In a former post I used Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi, to make Z-wave devices appear in the Apple Home app, but there is a simpler and faster, way.
Start with the install of the Razberry card or upgrade to Z-way V3.0.0
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August 19, 2019
August 10, 2019
Internet speed measure
Updated 2019-08-10 !
New to Node-Red(NR) and maybe start with a simple application You can benefit direct from ?
This application is measuring Your Internet connection at chosen intervals using Speedtest.net and showing the result in a graph. If the speed is under a set value it will send You an email.
New ! better version !
New to Node-Red(NR) and maybe start with a simple application You can benefit direct from ?
This application is measuring Your Internet connection at chosen intervals using Speedtest.net and showing the result in a graph. If the speed is under a set value it will send You an email.
New ! better version !
May 11, 2019
NMEA WiFi gateway II
My thoughts, about NMEA WiFi have finalized ? since my first post in the subject and the Yacht Devices YDWG-02N is now installed in my NMEA2000/ST/NMEA0183 network and works just fine.
I'm already using Raymarine ST => ST NG converter but otherwise I had bought the YDNR-02 instead which should have done the same job.
Please find some thoughts from the installation below.
I'm already using Raymarine ST => ST NG converter but otherwise I had bought the YDNR-02 instead which should have done the same job.
Please find some thoughts from the installation below.
May 10, 2019
Mojave on unsupported Mac
Updated 2019-05-11 !
My old Mac Book Air, mid 2011, didn't support the latest MacOS, Mojave. So after some checking I found this brilliant fix which did the job.
This guy have really done a fantastic job with great instructions and even a Youtube video.
April 01, 2019
Weather34 & WeatherLink w/o cronjob
Running Weather 34, W34, using my setup, the program "cumulusdata.php" is fetching data from Davis Weatherlink(WL), and are writing the data to a file, type Cumulus. The old way was to fetch the data via a scheduled cronjob.
Doing a small change to "windspeeddirection.php", "updater.php" , and using the latest version of "cumulusdata.php", will do the update with the built in W34 refresh routine instead of cron job.
Thanks to Ken who gave me the hint.
Doing a small change to "windspeeddirection.php", "updater.php" , and using the latest version of "cumulusdata.php", will do the update with the built in W34 refresh routine instead of cron job.
Thanks to Ken who gave me the hint.
March 18, 2019
HomeKit bridge with Telldus Live
Updated 2019-03-18 !
Do You have Telldus devices up and running and want them to be visible and used in Apples Home app ?
With some software and a Raspberry Pi(RPi) they will appear in the HomeKit environment.
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Do You have Telldus devices up and running and want them to be visible and used in Apples Home app ?
With some software and a Raspberry Pi(RPi) they will appear in the HomeKit environment.
Other HomeKit posts on this Blogg
February 19, 2019
IKEA Bäve dimmer hack
Dimming not dimmable LED, IKEA Bäve
Inspired by LarsWH and using a Z-Wave controller I got it working with a "standard" component.
February 16, 2019
HomeKit, Trådfri and Gledopto RGB
I bought the Gledopto RGB+CCT LED controller(GO), so I could use RGB LED strips, not just the IKEA ones.
There were some IF:s, which will be scrutinized below, but it worked.
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December 11, 2018
Mac install Apache/PHP WEB-server
Updated 2019-01-07
!! Note !! Before Monterey !!
As a part of one of my projects, the ultimate Weather site ?? Weather34(W34), I needed a WEB-host with PHP and started to use a Raspberry Pi.
In this post You will get some short install tips on Apache with PHP on a Mac with Mojave, macOS 10.14.x, and at the end of the post the W34 installation is done.
As a part of one of my projects, the ultimate Weather site ?? Weather34(W34), I needed a WEB-host with PHP and started to use a Raspberry Pi.
In this post You will get some short install tips on Apache with PHP on a Mac with Mojave, macOS 10.14.x, and at the end of the post the W34 installation is done.
December 01, 2018
Homekit with broadband speed measure
Updated 2019-09-02 !
If you think it's ok that the broadband speed appears as temperature in Home apps this plugin is very nice.
The plugin, used with Homebridge(HB), measures Your broadband speed at chosen intervals. If You use the free app "Eve for Homekit", besides that it shows the last measured broad band speed, it also shows the speed history in a nice graph.
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November 23, 2018
Weather34 install at WEB hotel
Prerequisites is listed in the beginning of the post for installation on Raspberry Pi(RPi)
You will find migration information, from WeatherLink 1.0 to WeatherLink 2.0, in this post
October 29, 2018
Router as WiFi extender
Extending Your WiFi via cable have the advantage, compared to extending via WFi, that You keep the bandwidth at max. Extending Your WiFi with products that use the same frequencies, as Your WiFi, will just put through 50% of the data flow.
One way to extend the WiFi is with a cheap router, or maybe an old router You don't use any more.
October 27, 2018
IKEA Trådfri gateway install & HomeKit
Updated 2019-02-05 !
Using Homebridge for a while, getting nice hardware to emulate Apples HomeKit devices, I finally decided to test IKEA:s Trådfri concept.
The actual device that I was interested in is the wireless control outlet. But they have bulbs and other stuff that is really nice priced.
This post will cover an installation of the Trådfri gateway with a HomeKit approach.
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Using Homebridge for a while, getting nice hardware to emulate Apples HomeKit devices, I finally decided to test IKEA:s Trådfri concept.
The actual device that I was interested in is the wireless control outlet. But they have bulbs and other stuff that is really nice priced.
This post will cover an installation of the Trådfri gateway with a HomeKit approach.
Other HomeKit posts on this Blogg
August 26, 2018
Raspbian Jessie to Stretch upgrade
Upgrading from Jessie to Stretch can break the entire system so ALLWAYS do a backup.
There are several sites/posts with "how to" information but the Raspberry site, the Linuxconfig site and the Superuser site, (where You can find more details about the upgrade), made the base for this post.
There are several sites/posts with "how to" information but the Raspberry site, the Linuxconfig site and the Superuser site, (where You can find more details about the upgrade), made the base for this post.
June 19, 2018
Davis WeatherLink upgrade to 2.0
During summer 2018 Davis are updating WeatherLink to 2.0 (WL2). So if You have registered devices before 2017-11-28 You must migrate.
This update is changing their website, as shown in picture, and API.
Their API documentation is found here
The following information is sent out in 2018-06 to users who still haven't upgraded to WL2
This update is changing their website, as shown in picture, and API.
Their API documentation is found here
The following information is sent out in 2018-06 to users who still haven't upgraded to WL2
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