- Echo show finally will show a live feed automatically from a connected ring doorbell (shows when doorbell is pressed if enabled)....Click doorbell within devices in Alexa app, toggle announcements on, then click echo devices, and ensure “live feed” is checked marked by the linked echo show device.
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- Smart thermostat, Alexa/ring
- Need help wiring a tp-link kasa light switch
- Question on string lights
- Is a cheap, used Samsung R7070 a good buy?
- Somfy + Tradfri?
- Aqara hub for the UK surfaces
- [HELP] Tiny Home with Smart Home Functionality
- Robot vacuums that lasts more than 18 months?
- Getting frustrated. Is Google messing up my automation goals? I now have: Google doorbell, cam, speaker, and mini; Lutron Caseta switches; Samsung smart things hub + smart detector; Hubitat hub; Harmony; & Brilliant light switches.
- Residential Smart Glass?
- Do you like the Google Home App UI/UX?
- Best switch for Smart Things
- Automating Fujitsu Mini split - FGLair vs. IntesisHome
- 360 S6- rubber main brush?
- Looking for multi-sensor recommendation
- Randomize changing color or smart bulbs
- Control switch wirelessly from another part of the house
- Those monitoring CO2, have you noticed a large jump since COVID?
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| How Can I Wire a Sonoff Switch to This? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:22 PM PDT
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| Gledopto Zigbee Kitchen Lights Video- Help Needed with Views Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:54 PM PDT Hi Everyone, I have a new video up with a giveaway for a Zigbee LED Strip Controller and LED Strip if you follow the instructions in the video. I could really use the likes, comments and views. It helps me out tremendously. As we're all quarantined, why not give it a view and enter to win! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:03 AM PDT Hi all I was wanting to upgrade to a smart thermostat, and was wondering what you guys recommend. I currently use Ring alarm/products and Alexa integration, and was wondering what thermostat plays nice with those systems. My other question is that I have a ac/furnace unit but we live in Texas so we shut off the gas to the furnace, we never use it, how would I go about setting this up for only ac. Any tips are appreciated thanks!! [link] [comments] | ||
| Need help wiring a tp-link kasa light switch Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:39 PM PDT I got the switch for Christmas and I'm just getting around to installing it. When I open my light switch it only has a black wire, a white wire, and an unconnected ground. The switch seems to require 2 black, or a black and a red, for live and load. How do I install this? Thank you for any help [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 03:56 PM PDT is there an adapter to change this end to a 110v female? I have a sonos that i would like to plug in at this location if possible. thanks [link] [comments] | ||
| Is a cheap, used Samsung R7070 a good buy? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 03:54 PM PDT Hi everyone, it is as the title suggests, I have the opportunity to buy a Samsung R7070 for about 150 bucks— does anyone have any experience with it? Is it a good idea? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:04 AM PDT Hi guys, this might become a conversation, bcs im not sure how to say what i want to do. I have somfy blinds and their remote, which is big, unpractical and not magnetic (got a lot of magnetic surfaces at the room). Since somfy stuff communicates via Zigbee, and Tradfri stuff does also, is it possible to connect Tradfri remote with the blinds? I was able to connect Hue bulb and Tradfri remote, and this seems as the same principle. [link] [comments] | ||
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| [HELP] Tiny Home with Smart Home Functionality Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:30 PM PDT We are in the final stages of our tiny home build and from the beginning I've known I've wanted to include smart home functionality. We have 1020w of 24v solar panels and 10kwh of batteries. With so many smart home products on the market now I am completely overwhelmed with what we should go with. We don't need anything too fancy, but I love toys so I am interested in what's out there. I want to control lights as well as our heater and AC but I am unsure if the last two can be connected to a smart home system. I am hoping to run everything off of a RPi since they don't consume much power and can be left on 24/7. I recently came across this heater (Happybuy 5KW Diesel Air Heater) which I think we will be using but I am unsure if we can hook it up to a Nest (or similar) and have it function properly to control temperature. We are also using this AC (MRCOOL Comfort Made Simple DIY 12,000 BTU Ductless Mini Split) and although it has a smart controller and it's own app, I really want to be able to have it interface with the thermostat and main smart home stuff. I love a nice user interface. We plan to have a permanently mounted iPad Mini. If anyone can help up design an awesome system we can certainly donate to your beer fund. We will also be making a blog post about it all on out site sasquatters dot com and you will surely be mentioned. Thank you for the help!!! :D [link] [comments] | ||
| Robot vacuums that lasts more than 18 months? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:18 PM PDT I've had two robot vacuums now, the Eufy Robovac 11, and then the Xiaomi Mi. Neither has lasted more than about 13 months. I think the Eufy lasted 9, and the Xiaomi Mi about 12, MAYBE 13 months. I went through all the contacting customer service, trying to repair, trying to replace rigamarole and never got any money back or replacements/replacement parts for either. I don't want to buy a new vacuum every year!! Does anyone have a sense of a model or brand that is longer-lasting? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:38 PM PDT Getting a little frustrated here. I think this might be a rant. In fairness: with some of the stalling going on below, we have had a pretty hard year for a lot of reasons and this hasn't been at the forefront of our priority list. Basically, all I've accomplished at this point is that I've been able to use my voice or the Google Assistant to turn Lutron and Brilliant lights on or off, and - in a limited manner - to get some motion detecting abilities to operate some lights. My husband wanted to get Google products because he reasoned they'd be around forever, etc, etc. I wasn't really involved at that stage. I didn't know that Google didn't really have a hub that ran automations based on triggers beyond voice-activated stuff. Triggers are one of the main things that make a smart home smart! The Casetas are cool. Except that I wanted to make it so the exterior light turns on at dusk when motion is detected, but then Stringify got killed, and the Nest doorbell can't be used as a trigger for motion anyway, so dammit. I loved the idea of Brilliant switches. Their ad said, "all together now;" in the ad, the doorbell rings and I can see who is there right away! Except no, because Nest doorbell is