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    Amazon engineer calls for Ring to be 'shut down immediately' over privacy concerns

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 12:13 PM PST

    My Home Automation- Rpi 4 - Update

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 08:06 AM PST

    Home Data logger dashboard for power and temperatures

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 02:50 PM PST

    Smart home dashboard

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 01:43 PM PST

    Is there a good sprinkler system controller that support chaining?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 09:09 PM PST

    I need to control roughly 36 zones (I can probably combine some if needed) and most systems are 8 or 16 zones. So I would need to chain two or three systems together. Systems like the rachio don't have any way to chain them.

    Ideally the system would have a phone app and work with Google assistant. Mainly to start zones remotely when I'm troubleshooting stuff.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

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    Is there any benefit in installing coax in a new residential build?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 07:49 PM PST

    Ill be doing the typical cat6 install and I've got a ton of coax in my stocks. Is it worth my while to install it in my new home?

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    Has anyone heard of Mindmeld?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 10:00 AM PST

    I searched for this in the subreddit and I was surprised this was not on here. It may still be too early but for all my techies out there you may want to look into this.

    I've been checking in on this company for a few years now. https://www.mindmeld.com/

    The company describes itself as a "Conversational AI platform for deep-domain voice interfaces and chatbots", but there are several "blueprints" that include a Home assistant blueprint (https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/blueprints/home_assistant.html)

    I have yet to do a deep dive, but before I do I wanted to see if there are any pioneers here.

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    Rpi - Home Automation - Dashboard update 1/30/20

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 07:34 PM PST

    Wifi Connected Dimmable Smart Bulb with Motion Sensor??

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 07:23 PM PST

    Hello Magicians of Home Automation!

    My mother expressed to me that she would like to simply walk around and have her lights come on for her, so I am obliging. So far I have purchased a few smart plugs, a few smart bulbs, and a Smart PIR sensor which finally arrived today!

    I am doing my best to make the Change as simplified for my father, who doesn't want to lose control of the switch function or have problems if the wifi goes out.

    I have discovered LED "Smart" Bulbs with motion sensing PIR, which will turn the light on when close, and off when no motion is detected in 45 seconds. I like this idea, as it gives them both the on/off function for movement with out additional sensors all over the house. My Concern with this solution is: Wifi connectivity for customization, Dimmability, and Power usage.

    For reference there are about 20 Bulbs I have interest in replacing.

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    Wifi Connectivity: Is there such an all in one bulb? Dimmable, Wifi Connected, Motion Sensing Smart bulb? So far I am unsure if any I have found are Wifi connected, although I have found Smart Sockets that can turn a regular bulb into a smart Bulb, though I have not seen any indication of dimmability within connected apps.

    Dimmability: There is another room past my parents bedroom. They usually leave their door open at night, thus if a person/guest is to walk to or from that room I wouldn't want the light to come on at full force and wake them up.

    Power Usage: If a person turns the switch off that controls a smart bulb with a motion sensor will it also turn off the power to the bulb, thus eliminating the motion sensing function?

    ​

    I know 20 bulbs is a big price, and if I had to get Smart Sockets that price would double. The only alternative to me would be using a Sonoff Mini and a bunch of PIR motion sensors. As with the Latter, is there such a PIR sensor that would act similar to the bulb and turn off a light when no movement is detected for 45 seconds?

    I am totally open to all suggestions, ideas, work-arounds, and what ever you think! Thanks for reading and your support!

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    Tablet to control my electronics

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:15 PM PST

    Hello I'm looking for some kind of tablet that I can put up on my wall and controls all my devices from there kind of like a control center. I would like something that's compatable with most devices. (Also please name some brands it's compatable with. I'm new to this and don't know many)

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    Google WiFi/assistant only playing music

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 05:37 PM PST

    Hi,

    I set up a new google WiFi remote with three additional nodes. All has been well hooked up to Spotify premium family account.

    One node has stopped responding to any command only playing a song called contains the word honey. It also says no more songs on this station.

    I have powered it off and on. Any advice? My web searching is not proving very fruitful.

    How do I a hard reset the node and set it up again from scratch? It says I should press the factory reset but I don't see that on mine.

    Thanks.

