Tag: home automation

LockDown PC based on availability of Bluetooth Device

Bikash Narayan Panda
programming

This article describes a method of locking the PC when the user is not around.Actually it detects the user mobile phone’s bluetooth (And yes it has to be turned on all the time.) and if the application can’t find the phone it sends a command to lock down the workstation.The codes are written in  JAVA and it uses the Bluecove library ,which is a open source one. The app uses the bluetooth MAC address instead of the name so as to provide security. So first we need to find out…

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OpenHAB2 Installation on Ubuntu Server (16.04)

Bikash Narayan Panda
Ubuntu and OpenHAB

 In my last post about the installation of Zulu JDK to Ubuntu 16.04 server, I covered how to do so and was required so that OpenHAB can run on my server. This post is in the line of my last post and is about the installation of OpenHAB to ubuntu 16.04 server. This post is all about installing OpenHAB to Ubuntu 16.04 using the manual method. I tried with apt-get, but that didn’t work for me.   STEP 1 (Download OpenHAB runtime): Navigate to a folder where you can download files…

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Install Zulu JDK on Ubuntu

Bikash Narayan Panda
ZULU JDK on Ubuntu

Recently I moved my server to Ubuntu from windows. I went with Ubuntu 16.04 server edition as it is lightweight as compared to the desktop edition and comes preloaded with some server tools. As I am running OpenHAB for my home automation system I wanted to install it on the server but the server edition doesn’t come with JAVA/JDK pre-installed. As per OpenHAB, Zulu JDK is the recommended JAVA platform and performs better as compared to OpenJDK. Though Oracle JDK can be installed, I thought of trying ZULU. So let’s…

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OpenHAB: Installation on Windows for Home Automation

OpenHAB on Windows

OpenHAB is a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for making home automation easier. This video is around how to get started with OpenHAB 2. In fact, this is going to be a series of video around it as I have completely shifted towards OpenHAB for my home automation system. Earlier actually I was using my own automation system built on PHP, JAVA, and MongoDB and it was becoming hard for me to manage that and so I thought of getting into already existing automation system and with…

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Control any load over Internet/ based on Temp. & Humidity | SONOFF TH10

SONOFF TH10

SONOFF TH10 /TH16 is a smart switch version of Sonoff which can monitor and set temperature and humidity through the iOS/Android APP eWeLink. Just as the name indicates, the Sonoff TH device supports two current supply specifications: 10A or 16A. It features presetting the range for temperature or humidity. When the temperature or humidity of the environment falls within the range, it will automatically turn on or off the connected devices. It supports three kinds of temperature and humidity sensors AM2301, DS18B20, DHT11 Source: http://bit.ly/2lCttDp (ITEAD)

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