Home Automation DO NOT BUY THE NUKI! |
- DO NOT BUY THE NUKI!
- Outdoor smart lock for paling timber fence
- Will flair or keen smart vents work with my ducts? I think I can get an adapter for it. It's a round duct but the register is square. (this is with the register taken off)
- MyQ scheduling itself
- Getting so frustrated with Sylvania bulbs
- VoiP intercom tablet integration
- Matching GE Enbrighten z-wave switches light almond paddle?
- Smart plug recommendation - simple scriptable http control, and cloud access?
- Smart Garage Door Opener that allows for a percentage?
- Google Assistant compatible robot vac worth it?
- Can anyone suggest a reliable smart line voltage thermostat?
- MiLights only brighter?
- Bought a Eufy 11s. What replacement parts should I consider buying?
- Bed occupancy
- Google Home chiming in
- Wink Relay replacement ideas
- Is it possible to convert a touch light in headboard to a smart dimmer?
- Commercially available power strip
- Any advice on how to automatically power on my dumb Logitech Z906 speakers?
- Looking for small preliminary group of volunteer β-testers for my mobile-phone-notification service
- Advice on others leaving electronics on
- What is the best way to control the total number of apps I have for automating my home? I wish there was a dedicated hub app compatible with all smart devices. It feels like it's the wild west out here
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 04:20 AM PST I was at home, luckily, when the Nuki lock decided to not only unlock my door, but open it, too. There was an error in the log, which was inconclusive. I opened a ticket with Nuki. It took them three weeks (!!) to answer, and then the log entry - which they wanted to see - was gone. When I told them, they were like literally shrugging. Do not trust these people with your home and/or valuables. This thing will unlock your house when you are gone. Your pets will get out. People will get in. And all your stuff will be lost. This thing is dangerous, and the support is pretty much non-existent. [link] [comments] | ||
| Outdoor smart lock for paling timber fence Posted: 26 Jan 2020 10:15 PM PST Hi, does anyone know a smart lock for an outdoor paling timber fence/gate? The non smart one I have is this one Lokklatch magnetic gate lock. It works great so far as it has an adjustable screw (as timber gate tends to move due to weather), but so far unable to find the smart one. Ideally, I want to be able to unlock it with a code/fingerprint/phone bluetooth and no need to search my key to get inside my backyard (my garage located at the back of the house) Thanks [link] [comments] | ||
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| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 10:20 PM PST Hello everyone! My family uses the MyQ garage opener for our house. It's works fine except on 2 separate occasions (about a year apart) I'll get an alert at 1 am on the dot that my garage opened. It also makes the beeping sound that it only makes when you close it from the app. The alert shows me it was triggered from a scheduled open but we never set schedules. The schedule was set for every day of the week at 1 am. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Is someone messing with my system or am i just being paranoid? [link] [comments] | ||
| Getting so frustrated with Sylvania bulbs Posted: 26 Jan 2020 08:52 PM PST I have several Sylvania bulba. Unfortunately though, they have randomly started going dim and not working after ~1 year of use. Fortunately, every broken bulb has been replaced free of charge. But what do you do when the bulbs won't actually install properly? If I do get them to work they will turn on every time but won't turn off, or they get hung up while doing an update and just show offline all the time. What gives? I'm getting so frustrated. Does anyone have any experience with this? [link] [comments] | ||
| VoiP intercom tablet integration Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:29 PM PST Hi, I was hoping someone here might point me in the right direction or have done something similar. We have a VoiP intercom and I would like to integrate it with a dashboard on a Fire HD8. We also have a couple of IP camera's which points to the direction of the intercom. I would ideally want to integrate the camera views and the VoiP soft phone in one to create a video intercom on this dashboard. Having a look at home assistant and WallPanel it doesn't seem to support VoiP. At this point I am thinking of installing a soft phone on the tablet and having it separate from the dashboard although a single solution would be a bit more elegant. The VoiP intercom supports DTMF to execute relays so ideally setting up a button on the dash to do a call to a DTMF extension would be awesome. [link] [comments] | ||
