configuration tips read more…

Touchscreen design

Today I have posted a couple of screenshots that show how my touch-screen user interface looks like. One challenge that I encountered was: Where do you start designing the screens? What goes where? What do you want to include and what not? The result is that I designed the screens read more…

Wind and Rain Monitoring

Goal Monitor wind (direction), rain and baromatic pressure How Using Oregon Scientific sensors that can be received by the RFXCOM receiver. The RFXCOM has a connection to HomeSeer. Cost €150 Oregon WMR200 weather station with all sensors, or: €50 Oregon rain monitor €100 Oregon wind monitor Optional: Solar panel power read more…