The reporting module has a series of graph plugins that can display any data logged to the database. Currently the reports cover

• Electricity usage
• Furnace Usage (how long it has run, daily, weekly, monthly, etc)
• Temperature graphs (inside vs outside)
• Water Usage (hot vs cold by time)

There are a few background features that have been implemented that are quite powerful.

• The system has an Javascript messaging bus that talks constantly to all connected clients and can relay status messages and events to the clients. This is used to display notifications like "The newest episode of ____ has just downloaded" or send status messages like if XBMC is playing and what file its playing.
• Each connected client's device registers with the backend and receives a cookie. That identification number can be used to send specific commands back to the client. I use this to control various wall screens around the house that run on wall mounted IPAD's. This allows me to load the traffic cameras on the front door panel as i leave for work in the morning.
• There is a scheduled task engine where services can register for events to be run at specific times or at set events like "sunrise" or "sunset". These events are stored in the database and survive server reboots.
• Intelligent downloading rules that run nightly allow all movies or TV shows with specific actors, dates, or other criteria to be automatically added to the download queue. So any 1950's movie that gets more then 4 stars that has a specific actor will be downloaded.
• The system can work with Asterisk to automatically ring all phones in the house when phone numbers are clicked on (yellow pages app). Once the home phone is picked up it makes the outbound call to the number that was clicked on.
• some elements of the system can be controlled from asterisk by calling into your home number and entering the passcode.
• any page layout based on plugins can be edited by adding the "?movable" tag to the url. Drag the elements to where you would like them and resize any that need to be resized and remove the flag from the url. Changes are saved in the database.
• The main plugin page is configured for each user account. One user can have a completely different layout from the next user.
• NIghtly the system will analyse the movies you have downloaded and compare that to an online database of recommended movies. Each movie is assigned a score which is incremented with each match. Once completed it will return the top 100 movies that you would like to download. Clicking on any of those entries will automatically add it to couch potato for download. Once a movie has completed downloading it is removed from the wanted list and added to the local movie database.

• I'm sure there are more, i will document them here as i go :

I used to love reading morning comics but who gets a paper in the mail anymore. This page automatically loads up on my main touch screen every morning when i start walking down the stairs.

It downloads and stores the daily comics in a database and allows me to click though them. Every morning it automatically goes out and downloads the updated comics.

My wife and i have 3 children, its hard enough to keep track of one kid let alone the 3 kids at all times. This module shows all family members over-top of google maps. it updates in real time on a 5 minute delay as we move around.

It has geofencing capabilities. Currently I use the following rules:

• Turns on the outside house lights when a family member drives or walks toward the house. But only if its dark out.
• Alerts my wife when i am driving home from work so she knows she can start making dinner.
• Alerts me if my kids leave the school yard during school hours.

This module displays life feeds of every traffic camera in the city i live in. In the morning when i get up to go to work the wall touch screen by the front door turns on and displays the cameras that i will pass on my way to work. I can quickly use these cameras to figure out which roads i should take. The cameras are all live feeds and update with a new image every 2-3 seconds.

every wall screen needs a screensaver so i created a pong clock in javascript and CSS. If the screens are not touched for 2 minutes they default back to the pong clock. For those of you not familure with this concept. The automated player on the left wins every hour on the hour, the automated player on the right wins every minute on the minute. Because of this the score is always the time.

I have written this app 3 times over the last 5 years or so, it gets a little better every time. This version uses some code i found on the internet which allows it to run in the browser very smooth. My previous version had better more realistic paddle movement where the left hand player was obviously a worse player. I plan on combining the logic code from my previous version with the new version to create a better clock interface.

I wanted the touch wall screens to replace every possible item in the home. One item that was easily replaced was the phone book.

This module is simply an Iframe to the canadian 411 service that allows for lookups and reverse lookups.

Site links are configurable and provide a nice jumping point to the different servers and services that are needed to bring this site together.

Sites can be added or removed and proxy can be enabled for these interfaces so they can be accessible from outside the home. Please note that the proxy is hosted on an SSL driven website that uses authentication.

The ping module pings home devices from the server and alerts if the server or service is down. This works in real time refreshing though the items on the list every few seconds.

