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- Today marks the day I become responsible for everything that doesn’t work in my dads house
- I'm working on a graphical dashboard for my house that ties in disparate systems like SimpliSafe, Nest, Wyze, and non-smart things like home AV, the mailbox, etc.
- What am I looking for?
- A robot will be better at taking care of my plants than I am...
- Ceiling Sensor Hub
- I just discovered the Echo Show 2nd has a Zigbee hub built into it. What can I do with it?
- Does this MyQ bundle support two different garage doors?
- Building a Guest House
- Roomba 980 vs NEATO d4
- Looking for a way to monitor water usage for existing meter. Will a second reed switch output the same number of pulses as the existing one? Where can I find one that fits?
- What alarm system do you use?
- Is this a good reddit to discuss Vantage (Q system) programming?
- I want to create a Weasley clock. where to find clockworks?
- Zoneminder: How large will my raid array have to be to record all the video?
- Need to install Keexybox on an existing server , which on pi4
- No neutral no hub smart switch?
- TV Backlight LED with programable colors?
- If you got hit by a bus (and died), how quickly would people be frustrated at using/modifying your home automation?
- Can anyone make sense of this? I have a 4-way light switch in a circuit with only two switches.
- Robo vaccum traps tests seem to rarely talk about
- Battery worries with always on Phone
- Sonoff wireless Zigbee switch and wireless Zigbee sensors are now in stock available for purchase
- Remodeling bedroom, looking to add some automation
| Today marks the day I become responsible for everything that doesn’t work in my dads house Posted: 01 Jun 2020 11:26 AM PDT
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| Posted: 01 Jun 2020 10:10 PM PDT Hey guys I'm having a hard time finding a simple motion sensor that can send an HTTP response. I have Kasa smart lightbulbs in a room and I want to set up a motion sensor that triggers an IFTT to turn on/off the lights upon entry and exit. I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Can anyone send me an amazon link or two? [link] [comments] | ||
| A robot will be better at taking care of my plants than I am... Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:45 PM PDT
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| I just discovered the Echo Show 2nd has a Zigbee hub built into it. What can I do with it? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 07:25 PM PDT I have a number of WiFi smart plugs, smart switches, cameras and a Nest thermostat all hooked up to my WiFi router that I can control using Alexa or their mobile app on my phone. I also have a 2nd gen Echo Show I guess that means I have a Zigbee hub as well. What can I do with this that I couldn't do before with Alexa or Home Assistant? Does it simply mean I can buy Zigbee devices and connected them to my network? [link] [comments] | ||
| Does this MyQ bundle support two different garage doors? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:59 PM PDT https://www.costco.ca/chamberlain-myq-smart-garage-hub-bundle.product.100487209.html Is this sufficient for my two door garage? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Jun 2020 06:48 PM PDT Hey all.. We are building a 500sq ft guest house / office roughly 200ft from our main house. I've been researching and will be running conduit to desk areas/projector, adding outlets / poe jack to the corners of the roof for cameras/speakers, and adding many outlets inside cabinets, behind the toilet, and outside. Really want to have some fun with LED strips. I need help figuring out the best way to get internet out to the guest house. I would like to keep both on the same network for simple reasons, but how should I go about this? Drill a hole through the main house and install the shock resistant conduit through the ground out to the guest house for cat6? Is there a better option? Second, should I go with a single 3x3 ac WAP or a bridged router? This is the one I really need help with.. Assuming I will be ceiling mounting the WAP in the middle of the space if that is the route to go. Ideally, I would like the WAP or bridge hidden. I imagine with this method, I would have the PoE switch sitting in the ceiling (or possibly a closet) which would also allow me to run ethernet behind the desk area for the computers. Also, I assume I'll need a second Rpi for HA? How do people manage device signal in big homes? I struggle in some parts of my house with RSSI on my sensors (using HUSBZB-1 on an Rpi) in a 1400sq ft area...? I will not be wiring for contact sensors as I plan on utilizing the HA Wyze integration for the contact sensors. My main Amcrest NVR is in the garage ceiling and the bullit cameras are ran over PoE to the NVR. Is there a smart solution to get the new guest house cameras onto the same NVR? Is meshing two NVRs a thing? Should I PoE switch through the conduit from the first question out to the guest house? Any other tips would be greatttttttly appreciated. Designing a house, whether big or small, is no joke :) [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Jun 2020 06:46 PM PDT Hello! Looking at purchasing a vacuum for our house, torn between a refurbished roomba 980 selling for $690 AUD or a new Neato d4 selling for $899 aud. We have a combination of laminate and carpet flooring, and will soon have two very fluffy cats in the house. It's a small house all on one level. Just looking for a bit of advice on the two or any other suggestions people may have. Preferably under 1k AUD. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