| Matching GE Enbrighten z-wave switches light almond paddle? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 05:51 PM PST We've purchased 5 of the GE enbrighten 2nd generation z-wave switches (https://byjasco.com/ge-enbrighten-z-wave-commercial-grade-wall-smart-switch-quickfit-and-simplewire). While they functionally work great for us, the "light almond" paddle that is included doesn't match Leviton or Legrand plates of the same color. The paddles are more yellow, almost ivory. I'm in email contact with Jasco now but the responses are slow. I'm hoping someone else has experience with this and can help me identify a wall plate that matches more closely. Picture: https://i.imgur.com/BOoa1Ad.jpg Top=white paddle Left=light almond plate Middle=light almond paddle Right=ivory wall plate Installed picture: https://i.imgur.com/tcAEkSE.jpg Has anyone run into this before with this switch or others? Any advice? [link] [comments] | ||
| Smart plug recommendation - simple scriptable http control, and cloud access? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 02:03 PM PST Hi all, Can anyone recommend a simple standalone wifi smart plug, that can easily be controlled (directly) from the local network, e.g by sending a simple HTTP request from Python, or anything like that. (just wish to be able to easily turn it from from a single (scripted) command in a bash shell, without having to jump through a hundred hoops, or install yet-some-other-server-sofware) Also, if the same device happens to be easily controllable over a cloud service, thats a bonus, if not I'll just trigger it via an SSH connection or similar. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Smart Garage Door Opener that allows for a percentage? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 09:01 PM PST Hi all, I'm looking to get a smart garage door opener, but all the one's I've seen are designed for full open or close functionality. I was wondering if there are any smart controllers that include an in-app feature to partially open the garage door. Mainly, I want to be able to set it to open at a certain percentage to allow for ventilation, or just to let my cats out and keep it cracked a bit. Any help is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| Google Assistant compatible robot vac worth it? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 08:27 PM PST Hey all. I'm torn between a Gen 1 Xiaomi S5 Vacuum or a 360 S6 vacuum..the difference being some performance differences (S5 being favorable) but the 360 also mops. The S5 is google assistant capable. Ultimately I'm stuck, the 360 has an app which is great but seeing as I've never used a smart vacuum I don't know how important the features are. [link] [comments] | ||
| Can anyone suggest a reliable smart line voltage thermostat? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 07:17 PM PST I'm looking at Mysa, but there must be an alternative. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 07:15 PM PST Has anyone found brighter LED lights that can be controlled with the MiLIght controllers. I am planning to use MiLights strip and controllers for accent lighting but also want to install superbrite white LED lighting in the bottom of the stairwell handrails and would like to use the same controllers for convenience. [link] [comments] | ||
| Bought a Eufy 11s. What replacement parts should I consider buying? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 05:35 PM PST I've been using it for a month and love it. Unfortunately, one of the side brushes lost two of its whiskers already but the unit did come with two replacements. I'm looking on Amazon for replacement part kits and I'm seeing they're decently priced. I'm just wondering what parts I will likely need to replace. Most kits do not come with the [primary filter](https://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/pi/mp/6196/prod_6638155302?src=http%3A%2F%2F34.217.40.247%2Fimage%2FI%2F51-cocxZz%252BL._SL1024_.jpg&d=1105cfaffa37b2162d85ac716966729244129238&hei=333&wid=333&op_sharpen=1) but will I likely need to replace this part? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:47 AM PST Hi! My household consists of one small child using its own bed, and two adults sharing a double bed (not an unusual setup). I think it would be useful with bed occupancy-detection when working on automating things. I've searched around and found quite a few ways of implementing this (arduino + load cells, arduino + force sensitive resistors, plain old doormat sensors, probably more), but it would be nice to discuss this with someone before I pick a path I think. What solutions to this problem do you have personal experience with, and what are your opinions about the solution? Price? Reliability? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 02:54 PM PST Funny or Scary? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 12:42 PM PST When I bought my house in 2013, I thought Wink was the answer to all my home automation desires, open-ish platform, huge array of supported protocols and most of all an easy-to-use interface. So I went all-in on Wink and bought all the goodies out there including 5 Relays. Unfortunately (as everyone knows now) it was a short honeymoon and now I'm stuck with 5 of the dumbest smarthome switches around. So now I'm in the market to pull the Relays and settle into a new smarthome display/switch relationship. Anyone have any ideas? If possible I'd like to keep all the functionality and features: Z-wave, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Multiple (and configurable) switches. Intercom wouldn't be horrible either but definitely not a must-have [link] [comments] | ||
