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- PSA to Harmony Hub users - Avoid unnecessary resets...there is a limit
- Sonos speaker update sparks anger as they stop supporting equipment
- Is Mozilla's WebThing/IoT/Gateway very popular?
- Autonomous Home Security Drone System
- Opinions about my planned water leak setup
- Inovelli 4-in-1 sensor, need some assistance reporting information.
- MyPlace as Home hub?
- How to make painfully bad Comcast WiFi better?
- Let's automate my home... Smart Things, Home Assistant, Hubitat, other?
- Controlling Insteon with Google Assistant
- Switched outlet repeater?
- Can I use a smart button to verify someone's physical presence?
- Automatic lights based on calendar schedule
- Home Assistant Themes and Plugins with HACS (Video Tutorial)
- I have Hue and Wyze smart bulbs and want to control them without a voice assistant. Is there a streamlined way/what is the best way to do this?
- Eufy 11s (T2108) Replacement parts?
- Aqara ZigBee smart door lock empties batteries way too quickly - how?
- Smartthings won't connect to my yeelight bulbs
- DuckDNS Down for Spectrum
- Zigbee2mqtt won’t detect Ikea Tradfri LED1836G9 bulb
- Help: Mini Split & Boiler Automation
- LED Multicolor Light Strips w/Tasmota Suggestions
- What is Google Home's "Home history" for?
- Multi-Zone Hydronic Baseboard Control
| PSA to Harmony Hub users - Avoid unnecessary resets...there is a limit Posted: 22 Jan 2020 01:51 PM PST This is the first time I've encountered this issue, and wanted to share. After resetting my Hub last night, I was shown a message in the desktop + mobile apps saying my Hub had been disabled and to contact Customer Service. I tried several additional resets, a new Harmony account app re-installs, etc. and the message wouldn't go away. I emailed Logitech support around 11pm and much to my surprise, 'Ralph' sent me a very nice reply at 3am. Here are the relevant parts from Harmony support:
I'm still a little unclear on hub vs remote limits, seems to apply to the hub only, but not 100% on that. Mainly hoping this post helps some of you avoid similar issues! I've always been in the habit of doing a factory reset over major reconfiguration. This last reset was due to a new router+ssid, and was a full reset. My 950 added and worked, but I couldn't add devices or do anything after attempting to a Companion remote as a second remote. [link] [comments] | ||
| Sonos speaker update sparks anger as they stop supporting equipment Posted: 22 Jan 2020 03:56 PM PST
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| Is Mozilla's WebThing/IoT/Gateway very popular? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 02:01 PM PST I know they announced it last year and their GitHub profile was quite active back in December but I really know anyone who uses it. I also don't know if they have as much 3rd party support as Home Assistant. Does anyone here use Mozilla WebThings? How does it compare to Home Assistant? Is there any reason to make the switch from Home Assistant to Mozilla's WebThings? [link] [comments] | ||
| Autonomous Home Security Drone System Posted: 23 Jan 2020 12:43 AM PST
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| Opinions about my planned water leak setup Posted: 23 Jan 2020 12:24 AM PST I am about to purchase the Fibaro Flood sensor Z wave plus, the dome shutoff and an Aeotec Gen 5 Z wave stick to run on Home Assistant on my synology NAS. What are your opinions? The other option is getting Abode water leak sensors along with the dome shutoff and use the Abode alarm hub as the z wave hub. I was thinking sticking with z wave would be better than proprietary abode sensors. [link] [comments] | ||
| Inovelli 4-in-1 sensor, need some assistance reporting information. Posted: 23 Jan 2020 12:16 AM PST Is there a way to make these report information (like temp and rh) on detection of motion? I intend to use these in the bathroom. I would like for the sensor to report its humidity and temp data when it detects motion. From there automations turn on the light and will determine whether or not to turn on the heater and/or exhaust fan based on those values. I'm currently using smartthings as my hub and use both the new and classic app. I'm also experimenting with OpenHAB and HomeAssistant, interested in hubitat too but for now I'm sticking with smartthings. I would have thought it would automatically send all new sensor data when it detects motion but that doesn't appear to be the case. The only options I see in the settings are to change the update interval in seconds but that won't really work in this use case. Can this be done with this sensor, and if not can it be done with any off-the-shelf sensor. I'd like to avoid going the custom sensor route, but I will if that's the only option. Side note, is there a smart switch with a motion sensor that will integrate with smartthings and is UL listed? I know there are dumb switches, that's what I currently use but I'd like a smart version for more granular control and not need the extra sensor. Bonus points if it has extra sensors. Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 22 Jan 2020 11:07 PM PST Does anyone have an experience with the advantageair MyX series of home hubs. I am in the process of building a new home in Western Australia. The builder has shown me that my home will come with a MyAir controller as standard and can be upgraded to MyPlace for a nominal fee that also has MyLights. I am very interested in getting home automation into my new home, I have also contacted some control4 installers. I have never heard of the MyPlace system before and was wondering if anyone here has any experience with it? I couldn't find any posts on it and the online reviews are 'mixed' people seem to either love it or hate it. I would be more interested in a smart thermostat but I can't seem to find any good information of using a smart thermostat such as Ecobee or Nest in Australia? [link] [comments] | ||
