HomeControl

Current developments

Version 1.4 currently in development! Changes:

Voice integration using Rhasspy Support for Philips Hue

• Provide a server application running on your Raspberry PI (multiple nodes support to enhance range)
• Provide an Android client to remote control that server.
• Control devices you setup yourself.
• Monitor attached sensors and store the results.

• Assist you in setting up your Raspberry or attached hardware like radio/IR transceivers. Consider it as a graphical interface for your already working environment.

• Depending on the hardware you equipped your raspberry with the following actors are supported:
  • 433 MHz sockets
  • Infrared devices
  • Zigbee devices over zigbee2mqtt
  • Anel Elektronik power lines
  • NetIO power lines
  • Orvibo S20
  • TPlink HS100
  • TPlink HS110
• Schedule commands
• Supported sensors are ones that are locally attached to your raspberry pi as well as such delivering their results over MQTT.
• Sensor values are kept and can be visualized.
• The android client support parameters to automate stuff (read more in the parameters chapter.
• Clustering: If you have the server running on multiple nodes they'll work together and relay commands.
• Personally I have put one in each room in which I have devices to operate. That solves most range problems.
• Works as long as they can reach each other over network (cable, wifi, etc.).
• Your client will only need to connect to 1 node, they'll negotiate the rest in the background.

• Consider this as BETA software!
  • I'm using it myself and therefore have to make sure the most used features are working reliably so my girlfriend doesn't get mad if she can't turn on the lights.
  • But don't bet your life on it.
  • This is very complex. I'm doing my best to fix bugs. However when adding new features it is hard to avoid creating new bugs.
• Use the board to post questions, comments, etc.
• You can contact me here: android-development@gmx.de
• I do not plan to publish an IOS app.
• If there's a developer out there willing to make one, feel free to contact me.
• Same goes for Windows Phone or any other platform than Android.
• It is already hard enough to get the app work reliably on one platform.
• The software is currently not open source.
• However it is free to use for whatever non-commercial purpose, but if you plan to redistribute it leave it as it is, meaning leave my name in it.

• Version 1.3 (number 5), published on 18.06.2020 (archive download here)
  • Rules to automate actions
  • Integration of wifi socket Orvibo S20
  • Integration of Anel switchable power lines
  • Integration of wifi sockets TP Link HS100 and HS110
  • Remote sensor nodes (based on ESP8266) with 3D printed case
  • Push notifications to clients running Android
  • Start script improved and adapted to System D.
  • MQTT client to subscribe to external devices
  • Zigbee support via Zigbee2Mqtt
  • Database driver changed to MariaDB
  • Charts for temperature and humidity
• Version 1.2.5 (number 4), published on 18.09.2017 (archive download here)
  • Maintenance release.
  • Preparations for next release.
• Version 1.2 (number 3), published on 14.01.2016 (archive download here)
  • Webinterface
  • Sensors moved to database.
  • Many bug fixes
  • Updater uses https
• Version 1.1 (number 2), published on 09.06.2015 (archive download here)
  • Server: LDAPCacheRefresher was also running when other authentication mode was used.
  • Client: GUI improvements
  • Server/Client: Setting to use Unicode and enable special characters.
  • Server: Logging: Content improved
  • Server/Client: Sensors improved
  • Server: Relay connection speed improvement
  • Server/Client: Logging improved by introducing log levels.
  • Server: New requisite: Java 8 (as described now in server installation manual)
  • Server: Email notifications
• Version 1.0 (number 1), published on 02.03.2015
  • Basic version

• Server installation on Raspberry PI
• Client installation on Android

• 3D model of printable sensor case in STL format (preview image)