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So... hey. Moved to a new house .Guess what? Someone tried loving breaking in. So here I am again looking for some thoughts. I still got a single nest camera, the issue is I am not allowed to drill holes through the wall to bring the power plug inside the house. Any opinions on Blinx cameras? Something that can be completely wireless is what I'm looking for, and supposedly its battery will last a while.
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The indoor nest cameras are very nice. I’d plug the indoor or outdoor one in the house facing the door. Also I didn’t make a hole in the wall but put it through a window made a small slit on the sliding window so it wouldn’t pinch the power cord. I did it in such a way that later I could unbend it.
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Mar 26, 2018 21:56
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Leal posted:So... hey. Moved to a new house .Guess what? Someone tried loving breaking in. So here I am again looking for some thoughts. I still got a single nest camera, the issue is I am not allowed to drill holes through the wall to bring the power plug inside the house. Any opinions on Blinx cameras? Something that can be completely wireless is what I'm looking for, and supposedly its battery will last a while. I've used the Canary Flex and the Arlo wireless, both of which will run a long time off their batteries. They're both about equal, you'd just have to look at their features and see which one has the specific features you want the most.
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Mar 26, 2018 22:17
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Leal posted:So... hey. Moved to a new house .Guess what? Someone tried loving breaking in. So here I am again looking for some thoughts. I still got a single nest camera, the issue is I am not allowed to drill holes through the wall to bring the power plug inside the house. Any opinions on Blinx cameras? Something that can be completely wireless is what I'm looking for, and supposedly its battery will last a while. Battery life tends to be one to two months depending on how much motion you're seeing. Image quality isn't great but for the wireless battery cameras you aren't going to get a great image.
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Mar 26, 2018 22:18
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Thermopyle posted:I've used the Canary Flex and the Arlo wireless, both of which will run a long time off their batteries. My brother (for a change) did buy a few cameras, and they are the arlo ones. I'll look into those ones. I do see a lot of battery complaints though, legit complaint or user error?
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Mar 26, 2018 22:59
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I never had any particular problem with the batteries. I mean, I hated that they'd run down, but I never felt it was worse than could be expected. How fast they'll run down depends in how often they're turned on by motion, so people are going to get wildly different run times.
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Mar 26, 2018 23:26
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Erwin posted:Edit: Oh that's the complete opposite of what you asked for because you have to install Influxdb. And yet I’m tempted. Hmm.
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Mar 27, 2018 00:54
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So.. Arlo camera question How do I make it stop doing this, and please don't answer with a hyperlink to the get into contact page like every google search has done.
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Mar 29, 2018 21:34
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Step 1, relocate back to Earth from Mars.
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Mar 29, 2018 23:03
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Leal posted:So.. Arlo camera question Seems like the IR-CUT filter isn't working. Some folks have given the camera a some light smacks to get the filter to move, but it may not be a permanent solution. It probably needs to be replaced by the manufacturer unless you really want to get into it and source some replacement parts: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Netgear+Arlo+Lens+Assembly+Replacement/103265
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Mar 29, 2018 23:17
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If it's pink all of the time then the sensor is shot. If it's pink during the day and black and white at night then the IR cut filter is shot. If it's a little bit of particulate in the way then a wack can dislocate it. But if the motor is shot then just replace it.
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I swapped it with another one then brought it inside in a dark room, it turned on its night vision then when I turned the light back on it had color just fine. I hope this isn't going to be a constant issue.... E: Oh hey the second camera is doing it took. For some reason both cameras we tried in the backyard have done this, meanwhile the camera in the front yard has no issue Leal fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Mar 30, 2018 01:21
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Leal posted:I swapped it with another one then brought it inside in a dark room, it turned on its night vision then when I turned the light back on it had color just fine. I hope this isn't going to be a constant issue.... The cut filter failing can be issues with the motor that moves the filter, loose connections for the wires that turn the motor on, particulate matter getting stuck inside where it makes a beeline for the grease on the axles that move the filter or thermal expansion issues. Basically none of these are worth trying to fix on an Arlo or anything cheaper then some of the very high end PTZs. Contact Netgear support and get them to RMA them.
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I'm happy to report that the new iOS updated fixed my sync HomeKit problems. Are there any advanced routine programming tools for HomeKit lights (hue lights + sensors)? I want to set up something along the lines of: Starting at x o'clock set all lights that are currently on to gradually dim down and smoothly shift them away from their last set scene to the same color spectrum. Turning on a new lamp - regardless of methods used (dimmer, Siri or sensor) in any room during this time should also activate it in a matching state of color and light level. Manual overrides should also sync back to this main routine after the room/lamp gets turned off.
