The challenge deadline is almost there, so it’s time for a final demonstration! In this last post I’ll show you the results of my work in a video and then describe what I did and what I’m planning to improve in the
Home Theater part 3: Plex playback controls
Plex is software which makes it possible to enjoy all of your media on all your devices. When on the server you create a library based on video (and music, photos, etc) files, Plex finds the corresponding metadata and gives you an
Home Theater part 2: controls
In Final implementation UI design you saw our Thuis iOS app, which has a few buttons for controlling the Home Theater. In this post we’ll make sure they work well. For brevity I will describe only the main scene: it makes sure we can
Home Theater part 1: CEC
An important part of Thuis is integration of our Home Theater system. As the integration is quite extensive and consists of several components, this will be a 3-part blog series. In the first part we start with communicating to CEC-enabled devices from
Installing a Z-Wave dimmer
One thing I forgot to show you earlier is how to install Z-Wave devices into your house. In this post I’ll install a dimmer module in the bedroom, which will be part of the wake up light. Materials used The