eZ-Home-Automation-Android-App

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An easy to set up Android app to control electronic devices connected to Iot chip PC (Like raspberry Pi) through home-WiFi.

This app essentially acts as a Client and sends control messages to the server(iot device like Raspberry Pi) via WiFi.

Get started:

Assuming that the Raspberry Pi is running on a raspbian OS with java sdk preinstalled.

0. Download or Clone the project into a directory on your desktop.

1. The Server (java - Socket Server) on the Raspberry Pi. - To recieve commands from App.

   Install Pi4j Module:

   • The server uses Pi4j java wrapper to control the GPIO ports on the Raspberry Pi
   • Easy install Pi4j using the command : curl -s get.pi4j.com | sudo bash
   • More details on : http://pi4j.com/install.html.

   Note: To recieve messages from this app, your server should be configured with static ip: ip address : 192.168.0.13 Listening port : 6000

   or

   You can manually edit these values according to the autogenerated ip-address value on the Pi.

   Compile and Run the java Server code:

   • Copy the Server1.java code to the directory in Pi. (I used FileZilla)
   • cd into the directory and run the following commands: pi4j --compile Server1.java pi4j --run Server1
   • This will start the server at port 6000, server starts to listen for messages/requests at this port.

2. The App - (Socket Client) - To Send Commands

   • Enable Debug mode in Android Device.
   • Connect Android phone to the Android Studio.
   • Download and run the build.gradle file
   • Build and run the project.
   • On success, the app will be installed in the Android device, up and running.

Note - The app assumes the server to be running at ip address : 192.168.0.13 and port : 6000.

Now we are all set to exchange messages.!!!!

• Button press on the app should display the corresponding On/ Off messages on the Pi Console.
• The gpio pin numbering used here is according to the pi4j mappings given in this link.(I use Raspberry Pi B+) http://pi4j.com/pins/model-b-plus.html

Coming up next:

• Connecting gpio to control a relay
• Timer functionality
• custom ip address