wraggster
June 5th, 2012, 21:05
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[Jake] took some cheap hardware and figured out a way to use it as a huge home automation network. He’s chose a Raspberry Pi board to connect the radio controlled power outlets to his network. He wrote about his project in two parts, the first ishacking the RC outlet controller (http://www.jakebyrne.com/adding-web-connectivity-via-usb-to-remote-controlled-sockets-part-1-hardware/) and the second is using the Raspberry Pi to manipulate it (http://www.jakebyrne.com/adding-web-connectivity-via-usb-to-remote-controlled-sockets-part-2-software/).
These RC outlets are a pass-through for appliances that connect to mains (lamps, consumer electronics, christmas trees, etc). Often the protocol used by the cheap-as-dirt remote is difficult to work with, but [Jake] really hit it out of the part on this one. In addition to simulating button presses for up to fifteen devices on the remote, he replaced the DIP switch package. This lets him change the encoding, essentially allowing the one device to control up to 32 sets of outlets. Theoretically this lets him command 480 devices from the Raspberry Pi. Since that board is a web server it’s just a matter of coding an interface.
Some of the inspiration for this hack came from the whistle-controlled appliance hack (http://hackaday.com/2012/04/02/whistle-controls-for-you-home-electronics/).
http://hackaday.com/2012/06/05/home-automation-with-rc-wall-plugs-and-raspberry-pi/
[Jake] took some cheap hardware and figured out a way to use it as a huge home automation network. He’s chose a Raspberry Pi board to connect the radio controlled power outlets to his network. He wrote about his project in two parts, the first ishacking the RC outlet controller (http://www.jakebyrne.com/adding-web-connectivity-via-usb-to-remote-controlled-sockets-part-1-hardware/) and the second is using the Raspberry Pi to manipulate it (http://www.jakebyrne.com/adding-web-connectivity-via-usb-to-remote-controlled-sockets-part-2-software/).
These RC outlets are a pass-through for appliances that connect to mains (lamps, consumer electronics, christmas trees, etc). Often the protocol used by the cheap-as-dirt remote is difficult to work with, but [Jake] really hit it out of the part on this one. In addition to simulating button presses for up to fifteen devices on the remote, he replaced the DIP switch package. This lets him change the encoding, essentially allowing the one device to control up to 32 sets of outlets. Theoretically this lets him command 480 devices from the Raspberry Pi. Since that board is a web server it’s just a matter of coding an interface.
Some of the inspiration for this hack came from the whistle-controlled appliance hack (http://hackaday.com/2012/04/02/whistle-controls-for-you-home-electronics/).
http://hackaday.com/2012/06/05/home-automation-with-rc-wall-plugs-and-raspberry-pi/