Smart Home Project Ideas!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Smart Home Project Ideas!
Today I'm going to show you a number of smart home ideas for your smart home! I love that I've been able to collect this list of smart home projects that you can watch and undertake if you're designing your #smart #home. There's a ton of home automation #ideas for automaters, just like you.
The first project is an incredible garden box project from Nik Muller in Australia (and here's an amazing Facebook group for those of you from Australia) - / googlehomeaustralia
The next project is my V3 SmartThings Hub replacement of my V2 SmartThings Hub. Here's an affiliate link to that hub if you want to get your own: geni.us/cpZCiBf (Amazon)
Next up is Chris at HomeKitGeek @Chris Young and his CZcams channel. Go check him out here: / @homekitgeek
Larry has made his own amazing IoT device! It's an air quality sensor with temperature and air quality, and you can check it out here: community.auto...
We were lucky to have @Tech With Brett on the channel. He has an absolutely amazing channel, but he's been automating a new smart home office! Check out his channel here for great content about the smart home and the best smart phones: / @techwithbrett
My second project is an Ebook! Our Amazon Alexa vs Google Assistant vs Apple Siri Ebook is live and available in almost every country. Here's a link to our page: automatelife.n...
Peter has done a great job with his DIY table and his included Philips Hue light strip. Check out the details for his table here: community.auto...
Matvei has done an amazing job showcasing how to create a smartapp yourself within Samsung SmartThings. Here's a link to the first video in his 5 part series that shows you exactly how to do this: • Video
My Samsung SmartThings Vision will show up in my upcoming smart home kitchen tour! It's an amazing device and you get your first look at it here.
Pete Walker's fantastic project is really a smart usage of a smart plug and a SwitchBot Meter and Hub in order to dehumidify his basement. He also has a great Homeseer light sensor pointed right at a light that tells him his dehumifier is full of water. Follow Pete Walker on Twitter here: / vpetewalker
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Brian
Excellent video Brian! if > 50% -> turn on TP-Link switch, if < 40% turn off. Homeseer HS-FS100-L (which I have powered via A/C, not battery) pointed to the light sensor. It detects when full, and sends me a notification via SmartThings. This was a bit tricky, since you must use its "button" via Webcore. It can detect blinking, which is what my dehumidifier shows when full. We get the notification, and run down and empty. Especially helpful if you have multiple units like we do. This also controls your electric bill a bit better than having them either 1) Run at maximum 24/7 (mine consumes over 600w!) or 2) Trust the humidity sensor in the dehumidifier, which I've found is almost always incorrect compared to the humidity sensors I have separately.
I can't tell you how happy this makes my wife, since before she'd go down to the basement to do laundry and always complain about it being musty... or if the dehumidifiers would run, we wouldn't know they were full, and we'd forget to empty them... or go downstairs and they weren't full, but we'd empty them anyway. Just wasn't a great situation. Now, as I told Brian, as my wife saw how beneficial that project was, she is happy to entertain other ones. We have a very basic setup, but she loves that we have smart switches/plugs!
I hope this helps someone out there. Have a great day and enjoy!
Thank you Pete!
Love it!
So many awesome ideas! Thanks for the help Brian.
No, thank you Brett!!!!
Glad to see that you will be doing more with Hubitat!
A ton more Murray. I've been working with Alan on his installation a bit around his home so I've had lots, but I wanted to live with it a bit more myself. Maybe I can provide you a bit more value too!
@@AutomateYourLife I have recently, unintentionally, ended up going full Hubitat from SmartThings. I've been able to do some insane things as a result. The Rule Engine is just insanely powerful. For example, I have my front porch lights set to come on a little after sunset, and shut off at midnight. No big deal, you can do that with SmartThings no problem! But, the fun part is what happens when somebody comes along during that time and flips the light switch...