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| Posted: 01 Jun 2020 05:38 PM PDT What alarm system do you use? Is it professionally monitored? Looking for suggestions, I currently am using Abode and I like it but am running into instances where I am
I love that the system has the ability to be used as a hub and all in one but am looking to the community to give suggestions as to what they have accomplished. Also looking for input from Abode users!! [link] [comments] | ||
| Is this a good reddit to discuss Vantage (Q system) programming? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 05:19 PM PDT A lightning strike seems to have scrambled my programming, but I have backups and the qlink software. But I have two Master Controllers. Do I need to program each individually? Or can I load all the software from either one? Is there a better place to ask? [link] [comments] | ||
| I want to create a Weasley clock. where to find clockworks? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:54 PM PDT Like the title suggests, i want to make a Weasley clock. i have the various bits and pieces and data, but what i dont have is a 5 axle clockwork, nor can i find anything in an hour of google searches. Anyone out there built a clock with 5 hands? or perhaps know where to buy parts to make a 5 axle barrel assembly? only other thing i can think of is using five stacked plates geared from the outside (basically clock hand driven from outside edge) the mechanism shown in this video would be perfect, but no idea where to get that; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ho4Oxms7_k&feature=youtu.be [link] [comments] | ||
| Zoneminder: How large will my raid array have to be to record all the video? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 04:38 PM PDT Setting up a Zoneminder system for my home and bought an R710 for the server. I'm planning on getting 6 Cameras streaming 1080p 24fps. Planning on running my drives in Raid 5. How many drives will I need to be running to handle all the throughput (for 5900RPM and 7200 RPM drives)? [link] [comments] | ||
| Need to install Keexybox on an existing server , which on pi4 Posted: 01 Jun 2020 03:14 PM PDT I have a home automation software already running on pi4. Currently pi4 is being booted through SD card and root FS is on a SSD drive. I wanted to installed Keexybox, but can't follow the recommended method of flashing to SD card as I already have stuff there. can someone recommend, how I can achieve it? [link] [comments] | ||
| No neutral no hub smart switch? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 02:14 PM PDT Been looking for awhile now trying to find a no hub and no neutral wire smart light switch. Does anybody know if there is anything out or available? [link] [comments] | ||
| TV Backlight LED with programable colors? Posted: 01 Jun 2020 10:02 AM PDT Hi, Recently have seen that you can get LEDs that match your Screen via HDMI. Which must mean these LED's are programable. I'm wondering if there is any kind of Led's where I could program (easily/no coding) just having different colored strips, Say bottom Red, and rest BLue. just to get some cool colors on the back of my tv? I've seen people use 2 different light strips, but I think if we can do individual HDMI outputs maybe I could do something similar to this? Buying LED strip this week for 65-inch tv. 16ft I thought I'd ask you guys for some suggestions. Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 01 Jun 2020 03:07 AM PDT As someone who works in software, I'm always aware of documentation and working with code in a team. For home automation it feels similar, which is why I did not use it in my entire home but just my home office since my wife doesn't care about smart devices or automation. As my wife doesn't usually go into my home office I use it as a testing ground for home automation. smart Light bulbs, door sensors, motion voice etc. My wife doesn't really care about stuff like that so she never bothered to learn as it doesn't affect her since it's just confined to my home office. However today she had to grab something in the office closet and none of the lights would turn on. She turned off the power on the ceiling lights so nothing would turn on, and when she turned it back on none of the lights would turn on since I have it set to "Stay off when power is restored". Had she taken a few more steps into the room the motion sensor would have picked it up and turned the lights on. The closet light had a door sensor on it, but since the light didn't turn on fast enough (long story short, bulb couldn't be flashed with tuya-convert, so it relies on the cloud for now), which caused her to then flick the light switch and power off the bulb. The green painter's tape over both light switches did not stop her from breaking the tape and trying to work the light switch. My takeaways from this short natural experiment:
If I do want to do wide scale home automation, I believe that smart switches are the way to go. The switches will be consistent with the common understanding of regular switches. Tablet with buttons, or voice control is nice, but should be a supplement to real switches, not the main replacement. Going back to my question, how easy is it for someone to use your automations if they aren't trained? For example guests visiting and you aren't there? Or if someone living there wants to make some changes? [link] [comments] | ||