| How to make painfully bad Comcast WiFi better? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 11:03 PM PST I have the new XB6(Arris TG3482G) Comcast rents out. They sent it after I called in a while ago about how terrible the internet was. It's only slightly better, not much difference. I live in a one floor house and we have the xfinity router set up near the middle. However, the internet is excruciatingly slow in my bedroom. The internet does have to go through one wall and a door, but download times on PS4 are excruciatingly slow (1 mbps slow), streaming on an amazon firestick often doesn't even work (it freezes every time I have it on), and the WiFi drops off A LOT. Considering the poor WiFi is only in my bedroom, I'm not sure what the best plan of attack would be. 1) switch out the router and just use a new/ different/ better one 2) WiFi extender 3) mesh system ?? Any suggestions or recommendations for products would be great. My budget isn't that high either, it wouldn't be smart to shell out several hundred dollars, so please keep that in mind. Hard wired speed: Download: 417.3 mbps Upload: 15.5 mbps Wireless: Download: 5.21 mbps Upload: 14.8 mbps [link] [comments] | ||
| Let's automate my home... Smart Things, Home Assistant, Hubitat, other? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 02:13 PM PST So my home will be done in May some time, and I'm planning on my home automation stuff. I am a big fan of Alexa for voice control for lights and things, and my family uses it pretty frequently to turn on and off lights in our rental (smart switches, mostly) and to play music. That said, I do want to create some scenes and full automation for things in my house, and still be able to control those objects via voice. For example, if it's dusk, turn on the outside lights. If a motion sensor goes off, then turn on the kitchen under cabinet lights (will likely be Hue), or stairway lights. Additionally if my wife and I leave the home, using our phones as presence sensors, certain things would go into an "away" mode, and then resume when I return. Being able to unlock doors, let in guests, etc remotely is also really important as we have children. Additionally the goal will be to standardize on Lutron Caseta switches (for the most part) for a lot of this home automation, namely because they have fan control and other smart switches do not (unless they do, then please let me know!). I will also use Hue lighting for my TV and undercabinet, in addition to a few other locations in the home (office). I will also be using Konnected.io for automating my wired security system, since I hate the idea of paying a provider for these things. Knowing these requirements, any suggestions? And I'm also open to hardware changes on any of them so long as they are reliable and work well. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Controlling Insteon with Google Assistant Posted: 22 Jan 2020 10:45 PM PST I've made a purchase of a bunch of Insteon light switches and a couple multi-button pads. I'm going to use them to solve some the switch location problems. However, I would also like to be able to control them with my voice using Google Assistant. What do I need to be able to do this? Would an Insteon Hub allow me to connect to Google Home? Could I skip the Insteon branded hub, if I get a raspberry pi and Home Assistant? I plan to get into the actual "automation" side of things using Home Assistant in the future. But for now, I'd like basic voice control functionality. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 22 Jan 2020 10:30 PM PST I have a room with just one switched outlet and no overhead lights (yay, 1970s construction). I'm trying to find a product and I don't know if it exists. I'm looking for a master box I can put on the one switched outlet that when turned on, will turn on one or more slave plugs. I'm not looking for a smart-device/networked device or an app, I just want to flip the switch and turn on more than the one lamp. Does this even exist? [link] [comments] | ||
| Can I use a smart button to verify someone's physical presence? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 09:35 AM PST I'm running a facility and I suspect our weekend security guards are skipping out on their shift. There is no way for me to verify that they are present for their entire shift unless I visit in person. I'm thinking that a smart button, that requires them to press it every hour can help confirm their presence. All I would need is a log that shows the button was pushed and when. Is this possible with a smart button and is there one you can recommend? Sometimes they show, and leave early, or only show for an event or if they know I'm coming around. At least this way, they have to be physically present the entire time and I have some verification if they are not here. I need something to hold them accountable or fire them. [link] [comments] | ||
| Automatic lights based on calendar schedule Posted: 22 Jan 2020 09:36 PM PST I am not even sure if this possible, or how to go about it. I have some home automation, and its all Homekit based (and its what I am going with going forward). I am trying to have a small light that turns on for when I wake up very early in the morning or arrive home late in the night/early morning so I can brush my teeth or get dressed without waking my wife. The trouble is, I work a very irregular schedule. Is there some way Homekit (or another program) can check my calendar, and, if I am working a certain shift (eg 5am, 3am etc), then turn on a light based on specified parameters? For example, if I am working a 5am shift, turn the light on at 3:40am and off at 4:10 am. If am working a 8pm to 3am shift, turn the light on at 4am (or, ideally, when I pull into the garage and then off 30min later). etc etc. I am sure its possible, I just dont even know where to start. Short of writing a custom program I dont know how to do it. Is this something Automator or Shortcuts could do? [link] [comments] | ||
| Home Assistant Themes and Plugins with HACS (Video Tutorial) Posted: 22 Jan 2020 09:09 AM PST
