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[Home Automation] How you can turn your house into a flowbee!
Phasen
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After buying my first home this year, I wanted to get deep into the rabbit hole of home automation. There are many different zigbees, z-waves, and gross old fashion wifi setups going around. I decided on the Smartthings ecosystem because it seemed pretty robust. Tested did a video on this and it tipped me over the edge to buy some of this stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzfFytHyof4
So I bought this kit.
Initially I wanted some halfway security system that I could manage myself without the monthly fees.
So great! now I have a system I can monitor presence through our phones and monitor the doors while we are gone. Just in case someone breaks in we at least know about it and call the cops, but I wanted more automation and less just security detail.
So I bought these bulbs.
Now my front door lights turn on at dark and turn on when I get close to home at night. When I open the door in the morning and it is still dark out my porch lights turn on. I'm trying to work out a solution for indoor lighting but so far it's mostly ham fisted. I also bought a nest and its pretty but kinda sad it doesnt directly interface with the smartthings.
That's just my little fore into home automation. I'd like to get roomba for the hardwoods downstairs and things like an auto mower but I have heard very mixed things about them. SE++ how much money have you spent or want to spend making your home a huge gadget?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzfFytHyof4So I bought this kit.
Initially I wanted some halfway security system that I could manage myself without the monthly fees.
So great! now I have a system I can monitor presence through our phones and monitor the doors while we are gone. Just in case someone breaks in we at least know about it and call the cops, but I wanted more automation and less just security detail.
So I bought these bulbs.
Now my front door lights turn on at dark and turn on when I get close to home at night. When I open the door in the morning and it is still dark out my porch lights turn on. I'm trying to work out a solution for indoor lighting but so far it's mostly ham fisted. I also bought a nest and its pretty but kinda sad it doesnt directly interface with the smartthings.
That's just my little fore into home automation. I'd like to get roomba for the hardwoods downstairs and things like an auto mower but I have heard very mixed things about them. SE++ how much money have you spent or want to spend making your home a huge gadget?
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One of my colleagues has wired his entire house. He's an embedded engineer so he built his own comms /interface boards and put most of the infrastructure in the wall cavities. But I don't actually know what he's done in any detail. I know there are LED lighting paths everywhere which are controlled by IR detectors. I should ask.
If I had a bit more technical know how I would love to do things like that but I need more experience with that sort of thing. Would love to hear about a homebrew home though! Sounds cool.