EventGhost

Just updated the plugin on github. This version fixes some connection issues.

@Livin, a new version is up which also reports the room.

@Blaher, I made a bunch of changes to how status is reported so hopefully this fixes your problem. Otherwise, I have a Aeon Labs smartswitch too so I'll see if it works with mine. I'm rebuilding my entire network on my new Vera 3 so it might ...

@Livin, I will be uploading a new version soon with some bug fixes and I'll make sure the room is added.

It looks like futzle has a virtual switch that can be used to do what you want. This means only one scene and no Luup, but you would need to add the virtual device.

I think these are the rules:
1. Astronomical dawn is sun > -18 degrees below the horizon
2. Astronomical dusk is sun < -18 degrees ...

LUUP code (at least at the level you are looking at) is pretty easy. But sure, lets see what is possible with Vera + XBMC. The Vera client is getting events from Vera with JSON over HTTP so hopefully XBMC events aren't much harder.

I think your example is actually possible without using EventGhost / this plugin at all.

See here for triggering some basic events from XBMC:
http://www.jordanhackworth.com/home-automation-with-xbmc/

And this post contains a couple tweaks you would want to make:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index ...

I got it working. What would be key to me is to be able to trigger Vera Scenes.

Glad it is working for you! I added some support this afternoon for other things (motion sensors, temperature sensors, etc). If anything is missing for you (or anyone else) I can add it but I might need some text from ...

I'll install/play this weekend and let you know how it goes.

I appreciate that! Remember I just got this working myself earlier today so there may be a few rough edges. Now that I know more or less what I'm doing it shouldn't be too hard to extend this.

As far as XBMC... I wrote this so that the ...

@Livin, I finally got around to messing with this plugin again. Please find a copy here:

https://github.com/naething/vera-eventghost

I should probably make a new topic for this code. The exciting thing about the changes I made this morning is now the code both commands vera AND generates events ...

I posted this mostly to agree with @kkl and @gechu, but point out that for either case you need to make sure you have a IR blaster cable.

I have a Twisted Melon Manta that also works very well. I've had mine since about 2006. Twisted Melon is a great company (actually I think it is just one guy ...

You are absolutely right, I can very easily reload the state at runtime. I am using the Mi Casa Verde Vera 2 controller to handle z-wave and I can access its state any time with JSON. Once I connect to it it is also very easy to stay up to date. I currently have a simple Python program using Twisted ...

I am interested in moving more of my home automation to EventGhost, but I was wondering how other people are dealing with state information. That is, I have a many devices in my house that I will be controlling and I want to keep track of various pieces of information about these devices. For ...

I have a logitech Revue and I agree with you, the keyboard is very nice.

It is a normal logitech "unifying" device, so if you get a logitech unifying receiver (a usb dongle, available for less than $10 from amazon and other electronics retailers) it should work great with a Windows machine.

It ...

I have lirc 0.9.0 running on a Pogoplug (/w the newest Archlinuxarm installed). It seems to be working great with a MCE ir receiver and blaster.

However, the lirc client plugin for EventGhost didn't like my lirc server at all.

After a little digging it turns out that I was seeing the same problem ...

I wrote a basic plugin that does one way control (EventGhost -> Vera) that can turn on and off lights and dim them. It is on the micasaverde forums. If there is any more interest in this I will keep developing it and I guess post a thread in the plugin support section of this forum.