by Mark Anderson | Oct 1, 2013 | Audio
In this review, we look specifically at connectivity Sonos, but the Rialto 400 would work equally well with any quality device with a digital output. So that non-Sonos users are not totally lost, I’ll explain briefly the Sonos products referenced in the review....
by Mark Anderson | Feb 6, 2013 | Lighting And Automation Systems
Part 1 – The Basics (using a Linux VM) Intro After trying and failing to get SiriProxy up and running last year, I was inspired to get it working on my Raspberry PI by this article, but had much grander plans. There have been lots of posts about...
by Mark Anderson | Feb 1, 2013 | Lighting And Automation Systems
This is Part 2 of an article on Siri integration with a Home Automation system. Part 1 can be found here The instructions are similar to those in part 1, but are specifically for installing SiriProxy on the Raspberry PI running Debian Wheezy. Follow this section if...
by Mark Anderson | Feb 1, 2013 | Lighting And Automation Systems
I run HomeSeer at home, so I’ll explain the steps for integrating with this. The same method could be used with any system that can receive messages over IP and has basic scripting. At this point you should have installed SiriProxy by following the instructions in...
by Mark Anderson | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Disclosures My HVAC needs are simple. I live in 101 year old house that my wife and I bought 2 years ago. We don’t have central air (yet), and have radiant heat. So my thermostat requirements are simple: a single thermostat controlling a furnace. (I control my window...
