Le 15/09/2018 à 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > Hi Daniel, > > On 15/09/18 at 00:45 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I've got an interesting opportunity to completely replace all the >> sockets, lights, heating controls and appliances in my Dublin house with >> things that are free or easily hackable. >> >> Which direction are other people in the Debian and free software world >> going with such projects? Searching the wiki, the only significant page >> I found was a reference to X10 protocol[1] >> >> Other people have mentioned having some success hacking proprietary >> devices that use Zigbee and ZWave. >> >> Can anybody comment on these or any other related technologies? >> >> Being more specific, at a bare minimum, I envisage having a small rack >> with a Debian server, smart power sockets to control things like the >> boiler and immersion heater and a range of lights around the house >> controlled centrally. > > My experience in the world of home automation is that, when selecting > the technology (X10, ZWave, etc.) you should look at the whole chain: > - whether you can find software to control it > - whether you can find hardware to control it (typically a RF transmitter > device) > - whether you can find end devices (switches, thermometers, etc.) that > do what you need
I really aggree. > Whether the protocol is open or not does not matter much, unfortunately. > What really matters is whether it has been sufficiently reverse > engineered. Or if there are bridges For myself, I'm using : - software : - openhab for the central part (not in Debian, but also Debian-friendly with deb package on upstream site. It is written in java and handle lots of different protocol/software) - owfs + scripts to interact with openhap - scripts with serial com to bridge a video-projector and openhab - scripts to interact with Denkovi hardware. - hardware : - 1-wire for temperature and for relay I/O (hand made) mainly for roller-shutters (simulate pressing on remotes with proprietary protocol) - Denkovi hardware for digital Input and Output (relay) (http/ snmp/... on network interfaces) - Velux (root windows) => not integrated into my current setup as it uses a interoperable (only with a few other companies such as somfy) proprietary protocole (IO-homecontrol) :-((( However, it seems that, after several years, a bridge is eventually available (KLF200). I will probably try it in a few weeks. Regards, Vincent