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Hi.
I was already thinking of using a web interface with RaphaelJS, but when I read stef007 having the same idea, I decided to put together an example that might be useful to folks. It's only the frontend for now, I just bought my JeeNodes today :)
(I'm using Safari/Chrome, but RaphaelJS should work even with IE6)
Here it is: link
PS: sorry for not putting lightbulbs on every room..I have a big house you see.
Cool, nice job:-) That's the stuff:-)
I have something like that. My temp sensors show a label next to a temperature icon. Your click on a lamp obviously would probably switch on/off the light in question. In my map a click on a sensor shows a detail page with graphs and average values over the last 24 hours.
I'm also planning on doing home automation just like you. Just for info here is my setup:
1. for the moment I have a star implementation at home: from every switch in the wall, a cable (with multiple wires) goes to the switchboard and from every lamp also directly to switchboard. The thing that glues everything together at my place is several Siemens Logo! blocks (kind of a mini PLC that fits nicely in the switchboard closet). All logic is programmed in there via Siemens Logo! specific software.
2. what I'm working on now: the Siemens Logo!'s will be re-programmed to only work as a kind of relais switch. They will be controlled by JeeNode outputs instead of switches in the walls. The switches in the walls will be connected to 1 or 2 other jeenodes. Because there are a lot of outputs (lamps) and inputs (switches in the walls), I'm using a total of 8 IO expander plugs and 8 output plugs. So what I'm actually planning is to put JeeNodes and RF signalling in between the switches and the lamps.
So what do I gain with this new setup? It actually opens up my domotics of my house to other Jeenodes in the house. And because my NAS has its own JeeLink attached, my NAS is now able to control lamps and monitor inputs in my house. Glue your map with lamps on this and there you have it.
As a side note, I also coupled my alarm system to this system (this is actually already running). The alarm system I'm using is the ABUS Secvest 2WAY wireless system. I interface with this system via USB. I must admit ABUS does not really support this and lets just say I was inventive;-) Anyway, now I have my motion and smoke detectors of my alarm system on my map and I have a Raphael "bounce" animation running when it sees motion:-)
Oh, thats cool! I didn't knew you had actually implemented the idea all the way, and with RaphaelJS!
If I was going to automate my house like that I'd have to put one JeeNode for every light switch, because the lights don't go independently from wall sockets to the switchboard (or I'd have to pull a bunch of wires...)
Are you going to power these JeeNodes with batteries ?
Did it actually made your life easier in any way ? :)
Well the domotics part is not running yet, only some sensors and the alarm system.
The 3 jeenodes (two input-to-RF jeenodes and one RF-to-output jeenode) will be physically located near the switchboard because all my cables come together there. I will tap current from the 24V/4A Logo! power source I have in there.
The sensors: temp, pressure, water level in rain container (don't know the correct English word for that but it gathers the rain water for use in WC and washing machine). These are powered with Omnicel 3.6V 2400 mAh AA sized batteries with low self-discharge current. Sketches are tuned for low power and my calculations show they should last 9 years. See other postings;-)
Does it make my life easier? Well it does make it more interesting;-) I did find the kitchen-lamp-relay usefull, as did my wife. I also like my rain-level sensor. I can't go looking there everytime to see when it gets empty. And when it does get empty my pump starts acting up. I'd rather prevent that. So now I know when to fill it. And it's also fun to monitor how much water I gained after a rainy day:-)
There is a lot of information on the forums... have you guys ever thought about organizing it into a wiki?
There is a lot of information on the forums... have you guys ever thought about organizing it into a wiki?
stef007,
one last question... how do you get the data from your desktop JeeLink to your webapp? (I ask because you probably don't use the Arduino IDE for that worflow).
Hi hugo,
I'm using my custom app running in JeeMon. JeeMon is also something made and managed by JC. It's basically a Tcl/Tk runtime in one neat executable plus some usefull libs and some support for JeeNodes. I'm not using the JeeNode support myself, only the serial and wibble (web) libs inside JeeMon. The rest of the logic is done in my custom tcl script.
The script basically processes received packets and does several things:
log data to log files (for review later and calculating graphs)
serving web pages and more specifically (and here is the core of the answer to your question): it generates a json data file which is fetched by my webpages via ajax/javascript to update the GUI in a nice fluent way (no entire page refreshes)
FYI here is a piece of the json file in question (don't mind the Dutch strings, that's my mother language):
{ "aaData": [
["0520","Tuinhuis Buiten Bewegingsdetector","-niets-","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-10 18:10:13","0"]
,
["0521","Tuinhuis Buiten Licht","Donker 121","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-10 22:04:50","0"]
,
","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-10 22:36:30","0"]
,
["0500","Tuinhuis Buiten Temperatuur","17.8 graden","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-10 22:36:30","0"]
,
["0510","Tuinhuis Buiten Luchtdruk","1002.0 hPa","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-10 22:37:00","0"]
,
["0522","Tuinhuis Batterij","OK","2010-08-10 22:37:31","-","2010-08-07 00:26:14","0"]
] }
Hey stef very interesting stuff. I'm doing with a couple of other 2 guys an open standard protocol for sensor networks, called OS4HA Maybe we can fuse as Goten in Dragonball. :-p
epokh,
if it means wearing earings I'll have to pass on your proposal;-)
As usual I don't have much time to spare. Any time I have is split over several hobbies and activities. Some timeslices are left for my electronics hobby and they all go to the specific purpose of getting a sensor and domotics system running @home. I realize that creating such a standard takes time, and in the end might save time for others. The scripts and software I'm making on the go, takes less time than trying to create a nice library or application useable to others. But I'm not willing to commit time for this.
On the other hand it doesn't mean I don't want to share my findings or code. Ask and I'll try to answer;-)
Stef, o ye I know what you mean. It will be great even just looking at what we are doing and testing/suggesting. Cheers.
Hi,
this is close to what I want to do. The rain-level sensor is also a good idea. Is this also done by a JeeNode? What kind of plug did you use for that ? This could be very interesting !