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That would be amazing for those of us with legacy X10 installations.
I'll have a check tonight that I am using the correct IP, port and code.
So, at the moment I run two parallel systems: Comfort and Indigo. Both control DIN rail X10 modules, dimmers and switches. Generally, this is all very reliable. I have built quite a few lighting control responses into Comfort, thanks to Chui and team over the years for their outstanding support, which does sequences of lights, but I have found the iPhone app clunky and the fact that Comfort doesn't do IoT integration well has necessitated using Perceptive Automation's Indigo. This provides a neat iOS front end which the whole family can access for the lights, and some further scene setting, and crucially allows integration with Denon Amp, Sony Bravia, Sonos, Netatmo etc. However, I have struggled with reliable integration with Comfort. For a time, I did manage to have the two connected via a network plugin for Indigo which effectively logged into comfort in the similar way as your Pi app, and then with an understanding of the Comfort protocol I was able to send and receive instructions to Comfort from Indigo. So when various alarm states were set an iOS message would be sent using AppleScript. However, it wasn't 100% reliable and got into real trouble when after six months it looped, causing a perpetual cycle of continuous iOS messages to me and my wife. When we were on holiday. You can imagine how I was in the dog house.
Assisted by the excellent guys at Household Automation here in the U.K. (on here as Home) I have further Comfort integration including Heatmiser Thermostats, Windowmaster actuators, fire alarm, and MVHR ventilation. The frustration for me currently is that those are all isolated inside Comfort and not accessible from the Indigo iOS app which has a much better configurable GUI (in terms of whole family access) than the Cytech offerings (IMHO), and also allows multiple users to log in simultaneously.
So... I am essentially seeing whether I can knock Indigo out of the loop and just rely on Smart Things and a forthcoming Pi UCM, or whatever your product becomes with Chui. I like Indigo, but the stability of Comfort means that has to be the lead system. On my wish list for your emerging product, would be:
1. Individual control of instances of X10 lights on housecodes: On, Off, Dim (So A1, A2, B1 etc. I currently use Ax for downstairs, Bx for upstairs, and Cx for outside)
2. Scene setting. Allowing multiple actions with lights, amplifier TV etc. presumably all is configurable within ST once lights appear.
3. Heatmiser Thermostats displaying as Thermostats in ST, displaying temperature and allowing adjustment of setpoint.
4. Ability to trigger notifications in some way for alarm conditions, etc. May already be possible within ST, but I am new to it this.
5. ST to provide single platform for Home / Comfort control.
Thanks once again for what you are doing. It looks really promising. At the moment I feel behind the curve picking up Smart Things, but it seems most of the wider IP integration with IoT that I have, is all possible with ST. Having got quite a reasonable understanding of Comfort protocol codes and Indigo programming, I am keen to give it a go (but like you do have a full time job elsewhere!)
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