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    Garage door/ somfy/ samsung smartthings

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 09:50 AM PST

    I'm not sure why this is so hard to find. I might have completely lost my ability to do basic internet searches. I hope this isn't flagged as a low effort post, because I have spent quite a bit of time searching.

    The motors that currently open our 2 garage doors are due for replacement, or at least one of them really is.

    TL;DR+ELI5 all in one:
    What do I need to replace it with a new motor and control it from far away?

    I speak Dutch. When I want so search - in English - for a smart thing to open my garage door, I look for "smart garage door opener". All I can find is crap to put on existing motors.
    When I look for "smart garage door motor", I find mostly the same links.

    Is there no such thing? Am I obligated to buy a new dumb opener, and then fiddle with crap to make it smart afterwards?

    The only descent things I can find are Somfy Dexxo 800 Smart IO and Somfy Dexxo Pro 1000 IO, but neither are available on their webshop - even though they claim it is on the product page - and I can't figure out if I really need their Somfy Tahoma device for it, or if I can control them with other things such as a Samsung Smartthings hub.

    I'd like to get started with smart home things, but I'm afraid of ending up having to buy 5 different hubs, controllers and what have you.
    I like the sound of Zigbee, so I'd like to go for that protocol. (no, I don't mean the sound of the word).

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    Any electrical Engineers here? Trying to convert AC adapter to a direct wire connection

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:34 PM PST

    This is an ac adapter to a Google Nest Hub. I want to turn this into a direct wired fixture so can I use this for that? In the second image above the white piece these are the two pads that are for the plug. Any idea how to wire this if I want to put this inside a wall? Again I am not putting an actual plug in the wall but converting the ac adapter to a direct wire. Anyone done this before?

    https://imgur.com/gallery/hOe8Z53

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    Maybe a question for this sub

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:28 PM PST

    Is there a smart lock that will fit my door?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:06 PM PST

    Broadlink RM Pro + Offline Issue

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:51 AM PST

    Hi guys, I've googled this but I've only found people having the issue, however no solution.

    Overnight my RM Pro+ goes 'Offline' - as does my Broadlink SC3 smart plug.

    Once I reset my router, they're both online again.

    My question is, as I don't use either perhaps more than once per day, would the router settings have something to do with the device no longer having an IP after being idle for a period of time? Or is there any other solution to the issue you can help me with? Cheers

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    Smart Radiator Valve without needing a cloud subscription or hub?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 10:28 AM PST

    I've been wanting to change the radiator valve in my bedroom to a "smart" radiator valve.

    I already have a Nest, which controls the temperature of the whole house, but the heating in my house isn't very balanced. For example, if the Nest is set to a 23 deg C, most of the house is nice and comfortable, but my bedroom would always be much hotter.

    I'm not sure how much hotter exactly, but enough to make you sweat and have an uncomfortable sleep.

    At the moment, I'm always fiddling with the radiator valve turning it up and down depending on if it's too hot or cold in the room. I figure getting a smart radiator valve should solve this issue.

    I don't really want anything with a subscription, and I don't really want anything that requires a hub.

    I came across these bluetooth ones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/eqiva-Bluetooth-Radiator-Thermostat-142461D0/dp/B07MSNZGFX/ref=sr_1_2?crid=E86FFX2NCES8&keywords=bluetooth+radiator+valves&qid=1580408821&sprefix=bluetooth+radiator+val%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-2

    But Ideally, I'd like to be able to hook it into Home Assistant over Wifi. I know I can probably do this using bluetooth too if my Homeassistant box is within range of bluetooth, but if there is something similar but using wifi, that would be amazing.

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    I made a WiFi scale to tell me how much filament is left on my 3D printer. It also does Temp/Humidity with MQTT for Home Assistant

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 01:43 PM PST

    Of course, it can be used to weight things other than filament coughdrugscough. And it has a really crappy looking, but very functional web interface to calibrate and tare the scale. It also has a settings page to be able to configure various things like the offset(for the spool in my case) or small increases in weight, which happen when the printer pulls on the filament. It's based on the ESP8266/Wemos D1 Mini. Once you upload the code to the ESP, everything from then on can be setup from your smartphone.

