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Hubis posted:Is there any good way to add multiple e-mail addresses to the 'notification' list for Nest? It's linked to my Google account, which is fine, but it would be really nice if my wife could get notifications as well (at least for "emergency" events like smoke/CO alarms) Use a unique + address and setup a gmail forwarding rule.
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Warbird posted:Anyone know what the trigger range on the stock Hue app is? These words make very little sense. Are you just asking how far away you can be? If so, it's just about being on the same network, so wi-fi range from your AP.
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Work with your cable co. to bury or mask your line, and then put a false line in plain sight.
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IoT security: a separate vlan for every lightbulb
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deong posted:god drat it; why the gently caress not?
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stevewm posted:HomeAssistant is also an option. You just need an Aeotec ZStick.. Home Assistant can run natively on a Raspberry Pi. However it doesn't currently have a GUI configuration. It has to be done via text files. But it is not that complicated and they have very good documentation on their website. I would caution that HomeAssistant basic setup is fairly easy, but it is by no means easy to troubleshoot or setup automation scenes and sequences. Definitely not impossible for non-coders but it's not entirely straightforward and can be time consuming.
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Apr 22, 2017 18:40
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The thing that kills me about Home + Chromecast is that if I start playing one thing on a group including a Home, and then on my phone or laptop I change albums or something the Home drops out while the Chromecasts continue playing whatever my Spotify account is pumping out.
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HASS is for hackers and developers, and yaml is a widely accepted developer standard. They may work to abstract that over the next year, but that's just how they're choosing to build a community. They want contributors more than users.
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Zero VGS posted:My old-rear end house has a poo poo-ton of ceiling light fixtures with pull-strings, and no wall switches. Those switches are pretty cool, and they come off the plate so you can have a handheld remote control (or lose it). I have some of their bulbs in a fixture that was never connected to a wall switch (former ceiling fan) and they're great with that switch and voice control through Alexa -> Hue. General consensus is it's better to have smart switches than bulbs, but as you've noted when you don't have a switch in the first place the bulbs are pretty good.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:So I've gotten some Alexa devices and generally enjoying them, but had an interesting interaction when running into the lights with similar names to rooms problem with Hue: It would be a lot more weird if Alexa claimed to find god.
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Feb 19, 2018 09:52
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Echo, set lights in bedroom to dim red. 
A few things share that name. Which one did you mean?
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I am here for peak laziness. But also scenes. And in the case of blinds you could use for temperature control in some spots. In the bedroom you could have them open with your alarm. My wife likes to always close some of our blinds when we leave the house, so that could be automated (since I forget so frequently). But mostly for peak laziness, and so I have one extra thing to unplug when the robots take over.
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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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What is the best device to do presence detection for individual rooms, such that I can walk into a room and have the lights come on in < 0.5 seconds? Home Assistant is my hub, with a mix of Hue and Z-wave devices, as well as assorted lights and switches.
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stevewm posted:It works... But certain things can be slow. Like retrieving data for graphs, restarting home assistant, and some add-ons. How many of those need to be on the main HASS rpi?
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Piggy Smalls posted:Which system is the beat for home automation? Capitalism + domestic labor IMO
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Finally got the wyze motion sensor going in Home Assistant without the camera and the responsiveness is great. Easily sub half-second to detect and turn on a light. As long as you don't have to place it such that your first step into a room is perilous, these will do nicely. So far the biggest caveat I'm seeing is they won't trigger again within 40 seconds, but that's generally good enough for things like lights/scenes. They're also supposed to get great battery life.
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