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    Home Automation [OC] Here's how to build your own smart doorbell (code and parts in description)

    March 30, 2020

    Home Automation [OC] Here's how to build your own smart doorbell (code and parts in description)

    [OC] Here's how to build your own smart doorbell (code and parts in description)

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:42 AM PDT

    Owners of this GLAS Smart Thermostat, do you think it's worth it and a potentially worthy replacement of the Nest thermostat?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 10:51 PM PDT

    How to navigate to HDMI on TCL Roku TV with Alexa?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:47 PM PDT

    I noticed that it is a bit useless to turn on my TCL Roku TV with Alexa because you would still need to manually navigate to HDMI, which you cannot do with Alexa as far as I know. Is there any way to turn on your Roku TV AND get it to HDMI with Alexa? Thanks!

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    What is the safest type of smart lock? Do any of them have the ability to unlock based on facial recognition, fingerprint, etc?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 08:29 PM PDT

    Running coax next to cat6

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:58 PM PDT

    Hey guys not sure if this is the right sub but can you run coax next to your cat6 ? Or is it frowned upon like running next to electrical wires.

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    Voice controlled motorized (preferably blackout) shades.

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 02:08 PM PDT

    Hey. I'm new to home automation. This will be my first project. I've been trying to do some research but I'm just overwhelmed so I figured I'd ask here. I want to motorized my bedroom window blind. There's only one window. I'm gonna purchase an Alexa and I'd like to open and close them on voice command. Does anyone have any suggestions?

    I've tried looking at some past here but I don't wanna purchase something I'm not sure will work for me. I've looked at blindsgalore but I'm not sure if I need to purchase the smart hub for me to be able to control them for Alexa.

    I should also mention that I plan on building up on this automation, like controlling my bedroom lamp and stuff like that.

    Thanks.

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    Sonos and Harmony and Remote control advice

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:09 PM PDT

    I currently have a sony led tv thtat uses IR i just believe, and sonos 5.1 and i a roku that i use for all tv purposes. i want to get one universal remote that i can also ping if i lose it. the harmony elite seems the way to go but i cant find a straight answer: does the harmony elite remote completely control sonos so i can browse all available music normally?

    if not i am contemplating finding a smartphone with qi charging and installing just the sonos app, the roku app, and an IR enabler for Tv, and email that can ping the device if lose in couch. and lock it so the device only opens those apps and displays the remotes of each app. thats my own thoughts and idaes, im sure its been done. regardless of this option i still prefer logitech remote for some reason, but the sonos is a deal breaker.. any advice or a direct answer would be amazing

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    iRobot beta testing IFTTT integration

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:43 AM PDT

    EnGenius/Enviewer

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:10 PM PDT

    Anyone familiar with this router and cameras? I was wondering how i souls view it without admin/password, can i use like the ip and port to view it somehow ? Thanks

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    Alexa - conditional light dimming

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 07:23 PM PDT

    Philips hue Bridge and hue bulbs with Amazon echo. I have a routine to turn on the lights and dim them to a certain percent at sunset and turn off at 1am. If I have the lights on brighter though they'll still dim at sunset per the routine. Is there anyway I can set up Alexa to ignore the routine if my lights are already on? I feel like this is easy and I'm overlooking something.

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    Can anyone else recommend something besides Lutron Caseta?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 06:57 PM PDT

    I'm going to be adding a lot of smart switches around the house I like casetas design and the additional capability of a wall mounted remote, but are there other options people can recommend? Some of my rooms have up to 15 light switches looks like caseta can handle up to 2 each max. Thanks for the help!

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    Smart bulb suggestions (Is Sylvania any good?)

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 02:17 PM PDT

    Hey everyone! We just recently bought our first house, and we're super excited to start making some of the changes to make it what we want. One thing we're wanting to do is swap out some of the lighting, and we're hoping to use smart bulbs to be able to adjust both the brightness and the color temperature of the lights.

    We like the Edison Bulb look, and found some reasonably priced ones from Hue, but they're 2100k and don't seem to change colors.

    Lifx didn't have any options, but I found these on reddit from Sylanvia.

    I guess my questions are:

    1. Am I missing an option from Hue or another more popular brand? I do think I'd feel safer with that.
    2. Does anyone have experience with Sylvania bulbs? Should I be worried about these?
    3. These are a bit dimmer than I'd like, but would it be an issue to get these and some Hues and connect them all to Home Assitant? I'm still having to learn have HA with these projects.

    Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide!

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    Smart Switches for Fluoro

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 02:14 PM PDT

    I've recently installed some Nue ZigBee smart light switches. They are rated for 300w. Is there an issue with them operating a fluorescent light or an exhaust fan? I'm concerned about the start up currents/ inductive load affecting the relays.

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    Yale Assure Touchscreen and Home Kit

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 02:01 PM PDT

    I'm a little confused about Yale locks and how they integrate with hubs. If I install a Yale Assure Touchscreen do I need an August WiFi bridge for it to communicate with Home Kit?

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    Led strip connectors for 10mm 6-pin rgbcct strips. Can't find them anywhere

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 08:46 AM PDT

    This had been asked here and in various subs before, but none of them have an answer where the OP didn't end up just buying the 12mm version.

