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    Home Automation Candle - the privacy friendly smart home - wins Dutch Privacy Award

    February 04, 2020

    Home Automation Candle - the privacy friendly smart home - wins Dutch Privacy Award

    Candle - the privacy friendly smart home - wins Dutch Privacy Award

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 03:41 AM PST

    I'm proud to say that Candle has won a Dutch National Privacy Award!

    Candle is a privacy friendly smart home system that is based on the Mozilla Gateway. It's a research project that showcases how smart devices could be designed to respect privacy without giving up on ease of use. All data stays in your own home. Even the voice control is fully cloudless.

    https://www.candlesmarthome.com

    Everyone keeps asking "where can I buy it", so in 2020 we're going to explore if we can bring it to market.

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    Hide electronics behind fake books

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:49 AM PST

    Lightswitch neutral wire Australia

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 11:23 PM PST

    Ikea Fyrtur - Honest reviews

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:22 PM PST

    Hi guys, i just bought a new house and finally decided to invest in smart blinds. I've been searching for them for a while now and ikea never have them in stock.

    What's going on? Is the product a failure or are they just selling fast?

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    Difference between Xiaomi and Aqara Hub?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 11:52 PM PST

    Hi,

    I just bought the Xiaomi Mija Hub last week, and everything works as it should.

    But as I love electronic, i was also thinking of trying the Aqara Hub, but what is the main difference, other that Aqara supports HomeKit?

    Is Aqara just a newer version of the Mija Hub or is it two different Hubs?

    And will I be able to see sensors in my Google Home when using Aqara Hub? It says that it supports Google Assistant. And with my Xiaomi Mija Hub I can't see anything in Google Home, only in the Mi Home App..

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    POE cameras are ugly and unwelcoming - hiding strategies

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 11:31 PM PST

    I'd really like to put a POE camera in the front of the house, right near the mailbox that's next to the front door. But They're all super ugly and have that aggressive, unwelcoming look to them. It's the one thing that door bell cameras have an advantage over - aesthetics.

    Any ideas on how to hide it or make it less obvious? Since it's right where the mailbox hangs, I was thinking I can maybe hang a different mailbox that helps mask a turret camera, but haven't really come up with anything.

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    Looking for a hook scale with a USB Output.

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 09:32 AM PST

    I have a small home project I'm working on and need to be able to calculate the amount of force put on a hook and map it to a computer. I don't seem to be able to find any online, other than crane scales that cost a few thousand dollars. Anyone know of a cheap alternative or a workaround?

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    Brilliant Switch + Lutron Blinds?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:58 PM PST

    Has anyone successfully paired a Brilliant Switch + Smart Things + Serena Lutron Blinds? I'd like to know if getting a Smart Things hub will allow my switches to control my blinds.

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    Using Google Smart Display to show your holiday photos. You can request photos of certain country or city. This demonstration shows what's working well and not so well :-)

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:16 PM PST

    Need help automating my aircon / HVAC

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:15 PM PST

    Innovelli nzw30t, two wires plus ground?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:56 PM PST

    Putting in this switch, my box has a white, black, ground. Regular switch worked fine.

    The white wire has the load, according to my voltage detector and finger.

    The black has no load.

    Theres also a ground.

    Looking at their diagram, I hooked it up best I could. It audibly clicks and turns the light on a few times, then it stays on. Turning it off works fine. Then I push up for on and it will click a few times, turning the light on and off, finally staying on.

    Is there a way to wire this so it will come on like normal? My living room was like this but my GE zwave switches didnt seem to care.

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    Why is there no middle ground?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:26 PM PST

    Maybe I'm just missing something fundamental here, but I doubt it. Here's two examples of what I'm talking about:

    Automation 1 - blink my lights when I get an email

    IFTTT will do this, integrating with Hue and gmail. however, it blinks ALL of the lights, literally 12 times, in bright white only. No option to say if I get an email, blink these lights this color this amount of times. If I want to use this, I need to get a hub. Why? the first option is unusable. someone in my bathroom doesn't need a seizure if I want to know I have an email. My porch light doesn't need to inform my neighbors of email either.

    Automation 2 - turn on the backyard lights when I open the front door

    IFTTT will do this, integrating august with ewelink. however, it will only do one switch at a time, and you can specify person unlocking the door, but not the time. I don't need the lights to turn on every time I open the door, only when it is dark. there's also no way to have them turn off once autolocked. Why can't the flow be if front door is unlocked by user after this time, turn on this switch and this switch. If front door autolocks, turn off this switch and this switch.

    these seem like..very minor alterations. the variables exist in the API. I just don't want to code everything. why is everything half assed? you can get an app to do most of what you want, but if you want anything that make the automation useful, you need to install a hub and fuck with APIs.

