Monthly Archives: April 2013

Tutorial: Your first house.xml configuration file

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Lawrie Griffiths

This is the first of a series of tutorials on how to use HouseControl. This tutorial creates a simple XML file, house.xml, to describe your home configuration. It assumes that you are using LightwaveRF and have your transceiver running, and … Continue reading →

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Preparing for use of HouseControl

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Lawrie Griffiths

This post is aimed at people who are planning to use my open source HouseControl Java server. If you plan to use it with LightwaveRF devices, you should first be successfully using my LightwaveRF Arduino library. This requires an Arduino … Continue reading →

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HouseControl now on GitHub

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Lawrie Griffiths

HouseControl is now on GitHub. This is a very early alpha version. It includes my conf/house.xml configuration file. It will not work for you without changes to this file. I will be adding tutorials on how to use it.

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HouseControl plugin architecture

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Lawrie Griffiths

I have now restructured by HouseControl (previously known as ORControl) Java software. It now has a plugin architecture. This means that all control of devices and other features is implemented by a plugin. Each plugin has a defined interface and … Continue reading →

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ORControl restructuring

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Lawrie Griffiths

I am currently restructuring ORControl to make it more modular. It seems to have morphed into a configurable socket server that can control a large range of home automation devices. It controls the devices either directly over IP or via … Continue reading →

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