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I'm interested in locks and blinds/window-stuff. Lock desiderata in descending order of wantedness:
Blinds I dunno, I'm not sure what my options are. There are kits that attach to existing blinds, and others that are integrated. And then there's the smart-film stuff that I can't find reliable reviews of. (Is the CNet Smart Home stuff good?)
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sellouts posted:The dining room light is a dumb regular switch (no neutral wire) that's always on to provide power to the color changing smart bulb. Do you use the color-changing part much? It always seemed like a gimmick to me, and not something I would want to do other than maybe adjusting colour temperature.
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Aug 12, 2016 13:51
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No, you'd need something that wired into the fan. There is at least one fan out there that can be controlled that way, but IIRC it is $$$.
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Nov 28, 2016 18:20
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McPhearson posted:if you have any 3-way switches (where there are 2 or more switches controlling the same light) you're going to need a special add-on switch for the non-smart side What special thing is that, exactly? What if I put smart switches on both sides?
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Nov 30, 2016 19:59
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McPhearson posted:Here's the link for the add-on switch: https://www.amazon.com/GE-Wireless-Lighting-Control-12722/dp/B00RKJS8MQ?th=1 This is exactly what I needed to know, thank you. I went with the Homeseer variant to match my dimmers.
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Dec 1, 2016 12:00
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My Harmony hub sits directly on top of my ATV4, to no ill effect.
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Dec 11, 2016 03:59
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Anyone know of smart switches in this form factor?
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Dec 13, 2016 18:49
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sellouts posted:It kind of sucks that you have to explain anything vs having a button on the wall labeled appropriately. I have to confess that I don't label my light switches. I do have smart switches though, so there are still options for those trapped in the prison of the physical. Can one get a wireless z-wave/whatever switch that triggers a smartbulb? Scrapez posted:Also, is it possible to control the DirecTV box via RF or does the Harmony Hub not do RF? I would like to keep it in RF mode so I can control it with a DirecTV remote on patio our in another room. Harmony uses IR to control DirecTV from what I can tell. DirecTV receivers apparently support wifi control, so that might change in the future?
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Dec 23, 2016 12:57
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The hub can also talk to devices via wifi and Bluetooth. I use wifi for my TV, and Bluetooth for my PS4.
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Dec 23, 2016 15:57
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Scrapez posted:If I put in some smart switches to control canned lighting, do I also need a smart hub of some kind to control them with phone/Alexa? I went with Samsung, given similar impressions of the Harmony stuff, but haven't set it up yet.
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Dec 24, 2016 18:33
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OSU_Matthew posted:Only design thing I dislike is changing batteries, the retaining clip is a bitch to release--definitely could be a lot better. But I discovered that nail clipper handles, of all loving things, works amazingly to pop out the batteries. Thankfully that's a once a year task. Only design thing I dislike is that it's not wifi!
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Dec 24, 2016 21:37
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legooolas posted:It does both. The keyfob presence sensor is ZigBee but a bunch of the other sensors are z-wave and it can use standard z-wave things from other manufacturers too, I believe. Yeah, all my switches and such are z-wave.
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Dec 25, 2016 02:36
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Hed posted:That was kind of my point. I get that smart switches are great because physical controls are infinitely better than pulling out a smartphone but I would still like some way to signal to my bulb what color to be. The only "solutions" I've seen are the hue Tap, which I don't consider acceptable for a real setup. So really it sounds like there's no good way to have physical controls with presets for color or whatever and a colorized light bulb. My zwave switches support double/triple tap, and I'm going to try to hook it up so that double tap on on/off paddles cycle through colour presets on the relevant light(s). I'll report back if I get it working.
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Dec 31, 2016 17:17
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CopperHound posted:I also would like someone to tell me what switches to buy. Most importantly I want it to function just fine as a light switch without a hub. And I *think* I want z wave for dicking around with smart hubs. I bought Homeseer, they work well so far (switch, dimmer, companion) and have rockers. Z-wave+ and were simple to get connected to my SmartThings hub, but worked as switches before that and when my hub goes off the network.
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Jan 2, 2017 23:59
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Now I get to learn how to work with the neutral and ground that aren't wired to my dumb switches, in order to install the smart ones. They're both in the box, so I'm sure I can figure it out. Right?
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Jan 6, 2017 01:01
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HEY NONG MAN posted:I ran into this exact situation just now trying to install a smart dimmer in my skylight. They're crammed back there and when I went to pull them out, the entire box came loose and pulled out of the wall and the drywall cracked on all sides. I'm gonna need more wine.
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Jan 6, 2017 03:19
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There are toggle switches that are close, but I don't know of any that use a traditional throw. https://www.amazon.ca/GE-12727-Wireless-Lighting-Control/dp/B00PYMGOHM
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Jan 7, 2017 18:56
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Yeah, just like it's part of a 3-way setup.
