#SMARTTHINGS INSTALL MY OWN SMARTAPP INSTALL#
If you want to monitor other computers, install Splunk Universal Forwarder on each of those computers. If your install was successful, you should be able to log into Splunk web by navigating to (or replace localhost with your Splunk server hostname). For my setup I installed Splunk on a 14-year old Windows box with a – Splunk indexing/query performance has been pretty acceptable. Splunk Free allows indexing up to 500 MB of data per day which has been sufficient for my home logging needs. After that you can switch to the Free edition. You will start with the Enterprise version which comes with a 60-Day Trial. PowerShell scripts to pull data from & run/log periodic Internet speed tests.ĭownload and install Splunk.First Alert ZCOMBO 2-in-1 Smoke Detector & Carbon Monoxide Alarm, Z-Wave.Aeotec HEM G2 whole house energy monitor.Samsung ST-CEN-MOIS-1/FTR-US-2 Water Leak Sensors.Other ZigBee/Z-Wave switches, dimmers, and plugs.Samsung SmartThings GP-U999SJVLBAA Motion Sensors.Samsung SmartThings GP-U999SJVLAAA Door & Window Multipurpose Sensors.Here’s a Splunk dashboard I created for my home, showing current and historical data from multiple data sources: energy meter, contact sensors, switches, weather data feed, Windows event logs, and some custom PowerShell scripts. I use Splunk (data capture and visualization tool) at work so I decided to give it a try at home and it’s worked out great.
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What had been still missing from the picture for me, is the ability to log, analyze, and visualize all the data that my smart home generated. Modern protocols like Z-Wave & ZigBee, along with mart hubs, and smart assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google Home & Apple Siri are finally bringing everything together to make the smart home a practical and reliable reality. The smart home has gone through quite a convergence in the last few years.