Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-11-21 Thread Vincent Danjean
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

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-10-03 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/10/18 19:23, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Daniel Pocock > >> Can anybody comment if they give a genuinely plug-and-play experience, >> without needing firmware blobs or proprietary tools to get up and >> running? Or are there even better alternatives for the >> freedom-conscious Debian u

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-10-02 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 02/10/18 at 17:25 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > - hardware controller: > > + a USB ZWave dongle > > Did you mean the Z-Stick[1] or another model? > > Z-Stick is rated highly in reviews[2] and the web site claims it is > aimed at open source and cloud-averse users. Yes, that's the one I'm

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-10-02 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Daniel Pocock > Can anybody comment if they give a genuinely plug-and-play experience, > without needing firmware blobs or proprietary tools to get up and > running? Or are there even better alternatives for the > freedom-conscious Debian user? No experience with the Zigate, but I have the a

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-10-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 15/09/18 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > 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

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The software also comes with a browser-based UI to manually control > lighting; I added a screenshot of that to screenshots.debian.net; ... apparently someone did a lot of work to upload a bunch of other screenshots there. They're

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 12:45:08AM +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. For lighting, I maintain

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 15/09/18 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > 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

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
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 pe

Re: hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-14 Thread Russell Stuart
On Sat, 2018-09-15 at 00:45 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > 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. An "easy", legal but expensive way that just involves co

hacking a home with free technology and Debian

2018-09-14 Thread Daniel Pocock
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? Se