UnderTheHood

From MiCasaVerde

Vera is an open system. You can add custom functionality to do almost anything. The API to talk to Vera, send messages, get device status, etc., is published: Data Provider Catalog Plugin, as well as notes on creating custom user interfaces: UI Notes

Vera includes LuaUPnP, which is probably the fastest, easiest way to create new devices and plugins for Vera. There's a simple web interface where you pick Actions, or commands, your device implements, and the web UI lets you copy/paste in infrared codes for those actions, or data to send on a RS232 or similar data port, or Lua scripts to run. Vera automatically turns any LuaUPnP devices you create into full-fledged UPnP devices, so any UPnP control point will see them and can control them without any coding on your part. And the Lua scripting engine is powerful and pretty simple. Read more here: LuaUPnP or visit the Lua home page Lua.

You can also use telnet or ssh to directly login to your Vera and get under the hood.