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    Wyze has potentially experienced a data breach

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:18 PM PST

    Breaking Into a Smart Home With A Laser - Smarter Every Day 229

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 08:09 AM PST

    some solid plans for the weekend...

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:14 PM PST

    LIFX Regret

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:10 AM PST

    So I bought six LIFX bulbs to go with my home smart home setup (LIFX bulbs, Tado thermostats, Canary, HomePod, Apple TV), and after a year of using them they are just so faulty and I wish I just got Philips Hue.

    Basically I decided to go with LIFX because they were reviewed as being brighter, but they just decided one day to not connect to HomeKit, and all the codes are in the boxes as opposed to on the bulbs, so you don't know which code is for each bulb.

    They also sometimes malfunction, especially when commanding through HomeKit. Eg. I tell the Apple TV in my Master Bedroom to "turn off the lights" and it'll just turn one of the two in there off. Sometimes it'll do both, or one and then a second later the other.

    I was expecting better. Does anyone else have this gripe? And also, would anyone recommend having a LIFX and Philips Hue setup? Bridges, everywhere. I am tempted to sell the bulbs and just admit defeat and switch to Hue.

    What do you think?

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    Is it safe for TP Link Smart plugs to turn on/off TVs?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 10:51 PM PST

    Hi guys!

    Quick question: My TP link smart plugs are set up to turn on/off my TVs, but is that okay for the TV? Some places said not to do it since the TV goes on stand by when turned off. Also, there's no TV icon on KASA app

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    How to make this door lock smart? I believe it’s called an “integrated interior” or “emergency egress” lock, because the deadbolt is retracted when you turn the knob. Outside it is a deadbolt with a separate latch. I do not need the automatic-deadbolt-restriction. Is this simple to update?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 10:24 PM PST

    Can I Make My Mirabella Light Strip Like The Philips Hue Sync

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 10:12 PM PST

    So i got a Mirabella Light strip and i want it to be able to read the colour on my PC screen and show that colour like what the Phillips Hue Sync can do.

    Is this possible in any way, shape or form?

    Can i trick the Hue into seeing my mirabella lights as one of there own?

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    Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit for this question, if you can direct me to a more suitable sub i would appreciate it

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    Smartthings users: anyone else noticing issues with mobile presence notifications?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:19 PM PST

    Few questions regarding setting up my smart home (philips hue & appliances)

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 10:02 PM PST

    Hello everyone!

    I'm wondering if I get a philips hue light, do I need a smartplug to make it work? Or is it possible to control via an app / voice commands? Would you be able to dim it to the point where it's off?

    And second question. I'm wondering if I get a smartplug, would it work with appliances that need to be manually activated? Such as:

    • can I turn on my kettle via a smartplug, if normally it required me to push a button to manually activate the heating?

    Or does it need to be an appliance that can always say "on"? Like say, my heat radiator has a switch that doesn't 'reset' into an off position. So I can plug it in and if it's on it'll start working?

    What appliances do you have hooked up with your smarthomes? I'm considering getting an alexa for my room, a philips hue for my lamp, a smart plug for my heater, and a smart plug for my kettle (if it works).

    Edit also it's been asked a million times, but as far as what I'm researching, Google home is superior in maintaining conversations, remembering previous questions, and looking up random fact, while alexa is slightly superior in day to day simple functions like smart home and setting alarms and stuff?

    Would I be able to connect my Bluetooth soundbar to either of these devices? What about my cbromecast? Can I tell either device to just play something on my cbromecast and have it on my TV? Like say "play The Flash on cbromecast"?

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    Smart home lighting

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 09:49 PM PST

    Hello. i have been looking all over the place for an answer to this but.

    I have a few wifi smart lights and power plugs for things like fans and radios but i can only

    control them with many different apps on my phone or alexa which is in another room. I

    am looking for a way to control these through linux and my current thought is capture network traffic

    to the smart lights and replay the capture file to turn them on and off but it doesnt seem to work. The

    lights can be controlled without the internet being connected but only if my phone is on the same wifi

    is there an easy way to capture and replay network traffic and then create scripts to perform the tasks?

    Thanks for any help and very much appreciated

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    Security system for my house

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 09:44 PM PST

    Hi,

    I just bought a house and my insurance will drop significantly if I have a security system. They told me I can install it by myself. I need to put sensors on every entries, windows and two motion sensors. I would like to avoid hardwire everything.

    I bought the SmartThings hub, 1 multipurpose sensor and a Raspberry Pi 4 for HA, pi-hole, etc.

