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- Is there a product that we can use for home automation which doesn't report everything we do to a corporation?
- Civil Rights Groups Demand Congress Investigate Amazon’s 'Surveillance Empire'
- Solving the problem of people turning off my smart bulbs with 3D printed switch covers
- 24 Yeelight bulbs
- Increasingly dismayed with Google. Feel like going it (semi) alone.
- Best smart assistant for a whole house
- New house, unlimited budget
- IR blaster to control TV with Google Home
- Is there a Smart Light Switch that Also has a USB Port on It?
- Inovelli Black Series Dimmer in 4 way switch setup
- New home purchased - looking for smarthome integration companies/contractors in the DC area?
- Are there any good wifi remote switches?
- cat6 based hdmi matrix system that is compatible with harmony?
- Starting expansion - humidity suggestions
- LIFX Smart Lights automation
- 2 way loudspeaker?
- Local/LAN control options?
- Does anyone know any cheap alternatives to the philips lightbar the or the mood lamp ? Philips isnt available in my country nor can i afford these .
- Smart line thermostat for 5000W 240V heater?
- Control TV with Alexa
- Newbie looking for children monitoring advice
- Smart Outdoor Dimmer?
- Android based app
- "Mastering the Internet of Things" Bundle. Anyone know how the quality of the tutorials is?
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 05:03 PM PST My ceiling fans are remote only because my house is old and doesn't have switches for them. I was going to get a bond and make them voice controlled and I still might... but is there a way to do this without having to go through amazon so they know when I turn on the lights to get up and pee at night? [link] [comments] | ||
| Civil Rights Groups Demand Congress Investigate Amazon’s 'Surveillance Empire' Posted: 27 Nov 2019 07:49 AM PST
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| Solving the problem of people turning off my smart bulbs with 3D printed switch covers Posted: 27 Nov 2019 09:35 PM PST
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| Increasingly dismayed with Google. Feel like going it (semi) alone. Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:23 PM PST I'm very much subscribed to the Google ecosystem in my current setup, which I've had for a couple of years. I've got a Google Home, three GH Minis, a Chromecast and a Chromecast audio. I've also got a few cheap smart plugs. I've moved to a bigger place now and feel like branching out a bit. I'm also in the situation where I'm becoming more and more pissed off with Google. Commands not being recognised; routines half done; Google randomly changing behaviour or completely removing products/support. The kicker for me was when they discontinued the Chromecast audio. So I'm wondering if I can hand roll my own solution. Would it be possible, with a collection of Raspberry Pis; connected mics and speakers; open-source libraries and a bit of know-how (I'm a software developer) to achieve a similar kind of setup? The one thing I can see being a struggle is playing Spotify in the whole house. There's a Spotify client API that can handle playback controls, but I can see it being difficult to sync playback across multiple devices. Has anyone tried to do anything like this? I'm hoping to cast off the Google shackles and expand my setup on my terms. I'm not expecting this to be easy but I'm up for a challenge! [link] [comments] | ||
| Best smart assistant for a whole house Posted: 27 Nov 2019 11:21 PM PST My parents are buying a house and we want a smart home, i have a huge budget around $14000. What would be the best smart assistant for apple users(i mean, apple tv, iphones, macs and macbooks). Also since the house is going to be built from ground up what would be some good things i can do so that there is better integration(we will get fiber net and stuff but other than that) [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:35 PM PST I'm getting a new house and have a partially unlimited budget for home automation, what would you get? What brands and what hub would you use? [link] [comments] | ||
| IR blaster to control TV with Google Home Posted: 27 Nov 2019 10:13 PM PST Hello all, What would be your recommended IR blaster that would be able to be control my LG WebOS TV by using Google home voice commands? Thank you :) [link] [comments] | ||
| Is there a Smart Light Switch that Also has a USB Port on It? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:25 PM PST I'm building a house currently and one thing I've had to do to fit a pocket door is to turn a 5-gang box on its side. I would like to cover this up with a touchscreen to control the lights, but any sort of tablet is going to require power. I was wondering if there's a smart switch that has one USB port on it. My alternative is to run an ethernet line next to the switch so I can use a PoE to USB box, but I'd still prefer not having to go even that far. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Inovelli Black Series Dimmer in 4 way switch setup Posted: 27 Nov 2019 03:14 PM PST I've setup a new black series dimmer in a four way setup with neutral wires. I followed the directions to set it up with two "dumb" switches, got the lights like I the directions that were included. I have issues with the setup though. If dumb switch 1 is used to turn off the lights, dumb switch 2 can not turn the lights back on and vice versa. As long as dumb switches are not used in between the light going on and off it is fine but it is not working as intended. I've switched wiring around in the 4 way switch to no avail. I tried changing it in the three way switch (2 black and one red), I identified the load black but just tried switching it with the black traveler and as expected the lights did not function at all. Any ideas? [link] [comments] | ||
