best combination Media Centre+HomeAutomation Pi3
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:57 am
(Pi newbie alert)
I'm looking for suggestions of the most complete software combinations for having a Pi3 with touchscreen as both a DLNA Media Centre and a Home Automation controller? (e.g. OpenELEC + HomeGenie ??).
It seems that media centre apps and automation apps are typically separated??.....
I have a remote house running on solar power with a 3G back haul to internet via ethernet, I want guests at the house to be able to control their environment as well as myself controlling it remotely.
My plans are to integrate the following;
- Power usage & management (see the solar charger data via RS-232, switch on/off relay for all house power, possibly some other remote switches/lights)
- Monitor temperatures (easy)
- Monitor a few voltage levels and display on dashboard (e.g. like a 12v high and report it as "Generator on") easy.
- Play music / video from local NAS to HDMI output (SONY amp)
- Use voice commands for the Media centre and/or the Home Automation...maybe with Amazon Alexa?
- If possible add HDMI input to Pi3 and display visual output of SONY sound Amp on the Pi touchscreen.
- if possible integrate an LCARS dashboard as an option https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/lcars- ... pberry-pi/
The Hardware bit is easy but I'm struggling to find a platform/app which covers all this in one GUI....is there one? or is it easy to bolt two together and flip between them?
I'm looking for suggestions of the most complete software combinations for having a Pi3 with touchscreen as both a DLNA Media Centre and a Home Automation controller? (e.g. OpenELEC + HomeGenie ??).
It seems that media centre apps and automation apps are typically separated??.....
I have a remote house running on solar power with a 3G back haul to internet via ethernet, I want guests at the house to be able to control their environment as well as myself controlling it remotely.
My plans are to integrate the following;
- Power usage & management (see the solar charger data via RS-232, switch on/off relay for all house power, possibly some other remote switches/lights)
- Monitor temperatures (easy)
- Monitor a few voltage levels and display on dashboard (e.g. like a 12v high and report it as "Generator on") easy.
- Play music / video from local NAS to HDMI output (SONY amp)
- Use voice commands for the Media centre and/or the Home Automation...maybe with Amazon Alexa?
- If possible add HDMI input to Pi3 and display visual output of SONY sound Amp on the Pi touchscreen.
- if possible integrate an LCARS dashboard as an option https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/lcars- ... pberry-pi/
The Hardware bit is easy but I'm struggling to find a platform/app which covers all this in one GUI....is there one? or is it easy to bolt two together and flip between them?