- You are not increasing your risk of break in by installing e-locks. Yes, e-locks can be hacked, but the threat is restricted to those with intent and the technical know-how; a number far less then those that know how to break a window or pry a traditional door open.
- So many projects.
- Whole-house setup for brand new homeowner.
- Energy efficiency- cost of Alexa?
- Water softner sensor
- Automate Dyson space heater?
- Home Internet Data Usage Monitoring So You Don't Hit Your Data Cap
- What is this, connected to my garage door opener?
- Which Hub should I get? Mixed house (Nest, Z-Wave, Xiaomi, Schlage, etc.)
- Smart setup for Octogenarian
- Robot Vacuum help
- Wemo / Homekit issues
- Should I use Home Assistant?
- Tuya generic plug monitoring resolution
- Best way to pull cord for automated curtains?
- I've got some Pro Micro's (ATMEG32U4) laying around, looking for some ideas for smart home projects.
- Are the sunrise simulations from smart bulbs sigmoidal?
- Anyone hook up a 12v trigger to a motorized projector screen that wasn't built with a trigger input?
- Help with google home app and Google home mini
- Getting frequent false positives with Xiaomi/Aqara PIR motion sensors
- Force AC to off at fixed time
- Looking for a 240V 20A Smart Thermostat
- HomeSeer vs Home Assistant
- How could I use this to power a Wyze Camera?
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| Whole-house setup for brand new homeowner. Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:41 PM PST Hello r/homeautomation. I am a first time homeowner way too excited to customize my house and bend it to Siri's whim. My plan includes and is definitely limited to:
I dont know too much about home automation. But here is my ideal setup: I get home, use my phone or a keypad to unlock my front door. Lights come on automatically or with a "Hey Siri". Preferably I can specify which lights by either time of day, or different Siri commands (HomeKit scenes). I open spotify and cast music to my TV and my AVR turns on, I also multi-room to my bedroom. Siri automatically sets the temperature, preferably it can take into account humidity. Someone knocks and I check my peep-hole. Its Jeff. Jeff is a notorious frivolous sue-r and I am calm because the security camera pointed at my front door can record him not getting injured on my property. Jeff leaves. I leave for vacation and my water heater lowers its temperature to 100f. My thermostat to 65. What a story. Here is what I know:
Here are my known-unknowns:
Preferences: I would rather stick to one brand with my switches and dimmers, so as to prevent all my receptacles from appearing too disjoint.I would rather this all still work if At&t dies. It will. It does.Get google away from me. Notes: I know if i go lutron I would need a hub to connect to my Hubitat. Could you help me formulate a concrete game-plan? Offer solutions or suggestions to my known-unknowns? Point out some unknown/unknowns that you see making me stumble in the future? Where do I point my dwindling bank account to? WHAT BUY? I love you. TLDR: Have wants, want to know how to achieve them. Specifically looking for a shopping list. [link] [comments] | ||
| Energy efficiency- cost of Alexa? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:40 PM PST I'm trying to make my home as energy efficient as possible, then I went and bought 3 dots and a show. Are they an energy suck/ WiFi usage drain? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:31 PM PST I have this softner in the UK in my house https://www.minimax.co.uk/our-products/minimax-m2/ Trying to find either a zigbee or Zwave sensor that I can use with Hubitat to tell me when the salt is low. It's great but I constantly forget to replace the salt and sometimes realise once the hard water has worked back into the hot water and showers.. There is probably room for a very small proximity sensor but can't find one that's available with connectivity I need. Any ideas? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:08 PM PST Hello, I was wondering if I could get some help with this. I recently received a Dyson AM09 hot+cool heater and discovered it doesn't have a built-in timer to switch the machine on after so many hours. It does have a sleep timer, but that only turns the machine off at a certain time. I tried connecting this heater to a Kasa smart plug to see if I could set up a timer that way, but I was only able to turn off power to the heater, not turn it back on. I believe it is only controllable through the IR remote, and I am wondering if it is possible to program the remote to set up a timer? [link] [comments] | ||
| Home Internet Data Usage Monitoring So You Don't Hit Your Data Cap Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:54 AM PST
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| What is this, connected to my garage door opener? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:26 PM PST
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| Which Hub should I get? Mixed house (Nest, Z-Wave, Xiaomi, Schlage, etc.) Posted: 30 Dec 2019 02:00 PM PST I'm currently using a Gen 1 Wink Hub, but was recently gifted a Roborock E35 robot vacuum. It looks like the Wink doesn't support any automation with this vacuum or any other Xiaomi devices. Due to the lack of support from Wink and frequent outages, I've been interested in switching hubs anyways. What Hub would everyone recommend? I am currently running the following devices:
I am interested in functionality that would allow me to trigger routines off of the Nest status. For example, I have a routine that runs when the Nest is set to "Away" that turns off all lights, locks doors, etc. I would love to activate the vacuum at the same time. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:42 PM PST For a birthday gift, my siblings and I want to get my octogenarian but tech savvy parents some smart outlets. We just gave them a Google Nest hub and they love it. They already have nest smoke detectors. They are tech savvy enough to use the technology. They email, text andFaceTime--they have iPhones and iPads. But they will need me to set it up. What I want to start is 8 lamps around their NYC apartment. So I need smart outlets. And maybe a couple of smart light switches. My one concern is they will probably want remotes for the lights...I have not seen that for the outlets. Any suggestions? Do I need a hub for these? Also has to be set and forget so it works after I leave. Thanks in advanced. