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EIB/KNX

2010-04-28T12:04:01Z

Avajon:

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[[Category: EIB]]
[[Category: 0810]]

KNX (EIB) is a standardised (EN 50090,ISO/IEC 14543), OSI-based network communications protocol for intelligent buildings. KNX is the successor to, and convergence of, three previous standards: the European Home Systems Protocol (EHS), BatiBUS, and the European Installation Bus (EIB).

The KNX standard is administered by the Konnex Association. [http://www.konnex.org konnex.org]

== How to install and use EIB ==

''' There is also new driver available supporting bidirectional communication and "eibd" (e.g. for KNX/IP, ...): [[EIB/KNX_with_eibd|EIB/KNX with eibd]] '''

Connect your Core-Server with a serial cable to the EIB. To connect to the EIB, you need a data interface (speaking FT1.2 protocol), for example the GIRA RS-2323 (SKU 050403), a bus connector to connect the interface to the EIB, for example the GIRA (SKU 064500). You can use it from any Company (Gira, Berker, Siemens, ... ) but it is very important to have the correct protocol. (I bought the wrong one).
When you have connect it you have to add the EIB Interface in the WebAdmin. Go to Devices-->Interface and choose EIB, select the correct COM-Port, do a reload - router and you are ready to use it.
You can also go in a console and look into the log file (DeviceID_EIB.log) to see if everything works fine.

== How to add devices ==

In the Webadmin you have on the left side new menu buttons for Lights, Drapes, Sensors and Thermostats. At first you have to add the groupadresses. You have to upload a file with the correct information about your System. The format is:

<pre>
"LichtARschalt"/"0"/"0"/"1"
"Licht-SZ-schalt"/"0"/"0"/"10"
"Licht-SZ-dimm"/"0"/"0"/"11"
"Licht-SZ-wert"/"0"/"0"/"12"
</pre>

=== Lights ===

Goto EIB Lights on the Webadmin. Give the Name of your Light and choose if it is dimmable or not. Click on the "Pick" Button -> choose the correct groupaddress for on/off and dim. In Webadmin->Lights you can add the room and type of your light. After that you can put the EIB light on the floorplan.

=== Thermostats ===

In my house the thermostats have two states (cold and warm). I don't want to change the temperature with LinuxMCE, i only want to turn on and off the heating. When the temperature is reached the EIB turns off the heating by itself.
So, what did i do?
At first i allowed my thermostat to change the state (on/off) by the bus and gave it a groupaddress (like 2/0/10)
I go to the Webadmin->Scenarios->Climate and create for every room two scenarios (on and off). Then go to the Webadmin->Advanced->Configuration->Scenarios-Climate and choose the first Scenario. Add the EIB Device and the Command EIB_Write.
Now you have to insert the groupaddress, data string and data type. Insert the groupaddress (2/0/10), the data string (1=on, 2=off) and for the data type put 6 in the field. Press save and you can test it.

This is a lot of work, but so you can write a very small php-page to execute one of the scenarios. That's very comfortable because you can turn on and off the heating from anywhere with the browser of a mobile phone.

=== Drapes ===

It's the same as the thermostats. I don't use the EIB-Drapes, I create my own scenarios and send the commands with EIB_Write to the bus. This works very well.

=== Sensors ===

I don't really have sensors. I only tried to create a sensor that is a light-switch. Every time I turn on the light the sensor was tripped and the Commands were executed.

=== Send Time to the bus ===

I found the solution! The question was the correct format - because LMCE Implementation uses integer values. Here is a short script which you can add to the crontab. Just change the groupadress.
<pre>
#!/usr/bin/perl
$ENV{'PATH'}="/usr/bin";

($second, $minute, $hour, $dayOfMonth, $month, $yearOffset, $dayOfWeek) = localtime(time);
$dayOfWeek = 7 if ($dayOfWeek==0);
$time2 = sprintf '%s\n', ($second << 16) | ( $minute << 8) | ($hour) | ($dayOfWeek << 5);
@args = ("/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend localhost -r 0 40 1 273 108 \"3/0/50\" 109 \"$time2\" 110 \"3\"");
system(@args);
</pre>

== Additional Information ==
To control a light with EIB the light has to be connected to an EIB actor. For example the GIRA Dimmaktor (SKU 105800). It is important to note, that you have to have special software (ETS) to programm (name) your EIB devices, before you can use LinuxMCE to control the devices.

== Problems ==

=== How to send the Time on the bus? ===

solved. see above.

