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- I got to bring a robot arm home from work due to the shelter-in-place order
- Rebuilt my mantle to contain outlets on top for tv and Alexa controlled LED's underneath. Fun weekend project.
- Motorized blinds remote -- only 5 blinds per channel??
- Looking for camera recommendations
- Can I link two smart lightswitches to flip at the same time?
- Kwikset smartkey Smart deadbolt or August-like modification to fit a narrow front door with window.
- Ikea gateway VLAN
- IntesisHome Error
- Cellular Shades - motorized recommendations?
- how do i setup light switches
- Sonoff WiFi contact sensor - PREVIEW
- Buying a house - Help me automate!!
- Smartthings to use Alexa AND Google together?
- Help figuring out Smartthings Hub vs Hue Bridge for light control
- Hub use?
- TCL tv input selection for IR blaster?
- Samsung connect pro with existing Samsung mesh WiFi
- Hey all! I've been getting into a craze of making my apartment all voice activated and smart. Right now I was to replace the lights in my living room with ones that change color and respond to Alexa. What product matches what my current lighting situation is if I may ask?
- Automated Hoover recommendations for tile and laminate flooring
- New home. Help with air ventilation and blinds
| I got to bring a robot arm home from work due to the shelter-in-place order Posted: 04 Apr 2020 10:54 AM PDT
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| Motorized blinds remote -- only 5 blinds per channel?? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 06:56 PM PDT I'm looking at motorized blinds on Select Blinds and many of their shades only offer a single remote and the product description says it "allows you to operate up to 5 shades on a single frequency." I'm assuming that means 5 shades per channel. Which would mean I can't open/close all my shades with one button since I have more than 5 shades! :-( Does anyone have experience with these? Is that a real limitation? I don't see how the remote would even "know" if I put 8 shades on a single channel. Is there some kind of workaround? [link] [comments] | ||
| Looking for camera recommendations Posted: 04 Apr 2020 08:48 PM PDT Building a new custom house, and we very soon need to finalize the list of low-voltage wiring requests. We want to be able to setup 3 cameras: an exterior one on the detached garage, interior one covering the main living space, and a doorbell camera. The main thing we need to figure out right now is whether we pay the electrician to run CAT5e wiring for us ($75 each plus $600 for underground run to garage), or if we should just use wifi and get additional 110v sockets added near the 2 larger camera locations - the doorbell one should be able to just run of the doorbell kit's transformer. I don't think I'm going to pay the $600 for the underground wiring... I'll either have him just run the CAT5e to back of house and do the rest myself, or just stick with plugging in the camera and using a wifi extender. In addition to the wiring issue, I may as well get your opinons on brands/models to use. Our must-have requirements are:
Nice features to have, but not mandatory:
It's probably not relevant to the camera choices, but I plan to do a bunch of other automation stuff: smart locks, dimmer switches, door & window sensors, smoke & co2 detectors, moisture detectors, and integrate my harmony hub. I'll most likely go with a z-wave or zigbee devices, with a smartthings hub and home assistant + node red on a raspberry pi. I'm a software developer so the programming aspect is not a concern. What should I do about wiring/powering the cameras, and what brands or models would you recommend? [link] [comments] | ||
| Can I link two smart lightswitches to flip at the same time? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 05:56 PM PDT I have two lights each with a single switch. Can I set up smart switches at that if I flip one, it triggers the other and both lights turn on? I know I can probably group them with a smart speaker, but I want to be able to turn both on with a single switch. For reference I have a Google home and two Leviton Decora Smart switches. [link] [comments] | ||
| Kwikset smartkey Smart deadbolt or August-like modification to fit a narrow front door with window. Posted: 04 Apr 2020 01:40 PM PDT So I've been struggling with replacing the deadbolt at our new house. I wanted it to be Kwikset smartkey like the rest of our exterior doors like to the garage I wanted to do something simple like a zwave Kwikset but the inframe for the window and general width of the door has made those units impossible, that or the two units 888 and then I just tried the power bolt 2 I had for another door, were too wide. Is there anything that would work with the door in the photo? What would you do? I work in a hospital so I have no other photos other than the one my wife sent me. Sorry in advance and thanks!https://i.imgur.com/knqzrPo.jpg [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT Anyone here running the Ikea gateway on a separate VLAN? I've set up an IoT VLAN and my Zipabox and Hubitat work just like before. For my Ikea gateway I'm unable to connect to it from the app. The API and timers still works fine so I know it's up and running. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2020 04:26 PM PDT Just got wifi modules installed into our Fujitsu Halycon mini splits and IntesisHome is giving this error: "Error in the communication of IntesisHome device with the AC unit". In the app it is connected to the AC unit and knows if it's on/off, etc. but cannot control it. Anyone come across this before? [link] [comments] | ||
