I have written a number of little scripts for my home automation projects, mostly in C++, Perl or Lua, however to date I have avoided writing any projects
Zigbee 3.0 is the unification of the Alliance’s market-leading wireless standards into a single standard. This standard will provide seamless interoperability among the widest range of smart devices
I have already written a post about my difficulty in 2013 persuading British Gas to install Smart Meters, followed by installation issues fraught with delays. I am sorry
So far, I have not yet really delved into the area of security, my home setup was predominantly heating, lighting and a half finished garden irrigation project. I
In my previous blog post I wrote about the difficulties I experienced finding any Zigbee based home automation devices on eBay. It almost became an obsession for me
In this blog you will find a series of ramblings, product reviews, ideas and projects centered around the topic of Home Automation and Smart Energy. One of my
I have already written a post about my experience getting a water meter installed and my aim to electronically read the stats from the meter. I was fortunate
As well as Home Automation one of my other hobbies is graphic design, along with a secret joy in life of spotting when organisations change their logos and
As part of their regional roll-out Portsmouth Water recently installed a Water Meter outside my house. My head, of course, instantly filled with ideas of how I may
Following my mission to get smart meters installed I started to look into the possibility of using Zigbee to gather my energy usage statistics from my new state
