Home Automation Is it possible to rig up something like this? |
- Is it possible to rig up something like this?
- Smart Home Tablet Design
- Alternative to Samsung / Contract Sensors
- Digital todo list on wall (larger than iPad) phone interface
- Tracking dogs
- Best secure wireless setup for Home Automation
- Converting a lamp to smart controls... but retaining switch at lamp?
- Blind Motor start up current
- Another GE/Jasco switch died
- Can I use a RGBCCT controller with just a white CCT light strip?
- Turning on an arcade cabinet with a coin
- Is there an app where I can control multiple wifi lights at once? Bought two or three different brands (for lack of having exactly what I need) and need a easier way to do this.
- Best lock for an office
- Early hands on Shelly Motion - WIFI PIR sensor with great battery life and custom motion settings
- Recommendation for Smart Thermostat
- Very new to this but I have simple questions about what's best to use!
- Have you documented your smart home?
- Looking for a sensor that reports a gate's direction of travel as well as start/stop movements
- Motion reactive addressable LED bars
- Line Voltage Fan Coil Thermostat Replacement - MCOHome Experiences?
- Home Assistant - Great for starters
- Fastest RGBW bulbs
- Smart Wall plug expander?
- Ceiling Fan Controller with Z-Wave or Zigbee support made for Europe?
| Is it possible to rig up something like this? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 03:14 AM PST
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| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 04:59 PM PST Hey Everyone I thought I would share my Lovelace UI I made for my smart home. I made this thread for the home assistant reddit but since there's a lot of cross over with this reddit and not everyone is in both, I thought I would share it here too. I'm personally quite proud of it especially since I'm rubbish at code. If you've previously set up a tablet interface and can spot where I can improve, please let me know. Tablet running on Fully Kiosk Browser paid version so I can have it turn on with motion detection: Overview Screen Slight issue: Sometimes the Spotify custom card glitches up and I need to refresh the page, nothing major. Camera Card Internet Card Multimedia The only issues I have with this screen is the Xbox integration doesn't pick up the cover image if a game is being played on the Xbox, it only picks up Apps. Hopefully this will be resolved in the integration with a home assistant update. One thing I'd like to add is a tap action on the picture entities so it opens up the media browser like you can do on some of the media player cards. Not sure how to do that though. News Because I don't tend to turn the TV on to watch the national news at night, I figured a quick tab using a website card would work nicely. The issue I quickly ran into was how many news websites do not allow you to connect via a website card. This news site was the only one that allowed it and I decided to switch it to just the national news as the homepage looked a little funky with its layout on the card. Serves its purpose. Sensors This one is pretty short and sweet, It's a card showing the temperature and humidity statistics in more detail than on the overview screen. I'm using 3 Mi temp sensors which I got for $12 off aliexpress for the job along with a ESP32. Utilities Upon realizing that having a battery card would be very helpful to keep track of things, I decided to make a utilities screen. I was running out of things to add at this point so I decided to add my home assistant and RP4 statistics along with random sensors. The Fitbit integration which handles the sleep efficiency and resting heartrate doesn't work that well but I'm keeping them there for lack of a better option at this stage. Weather Mobile If you're curious about my mobile dashboard you can find it here: https://imgur.com/a/Pyj4Wlc I tried to make it simple but nice to look at. Unlike the tablet dashboard it includes a remote for my Xbox as sometimes I have my Xbox controller in the office for PC games and I just want to control the Xbox in the bedroom to watch some Netflix. I decided against adding a Fire TV remote to it for my Fire Cube as it would be hard to beat the Fire TVs official mobile app which is quite detailed. Let me know what you think, especially if you know how to resolve those small issues I'm looking to resolve throughout the post :) [link] [comments] | ||
| Alternative to Samsung / Contract Sensors Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:24 PM PST So it seems with the new ShartThings app, you cannot get text messages when a contact sensor is triggered (in Australia at least). Is there another system on the market that has contact sensors for doors that would trigger an SMS when a door is opened or closed? Thanks. [link] [comments] | ||
