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    November 20, 2020

    Home Automation Can I make my radiators smart?

    Can I make my radiators smart?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:02 AM PST

    ADT Joins Z-Wave Alliance as Newest Principal Member - Z-Wave Alliance

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:55 AM PST

    HVAC Damper Control with Nest? Any way to add control?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:04 PM PST

    Hue - Any way to make smart lights less dumb? How to automate ‘away state’ without geofencing?

    Posted: 20 Nov 2020 12:05 AM PST

    Hi guys, I just got my first few Hue bulbs and a Hue bridge and thought it'd be smooth sailing from here. Turns out the Hue Bridge doesn't seem that powerful as I was led to believe. I've been playing around how to set up my 'away', but I do not really appreciate geofencing. With me, my wife, parents, in-laws and potential babysitters, it's an awful lot of phones to keep maintained/installed. Are there any other ways to do this?

    I am quite confident I could trigger an IFTTT via a SmartThings plug in combination with my home alarm's proprietary smart plug, but IFTTT doesn't have any appropriate actions. So I'm running out of ideas. Has anyone tried anything similar?

    Also, living in a house I want so start some lights based on the fact that I'm not home (and things like the HueLabs 'TV mimicking'), while the Hue app only seem happy to turn things off... strange to me. I suppose I could solve this via iconnect hue, but then I'm back on geofencing.

    Can any of you home automation folks shed some lights on how to actually make things automated?

    Thanks guys!

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    How to use other Google Home devices as a chime for Nest doorbell?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 02:34 AM PST

    Looking for help automating this dumb apartment buzzer. Please and thank you.

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:38 AM PST

    Looking to jump on the robotic vac bandwagon and looking for affordable recommendations

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 05:20 AM PST

    Gearing up for Black Friday, I see quite a few of these have discounts on Amazon, John Lewis and Curry's. Was wondering what the consensus were with robot vacs – are they any good? Which brands/models should I avoid or focus on? Ideally budget is 100-200£, 300-400£ if it will make a significant cleaning difference. The home has wood, tile and rich carpet floorings. Thanks for your help !

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    5v AWG30 max range? Bed weight sensor showing constant value

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 02:45 PM PST

    Hello!
    I was planning on having a Hx711 with 4x 50kg load cells and a nodemcu under my bed to tell when I'm in/out of bed. I currently have 15m AWG30 available to use. Could the wire size cause any issue if all of it is being used? (I am planning on using a 5v phone charger as the acdc wall adapter) Currently the output shows a weird constant value, and I've already double checked the wiring.
    It worked on a smaller scale before setting it up under the bed.

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    Motion sensors... zigbee or z-wave?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 04:29 AM PST

    Up front, I have an established z-wave mesh with most rooms in the house having the GE z-wave or z-wave plus switches, fan controllers, and dimmers. I'm currently running smart things, but thinking of making the switch to hubitat and expanding automation, and I like the locality of hubitat. I don't have a huge house, single floor 1350 sq feet. I've read that zigbee sensors are a bit better from a response time standpoint, but I'm worried about not having an established mesh for that system. Are there cheap ways to establish a sufficient mesh network for zigbee when switches are already taken up by z-wave devices? Would z-wave motion zmsensors really be that much worse than zigbee? Any insight would be appreciated, thank you!

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    Can anyone recommend smart Christmas lights?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 01:42 PM PST

    The best I've found are the Novolink strands but they are only available at Home Depot and have been sold out all season.

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    The basics--What's the best iPhone HA app? (And what UIs should be avoided at all costs?)

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 07:26 PM PST

    Bonus points if it also runs on Android & MacOS.

    I am a neophyte to home automation. Stuff I've got:

    • Dropcam (I stuck with it as it turned into Nest then Google Home).
    • Nest thermostat. It wasn't the plan, but it came with the house.
    • Wyze smart bulb (white tunable)
    • Yeelight (color tunable)

    I'm going to want lots of lighting. I might change the thermostat (I just don't like it). I may add more sensors. Probably smart switches and bulbs for sure. I'd like to be able to warm up the hot tub, do stuff if the garage door opens/close, do stuff around wake-up and beddy-by times.

    The iPhone apps so far suck. Google's (consolidating all of the above) just ain't pretty. The stand alone apps for each device are okay, I suppose. Yeelight's is terrrible.

    I want something that is great that I can us for everything even as I add more and more.

    I don't ever want to use Alexa or talk to Siri in my home.

    I have zero experience with Apple's HA stuff (though I am otherwise an Apple guy.)

    While I'm considering Z-wave (and maybe HomeSeer, though I can be convinced to go another way), I REALLY want to make sure that whatever I do I can easily manage from my iPhone and spouse can do so from Android.

    So, what are the great UIs and which ones should be avoided at all costs?

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    Security sirens/strobes

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 10:20 AM PST

    What are you using for sirens and strobes for your security system. running smartthings home monitor and Konnected control boards. I want one hard wired off the Konnected board and one wireless, prefer zwave

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    Hubitat Evolution vs. SmartThings

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 02:48 PM PST

    I am a long time SmartThings user (per-Samsung). I have a version 1.0 hub that sometimes works fine but most of the time has a handful of devices that are "offline". I have several different brands of Z-Wave switches and they no one brand seems to be any more reliable than the next.

    I was looking into the Hubitat platform. Is this a lot more reliable than the SmartThings platform in anyone's experience? SmartThings has got me very frustrated these days, I spent a lot of time and money dialing it in and it is proving to be almost worthless.

