Home Automation COVID-19 and automation [Megathread] |
- COVID-19 and automation [Megathread]
- My wife and I are making face shields to donate to local hospitals. Decided to add some automation to it.
- Printed a Caseta Pico Remote Holder!
- Controlling stuff in a bedroom
- Soon ditching Hue Hub, Smartthings Hub and Xiaomi Hubs in favor of GoControl HUSBZB-1 USB Hub,But not sure about Zigbee profiles.
- Home Assistant with HomeKit/Zigbee Devices
- Harmony Companion "Home Control" buttons: is anybody here up for a challenge?
- Newbie project. Parking aid in my garage
- Replacing bathroom exhaust. I have a single switch to control it. Is it possible in any way get separate control for a light and fan?
- Smart plug vs. Amazon Smart Plug
- URC RGBW Lighting Control PoC
- Ring compatible vs. Alexa compatible
- Do you have experience with this Greenwave Multi socket PowerNode?
- How would you detect coffee maker water reservoir level?
- Alternative for Raspberry Pi?
- Setting up LED strip lights
- Can I use smart bulbs with a regular fan which has light in it?
- Automating existing electrical sun canopy, preferably with Homekit
- Checklist and verification of toys for a new construction
- Building a DS18B20 temperature sensor
| COVID-19 and automation [Megathread] Posted: 07 Apr 2020 02:18 PM PDT | ||
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| Printed a Caseta Pico Remote Holder! Posted: 07 Apr 2020 01:17 PM PDT
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| Controlling stuff in a bedroom Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:31 PM PDT So I'm 13 years old and I have some home theater equipment in my room, specifically an onkyo receiver, and a Samsung TV. I was looking for a solution like a control panel on the wall so when a walk in the room and press a button, I could control the following devices; an onkyo receiver (ir remote), a Samsung TV (ir remote), generic rgb led strip controller (ir remote), a ceiling fan (rf remote), a few smart plugs (wifi), and my windows 10 laptop. I have the original remotes for all the devices except the laptop. For the laptop it's just simple commands like wake, sleep, log out. Are there any solutions that can control all this from something like a wall mounted control panel or a Android tablet? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 03:39 PM PDT Hey guys! I have a new Quarantine project and am looking for advice! I ordered a HUSBZB-1 USB Hub that should arrive shortly and was planning on basically dumping all my devices on it. (Variety of Xiaomi sensors, Schlague Locks, Hue bulbs,a Zigbee Plug and Ikea blinds) But, I have recently read that, unlike my assumption that all Zigbee devices were created equal, light bulbs can act as poor repeaters for anything else than bulbs, due to a difference in profile. My question is (Beside why did no one arrest Carole Baskin yet), Thanks for reading guys! [link] [comments] | ||
| Home Assistant with HomeKit/Zigbee Devices Posted: 07 Apr 2020 09:09 PM PDT Hello all, I'm really new to this home automation and recently I try to understand many of these. I have a pi4 with Home Assistant installed. Understand that now Home Assistant do support HomeKit in some way. My ultimate goal is HomeKit and hence I trying to get only HomeKit certified smart device. I've explore Xiaomi Aqara and Terncy/Xiaoyan HomeKit compatible devices (but they need their hub in order to expose to iOS Home). So my question is that if I were to get ConbeeII, I can skip those hub? And yet the devices will be able to expose to iOS Home app? Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Harmony Companion "Home Control" buttons: is anybody here up for a challenge? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 04:38 PM PDT I own a Logitech Harmony Hub & Companion remote. I also have a Raspberry Pi running Home Assistant (and another Pi with a Flirc IR receiver & Allo Boss DAC running tons of custom scripts). I want to assign my own custom functions to the six Home Control buttons (the two lightbulb icons, the two electric plug icons, and the rocker switch between them, as seen here). To be clear: I'm not asking about activities or any of the other buttons on the remote. I'm specifically asking about repurposing all six of the orange Home Control buttons on the Companion remote which are only able to be assigned to "Home Control" devices. I'm sure it can be done, but I realize it's going to require a workaround since those six buttons are locked down to only work with a few "home control" devices. Is Smartthings an option for what I'm trying to do? What about Insteon? I'm pretty sure Virtual Hue Bulbs aren't a solution for my needs because the rocker buttons can't be assigned separately. I'm trying to assign custom functions to each of the six Home Control buttons on the Companion. Home Assistant works great with Harmony for everything except those darn six Home Control buttons! On the Elite remote, you can override the Home Control and assign something else to those buttons, but you can't do that with the Companion... ...so I'm asking for your help to see if there's a creative solution. Any ideas? [link] [comments] | ||
| Newbie project. Parking aid in my garage Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:00 PM PDT The situation: I have an F150 and park close to the left wall of my home garage in a single overhead door bay. I've previously put indentation in the wall for my Tundra door, but this is not enough for the F150. So now I turn the truck to the right just before hitting my stop. This leaves the truck out of a straight line and makes backing out rather uncertain. My thought for a solution: To install a laser line projector that put a line in the direction of the vehicle travel and hit the windshield wiper. It would be so I know how far I am from the center positioning as I back out. The question is how to do it? The project would need the laser and a way to detect where the door opener was active in order to turn on the laser. I could use a Raspberry Pi for a controller if needed. But would prefer not to. A light sensor pointed at the opener was my first though to activate it. I could also tap into the light on the opener for power. I had thought about replacing the opener bulb with external LED light bars anyway. So suggestions on either of these? Or an alternative? Any ideas on how to design this are appreciated. Other suggestions: Any other suggestions to address the situation are welcome. My skills: Soldering, eithernet cabling and networking, electrical wiring, rudimentary python programing, rudimentary electronics. You get the picture. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 04:47 PM PDT The exhaust fan when we bought this house a couple of years ago was already toast. It doesn't work at all. I've already removed the old one and just stuffed a towel into the hole it left in the ceiling. I don't want to do any re-wiring of the house. I have 2 switches; one for the lights above the sink and one for the exhaust fan. With the new unit I get, I would really like to be able to get one that has a light and use it as a nightlight when my toddler (who is potty training) come into the bathroom at night. But I don't want the exhaust fan to come on because I don't want the noise to scare him. He's a heavy sleeper and is very groggy and easily startled when he first wakes up. The only way I can really think to make this happen is to get a switch, like a Zooz or Inovelli that lets you disable the relay. So I can have power always going to the unit. But then I would need some sort of zwave relay in the unit itself to turn power on/off to the fan and light independently. I already have a small z-wave network with a Hubitat. So what are y'alls thoughts on ways I can make this happen? With everything shut down, I probably will have plenty of time to try and think this problem through. [link] [comments] | ||
