What do you integrate / automate in your house? We're curious.
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Exactly What Do You Automate?
240Light Switches or Modules98.33%236Thermostats (HVAC)80.42%193Door Locks52.08%125Security System62.50%150Audio / Video Equipment68.33%164Appliances47.08%113Outdoor Vehicle - Intrusion Detection22.50%54Garage Doors63.33%152Environmental Sensors (motion, temp, humidity, light, etc)84.17%202Water Detection and Control51.67%124Energy Management50.83%122Pool / Spa Management17.08%41Media Management - Music44.58%107Media Management - Movies / Videos25.00%60Irrigation System42.50%102IP Cameras69.17%166Other - please post7.50%18Tags: None
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Exactly What Do You Automate?
Everything I can!
Lighting - usual stuff
HVAC - heating and AC setbacks, ceiling fans,
Power Management - turn stuff off during peak power times, monitor power usage 24/7
Solar accent lighting - turn on solar lighting, monitor solar charge controller
Music - play wake up/ bedtime music
News & Weather- periodic NPR news reports, time and temperature over whole house audio system
Security Camera management- email alerts, show cams on web page
RFID tags in cars to put house to sleep when we are gone
Reminders - medication, washing machine, dryer, windows/ doors open
More when HS3 is released!
Steve Q
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HDHomeSeer Version: HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.368, Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 - Home, Number of Devices: 373, Number of Events: 666, Enabled Plug-Ins
2.0.83.0: BLRF, 2.0.10.0: BLUSBUIRT, 3.0.0.75: HSTouch Server, 3.0.0.58: mcsXap, 3.0.0.11: NetCAM, 3.0.0.36: X10, 3.0.1.25: Z-Wave,Alexa,HomeKit
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Wow, that a daunting list to even think of.
Lighting of course, inside and out, based on either RFID, times of day or available light level and who's home.
Ceiling fans based on temp sensors.
Security
Wakeup alarms with music and announcement of schedules.
Announcements for weather, alerts, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, general reminders, ETC.
Camera's though not really managed by HomeSeer can be seen in HSTouch.
Backups of HomeSeer and two other systems running.
Computer network monitoring.
That's off the top of my head for now but there's much more, some of which I've probably forgotten.Marty
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XPpro SP3 /w HS Standard 2.5.0.80, HSTouch Server - 1.0.0.70, HSTouch Client 1.0.0.73 HSTouch Android - 1.0.0.2, HSTouch iPhone - 1.0.0.2
Playing with HS3 a bit but it's just play at this point.
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The most successful HS automated task in my house has to be the sprinklers, using McsSprinklers to water based on ET.
The second most successful automated task is turning on window AC units on the only two rooms that get hot when outside temp reaches a setpoint.
Third most successful automated task is turning lights on and off when people enter/leave rooms.
What I would like to automate and have been struggling to make work reliably is to shut everything off when there is nobody home._______________________________________________
HS3 : HSpro (3.0.0.460) on Win2012 (vm on ESXi)
Plugins: HSTouch, UPBSpud, Kinect, Nest, IFTTT, DirecTV, EasyTrigger, Imperihome, Zwave, RFXcom, UltraMon3, UltraWeatherBug3, UltraGCIR3, UltraLog3, UltraPioneer, PHLocation, Pushover, Pushalot, MCSSPrinklers S, JowiHue
Jon00 Plugins: Bluetooth Proximity, Performance Monitor, DB Chart, Links
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I try to target anything that the family would typically do manually. For example, we have under-cabinet lighting that is connected to a ZWave wall switch. With a motion sensor, I turn them on when there is motion in the kitchen and turn them off with no motion. I have lots of automation like this. Closets are a good candidate for automation.
My swimming pool is new this year. I setup schedules for the pump and have a failsafe that it can never be off for more than 2 hours. The booster pump for the cleaner also runs for one hour a day and can never run more than one hour at a time.
Our Schlage door lock gets a lot of attention. When the cleaning lady shows up on every other thursday and enters her code, the entire house turns on - every lighting device.
I also get text alerts when certain user codes are entered.