| Digital todo list on wall (larger than iPad) phone interface Posted: 08 Feb 2021 04:15 PM PST Can anyone recommend a product like this ? I want basically a screen that I can mount on a wall that basically shows a notepad that I can update via my phone .. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 09 Feb 2021 12:54 AM PST I'm curious if could track my dogs within the house. Since I have 1 wifi ap per floor, I think I could get their approximate location (floor) depending which AP a battery powered wifi client device might connect to. I'm wondering if say I could use a Bluetooth dog tag to further get direction/range from some sort of Bluetooth receiver, perhaps with a couple on each floor they could allow me approximately triangulate them a given floor. This is mainly for fun so just wondering "how precise" it might be able to be with say 2 or 3 Bluetooth receivers in the corners of each floor. Battery life on dog tag would have to be decent so I'm not changing batteries all the time. Each floor is roughly 30' x 40'. Thanks for any and all input! [link] [comments] | ||
| Best secure wireless setup for Home Automation Posted: 09 Feb 2021 12:44 AM PST I have a largish house (3 finished levels each about 1100 sq ft) with the electrical/ network closet in the bottom layer in one corner. I have three Ubiquiti WAP's running a single roaming network, with a miscellaneous set of hardwired cables running to spots with fixed devices (like TV, PC, game consoles, printer etc). To date everything this works well with all devices on a single broadcast SSID. I was planning on setting up an additional SSID, unbroadcast (hidden) that is dedicated to IOT devices, and if possible, use a DHCP server on the Ubiquity security gateway to assign dedicated IP's based on the iot devices' MAC address: in other words, I'd keep a dedicate list of IPs in a single spot (USG security device) rather than assigning statics onto each and every device, but they would all have essentially static IPs for web interfaces. I may also restrict access from this new hidden SSID to the internet , to minimize the amount of ISP bandwidth the devices can consume. Any downside to this technique? I was also thinking about 2 public SSIDs, one for family and one for guests, and perhaps dividing a single class C subnet across all three SSID's using DHCP but with a handful (20?) addresses for dedicated devices with full internet bandwidth where I expect to need that (laptop or TV or iPad) versus those devices that require no access to "the cloud" (like a printer). For small clusters of sensors that are physically proximate I've also thought about using old 10/100 access points (non ubiquiti) a small dedicate "branch wireless access point), again hidden SSID only and on the most uncovered part of the 5ghz channel range. At no part do I plan to run any sort of wireless bridge or "extender", all of the AP's will be hardwired to the main local wired network as a background. Any thought on this approach? Too complicated? Significant security loophole? I plan to leave decent documentation "for the next guy" as well as I have an advancing disease such that I know my wife will at some point need help with the networking, so my documentation will cover both basic "how to reset the home Networking" for my wife to "when to call our friend" who is a pro installer of Ubiquiti gear and I will leave him with the most detail levelled documentation. Thanks in advance and apologies if the is a duplicate, I didn't find anything much describing or critiquing this type of approach (especially using unbroadcasted AP SSID's. [link] [comments] | ||
| Converting a lamp to smart controls... but retaining switch at lamp? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 02:32 PM PST So obviously I can use a smart plug or smart bulb... but then the lamp can only be controlled via smart controls. Does anyone make a conversion socket that allows the ability to use smart controls, but also retains the ability to turn the lamp on and off at the lamp itself? It seems like this would be a no-brainer type of product... but my searching has turned nothing up. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 12:05 PM PST I have a Zigbee relay controlling the up and down of the blind. My device is rated at 0.7A with the Blind rated at 0.48A and apparently the blind has a start up current of 1.1A. Anyone used a device, like a contact relay, to protects a wireless relay from start up current? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 03:19 PM PST This morning, my hallway light entered the "death strobe" mode. It blinks off/on like a strobe light - if you are prone to seizures, this is probably to be avoided. I think this switch is about 4-5 years old now. This is at least my 6th failed GE/Jasco z-wave switch to fail. I am very disappointed with the lifespan of these switches - utter crap. It is now replaced by a Leviton switch. Ok, my rant mode is off. I just feel like I should share when a GE/Jasco switch dies. Seriously, shouldn't we be expecting more life from these? [link] [comments] | ||
| Can I use a RGBCCT controller with just a white CCT light strip? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 11:33 AM PST Hi all. I haven't done too much with light strips so am still learning. I have a cct led strip and need a zigbee controller. I see many RGBW and RGBCCT out there. Can I use a RGBCCT one with just a CCT strip? And if so, any special wiring required or will it be straight forward? Thanks. Alan [link] [comments] | ||
