<p dir="ltr">Must find time to tinker soon. Thanks for the details. Looking at multiple automation and data collection projects and this opened new ideas for me.</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 26, 2016 9:55 PM, "Chris Fowler" <<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr><div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010ff;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 26, 2016 9:06:54 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] IoT<br></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010ff;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><p dir="ltr">What's your replacement for zigbee?</p></blockquote><div>NodeMCU ESP-12Es.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I started using one to monitor moisture in a ceiling after a bathroom remodel to a tiled shower. I then added temp/humdity. I then added power control, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Each runs MQTT. I'm running Mosquitto on Linux.</div><div><br></div><div>To bridge my X10 legacy power control I wrote a program that subscribes to x10/<house>/<device> topics. It then executes bottlerocket using a firecracker on ttyS0. I have a device that will allow Linux to read X10 messages on power, but I have to build it. Once done then my X10 button transmit devices can bridge to MQTT.</div><div><br></div><div>You can buy NodeMCUs from Amazon for about $10. China about $3. Relay for power control about $1. I have found some pre-made devices for around $7 that can be reprogrammed. The benefit is that they include the enclosure.</div><div><br></div><div>Using esp-link firmware you can take the NodeMCU and turn it into a "wifi shield" for Arduino. I investigated Zigbee and Z-Wave to replace my X10, but I found NodeMCU and will not look back.</div><div><br></div><div>I was using REST and then found MQTT. I wrote a REST to MQTT gateway so I could still use REST from clients if required. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>