Okay, now getting a steady stream of good ideas, thanks to everyone
who's offered their thoughts (none from android sources alas). Hopefully
I'll get a few more but if not, tis all good!
If you look at the attached diagram I'm hoping to devise a device that
acts a central controller for consumer electronics & home automation.
I want a hand-held to interface with it, this hand-held would ideally
also have IR integrated, but it's not imperative as Wifi would be used
mostly.
So far the best solution I've found is this
http://openremote.org/display/HOME/OpenRemote
You don't have to use their reference hardware but something low
power/profile like it I think would be ideal.
It's critical you have JRE + Apache Tomcat installed/configured
properly, I'd run this software on top of Ubuntu or maybe LinuxMCE.
I was also thinking of integrating the entire thing into my existing
HTPC/PVR but I'm not sure yet, it might be better to have a
dedicated/separate machine. This controller would be able to
send/receive via; Internet, wifi, Ethernet, IR, X10, proprietary RF, &
numerous other CE/HA related protocols.
I'm hoping to make do with my axim x50v as the hand-held but porting to
android is slow moving so i may eventually have to move to a better
supported device (preferably with IR but not essential).
I'm interested in other peoples ideas, have you tried something similar?
Have you played with a platform that's better (in your opinion) than
openremote? Or perhaps you know of a better hware/sware combo for the
hand-held?
Cheers,
Jed
Jed wrote:
> Hi Justin, whatya reckon!? Also..
>
> I think I've found the ideal software to run on a HA/CE controller.
> http://openremote.org/display/orb/Boss+Overview
>
> The base OS would probably be Ubuntu but I may also try LinuxMCE.
>
> They have a hardware platform that they're building the software on.
> But they've confirmed it's not imperative to use their reference hardware.
>
> Haven't yet decided if the controller would integrated into my existing
> HTPC/PVR or on a dedicated machine...
>
> The main requirements; are correct version/configured Apace Tomcat & JRE.
>
> Cheers
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