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Applications

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:05:32 +0200

Applications

These are applications that can be extended using applescripts to facilitate the integration with My Home to monitor and control a smart home. A smart home and a smart computer is a good combination to help users at improving security, comfort, energy saving, and wellbeing.

Scripts

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:05:32 +0200

Scripts

Applescript is a natural language, for users to read and control their smart homes using scripts within applications like calendar, email, omnigraffle and terminal. mySwitch.app is a combination of scripts for the different systems of my home. Each system has a script to control its devices.

mySwitch.app is a "SUPER SWITCH" created along the principles of myHomeVillage.com: A "virtual switch" with a simple configuration because it discover the installed devices in the home, including router, gateways IP, lights, motors, auxiliaries, and thermal probes. In one-click the user monitors and control all devices in the home. SAY NO to the nightmare of entering the types and addresses for all your switches …. Make it simple, for all users, and let the smart computer and the smart home do the work for you.

Download and install the mhvSwitch.app in the Applications, Desktop folder, Dock or create a keyboard shortcut. Suggestion: press <cmd shift X> keys together after highletening one keyword. Highlights any of the keywords above and select in the following sequence Safarari>Services>mhvSwitch in the menu bar, or create a keyboard shortcut to call the mhvSwitch workflow from the keyboard.

Services

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:05:32 +0200

Services

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Services are framework commands that take highlighted text as input, inside an application, and replace it with the result of the script. Inputs can be numbers to indicate actuator addresses, or function to indicate commands. A service executes home automation commands using selected keywords in text files.

This is framework takes highlighted text as input and after executing the scripts it returns the hlighlighted text augmented by the result. Inputs can be numbers to indicate actuator addresses, or function to indicate commands. A service to execute home automation commands using selected keywords in text files.

He is the syntax used:

Numbers. A number input causes the script to: toggle the status:
- ON/OFF, In case of the lights
- UP/DOWN in case of motors. If the motor is in the STOP state the scripts ask the the user to select UP or DOWN
Names. returns the name and its related values (parameters). Below is a list of possible names:
- Router - returns the router name and its IP address
- Gateway - returns the gateway IP address, its clock, and its model
- Temperatures or Probes - returns the list of probes and their temperatures
- Lights - returns a list of light actuators
- Motors - returns a list of motor actuators
- Auxiliaries - returns a list of auxiliaries, their values and it allows to reset them.
- Undefined words - return a menu of defined words
- Devices - Ask for a device ID to discover its type, configuration and status and change its status.
Functions. A name followed by a number in parenthesis.
- ON(n), OFF(n), UP(n), DOWN(n), STOP(n), Block(n), Unblock(n)
- Power(n), Energy(n), Lights(n), Motors(n), Probes(n), Delay(n), Gateways(n)
List of items separated by commas. Executes every item in sequence as described above

Oct 20, 2013