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 06:29 PM PST So I decided I've got to get my parents a robot vacuum. For context I currently have a Deebot 901 which isn't the greatest, but does a solid job for the price. Long story short they are getting older with 3 dogs and a cat so the pet hair is getting out of control. The house itself has too many levels for the vacuum to cover the whole place, but if it could cover the great room that would be a start. Smarter navigation would be preferred as some of the furniture is old AF. Any suggestions? I'd rather not break the bank on this, but for the right one I'll take a flyer. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:54 PM PST I have several Wemo switches and outlets in my shop to control lights. I often use Siri to turn on the lights "turn on the lights in my shop" This works to turn them on and then off again later. However, if I turn one of the switches on manually, then ask Siri to turn off the lights in my shop, all of the lights go off except the one I turned on with the switch. Any thoughts? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:41 PM PST Im trying to find a reason to install and setup Home Assistant. Alot of smart home setups I see have a HA setup somewhere in the mix. I currently use arduino's and raspberry pi's for my basic smart home stuff I also have NodeRed setup, which is a GUI MQTT server where I have my schedules and input / output control set. What would be the advantages of changing from NodeRed to HA? [link] [comments] | ||
| Tuya generic plug monitoring resolution Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:28 PM PST We know the Tuya devices are a bit dodgy, however we can flash them to make them behave. I'm looking specifically at the Teckin SP23, but I think they're all just rebranded Tuya devices. I wonder firstly whether the tasmota firmware can read the energy usage? And secondly how quickly it updates? If anyone has a rough ball park (is it every second? Minute? Hour?) then it would be much appreciated! [link] [comments] | ||
| Best way to pull cord for automated curtains? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:24 AM PST Has anyone here built their own automated curtains using the standard traverse curtain rod? I already built a setup using a stepper motor and an ESP8266 that is controllable via WIFI/MQTT. My only problem is actually pulling the cord to open/close the curtains. I did some quick tests using some of the metal 3D printer pulleys, but the cord seems to want to wrap around itself after a few rotations. I feel like there is a better option here, but I can't figure out what I need to look for. [link] [comments] | ||
| I've got some Pro Micro's (ATMEG32U4) laying around, looking for some ideas for smart home projects. Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:48 PM PST Anyone have any ideas for what I might be able to make with these? I've got some other parts kicking around as well like gyro boards, a couple of Uno R3's as well as some individually addressable LED strips and lots of other bits and pieces too. I've got some free time right now, so I'm looking for projects lol. My main focus is HA related right now, but I'm open to other ideas too! [link] [comments] | ||
| Are the sunrise simulations from smart bulbs sigmoidal? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:42 PM PST The original research on dawn simulation and its effects on mental health used a sigmoidal brightness curve: https://sci-hub.tw/https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(01)01200-8/abstract01200-8/abstract) Does the sunrise simulation from smartbulbs emulate this? [link] [comments] | ||
| Anyone hook up a 12v trigger to a motorized projector screen that wasn't built with a trigger input? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:16 AM PST | ||
| Help with google home app and Google home mini Posted: 30 Dec 2019 02:48 PM PST Just got my parents a Google home mini for Christmas and set up a couple smart lights with the Home app. That part is sketchy because they keep using the switches and the bulbs forget what they are assigned to in the home app. But i digress, my phone doesn't show the option to broadcast and/or set up routines and my parent's phones both do. my parents both have lower level galaxy smart phones (think like j7 or something) and i have a galaxy note 9. I set up the Google home mini from my Google account and added them via invite. I then set up the smart bulbs as well. They have options to broadcast and set routines but i dont. Any help would be appreciated, thank you [link] [comments] | ||
| Getting frequent false positives with Xiaomi/Aqara PIR motion sensors Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:51 AM PST I have the Xiaomi human motion sensors paired via Zigbee2MQTT to my Home Assistant instance. I get false positive triggers at least once a day - even when I've placed the sensor into its box and facing a wall. Does anyone else experience this? Any fixes? Or any recommendations for another ZigBee motion sensor compatible with Zigbee2MQTT that's rock solid? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 02:27 PM PST Is there anyway to force the AC to off at a fixed time? There's a timer at the main power source. But tenants often don't set the AC off timer causing the power to be suddenly stopped while the AC is still running. Can sensibo or something similar help to off the AC properly before the main power cuts off? [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for a 240V 20A Smart Thermostat Posted: 30 Dec 2019 01:07 PM PST The title says it all, I'm looking to replace the dumb thermostat in my basement with a smart thermostat, but I'm having a problem given the electrical requirements. I was looking at a Mysa, but it's maxed out at 16A and that won't work for me. I looked back in previous posts and I can't find what I'm looking for, and at the moment I do not want to hook up a relay for a 24V thermostat. I've tried googling, searching Grainger, Honeywell, and other sites but nobody makes it easy to search for what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Also, I'm pretty sure it's DPST since I have 4 wires on the thermostat. Thanks in advance [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:30 AM PST I've been a HS3 user for several years now and I generally like it... With HomeSeer 4 just around the corner, I thought this would be a good time to re-evaluate my setup. I have a mix of mostly Insteon devices, along with zigbee and z-wave devices. I use Alexa (and HS3's Alexa integration has given me trouble) as well. I make heavy use of HomeSeer's event system (this is home automation, not home remote control). Those of you who have used home assistant and HomeSeer - how does home assistant stack up? [link] [comments] | ||
| How could I use this to power a Wyze Camera? Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:47 AM PST
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