For a while now I have been working on the biggest, most complex project EVER. It’s a long-term project with an estimated official release date early November. Currently I cannot really give you more information. Fortunately I will be able to provide more details very soon! I might even setup … read more…
Goal Use more alternate (green) energy sources How Investigate Solar Energy? Wind Energy? Info My Solar Log Cost: $$$$$$$ Investigate Todo: Investigate
read more...My RFXCOM LAN device had an old transmitter which was unable to handle the new generation of KAKU (Click on click off) devices. One visit to the RFXCOM headquarters solved the problem. Now I have the new RFXmitter. Now I can start doing tests with the new KAKU devices. The … read more…
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? Buy a rain gauge. My RFXCOM LAN supports 3 Oregon … read more…
Today I was able to deploy my new weighing scale. This scale is built by Oregon Scientific, also known from weather stations and sensors. What does it do? When you step on the scale, a wireless signal is send to my server. The RFXCOM receiver picks up the signal and … read more…
DONE: will add project page later Goal: Monitor weight. Awareness is key for losing weight. How: Using Oregon Scientific weighing scale that can be received by the RFXCOM receiver. The RFXCOM has a connection to HomeSeer. Cost: €40 Oregon BWR102 Todo: Order, setup, configure & document (last item not done … read more…
Today I received my rain sensor. No time to test/implement the device, that will have to wait until Sunday ;-). The rain sensor will be integrated in Homeseer. This enables integration with Twitter, statistics and to notify me if doors or windows are open when it starts raining. More details … read more…
Today I placed a webcam in my garden. A normal camera would never last more than 2 hours before my wife would remove it ;-). The WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) of a PTZ camera in the garden is close to ZERO. Therefore I had to think of something. The result … read more…
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 Split the power supply wire Add construction so the camera … read more…
Who is ‘sharing’ their live home data? Pieter ‘Bwired’ created a website that makes it easy to share certain data. You decide what information you want to share. Generally people share temperature/humidity information and possibly energy consumption. Look at the Domoticaworld setup by BWired. We all run a script … read more…
