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DEPENDENCIES

Before you can create an instance and run Pytomation automation software you must satisfy a few dependencies. Pytomation is written in Python and currently has been tested under versions 2.6.x and 2.7.x.

Pytomation also requires the following packages to be installed for normal operation:

• pySerial - Support for RS232 serial interfaces.
• Pyephem - High-precision astronomy computations for sunrise/sunset.
• Pytz - World timezone definitions.
• APScheduler - Advanced Python Scheduler

Optional Packages:

• python-gevent - A coroutine-based Python networking library (PytoWebSocketServer)
• python-openssl - Allows the PytoWebSocketServer to use native SSL (https and wss connections)

Additional packages are required for development and testing. See requirements.txt for a more complete list.

Debian packages are available for pySerial, pytz, python-gevent, and python-openssl. They can be installed with :

sudo apt-get install git python-dev python-serial python-tz python-gevent python-openssl

For other operating systems, search your package manager for the equivalent packages or use pip to install the Python dependencies.

The remaining dependencies can be installed with pip. Pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages, such as those found in the Python Package Index.

Again, under Debian distributions you can install the python-pip package:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Once pip is installed it is easy to install the rest of the dependencies with the following commands:

sudo pip install pyephem 
sudo pip install APScheduler

To use the optional websocket server:

sudo pip install gevent-websocket

The gevent-websocket server is pretty fast, but can be accelerated further by installing wsaccel and ujson or simplejson

sudo pip install wsaccel ujson

Build openzwave and python-openzwave

Aeon Labs Z-Wave requires python-openzwave, which must be compiled from source. It's highly recommend you use the archived source code. Version 3.0+ no longer requires Cython, which was the source of most of the build/seg fault issues with python-openzwave. 3.0beta2 has been tested to work on both a 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 system and a Raspberry PI. Instructions are at https://github.com/OpenZWave/python-openzwave/blob/master/INSTALL_ARCH.txt.

The config for OpenZwave will be located in the extracted archive, at openzwave/config. I recommend copying the config to your system /etc:

sudo cp -R openzwave/config /etc/openzwave
sudo chown -R pyto:root /etc/openzwave
sudo chmod 660 /etc/openzwave/options.xml

Also note that if you have any security devices in your Zwave network, you will need to set the NetworkKey option in options.xml. That network key is why it's recommend to change the file permissions on options.xml, so only root and the pyto user can read it.

Permissions

Like with all other interfaces. Make sure the pyto user account owns or otherwise has permissions to use the device. You may want to give your own usr account access as well.

sudo chown youruseraccount:pyto /dev/yourzwavestick
sudo chmod 770 /dev/yourzwavestick

or

sudo chown pyto:pyto /dev/yourzwavestick
sudo chmod 770 /dev/yourzwavestick

Make Permissions Permanent

Add the following either /etc/udev/rules.d or /lib/udev/rules.d (Similar procedure can be used for other serial interfaces. lsusb -v can grab the necessary ATTRS info.)

SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60", ATTRS{serial}=="0001", SYMLINK+="zwave", GROUP="pyto", OWNER="pyto"

ozwsh (OpenZWave Shell, for testing)

sudo pip install urwid louie
/ozwsh.sh --device=/dev/yourzwavestick

INSTALL

You are now ready to install pytomation. First, clone the pytomation git repository. Change into the pytomation repo directory and run ./install.sh. You may have to make it executable with the command chmod +x ./install.sh first. Install.sh can take an optional argument which points to an alternate installation directory:

 ./install.sh /some/other/folder/pytomation

The install.sh command does the following:

• Confirms where you are installing Pytomation to.
• Makes a "pyto" user and creates the home directory.
• Copies all the necessary files into Pytomation's HOME.
• Creates an /etc/init.d/pytomation init script for starting Pytomation on boot.
• Configures pytomation to start automatically at boot time

You are now ready to configure pytomation and create an instance for your devices.

DEPENDENCIES

Before you can create an instance and run Pytomation automation software you must satisfy a few dependencies. Pytomation is written in Python and currently has been tested under versions 2.6.x and 2.7.x.

Pytomation also requires the following packages to be installed for normal operation:

• pySerial - Support for RS232 serial interfaces.

• Pyephem - High-precision astronomy computations for sunrise/sunset.

• Pytz - World timezone definitions.

Optional Packages:

• python-gevent - A coroutine-based Python networking library (PytoWebSocketServer)

• python-openssl - Allows the PytoWebSocketServer to use native SSL (https and wss connections)

Additional packages are required for development and testing. See requirements.txt for a more complete list.

Debian packages are available for pySerial, pytz, pythone-gevent, and python-openssl. They can be installed with :

sudo apt-get install git python-serial python-tz python-gevent python-openssl

For other operating systems, search your package manager for the equivalent packages or use pip to install the Python dependencies.

The remaining dependencies can be installed with pip. Pip is a tool for installing and managing Python packages, such as those found in the Python Package Index.

Again, under Debian distributions you can install the python-pip package:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Once pip is installed it is easy to install the rest of the dependencies with the following commands:

sudo pip install pyephem

To use the optional websocket server:

sudo pip install gevent-websocket

The gevent-websocket server is pretty fast, but can be accelerated further by installing wsaccel and ujson or simplejson

sudo pip install wsaccel ujson

BUILD OPENZWAVE AND PYTHON-OPENZWAVE

Aeon Labs Z-Wave requires python-openzwave, which must be compiled from source. There is also a binary avaiable at http://bibi21000.no-ip.biz/python-openzwave/python-openzwave-0.2.6.tgz (I haven't tested).

The following is extracted from the python-openzwave INSTALL_MAN.txt:

sudo apt-get install mercurial subversion python-pip python-dev python-setuptools python-louie python-sphinx make build-essential libudev-dev g++
sudo pip install cython==0.14
sudo pip install sphinxcontrib-blockdiag sphinxcontrib-actdiag
sudo pip install sphinxcontrib-nwdiag sphinxcontrib-seqdiag

hg clone https://code.google.com/p/python-openzwave/
svn checkout http://open-zwave.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ openzwave

Go to the openzwave directory and build it:

cd openzwave/cpp/build/linux
make
cd ../../../..

python setup-lib.py build
python setup-api.py build

And install them:

sudo python setup-lib.py install
sudo python setup-api.py install

You are now ready to install pytomation. Change into the directory that Pytomation resides in from the git clone command above and run "./install.sh". You may have to make it executable with the command chmod +x ./install.sh first. Install.sh can take an optional argument which points to an alternate installation directory:

Ex: ./install.sh /some/other/folder/pytomation

The install.sh command does the following:

• Confirms where you are installing Pytomation to.

• Makes a "pyto" user and creates the home directory.

• Copies all the necessary files into Pytomations HOME.

• Creates a /usr/bin/pytomation.sh command to start Pytomation.

• Creates an /etc/init.d/pyto script for starting Pytomation on boot.

You are now ready to configure pytomation and create an instance for your devices.