2014-09-21, 07:20
Most home automation systems allow you to create an open listening socket to receive data. From this you can trigger events in your home.
The feature I am looking for is to turn on event broadcasts from XBMC.(or an add-on) Configure XBMC IPort to send a packet:
Examples:
Start a movie - socket://IPORT Start_Movie
Pause Movie - socket://IPORT Pause_Movie
from here we can set the home to perform actions, Dim the lights, raise the lights ETC.
I think this would be a very simple feature to implement and give some compatibility to home automation systems, ATM all the plugin's I can find are based on the home sending commands to XBMC, I am looking for a way for XBMC to send commands to the home.
The feature I am looking for is to turn on event broadcasts from XBMC.(or an add-on) Configure XBMC IPort to send a packet:
Examples:
Start a movie - socket://IPORT Start_Movie
Pause Movie - socket://IPORT Pause_Movie
from here we can set the home to perform actions, Dim the lights, raise the lights ETC.
I think this would be a very simple feature to implement and give some compatibility to home automation systems, ATM all the plugin's I can find are based on the home sending commands to XBMC, I am looking for a way for XBMC to send commands to the home.