=== Can't read from the bus ===

I want to read data from the bus. Like how warm is it in the rooms or is a light on or off.
I think this function isn't implemented yet... I will try to implement it, but i don't know how to build a working development system.
== Links ==
https://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/%7Emkoegler/index.php/eibd

EIB/KNX with eibd

2010-04-28T12:03:42Z

Avajon:

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[[Category: EIB]]
[[Category: 0810]]
==what==

this page is an help one, made up to install the version of EIB that i started to make 
the aim is to install an EIB version which can be uses several devices: ip, usb,... 
the physical part issupported by the eibd program.

==installing eibd==
look here:
http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~mkoegler/index.php/eibdeb
i link the page in case they want to modify it.. thus this page doesn't have to be modified too

==installation of EIB==
===LinuxMCE 0810 alpha===
No device data needed but you need to make sure that eibd is running. The driver is in the src/EIB-eibd directory of the 0810 branch.

===linuxmce 710===
you first need to get a partially compiled version of linuxmce 710, and its sources. you may have problems doing so, but if the libs are compiled there is no actual matter. see [[Compiling from 710 sources]] to get one. 
when it's done, grab the file at
http://mantis.linuxmce.org/view.php?id=4299
(you need to create an account, until someone releases it ) 
then untar it and copy it instead of the former EIB sources.(rename them to be able to get them later, just in case).

then you must connect to lmce webadmin, and go in advanced=> templates. here modify the EIB template, so it has the following parameters:
bus type
bus address

both must be string. type must be one of:
* ft12
* bcu1
* tpuart24
* tpuart
* ip
* ipt
* bcu1s
* tpuarts
* usb

address is required for ip, ipt and usb 
(type in console eibd --help for details.)

now you must compile and run sql2cpp: place yourself in the source folder, run
cd sql2cpp; make; ./sql2cpp
and you template modifications are recorded
you just have to place yourself in the EIB source folder, type
make
to get the EIB programm. rename the former one in /usr/pluto/bin (such as old_EIB) and move the one you compiled instead. restart your lmce router

dont forget to modify the existing EIB so that it has good launching parameters!
== Send time/date to KNX ==
http://www.hoerndlein.de/cms/attachments/eibtime.pl
== Links ==
https://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/%7Emkoegler/index.php/eibd

User talk:GnEeErKd

2010-01-17T17:55:03Z

Avajon:

== More than one phone? ==

Hi,

great Page! Do you know if it is possible to use more than one phone for the Bluetooth Proximity Control? That would be very nice when every family-member can use it.

thanks

update: two bluetooth phones work. :) i have the bluetooth dongle only on the core, so everytime a family-member enters the house the light is going on - it' really very cool! :) thank you!

--[[User:avajon|avajon]]

== Wow. Nice write up. ==

I just wanted to say that what you have done here, has answered a lot of questions about the system, that I was afraid to try on my own.

Great job, and Thank You.

--[[User:Sethj|Sethj]] 18:59, 12 January 2010 (CET)

== Thanks guys! ==

Hey guys! thanks for the good words, glad to hear that this page isn't going entirely unnoticed, haha...I still have a few more things to add, so keep watching for updates

Multiple phones may work...I happen to have an extra phone with bluetooth so I will try some things out and update that section if I figure it out!

feel free to ask any questions, I love to help!
also, I will probably clean a few things up once I have everything done that I want to do, if there is something you want me to experiment with and write what I find, let me know!

Thanks again!

--[[User:GnEeErKd|Matt]]

== UPDATE: Multiple bluetooth proximity devices ==

I updated the bluetooth proximity section with a bit of information regarding the use of multiple phones as proximity devices...make sure you read it all and heed all warnings!

--[[User:GnEeErKd|Matt]]

== UPDATE: Lots of stuff ==

I added a bit of stuff tonight, stuff in the bluetooth section, stuff in the skype/webcams section and made a new section for text message/email alerts...thanks for reading! more to come soon

--[[User:GnEeErKd|Matt]]

== This has changed the way I use LinuxMCE ==

I just wanted to take another moment to thank you for this write up. I have added channels from di.fm per your post to my office and bedroom media directors, and falling asleep to the Chill Out channel on that stream and using it's Ambient station in the office has made working and sleeping around the house excellent.

The next steps I will take from your wiki will be the bluetooth proximity bits, and the e-mail notifications regarding changes in the office. I will post my results here.

Thanks again, and have a great day!

