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Non-Arduino home-made gadgetry / Re: WIFI Smart Outlets

« on: February 27, 2016, 03:38:41 AM »

Hi Peg,
James is totally right, you controlled with the scrape function
as far as i know, there is no port to configure (the default is 80)
and in some part of the instructions, they provide the way to assign an static ip
this devices is UPnP, i can control it over internet from other part of the town
Is exactly like wemo, but 30 dollars cheaper.
hope this can help you.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 26, 2016, 11:43:41 AM »

Hi James,

Not visible damage outside, but who knows what kind of stress that box suffer over a mid-world travel

I attached a picture of the box

your sphere is in the photo upside down ;-)

  I put it on the right side, but I like it more upside down, because it remembers me BB-8

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Non-Arduino home-made gadgetry / WIFI Smart Outlets

« on: February 26, 2016, 10:15:05 AM »

I received this "kankun smart plugs"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WiFi-Cell-Phone-Wireless-Remote-Control-Switch-Timer-Smart-Power-Socket-Plug-New-/391226154561?hash=item5b16e55e41:g:npEAAOSwgQ9Vzrct

you can find it on aliexpress to.

At $15 US dollars each, is a good price
with the help of this guide:

http://benlo.com/esp8266/KankunSmartPlug.html

I can control the switched with a SCRAPE on voxcommando

and with a raspberry pi and this guide:

http://benlo.com/esp8266/KankunSmartPlug.html

I can control the outlets with the amazon echo

so now, I can control an outlet with voxcommando, with amazon echo, with a cell phone, with a web browser on a pc. all this with 15 us dollars

My recommendation is to order more than one, because the shipping from china takes about 3 weeks. And
be sure to order the right form factor of your outlets ( I get the ones with the asian plug, so I have to order the adapters).

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 26, 2016, 10:00:50 AM »

It's Alive !!! It's Alive !!!

Thanks Kalle, but I don't think I will need a new housing, most probably I will play with the internal components
pretty often.

As you can see, I used the second ring as a base for BB-8 (that's the name I put it)

One recommendation as a beta tester, you can use a hot glue gun to attach the led to the holes, also, I used
a sand paper to sand the + terminal on the 3.5 connector, in that way, the solder sticks pretty good.

I will keep you informed on my experiences.

Thanks again James, Kalle, Dave, Nime and the whole team.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 26, 2016, 08:56:13 AM »

Here are the photos, as I said, is not a big deal for me. 

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 26, 2016, 03:24:02 AM »

Thanks Kalle,

You send me 2 translucent plastic rings, i will probably use one as a support/base

thanks again

another note:
the spheres came with a little piece of the edge broken in two different parts (not a big issue, i can glue it back), on the 3.5 mm plug in, the red came not soldered, and the black cable was somehow de-attached from the conncetor to he green block (not a big issue either), anyway, what is the purpose of this connector ?

This is just for the future shipments for customers. For me, not problem at all, i am pretty sure all this was caused in the transit process from the postal service.

thanks again

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 26, 2016, 12:59:20 AM »

Just to inform you, I got mine today !

Thank you

p.s. My BEAM came without the base, can you upload the .stl file to 3-d print mine ?

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Infrared Codes (Learning and Sending) / Re: Wifi IR ???

« on: February 22, 2016, 02:43:26 AM »

Hi, I want to share my experience with wifi rf/ir/bt hub

I have the harmony hub, and works pretty good with voxcommando and a HarmononyHubContorl.exe (you can
find it on google) it is a command line for the harmony

For the wemo, you have 3 options:
A program called wemocontol.exe (google it), it is a commando line too.
The plug-in for voxcommando.
And the Scrape.Get action in voxcommando.

hope this can help.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 20, 2016, 06:12:41 PM »

Wow.  Thanks Mexicanto.  I did not even know that they made 433Mhz devices for the North American market.  It's great to know aobut this. 

Thanks also for the generous offer but I found these on Amazon.ca and I just ordered some.  I don't need 5 either but I think it will be faster and by the time you pay to ship yours to me, with the possibility of extra charges for me at the border, it is just simpler this way.  I really appreciate your offer though!

You are very welcome James,
Also, you can check if amazon.ca have this too:
http://www.amazon.com/SMAKN%C2%AE-433Mhz-Transmitter-Receiver-Arduino/dp/B00M2CUALS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456006276&sr=8-1&keywords=433mhz+arduino

I have a bunch of those, and also the 315Mhz version in case someone in north america need it.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 20, 2016, 06:11:03 PM »

A worker bee at Kalle-Labs, Germany.

I think one of these is all mine !!! 

I don't know about Kalle, but for me, soldering is therapeutic and relaxing, I can spend hours doing it.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 20, 2016, 06:08:07 PM »

Hi mexicanto, I'm not sure if Kalle mentioned it in the description of the BEAM, but there are basically two types of RF-Remotes/Outlets. The "old" ones, where you can choose the code via dip-switch or similar, and the "new" ones (like yours), where the outlets learn the codes from the remote. Currently it is probably not possible to learn codes or generate events from "new" remotes. But it is possible to let the "new" outlets learn a code from the BEAM. So you can use them with BEAM, but you can't use them with BEAM and the remote at the same time.

Thank you Dave, as soon as I have my BEAM, I will share my experiences.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 17, 2016, 10:36:34 PM »

Hey James, I have this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQELHBS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
but I dont really need all five, so I can send you two outlets and one remote control for your testings.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 17, 2016, 06:41:31 AM »

James, I can send you a 433 rf for your testings, in case you need it.

I there any chance to have the sketch source code to do some custom modifications ?

I think i can modify it to have one 315 mhz attached to one pin, and the 433 mhz attached to other
pin, and select what pin i want to use over a software instructions.

the pros and cons (from my point of view) of using 433 and 315 are:

Pros: very cheap, you can get 5 outlets rf controlled for around 30 dolars
cons: the is no way ( as far i know) to know the state of the outlet (not known is it is on or off)

For me, the best scenario is to use the ESP8266 (version 1) it is cheap, but you have to
deal with the power supply, and the relay stuff, but you gain full control of it (known the state of
the switch, schedule, attach sensor for light, presence, you can control it over internet, all in the
esp8266 itself, and can be controlled from the voxcommando)

Thanks.

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: February 15, 2016, 01:11:44 AM »

Hi, I am in California
about  months ago i ordered and have it now a bunch of 315 and 433 rf modules, if somebody need one, just let me know, i can give it one for free

how can i order a BEAM (the most complete version, IR, w/o RF) now ?

Thanks (actually, i think i am the first on the beta tester list  )

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BEAM IR/RF Wifi transceiver / Re: BEAM prototype. Request to be a beta tester here.

« on: January 31, 2016, 05:48:51 AM »

Hi Kalle,
I will need a couple of those, please
let me know when they are ready

Thank you