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    April 13, 2020

    Home Automation Ikea's smart blinds now available in Australia and online in the US

    Ikea's smart blinds now available in Australia and online in the US

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:35 AM PDT

    Smart relay for 240v baseboard heater?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 10:51 PM PDT

    I have multiple 240v baseboard heaters with only the dial thermostat on the baseboard. I would like to wire a smart relay inside the baseboard to enable control from Home Assistant. I have the Honeywell Equipment Interface Modules and associated thermostat for a couple of them, but that solution is quite expensive. So something like a Shelly 1, but that supports 2 phase power is what I'm looking for.

    Any help?

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    Sonos setup vs. Echo setup

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:55 PM PDT

    I'm trying to decide if I should get some Sonos speakers for music playback around the house or stick to Echo devices completely?

    My case for Sonos would be the fact that it also works with Google Assistant and since I have YouTube Red subscription, I can avoid having to pay for an Amazon unlimited music subscription.

    I also need a good wireless speaker for my desktop computer and may as well have a Sonos that integrates with the rest of the house.

    Can Sonos play music on individual speakers as well as a group? For example, can I ask Alexa to play music while in the kitchen and have it use just one speaker as opposed to a defined "living room" group — but if I choose, have it play in the living room group? Can the same be accomplished via Google assistant?

    Also, can the Sonos be simultaneously connected to multiple bluetooth devices? So can I use it with my computer and when Im not using it with the computer, still have it work as the media player for an echo device?

    I was thinking of getting a Sonos beam, 2 wireless speakers for downstairs to add to the TV surround sound (as well as use for music playback with Echo — possible?), 1 upstairs in the office and 1 in master bathroom because I like music in the shower 🙃

    Can I create two groups — say "living room" and "all" so I have the option to play music through living room speakers or throughout the house?

    Echo plus side would be better Alexa integration... I don't think Sonos one gives doorbell/motion alerts?

    Any guidance is appreciated.

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    ISY994i coax power plug size?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:06 PM PDT

    What size is the coax power plug for the ISY994i supposed to be?

    It measures at 2.2mm x 5.5mm but there is no such plug. The 2.1mm is too tight to fit. And I can't find a spec on the universal devices site.

    thanks, in advance.

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    [Help] Looking for In-ceiling speaker recommendations

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 08:18 PM PDT

    We have a big living space with island kitchen. Have taken a pair of speaker rough in ceiling already. My budget is anywhere below $500 for a pair.

    A big audiophile and love speakers with good bass.

    So far, Polk RC80i and Micca M-8C 8 has been the best recommendations. Looking for any other speakers recommendations or which one to go for between polk vs micca.

    Thanks for your help in advance.

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    Roborock s4 vs deebot 901. Similar vacuums but half the price?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:42 AM PDT

    I'm looking in to robot vacuums for the first time. Based on my research the best valued robot seemed to be the roborock s4 ($400). But I also came across the deebot 901 ($200) which also seems to have good reviews.. but it is half the price.

    Does anyone know if there are significant differences between these 2 robots which seem to be almost the same on paper, but the deebot costs half as much.

    E.g. does the roborock s4 do a significantly better job that makes it worth paying $200 more for it?

    My home is mostly wood floors with a couple area rugs and a couple carpeted rooms.

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    Smart Home Control Panel

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:04 PM PDT

    Buying my first home and want to go all out with smart home automation. What are people using as a control panel for their homes? I've looked at some solutions like Brilliant but they are very expensive. Would love to see what everyone else is doing.

    Edit: We do have some smart home equipment already, mainly lighting. Ideally we'd like everything to be HomeKit compatible if possible.

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    Question regarding smart home automation routines.

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:43 PM PDT

    Hey all,

    I'm trying to figure out what I would need to do to initiate a routine that would allow me to complete goal outlined below.

    I've got a Smartthings Hub, with a Smartthings contact sensor at my backdoor. It is currently linked to a generic switch that uses the "Smart Life" application. Currently, I get it to work via Smartthings using a IFTTT applet that communicates to a virtual switch within the Smartthings application.

