TechEvent 2019: Alexa, Netatmo, ZeptrionAir and Co, Home Automation with fun; Martin Berger - Trivadis

Alexa, Netatmo, ZeptrionAir and Co. - Home
Automation with fun

Trivadis – Our Key Figures
Alexa, Netatmo, ZeptrionAir and Co. - Home Automation with fun
• Founded in 1994
• 16 Trivadis locations with
more than 650 employees
• Sales of CHF 111 million (EUR 96 million)
• Over 250 Service Level Agreements
• More than 4000 training participants
• Research and development budget: CHF
5.0 million
• More than 1900 projects each year with
over 800 customers
• Financially independent and sustainably
profitable
2

Martin Berger
• @Kestenholz / Jurasüdfuss / Switzerland
• 2 Junior DBAs
• Trainer for Oracle Infra & Cloud Topics
• Fire Department Instructor
• Lives the Trivadis cultural values: curiosity,
doers, network, space, and together.
martinberger_ch martinberger.com

Q: Do you have a Smart Home
too?
Alexa, Netatmo, ZeptrionAir and Co. - Home Automation with fun4

U.S. Market

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/26/study-
what-people-actually-ask-amazons-
alexa.html

Device Connections
REST API Only
Cloud Only
REST API & Cloud

$ curl http://172.16.16.23:8090/volume | xmllint --format -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<volume deviceID="507224B67A2C">
<targetvolume>30</targetvolume>
<actualvolume>30</actualvolume>
<muteenabled>false</muteenabled>
</volume>
REST API
• Most of the electronical devices like Sonos, Bose SoundTouch etc. provide a REST API
interface
• Called Representational state transfer (REST) or RESTful web services
• Uses a stateless protocol
• http resource methods like GET/PUT/POST/DELETE
• For local use, most of them don’t require any authorization
• Example:

MQTT
• MQ Telemetry Transport
• A machine-to-machine (M2M)/"Internet of Things" connectivity protocol
• Bidirectional
• Mostly used as an exchange to the internet IoT devices
• MQTT Broker can be locally or in the internet
• SSL/TLS Communication with Certificates

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda
• Amazon Web Service
• Event driven
• Serverless
• Trigger Processing
• Custom HTTP requests
• Java, Go, PowerShell, Node.js, C#, Python, and Ruby code

Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT Core
Source: amazon.com

IFTT - https://ifttt.com
• IF This Then That
• Pre-definded receipes (applets) - build your own applets
• IoS / Android App available
• You have to allow IFTTT access on your devices
• CHF 0.00

Devices

Amazon Echo
• Alexa’s Home
• No Alexa App for Switzerland available
• Web configuration works
• Seven microphones (you can disable it)
• Wireless LAN
• New generations available
• Powerful musik speaker
• Restricted offline usage

Alexas’ Voice Protocol

My Strom Wifi Switch
▪ Wireless LAN / Power Connector
▪ Electric Meter & Temperature
▪ Power off / on
▪ Power saving
▪ Random switch on/off
▪ Apple Home Kit compatible
▪ Extend the possibilities with IFTTT
▪ Unofficial Alexa skill
▪ REST API access
▪ CHF 39.00

Netatmo Welcome
• Indoor Camera
• People, car and animal detection
• Alert function
• Video recording locally (SD Card) or in the cloud
• Extended possibilities with IFTTT
• REST API access only via Internet - dev.netatmo.com
• CHF 189.00

Netatmo Weather
• Rain gauge
• Wind gauge
• Additional indoor modules available
• Extended possibilities with IFTTT
• REST API access only via Internet - dev.netatmo.com
• CHF 159.00 / CHF 68.00 / CHF 99.00

Feller Zeptrion AIR (1)
• Swiss Product
• Timer & Scenarios
• Light on / off / dimmers
• Different covers
• No additional cables
• REST API access
• ~ CHF 200.00 per switch

Feller Zeptrion AIR (2)
• No internet, no cloud, only in local network usable or by VPN
• App for IoS and Android available
• 7’’ Home Panel

LaMetric
• Real-time smart dashboard/clock
• Receive and act on notifications, tasks, workout timers,
business metrics, emails, news
• REST API access
• CHF 199.00

Robonect
• The Husqvarna App is really a mess - no direct WLAN/LAN connect to my mower possible, REST API
planned for Q2/2019…
• Robonect is a module plugged in into the service connector
• CHF 185.00
• Attention: You have to open your mower!

$ coap-client -m put -u "Client_identity" -k "1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h" -e '{
"3311": [{ "5850": 0 }] }' "coaps://192.168.0.10:5684/15001/65537"
IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway & Lamp
• “Unbox and Play”
• Gateway for local and internet control
• Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant and Sonos
• Starter Kit CHF 99.95

Get connected

Amazon Echo and Local Devices (1)

Amazon Echo and Local Devices (2)

[{"id":"67221f4c.e4d49","type":"send-
notification","z":"b77d677e.4d9268","name":"","host":"192.168.1.133","prio
rity":"critical","icontype":"alert","lifetime":"100","icon":"i555","soundI
d":"alarm3","soundRepeat":"1","cycles":"0","x":430,"y":80,"wires":[]}]
Node Red (1)
• A programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services
• It provides a browser-based editor that makes it easy to wire together flows
• A huge library available for almost every IoT device
• JSON Notation
• https://nodered.org

Node Red (2)
Flows
Modules
Properties

openHAB 2 (1)
• Open source, technology agnostic home automation platform
• Ability to integrate a multitude of other devices and systems
• Actual version: 2.4

openHAB 2 (2)

openHAB 2 - Habpanel (2)

Apple HomeKit
• Ipad or Apple TV acts as gateway to the internet / local usage only possible
• Huge list of supported products
• LG, Philips Hue, myStrom etc.
• IoS App
• Siri

Conrad Connect
• Central Dashboard
• Amazon Echo, Garmin, Logitech Harmony, Sonos, Nokia

Other Stuff

vSphere Hypervisor Free on Intel NUC
• vSphere supports up to 32GB memory and 2 CPU
• Intel Core i7-6770HQ, HDMI, USB 3.0 Typ-A
• CHF 600.00 without memory and storage

Dashing
• Free Dashboard Software

Grafana

Just do it!
• Read the API docs
• Focus on one centralized smart home platform (Cloud or Local)
• Configure a separate VLAN for your devices
• Verify firewall settings
• Use a central IoT connection with SSL communication
like Amazon IoT Core
• Use strong passwords
• Audit connections with Wireshark
• Be curious

Dürenummeriere !

TechEvent 2019: Alexa, Netatmo, ZeptrionAir and Co, Home Automation with fun; Martin Berger - Trivadis

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