Woods WiOn Indoor Wi-Fi Outlet Modification (Amazon Echo Too!)

I've acquired one of these smart device controlled outlets. It's really cool. You can turn 120v devices on and off, remotely, from your mobile device.

Modified WiOn:


I decided to open it up to see what is inside. I noticed that it uses the same module as the Adafruit Industries HUZZAH ESP8266 breakout board, that I happened to have bought last year.

I had to add the wiring, and push button, that would allow me to reprogram this device via USB.  I specifically utilized the Arduino IDE.

Pinout:

Digital Spaces Traveler Under Linux & Wine

This is about my experience running Traveler under Wine/Xubuntu. This is not an installation manual or instructions of any sort. This is mostly my notes, that I figured others may be able to find useful.

Commands run to get Wine ready for Traveler in XUbuntu 12.04 & mint-xfce 14:

• winetricks mfc42

Commands run if Traveler under Wine gets unruly:

• wineserver -k

Keep in mind that this will kill everything running under Wine.

Desktop Shortcut:

Out of the box the traveler link did not work for me.  This is because traveler was installed under Program Files (x86). You may not have this problem.

I created a new launcher pointing to:
wine '/home/userprofile/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/DSTrav/apps/traveler.exe'

I also converted the icon file to a png to make it easier to use on my desktop:

Or the even more retro icon:

Audio:
The volume level for Traveler (or Wine) was substantially quieter than the rest of my system. Thankfully pavucontrol lets you adjust the volume for applications discreetly.

olsrvc.exe crashing:
Make sure that you audio input devices is not muted, in the linux host.

Wine AppDP - Traveler 2.03:
Latest Wine/Traveler combination status.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=21871

Screenshot:

Just For Fun:
While at the St. Louis Sculpture Garden, I encountered a sculpture that reminded me of Traveler.

Updates:

• 20130110 - Updated for XUbuntu 12.04
• 20240413 - Updated for Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria