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Domoticz part 8 – Stable instance of Domoticz, 24/7/365 mode – high availability at home

As a result, a both fresh and advanced user finds himself in a situation where the system – ceases to work at all, or requires frequent restarts, or worse causes quick degradation of the main storage device – which is often (micro) SD card. Is there a simple and effective solution to increase Domoticz’s availability on Raspberry Pi / Orange Pi? Sure there is! But first – before you begin – make a copy of your (micro)SD working used in domoticz instance on your Raspberry…

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Domoticz part. 7: Heating your house with Z-Wave

We do know how to install domoticz. But how easy is to control heating in your house/flat? After full season of testing radiator control – I can recommend a very interesting and useful heating control system that you can setup in your home or apartment. All just by means of adding radiator thermostats with Z-Wave radio. What will you need? Software Up to date Domoticz installed on PC

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Raspberry Pi B+, ds18b20, ESP8266

Domoticz part 2: WiFi remote thermometer for weather station, dual digit precision – it’s ESP8266 for beginners

Last time we installed Domoticz, and soon we will move to Z-Wave, but first – let’s take a look at fantastic little gadget: ESP8266 What is an ESP8266? ESP8266 (also called  ESP here) is a SoC – System on a Chip, which in our case is – CPU/RAM/FLASH with GPIO and WiFi interface – so another mini komputer with wireless interface. You can think of it as scaled down version of Raspberry Pi, less power hungry, but with own WLAN and a lot (minimum 2)…

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Domoticz on PI with relay

Domoticz part 1: Relays, magnetic sensors, Wake-on-LAN and Z-Wave – Domoticz with Imperi Home serving your house

This entry was initially about single and simple purpose: how to quickly develop a solution that would open gate or garadge door by simulating the remote’s operation mode – pressing a button – but using smartphone, tablet, web browser, app. Domoticz is such an overkill and also blessing for such project – that it evolved into a lot of small sub-projects – more or less andvanced. Direct inspiration was another entry by colleague on  MalinowePi Facebook group – Roman Kubat, who showed ImperiHome. This application has great interface but…

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