    Often on AliExpress the safest purchase is the one with the most orders. While searching for an rgbcct strips, the one with the most orders is here

    This strip is a 10mm wide 6-pin RGB + white + warm white strip. The issue is that any 6-pin connector is 12mm. I confirmed it doesn't fit by not realizing this difference until it had arrived.

    I've spent far more time on Amazon, AliExpress, and various hobby shops online trying to find a 10mm version, but it just doesn't seem to exist. I tried to solder it, but even with above average skill, it gets messy very quickly. I might try again with 24awg wires but I would prefer not to go that low.

    It amazes me that this seemingly popular strip has no solderless way to connect it. If anyone has overcome this issue or found these connectors somewhere in a back corner of the dark web, please let me know.

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    Anyone else with Innovelli switches having issues with them going unavailable?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 12:20 PM PDT

    Sorry for the multiple posts today about these switches. I got really excited for them, but they are starting to make me tear my hair out.

    I bought a bunch of Red Series Dimmers, switches, and lightbulbs with the goal of replacing my GE ones.

    Ive now installed 2 lighbulbs and a good number of switches. Im running HASSIO on a rpi2 with an Aeotec Z Stick 2.

    They initally pair and work perfectly. Upon restart of my pi, Ive had 2 dimmer, 1 switch, and 1 bulbs go unavailable. Nothing I can do will bring it back. Un-paring and re-pairing will bring them back until the next restart, when they go unavailable again.

    Ive never had a single issue with any other z-wave products so its really bugging me.

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    Need help with Deebot getting lost

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:55 AM PDT

    Hi, I've had a Deebot 910 for over a year but suddenly it can't seem to navigate anymore and after running for a couple of minutes asks "Please help me out".

    I put it back in the dock but it will do the same shortly after.

    In the app the map of the room is no longer a rectangle with the furniture in place and the Deebot makes a round mess

    I've taken it apart as much as I can and cleaned the most of it (beyond the regular cleaning of the brushes)

    Google searches don't seem to help.

    Has anyone experienced something like this in their vacuum robot? What was the issue?

    Thanks

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    WIP: Created a Node-RED flow + dashboard for checking HA IPs

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 04:21 AM PDT

    WIP: Created a Node-RED flow + dashboard for checking HA IPs

    Our home is fully automated and uses several different technologies. The main one being IP based devices. The lights pictured are Tuya devices. Our ISP provided modem/router/ap combo sucks as it doesn't allow for more than 10 MAC based DHCP reservations. This makes managing the devices a pain because whenever they go offline their IP changes.

    This Node-RED flow resolves the IP from a device based on MAC address. The MAC address is stored in a global variable and used to ping devices. I've also created a dashboard to show device status, and its IP.

    Next up:

    • adding all the devices in our home (there are a LOT...)
    • Writing a script so NodeRED pushes IP changes to DNSmasq. That way I can assign a host name and access devices that way.

    I can get used to these quarantine projects....

    ​

    Device overview

    IP Manager - list all IPs

    Node-RED flow

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    Is somone able to help me trigger scenes with my innovelli switches, via home assistant?

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:36 AM PDT

    I have hassio running on a pi. I just recently started installing Innovelli Red Series switches, which I so far love. I have them running via this guide, so everything is working properly.

    I would like to start using the more advanced features, namely triggering scenes with double/trip/etc taps on the switches, unfortunately I think its a bit over my head and despite my best efforts cant quite figure it out.

    Anyone able to help me?

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    HUE and magic home

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 06:23 AM PDT

    Does anyone know of a clean way of controlling my HUE bulbs and my "magic home pro" 3rd party LED strips in the same place easily. I have previously used HASSIO but had issues with it and was wondering if there was a simpler way. Thanks in advance

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    Adding a structured media enclosure to 1970’s house

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:21 AM PDT

    Hello. Hope you're all well during the ongoing pandemic.

    I could use your advice/ criticism of my planned project.

    I'm self isolating with my family currently and so I decided to tackle a project that's been floating around my head for a while.

    I'd like to add a structured media enclosure(thinking about the plastic Leviton 42 inch panel) into our front entrance closet on the main floor of our 2 storey home.

    I've managed to fish a rope between the aforementioned front closet, down through the finished basement ceiling, to the back of basement where our coaxial cable connection is located.

    My plan was to run a coaxial cable back up to the new panel, run a cat 6A cable down to the basement and then upstairs to our home office, another 6A cable to the basement for future use.

    I was also thinking of running a new doorbell wire along this same run(unless perhaps ppoe is better!?).

    Our router, modem and several home automation hubs will be located within the panel as well.

    Any ideas or suggestions that I haven't thought of?

    Thank you!

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    Looking for a house plant monitor solution

    Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:17 AM PDT

    Spending the time at home recently, I decided to try out some diy smart home projects. For starters, I'd love to monitor my wife's plants humidity level. I was thinking about building a couple of soil humidity sensors with ESP32/8266 chip on top of them. I understand the best way to harvest info from them would be the MQTT protocol. I'd build firmware myself, so, no problems there. On the broker side, I'm still looking for a best solution. What I want to have at the user side is a floor plan of my apartment with designated locations of our plants. I'd like to have a small number next to each plant showing the humidity level. I assume this is would be some jazzy web-app.

    The question is:

    Are there any broker solutions out there (preferably free) that enable me such an interface (adafruit.io maybe or something)? Or should I install mosquitto on my home server and build a web page myself? Any similar project or references would be very helpful.

    Best regards!

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