Home Monitor

A private android app that I use for my home tablet, which I hang on the wall.

Upcoming Features

• Clock
• Weather
• Pet feeding
• PTV tram timetable
• Ring doorbell support (sort of)
• Link with Hue lights
• Barcode scanner to add items to shopping list
• Notifications when we need to bring items upstairs
• Calendar
• Vacuum

Getting started

This app was really made for myself, and won't be much use to you. I also haven't worked in android in a long time, so any source code is going to be rushed and hacky. But, if you would like to pull the code down...

Create a private configuration under /app/src/main/java/net/jeremycasey/homemonitor/private/config.kt

// Open weather map keys
// https://openweathermap.org/api
val cityId = "2158177"
val apiKey = "abcdef12345"
val units = "metric"

// PTV api keys
// https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/data-and-reporting/datasets/ptv-timetable-api/
val ptvDevId = "123456"
val ptvApiKey = "00000000-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddddddddddd"
val ptvWatchedStops = listOf(
  TimetableInfo(
    routeColor = Color(0xfff58023),
    routeId = 111,
    stopId = 222,
    routeType = RouteType.tram,
    directionId = 3
  ),
  // ...
)
val ptvWatchPeriods = listOf(
  WatchPeriod(4, LocalTime(8, 0), LocalTime(9, 30)),
  // ...
)

// Message board config
val messageBoardItems = mapOf<String, MessageItemConfig>(
  "baby_supplies" to MessageItemConfig(
    code = "baby_supplies",
    type = "supplies",
    message = "Baby stock up required",
    imageResource = R.drawable.message_board_baby_supplies,
  ),
)

// Philips Hue lights
val hueHostAddress = "http://10.0.0.111/"
val hueUsername = "abcdef1234" // get from here: https://developers.meethue.com/develop/get-started-2/
val hueGroupIds = arrayOf("1", "5", "4")

// The background will match whatever colour these lights are set to
val mainGroupId = "1"

// Roomba vacumm
// Run the `getpassword` script here: https://github.com/koalazak/dorita980
val roombaBlid = "12ABC456"
val roombaPassword = ":1:1rsteincyu238903"
val roombaAddress = "192.168.0.100"

// Home Assistant
val homeAssistantHostAddress = "http://10.0.0.888:8123/"
val homeAssistantAccessToken = "abcdef1234" // get from http://homeassistant.local:8123/profile under "Long-Lived Access Tokens"
val homeAssistantTvOnScriptName = "executa_hisense_turn_on" // Set up in the scripts.yml file in Home Assistant, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/script/
val homeAssistantTvOffScriptName = "executa_hisense_turn_off" // Set up in the scripts.yml file in Home Assistant, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/script/

Doorbell Widget

You'll need the Rapid Ring app installed.

Once you've installed this HomeMonitor app, go to the system Settings -> Apps and Notifications -> Special app access -> Notification access, and ensure that the Home Monitor app is checked.

Message Board Widget

To post items on the message board, you'll need to send an android intent with the following info:

Action: net.jeremycasey.homemonitor.POST_MESSAGE Extras:

• Key: code
• Value: To match the value in your private messageBoardItems Package: net.jeremycasey.homemonitor Target: Activity

I've done this by ordering some Flic smart buttons, which allows you to link the button to android intents.

Typical use case, I'm upstairs, I run out of nappies, so I press the smart button, and it will show a reminder on the monitor downstairs to bring them up.