--[[User:Sethj|Sethj]] 16:54, 15 January 2010 (CET)

== No problem! ==

My pleasure, if you have any difficulties following the write up or getting things to work in general, let me know and I will try to help you out. Glad to know this is helping! The original intent was mainly to help myself in the future whenever I have to re-do things, I did almost the same setup in lmce0710 r2 but wanted a clean install of 0810 and therefore had to redo it all...figured I should take notes this time around...knowing people are reading my notes encourages me to keep them detailed and thorough! I still have a few more things I want to do...and need to figure out how to get this skype thing working

--[[user:GnEeErKd|Matt]]

User talk:GnEeErKd

2010-01-12T16:03:41Z

Avajon: New page: hi, great Page! Do you know if it is possible to use more than one phone for the Bluetooth Proximity Control? That would be very nice when every family-member can use it. thanks avajon

hi,

great Page! Do you know if it is possible to use more than one phone for the Bluetooth Proximity Control? That would be very nice when every family-member can use it.

thanks
avajon

EIB/KNX Devices

2009-11-13T08:57:06Z

Avajon: New page: Category: Serial Category: EIB To connect LinuxMCE (with the "old" driver) with your EIB/KNX environment you MUST use a serial bus connector. I use a Berker FT1.2 (order nr. 75060...

[[Category: Serial]]
[[Category: EIB]]

To connect LinuxMCE (with the "old" driver) with your EIB/KNX environment you MUST use a serial bus connector. I use a Berker FT1.2 (order nr. 750600xx).
If you try to use the new driver, you can use any connector because it works with eibd ([[EIB/KNX with eibd]]).

User:Avajon

2009-10-03T11:25:40Z

Avajon:

To avoid that mythtv records on all disks add in StorageDevice_Symlinks.sh in line 92:

if [ [ "$mediaDir" == "pvr" ] ] ;then
echo "pvr wird kein symlink gesetzt"
else
ln -sn "$symlinkSource" "$symlinkDestination"
echo "$symlinkDestination -> $symlinkSource"
fi

I have to do this, because liveTV wouldn't work when it records to the other disks - i don't know why....

EIB/KNX

2007-11-02T12:05:43Z

Avajon:

{| align="right"
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[[Category: Hardware| ]]
[[Category: Automation]]

KNX (EIB) is a standardised (EN 50090,ISO/IEC 14543), OSI-based network communications protocol for intelligent buildings. KNX is the successor to, and convergence of, three previous standards: the European Home Systems Protocol (EHS), BatiBUS, and the European Installation Bus (EIB).

The KNX standard is administered by the Konnex Association. [http://www.konnex.org konnex.org]

== How to install and use EIB ==

Connect your Core-Server with a serial cable to the EIB. Your BUS Connector has to have the FT1.2Protocol. (like [http://www.eibmarkt.com/cgi-bin/eibmarkt.storefront/46f9364200e19a48274450f3362b0652/Product/View/N434019 this]). You can use it from any Company (Gira, Berker, Siemens, ... ) but it is very important to have the correct protocol. (I bought the wrong one).
When you have connect it you have to add the EIB Interface in the WebAdmin. Go to Devices-->Interface and choose EIB, select the correct COM-Port, do a reload - router and you are ready to use it.
You can also go in a console and look into the log file (DeviceID_EIB.log) to see if everything works fine.

== How to add devices ==

In the Webadmin you have on the left side new menu buttons for Lights, Drapes, Sensors and Thermostats. At first you have to add the groupadresses. You have to upload a file with the correct information about your System. The format is:

<pre>
"LichtARschalt"/"0"/"0"/"1"
"Licht-SZ-schalt"/"0"/"0"/"10"
"Licht-SZ-dimm"/"0"/"0"/"11"
"Licht-SZ-wert"/"0"/"0"/"12"
</pre>

=== Lights ===

Goto EIB Lights on the Webadmin. Give the Name of your Light and choose if it is dimmable or not. Click on the "Pick" Button -> choose the correct groupaddress for on/off and dim. In Webadmin->Lights you can add the room and type of your light. After that you can put the EIB light on the floorplan.

