My Home Automation Remote!
Below you will find my latest invention! (Photos below) It’s a touch screen remote for my house!
So the parts I have used are the Ethermega 2560 from Freetronics, 315Mhz RF link kit,3.2″ TFT LCD Touch Shield & the Codec-Adaptive Wireless Relay 315MHz which I picked up from Boxtec.ch
So what does it do and how does it work?
What:
It controls the motion detection settings on my 4 Foscam IP cameras … so when I leave the house I can quickly enable motion detection on all my cameras without having to connect to each individual camera over my iPhone or computer!… what else does it do? it Switches on my lights using 315MHz and the VirtualWire Library!
How:
I use ethernet on the Ethermega with the Webclient to send HTTP GET commands to the Foscam IP cameras depending on the buttons pressed in the menu! As for the lights… I have used the learning feature of the Codec-Adaptive Wireless Relay with the VirtualWire Library.
I have already started to work on the Infrared part to control my cinema system in the living room… which I will update and share the code once I have it working! In the meantime feel free to check out the code below & a video of it in action!
Check out the vid here and source code here… schematics coming soon!
Cheers
HumpA
Above you see the transmitter from 315Mhz Link Kit stuck on the side of the EtherMega 2560 & 3.2″ TFT TouchScreen
An old RF power switch which i used for the casemod.
Above i have case-modded 315Mhz Adaptive Relay & a small 12v powersupply.
Hello HumpA,
You blog is very nice, and so your job!
Please, could you tell me how to configure the Codec-Adaptive Wireless Relay? I have a 315Mhz transmitter on my Arduino and I would like to switch the relay on and off. Also, can I use the same transmitter to control more than one relay?
Thanks in advance,
Sam.
Hello Sam,
thank you, sorry for the slow reply I have been busy with family stuff.
You press the button on the relay and it will learn the messages transmitted by the Arduino.
So basically you need an Arduino sketch which sends the code you want over the 315Mhz transmitter at the same time holding the learning button on the adaptive Relay.
If you are still stuck, email me humpadilly(at)humpadilly.com and I will try to help you.
Regards
Humpa