[mythtvnz] [OT] Home Automation

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Craig Whitmore <lennon at orcon.net.nz>wrote:

>
> There are already lights which are remotely controllable. (I already have
> a number of them and hopefully get my entire house with them) (a third of
> my house has them).  Just remove your existing bulbs and put the hue ones
> in.
>
> The Philips HUE Bulbs/ Hue Lamps and new HUE LED Strips are all dimmable
> (and colour changeable) via remote control via simple json commands to the
> controller.
>
> XMBC already has plugins which do various things such as dim all the bulbs
> when a movie starts or change the colour of the philips stuff depending on
> what is playing and would be easily programmed for MythTV (I've not looked
> if someone already has written something). They also have IFTTT integration
> (i.e. Turn lights on lounge when it gets dark or flash the lights when
> someone tweets you etc)
>
> You can go for a cheaper lights such as the limitless led stuff but you
> can only control them all together with 1 colour and having multiple rooms
> means multiple controllers
>


The Philips HUE stuff looks very cool and I like their very open API. This
is how I imagined it should be done.

I am NOT interested in wiring relays into my lighting system. My ideal
would be something that slotted nto a normal like switch box in the wall
and signalled back to a central cpu which bridges the whole system back to
the IP network, with a API based on standard and open protocols.

This is precisely what Philips have done, except they have put the
electronics in the bulb as opposed to the light switch.

Who'd a thought, a wireless light bulb.
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