<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr"><span>hi everyone, </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr">am planning to come to Swansea next Monday evening for the drop in - I wanted to check that it was an ok for folks for me to do so, and in particular for in-person advice on transmission circuit idea previously discussed on this list. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr">Many thanks! </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7660" dir="ltr">debi</div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7663"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7659">www.debi-rah.net<br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><br id="yui_3_13_0_7_1384454514031_28"></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7664">Publishing - http://www.hammeronpress.net </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br id="yui_3_13_0_7_1384454514031_36"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7665">Create-Ahh - http://create-ahh.org.uk</span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7668"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7667"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7666">Public History - http://feministarchivesouth.org.uk</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br id="yui_3_13_0_7_1384454514031_44"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7669">Great Bear Analogue & Digital Media Tape Blog- </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7671"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7670">http://www.thegreatbear.net/blog/<br></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7673"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421260615371_7672">https://twitter.com/deborahmwithers</span></div></div></div></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 12:20, "hackspace-request@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" <hackspace-request@swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Send Hackspace mailing list submissions to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:hackspace-request@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">hackspace-request@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a ymailto="mailto:hackspace-owner@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">hackspace-owner@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Hackspace digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Last night - ESP and other ramblings (Graham Owens)<br> 2. Re: Last night - ESP and other ramblings (Emyr Morris)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:07:02 +0000<br>From: Graham Owens <<a ymailto="mailto:grahamowensuk@googlemail.com" class="removed-link" href="">grahamowensuk@googlemail.com</a>><br>To: Swansea Hackspace <<a ymailto="mailto:hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Last night - ESP and other ramblings<br>Message-ID:<br> <CAJqsN4T9eTL0EyD=pijVuCEPs+dSAKRyVY4qYQOVFbQH+<a ymailto="mailto:cmpYw@mail.gmail.com" class="removed-link" href="">cmpYw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Dont know if you will remember me talking a few weeks back about the<br>weather station, same thing - incompatible with everything else, not even a<br>local display. everything had to be viewed on there app, and when the site<br>went down I never got data. Well not any more :)<br><br>On 13 January 2015 at 20:00, Emyr Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="removed-link" href="">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I like your thinking there Graham<br>><br>> There have been lots of complaints about it not working, I've only<br>> experienced one outage and I am not sure if it was my broadband or their<br>> servers... everything in my flat had a green light and there were no<br>> warnings so maybe it was something else<br>><br>> just a shame they haven't hooked it up to IFTTT like their competitors<br>><br>><br>><br>> On 13 January 2015 at 19:52, Graham Owens <<a ymailto="mailto:grahamowensuk@googlemail.com" class="removed-link" href="">grahamowensuk@googlemail.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>>> So the question then is, is hive (or the link between it and the<br>>> interwebs) hackable? should be easy enough to find out with wireshark :)<br>>><br>>> Sounds like a job for a PI DNS server, with the advantage that you can<br>>> also control other bits and bobs too :)<br>>><br>>> G<br>>><br>>> On 13 January 2015 at 17:18, Emyr Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="removed-link" href="">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Had quite a chat and put a lot of things in their places last night.<br>>>><br>>>> Some people have been in touch asking for links to various things so I<br>>>> thought I would produce a quick digest<br>>>><br>>>> *If This Then That* - *IFTTT.com*<br>>>><br>>>> a service that allows devices (iOS/Android) / switches / lights to<br>>>> interface with each other.<br>>>><br>>>> e.g. if snowing, turn on heating or if raining tomorrow send alert to<br>>>> mobile device 'remember your brolly tomorrow'<br>>>><br>>>> It also allows you to set up geofencing with your mobile device.<br>>>><br>>>> e.g. if distance from home greater than 1 mile, turn off heating.<br>>>><br>>>> It works with the WeMo switch for instance, so you could turn on lights<br>>>> at Dusk... Turn them off at a pre-determined time.<br>>>><br>>>> I have an iOS notification set up for a RSS feed that I have on one of<br>>>> my ecommerce website so I can monitor what is going on even if I am out and<br>>>> about and away from my desk.