=== Thermostats ===

In my house the thermostats have two states (cold and warm). I don't want to change the temperature with LinuxMCE, i only want to turn on and off the heating. When the temperature is reached the EIB turns off the heating by itself.
So, what did i do?
At first i allowed my thermostat to change the state (on/off) by the bus and gave it a groupaddress (like 2/0/10)
I go to the Webadmin->Scenarios->Climate and create for every room two scenarios (on and off). Then go to the Webadmin->Advanced->Configuration->Scenarios-Climate and choose the first Scenario. Add the EIB Device and the Command EIB_Write.
Now you have to insert the groupaddress, data string and data type. Insert the groupaddress (2/0/10), the data string (1=on, 2=off) and for the data type put 6 in the field. Press save and you can test it.

This is a lot of work, but so you can write a very small php-page to execute one of the scenarios. That's very comfortable because you can turn on and off the heating from anywhere with the browser of a mobile phone.

=== Drapes ===

It's the same as the thermostats. I don't use the EIB-Drapes, I create my own scenarios and send the commands with EIB_Write to the bus. This works very well.

=== Sensors ===

I don't really have sensors. I only tried to create a sensor that is a light-switch. Every time I turn on the light the sensor was tripped and the Commands were executed.

=== Send Time to the bus ===

I found the solution! The question was the correct format - because LMCE Implementation uses integer values. Here is a short script which you can add to the crontab. Just change the groupadress.
<pre>
#!/usr/bin/perl
$ENV{'PATH'}="/usr/bin";

($second, $minute, $hour, $dayOfMonth, $month, $yearOffset, $dayOfWeek) = localtime(time);
$dayOfWeek = 7 if ($dayOfWeek==0);
$time2 = sprintf '%s\n', ($second << 16) | ( $minute << 8) | ($hour) | ($dayOfWeek << 5);
@args = ("/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend localhost -r 0 40 1 273 108 \"3/0/50\" 109 \"$time2\" 110 \"3\"");
system(@args);
</pre>

== Problems ==

=== How to send the Time on the bus? ===

solved. see above.

=== Can't read from the bus ===

I want to read data from the bus. Like how warm is it in the rooms or is a light on or off.
I think this function isn't implemented yet... I will try to implement it, but i don't know how to build a working development system.

Talk:LinuxMCE 710 DVD Installation

2007-10-27T19:51:02Z

Avajon:

When will the DVD download link become available?
done [[User:Trout|Trout]] 04:55, 16 September 2007 (MST)

how long should the part with "/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap"...." take??? I wait for an hour and nothing happend... [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 07:56, 27 October 2007 (MST)
:It has been a while since I last installed, but from what I remember, the installation took a very long time. The numbers on [[What To Expect]] look like it took that person over 2 hours and from what I remember that was about right for me too. I did install with the DVD, so I know that it works. --[[User:Rwilson131|Rwilson131]] 08:28, 27 October 2007 (MST)

::i toke a other hdd and now it works... thank you! [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 12:50, 27 October 2007 (MST)

Talk:LinuxMCE 710 DVD Installation

2007-10-27T19:50:46Z

Avajon:

When will the DVD download link become available?
done [[User:Trout|Trout]] 04:55, 16 September 2007 (MST)

how long should the part with "/dev/sda5: TYPE="swap"...." take??? I wait for an hour and nothing happend... [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 07:56, 27 October 2007 (MST)
:It has been a while since I last installed, but from what I remember, the installation took a very long time. The numbers on [[What To Expect]] look like it took that person over 2 hours and from what I remember that was about right for me too. I did install with the DVD, so I know that it works. --[[User:Rwilson131|Rwilson131]] 08:28, 27 October 2007 (MST)

i toke a other hdd and now it works... thank you! [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 12:50, 27 October 2007 (MST)

Talk:LinuxMCE 710 DVD Installation

2007-10-27T14:56:40Z

Avajon:

User talk:Trout

2007-09-26T12:35:28Z

Avajon:

'sup?

many thanks to correct my english :-) [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 05:35, 26 September 2007 (MST)

User talk:Avajon

2007-09-26T07:40:51Z

Avajon:

==[[EIB]]==

Good work on EIB, keep it up :o) --[[User:Samme|Samme]] 13:51, 25 September 2007 (MST)

:thanks, but my english is very bad :-) [[User:Avajon|Avajon]] 00:40, 26 September 2007 (MST)

LinuxMCE Admin Website

2007-09-25T20:33:13Z

Avajon:

The LinuxMCE Admin web site is used to setup and configure your LinuxMCE system. It also allows you to do a lot of other tasks, like checking your voice-mail, organizing your media and so on. The web site runs on your own LinuxMCE Core, and you can access it from a Web Browser on the Core, or any other computer in your home connected to the same network. By default, the LinuxMCE Admin web site is not accessible outside your home--everything is stored on the Core in your home, and you can only access the web site from the computers in your home. This makes the system completely secure, however, it prevents you from accessing the web site outside the home via the internet. You can turn on internet access, allowing you to access the web site anywhere, however, for your security, we recommend you first read about the [[Security & Privacy Issues]].

