Another novel (and silly) use for Roomie

I’ve been working (rather obsessively) on Roomie for the past week.  In specific, I have rewritten the XML-based protocol that allows the desktop client to communicate with the web service.  (Say “hi” to it here.)  The new library (which I call WebCommunicator) is sooo much easier to use than my old one, but still has all the nifty (and important) encryption and anti-hacking features.  I will eventually publish the protocol as an independent library.  (Give me a bit to use it more and work out all the kinks.)

But enough technical talk.  Lets get to serious business.  Here I have a little RoomieScript that I wrote, just as a proof of concept.

<RoomieScript>
  <ZWave.PowerOff DeviceName="Coffee Pot" />
  <Core.Loop>
    <ZWave.WaitForChange DeviceName="Coffee Pot" PollInterval="5 Seconds" />
    <ZWave.PowerOff DeviceName="Coffee Pot" />
    <RoomieBot.TextDavid Text="No coffee!" />
  </Core.Loop>
</RoomieScript>

Here Roomie waits until the coffee maker is turned on, then turns it off and sends me a terse text message. Yes, it works!  And yes, I do use Roomie for legitimate things, but ah… it’s so just that much fun to be dumb.

Interested in beta testing Roomie?  Send me a message.

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11 October 2010 comment TrackBack-URI