The subnet scan module is alot like the ping module exept it scans though all known and unknown IP addresses in the subnet. I use this to identify what IP addresses i can assign to various pieces of equipment around the home.

This module controls the 6 TV's throughout my home, the system supports XBMC or VLC control.

Each TV is setup with XBMC running on a raspberry PI. Each PI has a USB to serial adapter that connects to the TV control. There is a small script that shares the serial port via TCP-IP to allow TCP control of the TV even though they only have Serial control.

The interface for media allows access to TV, Movies and hard drive folders containing my familys home movies. Movies and TV can be sorted by category or name or searched. There is also a "Query" option that allows for customized lists of TV or Movies. Currently I have customized queries by:

• decade
• Unwatched
• Unwatched by TVDB or MovieDB rating
• Ended TV Shows
• Kids Shows
• Kids Movies
• Random TV Show
• Random Movie
• Random Top Gear Episode.

Currently there is one view for TV and another for Movies however the code is written that multiple views like cover view could be added in the future.

Selecting the TV or Movie that you would like to play and selecting the room to play it in will cause the TV to turn on, TV input to change, Volume to reset, AMP to turn on, Its input to change, etc.

Current Features

• Movies and TV are automatically added and indexed from CouchPotato or SickBeard.
• Watched VS unwatched is tracked and logged by date/user for reporting
• Customized podcasts are created and video is transcoded to allow my IPAD to stream all my shows while i work.
• Any video playing in any room can be transfered or mirrored in any other room
• Playlist support for creating TV/Movie playlists.
• Bookmarks can be created and restored at any time on any TV.
• Supports XBMC and VLC as output devices
• Many nightly maintenance tasks that download new reviews, update movie relationships, set movies to download based on criteria, download image artwork, etc.
• Hard drive folders can be added and indexed.
• TV and AMP control using configuration files for each make and model. I have generated config files for all of my home equipment (very scale-able)
• RV Sync. When my RV is parked in front of my house it syncs all unwatched TV to the NAS onboard and deletes any previously synced content that has already been watched. When we vacation all of our TV and Movies are ready to be watched on the go.

I plan to create a youtube video for this section to walk though the various media features.

Future features

• Audio support for MP3/ogg/etc using XBMC/VLC
• Support for MythTV (I had this completed at one point but have rewritten all code since then)
• Better Podcast support to allow custom podcasts and custom encoding settings for each podcast

This is a pretty simple module, it allows multiple Google Calendars to be viewed at once. Currently I sync my work Microsoft Exchange calendar to Google and my wife uses google on her phone. This quickly and easily allows all of us to see how our scheduales work together.

I have always liked to take notes when an idea comes to me. This simple editor lets me create new notes and store them on the web server. The HTML 5 editor functionality comes from a great online project called CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/). All saves are version controlled and stored on the web server. Any revision, save or edit can be undone even years later.

Another fairly simple module, this module allows control of any ZWave thermostat via the Vera controller. I have stolen the images from an android app made by Honeywell. If and when i release the code i will have to remove those image and come up with my own interface. I just really liked the Honeywell interface.

I have also added the ability to add additional Zwave switches to the interface, for now this allows my "summer Fan" that feeds the whole house to be controlled.

This module will get some more love in the near future. Currently it displays a fairly simple list of all the lights, outlets and other zwave output devices in the home. All of these devices are currently hooked up to a Vera home controller. This page interfaces with the Vera API's to constantly pole the current status as well as allow the status to be changed.

I would like to have a configurable background image and an interface to place switches or outlets onto the image, this could be used to create a 3D view of a home with an easy touch interface.

Another small plugin that allows viewing of my outdoor and indoor webcams (one turned off for this screenshot). The images stream MJPEG and the PHP script acts as a proxy server to stream to the outside world. Its capable of using password protected cameras. The page is then feed out the the internet using my authentication and HTTPS protocols even if the cameras did not support SSL or authentication.

This plugin can also be attached to any camera monitoring or recording service that supports MJPEG.

My wife doesn't have a drivers license and takes the bus everywhere, and so the bus module was born. Specify a time and bus stop number and it will display the current bus location on the map and let you know how long it will take the bus to get to your stop.

The City i live in published great API's that can be used to query every bus location