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- Which sensors (especially humidity) to buy? Current Alexa/Hue/Nest user...
- Leviton Decora Dimmer Switch severe lag
- New home, decided to go with Lutron Caseta. So far no issues and I'm happy but... wondering if I made the right choice.
- August Smart Lock - suitable for a rental?
- Does ifttt for Google home still support multiple commands with just one trigger?
- Favorite Water Sensor?
- Controling infrared devices from PC (and other way around)
- Anyone Have a Zooz Zen30?
- Can I use an Inovelli smart dimmer switch for a non-dimmable load?
- Motion sensor for my deck
- I have a room that keeps tripping its breaker is there anything that can let me know when it happens.
- Ways to lock garage door and track a mentally ill child.
- Does anybody who has an LG ThinQ Dryer get this message when you tap on the dryer in the ThinQ app? Before I tap into the dryer itself I see the status and time left but once I click this if what I get and it freezes the app.
- Siri Leviton WiFi dimmer lights
- How can I fix my smart plug?
- Xiaomi v1 lightbulb compatible with new smartswitch
| Which sensors (especially humidity) to buy? Current Alexa/Hue/Nest user... Posted: 15 Mar 2020 01:45 PM PDT I absolutely love home automation, but reading this sub makes me realize I'm nowhere near the level I could be and I've relied on popular brands, while there are so many other options. Current setup: we use Alexa through the home- many speakers and the Echo Show. TV is run on an Amazon fire stick. Every light bulb in the house is a Hue light, which over time I've set up with many routines and Alexa commands. We have 5 Nest cameras and a Nest thermostat. I am looking to find sensors that will be compatible with our current setup. I'm really hoping for humidity sensors, temperature sensors, and door/window sensors, which has led me to looking into SmartThings products. I can't figure out if they'll play nice with my current setup and I've come here hoping someone can tell me if this will work... Or if there's a better brand! I have a lot of house plants (like a lot) and really wish I could detect the humidity in various areas around my home. It appears Nest sensors that work with the thermostat only detect temperature. Any and all advice is very welcomed! [link] [comments] | ||
| Leviton Decora Dimmer Switch severe lag Posted: 15 Mar 2020 03:20 PM PDT Tried from both the myleviton app as well as google home, the commands are firing a minute or two after the request is made, or something after 2 or 3 minutes. Not sure what is going on. Reset the switch and the wifi and still the same. Started around noon today EST. Anyone else with Leviton switches could you please check to see if you have lag as well trying to either use the app or using Google Home/ Alexa etc? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 08:47 AM PDT Anyone here ever bought a new car and for like a week after you keep wondering if you bought the right one? Temporary buyer's remorse. I'm going through something similar with Caseta. The dimmers were super easy to install and the pico remotes are great. But there are soooooo many options from the likes of GE and Inovelli and Leviton, etc, that it makes me wonder if I made the right choice. Especially since I already have a ZigBee+Zwave hub, and the home has neutral wiring. It's a 1250 sq. ft. modern home and I don't ever see myself going over the 50 device limit (supposedly 75 now) but in any case that would be as simple as switching over to the pro bridge instead of the regular caseta bridge. So if you were in my shoes what would you have done? Zwave-based or is Lutron really the best, most solid option available like a lot of people seem to believe? Also I run homeassistant as a master controller for all my devices so compatability between technologies is fine because I can just have hass handle everything. I'm not too deep into this yet that I can't rip out the dimmers and replace them with something else. So I'm asking now before I do get in too deep. [link] [comments] | ||
| August Smart Lock - suitable for a rental? Posted: 16 Mar 2020 12:12 AM PDT Hey guys I want to install a smart lock in my rental but I want to be able to take the lock with me when I move out and for the existing lock to be replaced. Is this possible with the August Smart Lock? And if not, is there an alternative lock that I could use instead? [link] [comments] | ||
| Does ifttt for Google home still support multiple commands with just one trigger? Posted: 15 Mar 2020 10:16 PM PDT I remember setting up a thing with Google home mini that gave me the meteo, said that was on my calendar for that day, say my memos, lower the volume and gave me the goodnight all in one govafter I said "Goodnight Google" I opened the app again after a year or so and I can't do it anymore. Did they implement another way to do it? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 07:22 PM PDT I just had a toilet overflow and just happened to be downstairs to see it. That has me freaked out and ready to buy water sensors for the house. I will need 10 of them if I put one under each sink, under each toilet, and one for the hot water heater. What your favorite water sensor? I am a SmartThings user so zigbee or zwave is a must. No wifi devices :) I am looking at the SmartThings water sensor which is about 20 a piece. Any others I should consider? Is there a reason I should think about spending more? Any devices that cost less? [link] [comments] | ||
