Haiku-SenseME (Big Ass Fans)

Here's hoping these guys will have an API available so someone can write a Indigo plugin for their new ceiling fans!

http://www.bigassfans.com/senseme/

I talked to them, don't believe they really know yet what they want to do.. need to have 10 people request an api then they will move

Here is the reply I just received!

Me: Will you be providing an API to interface the senseme fans with my home automation system?

Them: Yes we will be able to give this out. From what I have heard it will not be available for a couple more months.

Everytime i see this topic come up i can only think of Sir Mix a Lot.

Seriously though that does look like a pretty awesome fan.. very expensive though for what you get.. i know it does automatic this that and the other, but then so can indigo... what advantage would this give over just a bog standard fan with a z-wave/insteon/whatever adapter?

Everytime i see this topic come up i can only think of Sir Mix a Lot.

First you make me about have to post how I just lost a little respect for you in one thread because of your Android "inferior" comment, then I gain a little for your having the guts to post a Sir Mix-a-Lot reference complete with picture. I'm thinking this is a net gain for you.

In other news, I tend to agree in terms of not seeing a huge benefit / advantage over existing options.

Adam

Hehe. Don't get me wrong, android has its uses.. I'll most likely use your app when I finally getting around to getting some cheap tablets to mount on the walls around the house for control page use, but I just can't trust a phone OS you need to install an anti virus package on. But enough of that... Don't want to start a flame war.

In other news, I like big butts and I cannot lie.


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Has anyone had any success integrating a Haiku fan into Indigo? I just installed mine last night and would love to link it to my automation. Unfortunately I have no coding skills.

Thanks!

is it worth the money i.e. quiet? I believe they are planning to release an api / integration into apple's home platform. at least thats what they told me in June..

Same here:

Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:39 PM
To: Kelsey Craft
Subject: Re: Interest in Haiku and Isis.

Will you be providing an API so I can interface the senseme fans with my home automation system?

Reply:

Subject: RE: Interest in Haiku and Isis.
Date: June 19, 2014 at 6:11:01 AM PDT

Yes we will be able to give this out. From what I have heard it will not be available for a couple more months.

Katie Begley
Residential Market Specialist
Big Ass Solutions

T: (859) 967-0535
F: (859) 233-0139

Has anyone had any success controlling this fan via Indigo?

Also keen to know if anyone has done this (and from the more experienced HA folks here, if there is any real benefit to including it in Indigodomo).

One possible advantage is that when your heating is on, you could turn the fans on super slow mode to gently push some of the warm air down from the ceiling. I believe it does this when it is integrated with NEST...

I had my fan installed for about a month before I moved out of my house and took the fan with me. I'll be installing it again at my new place in about a month. I did a little tinkering with it and found that the fan has a web server built into it that I was able to get to return the state of the light and the fan but never found out how to issue a command to it to change the state. I have sent several emails to Big Ass Fans but only got a stock answer saying "It will work with your home automation system" and that they would have an API available soon but that has been 7 months ago and they haven't released anything.

hey all! so, i r un control4 but wanted to provide what i found here:

the fan sucks at connecting to your home wifi, so i did some... fun stuff with it and figured out how to work it remotely:

first, you need to be able to send UDP packets to the fan's IP address. the fan sends YOU data (what it's status is) in things like this: (Patio;LIGHT;PWR;ON). in order to send it commands, they need to be formed with < > brackets, not parenthesis. "Patio" is the name of my fan, so you'd need to use yours.

send UDP packets to the IP address using something like nping. send over port 31415. i have power commands working but not level (speed and light brightness) working. here's what i got:

(Patio;LIGHT;PWR;ON)
(Patio;LIGHT;PWR;OFF)
(Patio;FAN;PWR;ON)
(Patio;FAN;PWR;OFF)
(Patio;FAN;WHOOSH;ON)
(Patio;FAN;WHOOSH;OFF)

there's also two kinds of errors you'll get:

(Patio;ERROR;EXEC) <<this one you'll get if there is an error doing what you asked b/c of some built in limitation. for example, if you try to turn whoosh mode on while fan speed is at 1

(Patio;ERROR;PARSE) << this one you'll get if the fan has no f'n clue what you're talking about, like giving it some command it doesn't know

I you telnet to port 31415 of your fan you can actually see the commands that the iPhone app sends to the fan in real time.

How were you able to send the commands to the fan? I've got believe that there should be a fairly easy way to do this with a script.

so i'm using control4, and i have a generic IP driver that allows me to send TCP/UDP commands in ASCII to the fan.

else, you can use any program that can send raw TCP and UDP packets

thanks for the tip! ill try the telnet