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    Automate outdoor low voltage lighting

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 03:58 PM PST

    I have low voltage lighting around my yard, and one of the transformers just bit the dust so I'd like to upgrade.

    They have a feature that turns them on based on a photo sensor, but there are two of the units that get sunlight differently and are never in sync. I'd like to have a smart outlet or similar to turn them on, but the transformers default to "off" when power is removed and reapplied.

    What options are out there?

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    A few newbie questions

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 11:06 AM PST

    Hi, I have xiaomi bedside lamp 2 and desk lamp pro, also will have a couple xiaomi led bulbs in a few days and an iPhone X. I'm a tech geek so I had to try out the "intelligent home stuff" I've encountered some problems at the start, I had to change mi app region to China to connect it to desk lamp, but it worked with HomeKit without any problems. Additionally connection to these lamps is terrible 👎🏻 (yes I'm using 2.4ghz Wi-Fi) (Very often they are seen as offline and any basic action can take randomly from 1 up to 15 seconds )

    I wanted to automate lights in my room to respond to change of time of the day, sadly I don't have any HomeKit hub and the automations in xiaomi app are terribly designed(I'm testing Yeelight app which looks way better and more intuitive, also supports desk lamp). Also have to ask is there any other use for "gateways" other than connecting sensors using Zigbee standard ?

    Would appreciate any help from you :)

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    Do they make a Hue or other RGB light as a replacement for this style of can light?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 08:43 AM PST

    Why does Shelly 1 need 2 live connections?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 02:36 PM PST

    I was studying the wiring schema of Shelly 1 and I have a question.

    I see it requires 1 live to the I (i) pin, and one for the L pin.

    Then I need to toggle a 3rd live on SW to operate it.

    Why does it need two permanent live connections? Couldn't it use just one?

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    Tuya, temp sensor and air con control?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 03:18 AM PST

    Evening,

    I have some Tuya gear and I connect them to my Alexa for voice commands.

    I am curious though, if I get some temperature sensors to link with it could I set rules that if house is a certain temp and time of day turn aircon will turn on?

    Thanks all!

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    Grow room automation for a complete noob to programming and building.

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:11 PM PST

    Does alexa need a smart things hub to connect with smart things devices?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:10 PM PST

    See title thanks!

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    Webcam for me and a senior family member who lives elsewhere

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 11:57 AM PST

    A senior citizen family member lives in another home in my city. I would like to create a setup where there is a zoom/pan/tilt outdoor camera over my back yard that either of us can access over the internet without too much tech hardware other than the camera, as my family members spend a lot of time out back, and it would be nice if my relative could look in on us sometimes. I would also like an indoor unit for their home, where they can activate it when they want to, for inside security that I can access over the internet (I am their younger support relative looking out for them .) Thank you for any help you can give on this.

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    Alexa and Smartthings out of Sync regarding Philips Hue bulbs.

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 10:34 AM PST

    Hello,

    I just bought an Smartthings Hub V3 and I am pretty happy with it.
    But there is one small problem, Smartthings doesn't get when I turn lights on or off with Alexa and vice versa. Thus if I say to Alexa "Turn the lights off" they still appear as on in the Smartthings App.

    I connect the bulbs via the Hue Hub, Smartthings and Hue skills for Alexa are enabled.

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    Google Assistant alternative

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:45 AM PST

    Are there any Opensource/Privacy focused google assistant Alternative. I have some servers running so I am not afraid to self-host it.

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    Reuse existing Wireless sensors

    Posted: 03 Feb 2020 09:49 AM PST

    Hello all,

    I am fairly new to home automation but I am really digging this subreddit and have gathered some great ideas to dig into and/or implement. This has given me an idea and I hope you guys can help me solve this.

    When I moved into my house I noticed the previous owners had left a ton of door/window sensors installed. I am talking every room! There is no panel or other wired hardware that I can tell. I believe they are part of an ADT package the previous owner had. I say this because of the old ADT sticker on a window. lol...

    I recently added a ring camera to my front door and was thinking of using their hardware in the future but before I do I would like to know if there is a way to integrate these sensors with Alexa or Ring.

    My ideal scenario would be to reuse all of these sensors and save myself money in building my own DIY security system.

    Thanks for reading my question.

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