domus_node

#domus_node Yet another simple implementation of a web interface for heyu (X10 home automation).

Advantages over other similiar things:

-small footprint (node.js, no apache, no php)

-runs really fast

-default mobile interface

->runs very well on embedded/prototype platforms:

->tested on beaglebone (armv7) (ubuntu 10.10), node 0.4

->kt-sbc-sam9 (www.kristech.eu, armv5tej) (angstrom linux distibution), node 0.4

Web presentation is mobile webkit optimized, works nice in iphone, ipad, BlackeBerry OS 6 and up , also not bad on desktop.

##Prerequisities heyu installed (www.heyu.org)

Tested on Linux (angstrom, ubuntu) (arm5, arm7 platforms, however is the code pure javascript architecture agnostic)

Depends on paperboy, http-auth2 node modules, they are statically linked here at least for now.

Installation

Method 1.

npm install domus_node

Method 2.

Clone this repository with git.

##Configuration

Configuration self-descriptive in the config.js file. Please note switching between production config and development config in the following of the forementioned file:

... //config binding -> change here when moving between development and production exports.config=development_config; ...

So before starting you have to make sure you have config.js edited to reflect your system paths, etc. in your production_config object and then change the line above to something like: exports.config=production_config;

House/Units setup is read from heyu's x10.conf file. Aliased are read from there as standrd, however note that groupings are after hash comments e.g. x10.conf file included:

...

alias Living_Room B7 AM12 # GroundFloor
alias Bedroom B8 AM12 # GroundFloor
alias Stairs C2 AM12 # Stairs
...

alias <alias_name>

#

No whitespace allowed in any of the above.

Units in each group should belong to same house code for the big 'group off' buttons to work properly

##Usage

As simple as:

node index.js

However recommended is prior installation of 'forever' module (npm install -g forever); included version of http-auth2 tends to crash from time to time, so forever takes care of restarting (ala 'forever start index.js' in your startup scripts).

License

The GPL version 3, read it at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt