- So I realised I was to lazy to get up from the couch when I wanted to play on my PS4. Which would overheat if the closet door was closed. Soo I wrote some code to include my ps4 in homekit and made my own little door opener
- Alright, who did this
- [Product testing] Aqara needs testers from the European Union!
- AssistantComputerControl v1.4.0 released!
- Easiest control method for custom device?
- I need a new bathroom exhaust fan
- Any lamp that changes color depending on the time of the day?
- Security system to replace these old keypad/wired systems
- Does anyone make an Alexa-compatible door opener? I'm trying to make an automated exhaust fan vent.
- Levitron Dimmer with Wifi--no Neutral on 4-Way
- Indoor camera
- Insteon + Philips Hue ??
- Wyzecam +32GB card $28 clearance at HD
- Temperature log
- Smart Switch Help
- So how much pain am i in for?
- Cortana’s not Alexa—skills are going away in Windows 10 version 2004
- Setting up Myq for my Garage doors
- Konnected.io or alarm based solution for wired sensors for smarthings?
- Routine to run multiple routines?
- Question about having echoes on different Amazon accounts in the same home
- What tool can I use to create a network map? Bonus points if you can monitor the device stats too.
- Alexa and Sonoff RF Bridge flashed with tasmota
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| [Product testing] Aqara needs testers from the European Union! Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:26 PM PST Hi guys! As you probably have heard, Aqara is launching its European servers, which means, the users won't be limited by Homekit mode of Aqara Home app anymore. The next step will be the launch of Aqara products on European Amazon. Thus, we are looking for testers from inside the European Union (including the UK). The only requirement is to have Aqara Hub at your home and be ready to report your feedback after performing several simple tests. Of course, we will provide devices to the testers for free. And, don't hesitate to apply, even if your country is not applicable this time: you may be between the first To apply for the testing, please complete a simple 2-minute questionnaire: https://forms.gle/WaszhGhuDjsiTzd28 (any suggestions are welcome!) Please upvote the post to make it visible for more people. [link] [comments] | ||
| AssistantComputerControl v1.4.0 released! Posted: 01 Mar 2020 03:19 AM PST Hey guys. I just released version 1.4.0 of the free and open source software, AssistantComputerControl, made for controlling your computer using your Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa! Whether you're one of the 48718 users who are on the old version or a newcomer; download the new version over at https://assistantcomputercontrol.com/ ! **The new version includes;**
Let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or bug reports! [link] [comments] | ||
| Easiest control method for custom device? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:26 PM PST I want to make a set of dial zone heating pad controllers "smart". I'm thinking esp8266. They are already more advanced than the normal controllers, so just leaving them "on" and using a wifi plug won't work. What's the easiest, least equipment way to control them? Don't want to do smart things, or openhab/home assistant type setup. Don't need control outside the local wifi. Would like to be able to ask Google Assistant to at least turn it on. Least I'm thinking is maybe it hosts it's own webserver with a simple interface. Maybe an API that I can integrate with something? Looking for options. Thanks [link] [comments] | ||
| I need a new bathroom exhaust fan Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:45 PM PST The exhaust fan in the guest bathroom hasn't really worked well ever since we bought the house a couple of years ago. It makes a horrible noise. My toddler is starting to potty train and he accidentally turned the fan on last week and the noise scared him. Now he's to scared to go to the bathroom if the light is off because he doesn't want to accidentally turn the fan on. For now, I've disconnected the switch and capped off the wire. I want to replace it before it starts getting to hot to work in the attic. I'm looking for suggestions on if there are any automation ideas I should look at. I've got the fan in the master bathroom on a simple timer. Will do the same with this one most likely unless I find a good reason to do it a different way. I've only recently started getting into home automation. I have a Hubitat, a single z-wave switch and a zwave plug. The switch has the relay disabled and acts as a scene controller for the plug. In the bathroom where this fan is going, there are 2 switches. One for the lights above the sink and one for the exhaust fan. Ideally, I would like a fan that has a light socket so it can be used as a nightlight (with a red LED bulb). Unfortunately, with the exhaust fan running from a single switch, I can't think of a way to supply power in a way that the light comes on but the fan doesn't. Maybe if it's a really quiet fan that won't be a problem. Also, whatever I get must be energy efficient. Even though I'm sure a bathroom exhaust fan doesn't turn on very often or consume a ton of power, I know it's something that will be used consistently for many years. I've just been casually browsing the web and I see some that claim to use only 6.5W and some that use up to 100W. That's a big difference. Over the course of the next however many years, that could turn into a lot of kWh. [link] [comments] | ||
