- I got my hands on the Johnson Controls GLAS Thermostat anyways! So I'm not gonna lie right when I got it before any updates installed, this thing sucked. But now, I love it! I can control it with my Google Assistant and my Google Nest Hub's, it has an hourly fan run option, and more.
- Security Camera Systems - Should you DIY or BUY?
- Software recommendation for ip poe cameras that works with home assistant
- STIHL RMI 632 P Troubleshooting
- Am I making a mistake with Insteon?
- Aeotec Z-Stick Gen 5
- Smart power strip keeps switching off?
- My Samsung robot vacuum quit sucking
- New GE Z-Wave Enbrighten for Fans?
- Alexa enabled gate remote?
- Anyone use the Done zwave mouse trap?
- Automated blinds for new construction / remodel
- Looking for help with correctly wiring a simple DC circuit
- Wi Charge?
- Automating secondary smart bulb based on dumb switch first bulb
- Can I Get Smart Bulbs (or something) for this?
- Can't find RGBW compatible Google Home compatible single wire control led strip controller.
- Automating off a Dumb Switch - Apartment
- Trigger power when desktop PC goes into/out of standby
- BAZZ Smart Home
- Idiots guide to getting Inovelli switches up and running, including scene and LED control, in Home Assistant
- Are my expectations correct?
- Lifeshield/ADT Blue tilt sensor/garage door question
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| Security Camera Systems - Should you DIY or BUY? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 08:48 AM PDT
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| Software recommendation for ip poe cameras that works with home assistant Posted: 03 Apr 2020 11:02 PM PDT On my way to a diy security sistem been lurking here and have a good idea about the hardware but not so much the software. I plan to use it with home assistant and do some tensor flow automation to open the gate if my car is recognized. Edit: need to be able to run it on linux [link] [comments] | ||
| STIHL RMI 632 P Troubleshooting Posted: 03 Apr 2020 10:05 PM PDT Anyone has the STIHL RMI 632 P? Mine won't start after pressing Auto, the screen changes to "Start Mowing" "Interruption with STOP" and it never starts. I'm not sure what to do next, I set the schedule and when the scheduled time comes nothing happens HOWEVER if I select manual mow it works properly. I look for a data port to connect it to my computer and try to troubleshoot it and nothing. [link] [comments] | ||
| Am I making a mistake with Insteon? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 11:53 PM PDT I'm looking to upgrade my home to smart lighting. I've tried Z-Wave switches (GE, HomeSeer, and Inovelli) but couldn't maintain a solid network. I'm addition, Z-Wave is slightly too DIY for me — I'm happy to spend some time playing around with it (mostly in Home Assistant) but have realized I don't want to spend considerable amount of time configuring Z-Wave components. A full-time job, wife, and two young kids unfortunately doesn't leave me much time to tinker with Z-Wave. I've tried Lutron Caseta but realized I don't like the layout of the switches. But I do enjoy their direct integration with HomeKit. So I'm thinking of switching to Insteon. Am I making a terrible mistake? I read many complaints about their hardware failing (including switches and the PLM). I read that their devices and iOS apps haven't been updated in a while. It also seems like there is considerable struggles and lag when integrating Insteon with Home Assistant? On the plus side, their switches look great. I love the idea of the keypads. Their virtual three-way setup would be great for many areas of my home. I love the idea of their dimmer outlet and on/off outlet. I also would buy their garage door sensor. Their remotes also look good. Should I dive into Insteon or am I making a terrible mistake? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT So my Aeotec stick almost never gets read by my RP4. What are my options now? I heard some people using a USB 2.0, does someone have a link of what I should be looking for? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] | ||
| Smart power strip keeps switching off? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:01 PM PDT My tuya power strip developed a issue this week after 2 months is perfect running time. And I've narrowed it down to wifi It just randomly switch's and restarts then the led indicated button flashes. So I reset it 2 or 3 times and reset the wifi but to no avail If I reset it and don't connect to the app or wifi to setup the device it works ok It's just don't make sense [link] [comments] | ||