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I'm having a tough time searching for a window AC unit (~10,000 BTU) that's compatible with my SmartThings setup. Basically it just needs to restore prior settings whenever the power goes back on, since it'll be plugged into a zwave outlet. Unsurprisingly, this feature isn't advertised on AC units because it doesn't matter to 99% of people. Anyone have any tips? smoobles fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Mar 31, 2018 |
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Mar 31, 2018 23:55
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smoobles posted:I'm having a tough time searching for a window AC unit (~10,000 BTU) that's compatible with my SmartThings setup. GE AEM12AX posted:Power Outage Recovery Feature AJCQ08ACG has terminals for a 24v thermostat, but it is much more expensive. CopperHound fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Apr 1, 2018 |
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Apr 1, 2018 01:34
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Make sure the zwave outlet can take the amperage of an AC unit, last I heard they really weren’t meant for high load appliances.
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Make sure the zwave outlet can take the amperage of an AC unit, last I heard they really weren’t meant for high load appliances. Mine (Aeotec) is good up to 15W, and they have others that are fine for 240V appliances.
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The iHome outlets I have specifically mention being usable for AC units, which is what I got them for.
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Cool, guess I’m just not up to date. Haven’t really looked at smart plugs in a while, but guess I should again.
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smoobles posted:I'm having a tough time searching for a window AC unit (~10,000 BTU) that's compatible with my SmartThings setup. I think you just need a unit that either has auto-resume, like posted above, or a unit with manual controls, something like: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frigida...211R1/206734517
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So, I just finished installing a Rheem heat pump water heater with EcoNet. Expensive for a water heater ($1200 vs $500 for a conventional), but supposedly I'm going to save $400+ a year in energy savings. Anyway, it's got an app for setting water temperature and changing between energy saving modes. It's OK. I wouldn't have paid extra for it, but its kinda neat and homeassistant supports it so I could set it up to change modes based on where I am or the temperature outside or whether it's a full moon. This brings me to my next item: I've finally got around to really digging in with Home Assistant and man it's pretty cool! I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi via hass.io. I've linked it up to smartthings and basically just use the smartthings as a bridge to zwave and zigbee devices and do all my automation in home assistant. "homeassistant", "home assistant", "Home Assistant"? gently caress if I know. This thing.
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Thermopyle posted:So, I just finished installing a Rheem heat pump water heater with EcoNet. Expensive for a water heater ($1200 vs $500 for a conventional), but supposedly I'm going to save $400+ a year in energy savings. I call it HASS now and use the Hassio containerized version on a r-pi3. I love it. It's on-premise so I can secure it. It has tremendous device support, but has a massive learning curve to be able to configure and automate the way you want. If you are semi-technical and willing to spend many hours you will become proficient. But if you want something where you do everything in a web interface and it mostly works the first time, it's not something I would recommend. I am in the process of setting up lights in several rooms to activate when someone enters and turn off after inactivity. It's going to take some time to find the right sensors and have them professionally installed. The programming on HASS should take part of a Saturday. I imagine the community of script examples will grow very rapidly so you can borrow and tweak rather than have to create from scratch. The sun and moon sensors are one of my favorites. On the more ridiculous end there is a coinbase sensor that can be used to trigger automations.
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Has anyone tried both OpenHAB and HASS that could speak to the differences? I’ve been purely OpenHAB for the last year and with three different deployments I’m pretty comfortable with it, but I am curious about how well a purely python solution works for this kind of thing.
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Whichever is better, home assistant being python will have no bearing on the outcome.
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ickna posted:Has anyone tried both OpenHAB and HASS that could speak to the differences? I’ve been purely OpenHAB for the last year and with three different deployments I’m pretty comfortable with it, but I am curious about how well a purely python solution works for this kind of thing. Well OpenHAB is JavaScript, so it's not like it's got any advantage over Python there. Personally Python is a selling point for me just because I'm very comfortable with the language if I want/need to do some hacking around, but it shouldn't be a factor from an end user perspective.
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Thermopyle posted:This brings me to my next item: I've finally got around to really digging in with Home Assistant and man it's pretty cool! I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi via hass.io. I've linked it up to smartthings and basically just use the smartthings as a bridge to zwave and zigbee devices and do all my automation in home assistant.
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Yeah, this got my attention. Which system exposes devices to, e.g., an Echo?
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Hubis posted:Well OpenHAB is JavaScript, so it's not like it's got any advantage over Python there. Personally Python is a selling point for me just because I'm very comfortable with the language if I want/need to do some hacking around, but it shouldn't be a factor from an end user perspective. As far as I know OpenHab is written in Java, but the language doesn’t really have any bearing on usability or extensibility. You shouldn’t have to hack in the core application at all. They both have extensible APIs for adding device and service support.
