Standby, Back, Find, RedColour, GreenColour, YellowColour, BlueColour, Home, VolumeUp, VolumeDown, Mute, Options, Dot, Digit0, Digit1, Digit2, Digit3, Digit4, Digit5, Digit6, Digit7, Digit8, Digit9, Info, CursorUp, CursorDown, CursorLeft, CursorRight, Confirm, Next, Previous, Adjust, WatchTV, Viewmode, Teletext, Subtitle, ChannelStepUp, ChannelStepDown, Source,AmbilightOnOff, PlayPause, Pause, FastForward, Stop, Rewind, Record, Online Example code – Example: … read more…
Last weekend I ran into two nice projects on Kickstarter. Tōd and the Sensordrone. The one thing that these sensors have in common is Bluetooth 4. Low power, long range Bluetooth that allows devices to be connected to each other. It’s a technology that could replace some NFC (Near Field … read more…
For a long time I have been running Homeseer in a Virtual Machine under VMware Server 2.0. VMware server 2.0 however was end-of-support >1 year ago. The last software update I believe was from 2009/2010. Plus the fact that I had big problems getting it to work on a Windows … read more…
After receiving my new TV (Philips, 9000 series) I found that to open “Net TV” you have to go into a menu, select Net TV and click.. Horrible. So I wanted to program this under an unused key on my cable decoder remote (more info here). Requirements – Homeseer – … read more…
GOAL: Control Homeseer through the excellent OSX tool called “Alfred”. This tool allows you to start an application or open a file with the least amount of key-presses. Really amazing, and I would encourage you to buy the power pack which is required for my Homeseer integration. What can … read more…
You’re sitting on the couch with your laptop – working, when your wife asks: could you switch on lamp 8? Now there’s a couple of things you can do Completely ignore her NOOOO !! Walk to that lamp and switch it on Well that’s an old world way of doing … read more…
Here’s some nice news from our friends at RFXCOM. They just released the USB RFX Transceiver 433Mhz (EU). If you want a USB RFXCOM module, this is it! € 95,20 (excl. shipping) is a fair price for the huge amount of functionality that you get. Nice Low cost Nice packaging … read more…
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read more...Here’s instructions and lessons learned when migrating Homeseer to a new (different) Operating System. In my case from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 7 Ultimate. Select Operating System Select OS / Buy license: Win 7 Enterprise 64-bit Why this release? – Microsofts useless comparison – Wikipedia’s usefull comparison A poll on … read more…
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…
