Qubino, Flush On/Off Thermostat 10A

Well,
Home automation is not always unicorn and rainbows...

In the autumn I ordered, well in time for the colder weather to set in and a bit of needed time for me to install it, The Qubino Flush On/Off Thermostat 10A.

 

I especially selected the Qubino since it was mentioned on the Vera home page to be supported. Ding and Darn I was wrong... Vera does not have support in the Firmware to for the constantly heat function which is the function I wished for, since I have own thermostats in the heater and wanted to use this only to lower the room temperature when needed. E.g. when somebody is out for a longer period and the crib don't necessarily have the need to be fully heated.

As some forum posters on the Vera support site already have posted out that's not the case and now we have been waiting for a firmware that hopefully is coming (my unqualified guess) by summer when I'm not in need for a thermostat any longer...

Well, next* future winter I might be able to use it....

Lesson learned, always check on Vera support forum first...

*Noticed on the forum that issue is still not solved...

Domitech z-wave smart LED light bulb

This is a 60-watt z-wave enabled light with dimming function.

It was long time ago since I installed a z-wave plus device and it's so easy from the Mios.com Vera when you just need to drill down to the light in the list, instead of the early devices where you had to press a tiny button in the right moment, sometimes as fast as possible. 

The light is not larger than any normal LED light and the color is very nicely and warm. Build quality was as far as I could tell also OK.

Dimming function from the Vera worked very well. Just slide it. From the scenes you can set the percentage. The light is supposed to remember the setting when started next time.

So in perfect timing for the dark autumn evenings the porch is lit.

Uplay.exe - System Error libcef.dll is missing caused by Winzip.

Uplay.exe - System Error
The program can't start because libcef.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

Thats what faced me today :-(

Turn out that I had installed Winzip and it seems to destroy some dll links.

Fix it this way:
1) Uninstall winzip
2) Re-start
3) Re-install uplay
4) Game-on!
:-)

Telldus goes z-wave

In Sweden there is one provider that seems to be available in every store, that I visit :-)
http://www.telldus.se/
Telldus has a very price friendly approach with user friendly equipment so now when I noticed that they are going to launch a z-wave gateway and possible later some own z-wave plug in socket modules I got excited.
If you want to start shopping (probably Swedish only) right away, you'll find all you need here:
https://www.m.nu/telldus-znet-lite-forhandsbestallning-preliminar-leverans-september-p-2341.html
 

Z-wave DIN rail devices.

The lack of Z-wave DIN rail devices seem to constantly be something that pauses house builders to jump directly into the Z-wave home automation world. Luckily when there is a need there is also a solution, unfortunately it's not directly from the shelf, but if you can build a house I believe this is a piece of cake.

http://www.abavala.com/test-support-rail-din-pour-module-z-wave-fibaro/
http://www.vesternet.com/knowledgebase/technical/kb-17

Rasp Pi temp sensor is back!

For a long, long time my one wire temp sensor that is connected to my Raspberry Pi and integrated to my Vera has shown identical value.
I was pretty sure some upgrade of the Raspberry Pi had broken it some how and after some evening of googling I found a way to see the temperature again:

Disable the device tree:
$ sudo raspi-config
Goto 8) Advanced -> A5) Device Tree and choose no.
 
Install the updater firmware updater:
$ sudo apt-get install rpi-update

Then update (don't forget to take backup etc, etc.) and reboot:
$ sudo rpi-update
$ sudo ldconfig
$ sudo reboot
to update your Rpi firmware
WARNING: This update bumps to rpi-4.0.y linux tree
Be aware there could be compatibility issues with some drivers
Discussion here:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=113753

See and behold, the temperature is correct.

Invisible Door / windows sensor.

An invisible product might be the ultimate indiego campaign, but it's also something that we all has been whising when screwing the magnetic sensors tiny screws, that get stuck constantly in the magnet itself to the door or window post.
Here is now the product to hopefully on day in the future will solve this. Full Z-wave support seems to be promised and as long as you can live with the batteries that you likely not easily find in your closest hardware store, this sensor has all the signs will leave no sign to be a great product :-).

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/strips-the-invisible-window-and-door-sensor#/story

There is already reviwes available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ptE9qgS1_4&feature=youtu.be