Comments on: iPhone Home Controller 2.0 - Release and Mini-Tutorial

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 09 May 2011 04:38:12 +0000

This app rocks! I’m running it with a CM19A on a 2000 Server machine and using WAMP server instead of XAMPP (already had WAMP running for other purposes). WAMP is running Apache 2.2.11, PHP 5.3.0, and MySQL 5.1.36.

The only issue I have is that dimming is a bit flaky. I can turn everything on and off fine, but in a scheme with a dim function everything works except the dim operation which does nothing. If I individually try to dim/brighten a module I found that if I turn on say A6 then push the - or + buttons on ANY other module A6 responds to the command. If I use the -/+ buttons that correspond to A6 nothing happens, it only dims when I push some other modules buttons. This applies to all dimming modules in my setup (there’s two currently). Continued investigation as I type this shows that if I use some other modules dim buttons first I can then use the dim buttons that correspond to the module that is actually dimming.

I can’t run activehome pro on 2000 server to make macros so iPHC schemes are my only way to make them currently. Any help would be much appreciated!

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:10:47 +0000

Thanks, this is application I was looking for.
I already use PHP and mySQL, so I had the application running within 30 minutes.
I have made some modifications to the program to use it with a CM11 with a serial connector.
(I use a command from Homeseer EXECX10 )
Further I have made two columns to put more buttons on the display.
At last I add another TYPE, now I can choose between a on/off device and a dimmable device.
Thank you very much. I hope to see new updates soon. (sorry for the bad English)
Hans

By: chuck

chuck — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:43:06 +0000

@chris d
1. you can either secure a web page with PHP or htaccess. your choice
2. You could just open iPHC in a browser and run it from there. Other than that I am not familiar with desktop widgets.

By: Chris D

Chris D — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:05:25 +0000

Great work so far. No problem getting it to work the first time. The tutorial didn’t give me any problems.

Can someone point me towards…

1. Securing the webapp with a password, with a greeting, i.e. Chris @ Jerry’s.

2. Appropriate code to wrap around this to make it a desktop widget on windows 7 and xp, but still work on the iphone.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:30:22 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful web app. I tried it on linux and it works. Just needed a wrapper script that calls heyu with the correct parameters when ahcmd.exe is called. There is even an xampp for linux. I would suggest a future feature though to toggle the visibility of modules under the module tab. I created a dummy module simply for delay between actions in a scheme and didn’t need to have it visible under the module tab. I also have a module for Garage Door (um506) and Garage Power (appliance module) so that it will take 2 codes to open the garage (the um506 plugged into the appliance module) for security. I dont need to see these listed as modules as I will only operate the Garage door via the schemes tab. I will try and see If I can trigger mysql scripts to insert status (on or off) of modules whenever I use standard X10 remotes to trigger the modules as IPHC can’t see these events. That way the IPHC modules screen will be an accurate representation of the status of all modules in an environment where you use IPHC, command line heyu, and RF remotes.
Great Work!
Thanks.

By: Audio Visual Installations

Audio Visual Installations — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:30:24 +0000

You wouldn’t believe it but I have spent all day searching for some articles about this. Thanks for this, it was a essential read and has helped me out to no end. Kind regards,Dynalite

By: Insteon

Insteon — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:56:26 +0000

Any chance you’ll be documenting the skinning files? Would love to adapt this for a project I’m working on.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:57:05 +0000

@Man Tran
You are right. The system is made to work with the CM15a. Although I have someone that is working on a Firecracker version so stay tuned for that.

By: Man tran

Man tran — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:14:40 +0000

I try with Cm11 seem doesn”t work /

By: Bill Essig

Bill Essig — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:10:36 +0000

Cool product. Cant wait to hack it into my existing solution. As for the next release, may I suggest a new feature: Indented Code.