Smart Home Automation with Linux- P11 ppsx

See Short Message Service soap protocol, 259 social engineering, 49 sockets, 32... See also media systems Stick-a-Switch SS13E, 18 storage.

283

■ Q

qmail, 152

■ R

rack mount servers, 125

radio, 197–198

radio frequency (RF) controllers, 4

RAID configurations, 92

RCA inputs, 108

RCA phono sockets, 107

RCX control, 60

Red Hat package manager (RPM), 29

Regency PowerMotion, 15

relay control, 113

remote processing, of audio, 146

remote voice control, 160–161

remote-control methods, 112–115

resistive loads, 12

RESTful approach, 250

REX-10 alarm system, 14

RF remote control, rougue transmissions

and, 5

RFID tags, 236

RF-to-X10 gateway, 4, 113

ripping, 86–91

CDs, 86

DVDs, 87

rising edge trigger, 66

rlyexec command, 234

road traffic data, 193

rough service bulbs, 7 routers, 13, 32

RSS feeds, 201–203, 210 RSS news applet, 249 rsync, 137–139 Runix, 53 RW-1240R card, 40

■ S

Samba, 36–38 Saturn light switch, 29 say abstraction, 223 SC2800 controller, 17 scandvd tool, 88 SCART sockets, 43, 108 scenes, 25

screen scraping, 186–189 SD533 controller, 16 SD7233 controller, 16 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 169–170 security issues

e-mail, 156–157 hiding home, 140–141 web servers, 168–172 security through obscurity approach, 171 Sega Dreamcast, hacking, 52–53

self-signed authentication certificates,

170–171 Sendmail, 152 serial ports, 59

■ INDEX

284

serial port device, 47

Serial.print function, 71

Serial.println function, 71

Series Wireless remote control 5888, 30

server control, 114–115

servers, 36

as central respository, 117

coordination of, 131–132

e-mail, 151–152

file-sharing, 36–38

for home automation setup, 123–141

power consumption, 128–131

purposes of, 123

bandwidth capabilities, 124

CPU power, 123

disk space, 124

server extensibility, 124

self-termination by, 131

shutting down, 132

switching on automatically, 131

types of, 125

custom embedded, 128

desktop PC, 125–126

Mini-ITX, 126–127

Mini-PC, 127

rack mount, 125

web, 165–174

shields, 62, 72

Short Message Service (SMS), 114–115,

174–183 custom numbers and API, 178–183 phone processing, 175–178

receiving messages, 181–183 sending messages, 178–181 shutdown commands, 23, 132 signals, splitting and merging AV, 108 Silent Gliss AutoGlide, 15

SIM cards, 175 Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL), 79 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), 151 single-board computers (SBCs), 128 Skype, 150

SlimServer, 103 Slug

developing on, 51 hacking, 49–51 always on, 58 hardware, 58–59 overclocking, 58–59 serial port, 59 SlugOS, 51

SMB/CIFS protocol, 36 smb2www module, 174 sms conduit, 227

SMS See Short Message Service

soap protocol, 259 social engineering, 49 sockets, 32

285

SoftSqueeze, 104

software hacking, 49–57

game consoles, 52–57

Linksys NSLU, 49–51

software localization, 157

solid core cable, 144

Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension

Act, 185

Sony Playstation, hacking, 53–55

sound cards, 124

speech synthesis, 161–163

Sphinx, 158

splitter box, 109

Spotify, 85

SquareD Clipsal, 28

Squeezebox, 103–104

SqueezeCenter, 103–104

ssh, 139

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), 169–170

stairs, as location for Node0, 121

stand-alone controllers, 15–20

handheld transmitter modules, 18–19

in-wall transmitter modules, 19–20

motion sensors, 20

tabletop transmitter modules, 15–17

star configuration, 142

start command, 257

static IP addresses, 34–35

status command, 261

status scripts, 261

stereo audio, switching between 5.1

surround and, 108

stereo system, 85 See also media systems

Stick-a-Switch (SS13E), 18

storage See data storage

stranded cable, 144 streaming video, 245 subnet, 33

subscriber identity module (SIM) cards,

175 Subversion, 137–139 sudo command, 132 sundowner dusk/dawn controller, 16 S-Video, 108

switch boxes

AV, 108 HDMI, 111 switches, 32 SWMBO-friendly, 9 system-on-a-chip (SoC) machines, 128

■ T

tabletop transmitter modules, 15–17 teakettle (example), 216–218

technology integration, 215–216 telephones, 147

temperature, 120 terminate command, 257 text messages, 174–178 receiving, 181–183 sending, 178–181

