HouseBot

Sorry for not giveing any feedback on this.... i am running the MQTT Device/Interface with ESPeasy and cheap ESP boards. works fine for input sensors and switches/relays. https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php/ESPEasy https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy there is a lot of ESP based HW at l...

Hi. Can you share the xAP<>MQTT link? is it "two way"? What does it run on/under?
kind regs Anders

Hi Tnx for your fast reply. Yes its not as plug n play as rfx or zwave but more flexible and cheaper... all you need is a MQTT brooker ex. https://mosquitto.org/ and any "MQTT monitor". i am using lots of sensors and some relays to openHAB (if you talk low level and not easy ;-) ) its quit...

Hi! nice to see that HB is moving further! I have started to use lots of ES8266 WiFi nodes and would really like to get them in to HB. A basic support of MQTT would be a nice way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT http://www.hivemq.com/mqtt-essentials/ https://mosquitto.org/ the need is just a topi...

Back from travelling again... Great post!!! nice to see all this activity around HA , HB and xAP. All this raise more questions and quriosity ;-) pls how do i get to your web site? pls direct me... i am really impressed with your work! your aproace with xAP as a "backbone" and gateways/con...

Hi Kevin could you discribe more of your system and what you connect and how? it would be nice if we could start to share some xap apps/gateways/connectors even if they not are in "production quality". we are a small group here in sweden that have start using xap for our houses... i am mos...

Oops!
it looks like you got some beta version or something... wrong version on his website
i got a later version i can mail... if you IM
this is how it should look like...
http://mcssprinklers.com/xapXap.htm

http://mcssprinklers.com/xapmcsVoice.zip
try checking the hypothesis check box if it not recconing your words...
pls let me know how you succed with the grammar file..
regs

Hi sorry for highjacking your thred... but nightrader informed about xAP/arduino/1-wire acouple of replies up... and the xAP interface to HB is great so its a nice way of integrating arduinos to HB... i just hope hi will publish the code for the arduino.

kind regs

any easy way to increase/decrease a time property with a button? i use the -=5 function to increase other values, is it possible to do the same with time? cant figure out the syntax... (i wanna set wake-up time easy.. )

Hi
is it possible to get your xAP arduino code? are you both sending and receving xAP? using BSC?
i am in the process of doing a xAP-sauna controller using arduino... it need to send temp values and also recive some commands...
tnx in advance...

loosing contact with HB is most likely a HW/WiFi/connectingfromanotherpartoftheworld problem.... not showing loss of contact in any way is a SWremote problem... it has been on the enhancement request list for years now and i think its a fatal problem... i have 5 (and growing) screens around the hous...

I have the same problem (even with wifi connected PCs) i have asked for acouple enhancemenst that could help this... 1. some indication in SWremote that it have lost contact and shown data is not updated... some local "watchdog" ( this will help when HB stops too , not only showing bad net...

Cant close HouseBotServer.exe...
file/exit or clicking x doesent stop Housebotserver.exe...
Running xp and latest HB...

this causing problem cos no restart of HB is possible... unless stopping process... and stopping process (i guess) will cause DB errors...

that solved the problem...tnx...