SmartLightHub

The easy way to control your DMX-Lights

Control all yout DMX Lights over a Webinterface with Scenes, Tasks and many more options. Create groups, combine channels from much dmx devices into one virtual device. Create Scenes and manage them with schedule tasks. Easy to setup. Based on the popular Raspberry Pi (B/B+/2) and the Arduino Microcontrollerplattform. It based only on php/javascript and python so you can run it on many other devices, like BananaPi, BeagleBoard,... You can also connect the Phillips Hue, dimmers, SPS or other many devices with analog or digital inputs.

Please look at the /Documentation/SmartLightHub.pdf for further information (functions, schematics, specifications).

FEATURES

Control all your DMX Devices
Scenes
Toggle Scenes at Time
Group devices into rooms
Group dmx channels into devices
Easy scene creation with capture function
Zones support
Scheduling scenes

PARTS

Raspberry PI B/B+/2/3
SD Card
Mirco USB Cable
USB power supply
Arduino Mega 2560
RS485 Breakout
DMX-Jack

SETUP SOFTWARE

RPI-SETUP (WEBSERVER)

install the newest version of debian on your pi
install a webserver of your choise eg. apache
install php >= 5.0
install mysql-server and phpmyadmin
create a new table via phpmyadmin
download the SmartLightHub-website files (/Source/webinterface/smarthome_v2_stable/) to the wwwdir of your webserver
change the mysql- database settings at : /Source/webinterface/smarthome_v2_stable/db_config.php
setup a minute cron to call the /Source/webinterface/smarthome_v2_stable/remote/cron.php
start your webserver and http://ip:80/setup and follow the setup steps
setup your database with the SETUP_DATABASE_WITH_SAMPLE_DATA-Button on the setup page
goto management->add_node and setup there your led_node

RPI-SETUP (NODE)

download the python scripts located at /Source/raspberry_pi_scripts/to your pi
edit the config.ini to your right serial-port
add the node.py to your rc.local
start the node.py script with su permissions
if you have not set a cronjob for the cron.php you can add the cron.py to your rc.local too

ARDUINO SETUP

download the latest Arduino IDE
download the DMX libary : https://github.com/mathertel/DMXSerial
download the sketch located at /arduino_uart_to_dmx_controlller/ARDUINO_NODE_DMX_CONVERTER/
upload the sketch to your arduino
connect the arduino with the usb to the RPI

SETUP HARDWARE

ARDUINO SETUP (simplyfied version)

See the fritzing schematic : /Source/schematic/SmartLightHubNode_schematic.tiff
Connect the programmed Arduino Mega2560 to the RPI via USB (or Serial RPI -> Serial1 of the Arduino, but you need an levelshifter)
Connect the Serial2 of the Arduino to the RS485 Board
Connect the output of the RS485 to the DMX jack

RPI SETUP

NO FURTHER SETUP NEEDED

USAGE

ADD A DMX DEVIE

goto management->channel management and add all your dmx channels of all your devices and give them a name
goto management->devices and add a device, then add all channels you want to group into a device
goto management->zones and add a zone, add all device you want to have in a zone/room

SCENES

goto management>scenes and add a light scene, name it
goto dashboard and setup all your light settungs you want so store in a scene
now back in the scene management click at the created scene on CAPTURE to save the current lightsettings in the scene
now you can click on toggle scene to shw the scene up

SCHEDULE

goto management->schedule and add a new entry, the execution time, days, and whitch scene to toggle, name it
in the schedule list you can activate/deactive them

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