I previously posted a buildlog of my adventures in creating the accent lighting for my basement. The software to run the lights has been a bit of a journey that is only now nearing something resembling stability. The Hardware The system is driven by an old Raspberry Pi 1 B+. The plus is important because…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Migrating a large subversion repo to git in small chunks
I recently needed to migrate a relatively large repository from SVN to GIT. For simple applications, this migration is done easily with git svn clone https://… However, due to the large repo size, or a shady network, or the fact that I was running on windows, the clone failed repeatedly. The work around is to…
plum-lightpad Node.js API
I created an npm module to interact with plum lightpad switches. NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/plum-lightpad GitHub: https://github.com/heathbar/plum-lightpad-js Vendor: https://plumlife.com/…
Vizio SmartCast Node.js API
I have begun work on a Node.js module to interact with Vizio’s SmartCast devices. Please report issues on the GitHub issues page. NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vizio-smart-cast GitHub: https://github.com/heathbar/vizio-smart-cast Made possibly by the reference guide here: https://github.com/exiva/Vizio_SmartCast_API…
Multiplank in elementary OS Loki
I have updated my multiplank tool to work with Loki. Thanks to some improvements in plank, multiplank is now more efficient by only needing to run a single instance of plank. The installation/usage instructions have not changed from the original post…
Making Amazon Echo Alexa Sing to openHAB2
Update OpenHAB2 has an official Alexa Skill. You should use that instead. https://community.openhab.org/t/official-alexa-smart-home-skill-for-openhab-2/23533 Preface The documentation on openHAB2 is somewhat lacking and scattered. But I was able to complete my journey so I thought I’d add another article to the noise. There are a number of approaches to integrating the Echo with openHAB. I have tried some…