tabath Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'm looking at developing a home automation system , its just in its initial planning stage at the moment, but basically the control interface would be graphical , maybe using a browser........the hardware would include things like X10 controls and a 1-wire system with associated controls. It would include to start with automation of heating system with weather compensation(along with monitoring of energy useage), lighting and appliance control, security cameras/alarms and maybe media. It would all be accessible remotely away from home and I'm looking to wrap it all up as an app running on one box, maybe with a NAS/Media server as an extra add-on. The only thing out there like this that I have found so far is an open source project called Mister House developed in Perl and I'm thinking of maybe using this as a starting point( well it gives me an excuse to learn Perl!). First,does anybody with Perl programming have any recommendations for texts or web tutorials? Is anyone interested in getting involved in a project like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829 http://linuxmce.com/ Vaaaarrry interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829 http://linuxmce.com/ Vaaaarrry interesting... Thanks for that Sparda............have followed links and linuxmce seems veryyyyyyy interesting. Will post more after I've read through the site . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I've just been on Linuxmce.com and i loved the videos i saw of it i can't belive i havent come across it before :( shame i would still need to buy a few things if i wanted that sort of setup (maybe in a few years). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3nt.c3 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 have you looked into mister-house? I think it's either Perl or PHP coding... was in an early ep of hak5... Daz used it to turn the lights in his house on and off via mobile phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_locksmith Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I'm runing ActiveHome v1.41. There is probably a newer version and is working great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I am also looking at doing this hopefully this year. I asked about this last year and got quite a bit of useful info. There are a few good links in the thread I started here: http://www.hak5.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12361&hl= Let me know how it goes. I'd be very interested in your setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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