In my previous blog here I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog I will address a other accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a […]
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Recently I walked through the Action and saw an assortment of smart home products here. My attention was drawn to the wifi logo on the box. I decided to take a Power Plug with me to investigate it further. Power plug The power plug is from the brand LSC which is again part of
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In the past I introduced you to LifeCycle manager to manage you Firmware you made for your ESP8266 HomeKit accessories. Then I encountered some trouble with LCM (LifeCycle Manager). After contacting the the maker (HacK a.k.a. HomeACcessoryKid) of LifeCycle Manager, it turns out there is very small issue but the consequences are big, it’s an issues
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In my previous blog I made a ESP8266 – HomeKit Fountain light. Now it’s time to expand this with some Garden lights. A few years ago I bought two garden lamps from the Ikea in an impulse purchase. I have never used these garden lamps and were lying on the shelf as a “future project”.
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As a week has passed a lot has happened. (HacK a.k.a. HomeACcessoryKid) maker of LifeCycle Manager has done a lot of work trying to solve the issue. Unfortunately until now there isn’t a solution, as we can read on his Git. OUTAGE caused by GitHub change of HTTP headers Yes, it really really doesn’t work
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As of this weekend I encountered some trouble with LCM (LifeCycle Manager). After contacting the the maker (HacK a.k.a. HomeACcessoryKid) of LifeCycle Manager, it turns out there is very small issue but the consequences are big, it’s an issues that has to be solved! For whom that reeds my blog regularly know that I use
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Now that I made a few examples of the HomeKit accessories, It’s time for some in depth HomeKit Code Analysis. For this analysis I took the LED example from the HomeKit Demo library witch I used in my first blog here to demonstrate how it works. First I start with cutting up the code and
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My wife has always wanted to have a water ornament in the garden. To her pleasure my father-in-law wanted to remove his and we were allowed to have it. After a thorough cleaning, the Fountain light turned out to work only partially. Half of the Fountain light LED’s no longer worked. Upon which my wife
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As I’m working on the ESP HomeKit project’s I needed a machine that was running Linux. Because my MacBook Pro did not support the needed software to compile the necessary binary files. So had come up with a solution. Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free package that provides me with the needed solution. It can
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In my previous blog here, I tested the ESP HomeKit Software Development Kit. I am so enthusiastic about this Software Development Kit, that I’m going to write a few blogs about this genius software. In each Blog, I will address another accessory that you can add to your HomeKit without the need of a bridge.
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