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I tried one of these from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GPGPEBM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I can't get it to work with UPB. I tried their virtual COM software and loaded UPStart. It will not connect to it. I also tried the Home Assistant plugin. I set...

Has anyone ever found a protocol document for communicating with this player?  Thanks.

I have a seventy year old house that we built up in 2000.  The new wiring is all neat and nicely labelled.  The old wiring is a real mess - apparently over the years they just strung onto the end of circuits all over the house.     So I am going to start tracking it more closely - right now I...

I am looking for a way to shut off the water to my washer when it is not running.  I have a current sensor on the line so I know when it is off or on.  I see stand-alone units that combine the features.  But I don't see a clean way to automate the standard washer valves that you find in a...

I have a Nuvo Essentia with 12 zones installed in my house.  It still works great today.  However a lot of the keypads are showing their age - buttons not responding as well as they should, etc.  It is difficult to get replacements for them.   So I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations...

Does anyone know what the difference is? I have a Caddx panel and have some NX-455's installed.  I want to add a few more and I found used NX-454's which look similar but I can't find any documentation.  Cost is a fraction of the new NX-455 and these are not for doors that I worry about a lot -...

I have a number of RF shades that I managed to get my Bond hub to control.  Unfortunately the commands get through about 9 out of 10 times.  I was thinking that it would be great to have some sort of sensor that reported whether the shade was up or down.  I was thinking about a small magnetic...

I am using a Planar touchscreen hooked to an Intel NUC running Windows 10.  It uses the default windows 10 touch drivers.  I would like to have it beep every time someone touches the screen.  I don't see anything in the HID settings in Windows 10.  Is there a 3rd party utility that does this...

I would be interested in sharing experiences on these new devices that came out about a year ago.  I have two of the non-amp versions.  I have had nothing but issues with them for my two primary music sources - Sirius XM and Spotify - using the RIO interface.  I was wondering if anyone else was...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a reasonably priced thermometer and/or thermo-hygrometer?  I have so many temp sensors in the house that all report something slightly different it would be good to put a reliable thermometer at the location for a while and then adjust the reported temp on...

Can anyone recommend retrofit roller shade motors that are z-wave compatible?  I want to automate some shades on my porch.  Thanks.

Does anyone have a way to get Sirius XM Now playing information?  I can't find anything regarding an API.  Ideally I would like to query a specific channel and see what is playing on it - Artist, title, etc.

I have two 15" ELO touchscreens mounted in my house - working well.  Both are serial RS-232 control, 15 pin VGA.  Each one has a dedicated PC connected to it running Windows 7 (I think that might be the latest version of Windows that I have drivers for).  I am looking to replace the PCs with...

Does anyone have any code that will extract the now point information from Sirius XM? I have a receiver at home that I play throughout the house - an XM PCR - and I would like to get the now playing info into Homeseer so I can display it on my touchscreens. Thanks.

I have a couple of these and have added them with no issues. Just tried adding a new one today and cannot get it to respond. I am using Homeseer 3 with a Z-Net.  I put the Z-Net in add mode and then apply power to the Fibaro but nothing shows up. I have tried moving closer to the Z-Net...

I was thinking of putting an Echo dot on my porch.  I want to control the lights, Audio, fan, etc. outside.  However, anyone could walk up to the porch and speak to it.    Is there a way to limit the controls that a specific dot can use?  It seems like all devices are accessible by all dots and...

Hi, I am looking to add another sirius tuner to my home system. I am planning to connect it to my home automation system. I am looking at several older tuner models on eBay - all with rs232 connections. Most have model numbers beginning with SCH. Before I decide on a specific model I would...

I am using a XMPCR hooked to my home automation system - Homeseer/Allonis.  Allonis has a driver that controls the switching on the XMPCR and they are reading the now playing information from some form of API related to the Sirius streaming service.  Over time, Sirius has slowly been shutting...

Hi, I am using Kindles mounted around the house - working well. I am using Tasker to control them remotely. However in the Master Bedroom I can dim down to 0 at sleep time but this leaves the backlight on - flooding the room in light all night.   I would like to send a command to the...

I have some iTouch's mounted in the wall and I am turning their backlights on and off remotely at night through OpenSSH, Activator, and TerminalActivator.  I am now setting up an iPad Gen 3 and it is running IOS 9.3.5.  It appears that TerminalActivator doesn't work above IOS 7.  Does anyone...