    Is the multipurpose sensor from Samsung reliable? I know there's a security SmartApp in ST, is it any good?

    Thanks!

    Edit: I'm in QC, Canada. Anyone have advice on where to buy stuff not overpriced?

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    Nest hub dead at 1 day. Anybody with ideas for fixes?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 08:42 PM PST

    I purchased a Google (Home) Nest Hub and set it up on Christmas. It was working great for a day. This afternoon I got home and it was on the screen telling me to open my Home app to set up the display....weird. I have an echo show on the same outlet working fine, power didn't go out or anything.

    I tried to again set the Hub up in the Home app but the app couldn't find any of my WiFi networks, even though my phone was connected to WiFi. I even tried entering my network manually as Other Network with no luck.

    I then decided to try unplugging and restarting the hub. It showed the G logo and dancing colored dots animation, then went to a completely black but backlit screen. Multiple factory resets and letting it sit for awhile both plugged in and unplugged changed nothing.

    I've googled this (ironic?) to see if it's a common problem but it seems most stuck Hubs get stuck on a gray screen with the G logo, not a black backlit screen.

    Anybody seen this before? Any ideas for fixes? Google says they'll send me a new one but I'd like to avoid trashing a brand new device if possible.

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    Hardware Suggestions for GPS, data aggregation w/ API, and speaker output

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:46 PM PST

    Hello Everyone!

    I'm looking for hardware suggestions from expert home automation DIY-ers (you guys!). I'm in the early stages of making a prototype of a system that will perform specific functions with the minimal amount of hardware and development complexity as possible.

    The primary features of the device will be as follows:

    1. Obtain GPS location
    2. Bluetooth connection for mobile (cell phone) controls
    3. Connect to the internet (Wi-Fi) and:
      1. Download specific information via an API
      2. Connect to a mobile application on the same network
    4. Store mp3's and replay them based on a timer
    5. (later) Always-on Microphone for speech recognition and commands

    Hardware/Software Selection Priorities:

    1. Convenience in programming and hardware configuration
      1. Note: my programming experience has been STL (ladder) and some Python but I am rusty.
    2. Community support - for hardware and software development
    3. Cost - ideally, the lower the better but this is the least of my concerns at the moment given the average cost of these development boards.

    Thanks so much in advance for your help!

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    $1000 to spend on home security/automation - where to start?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 08:16 PM PST

    Moved into a 3bed/2.5bath house recently, and am looking to add some automation/security to the setup. I'm a software developer, but haven't done much in embedded systems - so if you have recommendations that require some programming, I'm in, but a guide would be helpful for it. Jumped into the rabbit hole here, and realized I was out of my league. I'm hoping to include a few cameras, and have as few required apps as possible.

    Figured it would be an interesting conversation - if you had $1000, where would you start? What would you include/skip over?

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    How to know if a smart bulb has an open API?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:36 AM PST

    I'm thinking of getting this one as a first experiment: Lâmpada inteligente XIAOMI Mi LED Yeelight (Wi-fi - E27 - Branco e cor (sorry for Portuguese :P)

    And I found this api but how do I know it will work?

    thanks in advance :)

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    Best Way to Tie it All Together?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 12:17 PM PST

    Hi Guys!

    Hope you all are enjoying your holidays. I've got quite a few pieces of smart technology, but I consider them more manually activated, than acting smartly and autonomously, so I would love your expert advice on what I should use to tie it all together.

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    • Lights: Lutron Caseta Switches and Dimmers (~14 units) w/ Hub
    • HVAC: Ecobee3 w/ 2 remote sensors
    • Cameras: Indoor Nest x2; Nest Hello
    • A/V: Logitech Harmony
    • Garage: Meross
    • Alexa: Echo Show 5, Echo, Echo Dot
    • Smartphone: Galaxy S10 (iPhone XR, secondary)

    Today, we use the Alexa ecosystem to control lights and HVAC. Exterior lights will go on/off at sunset/sunrise, managed within the Lutron App. Not particularly pleased with Logitech Harmony's performance, standard commands plus integration with Ecobee/Lutron - so it's mostly collecting dust.

    I'd like to get notifications from the interior nest cameras only at certain times of night. If we're away, I'd like the Ecobee to set to away mode and for select lights to go on between certain hours (ie, 10pm-6am) if motion is detected at the front door (my Nest already defines that "zone"). Thinking of things along these general lines.

    Not sure what else I should be contemplating, but I've got some decent gear and I'd love for it to work together and intelligently.

