New user of application, and I must say, I love it!
Just trying to get it tweaked down now.
Mostly will be using to drive x10 devices, but may put my alarm panel on it eventually.
Here are my questions/issues which I hope members can provide assistance with.
Eventual plan is to run all lighting, as well as have alarm panel connected, plus I want to put rf transmitter-receiver, ir receiver, and temp/humidity monitor. Hope to be able to monitor/control two ac thermostats in my home with it as well.
Question/issue:
On x10 lamp modules, if I set sensor type to dimmer, dimming works, BUT I cannot set an off schedule on the sensor (reverts back to environmental sensor), if I set them as light, I can set schedule, but nit dim (plan was to set a permanent "off" command only at a certain time of day).
Speaking of schedules, is adding additional schedules as simple as setting naming automation task and putting in the cron command?. Ie, if I want to create the before mentioned "off" command for daily at 9pm, would I just create a new schedule job called "off" with command * 21 * * *, and when I setup the off schedule on the module itself, I set the off command as "@off"?
Next question is on sensors, I have a couple of "no brand" rf switches my wife had purchased. How can I test to see if they will work on homegenie, and how do I figure out what the rf frequency is on them?
Speaking of switches, I also have some radio shack wireless door/window sensors that are also rf. how would I test these out (obviously once I habe my rf receiver setup), it won't show with the cm15pro x10 rf receiver (the x10 rf door window sensors do though)
Silly question regarding the x10 (or any other) door window rf sensors. I saw on the "analyze" screen that I could chart how many times sensor has been tripped. Where does that data reside?. I ask, as my thinking is if I could setup a way to check how many times a sensor is tripped (lets say for fun sake, I put one on my refrigerator, I'd be able to see how many times the fridge was opened and closed, and setup into base to be able to report on it by day,hour, day part,etc... One could do that with multiple sensors and track doors opening/closing in different locations, etc...
I also want to try to read from some wireless temperature sensors. My company uses a system where we install rf temperature "probes" in different locations in kitchens (coolers, etc), and the data is read by a receiver, who in turn uploads data to a remote server. We can then monitor the temp at these probes amd alert if temp goes over a certain limit, etc.... This is crucial in a restaurant environment for food safety issues.
I thougt it would be neat to try to replicate that at home, at least monitoring temp in different locations of the house. I habe several of the wireless probes that were test units or older models that I can use to test. These are all commercial grade, and are read by a digi board reveover, so I ca t see them as having a proprietary system. Any thoughts on this?.
Lastly, I found a firecracker serial module for x10 at home that I don't think I'll be using. Anyone have a need for one for testing?.
Thanks all in advance, and I hope to be able to answer questions to all as well, and I will be testing in order to see what kind of fun things I can accomplish with hoe genie
