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)...

HC3 Lua scenes part 4: setTimeOut vs Sleep explained

The hub.setTimeOut() function has many uses. It can be used to allow a task to wait a fixed time before performing an action. Like polling every minute for new data....

HC3 Lua scenes part 3: sourceTrigger explained

The Home Center 3 Lua engine comes with a special variable called sourceTrigger. You can use the sourceTrigger variable to make your scenes react differently based on different trigger parameters....

HC3 Lua scenes part 2: Variables explained

Variables are very powerful when programming Lua scenes and building Quick Apps with the Home Center 3. In this blog I explain the different types of variables that are available...