So things have progressed with this project. I now have a working prototype that runs from the RavPower power bank mentioned here This combined with solar input gives quite a good run time on WiFi I have also got 3G connectivity using OpenVPN working. This allows me to tunnel the SQL data back to the […]
So I have been searching for a while for something to create a good looking dashboard for home energy usage / generation. I have had a Raspberry Pi hooked up to my inverter in the attic for a while now which was outputting to PVOutput.org but I wanted something hosted locally. Queue Grafana! It creates […]
With all this talk of pollution in the form of NOx and particulate matter in the air, no pun intended, I thought it would be cool to try and measure some of this locally using a Raspberry Pi. I had the idea to try and run this off a Pi zero due to its low […]
So one of the annoying things with Call Manager is you can’t really seem to easily manipulate the calling name for inbound calls, or at least recognise a known number and manipulate based on that. So for example, an inbound call to a DDI comes from a company owned mobile number, which is referenced in […]
A few notes on what I ran into setting up JOOAN CCTV IP cameras on Milestone XProtect. So I was broken into by some scum of the earth person recently. They caused a fair bit of mess but didn’t actually take anything. I knew something was wrong before I even walked in as the Nest […]
This is a project from a few years ago that me and a friend did. Its basically a fully automated Bar which runs on Arduino. Pictures taken from: www.barduino.co.uk
So today I was looking at trying to get an iOS device to talk with an arduino to control some home appliances using HomeKit. I already had the majority of things that were needed, mainly a solid state relay and ethernet shield. It turns out there’s a great NodeJS server called HomeBridge to get things […]
