I have already written a short post about Hive’s v5 API in which I document some V5’s basic calls including temperature control. In this post I document the Hive’s newer v6.1 API, again with examples of a few basic calls. In comparison to the v5 API, albeit still a REST API, v6 is quite different. […]
For anyone looking for the newer v6 API see here. Documentation of an API for the Hive platform is somewhat elusive, but this is not because of lack of demand… There are countless forum, social media and support requests begging Hive to release an API and IFTTT support, which would then empower developers to create […]
I have recently upgraded my remote heating setup from Horstmann Z-Wave thermostat to the Hive Zigbee Thermostat (2nd Generation). The Hive Active Heating system is an innovation of the UK energy supplier British Gas, but you do not need to have your energy supplied by British Gas to have a Hive installation, it is however […]