HowTo

Some simple guides

To make it easier for people to use if you have figured out how to do something create a 'How-To' document to outline a common MisterHouse (MH) project and the steps needed to get things working.

• Get to know Misterhouse By Gordon Meyer, author of Smart Home Hacks (published with permission)
• 1-Wire Examples Some examples of using 1-wire sensors with MisterHouse
• AndroidApp - Fetching and Configuring the Misterhouse Android App
• BreakingNews - setting up MisterHouse to announce breaking news from CNN
• Cameras and Security - Integration of Home Security and Cameras
• Configuration - How to get the base software installed and running
• Considerations for X10 (and other protocols) for reliable signaling - Control of lighting and appliances
• ControlPrograms - using sendkeys to control programs from MisterHouse
• EIB - ways to communicate to EIB
• Embedded - Squeezing MisterHouse into embedded platforms
• Floor Plan - create and use MisterHouse's Floor Plan software
• iPhone iPodTouch interface.
• iPad App iMisterhouse - Visualisation for the Apple Tablet
• iCal (Calendar sync)] how to sync icals into your setup
• IMAP and Gmail integration to integrate IMAP and Gmail into your setup
• Instant Messengers - Controlling MisterHouse through instant messengers
• Insteon Basics - using Insteon with MisterHouse
• Insteon Devices - Quirks and Hints - helpful info for advanced device operation
• Insteon Linking and Scenes - leveraging the full power of Insteon lighting control
• Internet Basics - How to retrieve a web page and how to see if you are connected
• LinuxSound- sound under linux
• Lighting, Occupancy, Motion, Presence (LOMP) Objects - "Smart" objects
• Misterhouse Modes - Some simple examples showing how to use the modes page
• Misterhouse (proxy) on OPENWRT How I installed misterhouse on my Asus router.
• MotionDetection - motion detection
• Mht File - instructions for setting up a MHT (MisterHouse table) file
• OcelotWindows - using an Ocelot for IR with a Windows box
• Philips Pronto Remote - Using a Philips Pronto Remote (with ProntoScipt support) to Control MisterHouse
• Private.ini - a bit of an explanation of mh.private.ini & Config Params
• RcServos - controlling RC servos
• Reverse Proxy - Secure external access to MisterHouse (For more security, cheap 'two-factor' certificates)
• RRD Weather Graphs - how to setup and customize graphs of your weather data
• Send SMS on events. Some code I use to send SMS messages on events.
• @SitePlayer_Telnet - setting up to use remote networked RS232 devices
• SequenceEvents - how to make light on 30 sec off 30 sec etc
• Telephony - Integration with Telephone ( land based and cellular )
• USB serial port assignment under Linux.
• VideoCapture - capture frames with video card using sendkeys.
• WebPages - various information about using the web interface.
• xAP and xPL - Getting Started
• xAP and xPL - Working with Displays - similar to controlling speech
• xPL - Integrating Common Devices and Applications
• xAP how to interface MisterHouse with xAP software and devices
• Setting up for Xmms what you need to get the mp3-xmms module up and running.