I can have it shut off the light for one minute (or any other set period of time) and then come back on. Or, I have have a series of flips of the switch (L, R, L, R,U,D,U,D,B,A, Select , Start) to do any number of things with the lights, and then return to the on position until midnight, or shut off all together. Add to that, simultaneous speaker announcements and it gets fun.
My kids room, if they turn on the light after bedtime, it will stay on for 3 minutes, and their Google Mini will tell them that it will shut off in 3 minutes.
My Ikea blinds work locally, without the Ikea hub. And the nuanced stuff that Hubitat allows me to do there is crazy.
All of that without having to use WebCore! (But Hubitat supports that too so you can easily port your pistons)
The ONLY thing I have found that I don't like about Hubitat so far is how it handles fans. There is a work around, but I don't like it. I also don't like how it passes it's scenes to Google Home as switches. I ended up making a room in Google Home called Hubitat for all those scense to go into.
Anyways, I think you'll enjoy it more and more as it's unhinged power starts challenging your creativity. I can't wait to see what you end up with!
I love this! I just did my first video on this new channel called " nightwalk" the idea is to never have to think about lighting again. "Day walk " is next. And that's just opening the 9 blinds and shades I have
9 is a lot. I'm interested to hear more next time!
My dad has an incredible smart home which is beyond the basic level of smart bulbs. using a fibaro system his whole house is wired up with lights on PR sensors, individual radiator control in every room etc. I could see if he would be interested in providing a tour of his home. Once he retires from his day to day job I believe he would like to start to help out others who want to create the same system in their home.
Very cool! That would be great!
Some great ideas there Brian.
Thanks for showing my project to help inspire others. We're very happy with the end results.
You must be happy with it Nick! Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Wow why did you not think of this in the past.....nice to see what is out there....great stuff....
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nicely done
Thank you! Cheers!
I'm definitely down to show what I have been working on. Over 50 devices in my Home, Autolocking doors, automated lights, turned my Washer and Dryer Smart by using Webcore Pistons to send notifications when the washer or dryer is finished. Waiting for humidifier sensor to come but the goal is to make it so the exhaust fan in the bathroom auto turns on and off based off Humidity. I dont have a home automation channel but a gaming channel called Hybrid Mongoose with 5k subs, been working in IT for 10 years and I am far from done in my home. Definitely like to share :)
Very cool! I'd love to set up a home tour with you Hybrid Mongoose! Can you email us at info at automatelife . net???
@@AutomateYourLife I will definitely email you 😀
@@AutomateYourLife email sent 👍
Received! Thanks Mongoose :)
Doing the same with my washer and dryer webcore piston community.automatelife.net/topic/340-washing-machine-dryer-notification-updated-9-25-2019/ and using my air quality, humidity and temp sensor i built (made 3 of them so far) to turn my fan in the master bathroom on/off as well. Might check out my webcore pistion at community.automatelife.net/forum/24-scripting-talk/ to. Looking good :)
If you really start to integrate Hubitat more into your system, I would highly recommend the community created app called Hubconnect. It essentially links Hubitat with smarthings, allowing you to run your automations in either device, and giving them access to devices they otherwise might not have access to. (Mostly giving Hubitat access to the SmartThings devices in order to automate in Hubitat)
Yeah! You're the second to mention it and it's definitely on my radar. Thank you Chris! I didn't know the name.
Lot's of really good idea's here. If anyone has any questions about my device (Air Quality,Temp, and Humility sensor), then please respond to this comment, or go to the board link. Also as an update have integrated this through thingspeak and webcore with smartthings so can turn my air purifier and humidifier on/off based on the readings from the sensor.
Yeah I saw that upgrade!! That's a really great addition there too Larry. Thanks so much for sharing with us, so many times!
Hi Brian, What are the main reasons you upgraded to Smartthings V-3 from V-2? I haven't really seen enough differences to go through the transition of unpairing and pairing again. What makes it worth all the work?
It...doesn't make it worth all the work! That's the point of the upcoming content. :)
Ok then :), I look forward to your upcoming shows!
