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What is it?
This package is a collection of PHP scripts designed to enable control of both Visible Energy's Monostrip and a Radio Thermostat in a single, streamlined user interface. I wrote these scripts to control a room A/C connected to a Monostrip and the house HVAC. This is not meant as a full featured replacement of the remote access features provided by the respective companies, but rather as a simple tool that integrates the functionality of both devices and does not depend on a cloud server.Features:
- Control On/Off behavior of the Monostrip
- Control Home/Away settings of the Radio Thermostat
- REST API to enable mobile app communication
- Record thermostat usage to a local file
- Generate historical usage charts on the fly
- Android/iOS compatible interface coded in Command Fusion's iViewer
Requirements:
- Visible Energy Monostrip installed
- Radio Thermostat installed
- Command Fusion's guiDesigner for mobile app
- PHP >= 5.3 with SimpleXML and CURL modules
- PHP graphing library or class such as PHPGraphLib
- Basic knowledge of PHP
Setup:
Simply redefine the variables $monoip and $tstatip to correspond to the network configuration of your setup. The graphing function for the thermostat requires that usage.php be configured as a scheduled task (Windows) or a cron job (Linux).
Follow these steps to configure the mobile app in guiDesigner:
- 1) Double click on the system
- 2) Modify the system to match your configuration
Lastly, modify the request URIs so they match your directory structure and access keys
Release Notes:
- Version 1.4
- Detects online status of the Monostrip before executing
- Version 1.3
- Bug fixed when graphing heat usage
- Version 1.2
- Automated script to record thermostat usage
- Fixed issues presented when thermostat was in heat mode
- Version 1.1
- Centralized configuration file
- Bug fixes