| My Samsung robot vacuum quit sucking Posted: 03 Apr 2020 04:40 PM PDT I'm not sure how long we've had it. At least 3 or 4 years. Today it quit sucking and was just driving around. Rebooted it and got it going again for awhile and then it quit again. Didn't want to go home and charge either but I finally got it to do it. No clue what is wrong with it. I had washed the filter and dumbed the dirt bucket etc. Maybe it's just age, dunno. What would people recommend to replace this with? Another robot vac, of course. What is the best one out there now? [link] [comments] | ||
| New GE Z-Wave Enbrighten for Fans? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 06:08 PM PDT | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 11:55 AM PDT Hi all. Sorry if this has been covered but I didn't see it anywhere. I recently installed an automatic gate across my driveway. It was an off-brand one but can work with any universal gate/garage door remote (or so the Amazon seller says). I want to make it voice controlled and be able to set up routines. Thinking about it, it shouldn't be too difficult to have a wi-fi enabled device that can connect receive a signal from Alexa which triggers an RF signal to open or close the gate. However, I'm having a hard time finding one. The MyQ garage door opener apparently only works with a few brands. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Anyone use the Done zwave mouse trap? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 07:28 AM PDT I was wondering if anyone was using the dome mousetrap available on Amazon, home Depot, and other sites. I was looking to get some sort of smart mouse trap that I could use to alert me when it goes off in the attic. I'm always weary of reviews on sites like Amazon or home Depot, because people buy it not knowing what Z-Wave is or pros and cons of it. [link] [comments] | ||
| Automated blinds for new construction / remodel Posted: 03 Apr 2020 10:03 AM PDT I'm doing a major remodel on my house (~$300k) and I'm designing a room with many large windows and I know it will get too much sun in the mornings so I want to have an automated system that will automatically lower the blinds at a certain time and raise the blinds later at another programmed time. What blinds product do you recommend for a medium cost / value oriented solution? (Best quality vs cost, a premium product at a reasonable cost ideally) What is your recommendation for what to build into the design to support this? (I'm basically asking about power to the blinds so I'm not changing batteries twice a year.) Does anyone have any examples of what they've put in? Edit: I'm currently thinking this will be for honeycomb shades [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for help with correctly wiring a simple DC circuit Posted: 03 Apr 2020 09:54 AM PDT Hi all, hoping someone can help me with a wiring problem. I bought a DC Timer, a battery pack, and a water pump and want the pump turns on and off based on the timer. The system has to be wall outlet and hose-free because this set up will be placed in a community garden plot where I don't have access to an either. The pump will get water from a large bucket. This is what the back of the timer looks like, plus the wiring diagram it came with, and a screen shot of a diagram someone on Amazon (where I bought the pump) made. There is a light on the front of the timer that lights up at the correct time when I use the Amazon diagram, but it doesn't turn the pump on. If I connect the battery straight to the pump, it does turn on, so the pump isn't the problem. Any ideas of what is wrong? Help is greatly appreciated [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:20 PM PDT I can't find where to buy a wi charge. Does anyone know? [link] [comments] | ||
| Automating secondary smart bulb based on dumb switch first bulb Posted: 03 Apr 2020 03:13 PM PDT I have no overhead light, but one switched outlet in the guest bedroom. I bought two lamps for either side of the bed, and my thought was that I could put a smart bulb in both lamps, then automate the second one based on the state of the first one. However, it seems as thought the state of bulb 1 which is controlled by a dumb switch, is still 'on' even when switched off leading to the second bulb not turning off. In smart things or alexa is there any way to set up this automation that is beyond the basic If-then programming as that doesnt seem to work [link] [comments] | ||
| Can I Get Smart Bulbs (or something) for this? Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:58 PM PDT