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Jan 7, 2017 23:38
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My experience was that it didn't work with my thick door. 
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Jan 12, 2017 04:27
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Are there ways to get external monitoring of a DIY/custom sort of setup? My insurance is offering some goodness, but I'd rather not have some generic thing that I can't control from my phone, like I were a peasant or something.
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Jan 16, 2017 17:44
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housefly posted:I pay $20/month for scout to monitor my smartthings setup. Works great! Thanks, I'll look into that!
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Jan 16, 2017 23:29
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housefly posted:I pay $20/month for scout to monitor my smartthings setup. Works great! What cameras do you use?
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Jan 17, 2017 23:02
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Has anyone used one of those Z-Wave USB sticks or similar to implement a slave device? I want to add voice control for my fireplace, but it's hard to find examples of doing things other than being a hub/controller.
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Jan 20, 2017 13:43
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aarstar posted:Hey, I could use a bit of advice. I did a little research on this topic but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. Are there good power outlets that can be controlled by both HomeKit and Alexa? I'm using Hues light bulbs at the moment and really like the integration with these 2 systems. Do you mean smart outlets that replace the ones in the wall, or smart plugs that go between your load and the existing outlet?
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Jan 21, 2017 17:43
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gschmidl posted:As for future-proofing, the Hue bridge works without an internet connection/cloud/whatever, which is a huge plus in my books, and if someone just uses the normal light switch, the bulbs behave like you'd expect them to. SmartThings drives Hue and Z-wave and Zigbee without internet access, fwiw.
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Jan 27, 2017 19:15
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azurite posted:How does this work exactly? I've never pulled the Ethernet cable to try, but when SmartThings had an outage one evening, I lost control of everything. Those use local wireless protocols (at least Z*). The app might not work, I guess (the ST hub weirdly doesn't have wifi), but things like timers and scenes triggered from z-wave devices seem to work when the internet is down.
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Jan 27, 2017 21:07
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hotsauce posted:I have a Smarthings hub and want to control my front porch lights remotely. Is this something that would fit my needs? Yeah, that should work fine.
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Feb 2, 2017 20:21
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What does Z-wave licensing cost?
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Feb 3, 2017 04:28
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Kevo links with Nest but not any voice controls. Not sure I'd want voice controlled locks. I want to be able to lock and query status with voice, but not unlock I think.
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Feb 8, 2017 23:14
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3-way switches work fine. I have 3 3-way and 1 4-way right now with the HomeSeer Z-wave ones, no problems at all.
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Feb 10, 2017 13:31
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emocrat posted:Just looked at these cause of your post, looks like a good system. So you use 1 spot in the 3 way for a smart switch and then the cheaper add on ones int he others? Are you using one of the Homeseer Hubs? How do you like them? That's what I do, yeah. I use a SmartThings hub, which I would give a 7/10.
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Feb 10, 2017 19:57
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If power outages are common enough that such behavior is a major issue, I feel bad for you.
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Feb 10, 2017 23:17
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Paddle supremacy forever.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:EDIT: Actually can't you set your zwave system to turn off an outlet if it senses the room is empty via a motion sensor? I have one of them, maybe I can do some combination of triggers so if it sees no one is home it turns it all off. Yeah. Is there any way with SmartThings/Echo to have a scene that can be turned off? I have a SmartThings Automation called "Eating Lights" that sets two fixtures to the levels I prefer for dining. "Echo, turn on Eating Lights" works, but "turn off Eating Lights" doesn't. I could create a second Automation, but saying "turn on Eating Lights Off" feels dumb. Do I need some custom code through the ST API?
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Feb 15, 2017 23:56
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I assume that what you want in turning off a scene is the lights go back to whatever state they were in before you turned the scene on? As far as I can tell in briefly scanning dev docs, the Alexa system doesn't have any concept of "previous state" when it comes to lights. No, I want them to turn off. Previous state would definitely require code.
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Feb 16, 2017 00:11
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Right, but I want them to come on to a specific level. That's the part that requires the Automation, and screws things up.
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Feb 16, 2017 00:20
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Sorry I don't follow, but all I have are hue lights and a Dot. Yeah, I want to use the same name, because I will have a bunch of these scenes and teaching people both will be annoying. evilweasel posted:Are these dimmers or color bulbs? Alexa: Kitchen Lights 50% works fine for me with dimmers. They're dimmers. Unfortunately I don't want the two lights at the same %age.
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Feb 16, 2017 00:47
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I'd be surprised if my ducting was installed to such exacting standards that I could build up much backpressure.
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Feb 16, 2017 21:26
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:That's not touchless, though. In particular, I know from experience the Prius mentioned in that article requires you to touch the inside of the door handle before it unlocks. When I walk up to my car the door handles come out and it unlocks, I just pull the handle to enter. It locks when I walk away.
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I guess SmartThings depends on S3.
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