Today I reinstalled my burglar alarm on the machinon. I have now 2 pir (pet) detectors downstairs. In the hall is a tablet mounted on the wall to use the secpanel of domoticz. In domoticz I have the following devices: -alarm sensor living -- pir livingroom -alarm inkom sensor -- pir hall -alarmsituatie -- dummy … Continue reading burglar alarm →

I created a complete weatherstation in domoticz. The following items are new logged in domoticz: Barometer sensor Wind+Temp+Chill sensor Wind sensor Visibility sensor Solar Radiaton sensor Lux sensor Rain sensor Temp+Hum sensor Text sensor with forecast Custom sensor with expected rain Text sensor with rain alarm Alert sensor with rain alarm Switch sensor with rain … Continue reading Weatherstation →

On floorplanner.com I created a 3D model of my house. In domoticz I imported it, and now I can make interactive sections on it. But I still got to figure out how to place my lights on the floorplan.

machinon in action domoticz in combination with machinon, controlicz and google home

I use push buttons as wall switches in my house. To turn the lights on/off in my house and need to create a toggleswitch in domoticz. I first tried with blockly. Seemed to work at first. But when I keep pushing a button, the lights start to blink. So I switched to lua scipts. But … Continue reading toggle switch →

Wall switches (push buttons) are connected to the inputs of the machinon (they are switching 12V DC) My relays are elatko er12-200 uc My window shutters are connected by z-wave and fibaro modules to the machinon honeywell t6r thermostat connected to domotocz, dashticz, controlicz and google home. temp sensors for indoor, outdoor, machinon and fuse … Continue reading What is connected to what in my house and how →

So I did some testing with my house now connected to the machinon. You can find the ip adress of the machinon on the LCD screen. (the backlight of the screen is always on and that is not necessary. Going to check how I can turn this off) edit: found the setting in the "machinon … Continue reading First real test of the machinon →

Today I removed a denkovi input module, to make way for the machinon. Because the denkovi inputmodule suffers of lag while switching, it had to go. I will be keeping 1 denkovi input module for stuff that doesnt need fast switching (temp sensors, watersensor,....) I also removed a couple of relays that had a coil … Continue reading installing the machinon →

Google home is speeking dutch now. Time to buy a smart speaker. To test everything I bought the cheapest one, the mini. Installing the speaker is easy. Just install google home on your phone and start the installation. When the speaker is connected to the wifi you can start using it. You can play music, … Continue reading Google home →

today added my z-wave usb stick and my old denkovi input and output modules. Lots of IO to choose from now 🙂 Now try to add my sonoff, ethernet relay cards and thermostat.

Ok, my machinon has arrived. Thanx Eddie!! First, and important test: will the switching speed have a delay? No delay! So me very happy 🙂 🙂 Noticed "com" ports on the inputs. Not sure what they where for. But after asking Eddie, this is what they do: The COM is the reference point, this is … Continue reading Machinon has arrived 🙂 →

I added some pir detectors in my house and placed an extra tablet at the frontdoor to use the domoticz security panel. I installed the honeywell IS335 pir's, because they have good pet imunnity and overal good reviews. When testing the pir's I noticed that when I moved for 1,5 seconds, then paused, and then … Continue reading Alarm →

After several months of waiting for denkovi to fix the polling time of there modules I gave up and started the search for new modules. After some searching I found (be change) the new developped machinon on the domoticz facebook group. This thing had everything I wanted, and all in 1 box! But the main … Continue reading Denkovi modules –> machinon →

To control my window blinds a decided to try the sonoff But to use them in domoticz you have to flash them using a usb to ttl key.  Follow these instrcutions to flash the sonoff Then I had to make sure I couldnt make the blinds go up and down at the same time. I … Continue reading Sonoff →

To open my gate, and controlling a couple of lights that were not connected to the relays I installed 2 extra modules. In domoticz you can easily switch these by using http commands

While I was waiting for further support from denkovi, I discoverd dashticz  So I bought a android tablet, 3D printed a wall support and went to work on it. When you first use dashticz, it is a bit confusing, because all the settings are in a text file. But again: google is your best friend. … Continue reading Dashticz →

Because I removed my old setup, there was no way back. So the denkovi modules needed to work. So after setting up the modules in domoticz and then connecting everything to the in and outputs, i noticed the first problems. When I created a blocky to switch an output to 1 when a input became, … Continue reading Problems →

Because I needed the max amount of space, I welded a custom fuse box to fit everything. Then came an day of fun: installing and connecting al the modules. Finished  and installed in my house 🙂

Ok, so I stopped testing with arduino and bought denkovi in and output modules. input module output module Denkovi states at their website that they are compatible with openhab, domoticz,... So I after some checking i decided to go with domoticz.

After deceiding that the Siemens S5 had to go, I bought some arduino mega's, relay board, ethernetshield,... After a couples of weeks of trial and error (and a lot of google searches), i could operate my lights with the wall switches and from a webpage. I found a shop that sold a handy din rail … Continue reading Arduino →

I have a house that I am installing domotics in. This started in 2002 with renovating my house and removing the old cables, and putting in cables that could be used with domotics.I first used simple impuls relays to switch my lights:I could only switch the lights on/off with these, so after some years I … Continue reading My home automation blog →