| Any lamp that changes color depending on the time of the day? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:45 PM PST I'd like a lamp that changes color temperature depending on the time of the day. Late of the night it would dim. Which product should I by? [link] [comments] | ||
| Security system to replace these old keypad/wired systems Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:39 PM PST Live in an area where wired alarm systems from 10-20 years ago are common and showing their age. Doesn't seem to be a modern retro fit for a wired alarm systems. A product that would include both new sensors, brain, keypad with a modern interface seems to not exist. Hybrid between a nest system and something more robust seems to be missing from the market [link] [comments] | ||
| Does anyone make an Alexa-compatible door opener? I'm trying to make an automated exhaust fan vent. Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:34 PM PST I've got a 10" exhaust fan in my workshop that's connected to a smart plug that routes via an Alexa device. The fan vents to the outside world and it needs to be running virtually all the time (at least on a really low setting) to prevent winter air from blowing backwards through the fan into the workshop. Obviously, I can cover the fan when it's not in use but I would really like to be able to just set up a routine so it opens and closes automatically when it turns on. I think I can repurpose a door opener to work for this application but I'd like to keep the additional coding to a minimum. My strengths lie in making bits and not writing bytes. BONUS POINTS: The fan's speed is controlled via a rotary rheostat; the minimum position on the dial is also OFF. If someone knows of an off-the-shelf rheostat controller, I would likely name my next cat whatever you wanted. I will also send you a picture of my current cat. His name is Charles de Gaulle. [link] [comments] | ||
| Levitron Dimmer with Wifi--no Neutral on 4-Way Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:10 PM PST I went to replace 3 light switches with the smart dimmers (2 remote switches and a Dimmer from Leviton -- DW6HD and DD000R-DLX). For the 4Way switch in the middle, only one strand of 3 wire Romex was passed through. Two wires for the Travelers and the last wire (hot) spliced together and not used at that switch (it carries the hot line to the first switch in the chain). This is a brand new house... I thought it was standard to run a neutral to every outlet. Any tricks to get this to work? I suspect this shortcut was used for the other 2 4-way setups in my house too. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:06 PM PST What are the cameras everyone is choosing for their home automation setups? I use Home Assistant with Hubitat for zigbee and zwave devices. We have a baby on the way and I would like a couple cameras in the nursery maybe other spots throughout the house. I would prefer wireless and battery operated, obviously doing everything local to my network. I use Unifi G3 for my outside cameras but I wouldn't mind a decent budget camera that has decent firmware replacement available, maybe Wyze or Xiaomi, anyone have experience with these? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 05:23 PM PST Hi all ! I have an Insteon system at the house that works great. I was recently given 9 Philips hue light bulbs that I have promptly installed. My wife is complaining that now she needs two apps to control the lights in the house Since you can't use the dimmers to dim Philips hue. She also refuses to use Siri to control the lights Is there a way to integrate the hue light bulbs on the Insteon app or is there another app that would combine the two systems ? [link] [comments] | ||
| Wyzecam +32GB card $28 clearance at HD Posted: 01 Mar 2020 08:12 AM PST
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 03:14 PM PST What would you recommend to keep track of temperatures in two different rooms? I would like something that records an hourly log. Currently at home, we don't have any hubs, so a wifi solution would be fine. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 02:40 PM PST https://i.imgur.com/50cKULV.jpg I've installed 3 other tplink smart switches, including 2 3 way switches, and they were pretty easy to install, but I'm a little confused on this one. I was expecting 2 wires, but there are 3. I have the neutral and ground wires behind the outlet, but I'm not sure what to do with these 3. Is this still considered a single pole? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 02:26 PM PST So I'm planning on creating my smart home from scratch, but privacy has always been a big thing with me so I'm going to make the entire system offline.I plan on getting a router and creating an offline network purely for home automation.As such I'm thinking Openhab on a raspberry pie and moving on from there (please advice if this is a bad idea).I work in the art side of computer games production so have an extremely limited knowledge of programming (UE4s' blueprint system) so I understand programming terminology but text based programming like C#, java etc just looks like someone face rolled a keyboard. I also have ZERO experience with home automation shy of IR plug sockets. SO...1: Which version of raspberry pi should i get? will Openhab even make use of 4Gb of ram on the pi4 or should i save the money?2: How user friendly is Openhab? aka, how much am i going to be swearing trying to get things talking to each other?3: any other advice gratefully received. Appreciate any and all advice, thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Cortana’s not Alexa—skills are going away in Windows 10 version 2004 Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:40 PM PST