    It is currently setup that upon the door opening, to turn my outdoor lights on, and back off after 5 minutes. What I'm attempting to accomplish is a timer before this routine would run again.

    Example: I let the dogs out, and it'll begin a timer for them (5 minutes) when I let them back in, I don't want to timer to reset to it's 5 minute interval, I want it to wait ~30 minutes before the routine would run again, effectively letting the standard 5 minute timer to run out the first time and not reinitiate.

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    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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    ZWave Plus Repeater with Battery Backup

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:57 PM PDT

    I'm looking for a Z-Wave Plus Range Extender with battery backup. As far as I can tell, that market is pretty small. The original IRIS Range Extenders (alertme series) have a re-chargeable battery and "Speaks ZWave" logo on them, but don't actually appear to work as Z-Wave Range Extenders in Arcus, and since they aren't Z-Wave plus aren't too helpful anyway.

    Does anyone have a Z-Wave Plus Range Extender with battery backup that they like? It appears Ring is the only manufacture of such a device.

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    Using TV for Ring live view?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:40 PM PDT

    I'm on the fence about putting an echo show in my kitchen since the house is open concept and you can easily see the TV from the kitchen.

    Trying to think of pros and cons of just setting up FireTV with my Samsung smart Tv so I can view the live feed on my TV vs viewing it on the Echo show screen in the kitchen. How do you guys have your echo devices distributed throughout the house?

    On a side note, if I have an echo device in my kitchen and a FireTV in my living room, how can I ensure the command to "show me front door" goes through the FireTV — would I do this by just renaming the device to something else?

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    How do I connect hardwired PIR and door sensors to for automation?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:43 AM PDT

    I'm doing new construction and was thinking about putting a bunch of wired PIR motion sensors around to do future home automation, such as turning lights on and off. Got the original idea from this video here. I'm thinking of those little recessed dome sensors and putting them in the ceiling, for instance on either side of a doorway to detect movement direction. I'm also thinking about putting in recessed wired magnetic door switches as well.

    The problem is, boards like konnected.io are for alarm panels, and most alarms are wired in series. I would need to have each sensor as its own input. I'm hoping to do everything wired to avoid batteries, lag, and clogging up the airwaves.

    What solutions are out there for this? I plan to run it all in the end with Home Assistant.

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    Ikea smart blinds - magnet mount?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 03:20 PM PDT

    We have two back doors that are metal, and We aren't able to mount it to the door frame because of the way the doors open. I was wondering if anyone had anything similar in their house. I was contemplating getting some super strong magnets and mounting it to those somehow. Even just regular blinds are hard to find without having to drill holes into the metal doors, which I don't want to do. Any idea on the weight of the blinds?

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    Fan Control and Automation

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:58 PM PDT

    So I am thinking of getting a 3 speed fan with an integrated light. My wiring is NOT separate so its all on the same lines. My thought is this

    Get this for the wall switch HS-FC200+ which will let me also set multi-tap scene and get this which is SmartThings compatible https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Universal-Wink-Enabled-White-Ceiling-Fan-Premier-Remote-Control-99432/206591100

    According to this https://homeseer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/HS-FC200-Manual-Online-072318.pdf

    If you you hook it directly up to the fan it will dim or turn off the lights if you aren't on the highest setting. Would the hampton bay switch be an intermediary and not allow that to happen? allowing the light to be controlled via independent multi-taps via zwave? Am I making sense? Is this possible?

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    Two GE dimmers in same circuit possible, or am I limited to 1 dimmer and N add-ons?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:28 PM PDT

    I recently purchased a house and it has over 100 Lutron dimmers installed. Most are in 2 or 3 location setups and use a combo of MA-600 and MA-AD to control the lights.

    My plan was to use a combination of GE 47338 (dimmer), 26933 (dimmer with PIR), and 46199 (accessory switch). However there are a couple locations in the house where I'd want a PIR sensor and that spot is currently occupied by an accessory switch. Can I use a combination of 47338 and 26933 on the same circuit, or must I always use 1 dimmer to N add-on switches?

