The piMyHome Project
piMyHome is a fast web application for the Bticino/Legrand home automation system, running on a Raspberry Pi, a credit card sized and cheap mini computer platform.
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Current Status
piMyHome ist still in development and not ready yet. First public release is expected in January 2015.
Features
- a monitor daemon is fetching OWN messages from your Bticino gateway and store the state of each device (light, shutter, heating etc) in a Redis value cache
- an event daemon launches any action you want on any event you configured
- a nice and responsive web frontend let you manage your home automation with any device like iPhone, Android, Desktop-PC or XMBC
- Access control for user and groups
- Each user can have his own environment and favorites
- Completely managed via browser, no programming skills needed
Hardware Requirements
| Product | Price | Where to buy |
|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi, model B+ | ~32 EUR | element14.com |
| Power supply 1200mA for the Raspberry Pi B+ | ~ 8 EUR | element14.com |
| Case for your Raspberry | ~ 8 EUR | element14.com |
| micro SDcard (min. 8 GB, better 16 ore more) | ~10 EUR | element14.com |
| LAN-cable to connect to your router or gateway | ~ 5 EUR | element14.com |
Open Source Software used in this project
| Software | Description | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| Rasbian OS | Debian based Linux OS for Raspberry Pi | raspberrypi.org |
| Python | very powerful and easy to learn scripting language | python.org |
| Django | Cool and powerful framework for Python | djangoproject.com |
| Redis | Fast key value cache for dynamic data | redis.io |
| uSGI | Websocket service for immediate response in website | uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.org |
| SQLite | Simple single-file database system for static data | sqlite.org |
| nginx | Fast http web server | nginx.org |
