The House that Twitters Andy Stanford-Clark @andysc ... let’s look behind the curtain ...
Jan 18, 2015
The House that Twitters
Andy Stanford-Clark @andysc
... let’s look behind the curtain ...
Home Automation
Sensors everywhere!
Publish/Subscribe messaging
publishers subscribers
message broker
RSMB
MQTT
http://mqtt.org
subscribe-process-publish
publishers subscribers
message broker
RSMB
MQTT
Publish/Subscribe messaging
Power Monitoring
0 - 20p/hour --- green20 - 40p/hour --- amber40 - 60p/hour --- red!
RSMB
Power Monitoring CurrentCost
Sub-metering and the Power Pie
Sensor inputs
Sensor inputs
RSMBCC
Water meter
Water meter monitor
X10 appliance control
Appliances
controlled from phone,
internet, etc.
RSMBCC
X10
TXT the reindeer
RSMB
SMSMSS
3G dongle
SMS
X10
CC
Electronic Mousetraps
Tweetjects – objects that Twitter
Botanicalls House Plant
RSMBCC
X10
SMS Twitter
Twitter HTTP API3G dongle
The twittering house
• Power consumption / meter reading
•Water usage
• Incoming phone calls
• Security notifications: doors / windows
• Lights on / off
•X10 devices e.g. fountain, heater, etc
• Environmental - temperature
twitter.com/andy_house
Me-Too houses
RedJects
•RedFunnel operational information was poor
•Recorded announcement usually about half a day out of date
•Wouldn't it be nice if the RedJets could twitter
•Need some data...
AIS data mashup
twitter.com/redjets
All the other IOW ferries
RedFunnel.co.uk
As it was April 1st...
IBM micro-broker
LOTUSEXPEDITOR
FerryFerry tracketracke
rr
AIS decode
r
twitter.com
Red Funnel
web server
AIS receiver
GeoGeo fencinfencin
gg
Twittergatewa
y
Red Funnel data centre
Red Funnel ferries
serial link
VHF radio
AIStransponder
GPS satellites
HTTPREST
RSS
redfunnel.co.uk twitter.com/redjets
SMS
How the ferries tweet ....