need help regarding a home automation project

[fuuton]

hi

i am making a home automation project over the internet.

there are some applications available on the net that can be used to send control signals over the net but i want to make my own app.

please suggest the language and amount of coding that would be required. some sample codes would be highly appreciated. thanks

 

[Kripton2035]

this is an open source project about internet remote switch
you can explore it to make a more precise idea of the work involved
also, almost all work is already done, you only have to implement what you think it's not in !
regards,
tuxgraphics.org: An AVR microcontroller based Ethernet device

 

[fuuton]

this was very helpful, thanks.

actually i need to develop my own app from scratch. can you guide me in this aspect?

 

[horace1]

assuming that the home had a wireless router you could use a microcontroller with a WiFi interface which controls some device, e.g. a light, switches on a TV, etc. e.g.
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if you have not already selected a development board have a look at Microchip's microstick
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it has onboard programmer etc and comes with a header which can be plugged into a breadboard that you can use to build you own circuits

 

[Kripton2035]

why do you want to develop all from scratch ?
or do you plan to use ready-made modules, and the app you have to do is on the pc computer side ?
I don't understand what you want to do exactly ...

 

[fuuton]

Kripton2035

by the app i mean the interface that would be used to send commands to my home pc.. i want to make the GUI more user friendly.

 

[horace1]

are you thinking about a touch screen LCD attached to a microcontroller?
you could control the functionality of the device and touch buttons to send data to you home PC. e.g.
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[fuuton]

no i dont want a touch screen LCD interface. i want to know how to code my own app that accepts the data from a user connected to 1st system and then transmits that data over the net to the 2nd system which has a relay board attached to it by a serial port so that i can control the appliances

 

[horace1]

are you talking about PCs talking over the internet to other PCs.
If so the simplest way is to use TCP/IP sockets
The TCP/IP Guide - TCP/IP Services and Client/Server Operation

even if one of the systems is a microcontroller such as a PIC24 it is possible to add WiFi facilities
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