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| Posted: 22 Jan 2020 01:29 PM PST Obviously, I can control both sets of lights using their respective apps. I'm wondering if there is a simple solution that could control both sets as if they are one - on/off, schedules, temperature, etc. Thanks much! [link] [comments] | ||
| Eufy 11s (T2108) Replacement parts? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 07:18 PM PST Hey everyone, I've apparently lost my google-fu, but long story short I need and am unable to locate replacement wheel/gear module(s) for my Eufy robovac 11s. I may have found one, but I'm not 100% on it. Anyways, my question is really this; is there any common/known source for parts for these machines that I was unable to find? This looks like an easy fix, but I can't seem to find the part I need. Cheers! [link] [comments] | ||
| Aqara ZigBee smart door lock empties batteries way too quickly - how? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 03:22 PM PST Recently I moved into a house with an Aqara ZigBee smart door lock in it. The winter came, and suddenly the batteries in the lock (standard AAs) just died without any warning (usually the lock tells if it's "low battery"). So I changed the AAs, but they lasted a day or two. Tried to install lithium AAs that are supposed to last up to -40C, but they lived 2 days instead of 2 years, even though it's not colder than-2C outside. Tested every battery before installing, and they were fine, but afterwards they're just straight up dead. Is it a problem with the lock itself or am I buying cheap Chinese batteries? Any advice on this door-lock-battery apocalypse would be great [link] [comments] | ||
| Smartthings won't connect to my yeelight bulbs Posted: 22 Jan 2020 04:07 PM PST So I have 4 rgbw yeelights and I had 3 of them connected with no problems but the 4th one wouldn't connect and I reset my yeelight connection hoping that would fix the issues but now none of them will reconnect. It shows up and say it's connected but nothing actually connects. The only thing I haven't tried is resetting everything and resetting my whole apartment is an endeavor I really don't want to take on right now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 22 Jan 2020 03:33 PM PST Not specifically Home Automation related, but I know a lot of us likely use DynamicDNS services to provide DNS to our home networks. With Spectrum as an Internet provider, DuckDNS appears to be inaccessible for the last few hours. However, changing DNS servers to CloudFlare's Public DNS Service (1.1.1.1) appears to correct the problem. Anyone else use DuckDNS with Spectrum Internet? Is this happening to you too? If so, you may want to change your DNS Servers. https://www.reddit.com/r/duckdns/comments/esh2p5/duckdns_blocked_on_spectrum_internet/ [link] [comments] | ||
| Zigbee2mqtt won’t detect Ikea Tradfri LED1836G9 bulb Posted: 22 Jan 2020 04:37 AM PST I bought this Ikea bulb and it came with the famous 6£ switch, which instantly paired to my cc2531 and works great. However I can't manage to get my sniffer to detect the bulb. I have reset the bulb and put it in pairing mode, and I tried keeping the sniffer VERY close to it but it doesn't really do anything. No hint of the bulb in the logs whatsoever. The LED1836G9 appears to be a newish model but it still shows as supported on the zigbee2mqtt documentation. Any advice is appreciated, thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Help: Mini Split & Boiler Automation Posted: 22 Jan 2020 11:24 AM PST Hey Guys, looking to see if I could get a little help/pointed in the right direction. [link] [comments] | ||
| LED Multicolor Light Strips w/Tasmota Suggestions Posted: 22 Jan 2020 02:33 PM PST All, I'm in the US and am looking for LED light strips that I can flash or use with Tasmota. I looked on the blakadder.com site and bought the Lumary ones from Amazon since they were reported compatible with flash to Tasmota - just a warning as an aside to people who think those work, the controller is changed and doesn't look like the one pictured anymore. Tasmota won't flash it. The sheer volume of info on these is horribly confusing. I think I just want to buy the LEDS separately and get a controller that has a built in power supply and not have to hope (too much) that I can flash w/tuya-convert and use it the way I want. Does anyone have any recommendations to get me started? Links would be awesome. [link] [comments] | ||
| What is Google Home's "Home history" for? Posted: 22 Jan 2020 02:12 PM PST When you open the settings of the Google Home Android app, there is a "Home history" button at the bottom. Mine is empty. I tried performing a few actions like turning lights on an off via the Home app to see if it would record those, but still my history is empty. I searched help articles but of course "google home history" is generic so I get all sorts of unrelated results. I looked through My Activity and I can see when I used voice commands to do things, but that's different. I managed to find a couple articles but they are really outdated (e.g. one said to open the hamburger menu which must have been in a previous version of the Home app because there is no hamburger menu now). Does anyone know what the history is for? [link] [comments] | ||
| Multi-Zone Hydronic Baseboard Control Posted: 22 Jan 2020 01:42 PM PST I currtently have seperate heating and ac controls. Three seperate thermostats. Looking to convert them all to one smart thermostat. I cannot find a thermostat that would support multiple heat outputs. So ive came up with a solution with a sensor and z wave relay to replicate a thermostat for the second zone. I want both zones to be the same temperature but they do not hold temps the same. So i need seperate control for the recalculating pumps. I was just wondering if anyone knew an easier solution or a hydronic z wave controller for multi zones ive been looking but havent been able to find. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
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