<br>>>><br>>>> IFTTT.com is currently free - I hear there are plans to charge - I am<br>>>> guessing they will charge for more real time actions. At the moment my<br>>>> recipes seem to run every 20 mins (which is fine for me)<br>>>><br>>>> *ESP8266 - programming*<br>>>><br>>>> there was an article on Hackaday a few days ago.<br>>>><br>>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://hackaday.com/2015/01/10/flashing-the-esp8266-in-windows/</a><br>>>><br>>>> There is a new windows app that allows you to quickly download the ESP<br>>>> flasher, the NodeMCU firmware and install / run LUA<br>>>><br>>>> Documentation is sparse and I might write a short dummy guide for<br>>>> myself when I flash my next chip - If I do this I will share it with you.<br>>>><br>>>> So far I have managed to get it to read a switch connected to GPIO0 and<br>>>> turn an LED on and off via GPIO2<br>>>><br>>>> this is a fairly easy way into hacking the ESP8266 and making it do<br>>>> something.<br>>>><br>>>> Still masses more to learn!<br>>>><br>>>> I am looking to install them into some RF remote switches and maybe into<br>>>> PIR detectors along with temp / humidity sensors.<br>>>><br>>>> I am planning to upgrade my tumble drier with a Temp and Humidity sensor<br>>>> to turn it off (via a relay) when my clothes are dry - I may add a ESP to<br>>>> add notification - if at all possible via IFTTT to my mobile.<br>>>><br>>>> Emyr<br>>>><br>>>> PS oh yes.. we got onto the home heating thermostat. I opted for Hive<br>>>> from British Gas - mostly because their system was one of the few that<br>>>> didn't charge a monthly fee - basically you pay a fee even on the months<br>>>> when you do not heat your home, so you would end up losing the benefit of<br>>>> being more in control of your energy use! <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">https://www.hivehome.com/</a><br>>>><br>>>> It was a cinch to install - I popped off the old time switch, removed<br>>>> the old thermostat (wireless). Plugged in the 'hub' to the router...<br>>>> dropped the boiler switch onto the old plate belonging to the old time<br>>>> switch, attached the thermostat to the screw holes of the old wireless one,<br>>>> turned the boiler back on... and installed the app on my phone and logged<br>>>> in - whole process took less than 10 mins.<br>>>><br>>>> Even though NEST is compatible with IFTTT, Hive isn't which is a pitty,<br>>>> it would have been cool to have been able to program in a few overrides.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> Hackspace mailing list<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Hackspace mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>>><br>>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Mob: 07836 267426<br>><br>> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and<br>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are<br>> addressed.<br>><br>> Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol<br>> ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Hackspace mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/pipermail/hackspace/attachments/20150113/182bb4c5/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:19:21 +0000<br>From: Emyr Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="removed-link" href="">em@preseli.com</a>><br>To: Swansea Hackspace <<a ymailto="mailto:hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Last night - ESP and other ramblings<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAGAFX7NoQZNGNQGzF2wxajgECMY8s2uoj3poka62PjU-aCZy5g@mail.gmail.com" class="removed-link" href="">CAGAFX7NoQZNGNQGzF2wxajgECMY8s2uoj3poka62PjU-aCZy5g@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>yes I remember it well... how could I forget?<br><br>Glad you got it sorted!<br><br>this is one of the things I love about the group and the space - there is<br>such a diverse range of interests and talents and I've learnt so much<br>already.<br><br>Thank you all<br><br>On 13 January 2015 at 20:07, Graham Owens <<a ymailto="mailto:grahamowensuk@googlemail.com" class="removed-link" href="">grahamowensuk@googlemail.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><br>> Dont know if you will remember me talking a few weeks back about the<br>> weather station, same thing - incompatible with everything else, not even a<br>> local display. everything had to be viewed on there app, and when the site<br>> went down I never got data. Well not any more :)<br>><br>> On 13 January 2015 at 20:00, Emyr Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="removed-link" href="">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> I like your thinking there Graham<br>>><br>>> There have been lots of complaints about it not working, I've only<br>>> experienced one outage and I am not sure if it was my broadband or their<br>>> servers... everything in my flat had a green light and there were no<br>>> warnings so maybe it was something else<br>>><br>>> just a shame they haven't hooked it up to IFTTT like their competitors<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 13 January 2015 at 19:52, Graham Owens <<a ymailto="mailto:grahamowensuk@googlemail.com" class="removed-link" href="">grahamowensuk@googlemail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> So the question then is, is hive (or the link between it and the<br>>>> interwebs) hackable? should be easy enough to find out with wireshark :)<br>>>><br>>>> Sounds like a job for a PI DNS server, with the advantage that you can<br>>>> also control other bits and bobs too :)<br>>>><br>>>> G<br>>>><br>>>> On 13 January 2015 at 17:18, Emyr Morris <<a ymailto="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="removed-link" href="">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>> Had quite a chat and put a lot of things in their places last night.