| Turning on an arcade cabinet with a coin Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:21 AM PST I'm trying to come up with a solution where I can connect my arcade cabinet to a smart plug and power it on by inserting a quarter into the coin door. The coin door has normally open contacts that close momentarily when a quarter is dropped in the slot. I have a smart plug and home assistant all ready to go, but what I need is a standalone battery-powered z-wave (preferably) or zigbee switch that would trigger an event when the contacts on the coin door close. Anyone know of a device that would work in that scenario? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 11:44 AM PST We are moving into a new office and want to set up a digital lock (but with key) at the knob. It is replacing a Schlage lock. Any recommendations? Preferably something that doesn't require Zigbee or Z-Wave as we are not planning to do a smart office right now. [link] [comments] | ||
| Early hands on Shelly Motion - WIFI PIR sensor with great battery life and custom motion settings Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:50 AM PST
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| Recommendation for Smart Thermostat Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:39 AM PST Looking for a smart thermostat for this unit. It is not for HVAC, just a convection heater. https://www.rona.ca/en/quiet-wall-convector-2000-w-240-v-200-sq-ft-white-30665004 I don't have zigbee or z-wave, at least yet, but you could add those as options cause I want to get a hub anyway. Would like to keep it under $100 Canadian. [link] [comments] | ||
| Very new to this but I have simple questions about what's best to use! Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:36 AM PST Hey all! I just got my new apartment, first time living alone so pretty excited. The functionality I want is really simple, I want to be able to control lights (phillips hue bulbs?), temperature (nest thermostat), and my tv (google chrome cast) Are the choices I listed out the easiest for this? I will be using google ecosystem! Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] | ||
| Have you documented your smart home? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 08:45 AM PST | ||
| Looking for a sensor that reports a gate's direction of travel as well as start/stop movements Posted: 08 Feb 2021 02:34 PM PST I'm not an electronics experts and can't really fiddle with my old electronic gate's internal board. So, I'm looking for some sort of sensor that I can screw/glue to the gate/rails and connect to my existing zigbee stack. Contact or magnetic sensors might not workout for me because the key thing that I need to monitor is the gate's direction of travel (opening/closing/left/right). The options that I have considered so far:
any suggestion is welcome [link] [comments] | ||
| Motion reactive addressable LED bars Posted: 08 Feb 2021 03:37 AM PST
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| Line Voltage Fan Coil Thermostat Replacement - MCOHome Experiences? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:27 AM PST I recently purchased an older condo with two pipe fan coil units for heating and cooling. The thermostats are fairly outdated, and I'm investigating replacement options that will integrate with Hubitat/Home Assistant. The fan coil units are valveless and essentially a heat exchanger coupled to a two speed fan. The thermostats themselves run on line voltage, which complicates replacement by a Nest, Ecobee, or similar smart unit. Some people have reported success using a Nest with the combination of a 24v transformer and relay, but the wiring can be complicated and is more complex than I'd like to take on myself. I'm curious if anyone has experience with these Z-Wave Thermostats from MCOhome? They seem to tick all the boxes:
but I'm wondering if there are any gotchas I've overlooked. [link] [comments] | ||
| Home Assistant - Great for starters Posted: 08 Feb 2021 12:32 PM PST
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| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 09:56 AM PST I'm in the market for RGBW light bulbs but all of the ones I've tested have a delay when turning on. When I say delay, I'm referring to time for the bulb to illuminate the bulb when flipping a dumb switch to turn on the light fixture. I have multiple bulbs in the fixture and all dumb LED bulbs turn on immediately but the smart bulbs have a short delay. It's very noticeable when used next to dumb bulbs. This is even after flashing to Tasmota and removing from the cloud. I've tried various wifi bulb (Lohas, Treatlife, LVWIT, Teckin, etc) bulbs and every one of them seems to have some sort of delay, some more significant than others. Is this expected for all smart bulbs? I don't see anyone talking or comparing this as a factor in the many comparison videos out there. Anyone have a good experience with delays? I'm currently looking at wifi because of price but open to zigbee as well if the delay isn't there. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 08 Feb 2021 07:49 AM PST Has anyone seen a smart version of this formfactor? https://electronics.woot.com/offers/maximm-multi-outlet-wall-adapter-2-pack-4 [link] [comments] | ||
| Ceiling Fan Controller with Z-Wave or Zigbee support made for Europe? Posted: 08 Feb 2021 07:44 AM PST
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