alternate occupancy sensor using BT

[JeffCharger]

has anyone tried to link this software into HS? Is uses a BT dongle to "see" cell phones etc Sounds like it might be a simple way to determine when someone comes home with their phone.

http://davesdomainonline.com/bluewatch/bw.htm

[mrhappy]

Jon00 has a script that uses a different bluetooth detection program and works for occupancy sensing. From looking at that program it writes a text file when it detects presence so it should be very easy to open the text file and read if the device is detected, I might give it a go as the other software that Jon00's program unfortunately has errors on my system.

[damage]

i've written a couple bluetooth apps. one is xPL based http://bit.ly/8zw3eb. the other, i removed the xPL component and built in a scripting engine http://bit.ly/8Rhb6B

[Jakob.Sand]

I have tried both Jon00 and stipius BT tracker and the use the same BT component that do not work in my setup.

I am super interested in giving this a try. How would you suggest I integrate it into HS?

i've written a couple bluetooth apps. one is xPL based http://bit.ly/8zw3eb. the other, i removed the xPL component and built in a scripting engine http://bit.ly/8Rhb6B

[damage]

I have tried both Jon00 and stipius BT tracker and the use the same BT component that do not work in my setup.

I am super interested in giving this a try. How would you suggest I integrate it into HS?

is there an xPL plugin for homeseer? otherwise, you can use the script version to talk w/ homeseer via activex

ie: Set hs = CreateObject("HomeSeer.Application")

not sure what the syntax would be, but you could code it to set flags appropriately for presence/absence

[damage]

here's what i think might work with my bluetrackerscript app based on some sample code i've seen. save it as blue.vbs and rename/remove blue.js that's included in the zipfile.

set hs = CreateObject("Homeseer.Application")

sub Init()
end sub

sub Cleanup()
end sub

sub DeviceIn(dev)
    if dev="001122334455" then
      hs.TriggerEvent "ABC home"
    end if
end sub

sub DeviceOut(dev) 
    if dev="001122334455" then
      hs.TriggerEvent "ABC gone"
    end if
end sub

hope that helps

[Bestgear]

Guys - looks interesting.

I have found blue.exe really painful as it keeps hanging (screen stops scrolling, fails to update) so an alternative would be great!

Damage - are you saying you have somthing that is already integrating this into HS?

David

[Bestgear]

...reading the blurb, it says...

"The program also writes a connection .txt file which updates when each device is located."

I wonder if Jon could be convinced to update his script to read BlueWatch's text file as an alternate.....

David

[damage]

Guys - looks interesting.

Damage - are you saying you have somthing that is already integrating this into HS?

David

the script version of my app can communicate with HS via activex scripting. the sample script i posted above should help you get started. as a non-HS user, i can't help with the exact implementation/syntax, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out as i dug up those HS code bits searching the forums.

i've also updated BlueTrackerScript to v1.1 for better handling of script errors and updated the download link on my page http://bit.ly/8Rhb6B

[wpiman]

Just another idea for you- if you have a wifi enabled phone- you can set it up with a static IP that you can ping.

[Bestgear]

Just another idea for you- if you have a wifi enabled phone- you can set it up with a static IP that you can ping.

I had thought of something around that, but, running with WLAN enabled will hit the battery even more than BT does!

David