I am watching your new videos again now :).
I absolutely love that garden you featured. It really looks great. Hue is pretty expensive, but yes it will last for a long time.
Ahahahaha whew...I'm glad you're watching the new stuff!
Interesting video, Brian. I really like this sort of thing. Thanks for the video and the links. I especially like seeing you and your fellow CZcamsrs working together some. I watch many of the same guys including Brett, of course, and will watch all of you. IMHO there isn't any competition and even if you both cover the exact same thing, I'll watch both. When you promote each other it helps everyone.
You're the best Hugh! I really liked making this one. It was an idea I had a while ago so I'm glad it all came together!
Thanks for this video
Oh thank you Rinesh! As always!
Any chance you cluld ask resideo if Total Connect Comform will be comming to Smartthings europe? You appear to be well connected. I cant get an answer out of them
I will try!!!
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks a lot!
I don't see it happening. Not confirmed by them though.
@@AutomateYourLife oh come on. I think it is about time i switch tohome assistant... Can i ask how you got info on this?
Great video, Brian! TKS!
Thank you Renato!
We didn't do anything that wild we started in the solarium set it up so we could set up Christmas and all the holidays in around the fireplace in the solarium on the condo. And then I decided to build concrete planter boxes on the balcony we added smart lights which controlled by SmartThings and we added a drip water system and a and flowers and roses the lights come on at dusk and go off at dawn year round. We have different rocks and things to take place of the perennials Outdoors. We also decorated with Halloween Christmas and other items that can work with the SmartThings every year we shut off the drip system in the winter and put a covering on Works beautifully but after watching you you give me some cool ideas to add some more maybe. I got to decide how many more years I'm going to live LOL and if the cattle let me
Should say cat will let me thank you for the great inspiration
Hehheheehehe!!! Yes! I love giving you ideas!
Are there any Smart sensors for sound? My application would be to create a routine to alert me when someone rings the door buzzer or a smoke or CO2 alarm goes off. Why spend lots of money on a smart smoke alarm if a listening device near a standard alarm could alert you? Sensor adjustments for sound level and/or frequency (Hz) would be a plus.
There are many examples of cameras that at this point can listen in and tell you if a smoke or CO alarm/detector is ringing. For example, Wyze has this feature on their cameras and Nest now offers it within their Nest Aware subscription service as well. Alexa Guard does, too. So maybe it's more in the direction of a Smart Camera or a Smart Speaker that you're after?
Door buzzer is a little tougher, but I still get notifications on many cameras due to sounds like that. Also, a smart doorbell might really help you there.
There's just not a really good, highly tuned, smart sound sensor that works in enough ways for your application. At least not that I've found. Perhaps a good question to ask at community.automatelife.net!
Some great projects there. Still thinking of my next project
Can't wait to hear all about that Andrew!
So cool ideas! I'm always looking for something to inspire my next home automation project.
You've done lots of great things already...now you get to pick what's next!
@@AutomateYourLife I'm not sure if you're still using your Meross Garage door opener, but mine started having issues opening using Google Assistant when using voice command to enter the PIN. I found a workaround buy saying the numbers differently. Instead of 2-3-X-X, I say Twenty Three-X-X, and it now works.
This is a really nicely comprehensive smart home channel. Thank you for this!
Thanks for watching! This kind of a video is really made possible by folks like you though Oliver!
Thank you sir.
Most welcome! Thank you Ron!
Thanks. Your so cooooooooooooooooooooooooool
oh thank you! You are too!
So many cool things. And now I have to illuminate my outdoor table/firepit. Other than Philips Hue ($), what outdoor strip would you recommend? I have 2 that I had bought at Costco (3 really but one got stolen) but they don't sell them anymore. They've survived our winters so need another reliable brand.