    Thanks!

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    Mishmosh or All-in-one?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 07:43 PM PST

    With Ring, Simplisafe, and other companies selling their own versions of home security systems... Would you rather buy from the same company or have a mishmosh of a little bit of this and a little bit of that?

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    3 switches, 2 lights and a Shelly 1

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:24 AM PST

    I have a setup similar to this: https://images.app.goo.gl/sdP6B6i3TJ9QcFaX9

    Could I place the Shelly at switch 1. So where the brown (L) wire is. I have a blue (N) wire near that place.

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    Motion sensing for indoor lights

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 07:10 PM PST

    Hi. My apartment has a long corridor and currently, I have a light connected to a smart plug that will be turned on and off. Now I'm thinking maybe a motion sensor is better for this purpose. Is there a motion-sensing smart plug that turns on and off (better if it can be on for like 10min before off) depending on whether a person has passed it? My current research only found some small lights that are fused with a motion sensor, but I already have a light that I like and I don't want to buy more lights. If not, maybe simply a motion sensor is enough then somehow I can transfer that person-passing-by info to the smart plug I have now by an if statement? Thanks!

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    Help with Inovelli switches.

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:22 PM PST

    Superpower for endless home automation applications

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 06:09 PM PST

    Hello redditors, I built a tool to create API for any site over web interfaces, and very happy to share it with you!

    This API not just scrape the sites, but can interact with them: click on buttons and fill in forms. It's a big deal for home automation, as it can make your home interact with the world through websites. This open endless possibilities.

    You can make an API that on button push will go to the local store, choose paper towels, input your address for delivery and click "order" button. It can order you a pizza from cozy pizzeria. Or it will tell you if there is a new stuff on your favorite site, that requires authorization.

    Would like to find like-minded people and help implement some crazy applications.

    What home automation applications are on your mind?

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    3d printing a button

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 01:33 PM PST

    I'd like to build a flic button using my 3d printer flexible filiment and a d1 mini. Any suggestions before I start from scratch?

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    Garage door: use Z-Wave instead of MyQ?

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 07:28 AM PST

    We don't have much in the way of HA, but we do have a Vivint Z Wave hub and use that to control doors, cameras, locks, and other sensors. We recently installed a garage door and our contractor picked one with MyQ. I didn't know that and also bought the GoControl Z-wave opener. Turns out these are incompatible - or are they? Anyone know how I can hack it to use the z-wave instead of MyQ?

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    HELP! 2 out of 4 TP-Link HS100 (AU) are working...

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:55 PM PST

    Hello home automation crowd.

    I've had a HS100 for a while and love it. So I bought 3 more of them.

    I recieved the units (Hardware version 1.1 and 2.0). I begun setting them up, but only one worked.

    The other two failed the setup Kasa setup with the message "Unable to Connect to Your Wi-Fi Network". I factory reset them a bunch of times and kept on trying to no avail.

    The next day I plugged one in again and by some miracle it worked. Once they get the error message as stated before they stay in the Wi-Fi green flashing state. But when I plugged this one in it blinked a few times then connected.

    I contacted TP-Link support who didn't have any advice for me apart from what I already tried on my router. Such as enabling and disabling AP Isolation (Guest Network) as well as switching the 2.4GHz band of my Wi-Fi to channel 11 (I configure by 2.4GHz network on channel 8). Neither of those helped.

    I got a replacement unit sent to me for the one that still did not work. This one was hardware version 4.0 and firmware version 1.0.2. I've updated the rest of the already working plugs to firmware 1.5.5 and they're still working great.

    But now I have 2 HS100's that cannot connect to the Wi-Fi. I checked the router to see if they did connect and register with the routers DHCP. Both HS100's which did not work display on the router only as their MAC adress with no IP assigned and no internet connection.

    TL;DR

    I've tried many locations in the house, tried reseting the devices, tried multiple devices both iOS and Android. Still nothing. As soon as a HS100 gets setup it works perfectly, my first and second unit worked flawlessly, the third to setup on my network worked on a micracle after a day and the last two won't connect to the Wi-Fi and are stuck with a flashing green indicator LED.

    This is my last hope to get these working so ANY advice is much appreciated.

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    Tuya Smart kettle... boil to 80 degrees

    Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:35 PM PST

    Good Morning,

    I got a Kogan/Tuya Smart Kettle for Christmas. And I have it working via Alexa and Siri etc.

    Want I am curious about... is there a way to get it to boil to 80 degrees instead of 100 degrees always?

    Cheers.

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