There are multiple wireless doorbells on the market with very competitive prices. There are few however that are using a protocol enabling us to integrate in home automation ecosystem. The Chacon CH54730 doorbell is one of the latest, thanks to...
We’ve already discovered in first post how to send back your location to the eedomus controller using your android smartphone. We already know how to have spoken alerts in your house thanks to this this other post. By using programming capabilities of...
by Vincent Recipon · Published Sunday June 15th, 2014 · Last modified Friday April 10th, 2015
Introduction The eedomus smarthome controller includes an unusual feature which is location tracking. This feature could seem to be an anecdotic one for smart hone. But linked to special rules able to trigger actions regarding this location, it adds...
Since yesterday, 11th of june 2014, the french Mobile operator Free gives opportunity to its subscribers to use a new feature. This one permits to receive freely SMS messages through an API hosted on their servers. This is a very...
At the beginning I was not so much interested about alert aspects, unless I’ve seen some useful tips done by Jean-Martin. I’m not able to do without them nowdays. My voice alerts are made of different flavors, from “It’s time...
For a long time I hesitated to buy this remote to activate and deactivate the home alarm . Thanks to Vincent, I’ve tested this function with my zipabox controller without any problem. You can refer also to Vincent’s post available...
by Vincent Recipon · Published Thursday May 1st, 2014 · Last modified Monday May 19th, 2014
Here is a video about a test system to verify several topics : a light control module (FGS-221) can directly control (association) a blind module (Fibaro FGRM-222) information are sent back to the controller : overall installation can be secured...
by Vincent Recipon · Published Wednesday April 30th, 2014 · Last modified Monday May 19th, 2014
Introduction Here is a type of wireless switch that can be very useful, since it can be installed on a wall (or elsewhere) by gluing or screwing it. It can act as secondary switch near a bed, or in addition...
I had an opportunity to borrow a thermal camera thanks to a course at Rennes University. I took time to look on several smarthome peripherals that are available in my house. I have had all necessary information to do those...
by Vincent Recipon · Published Friday April 25th, 2014 · Last modified Saturday April 26th, 2014
Eurotronic is offering for some time thermostatic valves for smarthome integration, called Stella models. They can replace standard thermostatic valves on your radiators. Different models exist integrating different protocols: proprietary protocol, enocean, KNX RF, Zigbee, Zwave. The last letter of...