| Can anyone make sense of this? I have a 4-way light switch in a circuit with only two switches. Posted: 01 Jun 2020 01:37 PM PDT I'm in a new build house and have been replacing the light switches with smart switches over the past month or so. I have not had any problems up until today. I ran across this configuration in the kitchen. As you can see in the diagram, there are only two switches for the main kitchen lights even though the corner switch is a 4-way switch. I know I only have to replace the one three way to make everything work fine but I am trying to make sense of the circuit as it will bother me for the rest of the time I live in this house. [link] [comments] | ||
| Robo vaccum traps tests seem to rarely talk about Posted: 01 Jun 2020 01:14 PM PDT I finally bought a robo vacuum last year and while it is great now I had a couple of problems (regarding the robot and home automation integration) that needed solving first. I read and watched a lot of tests beforehand but most, while talking in detail about technical specs of the robots, did not in fact talk much about integration and how you must change things in your home for the robot to work perfectly. I wrote down my learnings in this blog post here but this is the TLDR:
I hope this will help someone else who is about to buy such a robot.What problems did you encounter? [link] [comments] | ||
| Battery worries with always on Phone Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:05 PM PDT Hey all, TL:DR - What solution do you use to keep an old smart phone, being used as an always on interface, from over-charging the battery possibly leading to a dangerous "bulging battery"? So I have a question that is more of a worry. I have a very old tablet (LG G-Pad 7.0) that I have been using for a few years as a desk interface. I would use it on a daily basis to run spotify, trello, microsoft Teams, etc. It was always plugged in, but I did have it set up to lock and turn the screen off after a couple of minutes. Well today I walked in to find that the screen was separating from the housing. After a little closer inspection I noticed the battery is bulging. Then, after a quick internet search I realized the danger and immediately turned it off and unplugged it. Now, I had always planned on replacing the tablet with a Raspberry Pi, but this has led me to question other old tech I am using in my home automation. I have an old Samsung S7 Edge as my bedside interface. It runs Actiontiles and my sleep monitor/alarm clock. This phone is always plugged in, just like the tablet, so I am now afraid of it overcharging and becoming dangerous as well. The solution I think is to set up some kind of automation that turns the outlet off for a few hours a day to allow the battery to discharge a bit. The only way I can think of doing this is with a Smartthings outlet and a Webcore routine, but I wonder if anyone else has a better idea. I have thought about a smart-outlet with a USB port but have not done the research on it. Has anyone using the Amazon Fire tablets or ipads run into this as well? Also, does anyone have a recommendation on a smart outlet that can be set to power on and off during specific times? Thanks and stay safe! [link] [comments] | ||
| Sonoff wireless Zigbee switch and wireless Zigbee sensors are now in stock available for purchase Posted: 01 Jun 2020 07:21 AM PDT SNZB-01 (Wireless Switch) https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-snzb-01-zigbee-wireless-switch.html SNZB-02 (Temp. & Hum. Sensor) https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-snzb-02-zigbee-temperature-and-humidity-sensor.html SNZB-03 (Motion Sensor) https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-snzb-03-zigbee-motion-sensor.html SNZB-04 (Wireless Door/Window Sensor) https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-snzb-04-zigbee-wireless-door-window-sensor.html Suspect that these will be based on Silicon Labs Zigbee MCUs instead of Texas Instruments Zigbee MCUs. [link] [comments] | ||
| Remodeling bedroom, looking to add some automation Posted: 01 Jun 2020 10:57 AM PDT Hello everyone! Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit. I am remodeling my room and want to add some automation. Primarily lighting but not exclusively. I want to do everything via Alexa by the end. For the lights, I am trying to find the cheapest but still reliable way of going about it. I will have one can light(non bulb) over my desk, one pendant light(normal bulb) over my 3d printers, possibly a desk lamp at my bed and then quite a bit of strip LED accenting. First, I am thinking possibly a Kasa smart switch for the can and a Kasa smart bulb for the pendant? I am going for daylight for the light colors. The room is a light gray but shows pink under warm lights. No idea what to do with the strip lights. Not sure what to get or how to set them up to work with Alexa. I will have probably 20-25ft of them. I will be using ACC to turn off(and do other stuff) with my PC so I would love it if everything could be tied together via Alexa so I could say like "Goodnight" and have everything shut down(lights and PC). I am fairly well versed in tech but don't have a clue about any of this. None of this could be possible for all I know. If it's impossible, feel free to tell me. I'll understand. Lol. Thanks!! [link] [comments] |
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