For outdoors? I don't think there is one I would recommend. I mean, you could go really basic and maybe get some of the ones people use for Christmas lights outdoors, and then just use a better controller. I often see IR controllers and smart controllers available for those. There are lots on Amazon that you could power on with smart plugs and the like too.
Amazing that they got stolen too...I'm really sorry to hear that.
@@AutomateYourLife Since they're outdoor and I'm leaving them all winter, I don't want to spend a fortune in case they don't survive.
We will be replacing the fire table this weekend and I think the light under it will be really cool.
I'll see what Amazon has available that's good for outdoor. I want to be able to do colour changes too.
The one that was stolen I was having trouble connecting it to my Google Home app and it didn't turn off with the Goodnight routine so somebody did see it from the street and came and ripped it off the deck. I doubt the idiot will be able to use it anyway. I did catch him on camera but he had a hoodie on. I posted it on local neighbourhood watch FB page but nothing came of it. No big deal.
Thanks Brian!
How do I find Peter's smarthome tour, there is no link like mentioned in the video...
Ahhh, sorry Christian - here you go! czcams.com/video/wWs3r4diYo8/video.html
I've been looking for some Google assistant smart home stuff.. but sadly I only find nest or Google things.
How bout a video on smart home things for the kitchen, gym, garage, outside??
Watch for our video Sunday! :)
How do we find the Article on Nic's Garden lights on automatelife.net?
My apologies! Here you go! automatelife.net/amazing-garden-project-with-philips-hue-lighting/
your intro music is great
Thanks Samuel! I like your avatar lol!
Another great video Brian!!! Thanks sharing all your insights. It was also good to see Brett!
Quick question. Do you know if Google is working on allowing a Chromecast ulra/HDMI to cast it's audio to a cast group? Basically allowing us to set the default audio from a Chromecast connected to a TV to a cast speaker group? I believe you can do that with the Amazon ecosystem. Figured you may know......
Hi Jiten, I think I'll use this question in an upcoming Q&A video about Google products! Basically, I haven't heard anything specific about this BUT there are a few things coming that make me believe we'll see something like this available in the future.
I also think you should submit this one through Hey Google, send feedback.
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks Brian. Good advice. I'll definitely do that!!👌
Here's my feedback to Google:
Google team. I am seeing that in the Amazon ecosystem we are able to send audio from a TV playing content from Amazon cube to an Echo speaker group, so effectively are able to create a home theater experience with the Echo speakers.
Question: Is the Google team working on a similar option where one could cast the audio from a Chromecast that's streaming content on a TV to a Google cast speaker group? This would allow for a cost effective home theater experience and would add huge value to the Google smart home ecosystem!! Please consider doing that!!! I am sure this would be marketed by all the CZcamsrs and would influence people's buying decisions in favor of Google.
Thanks
Jiten Gori
Yo nice shirt
Thanks!
Pls, What’s Pete Walker’s Channel on CZcams?
Pete doesn't have a channel, but you can catch him on Twitter here: twitter.com/vPeteWalker
Automate Your Life you’re such a nice person! Thank you so much for your reply! ✌️
Brian, out of interest, is it worth upgrading from v2 to v3?
PS. I bit the bullet and got my missus to get rid of the lockdown hair! 😂
Ahhaahhaha me too (the hair)
Not worth it! No major reason yet!
@@AutomateYourLife You've just saved me some money. Between you, Brett and Paul Hibbert, you guys are my favourite tech channels. So I respect your opinions. Looks like I won't be upgrading just yet!
I couldn't find the link to Peter's smarthome walk through. I'm a new Patreon subscriber. Could you tell me where it is? Thanks keep up the great videos.
Hi Steven! I saw that and thank you so much for joining Patreon! I'll send you the URL to the Patron-exclusive tour (which is absolutely the better video) inside of Patreon!
Hublink ST with HE
Yeahhhh! That's a for sure! Thanks for the tip!
Looks like John Oliver gained some serious weight
some serious muscle, you mean