Normally, from within your house, you access the website by opening any web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc.) on any computer and going to http://dcerouter/
Note this assumes that the name of your core is dcerouter, which is the default name if you use a Kick-Start CD. Otherwise, substitute the real IP address or name of your core instead of "dcerouter".

LinuxMCE is a very modular platform with a wide variety of optional modules and devices to do just about anything. Plus you can have lots of [[media director]] computers connected, all with their own mix of modules too. Generally, each module will have one or more web pages to configure or use that module. The LinuxMCE Admin web site has a pull-down menu that lets you quickly access any of those pages. So, the menu options for your particular home will be unique to your own configuration. If, for example, you have a LinuxMCE telephone system, then your LinuxMCE Admin will have menu options to setup your phones, check your voice-mail, and so on. Someone else who does not have a LinuxMCE phone system will not have those options. Note that there is only 1 LinuxMCE Admin web site for the whole house, and it is used to configure any device within the house. If you have a media director in your den, for example, and there is a camera attached to it, you will control and view that camera using the same LinuxMCE Admin web site running on the core. The [[Media Directors]] do not have their own sites--everything runs on the [[Core]].

The 2 menu options that you will always see no matter what modules you have in your installation are "Wizard" and "Advanced". The "Wizard" is the normal way to configure and setup your LinuxMCE system. When you choose Wizard, you will see a series of steps. What steps you see will depend on what devices you have in your home. However, all the pages in the Wizard section are intended to be simple for the average user and allow you to start using LinuxMCE with minimal effort and no technical skills. If you are a techie or want to do development, there are more low level options under the "Advanced" level. But regardless, you should always complete the wizard first since it's the fastest way to get going.

The rest of the menu options are all specific to your particular mix of modules: security cameras, phone systems, etc.

For a general overview of how the "Wizard" works and what is involved in setting up your LinuxMCE system, [[Wizard Pages]]. If you have a question about any page or form on the website, just click the "Help" button in the upper right part of the screen. It is context sensitive, so it will take you straight to a help page that explains whatever you currently see on the screen.

==LinuxMCE Admin Website Sections==
*[[Wizard Pages]]
**[[Basic Info]]
***[[Users]]
***[[Rooms]]
**[[Devices]]
***[[Orbiters]]
***[[Interfaces]]
***[[Devices Security]]
***[[Lights]]
***[[Media Directors]]
***[[Climate]]
***[[AV Devices]]
****[[Infrared Codes]]
*****[[Learning/typing my own code]]
****[[AV Properties]]
****[[TOAD vs Discrete Codes]]
***[[Floorplans]]
***[[Surveillance Cameras]]
***[[Phone Lines]]
***[[Phone Extensions]]
***[[EIB]]
**[[Scenarios]]
***[[Lighting Scenarios]]
***[[Climate Scenarios]]
***[[Media Scenarios]]
***[[Scenarios Security]]
***[[Telecom]]
**[[Events]]
***[[Respond to Events]]
***[[Timed Events]]
***[[Active sensors]]
***[[Security-Video Links]]
***[[Notifications]]
***[[Settings By Alert Type]]
***[[Outside Access]]
*[[Advanced Pages]]
**[[Device Templates]]
***[[List Page]]
***[[Edit Page]]
***[[Design Objects]]
**[[Packages]]
**[[Advanced Pages Devices]]
**[[Advanced Pages Scenarios]]
**[[Boot Sequence]]
**[[Network Settings]]
**[[Add Software]]
**[[Privacy Settings]]
**[[Advanced Pages Events]]
**[[DCE]]
**[[Device Status]]
**[[Execute Scenarios]]
**[[Alert Logs]]
**[[Mode Change Logs]]
**[[Status]]
**[[View Cameras]]
*[[Files&Media]]
**[[Cover Art]]

EIB/KNX

2007-09-25T17:15:27Z

Avajon:

KNX (EIB) is a standardised (EN 50090,ISO/IEC 14543), OSI-based network communications protocol for intelligent buildings. KNX is the successor to, and convergence of, three previous standards: the European Home Systems Protocol (EHS), BatiBUS, and the European Installation Bus (EIB).