| Cellular Shades - motorized recommendations? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 09:50 AM PDT I'm specifically only interested in Cellular Shade recommendations and all I am familiar with are Bali through Home Depot. The motorization adds an additional ~$250 - 300 depending on if you need an additional remote. Does anyone have advice or input on other brands of specifically Cellular Shades? I ultimately want to add a home automation for them to open and close at specific times only when the sun is out and hitting those windows. This later part of automation I am incredibly intimidated by because I absolutely hate computers and programming. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2020 11:38 AM PDT I'm trying to setup a WIFI control module to control light switches in my house without having to buy smart switches but I'm running into trouble because I'm not sure which one would be the best to use. If anybody has any experience with this i would appreciate the help. [link] [comments] | ||
| Sonoff WiFi contact sensor - PREVIEW Posted: 04 Apr 2020 04:20 AM PDT
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| Buying a house - Help me automate!! Posted: 04 Apr 2020 02:12 PM PDT Hello everyone, Have you ever had a dream of buying a new house for yourself and automating the entire thing? obviously money is not unlimited but there is a bunch of it. This is my dream. I am buying a house on the 10th and I want to automate all of the things. Doors, Lights, cameras, Some type of self-hosted automation system that pulls everything together, plus any other bells and whistles including appliance automation if possible. I plan to set up a grafana system also to monitor my home automation system. So except how to use grafana I've never done any of this before but I'm capable of doing electrical and any work that needs to be done to accomplish this goal. Anyway, if you had to do this, what stuff would you buy? where would you start, what brands would you choose for the best integration across everything? Help me automate my entire house! As a note, I have a mix of google homes and Alexa's already, although I will probably mostly stick with the Alexa's. [link] [comments] | ||
| Smartthings to use Alexa AND Google together? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 01:34 PM PDT I am wondering if I can use a smartthings hub to use my Echos and Nest Mini's on the same smart accessories that are connected to the hub? For example, if I have a smart switch/light somewhere, I want to be able to tell my echo or my mini to turn the switch on. Does having a hub accomplish this? [link] [comments] | ||
| Help figuring out Smartthings Hub vs Hue Bridge for light control Posted: 04 Apr 2020 09:15 AM PDT I currently have a decent smart home setup using Echoes, Wyze Cams and sensors, Kasa/TP-Link plugs, and LIFX lights. At this point I am considering adding a SmartThings hub to the mix so I can add less expensive zigbee bulbs for hallways where an expensive and bright LIFX bulb would be overkill. Eventually, I would like to add temperature and leak sensors in different places as well. I haven't really kept up with smart hubs so I'm trying to figure out why so many people seem to have both Hue Bridges and SmartThings Hubs. I realize that only a Hue Bridge can control Hue lights but it also seems that some people are using the Bridges to control 3rd party, Hue compatible lights. Can someone explain the advantage of this? Does the Hue Bridge give more flexibility or options in automation? Also, do Hue Bulbs and bulbs compatible with that system create a mesh network like other zigbee devices do? Thanks in advance and I apologize if this question has already been addressed! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2020 12:58 PM PDT I keep on reading everywhere that I should use a hub for all my items. But is it really necessary? Here is what I have: 2 Google Home Minis 1 Chromecast which I use HDMI-CEC 2 Nest thermostats 1 Roku 2 Amazon Echos that aren't much 1 MyQ Garage opener What benefit would I get if I got the hub right now? Now what if I get: Smart Plugs Smart lights Smart doorlock What benefits would I get with the hub now that I wouldn't get if I just used the Google Home app? Thank you! [link] [comments] | ||
| TCL tv input selection for IR blaster? Posted: 04 Apr 2020 05:34 AM PDT My new tcl tv remote does not have a direct way to select an input like hdmi 3, you have to go to the menu, then to right 2 or 3 times then hit enter in order to select the desired input. The pattern is not always the same. I'm trying to set up a routine to use my rm mini3 to change inputs. Anyone know if there are remote commands for direct input selection for tcl TVs? [link] [comments] | ||
| Samsung connect pro with existing Samsung mesh WiFi Posted: 04 Apr 2020 10:24 AM PDT I'm wanting to add to my mesh WiFi setup that uses Samsung's WiFi hubs. I'd like the new hub to be the Connect Pro version to support higher bandwidth. I'm not seeing anything that says you can or can't use them together. Has anyone else had luck with this? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Automated Hoover recommendations for tile and laminate flooring Posted: 04 Apr 2020 07:27 AM PDT So with lockdown going to last and my partners obsession now with misses hinch (aka the devil) Hovering is just not needed when I can have a robot do it everyday, spend cash on it and do nothing at all! Anyone got any recommendations that have ability to work with others We have every room hooked up to hue There is a google and Alexa smart assistants This is for all the men out there who have been tasked with cleaning 😂 [link] [comments] | ||
| New home. Help with air ventilation and blinds Posted: 04 Apr 2020 02:21 AM PDT
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