| Is it possible to convert a touch light in headboard to a smart dimmer? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:57 AM PST I have a headboard with 4 puck lights that turn on 3 different levels of brightness from a metal button on the headboard. I wanted to see what the possibilities were in adding a smart dimmer so that I wouldn't need to cycle the button through all the levels before reaching the desired one. I really like the Lutron Casetas, and have several light and fan switches, as well as a lamp dimmer. I'd like to have the headboard plug into a Lutron lamp dimmer as well for full smart control, but I'm not sure if this is possible. Any tips? [link] [comments] | ||
| Commercially available power strip Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:54 AM PST I am trying to do some home automation and I have the skills to DIY but not the time I would rather throw cash at the issue. I want a Wi-Fi power sockets that I can set something like every 4 hours turn on for 4 minutes. Or if humidity is x turn on. I don't care if cloud or not but prefer not as they don't seem to be able to do what I am looking for. I have tried ifttt but it's too simplistic? Maybe I want more logic. I don't mind setting up servers and stuff but I don't want to mess about with bootloading and trying to get product with firmware v.9 or lower. PS: growtent (yes weed) and a chicken house door based on sun [link] [comments] | ||
| Any advice on how to automatically power on my dumb Logitech Z906 speakers? Posted: 26 Jan 2020 05:41 AM PST I have Airplay 2 speakers throughout the house, and at my tv/apple tv I have a set of Logitech Z906 speakers. Works fantastic, the problem is that I have to manually turn on the speakers every time I want to stream audio. Is there any way I can always keep these on? Any IR sender that can automatically power these on at certain intervals? A physical button that presses when they turn off? There must be SOME way. Help/r/ [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for small preliminary group of volunteer β-testers for my mobile-phone-notification service Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:32 AM PST in my automation experience, I've found it helpful to be able to send SMS (with optional phone call for urgency) notifications to my phone (e.g. if a service stopped, or if a door was left open, or if the mailbox has been opened). Is there anybody else that would find this functionality useful and is willing to help test? Thanks [link] [comments] | ||
| Advice on others leaving electronics on Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:27 AM PST My situation is my brother and I share a room and he always leaves the television and lights on when he leaves the room. I was thinking about a contact door sensor for whenever it is opened it toggles however if I leave or enter it may turn off everything while he is in the room. Any advice on products or setting up the routine? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 26 Jan 2020 07:32 AM PST I wish I didn't have to commit to one dedicated brand in order to only have one smart devices app. Through promotions and better deals, I've ended up having to download Kasa, Smart Life & LIFX. Then I have to integrate these smart device apps into Google Home and Smart Things. Unfortunately Smart Life isn't compatible with Smart Things so you have to integrate the two by using IFFT. Also I can't integrate my Nest Devices to Smart things There's no consistency and it makes smart devices a little less smart! Is there a generally-accepted best home hub that I can integrate everything through so when I import to Google Home, at least everything is coming from one place? If not, do you have any recommendations on what is the best approach? I have committed to the Google/Nest ecosystem and want tk integrate as much into that as possible. I wish there was a way to get all my devices working on Smart Things because they have some really nice sensors that I want to hook up but some of my lights are on Smart Life and can't be directly reached by Smart Things [link] [comments] |
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