The KNX standard is administered by the Konnex Association. [http://www.konnex.org konnex.org]

== How to install and use EIB ==

Connect your Core-Server with a serial cable to the EIB. Your BUS Connector has to have the FT1.2Protocol. (like [http://http://www.eibmarkt.com/cgi-bin/eibmarkt.storefront/46f9364200e19a48274450f3362b0652/Product/View/N434019 this]. You can use it from any Company (Gira, Berker, Siemens, ... ) but it is very important to have the correct protocol. (I bought the wrong one).
When you have connect it you have to add the EIB Interface in the WebAdmin. Go to Devices-->Interface and choose EIB, select the correct COM-Port, do a reload - router and you are ready to use it.
You can also go in a console and look into the log file (DeviceID_EIB.log) to see if everything works fine.

== How to add devices ==

In the webadmin you have on the left side new menu buttons for Lights, Drapes, Sensors and Thermostats. At first you have to add the groupadresses. You have to upload a file with the correct information about your System. The format is:

<pre>
"LichtARschalt"/"0"/"0"/"1"
"Licht-SZ-schalt"/"0"/"0"/"10"
"Licht-SZ-dimm"/"0"/"0"/"11"
"Licht-SZ-wert"/"0"/"0"/"12"
</pre>

=== Lights ===

Goto EIB Lights on the Webadmin. Give the Name of your Light and choose if it is dimmable or not. Click on the "Pick" Button -> choose the correct groupaddress for on/off and dim. In Webadmin->Lights you can add the room and type of your light. After that you can put the EIB light on the floorplan.

=== Thermostats ===

In my house the termostats have two states (cold and warm). I don't want to change the temperature with LinuxMCE, i only want to turn on and off the heating. When the temperature is reached the EIB turn's off the heating by itself.
So, what did i do?
At first i allowed my thermostate to change the state (on/off) by the bus and gave it a groupaddress (like 2/0/10)
I go to the Webadmin->Scenarios->Climate and create for every room two scenarios (on and off). Then i go to the Webadmin->Advanced->Configuration->Scenarios-Climate and choose the first Scenario. Add the EIB Device and the Command EIB_Write.
Now you have to insert the groupaddress, data string and data type. Insert the groupaddress (2/0/10), the data string (1==on, 2==off - i don't know why it's 2 for off...) and for the data type put 6 in the field. Press save and you can test it.

This is a lot of work, but so you can write a very small php-page to execute one of the scenarios. That's very comfortable because i can turn on and off the heating from anywhere with the browser of my mobile phone.

=== Drapes ===

It's the same like the thermostats. I don't use the EIB-Drapes, i create my own scenarios and send the commands with EIB_Write to the bus. This works very well.

=== Sensors ===

I don't really have sensors. I only tried to create a sensor that is a light-switch. Every time i turn on the light the sensor was tripped and the Commands were executed.

== Problems ==

=== How to send the Time on the bus? ===

I want to send the system time of the server every ten minutes to the bus. The reason is, the internal clocks of the thermostats don't have a real clock, so they need the correct time/date every hour to synchronize.
Has anyone tried this???

=== Can't read from the bus ===

I want to read data from the bus. Like how warm is it in the rooms or is a light on or off.
I think this function isn't implemented yet?!?!? I would try to implement it, but i don't know how to build a working development system.

sorry for the bad english :)

Automation

2007-09-25T16:31:44Z

Avajon:

{{NeedsToBeFixed}}

There are several types of automation products available that are compatible with LinuxMCE. Usually, they work by sending signals through the home's power lines.

{| class="wikitable" width="300" style="text-align:center; background:#efefef; width:75%; border:1px solid black"
|+'''Sections'''
|-
! [[Automation]]
| [[Lights]]
| [[Appliances]]
| [[Thermostats]]
| [[Irrigation]]
|-
! [[EIB]]
| [[EIB Hardware Installation]]
| [[EIB LinuxMCE Configuration]]
| [[EIB Troubleshooting]]
|-
! [[X10]]
| [[X10 Hardware Installation]]
| [[X10 LinuxMCE Configuration]]
| [[X10 Troubleshooting]]
|-
! [[Insteon]]
| [[Insteon Hardware Installation]]
| [[Insteon LinuxMCE Configuration]]
| [[Insteon Troubleshooting]]
|-
! [[Z-Wave]]
| [[Z-Wave Hardware Installation]]
| [[Z-Wave LinuxMCE Configuration]]
| [[Z-Wave Troubleshooting]]
|}