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    Is there a way to wirelessly sync 2 TV's to display the same image?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 07:34 AM PST

    I've seen this question asked a couple times, but never for wireless options.

    I'd like to add a Samsung TV Frame to my Kitchen area - mostly to display art 95% of the time. But I'm wondering if there's a way to have it play the same thing my TV in my living room is playing. A bit gluttonous I know, but I'd like the idea of cooking and moving between the kitchen / living room while seamlessly watching the same show / movie.

    I don't think there's an ideal way to connect the two with cables / an HDMI splitter, so I'm wondering if anyone knows of any wireless options to make this happen?

    Thanks in advance

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    Basement Water Sensor

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:27 AM PST

    Im looking for a sensor that could be placed in the basement of a house that would detect floods/water/frozen pipes in the basement and send an alert to a smartphone, etc.

    There seem to be a few options available but I was wondering if anyone had experience with these and had any recommendations?

    Edit: this would be for a house that is often uninhabited so I would be looking for a smart solution. The house had reliable WiFi.

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    Aurora when Hue bridge or wifi down?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 04:17 PM PST

    My house currently is 100% caseta switches, and it works great. I particularly like that when wifi and/or the bridge is down, all of the light switches and picos still work as they have memory of what they control.

    I'm moving soon and considering going 100% hue bulbs and aurora switches. If I do that, will my aurora switches enjoy the same property, or do they need the hue bridge to be up and running?

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    Would this Meross smart dimmer work in my house?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 04:06 PM PST

    Getting started, recommend links

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:20 AM PST

    Just bought a new house and would like to mainly start with smart lights, sensors, and "Watch tv scenes" The kids would like color changing in their rooms bulbs and LED strips.

    Must use Alexa as that's what the family is used to.

    I see Zigbee is suggested over wifi but alot say Hue is overrated/over priced. Are there a couple other brands or guides I should focus on to start?

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    Re-use C4 amp with DIY solution?

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 01:44 PM PST

    I've bought a house that had a legacy Control4 configuration, and I'm not interested in over-paying to upgrade the hardware or pay someone else to have access to my network and devices.

    To convert to DIY, one of the pieces I need to solve for is my C4-16amp3-b amp, which is an 8-zone amplifier (https://www.control4.com/docs/product/4-zone-matrix-amplifier/data-sheet/english/revision/B/4-zone-matrix-amplifier-data-sheet-rev-b.pdf).

    Aside from this abandoned repository I found on Github, which has conf files for OpenHab + C4 tuner/amp, I was wondering if anyone knew of the best solution to re-use the amp? I don't care much *what* the solution is (whether OpenHab, Home-Assistant, etc), just what options people know of.

    My expectation is that the amp is a mostly dumb piece of equipment, meaning it shouldn't need access to C4 software/network to operate. Has anyone any experience with this, and is it worth whatever effort is required?

    Thanks

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    Questions concerning switching from Smarthings to Home Assistant.

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 09:40 AM PST

    Looking for some insight on switching over a semi complex home automation setup from SmartThings over to Home Assistant. I currently have about 60 entities on my SmartThings setup, lights, light controllers, outlets, relays, wall switches, motion sensors, etc. I also have Google Home integrated with thermostats, cameras and speakers throughout the house. Currently the integrations work well and voice control is pretty smooth.

    One of my main issues is that I have spotty Internet and SmartThings doesn't work well when I lose connection so I have been looking into Home Assistant for more local control. I have been playing around with it for a couple of weeks trying to learn how to setup the dashboards, integrations and so on. Long term I plan to get rid of Google as well but that is another issue I will deal with down the road.

    I purchased a HUSBZB-1 zigbee/zwave controller to control my devices but have a few questions. Right now I am not comfortable switching over completely as I am still a novice with Home Assistant, however I would like to start adding new devices directly instead of through SmartThings. Can I add zigbee devices to the HUSBZB-1 without creating issues with SmartThings zibee radio? I understand Zwave is a little more complicated due to exclusions but am fine waiting a bit for that. My WiFi is pretty stable even without Internet so I don't want to add a lot of unnecessary inference if it wont integrate properly.

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    Separate power/input

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 01:41 AM PST

    I'd like to install a smart switch that runs like a circuit breaker (as a simple manual switch does). It needs to have a separate input power to run its own components, from the input of the circuit it will be breaking. More specifically, I need to install this in a DC circuit of an elevator (some voltage I'm not sure of) where normal manual switch is working fine but a simple sonoff smart wifi switch won't work because we cannot have AC power output which switches tend to have.

    Any produce suggestions or lines of enquiry welcome.

    (Please suggest a product that is either available in India/or with global shipping from somewhere like Alibaba).

    Thanks in advance

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    Smart light switches - Matching to existing (pics included)

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:46 PM PST

    Is there a Shelly outage right now? (Nov 19, 3pm EST, 9 CET)

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:40 PM PST

    Almost all my Shelly devices just went offline, in two different locations that are in two separate continents.

    I'm a little surprised (and disappointed) and it looks a little suspicious to be a local problem.

    Is this a widespread problem?

    Is anybody else experiencing a Shelly outage today?

    UPDATE: as all 3:55pm EST, 9:55pm CET, all my devices are offline in both locations.

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    Using Indoor Smartplug Outdoors

    Posted: 19 Nov 2020 12:00 PM PST

    Is anyone using indoor smartplugs (i.e. Kasa) in an outside, covered setting? I have an outside outlet that is covered with a waterproof plastic dome, wondering if I can use an indoor smart plug rather than spending the extra for an outdoor one. I am in Michigan, so temperature is a concern as well.

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