Smart meter

Some weeks ago, new electricity and gas meters were installed. Yes, it was time to install the smart meter variants (‘slimme meter’). Enexis is the distribution network operator and selected in this case the Sagemcom XS210 as smart meter. The great thing of these meters is, that there is a possibility to read out the… Continue reading Smart meter

Home automation: Controlling your heating remotely

When buying my house we went during the visit also to the basement. At this place the so called Mercedes of the house was installed: The Vitola 200 oil-fired heating/boiler controlled by the Vitotronic 200 type KW2 produced by the firm Viessmann. Installation and material was about 6000 euro when checking the invoice. Maybe this… Continue reading Home automation: Controlling your heating remotely

Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?

Read e-mail safely on travel

The holiday has been started, you love to check your e-mail, Facebook or WhatsApp at your holiday location but can you trust the provided Wi-Fi-connection? The answer is: NO. Never trust these kind of Wi-Fi-networks. Maybe somebody has set up a wireless access point (AP)/WLAN-hotspot with the same name as the access point of your… Continue reading Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?

OpenSocial: Verkrijgen en verwerken van data.

In dit artikel worden enkele JavaScript codefragmenten getoond. De codefragmenten geven de fundamentele bouwstenen voor het verkrijgen van de data van het socialenetwerk. Ook wordt getoond hoe data opgeslagen kan worden. Voorbeelden zijn gebaseerd op OpenSocial versie 0.7. Expliciet aangeven welke data gewenst is Normaal gesproken wordt er maar een beperkte set van datavelden teruggestuurd… Continue reading OpenSocial: Verkrijgen en verwerken van data.