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    Cleaning snow from the comfort of your couch

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 12:04 PM PST

    Parents have a house with 15+ windows with cat5 wire but never ended up installing an alarm. Testing using multiple cheap reed switches on Xiaomi door sensor and seems to be working well. Good way of keeping the costs down in a big house.

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:35 AM PST

    Anyone with a Sensi thermostat able to shed some light on this? It’s brand new. Just popped it on the wall and this happened

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:09 PM PST

    Help with controlling 120vac motor using Arduino

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:55 PM PST

    I've been trying to control an electric projector screen using mqtt and an Arduino but currently stuck on the best way to wire the relays. I know that I need to use a 2 channel relay to control the up and down function but not sure how to safely connect 120v to both relays.

    I tested plugging the hot wire and neutral from the up function directly into the wall and the screen went up as intended. Likewise, tested plugging the down wire and neutral directly into the wall and it went down correctly.

    Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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    WIFI upgrade: wifi extender vs MESH

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 12:59 AM PST

    Looking for advice from you WIFI experts on how to update my home wifi;

    Here are the facts:

    • approx. 3k sqft, single level
    • Netgear R6700v2 currently in most central location
    • devices at both ends of the house (front yard/backyard) have very weak signal
    • due to redoing living room have to find new location for router
    • original thought: move router to entrance area and get wifi extender towards rear of house
    • realized there is barely price difference between decent extender and mesh wifi
    • go with o.g. plan and get EX7500 extender?
    • replace current router with mesh wifi system from eero, nest, orbit?
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    Is a wireless led light strip viable to use and does it even exist?

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:03 PM PST

    Wasn't sure if the battery would die too fast on it

    It's be even better if it was wifi/zwave/zigbee

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    Nest Protect Wired - Will it work on this old setup? Want to replace this Slomins wired smoke detector with the Nest Protect wired

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:02 PM PST

    New Alexa Idea (Video): Bird Attack

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:27 AM PST

    Need help wiring 3 way smart dimmer switches into existing wiring

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:36 AM PST

    Need a ‘turn every light on’ button for nightstand

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 06:41 PM PST

    This is partially a security system measure, partially just a general emergency situation where I want the house fully lit up as I get woken up. I have Hue bulbs throughout and Alexa as a base, looking for a physical, tactile button I can push that doesn't look too out of place or odd.

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    Simple battery powered switch.

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 06:05 PM PST

    I am looking for a simple battery powered switched, ideally zwave, that would work with my Wink 2 hub. I tried one of these but could not get it to pair no matter what option I chose. Looking for something in the same price range. Don't need anything fancy, just a two button thing like this I can stick on a wall without wiring.

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    New Setup: Netgear ASG1000 Gateway and HSS301 Panel

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:58 PM PST

    My house came pre-installed from the prior owner with the Netgear home automation equipment ASG1000 WiFi gateway and an HSS301 panel. Those interact with the Honeywell security panel. Since I did not have any access codes or logins to the Netgear equipment, I did a factory reset on both to set them up from that point. The gateway does provide a Device LAN interface IP to my laptop when physically connected, however does not respond on the expected x.x.x.1 address. I tried a few other common ones and no dice.

    Does anybody have a setup guide or any helpful information on initial setup for these devices? It would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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    What is a good, well supported (IFTTT, SmartThings, etc) smart IR emitter I can get my hands on?

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:53 AM PST

    I've been looking for one to control my AC, TV and led strips (all IR, but none can be automated). What's the current best / best value option out there? Thanks in advance!

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    Trying not to burn the house down....

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:31 PM PST

    Installing some strip lights in a pattern on my daughters ceiling. Of Course will need DC power.

    The Lights are 44W and I'm just in analysis paralysis about what driver/transformer to purchase.

    In the short term will just have it on a wall switch...but might want to relay it with an Arduino in the future...

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    Looking for a thermostat weird schedules

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:21 PM PST

    I work a rolling schedule (10 days, 10 off, ten nights, ten off...) some of those My wife works intermently (days and nights). We have kids in the house.

    I'd rather avoid it being dependant on cloud services, and would like to avoid having to maintain an app on several phones.

    Which thermostats should I be looking that can deal with this?

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    2 different light strips able to be controlled as one?

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 04:53 PM PST

    I have 2 different smart light strips. Would I be able to say to google assistant "Turn on the Lights" and it would turn both sets of lights on?

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    Best smart plug for energy monitoring with API access with WIFI?

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 01:51 AM PST

    Hello guys!

    Just joining the smart home gange again after a few years.

    In the past, I was using Z-Wave but was shocked, that prices for it have not changed. Still, a module for my Raspberry is about 60 EUR :O

    On the other side, I discovered multiple plugs with WIFI that are dirt cheap and good reviews. Like the one from Meross . It's about 40 EUR for 4 of them.

    They suppose to connect to Alexa and Google. So it should be possible to get the data from them via API Rest request.

    But before I start experimenting, want to ask the community what your opinion is.

    Best,

    Kasper

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    Getting http picture from Hikvision camera

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:54 AM PST

    Update: I've found the solution, different models have different standards. What worked for me is http://192.168.0.60:80/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/101/picture?auth=[base64 encode of username: password]&videoResolutionWidth=1920&videoResolutionHeight=1. Thanks everyone for the help though. This works for NVR also, 101 for cam 1, 201 for cam 2 etc.

    I have hikvision cameras and NVR. I've researched online and found below link which can be used to get current image. But for some reason, when I try it in browser, it ignores the admin password in the url and pops up a username/password dialog. Can anyone help me get around this, so that I can automate things.

    http://admin:password@192.168.0.60:80/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/101/picture?videoResolutionWidth=1920&videoResolutionHeight=1080

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    Smart Life Switches/Merkury Plugs

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 12:24 PM PST

    I finally got 99% of my devices connected to HASS either natively or through a Homebridge Server. My last two devices are becoming more difficult then I expected when I purchased them. I a "Smart Life" light switch which is network based and works with Alexa and a Merkury Plug which is also network based and works with Alexa. I am trying to figure out a way to get these added to my HASS server so I can dump a couple more apps off the phones. Does anyone have any experience with these products and HASS or HomeBridge?

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    Ifttt and Wyze

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 12:20 PM PST

    Anyone else have troubles with IFTTT and Wyze motion sensors? Sometimes when I try to connect one of my motion sensors it will read "no options available". The sensor and WiFi all have strong signal and my WiFi has at least 500+ mbps

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    Mr Beams NetBright motion sensor lights hacks

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:20 AM PST

    The Mr Beams NetBright lights are great until I want to spend some time outside. It's annoying that they turn on and off constantly and it's not good for the battery life. Would be great to be able to disable them for an hour. Has anyone reverse engineered them to get more control?

    Thanks

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    Automating for inside a van with cloud possibilities

    Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:04 AM PST

    Hey everyone

    I am converting a van to become my new tiny home on wheels and am looking for some automation assistance.

    I can't find a system My needs are:

    • temperature sensor, motion sensor, humidity sensor

    • Multiple cameras

    • Relays I can use to switch 12v things on and off

    • preferable everything runs on 12v (Not a dealbreaker)

    • Being able to monitor the sensors and cameras over the cloud.

    Is this at all possible?

    Thanks for you assistance.

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