XMPP and home automation

posted Aug 28th 2009 5:45pm by
filed under: android hacks, g1 hacks, home hacks

xmpp_office_lights

[Matthias] from Intuity Media Lab put together a nice bit on controlling office lights with XMPP from his Android phone. In the article, he explains the components involved in the project, why he chose XMPP, and lists everything you need to replicate it. The project makes use of a wide variety of tools and libraries, weaving together code from multiple languages to achieve its goal. Overall, his project is a welcome change in a world full of Twitter-based solutions.



9 Responses to XMPP and home automation

  • TheKhakinator says:
    August 28, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    not a hack, it doesn’t tweet and there’s no arduinos :/

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  • cyanide says:
    August 28, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    there are twitter based solutions, it’s a hack

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  • David says:
    August 28, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    Twitter is a XMPP based solution.

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  • darkore says:
    August 28, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    xmpp to switch off a light bulb? only for bulbs with built-in lightLinux! *sigh*

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  • BitBass says:
    August 29, 2009 at 7:21 am

    When they put the xmpp client on the controller I’ll be impressed. Requiring a PC for control is kind of a bummer. OTOH, I suppose that could be a central control server with multiple legs out to controller devices.

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  • white_eskimo says:
    August 29, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    @bitbass agreed. XMPP messaging for automation is an easy way to manage different devices. When they actually get a machine in the lightbulb with a XMPP client and a connection (without breaking the bank), i’ll be more excited.

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  • Rupin says:
    August 29, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    Exciting!I was simply not aware that something like this based on a data push mechanism would be entirely possible, and I became aware of the OpenSpime libraries as well…

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  • Insteon says:
    October 12, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    A neat end goal to use XMPP for, but I’m curious what issues the OpenFire installation on mac had… I’d like to get a bit familiar with the framework before Google Wave.

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  • Nisha Acharya says:
    November 4, 2009 at 3:31 am

    I agree.

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