| New home purchased - looking for smarthome integration companies/contractors in the DC area? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:58 PM PST tl;dr - Sister bought a house. I don't want to be tech support for life. Smarthome Integration Companies/Contractors in the DC area, please? Tips/thoughts/suggestions welcome So my sister and her husband are getting ready to close on a house (2000sqft, 3 level townhouse) and we want to get as much work done as possible on it before really moving in. As I (26M Software Engineer) am the de facto tech support of the family, I have been asked to see if I can think of anything that we might want to do, including smarthome features. I've introduced the ideas of lighting, HVAC, window shades, locks, and a security system - all to very interested ears. I'm not exactly new to smarthome tech as I've got some of my own stuff (Nest, Hue, Echo, Roborock). That said, I haven't really been keeping up with smarthome tech for the past year or two, doing research on all of the different products/compatibility/integration would take a lot of time, and I don't want to be stuck as tech support for someone halfway across the country if I don't have to. So here we are! I've begun looking into a few different companies (Control4 & ELAN) but I figured you all might have some pointers to get me going in the right direction. Ideally, I would rather not have a subscription service and then just schedule tech support as needed (though I sense that's probably not very feasible for what I want). I do want to have the ability to integrate new technologies as they come out/budget allows/priorities change and have an all-in-one OS/app for control. Hopefully, it should be easy enough for a non-techy person to use. Any thoughts or suggestions for me regarding companies/contractors to look at? Questions/concerns I ought to be thinking about? Features I might want to look at or avoid? Additional information I/you need? I'm open to pretty much anything you have to say here tbh [link] [comments] | ||
| Are there any good wifi remote switches? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 04:54 PM PST So I'm no expert or electrician, but I'm pretty sure one of my two travel wires on my 3-way switch is broken. Before with the dumb switches, the light only works in one of the 4 positions, line box on load box on, and not in the off/off position. I got the Leviton wifi dimmer (DH6HD) + remote (DD00R). The confusing part is that the written instruction have one setup (with the remote on the line box), while the youtube videos have a completely different setup (with the remote on the load box). I tried all four wiring combinations of the two setups and two travel wires. In the first setup, no combination ever turned on the light, and only one of the two combinations turned on both devices. In the second setup, one of the two combination of travel wires finally turned on the light, but the remote is just flashing endlessly. I'm assuming it's just failing to communicate with the main switch. I do wish I had tools to test the connection between the wires, but at this point I'm fairly sure one of the two travels is broken. So now I'm wondering if there's any clever wiring technique to make this work, or a wifi remote I can use to match the state of the main wifi switch. I have an extra DW6HD, is there any way I can wire it and have it just get power and connect to wifi, then mirror the state of the other switch? I'm comfortable coding and messing around with microcontrollers. Honestly at this point I'm thinking writing my own + api calls to make the two mirror each other manually if there's no built in way provided by leviton. I don't know what the delay would be like but that should be doable right? [link] [comments] | ||
| cat6 based hdmi matrix system that is compatible with harmony? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 08:38 PM PST Let me explain the situation/setup. Parents are building a new house and when it comes to TV's I had them run 4 cat6 cables and a coax to each TV location in the house. I plan on using 1 cat6 for ethernet to the tv, 1 cat6 to an apple tv mounted behind each tv for netflix/youtubetv/mirroring/and access to the unifi security cameras, 1 cat6 to tie the arc hdmi on the tv to sonos amps in the a/v closet that will house the rack and handle all of the in-ceiling speakers and I reserved the last cat6 and coax for video matrix/ir control. We have 3 spots in the house wired for T/V's, Family room (2019 samsung frame), game room (2014 HD samsung smart tv of some sort), office (exact same samsung tv as game room, bought both of them for our current house and bringing them along since they look nice and work fine, may upgrade in the future). So basically I would like a 4x4 matrix that is compatible with harmony and can send HDMI (and ideally IR but I can run that over coax if needed) signal via cat6 to tv's. I would like to to at-least support 4k as 1 of my tv is 4k hdr and the other two are just 1080p, if it can support HDR that would be ideal but its not needed as most of the HDR content will be consumed through apple tv mounted directly to the back of each tv. If its rack mountable thats great. I've had trouble finding options and so far the only intriguing item I've found is a monoprice switcher that supports 4k, will send IR and works over cat6 but doesn't show up on harmony's supported list. I know from experience that programing items that aren't supported by harmony is possible but if there is something that someone can confirm is harmony compatible and is ideally under $1000 USD that would be amazing! Also, if anyone has any input or ideas to improve this setup please feel free to let me know, any ideas are appreciated. here's the link to the matrix I found that I'm not certain would work well with harmony. https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Blackbird-Matrix-Extender-Receivers/dp/B071KJ7BYM/ref=pd_sbs_23_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B071KJ7BYM&pd_rd_r=976ecf40-ebf6-445a-83d7-9cccc0ebfd27&pd_rd_w=6Yq6w&pd_rd_wg=uaP5U&pf_rd_p=5873ae95-9063-4a23-9b7e-eafa738c2269&pf_rd_r=Y8R1Q5PMSN9FHVJ96TZN&psc=1&refRID=Y8R1Q5PMSN9FHVJ96TZN [link] [comments] | ||