| Smart plug vs. Amazon Smart Plug Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:16 PM PDT In trying to decide how to automate my new home, I'm trying to understand the difference between Amazon smart products which are directly compatible with Alexa vs 3rd party products which also have voice control via Alexa. Let's take the smart plugs for example; as I understand it, the Amazon smart plug can be directly managed from the Alexa app (remotely) vs say a Kasa smart plug which would need the Kasa app to manage (remotely)? Is this correct or could I manage the 3rd party devices remotely directly via the Alexa app as well and cut out the need for using the 3rd party app after initial setup? If anyone could shed some light on this and any other pros/cons, I'd appreciate it. [link] [comments] | ||
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| Ring compatible vs. Alexa compatible Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:21 PM PDT I'm building a ring security system with sensors / cameras however most of the smart switches etc that came with my house are not directly Ring compatible. As I read, you can create routines in the Alexa app to include your Ring and non-ring compatible devices — e.g., when Ring detects motion, turn on smart plug (not directly compatible with Ring but compatible with Alexa). Is that how it works? Is there any benefit to getting switches / outlets that are directly compatible with Ring? [link] [comments] | ||
| Do you have experience with this Greenwave Multi socket PowerNode? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:05 PM PDT
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| How would you detect coffee maker water reservoir level? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 09:43 AM PDT I bought a $10 dumb coffee maker and hooked it up to a wifi plug, and it works perfectly... Except I can't schedule it safely. On the off chance that I forget to fill the water the previous night I don't want to risk damaging the dry carafe (it happens just enough to make me not want to risk it). What's the simplest/best/most reasonable way to get a signal from the water tank to my Home Assistant to determine if it's safe to make coffee? Bonus for local-only, but not strictly necessary. Currently running HA with ZigBee devices (slowly converting over from wifi), Wyze and SmartLife integration, Node Red... Not opposed to tinkering but prefer not to solder anything if it can be avoided. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 01:55 AM PDT I'm looking for a setup that's stable with Android. Goal: using it with an app that only works with Android. For the setup, it needs to be connected with an USB device (blood glucose meter) and it should run an app that uploads its data to the cloud. If all runs, it doesn't need to be connected to a screen. At this point, I use a Pi 3B+ with android 8.1 (actually lineage 15.1). It works, but it's incredibly slow and a little unstable. I need to restart it almost every day. I have a feeling that's caused by TeamViewer, but I'm not 100% and don't know how to troubleshoot this. To be clear, this is the github page for the app I need to run. -> What could be a better and more stable setup? (I have some Pi's 3B+ and 4B) -> Possibly an alternative with something non-Raspberry Pi could be acceptable. But I don't know how/where to start with other single board computers... [link] [comments] | ||
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| Can I use smart bulbs with a regular fan which has light in it? Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:31 AM PDT I am looking to buy something simple like this : I have a set of smart bulbs that need not have a hub like Philips hue and I can control using an app on my phone and it's linked to my google home as well. How would it work? Could I just pull the string for light and leave it on, so there is the power to the bulbs and then turn the light on and off through command? [link] [comments] | ||
| Automating existing electrical sun canopy, preferably with Homekit Posted: 07 Apr 2020 08:24 AM PDT What I'm trying to do is "automate" a sun canopy in my parents back yard. It is currently operated with this kind of switch. It seems to be a 5 wire kind of switch but I honestly have no idea how this works exactly? Something with polarity? I was hoping some of you could point me in what direction I should be looking. It seems to work like a garage door or blinds (open/close for X amount of seconds). I looked at hardware that says it's made for garage doors or blinds but it's all a little vague to me and I don't feel confident investing without knowing what I should be considering. Stuff like, does it matter we as Europeans use AC in this kind of system? We currently already have some hue lights with a hue bridge and we do have some homekit smart plugs at use right now, it would be annoying to have a separate app for the sun canopy to say the least. It seems so simply but I'm quite lost ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Some explanation and help is highly appreciated! ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ [link] [comments] | ||
| Checklist and verification of toys for a new construction Posted: 07 Apr 2020 05:18 AM PDT I'm building a new house in Limburg, BE and want to thoroughly automate it. I'm a big advocate of the principle that wireless ought to only be for mobile devices, therefore I'll be using wires where possible. I will need to have a concrete plan for my cables, since it will be set in stone; modifications later on will be almost impossible, only replacement at the endpoints can be done. Please evaluate my current cabling plans or lack thereof:
Please give feedback on what I'm forgetting or doing wrong. Microphones and smart locks were omitted on purpose. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] | ||
| Building a DS18B20 temperature sensor Posted: 07 Apr 2020 04:50 AM PDT
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