Hey there, it's been a while.
Busy times lately, both at home and at work and the next two weeks are likely to be very busy so I thought I'd get blogging this weekend.
I've been working on Stage 2, or as I've heard it recently referred as, "Act 2".
I'm working on making the automated lights in my apartment, a product, rather than an amateur looking circuit. The soldering iron has been out and so far, the RF transmitter has been built into it's own standalone circuit rather than attached to the breadboard. Next up, trying to find or make some kind of case to put it all in.
So, the hardware is coming along nicely but no real changes. The software has had some updates though...
It now supports two new features:
Delays
If I want to delay a light switching on or off, a group of lights switching or a sequence activating... I can. I can choose 10, 20 or 30 seconds or 1 or 2 minutes. I tap the delay you want and then tap the light. Simple.
Group Leads
I can set which lights I want to be Group Leads. This means I can choose the Programs (Light,Group of Lights or Sequence) that I want to be set as 'Leads' for the group. So, for example, under the Living Room group, I have 'All Living Room On' and 'All Living Room Off' as the leads. All other programs for the Living Room group are then listed below.
Good progress I think. I'm glad I did it today as I have an LWP meeting tomorrow (LocalWebPath.com) and then a trip to see my Dad. After that I don't think I'll be doing any personal coding for a good couple of weeks.
Busy times lately, both at home and at work and the next two weeks are likely to be very busy so I thought I'd get blogging this weekend.
I've been working on Stage 2, or as I've heard it recently referred as, "Act 2".
I'm working on making the automated lights in my apartment, a product, rather than an amateur looking circuit. The soldering iron has been out and so far, the RF transmitter has been built into it's own standalone circuit rather than attached to the breadboard. Next up, trying to find or make some kind of case to put it all in.
So, the hardware is coming along nicely but no real changes. The software has had some updates though...
It now supports two new features:
Delays
If I want to delay a light switching on or off, a group of lights switching or a sequence activating... I can. I can choose 10, 20 or 30 seconds or 1 or 2 minutes. I tap the delay you want and then tap the light. Simple.
Group Leads
I can set which lights I want to be Group Leads. This means I can choose the Programs (Light,Group of Lights or Sequence) that I want to be set as 'Leads' for the group. So, for example, under the Living Room group, I have 'All Living Room On' and 'All Living Room Off' as the leads. All other programs for the Living Room group are then listed below.
Good progress I think. I'm glad I did it today as I have an LWP meeting tomorrow (LocalWebPath.com) and then a trip to see my Dad. After that I don't think I'll be doing any personal coding for a good couple of weeks.