| Controling infrared devices from PC (and other way around) Posted: 15 Mar 2020 11:47 PM PDT So I'm currently getting into home automation and all the smart home stuff, and a thing that I realized quickly, was that I have way too many devices in my room, that are being controlled by a remote control (aka infrared). We're talking TV's, LED strips, Thermostats etc... Now my ultimate goal would be to control all of these devices from my PC with a click of a mouse button - that turned out to be way way harder than I thought. My journey so far looked like this - I thought about hooking up an infrared transmitter/reciever up to my PC, writing some code that reads and stores the IR signal from my remote control, writing some more code that blasts the same IR signal from the transmitter and BOOM. Goal achieved. Me being way too dumb and hasty just went on amazon, bought the first IR Transmitter/Reciever that I found, hooked it up to the PC only to find out that the USB is only for the electricity and there's no actual information going to the blaster or coming from the reciever. It was a mere extender. Why is that important? Because in the last 5 hours of googling and searching on amazon I was not able to find a single IR transmitter that isn't: a) Only an extender that can't be programmed in any way b) A transmitter for phone that works only with some specific app c) A transmitter for Arduino/Raspberry and not DIRECTLY for PC So I considered other options - a smart watch that has infrared? Turns out that's a rare thing as well. Controling infrared devices with Alexa? I don't have Alexa and wouldn't be willing to set it up just to control some LED strips or a TV. Going with a raspberry? That sounds like the most logical 2nd option but that brings me to the point why I'm here - how do you/would you deal with a bunch of IR devices? Maybe I'm just bad at searching and a programmable IR USB transmitter/reciever is out there on Amazon? Maybe there's an even fancier solution that I haven't considered yet? Do you have any suggestions? EDIT: What I totally forgot to add, was that since the remote control wouldn't be used after sucessfully setting up some form of PC - IR Device connection, I was thinking about using the remote control to control the PC. Under the assumption that I have both - a reciever AND a transmitter hooked up to the PC, I could totally set up the PC to react to the remote control... IF... If I found a working prgrammable transmitter/reciever... But that's totally optional though. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 05:59 PM PDT I am a SmartThings user and a huge fan of Inovelli's dimmers and on/off switches. I would really have loved to see them launch a dual switch, but right now they dont have one on the market. I would like to know if any of you have the Zooz Zen30 and if you have any issues or complaints with it. Anyone else rumored to release one in the near future? Wondering if GE or another large vendor has one on the horizon. [link] [comments] | ||
| Can I use an Inovelli smart dimmer switch for a non-dimmable load? Posted: 15 Mar 2020 03:10 PM PDT Is there some way I can configure an Inovelli smart dimmer switch (red series) to act as a standard on/off switch? It would be simpler to not have to get both dimmers and regular switches, the regular switches require a neutral while the dimmers do not, and also the red series dimmers (unboxed) are actually cheaper than the switches. Ideas I can think of:
Semi-related: What kind of dimming technology do the dimmer switches use? I used to work in theatrical stage lighting, where the dimmers had the option to switch themselves into a "non-dim" mode where they would only control on and off. We would do this if we needed to control a motor, for example, since there was some theoretical risk of damage or unexpected behavior if we fed the chopped sine wave output of an SCR dimmer to a motor or other type of load that can't handle it. For my purposes, I'd be interested in whatever degree of support for this is possible, whether it supports loads that don't react well to slight dimming or not. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 02:57 PM PDT I'd like to automate some lights on my deck to come on after sun down if there is any motion. Unfortunately, most sensors I see don't mention whether or not they're made for out door use. So, I'm looking for suggestions on a motion sensor to put on my deck. It would be mostly out of the weather, so an indoor one would probably be fine, but there is still the chance of rain, the occasional sparrow, and what not getting on it. I've got an Alexa, and a smart things hub, so preferably something that works with those. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 10:12 AM PDT I am after something that will send me a notification to my cellphone when it goes offline so I can start troubleshooting what is causing the power to go out to that room. [link] [comments] | ||
| Ways to lock garage door and track a mentally ill child. Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:22 PM PDT I'll try to keep this short. I met a family who have a 13 year old who has an intellectual disorder and epilepsy. He often sneaks out the garage to ride his bike and doesn't understand how dangerous it is for him to be alone and have epilepsy. Are there any home automation ways to prevent the garage door from opening (can you lock it if it's controlled by WiFi) and what would the best ways to track this kid? Thank you for your help. [link] [comments] | ||
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| Siri Leviton WiFi dimmer lights Posted: 15 Mar 2020 04:54 AM PDT Are there any Siri Shortcuts for the Leviton WiFi dimmer light switches? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 15 Mar 2020 07:14 AM PDT Hello all. I bought a pack of smart plugs from eBay and they've generally been working great. However, some smart plug has started to give me trouble. The light responds to commands (like; "Alexa turn off the light, turn on the light") but it no longer controls the device no matter what I plug in there. Could there be a fuse somewhere? The devices are described as: "wireless smart plug WiFi sockets power socket google home ifttt Amazon Alexa ap" on eBay. Model: LSPA7 [link] [comments] | ||
| Xiaomi v1 lightbulb compatible with new smartswitch Posted: 15 Mar 2020 04:32 AM PDT Recently i have been seeing smartswitches that you obviously can use to turn off the lights (for example: https://a.aliexpress.com/_BT5SxF). I really like this because i replaces my old switch that doesn't serve any purpose right now. But i don't know if this switchs will work with my Xiaomi Yeelight E27 RGB (v1) light bulbs. If you know if this works please let me know. [link] [comments] |
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