Here I was hoping to see about generating some interest in playing a bit with it.
I used my OmniPro II panel last time as a base for my configuration.
I tried initially removing everything trying to build it one piece at a time.
My base OS here was using a small Intel Atom based tabletop touchscreen and Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit as I have a few of these around and it will be only in Linux (you can utilize Windows or iOS as it works fine with these OS's too).
Relating to play / automation here will be using all non production stuff leaving my current set up in place.
I have gravitated a bit toward Linux mostly these days.
I am though playing a bit with Windows 10 using an Intel Baytrail / Multitouch monitor.
Keeping it simple right now mostly to use as a touchscreen interface to my automation.
I am willing to try here and some sort of base of what would be common to try to use could work.
My base of automation today / transport is now a few years old. That said it is Homeseer and the Omnipro 2.
I have in place X10, Insteon, UPB, Z-Wave and Zigbee stuff. I utilize 1-wire extensively here. Audio is zoned legacy and works for me using Russound CAA66's. I do not have Lutron stuff here and my current preference of light switches is UPB.
Just thinking if maybe we could agree on a common interface / set of rules / hardware we might be able to getting to understand it a bit better.
Here like many Cocoontech users I purchased an Amazon Echo. I have an Aeon Z-Wave stick and a bunch of Z-Wave devices if folks are interesting in doing a base configuratin here using this. (basically it's up to you guys).
I have been playing with it but not using it if that makes sense?
Over the years I have turned down a bit of the text to speech stuff and never really had much interest in VR although I have played with it since the 1980's.
I do have MS SAPI running these days on Wintel and Linux (Wine) and it does just fine.
Maybe to keep it really simple start only with the Amazon Echo / OpenHab or whatever generates the most interest here?
BTW here are the OpenHab Repositories on GitHub ==>
OpenHab-on-GitHub
Easy to set up an account on GitHub.
Go here to set up an account == > Join GitHub
Current download packages are
here:
1 - OpenHab Runtime Core distribution-1.7.1 == >
Download
2 - OpenHab addons distribution - 1.7.1 == >
Download
3 - OpenHab demo distribution - 1.7.1 ==>
Download
This morning copied over the core / addons / demo to one box. Took 5 minutes.
Note the recent push of OpenHab is to start playing with OpenHab 2.0. The 1.7.1 addons do work with OpenHab 2.0
OpenHab 2.0.0 alpha2 release is here == >
OpenHab2.0
1 - OpenHab Runtime Core distribution-2 == >
Download
2 - OpenHab addons distribution - 2 == >
Download
3 - OpenHab demo distribution - 2 ==>
Download
Started this morning using 1.7 and will switch it later today to 2.0
I will utilize two directories here...one /OpenHab1 and the other will be called /OpenHab2
# ls OpenHab*
OpenHab1:
addons contexts LICENSE.TXT README.TXT sounds start_debug.bat start.sh workspace
configurations etc logs server start.bat start_debug.sh webapps
OpenHab2:
addons conf LICENSE.TXT README.TXT runtime start.bat start_debug.bat start_debug.sh start.sh
Primary OpenHab test box will be Intel Atom based tabletop touchscreen - will install same on an RPi2 / 16Gb μSD card
Hardware specs for the Atom based computer are: (today it runs Ubuntu, Windows* or Android) * with an EFI boot mod to an '86 Seabios
Intel Poulsbo/US15W mobile chipset.
CPU: 1.3GHz Intel Z520 Single-Core, Hyper-threaded, Atom CPU
Chipset: Intel US15W (400/533MHz FSB)
Graphics: Intel GMA500 (with hardware acceleration for H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, VC1, WMV9)
Screen: 7in Sharp LQ070Y3LG4A 800x480 LCD, 16m colour (24-bit), LED backlit, capacitative touch-screen
512MB RAM (NOT user upgradable - not easily anyway)
1GB internal filesystems (soldered, non removable)
16GB SSD PATA drive
1MB EFI bootloader and nonvolatile parameters (socketed)
Wired Gigabit Ethernet. Realtek RTL8111C
WiFi B/G/N based on the Ralink RT2870 chipset (connected to the internal USB port).
Power: 5v DC / 1.40A/7.0W full power and 0.14A/0.7W in STANDBY
Intel Box - tabletop capacitance screen tablet - modded add of a 16Gb PATA SSD - no EFI bios changes
#uname -a
Linux ICS-Joggler 3.2.69joggler1 #39 SMP Sat May 23 18:44:46 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
# java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
RPi2 Box
~# uname -a
Linux ICS-RPi2-Zee 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
~# java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
/OpenHab# ./start.sh
Launching the openHAB runtime...
osgi> 2015-08-14 08:00:18.815 [WARN ] [o.config.core.ConfigDispatcher] - Main openHAB configuration file 'configurations/openhab.cfg' does not exist.
2015-08-14 08:00:18.846 [INFO ] [.o.core.internal.CoreActivator] - openHAB runtime has been started (v1.7.1).
2015-08-14 08:00:23.379 [INFO ] [o.o.i.s.i.DiscoveryServiceImpl] - mDNS service has been started
2015-08-14 08:00:23.596 [INFO ] [o.o.i.s.i.DiscoveryServiceImpl] - Service Discovery initialization completed.
2015-08-14 08:00:31.595 [INFO ] [penhab.io.rest.RESTApplication] - Started REST API at /rest
2015-08-14 08:00:32.310 [INFO ] [c.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Loading model 'demo.sitemap'
Here is the widget gui page.
BTW I can move this post is this is not a good place for it.
Would a blog be better?
Installed OpenHab 2.0 demo on little Intel tabletop. Very impressed with it. Here it is running on Firefox on the Intel box as described above.