| Starting expansion - humidity suggestions Posted: 27 Nov 2019 07:41 PM PST I've been playing with a little home automation for a while using my Abode security system. I have a few smart plugs, Hue lights and my Nest thermostats. I'm now thinking about expanding and my immediate use case is a smart plug and humidity sensor to turn various humidifiers on and off. I think Home Assistant is my future plan but want to make sure I get temp/humidity sensors that I won't have issues with. I'm looking at the WirelessTag system or the Xiaomi Aquara sensors (very inexpensive). Are there any issues with automations based on these? Do you have any other suggestions? I know I'll have to do something better than Abode for a hub regardless. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 03:44 PM PST Hey there. I've had a couple of LIFX bulbs installed for a while now and was only using the associated app to manage them. Recently bought an Amazon Echo Dot gen. 3 for fun and was rather impressed with Alexa's routines. Took me basically 1 minute to set up a complex command chain triggered by a simple voice command, which is as follows: Alexa, good morning - turn on lightbulb with 10% brightness, set color - wait 30 seconds - increase brightness to 15% - wait 1 minute - increase brightness to 25% - read weather forecast - wait 10 seconds - read the news Since I usually use Apple devices, I wanted to see if I could do something similar in Homekit, to no avail. I'm pretty doubtful that this could even be acomplished via Shortcuts either. I'm open to suggestions though, since my experience using Homekit is pretty limited and I have honestly never used shortcuts before. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 01:15 PM PST I have a Ring on my front door which of course can do 2 way audio, but on the sides of my home I have all of my Dahua cameras through Blue Iris. These have no speakers or mic's Is there any kind of local (Accessible via VPN) Or IoT style 2 way loudspeaker so I could shout and someone trying to mess around with my gate? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:42 PM PST Have a little bit of a mongrel home automation setup at the moment and while they all integrate well with GH, I'm looking to streamline the setup and ensure I have a modicum of local control should I lose internet connection. I have @9 Tuya/Smartlife bulbs and a video doorbell. 4 Sonoff devices that I can flash to Tasmoto. What are my options for reflashing the Tuya devices or enabling a local control option? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Smart line thermostat for 5000W 240V heater? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 10:46 AM PST I have a 5000W garage heater I'd like to control remotely using a line thermostat. Smart line thermostats I've seen, like Mysa, seem to have a lower power limit - Mysa is 3800W. Is anyone aware of one that can deal with the heater I'm using? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 02:29 PM PST I have searched everywhere online but can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for, recently got an Alexa and making some changes around my home but I dont know what to get to turn my tv on/off it is a Blaupunkt TV, Any recommendations? [link] [comments] | ||
| Newbie looking for children monitoring advice Posted: 27 Nov 2019 06:13 PM PST Hi all, I am a newbie, currently have a SmartThings hub which I haven't set up yet, and a lot of google stuff (chromecasts, home hub, android tv, etc.). Also I have a couple of nest thermostats, and a yale lock. Anyway, what I am looking to do is have some sort of cameras in each of my kids' rooms, so that we can monitor them at night. Ideally I would like if they are crying, for video to be streamed to a smart display (like nest home hub, or something similar). So that we don't have to leave the video on all night, but also we can make sure we are aware if they are crying. I'm open to any brand/configuration. I am fairly technical, so setting up other stuff (like raspberry pi, webcore, etc.) would be fine as well if it can work well. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 12:06 PM PST We have a couple strings of LED bistro lights (aka Edison lights) up over the back patio. Right now we dim them with a tiny RF remote we've already lost once. Anyone have a smart solution? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 27 Nov 2019 06:02 PM PST I currently have an environment that is Phillips hue, Alexa, and Google home. I will be adding smart things over the holidays and with current sales am considering purchasing two fire tablet he 10's and side loading Google play store and play store services. I'm looking for a home automation app that has a nice GUI that'll handle my entire home automation enviroment if I need a remote [link] [comments] | ||
| "Mastering the Internet of Things" Bundle. Anyone know how the quality of the tutorials is? Posted: 27 Nov 2019 10:14 AM PST I'm still quite new to all this, but I've been seeing this lecture bundle on sale for $30 and I'm wondering if it's worth it as a starting point. The lectures are from Makerdemy which I haven't heard of. Possibly related to Udemy? Any input is appreciated! [link] [comments] |
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