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To transfer sensor messages from some of my custom built sensors, I make use of an Aurel RX-4M50RR30SF receiver. I noticed that there was a lot of traffic in the air on the 433Mhz band, so I tried to find the source of these messages. Using my trusted RFXCom receiver and Rfreceiver, I was able to id...

My house is currently equiped with Z-Wave stuff, but since I like to build stuff myself I got interested in ZigBee. On a developers blog I read that Trossen Robotics has a pretty awesome RFID Experimenters Kit with a RedBee RFID reader by Robotic Connections. A few specs from the reader: * Supports ...

Nevo S70? Nice piece of hardware, but with a retail price of $1200 it's 'somewhat' out of my scope. I think I'll focus on extending my home server with a Z-wave controller and equip my AV-closet with something like IRTrans. Tie it together with some custom made software and I can use my cellphone to...

Unfortunately a Harmony 895 always needs to be primary controller. I also own one, but haven't found a way yet to include a secondary controller in the Harmony's network. I've read that there's also a 'pro' version of this remote which can act as secondary controller, but it seems to be scarcely ava...

Same nervous lights problem with in-wall dimmers here. My network contains solely Duwi Z-wave controllers so no interference from other home automation devices on the power line. There doesn't seem to be a specific period of the day, although I usually don't have my lights turned on during daytime h...

Is it possible to get the BMI from the Withings or Youw8 weighscale into your HA? Thats not possible with the BWR102 as far as I know. I'm still trying to work out the exact message format the BMI transmits, but since the person's length is set at the remote module I don't think the scale itself ca...

For those interested in a wireless weight scale, a BWR102 with an interesting price tag:
At meteoworld.nl

Works with RFXCom receivers. But you need to work out the graphs and Twitter yourself.

There is some information available here:
http://wiki.willeke.com/attach/Z-Wave%2 ... otocol.pdf

Nifty device, but it comes with an impressive pricetag. Are there any more simple IP controlled thermostats available out there? I'm in search for a remotely controllable thermostat, but only need warmer/colder buttons and current/set temperature indicator. Scheduling and stuff is done by the home s...

Very nice! I'll keep a close eye on future articles.

@Carlo please keep us informed, and as far as special requirements: maybe you can develop a wireless model as well. With wireless I mean encrypted wireless data communication with a server or controller. Power is not too difficult to get around the house, but a data cable is somewhat more tricky (at...

Anyone of you successfully implemented a RFID access control mechanism? I currently use a RF transmitter to (un)arm the security system. But since it is a rather bulky device on my key cord, and has some reception issues, I'm looking for IButton-like security at my front- and backdoor. Any advice is...

Ik begrijp het en dat is volledig jouw goed recht. Misschien dat ik dit projectje zelf ga oppakken, ik geloof wel sterk in een gecontroleerde vorm van open source. Als je iedereen blind alles maar laat toevoegen aan de code krijg je een instabiele puinbende, dus enige moderatie voordat er een nieuwe...

Heb je interesse om hier eventueel een open source project van te maken? Er zijn op het SDK forum van ControlThink een aantal kreten geuit om de ControlThink SDK open source te maken. Bij gebrek aan response van ControlThink is er wat teleurstelling waar wellicht medewerking voor een evt OS project ...

Thanks for your swift reply.
Good to read prices keep changing, this time for the better.

<font size="1">(Since I'm a satisfied customer, I'll await your price change.)</font id="size1">