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| Can't find RGBW compatible Google Home compatible single wire control led strip controller. Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:55 PM PDT I have 12v SK6812 RGBWW light strips. I would love to be able to use a magic home controller with them but I can't seem to find one that works with the RGBWW version of the SK6812 strip. I mainly want to be able to use my voice to control the lights as well as set them on a schedule. The schedule is the big thing. I have OpenHab2 setup on a RPi, a SmartThings hub, a NodeMCU on the way, and I'm not afraid to try to make my own controller but I just am not entirely sure where to start to accomplish this. I have a background in programming and I'm currently an electrician by trade so I know a little bit about all of the stuff I would need to utilize I imagine. So if someone could point me to a ready-made controller or in the right direction to make my own that would be awesome! EDIT: Upon further research I'm looking at putting WLED on a NodeMCU and using MQTT to talk to OpenHab2 from there. Let me know if there's a better way or option. [link] [comments] | ||
| Automating off a Dumb Switch - Apartment Posted: 03 Apr 2020 02:17 PM PDT I am just getting rolling with some home automation. I live in an apartment so I am limited in some of the things I can do. I have Home Assistant fired up on a Pi and a HUSBZB-1 installed for Z-wave. I have a ZooZ Zen25 outlet automated to turn light on/off based on presence and time of day. But the outlet for my 2nd lamp is on a dumb switch. Being an apartment I can't make any changes to wiring and such. I would like to retain the switch use but trigger the Zen25 outlet to turn on when the switch does. What is the best way to capture this without too much delay? I would prefer to use z-wave if I can but wondering what the delay would be. is it possible to trigger off a device attaching to the network? Looking for ideas. Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Trigger power when desktop PC goes into/out of standby Posted: 03 Apr 2020 06:18 AM PDT I'm looking for a way of automatically switching off the power to my PC accessories when my Windows 10 PC goes into standby or hibernation. I had assumed there would be an IFTTT compatible app that could trigger this easily, but couldn't find one. I'm fairly committed to the HomeKit/Hue ecosystem, so had intended to purchase a Hue plug into a 6-way extension and have all the accessories on that extension. So all I really need is to be able to automatically trigger the Hue plug on/off as I switch the computer on or off. A slight complication is that I also have a laptop which uses the same accessories. So ideally I'd only want this to trigger when BOTH devices are in standby. But if necessary I don't mind writing a webhook to keep track of which devices are on. The missing bit at the moment seems to be triggering IFTTT (or similar) when going into or out of standby. If there isn't anything off the shelf, I guess I can go with configuring task scheduler to call a webhook from the command line, but I'd prefer something neater. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 12:35 PM PDT I've recently come across a company I'm completely unfamiliar with, but their pricing is cheap enough to have caught my attention. Does anyone have any experience with BAZZ smart home stuff? I'm not able to find any reviews online about them so I have no idea what the quality is like, but at $60 for a 4-pack of Wifi RGB bulbs, I'd be remiss not to try them. [link] [comments] | ||
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| Posted: 03 Apr 2020 12:15 PM PDT With a home improvent in prospect, I have been fantasising a lot about my future house. My domotica should be able to: - Control my roller shutters with input of a light sensor, i don't want to set times, it should work with light levels. Control the RGBW led strips on the roller shutter covers for mood lightning. But let them flash red when triggering alarm. Maybe even program a show for like Halloween, every strip should have it's own collour. The waterlevel and filtersystem of my koi pond, measure a level, open a valve. I think every system can do this? To make sure we are future proof we will use for example, hollow/front (not sure about the term) wall's for easy afterwards placing of all kinds of cables. Also usage of a ceiling grid system, which i can adjust however i want, and let's me access ventilation and other installations. Combination of these 2 systems will let me add wall outlet's for whatever is needed. I have looked into Loxone and Domoticz so far but there are so many brands. And than there is the system. KNX? PLC? again many choices. [link] [comments] | ||
| Lifeshield/ADT Blue tilt sensor/garage door question Posted: 03 Apr 2020 11:30 AM PDT I want to add my garage door to my system as notification only. Does anyone know of a tilt sensor that will register to the Lifeshield security system? Alternatively a Z-Wave controller to use with my existing lift master opener? [link] [comments] |
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