Home Automation
Home automation and control (HA) Software (source code and links mostly) for the home automation devices Insteon PowerLinc V2, CM11A, CM17 (Firecracker), LynX10, WM918, HCS II and CPUXA. Links to other hardware/software packages can be found on these pages also. If you know of any additional links please contact me at: ncherry@linuxha.com
Current Status:
08/08/2008 - Thought I forgot about you didn't I. Nah, just been very busy. I'll get back to updating in a few days. I found so much material I'm not sure where to add it and I may have misplaced it in my bookmarks (there are a lot).
07/13/2008 - I've waited long enough. :-) I've been dieing to post this for a while and tried to wait until we had something concrete. While we don't have an code to post yet, I'm more than certain that this is real. Announcing: the OpenRemote project. This project is an Open Community in the Home Automation and Domotics space. We believe an Open Source approach can revolutionize the way people create, install, and maintain software in the industry.
The world's oldest and largest personal computer show will once again take place at The College of New Jersey. The Trenton Computer Festival (TCF), now in its 33rd year, will be on Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27, 2008. The Professional Conferences will be held on Friday, April 25, the Robotic and Electronic Contests will be held on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, the Keynote Speaker Address (David Perry on "Identity Theft") will be held on Saturday April 26, and the flea market, indoor exhibit and sales area, and general speaker sessions will be held on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2008, Theremin Concerts and Demonstrations, check out the links under "TCF 2008 Activities and Events" on the left of the main page for more information.
Of particular interest to me is that I'm doing a 2 hour long presentation on general home automation (not just Linux Home Automation). My presentation will be from 12:25 PM - 1:25 PM, Saturday April 26th, in the Social Services Building (SSB) room 131. See the campus map). Bring your lunch and enjoy the presentation.
04/12/2008 - I've added BACnet protocol stack library to the Projects section. BACNet is a Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks (see bacnet.org for further details).
04/07/2008 - I've updated the Entertainment/Media Links page. I now contains Fuppes and XBMC - Linux Port.
04/04/2008 - Wow it's been awhile since I've posted but I've been busy with all the normal stuff (family, school and work) and the not so usual stuff (HA Presentations and preping for my Longest Day double century). Anyways, I've posted a few new links, the first is a link to Jini™ Home Automation software (Java) and the next is Bogdan Stancescu's Kit108 PHP Library (PHP) to control Ocean Controls' Serial DAQ Controller
Also I'll be doing the following HA presentations:
- LILAX - Apr. 19, 2008 - This will be a virtual presentation on Linux Home Automation as I'll be in NJ and they'll be in LA.
- TechTalk - Apr. 20, 2008 - This is an AM radio station (KFNX) 1100am Phoenix, AZ but they also post the show on the web. This will be on "Home Automation with a Personal Computer".
- TCF - Apr. 26, 2008 - From 12:25 pm until 2:25 pm I'll be giving a presentation on Home Automation at College of NJ, room SSB-131 (the Social Science Building).
I'm really looking forward to TCF as that's the big one. I'm working on a Misterhouse setup that uses a Doll House to demonstrate home automation.
And, finally, I've cleaned up the main index (and the all-in-one index) so they validate properly (XHTML 1.0 transitional). It's amazing the number of mistakes you can create when you keep editing documents over the years (I haven't worked on grammar or spelling yet).
02/11/2008 - I can't believe I haven't posted this before! Push Button Manor - a home automation article from the the Dec. 1950 Popular Mechanics magazine. Now that's ahead of your time!
The History page - where the old updates are moved to.
