FIBARO smart energy management

In the Netherlands we are using more and more electrical energy sources for our devices and heating in our home’s. We are also increasingly driving electric cars. Last year, 114,000...

New Quick App GUI elements for the FIBARO Home Center 3

With system update 5.1.50 FIBARO introduced some new GUI elements for Quick Apps in the HC3. In this blog I’ll show you how they work and how you can control...

How to dim lights based on the ambient light intensity

The standard behavior of motion sensors is that they only trigger an event when somebody is entering the room. In this blog I show you how to turn on the...

Homey Pro (Early 2023) vs FIBARO HC3

After my experiences with the Homey Bridge, I became curious about the Homey Pro (Early 2023). So I installed the Homey Pro besides my Home Center 3 and recreated parts...

Home Connect for FIBARO Home Center 3

Preheat your oven when you arrive at home. Or save energy by automatically start your washing machine when your solar panels produce enough energy.

HC3 Lua scenes part 5: How to do a simple HTTP request

Sometimes you want to do a simple HTTP request from a Lua scene on your Home Center 3 to interact with a local device (like an Raspberry or Arduino project)...