Google, and Google still hasn't let Brilliant in, you can't see who is at the door without opening the Nest app and waiting for it to load while someone waits at the door. We really don't use the Brilliant intercom as much as you might think. It is nice, though, to see the time and date in any room and to have Alexa in the kitchen for ordering things when you need them and to display weather. Even though I basically only use two functions on the Google Assistant app (pull up my shopping list and turn off all the lights), every time I open the app, it tells me traffic for a commute I don't have, the weather, stuff on my calendar. I have a calendar and traffic and weather apps. I just want two damn buttons that do the two things i want it to do again and again; instead I have to type or speak them every time. Google also just talks too damn much. "Ok, turning off x lights. By the way, x lights are disconnected..." I know, dammit, I'll get to that later, you don't need to tell me every day... I like that the Nest doorbell announces doorbell rings to the Google devices and sometimes recognizes people. It is annoying, though, how hard it is to just shuffle a Spotify playlist to a speaker group. Also, half the time it doesn't recognize my voice when I try to add things to the shopping list. We bought a Nest thermostat. I've hooked up several in the past, but I found out that I have an upscale, "special" HVAC system that will require special rewiring to hook it up (it is a communicating thermostat; the company (Carrier) has their own, poorly-rated smart thermostat). I don't even know where that Nest thermostat is right now. The Harmony was supposed to help with the Yale smart locks, but then I got zigbee instead of z-wave or vice versa; can't remember. Anyway, the Yale app sucks. They locks are installed, and have just been sitting there as a nice way to get into the house with a code, but not being automated in any way or allowing remote codes. I also wanted to use Harmony to control a TV, potentially a fireplace, and some candles I haven't set up yet; but the basement (where the fireplace/TV was supposed to go) flooded a few months back, so that whole project got sidelined... I'll admit that I opened the Hubitat package, logged on, didn't know what a dashboard even was, tried to get my Lutron and Google devices on there, got frustrated, and walked away for a few months. Apparently I also have the wrong Lutron hub for Hubitat, so yeah. I don't know. This may just be a rant. Why doesn't Google just friggin play nice with others! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:20 AM PDT Is anyone out there doing electrochromic glass (smart glass, smart tint) in residential applications? I have a sliding patio door replacement coming up, and I'd love an integral solution but I don't know if there's any commercially viable solutions out there yet... [link] [comments] | ||
| Do you like the Google Home App UI/UX? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:04 AM PDT Guys what do you think of the Google Home App user interface? Do you think it delivers a good experience? Do you think it could be improved in any way? I think it can get much better, so I decided to redesign the app to see if I can improve it and make it easier to use :) Please, help me in this initial phase by answering this form that I prepared to understand the users difficulties. Also, if you can share with other Google Home App users, it will help me a lot. Thank you so much for your time! Survey for my Google Home App redesign [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:56 AM PDT I am looking to add a few switches around my home for exterior lighting, and I am looking for opinions on the best single pole, switch for use with smartthings. I do not need the ability to dim and all the locations I wish to install a switch are only one way switches. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Automating Fujitsu Mini split - FGLair vs. IntesisHome Posted: 17 Mar 2020 10:10 AM PDT We are getting wifi modules installed in our Fujitsu mini splits and wondering if anyone has experience with either FGLair or IntesisHome. Each requires slightly different hardware so we need to decide now. Our smart home set up is on a SmartThings hub right now if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance for any opinions on this. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:37 AM PDT Hello everyone, I am very happy with my robot vacuum but was wondering if it was possible to buy a main brush made out of rubber for this model ? Does anyone have experience/links ? Thank you uwu [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for multi-sensor recommendation Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:19 AM PDT Hello, I am looking for something that I can buy that is similar to this paper I found from 2017: https://www.gierad.com/projects/supersensor/ Basically a multi-sensor with microphone, light sensor, IR, and accelerometer that is wall-powered and can run some signal processing. I know it is possible to recreate this with Arduino/Raspberry Pi/whatever, but I am lazy and was looking for an easier solution. Any advice is appreciated! [link] [comments] | ||
| Randomize changing color or smart bulbs Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:58 AM PDT I bought cheap color changing bulbs that use the smart life app. The scenes are very limited and wanted to know if there is a way to have all 7 bulbs change color randomly. The one scene does this, but they all change the same color at the same time. Could I use IFTTT or something like that? TIA [link] [comments] | ||
| Control switch wirelessly from another part of the house Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:45 AM PDT Hi! I have a staircase going up that only has the switch on the upstairs, so when it's dark and you want to go up, you have to go up without any light on. For this problem, I have seen products exist like "SK-8 Wireless DIY 3-Way On Off Anywhere", however, they don't really blend too well with normal switches. The other part, is that I have an eight switch box with one empty slot, so ideally, something that goes into a normal electrical box would be preferred. There's no wiring from the upstairs box to the downstairs one, but there is power there and neutral too. I got in contact with GE Z-Wave support (or rather, Jasco) and they told me that a wire between a Smart switch and an Add-On switch is needed. Is there a way to have to achieve what I need? I'm not married to any technology either so I'm up for any ideas. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Those monitoring CO2, have you noticed a large jump since COVID? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:54 AM PDT I've been playing with an MH-Z19 hooked up to an ESP32 with esphome. Since we started staying in much more, CO2 has jumped quite a bit. Anyone else noticed this? I'm almost done working on a piece of HVAC hardware that's smart controlled to toggle my HRV/furnace fan when CO2 levels hit a certain level. (Since it happens every post, please note the different between carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide) [link] [comments] |
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