Indigo

Backing up Indigo data from an aging Mac Pro with restic and Amazon S3, documenting recovery in Obsidian, and reflections on practical note-taking.

A Python script for exporting Indigo device names, IDs, folders, and descriptions to a sorted CSV reference file.

Understanding Indigo’s parallel action execution and using scripts or state-based sequencing to avoid race conditions.

Filtering spurious Indigo sensor readings with validity checks and time averaging to prevent false home automation triggers.

Using Python and rrdtool to store and graph temperature and humidity measurements from Indigo home automation sensors.

Building dependent dynamic lists in an Indigo plugin, using province selection to filter Environment Canada weather stations.