Newbie: Where to start

[PHiAX]

Hi,

My name is Frank and in januari of this year i bought a home for the first time.
Now that i'm no longer living with my mom i can make my own decisions about everything and i would like to start with automating my home.

However, since i have no knowledge about anything domotica related i have no clue where to start. (like the z-wave, kaku, x10 or RFXcom hardware stuff i found by searching the forums)
I would say i would be a consumer+, i have some linux knowledge, so installing domotiga was no problem and it's running with the preloaded (demodata) database and i can solder basic circuits.
But nothing is connected to the server right now.

I plan to build the opentherm gateway linked on the domotiga website.
But how do i connect that to the domotiga system?

How can i check if domotiga is working correctly?

And what would i need if i want to turn lights on and off by using switches, sensors, time schedules or triggered events?

Also does domotiga support external commands? (something like command line input: > ./domotiga.gambas -trigger <devicename><state>

Thanks in advance!

[pleaseask]

Take a look on the Domotiga website : www.Domotiga.nl

[uAlex73]

Switching things off/on/dim is currently only possible via the webclient (browser, iphone, android, etc) or via the DomotiGa GUI itself. Via CLI not really, unless you fire an XML command to the XMLRPC interface (like the webclient is doing now). Using the CLI isn't a bad idea, but i haven't come around of building such a tool (yet).

[RDNZL]

If you want to switch/set devices from CLI, install the xmlrpc tool and you can do this from CLI or a script:

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$  xmlrpc localhost:9009 device.setdevice "s/AC Dimmer" "s/Dim 50"
Result:

Boolean: TRUE

This will Dim device called "AC Dimmer" 50%

[PHiAX]

If you want to switch/set devices from CLI, install the xmlrpc tool and you can do this from CLI or a script:

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$  xmlrpc localhost:9009 device.setdevice "s/AC Dimmer" "s/Dim 50"
Result:

Boolean: TRUE

This will Dim device called "AC Dimmer" 50%

Awesome thanks