■ INDEX

286

TF678 controller, 21

thin small outline package (TSOP), 56

time-based messaging, 234–236

timed events, 211–213

timedscale script, 262

TiVo, 106

TM13U gateway, 20, 21

TODO application (example), 225, 252–254

todo command, 254

toolchain, 51

topology, 262–266

total cost of ownership (TCO), 128

touchscreens, 80, 114, 240

traffic data, 193

train schedule applet, 249

train times, 191–193

transcoding, 101–102

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), 100

TV cards, 124

TV guides, 190–191, 244

tvonnow command, 261

TVs, 85 See also media systems

tvsearch directory, 244

tweet abstraction, 224

tweet command, 228

Tweet-a-Watt, 129

Twitter, 208

posting tweets with cURL, 209

reading tweets with cURL, 209

reading tweets with RSS, 210

twitter conduit, 227 two-way communication, 10, 24 Txtlocal, 178

■ U

UnDVD, 88 uninterruptable power supply (UPS), 132–

136 unit codes, 2–5 Universal Curtain Motor (UCM), 15 Unslung, 50

use-mplayer command-line switch, 102 user tools, 261

utilities, applets, 256 utility scripts, 261–262

■ V

Vectir, 113 VeriSign, 169 ViaVoice, 158 video, streaming, 245 Video Disk Recorder Project, 107 video transcoding, 101–102 Videobox, 104

vinyl records, 90– 91 virtual web sites, 166–167 Vista, voice recognition software, 158 visual memory unit (VMU), 52 VLC streaming applet, 245 Voddler, 57

287

voice communication, 157–165

piecemeal samples, 164–165

remote voice control, 160–161

speech synthesis, 161–163

voice conduit, 228

Voice over IP (VoIP) technology, 150–151

voice recognition software, 157–160

vox conduit, 228

vr-gcc toolchain, 62

vstatus command, 261

vtime script, 262

■ W

Wake on LAN (WOL), 131

wall switch (LW10U), 9

WAP messages, 180

WARP, 250–251

warp/applets/x10/img file, 246

warp/conf/cookery file, 247

warp/conf/x10/x10.conf file, 246

Warp_Browser_Applet, 256

Warp_Static_Text_Applet, 256

warplib directory, 251

waterproof speakers, 110

wavplayer abstraction, 223

weather applet, 249

weather data, 193–197

weather reports, 101

weatherstatus command, 261

Web access, 165–174 web applets, 239–256 administration, 249 applet configuration, 255 basic structure, 251– 252 controlling, 252–254 creating, 250–256 existing, 243–249 global configuration, 254–255 information, 248–249

lifestyle, 245–248 main applet, 242–243 media, 243–245 release, 256 utilities, 256 web browser, 165 web configuration directories, 254–255 web gateway conduits, 240

web interface, 114, 240–243 web servers, 165

building, 166–174 controlling the machine, 172–173 media access, 173–174

security, 168–172 virtual sites and, 166–167 Web Services Description Language

(WSDL), 203 web username, 220 webcams, 38 Webconverger, 114, 240

■ INDEX

288

WebFace, 251

weblog conduit, 228

webmail, 206– 208

wetware hacking, 49

wget, 186

whoami.php script, 172

whole house filter, 2

WiFi coverage, 145

WiFi signals, dissipation of, 118

winalert conduit, 228

Windows, voice recognition software, 158

Windows Scripting Host (WSH), 228

Windows Speech Recognition Macros, 158

wired controllers, 4

wired networks, 143–145

wireless AV distribution, 110

wireless controllers, 4– 5, 18–19, 30

Wireless Gateway C-Bus 5800 Series, 31

wireless points, 145–146

wiring looms, 109–110, 264– 266

World Wide Web, 165

wview software, 197

www.free60.org project, 55

■ X

X10, 1–27

about, 2–3

Bluetooth and, 113

commands, 3

compared with C-Bus, 28–29

control panel, lifestyle apps and, 245–

246 Cosmic and, 237 dead spots, 3

device modules, 6–15 appliance modules, 12–14 combination devices, 14–15 internal devices, 14

lamp modules, 7– 11 gateways, 20–22

general design, 4–6 assigning addresses, 5–6 fully automated, 5 simple case, 4 standard case, 4–5 using multiple house codes, 6 messages, 3

modules, 2 signals, dissipation of, 118 stand-alone controllers, 15–20 handheld transmitter modules, 18–

19 in-wall transmitter modules, 19–20 motion sensors, 20

tabletop transmitter modules, 15–17 two-way communication, 10

x10control abstraction, 223 xawtv, 79

xawtv utility, 40

289

Xbee shield, 73

Xbox, 55–57

Xbox Chocolate Project, 57

Xbox development kit (XDK), 57

Xbox Media Center (XBMC), 57, 107

XCAM2 Wireless Camera System, 39

xmit directory, 226

XMLTV, 191

Xtremer, 103

Xurrency.com, 203

■ Y

Y-adapters, 109 Yahoo! Mail, 207

■ Z

ZFS filesystem, 93 ZigBee wireless protocol, 73 Zinc, 240

zinc/conf/x10floorplan.conf file, 246