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user2684

Thanks @rmtucker! @hek, I'll take care of sharing the description and feature list here as soon as the new version of MyHouse with the MySensors plugin will be made available (of course if anybody is interested to give it a try, please come in touch with me). So far the plugin in the development version is working fine so I'm confident to finalize it soon.
Thanks

user2684

@hek, I've just released myHouse v2.3 including a plugin for supporting MySensors. This has been tested for a while and it is working just fine so far. Please find the below the information requested; of course let me know if something is missing:

General information:

short description: Think of myHouse as a framework for collecting statistics and automating your house.
Configure the sensors you want to collect data from by leveraging the included plugins (e.g. to collect weather statistics, images from the Internet, your GPS position, data collected by other sensors, etc.).
What will be presented in the web interface is completely up to you. You can define your own modules, configure all the widgets and statistics that will be presented in the order you like the most. From the interface your actuators can be controlled as well.
You can also easily create rules to be automatically alerted whenever a specific situation is taking place. Notifications are both presented within the web interface, sent by e-mail and posted on a Slack channel of your choice.
A Slack bot allows also direct interaction in your natural language. It can reply to your questions, share with you statistics and charts or even control the actuators on your behalf.
Homepage: http://my-house.sourceforge.net
Documentation: https://sourceforge.net/p/my-house/wiki
Plugin configuration instructions: https://sourceforge.net/p/my-house/wiki/faq/#how-do-i-configure-the-mysensors-plugin
Support Forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/my-house/forum/

Features:

Collect data from a number of sensors by leveraging a simple to customize plugin-based architecture
Automatic calculation of hourly and daily minimum/maximum/average values for each sensor
Fully customizable web interface with mobile support to display the sensors' statistics, control actuators and present custom data
Speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities for realtime voice interaction
Natural-language interactive Slack bot for remotely retrieving any statistic, send commands or just having fun
Alerting module generating e-mails or Slack notifications whenever a configured condition is met
Daily e-mail digests embedding all the widgets configured for the requeted module

Images:

Plugin-related information:

Last update date / update frequency: March 2017
Basic S & V types: All
Advanced S & V types: All
Heartbeat support: Y
node ID generation: Y
Ack support: n
OTA support: n
Request: Y
Smart sleep: Y
Serial Gateway support: Y
LAN Gateway support: Y
MQTT gateway support: Y
Multiple gateway support: Y
IFTT alike programming: Y
Blockly: n
Other: Y
Propietary: n
Windows: n
Unix: Y
Raspberry: Y
Other: Y
Licence/ Open Source: GPL
Programming language: Python
Web interface: Y
Android app: n
Apple app: n
Windows app: n

Thanks in advance!

hek

Great,

It might be easier if I assign the editing of the article directly to you.

Please register an account on openhardware.io (or send me the email registered if you already have one) and ping me a PM so I can instruct you how to edit.

AWI

@user2684 You can edit the table mentioned in this thread and I will update the comparison.

user2684

Thanks guys! @hek, will do and let you know. @AWI, sorry for missing that thread, I'll edit the table accordingly

user2684

@AWI, I've just updated the table as instructed. If I may, there is something which other controllers may do and I recon myHouse doesn't which is not evaluated in the table and it is the capability to leverage MySensors auto-discovery. What I mean is, in myHouse you have to add the sensor in the configuration before it will show up in the UI while with others can potentially just show up. Just in case you want to add a note somewhere, to be completely transparent. Thanks!

Vladimir Dobrikov

Home Assistant was update quite recently: 11 Apr 2017
https://home-assistant.io/blog/2017/04/08/eddystone-beacons-lockitron-locks-total-connect/#release-0423---april-11

godwinguru

Can I use mysensors library with emoncms.org as the controller?

hek

@godwinguru

Please, do not cross post in this forum.

No, I haven't seen any MySensors plugin for ecocms.

godwinguru

Ok, thank you

Guillermo Schimmel

Can you please update the table? I have made several modifications to OpenHAB. Thanks.

alowhum

Would someone be willing to add a new controller page for the Mozilla WebThings Gateway? I've created some content here:

https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/10423/controller-page-for-mozilla-webthings-gateway

3nibble

Is there a way to talk to the gateway (ethernet or USB) without any particular controller-package? I would prefer linux shell scripts instead, as this is how I collect data from all my wired sensors.

Guillermo Schimmel

@3nibble yes, you can talk directly to the ethernet gateway or, more easily, to the MQTT gateway. I tend to unify all my sensors, mysensors or not, over MQTT.