    I recently added MQTT and a BME280 temperature/humidity/pressure sensor. I am using MQTT to be able to pull the data into Home Assistant. I plan on using that to notify me about the filament getting low. It also has a page that present all the sensor data in JSON format. I plan on using that with my OctoPrint plugin which I just completed(but I need to clean it up a little before publishing it).

    The scale is pretty accurate. For something that is around 1kg, it might be off by a gram or 2 compared to my kitchen scale.

    If there is any more interest, I plan on adding more sensors to this project. I'm thinking it will be a smoke sensor to let me know when my printer catches on fire and to have OctoPrint automatically turn off the smartplug connected to it. Maybe a filament runout sensor as well.

    Let me know what you guys think. I'm always looking for any criticism to make my projects better.

    Here's a link to my post with the latest code for it, along with the Home Assitant MQTT code. Here's the previous article that talks about the scale part of it in more detail. It also has the links to the spool holder and stuff.

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    Which ecosystem?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 01:32 PM PST

    I'm new to home automation, although I've had a Nest thermostat for a few years.

    I recently built an office in the garden and it being separate from the house, but on WiFi, home automation systems seem a good way to achieve things without running electric wires.

    The main things I want to enable are having the doorbell ring in the office from the front door, and a smoke alarm. Once I've got something in place I'll probably expand from there.

    I'm a bit creeped out by the amount of data gathered by Nest, and also don't really want to surveil the street with Ring.

    I'm attracted to Samsung Smart Things as it supports ZigBee, Z-wave and WiFi, so think I could add in things from a wider range of suppliers such as IKEA, Philips Hue etc.

    But I also like building stuff myself so maybe basing stuff off a Raspberry Pi.

    So much choice, and I'm having difficulty pulling the trigger. Can anyone with more experience give some advice on selecting a platform as it seems critical to get it right before I start buying IoT devices?

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    Accidental short on smart switch did something to can light.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 09:24 AM PST

    The short (pun intended) of it is this, had a short on when putting in a smart switch where the ground wire of the dummy switch next to it popped off and touched the load screw of the smart switch. The switch was toasted, the breaker popped, but also something in the single can light.

    I fixed the poorly attached ground wire on the dumb switch, replaced the new smart switch with another new one, and got it all working at that level. However, what would possibly be up in the can that would have shorted out too? I swapped LED bulbs and tested the bulb in another fixture and it works fine. Looks like the can needs replacing now, but can't quite figure out what would be up there that would have blown. Every one I've ever seen has been pretty dummy proof with just the wires runny to the socket.

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    Konnected with overbuilt ADT system

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:25 AM PST

    I was wondering if anyone using Konnected has had to pare down their security system and if so how hard was it? Just bought a house and the existing ADT system is ridiculous, either the guy who put it in was paranoid or knows something I don't.

    Essentially I want to remove all of the motion sensors (I have cats) but leave the door and window sensors and possibly repurpose some of the cameras. Any idea how complicated this would be? Thanks!

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    I want to build the Honda house. Any suggestions for something similar?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 03:06 PM PST

    I can't stop watching the honda house videos. My home is worth a ton now, and I'm looking to flip it and build something modern. The honda house is still in development, but does anyone have similar plans?

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    Relay Light switch

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 08:21 AM PST

    I'm new to this sub reddit, I'm wondering if there are any light switches that have solid state relays. I don't want to buy a special bulb just to be able to turn on and off lights automatically.

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    Simple (non-timed) extractor fan with a Shelly

    Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:37 AM PST

    Hi folks,

    As you can see by my other post here https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/evrmuo/using_a_shelly_to_control_an_extractor_fan/ we're in the process of trying to smartify our extractor fans.

    One of the fans we have though isn't a timed one, it's a simple fan that you turn on and off with a switch. I've taken the cover off the fan to see what power we're dealing with and I don't quite get it

    I see Neutral and I presume Switched Live, that's fine - but what is the yellow cable in the box? Is that a permanent Live?

    If there's not a permie Live in the box, I suppose I'll have to wire it after the switch which isn't ideal as the switch will turn it off. I have supplied some pictures of the switch, I don't quite understand this switch because it's the only one in the whole house which works like this, the rest of the house has the switch in the housing itself.

    Pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/cY0i2z8

    I'm in the UK as well

    Thanks

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