WACUP Home automation integration - Homeseer

[etsaman]

For anyone interested in home automation:


I integrated WACUP to my HA platform ( Homeseer ) so I can control it via my wall mounted tablets (along with lighting/appliances control and other HA features)

Have a look at the demo below and feel free to share questions, suggestions or comments.
Thanks to DrO for helping out and Jon00 for the HS plugin;


There are still some hurdles to a perfect integration, especially with the Media Library polling ( would love to get rid of the Ajaxamp/Ampwifi dependancy) but I'm hopeful a revamped API is somewhere in DrO's already quite long todo list =)


Demo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmrjs61nahwrlgd/WACUP-HOMESEER-JON00.mp4?dl=0

https://youtu.be/VorDGKNzUOQ (other copy on Youtube but seems to be blocked in some countries due to the music contents)


Homeseer forum discussion:
https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/3rd-party-developer-area/general-developer-discussion/jon00/94458-jon00-winamp-wacup-controller-for-homeseer-3-and-homeseer-4?p=1462904#post1462904


Cheers,

[james301]

I like what you've done With Home seer. Unfortunately, at $150 it's out of my price range. I'm just trying to run WACUP with my android phone. Do you know of any other plugins and android apps other then Ajaxamp/Ampwifi? I'm asking because I see your a beta tester and it's been over 3 years since you posted this, and I have been having trouble getting AmpWifi to work with the current WACUP Build 1.99.20.19994.
On a side note I was really impressed that you chose 'The Art Of Noise' as part of your demo!!!!

[etsaman]

Thanks for the feedback 


I have since moved to Home Assistant (Open source - Free) and built a similar interface with the ability to control via my wall tablets or cell phone.


I am still using Ajaxamp/Ampwifi along with WACUP + some automations to publish WACUP data over MQTT.


It has been running smoothly for a few months now.


Not the simplest integration but the only solution I found so far.


Cheers,

[james301]

I'm really interested in learning more about this. What kind of programming language do I need to know? And where would I go about getting started and doing this sort of thing? Is Home assist script based, or html? I started with apple dos basic. Then moved to Amiga script editing and multi-tasking later I got into HTML.. I ran a Bulletin Board System out of my home before the Internet got big. I'm thinking it might be something I can do. 

[etsaman]

Steep learning curve ahead 
 I would suggest to start here: https://www.home-assistant.io/
cheers.