I have tinkered with CallerID solutions for Windows Media Center over the years using programs such as Vista CallerID & TapiRex however it was always
Category: First Look
New Home Automation App for Windows 8 and Micasaverde Vera
One of our favourite developers Martin Millmore of Millesoft has been busy lately, Ian recently wrote about a new Tunerfree app for Windows 8 and
How to control Vera Z-wave devices and run Vera scenes from the command line .CMD
In my last post I looked at integrating mControl with VeraLite. The next thing I wanted to setup was to be able to control Z-wave
Home Automation with Windows Media Center (mControl V3) integrated with VeraLite
I recently purchased a Micasaverde VeraLite Z-wave home automation gateway device, this is a small low powered router like box that becomes the primary controller
Add a YouTube TV icon in to Windows Media Center plus YouTube TV setup
Following on from Ian’s recent post here about a new YouTube TV user interface at www.youtube.com/tv I wanted to set this up on my HTPC’s
mControl & VeraLite integration nightmare!
Most of you who read my blog will know I am a mControl Home Automation user and I’ve done several posts about mControl in the
Windows 8: Why bother upgrading for a media centre machine?
As this is my first post just a quick introduction. I’m Jonathan Hill live and work in Scotland for Scottish Water as their Telemetry Technical
LED Strip Lighting Project–Part5
I wanted to install some LED lights outside on the decking. I figured out I could run two 5050 LED Controllers and LED strips from
LED Strip Lighting Project–Part4
In part 3 I used about 3 metres of 5050 LED strip in the kitchen, that left me with about 2 metres to create something
LED Strip Lighting Project–Part3
The rest of my order arrived yesterday from China, no import tax or duties either as the seller I used ships from Hong Kong via