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Subjunctive posted:Yeah, this got my attention. Which system exposes devices to, e.g., an Echo? Home Assistant can expose basically any item to Echo utilizing its built in Hue Emulator. Basically it fakes being a Philips Hue Bridge. Via this route however you can only turn on/off or set things to a percentage. But if that's all you want to do, then it works fantastically.
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stevewm posted:Home Assistant can expose basically any item to Echo utilizing its built in Hue Emulator. Basically it fakes being a Philips Hue Bridge. Via this route however you can only turn on/off or set things to a percentage. But if that's all you want to do, then it works fantastically. They've upgraded the Alexa support; it isn't done via Hue emulation anymore, there's a native Alexa skill. You can either set it up yourself (which is free, but requires more config/you to do an Amazon dev account/exposing your HASS instance to the internet) or pay for them to run the Alexa endpoint for you, in which case HASS autoconfigures a bunch of stuff for you and they run everything. Hue emulation still exists, I think, but is disfavored since it breaks more easily and everything looks like a light bulb.
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Home Assistant also works with Google Assistant (aka, Google Homes, or Android, or the app on ios) and you can basically configure it to do anything...you don't even have to go "talk to home assistant" or whatever.
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Thermopyle posted:Home Assistant also works with Google Assistant (aka, Google Homes, or Android, or the app on ios) and you can basically configure it to do anything...you don't even have to go "talk to home assistant" or whatever. Yeah, not having to prefix everything would be really nice. 
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I really like Home Assistant and have spent a lot of time setting up my install/config. It does a great job bringing together a bunch of different smart devices so they can all work with each other. Definitely some headaches and long Saturdays spent troubleshooting but personally I enjoy it. Like people have said, the learning curve can be somewhat steep, but I think that HASS.io is meant to be more approachable for beginners or less technically inclined people.Erwin posted:Whoa, I didn't even consider this combination being a thing. I have SmartThings and it's annoying as hell to cobble automations together in the app. I'd much rather write some python. If you want to write automations in pure python, you'll want to check out Appdaemon which runs alongside a Home Assistant install. I have all of this stuff in docker containers and setup is pretty easy. I just recently set up something that syncs my wakeup (lights, thermostat, humidifier) routine to whatever time I set my Google Home alarm.
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Thermopyle posted:Home Assistant also works with Google Assistant (aka, Google Homes, or Android, or the app on ios) and you can basically configure it to do anything...you don't even have to go "talk to home assistant" or whatever. This still requires some config (and exposing your instance to the cloud), though they're working on getting Google approval for a Home 'skill' or whatever that would work the same as the Alexa skill (easier config, no need to expose a port to the internet.) They're also finishing up HomeKit integration so that you can use Siri to control things, if you are on the Apple side of things. (There's an existing addon, Homebridge, that does this as well.) Basically everything will be supported within a release or two - right now it's a subset (lights, covers, climate, some sensors, maybe some other stuff.) But yeah basically HASS is good, and if you're semi-competent with computers you can make it do lots of fun tricks.
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Kalman posted:This still requires some config (and exposing your instance to the cloud), though they're working on getting Google approval for a Home 'skill' or whatever that would work the same as the Alexa skill (easier config, no need to expose a port to the internet.) Well, this is pleasing news. If I ever buy a home, it would be nice to have Nests as an out-of-box option.
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I just got a WyzeCam V2 because I'm a cheap butthead who saw the web price and features and grabbed one up at $20 straight from the company. There's other features and stuff you can get from their website: https://www.wyzecam.com I'm only mentioning the stuff relevant to my interests: Pros: PRICE! - $20 for 1080P! Has infrared emitters (four 850 nm infrared LEDs) and night vision mode Has microphone and speaker so you can say hello to your cats while they look around confused that they can't see your body Has microSD slot so you can record locally Camera can be shared with anyone you send an invite to (but they have to sign up with Wyze for an account) iOS and Android client viewing apps magnet is in base of camera, they supply plain metal plate you can tape or glue to things Stand is surprisingly adjustable They seem to be constantly updating the firmware every few weeks, updates done via the app Cons: Camera only shares via WiFi and direct connection to Wyze's servers over Internet Doesn't work on 5 GHz WiFi networks, you need either a dual band router or 2.4 GHz no direct connect to USB port to use like a standard camera (USB only used for power, supposedly) no direct connect application, video shared only via their server Built in speaker kinda hissy Lots of feedback during some voice attempts no screw mount included USB port is for power only no client apps for macOS or Windows, not even a browser based app If you have any questions I'll try to answer them best I can. Overall it's pretty drat good for only  and if you can trust WyzeCam with your video it's pretty secure.
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Apr 14, 2018 18:23
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Can a WiFi indoor security system be hacked and people view my hidden sexual escapades without my knowledge?
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Of course!
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As soon as you turn it on, someone, somewhere is watching you and pleasuring themselves.
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