thing-it-device-osram-sympholight

[thing-it-node] Device Plugin to interface with lighting designs and lighting applications configured in OSRAM e:cue Sympholight by means of thing-it-node and thing-it.com.

NOTE: This Device Plugin is in an early development stage.

Hereby, this plugin represents basic Sympholight Objects such as

• devices in DMX Universes
• DALI devices

connected to a generic Sympholight Gateway and communication to those via UDP/IP.

Installation

Installation of NodeJS and [thing-it-node]

First, install nodejs on your computer (e.g. your PC or your Raspberry Pi).

Then install [thing-it-node] via

npm install -g thing-it-node

Connectivity to Sympholight

Make sure that the computer running [thing-it-node] is connected to the network where your Sympholight Devices and Objects can be reachned via IP and obtain the Sympholight IDs for the Devices and Objects you want to represent in [thing-it-node]. These will be used in the [thing-it-node] configuration.uFH5n

Initialization and Start of [thing-it-node]

The [thing-it-device-osram-sympholight] Plugin is installed with [thing-it-node], hence there is no need to install it separately.

The Plugin supports Autodiscovery, hence you only have to create a directory in which you intend to run the configuration, e.g.

mkdir ~/bacnet-test
cd ~/bacnet-test

and invoke

tin init

and then start [thing-it-node] via

tin run

Install the thing-it Mobile App from the Apple Appstore or Google Play and set it up to connect to [thing-it-node] locally as described here or just connect your browser under http://localhost:3001.

Mobile UI

Where to go from here ...

After completing the above, you may be interested in

• Configuring additional Devices, Groups, Services, Event Processing, Storyboards and Jobs via your [thing-it] Mobile App.
• Use thing-it.com to safely connect your Node Box from everywhere, manage complex configurations, store and analyze historical data and offer your configurations to others on the [thing-it] Mesh Market.
• Explore other Device Plugins like Texas Instruments Sensor Tag, Plugwise Smart Switches and many more. For a full set of Device Plugins search for thing-it-device on npm. Or write your own Plugins.