We recently installed smart lighting, and it's actually rather good!
We have it set up so that all the lights turn off when we leave the house.
We've got motion sensors in the upstairs and downstairs hall that turn on the hallway lights when movement is detected once the ambient light level drops beyond a certain point.
The upstairs light turns on when our doorbell detects movement on our driveway, and the downstairs light turns on 5 seconds after the doorbell is pressed.
The living room lights automatically dim when we begin watching a film, and brighten once the film ends.
A great deal of it is just for showing off, but it's definitely a QoL improvement.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 18:25, Share, Reply)
What happens when your WiFi router craps itself?
Something mine does on a monthly basis.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:35,
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No idea, I've got a rather snazzy third party router which has been hugely reliable for the past three or so years.
I'd assume they do the same thing as they do after a power outage, default to their most recent 'on' state. They're all controlled by a central local hub, so we avoid all the nonsense featured in the video.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 23:17, Share, Reply)
Nice
What system are you using so I can shamelessly copy you?
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 10:56, Share, Reply)
Philips Hue for the lighting.
Ring Doorbell, Samsung motion sensors and a Samsung Smartthings hub to make everything play nicely together. It's a bit of a faff getting everything set up but once you figure out what should be controlling what it's all relatively simple.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 0:24, Share, Reply)