Does anyone know if it will be possible to control the Belkin Wemo sockets from the Spark Core ? Belkin Wemo Product Page

A use case I thought of for this device and my future custom shield : Shield I have been checking the air quality in my house with a particle counter (PC). I have fans running all the time blowing air through to keep the place cool. I discovered that Im sucking in polluted air during rush hour an…

I’m sure it’s possible , but there’s an easier, safer way. :wink: Alternate 1 Alternate 2

Thanks @BDub - I never knew about that. So once I had it wired up, it would look something like this in 4 rooms : [image] Are there any other solutions where my house wouldn’t look like a scene from Blade Runner ? [image]

It would look like that if you were messy about packaging it up :wink: I’m sure you could do a nice job though… put it all in a box that sits between the ac outlet and the fan. The easiest way to keep the wires manageable yourself would be to use the Spark Core to control the power tail II. Techn…

I guess I could make it neat if I get creative with the duct tape :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Something self-contained like the Spark Socket would be ideal. Using the Spark Core to control On/Off is like getting Srinivasa Ramanujan to do your taxes.

Honestly tons of people use arduino for on/off … or simple sensor input. Spark Core makes that operation go to the next level allowing you to build a web app to control it, or program a server to manage your entire system… Or make one Spark Core do the management… and you can make it as complex as …

@rockvole Another option would be to use the Relay Shield; it requires fiddling with high voltage mains, which can be tricky, but if you’re careful you’ll have something in a smaller package that might work for you.

Whenever using a relay, which I think the power tail II uses as well, always consider this… “would anything bad happen if my device stayed on indefinitely?” if the answer is no, then you can survive a shorted/welded relay… if the answer is yes, then you need to build in redundancy. Put it all in …

I still think if the Wemo is possible its a neater self-contained solution. I saw the “Wemo deathtrap” issue, but I guess it might be possible to keep the Wemo’s behind my firewall although Im not sure. This guy has managed to control the Wemo from a Raspberry Pi : Controlling a WeMo switch with a…

Yeah I see them on ebay pretty cheap… well it appears to be a little work but doable. http://www.issackelly.com/blog/2012/08/04/wemo-api-hacking/ http://www.mgalisa.com/?p=91

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kennethlimcp November 30, 2014, 8:14am 15

It sounds possible since another community member controlled his Sonos and i think the protocol is SOAP as well:

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