Friday, November 24, 2017

Automatic morning

Automatic morning

Goal:
  • Turn on some "lower" lights when it's time to get up. ( around 5 on the morning)
  • Turn off the light when I left home (05:30 on the morning)
  • If there is ice out I want the alarm to go off earlier so i got time to melt ice from the car
Requirment:
  • Home automation system ( I have Domoticz and RFxcom 433 hz controller, like a tellstick )
  • Mobile with the App Tasker
Cost:
  • Domoticz = Free
  • Hardware to run it on, like raspberry pi 40 dollar ( I use my PC)
  • RFxcom = 89 dollar? around that
  • RF powerplugs = 9 dollar
  • App Tasker = 9 doller for a year ( maybe 5 dollar for buy the app to, was so long time ago can't remember)
Feature:
  • I use the same system as turning the light on the morning to also start the coffee maker! Thats awsome!
  • Using Domoticz to control light instead of timer to turn on the light when sun goes down and off at 22:00.
  • Using it for Temperature control the Aquarium in the summer (turn the lights off based on water temperature)

And if I got more time I will post all the info you need to make this your own! 
Make some uploads of the config just as a spooiler :-D