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Some people have been in touch asking for links to various things so I<br>>>>> thought I would produce a quick digest<br>>>>><br>>>>> *If This Then That* - *IFTTT.com*<br>>>>><br>>>>> a service that allows devices (iOS/Android) / switches / lights to<br>>>>> interface with each other.<br>>>>><br>>>>> e.g. if snowing, turn on heating or if raining tomorrow send alert to<br>>>>> mobile device 'remember your brolly tomorrow'<br>>>>><br>>>>> It also allows you to set up geofencing with your mobile device.<br>>>>><br>>>>> e.g. if distance from home greater than 1 mile, turn off heating.<br>>>>><br>>>>> It works with the WeMo switch for instance, so you could turn on lights<br>>>>> at Dusk... Turn them off at a pre-determined time.<br>>>>><br>>>>> I have an iOS notification set up for a RSS feed that I have on one of<br>>>>> my ecommerce website so I can monitor what is going on even if I am out and<br>>>>> about and away from my desk.<br>>>>><br>>>>> IFTTT.com is currently free - I hear there are plans to charge - I am<br>>>>> guessing they will charge for more real time actions. At the moment my<br>>>>> recipes seem to run every 20 mins (which is fine for me)<br>>>>><br>>>>> *ESP8266 - programming*<br>>>>><br>>>>> there was an article on Hackaday a few days ago.<br>>>>><br>>>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://hackaday.com/2015/01/10/flashing-the-esp8266-in-windows/</a><br>>>>><br>>>>> There is a new windows app that allows you to quickly download the ESP<br>>>>> flasher, the NodeMCU firmware and install / run LUA<br>>>>><br>>>>> Documentation is sparse and I might write a short dummy guide for<br>>>>> myself when I flash my next chip - If I do this I will share it with you.<br>>>>><br>>>>> So far I have managed to get it to read a switch connected to GPIO0 and<br>>>>> turn an LED on and off via GPIO2<br>>>>><br>>>>> this is a fairly easy way into hacking the ESP8266 and making it do<br>>>>> something.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Still masses more to learn!<br>>>>><br>>>>> I am looking to install them into some RF remote switches and maybe<br>>>>> into PIR detectors along with temp / humidity sensors.<br>>>>><br>>>>> I am planning to upgrade my tumble drier with a Temp and Humidity<br>>>>> sensor to turn it off (via a relay) when my clothes are dry - I may add a<br>>>>> ESP to add notification - if at all possible via IFTTT to my mobile.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Emyr<br>>>>><br>>>>> PS oh yes.. we got onto the home heating thermostat. I opted for Hive<br>>>>> from British Gas - mostly because their system was one of the few that<br>>>>> didn't charge a monthly fee - basically you pay a fee even on the months<br>>>>> when you do not heat your home, so you would end up losing the benefit of<br>>>>> being more in control of your energy use! <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">https://www.hivehome.com/</a><br>>>>><br>>>>> It was a cinch to install - I popped off the old time switch, removed<br>>>>> the old thermostat (wireless). Plugged in the 'hub' to the router...<br>>>>> dropped the boiler switch onto the old plate belonging to the old time<br>>>>> switch, attached the thermostat to the screw holes of the old wireless one,<br>>>>> turned the boiler back on... and installed the app on my phone and logged<br>>>>> in - whole process took less than 10 mins.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Even though NEST is compatible with IFTTT, Hive isn't which is a pitty,<br>>>>> it would have been cool to have been able to program in a few overrides.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> Hackspace mailing list<br>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>>>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> Hackspace mailing list<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Mob: 07836 267426<br>>><br>>> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and<br>>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are<br>>> addressed.<br>>><br>>> Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn<br>>> gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt<br>>> yn unig.<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Hackspace mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>>><br>>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Hackspace mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>> <a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br>><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>Mob: 07836 267426<br><br>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended<br>solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.<br><br>Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol<br>ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig.<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/pipermail/hackspace/attachments/20150113/47457888/attachment.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Hackspace mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="removed-link" href="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br><a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace</a><br><br><br>End of Hackspace Digest, Vol 25, Issue 17<br>*****************************************<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>