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. piMyHome is not a commercial project, it's completely open source and free for anybody. Developers who want to join us are very welcome.
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Current Status
piMyHome is still in early development and not ready yet. Our first public release is expected in March 2015.
| Date | Status |
|---|---|
| 2015-02-11 | Monitor daemon for who 1, 2 and 4 is almost done.
Realized in python3, addresses and other static data are stored in sqlite3. States are stored in redis key-value cache. Slim and very fast. |
Features
- A monitor daemon is fetching OWN messages from your Bticino gateway and stores the state of each device (light, shutter, heating etc.) in a Redis value cache.
- An event daemon watches what's going on and launches a user-defined action when an event is triggered. The action launched can be anything, not just limited to the bticino system.
- A nice and responsive web multi-language frontend to manage your home automation with any device capable of browsing html pages, such as a smartphone, tablet, desktop PC, or XMBC (TV).
- Access control for users and groups.
- Each user can have his own environment and favorites.
- Completely managed via browser, no programming skills required.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Raspbian OS | Debian based Linux OS for Raspberry Pi | raspbian.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 |
| uWSGI | 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 |
