Houdini MC allows you to send are receive instructions to and from micro-controllers using GET or POST requests (hereafter we will refer to these requests as web request) Preliminaries: Assume a Raspberry Pi, and Arduino based mechanism of a smart prop or even your mobile phone. These devices can interact with Houdini MC mainly using web […]
Continue Reading »Connecting a push-button with Houdini MC was never easier. You will need only a Raspberry Pi and a push button. To start with, execute Houdini MC and go to “Settings->Connections” tab. Enable the “Incoming HTTP Requests” and note down the given URL. Please make sure that your router always assigns Houdini’s PC the same IPv4 address. From […]
Continue Reading »Connecting Arduino devices with Houdini MC was never easier. Houdini MC interacts with Arduino and Arduino-like devices using GET requests. To start with, go on “Scheduled Events” and select “Add Event” Select “Incoming Event from Smart Mechanism” Use a “Custom_Term” and write down the entire URL (e.g. http://192.168.178.104:14999/Custom_Term) Select action (e.g. play a sound, trigger another […]
Continue Reading »This tutorial briefly presents how to interact with an Arduino UNO Ethernet shield. Very special thanks to Ed Wolf and Hour To Midnight – Room Escape Games in Portland, Oregon USA. for this excellent tutorial. Please check the following presentation and the attached files: What you will need: Arduino UNO Arduino Uno Network Shield 8-channel Relay https://amzn.to/3CmMcam https://amzn.to/3inMyFM […]
Continue Reading »Houdini MC gives you the ability to control HUE lights either manually or as part of a timed/smart event. How to connect HUE bridge with Houdini MC Step 1: Create an account on https://developers.meethue.com/develop/hue-api/lights-api/ Step 2: Make sure your bridge is connected to your network and is functioning properly. Test that the smartphone app can control […]
Continue Reading »Using Houdini MC one can directly set HIGH or LOW a specific GPIO pin of a Raspberry Pi and control any High-Voltage device. You can directly control your GPIO from <Automations> menu, switching HIGH=1 or LOW=0 to the desired GPIO. How to control a high voltage device such as a smoke machine. You will need […]
Continue Reading »Since ver 1.56, HMC supports screen actions. When a game is in progress, on the main console, click on <Shortcuts> tab and select <Screen Actions> 7 preset effects are available Blank Screen Fade out Pulsate Highlight Bounce Old TV 1 Old TV 2 To recover the content of the in-room screen, simple click on <Reset […]
Continue Reading »You can display simple time adjustments buttons so as to real-time manipulate the countdown timer. To enable this feature, go on <Settings->General Settings> and check the “Display Time Adjustment Buttons to Manipulate Countdown Timer”, and press <Save>
Continue Reading »After completing a game session, it is important to re-initialize all the in-room smart mechanisms. Houdini MC offers you an easy to implement a solution to re-initialize all the mechanisms by pressing a simple click. To start with, on each device, assign a web request to reset its parameters. If you are not familiar with web requests kindly […]
Continue Reading »Q: – Immediate Game Over – Is there a feature for this? Is there an interrupt/end-game button? Sure, please follow these steps to create a custom ending mechanism Go on scheduled events and create a new “Incoming Event from a Smart Mechanism” Select “end game: Fail” and type the word e.g. “CustomEnd” Write down the given […]
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