The Alecto WS-1300 is a wireless plant observation system. It consists of a base unit and one or multiple plant sensors. The default system includes the base unit and one plant sensor. Optional...
Category: Home automation
Today I received a FTDI DS_TTL-232R cable ($12 on ebay), this cable allowed me to create a more permanent solution for my smartmeter. Here is the old cable/test setup: And here is the new cable...
New smart meter installed (Iskra ME382 and Landis + Gyr gasmeter E06140)
Last week Liander, one of the biggest energy network maintainers in the Netherlands installed a new smart meter at my place. Actually they installed two new meters: the Landis+Gyr E06140 to measure...
Recently my colleague Frank (props to him) discovered this device which could well be a good alternative to the (ever delayed) Qees power strip. We both decided to order one of these devices. It's a...
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a guy who rather stays anonymous, but had some really great additional/detailed information about the HRT4-ZW thermostat. There's some things I missed out,...
A few weeks ago I published the open-zwave Python wrapper. I basically started with a small wrapper suiting my personal needs. After a couple of days I was asked to share the code on Github. Until...