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I had the same issue, unfortunately my washing machine does not have an API. I used a raspberry Pi with a camera, using OCR i was able to detect the remaining time from the display. Having an API like this would have been so much easier.

I did create an opensource web app so you are able to see your remaining time, laundry history, and get (push/mail) notifications. Since you only need to push the remaining seconds to an http endpoint it probably is easy to use with the solution described in the article.

https://github.com/styxit/laundry-admin

Re:Manage your HTPC from anywhere on Sunday October 20, 2013 @11:28AM (#6580170)
Yes! Just follow the linux install guide.
Re:Manage your HTPC from anywhere on Sunday October 20, 2013 @11:00AM (#6580086)
Ofcourse, with only xbmc the default web interface and app are good enough, i agree. But when you have 5 programs running, on your htpc and for every one you have to use a different interface, HtpcManager can provide a solution by combining all programs into one interface.
Re:Manage your HTPC from anywhere on Sunday October 20, 2013 @06:51AM (#6579513)
Thank you for the text corrections!

This project runs great on a raspberryPi (that is how i use it myself). I would recommend doing a git clone the get Htpc Manager running on the Pi. This makes auto-updating the htpc manager software a lot easier.

Re:Manage your HTPC from anywhere on Sunday October 20, 2013 @06:22AM (#6579474)
'Home theater pc' so your media-center description is quite accurate.