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    Temperature/Humidity Monitoring using existing radio sensors?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:11 AM PDT

    I have 2 of these Weather Stations With 3 externals sensors. I'd really like to track their data, rather than just go to the weather displays. Does anyone know if the externals sensors can be monitored? I've looked very briefly at comments such as:

    "I'm using a few Acurite sensors with RTL_433 and a cheap USB adapter. rtl_433 connects to mqtt and HomeAssistant reads from there."

    Or do you think I need to buy a new set of sensors? I have a hue hub as well. Ideally I'd like the sensors for humidity and temperature to connect to the hue kit but I thought as I already have multiple sensors I may be able to read them.

    TIA!

    or buy aquara sensors and a usb zigbee hub?

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    Compatiable controls

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:16 AM PDT

    I just disassembled the previous homeowner's security box. Is there some industry standard for how electronic components are mounted into this box? I'm wondering if I can repurpose this box to hold my RPi or any other components.

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:07 PM PDT

    I just disassembled the previous homeowner's security box. Is there some industry standard for how electronic components are mounted into this box? I'm wondering if I can repurpose this box to hold my RPi or any other components.

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:07 PM PDT

    Current wiring schematics to control a fan and light (separate switches) is attached. I want to replace this with two separate Lutron Caseta switches. The Lutron Caseta switches have one blue, one green, one white, one black and one red wire each. I need help on wiring the Caseta switches.

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:29 AM PDT

    Can someone confirm that Magic Home products work with Smart Life?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:01 AM PDT

    So I was looking at the WIFI smart products on aliexpress, and I noticed that all products either use Smart Life (or Tuya Smart) or Magic Home. Now I heard that Tuya allows manufacturers to make their own apps, and that Magic Home is one of them. Now reason I want this is that Magic Home has A LOT of more features for lights. For example, you can sync music with lights in Magic Home, but not in Smart Life. You can't make lights smoothly change colors Smart Life, but you can in Magic Home. And scenes.

    It would be awesome if someone could try pairing devices that use "Magic Home" to "Smart Life" . I would like to use Smart Life for automations (like activate lights when motion sensor is triggered) and use Magic Home for amazing light features.

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    Making a (video)meeting alarm? (detecting camera and microphone use on Windows)

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:00 AM PDT

    Hi,

    I'm looking for some software that could report microphone and/or camera use on Windows 10. The plan is to do some automation and illuminate some LEDs when me or SO is in a (video) meeting so we can be aware not to walk into a meeting in a NSFW manner since we both are working currently from home with occasional meetings.

    The plan is to have a Windows API or a software that could detect these and then either publish to an MQTT topic, do a webhook, post via REST or something on a local network to my Home Assistant server, but I am open to quite a lot. (I'd keep it entirely local if possible.)

    Thanks

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    Automatic blinds for large/high windows -- suggestions for HA or experiences?

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:34 AM PDT

    I have five windows that are 8ft high by 43in wide. I looked around at Hunter Douglas and some other options like a year ago, but it came out to be about $1,000 per window to get it all done/installed.

    I know IKEA and others have come out with automatic blind since, but I don't think IKEA's will work for my windows.

    I'd love to hear anyone's experience with automatic blinds for large/high windows. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just the ability to either: 1) via remote make them go up/down or 2) schedule them to go up/done. I don't have much other automation, so I'm open to any ecosystem.

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    My home's brain.

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:52 AM PDT

    Old buzzer/intercom replacement

    Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:46 AM PDT

    I live in a flat with an old buzzer system that runs through 3 other flats in the building. I'd like to replace the handset inside my flat, and as a result I'm deep down the rabbithole of finding out what might be compatible.

    This is the existing handset, and here's a snap of the internals. Seems pretty simple - I just need a 5-wire replacement, right?

    What I'm unsure about is the sixth wire that I hadn't seen at first, which is black and tucked down but not actually connected or earthed… I understand these old systems colour their wires however they like (at least from what I've read, correct me if I'm wrong) but how can I figure out what it should actually be doing?

    I'm guessing it is in fact should just be earthed and isn't going to unlock better handsets/systems but any help would be appreciated!

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