Outdoor lighting with motion detection works great and highly recommended.
Not really "automated" are TTS alerts throughout the day - motion, messages, reminders, etc.HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI
HSTouch Clients: 1 Android
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Originally posted by macromark View PostI started creating the poll and then took a lunch break... so, the poll didn't actually appear until just now. if you posted to this thread (above this post), please hit the poll now.
Sorry for the lag!
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Originally posted by macromark View PostYou too Rob!
I love these threads - I get ideas and a little motivation when I see them!HS4Pro on a Raspberry Pi4
54 Z-Wave Nodes / 21 Zigbee Devices / 108 Events / 767 Devices
Plugins: Z-Wave / Zigbee Plus / EasyTrigger / AK Weather / OMNI
HSTouch Clients: 1 Android
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Originally posted by rmasonjr View PostThanks - I did!
I love these threads - I get ideas and a little motivation when I see them!
Oops. Forgot to include IP Cameras, so just added those.
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Mark it zero dude.
IP cams is a good one. I would have checked it._______________________________________________
HS3 : HSpro (3.0.0.460) on Win2012 (vm on ESXi)
Plugins: HSTouch, UPBSpud, Kinect, Nest, IFTTT, DirecTV, EasyTrigger, Imperihome, Zwave, RFXcom, UltraMon3, UltraWeatherBug3, UltraGCIR3, UltraLog3, UltraPioneer, PHLocation, Pushover, Pushalot, MCSSPrinklers S, JowiHue
Jon00 Plugins: Bluetooth Proximity, Performance Monitor, DB Chart, Links
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What I would really like to see is HS being the leader in VR automation, so that Not only, to have control of your devices manually, but have it also controled by voice.Hector
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Win.2003 OS, HS3
BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
AP800,Honeywell Stat
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hey Mark.. u back from vaca???? if so is it done?bet u need another!!!!
hah...
ok so i chose other..
that was for..
sump pump levels
other than that i automate
thermostat
thc-138c temps all over the house.. 10 of them
motion to shutoff lights
alarm panel
appliances
electric monitoring
garage doorsHW - i5 4570T @2.9ghz runs @11w | 8gb ram | 128gb ssd OS - Win10 x64
HS - HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.435
Plugins - BLRF 2.0.94.0 | Concord 4 3.1.13.10 | HSBuddy 3.9.605.5 | HSTouch Server 3.0.0.68 | RFXCOM 30.0.0.36 | X10 3.0.0.36 | Z-Wave 3.0.1.190
Hardware - EdgePort/4 DB9 Serial | RFXCOM 433MHz USB Transceiver | Superbus 2000 for Concord 4 | TI103 X-10 Interface | WGL Designs W800 RF | Z-Net Z-Wave Interface
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Mostly here it is:
Lighting - Based on who is home,
Sprinkler - Based on weather, chance of rain using Etherrain controller
Music - This has been a big hit, with targeted TTS and music using Squeezebox
Security - Based on location tracking, DS10A sensors etc
IR - Using IR to control Air Conditioners, our Navibot vacuum, two air purifiers (for when the vacuum starts etc)
Paging - This is automated with map generation etc, I did think about playing around with extra logic and have done so for my Parents, so for example if the fire danger rating is very high, extreme or catastrophic for their area it emails them the night before to let them know, then if there is a fire call anywhere near them, and the conditions are still as bad, it lets them know through various messages. The idea was i could expand how far our a call needed to be (e.g. 2 - 3 towns away) and if the conditions were that bad they should be notified if it is a certain type of call, however if the conditions are not that bed, then the calls would not be of great value to them.
1-wire through the Arduino script to control my Greenhouse, including Ventilation, monitoring etc.
IP Cameras are all interfaced, and use UltraNetCam with alarms to trigger various events.
I do also interface with the weather to alert if it is raining and the windows are open, or if the winds are high and something should be checked.
I was going to automate our HVAC system, but sadly it was one of those bus connections, not the common wires I could join onto so it didn't seem like it was really worth it (sadly).
I don't know how many appliances I would automate if i could, probably all of them
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