Closing this one off – there are solutions in here and thanks to all. I thought I’d kluged this function together correctly but apparently not. I’m looking to be able to enter the 4th Monday of the month (ie today) as an example – and get true – getting false…
Month: October 2016
Alexa Enlightenment
Last updated November 16, 2016: In a recent blog entry I told you how we’d been playing with Amazon Echo (Alexa) and got it working. Well, nearly. It turns out that what SEEMS obvious in the system is not all it seems – but read on as we’ve had success.…
Alexa Node Red and SSL
It’s running. I’m very chuffed. Yesterday I picked up my Amazon Dot – which is basically the big ECHO unit without the big speaker – it has a little one instead. What is Alexa? Before I go any further – let me backtrack for those who’ve been in – well,…
A Quickie on Itead and CE
I recall a couple of questions in earlier blogs about Itead (Sonoff) and CE. Well, they’ve just written to me to confirm that “CE marking on Sonoff products does mean Conformity European, not China Export.” which should set some minds at ease – they also sent me the test reports.…
Another Weekend of Experiments
I’ve just been up to Northern Spain with a friend and our wives looking at some property up there and when we got to our hotel and got the wine open, Aidan showed me his new toy – Amazon Echo. The Echo Moment Well, I was so excited I’ve ordered…
Variable Persistence in Node-Red
It is my understanding that Node-Red will eventually have persistent variables – but while we’re waiting – this is how I do it. Using the global.get and global.set mechanisms, I store a single object. So – when Node-Red pops up it looks to the SD for that object – if…
Node Red Sunday
It is Sunday, I’ve done my 4,000 steps down to the village for coffee and back and I’m having a play. I use Node-Red on a Raspberry Pi to control just about everything in two houses – as my confidence in the setup has grown, I’m currently keeping the Pi…
IOT Manager Revisited
This started off as a very short blog some time ago – you’ll see comments below but I’ve re-written it. I occasionally like to revisit stuff I have reviewed or played with ages ago because, well, things change. Had I not persevered with ImperiHome I would not now have a…