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)...
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....