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| Setting up Myq for my Garage doors Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:00 PM PST Long story short, I just moved into a house with 2 Chamberlain garage door openers, but not sure what I need to be able to set them up. I have a feeling that I'll need some additional accessory to get it to work. The models on the openers are lw3000ev and lw3500ev. They do have WiFi and myq on them so I assumed that it should just work but following steps online I don't hear any beeps. They look to be about 3 years old. Edit, they only have myq on them, not wifi which I thought I saw [link] [comments] | ||
| Konnected.io or alarm based solution for wired sensors for smarthings? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 12:35 PM PST I use smarthings for my home automation and currently use smarthings sensors throughout the house for external doors and motion in every room. Only using this for automation but am interested in using it from a security standpoint too. But am looking to move over to wired sensors to increase reliability and no more battery changing! Konnected.io looks awesome but I have around 13 rooms in the house and would ideally like a motion sensor, windows sensors and a glass break sensor on each window. Some rooms have 4 windows but I assume I could tie all 4 windows into one zone for glass break and one zone for open/close sensor. So I would need 3 inputs per room, so 39 inputs. Plus a couple of external door sensors. This would require 3 or more of the Konnected pro boards (I like the POE and Ethernet over wireless part). This is quite costly and also I wonder about trusting smarthings as my alarm system? I believe the alternative is a DSC powerseries alarm with the envisalink module? From my understanding this allows a huge amount of zones and would report them all to smarthings. I like the idea of the alarm function being separate to smarthings as long as it will all report sensor states to smarthings quickly to enable automation use? What does everyone think of the above options or any other ideas? Cheers! Based in the UK if that helps with any options [link] [comments] | ||
| Routine to run multiple routines? Posted: 01 Mar 2020 12:21 PM PST Hi all, Is there a way in either google home or alexa where I can create a routine that runs other routines? I know most people can just create a single routine to do most of the things they want, but I have a particular use case where I want to turn on and off my computer. I use to use stringify that would trick google home or alexa into thinking that an IFTTT recipe was a smart home device. That service is now unfortunately dead. I can still create an IFTTT recipe that triggers my WoL/SSH app, but can no longer add this as part of a routine inside Google Home or Alexa like I used to. So now, I have to trigger my routine (to shut off lights, tv, etc.) then say another keyword to trigger my IFTTT recipe to shut off my computers. I know, I know, first world problems, but we are automation nerds for a reason right? There has to be another way. I kept digging and found that I can use a Wemo smart plug to trigger recipes. However, there is a HUGE delay. I timed it. Using the wemo smart plug, it took on average 23 minutes for my computer shutdown recipe to trigger. I have searched high and low and asked on every forum I can for a fix to no avail. I have no idea what causes this delay. If I just use the webhook recipe without the smart plug, the packet is sent to automate instantly. I have tried creating a routine where I added the trigger word for my computer shutdown recipe and that does not work at all either. I am out of ideas. Is there a way I can have my old configuration back? Thank you all for your help. [link] [comments] | ||
| Question about having echoes on different Amazon accounts in the same home Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:16 AM PST I've been googling everywhere and can't figure this out. I have 2 echoes, and so does my dad. We are in the same house. But unfortunately, the excellent microphones on my Echo 2s pick up his voice commands from upstairs, so both of our echoes respond and do things, instead of only the closest one. How do I eliminate this issue? For clarity's sake, I keep echoes separate from his so that he's not using my services (like Spotify) instead of his, while I'm making my long rural commute. [link] [comments] | ||
| What tool can I use to create a network map? Bonus points if you can monitor the device stats too. Posted: 01 Mar 2020 08:53 AM PST Looking to finally organize my IoT and other network devices. I've seen people post their maps and they look great! Wondering what is being used to generate the map and if I can also use that to monitor the device status as well. [link] [comments] | ||
| Alexa and Sonoff RF Bridge flashed with tasmota Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:37 AM PST I have a bunch of motion sensors and door/window sensors. Is it possible to have alexa announce when one of these sensors are triggered? I know about Home Assistant, but was looking for a quicker way to set these up [link] [comments] |
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