Messaging/Alarming for your Smart Home - Signal vs. Threema binding

[hafniumzinc (T)]

A Matrix binding sounds interesting. For those already using Matrix, and are hosting their own homeserver, you can send messages fairly easily just using the HTTP Binding.

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Even easier - use the HTTP Binding and JINJA transformation - no rules required. All the prerequisites/caveats of the previous post still hold true, but everything can be configured via the UI if you desire. Simply, a String Item is linked to a String Channel in the HTTP Thing, and that String Channel uses a JINJA transformation to put the message into JSON required by the Matrix server. Things file //Matrix server Thing http:url:matrix "Matrix" [ baseURL = "https://YOURMATRIXDOMAIN/", refr…