Using Z-Wave to control your computer?

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@perry.chaffee

I know we can get a Z-Wave USB stick to use a PC as a controller. However, does anyone know how to do the opposite? Or for that matter, since both the PC and SmartThings are web-enabled, could the controller use the web connection to control the laptop without the need for a Z-Wave USB stick?

Definitely much easier and more powerful to just run a small web server on the PC… Perhaps even Node.

Creating REST-API Endpoints is relatively trivial and calling them from a SmartApp or Device Handler even easier!

Let me know if this makes sense…

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In fact, here is an analogous project!..

[OBSOLETE] Kodi/XBMC Callback Endpoint for Light Control

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