HackyHAL

HackyHAL (Hacky Home Automation Library) is in its current form is a small Ruby library meant to control devices through the network or serial ports. The number of supported devices is currently very limited, however hopefully the library will grow to support more devices over time.

This project is for anyone wishing to write their own custom home automation software/scripts. It is not user friendly and does not have any form of built-in UI.

Supported functionality varies greatly with each device.

• Epson Projector (via serial port. Tested on HC8350, though likely also works with other models)
• Yamaha AV Receiver (via network. Tested on RX-A1020. Should work with RX-A2020 and RX-A3020 as well)
• Roku (via network)
• Iogear AVIOR HDMI Switch (via serial port. 8x1 GHSW8181 or 4x1 GHSW8141)
• SSH accessible computer

HackyHAL is simply a library to be used however you want.

You'll likely want to run a server utilizing HackyHAL on a networked computer (a Raspberry Pi works great). You'd then attach any serial port devices to that computer. You could then create a mobile app to control the server. See the examples directory.

See my HackyHAL remote example repository for example usage.

Please do! It would be great to see this library grow to support many more devices. Just fork, make your changes, and send a pull request. Please be sure to write tests for contributions.

• Nick Ewing

Special thanks to Mischa McLachlan for the HAL 9000 icon.

HackyHAL is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.

Copyright © 2013 Nick Ewing