Indigo v5.03 is out & the Indigo SDK official release is out.

Indigo v5.0.3 is now available for download. Congrats to Perceptive Automation on the milestone… And, the Indigo SDK has officially been released.  While it’s been available on the Wiki, this is a milestone, since they have officially announced it’s availability. The Indigo Plugin SDK is now available for downloading. At this point, because all of the developer […]

Insteon Health Test Tool Updated application now available

According to the author, there is now an new updated Insteon Health Test Tool for Indigo v5… iHealth UPDATE I have just submitted v1.2 of the iHealth tool to the Contributions LIbrary and it should be available later this week. I have also placed a temporary copy on dropbox. This version fixes two recent problems […]

Detect Train and Close Window with Arduino and Webcam

[youtube http://www.youtube.com?v=aBhF_qfG4Qc] Here’s a great example of how to solve problems through automation…. The problem, living next to a set of train tracks, and the noise that they make…  The solution, automatically close the windows, when a train is passing through… Using a webcam, open-source motion detection software, and an arduino, I’ve created an automatic window […]

New Indigo Plugin Catalog & Plugin Update System (Updated 9/7/2011)

Indigo v5 has introduced a new Plugin system, to extend the hardware and functionality of the Indigo server.  This is a terrific step forward, but there’s another issue lurking in the background…. I won’t count the number of times where someone has reported a problem with an Attachment script, or plugin, and it has already […]

Pioneer VSX-1021-K AV Receiver Integration

Nsheldon, over on the Perceptive Automation Forums, has documented how to connect the Pioneer CSV-1021K AV Receiver into your Home Automation.  The workflow he documents involves Indigo Pro, but in theory other software can implement this technique. Any Elite Series receiver can be integrated in this manner… Pioneer VSX-1021-K AV Receiver Integration Part of my […]

Indigo Weather Conditions Plugin Preview is available…

What is Indigo Weather Conditions? Quite Simply, it’s a built-in Weather  tool for Indigo.  While it is similar to the NOAA script, it doesn’t simply populate the variables in Indigo.  It is designed for Indigo v5, and it does so much more… First, it has an honest to goodness, User Interface.  Second, it will also […]

LED icons for Control Pages

These image files, contributed by berkinet, contain several sizes of LED icon images for: Amber, Blue, Green, Red, UltraViolet (uv), White, Yellow and bi-color Red/Green LEDs. The “off” image of the colored images is a very dark version of the named color. For the bi-color LEDs the “off” image is Red and the on/true image […]