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What kind of things do you have to hack on? I'm interested!

andrewksu 11y ago
Nice. We have a Crestron Pyng as the central hub with attached goodies. We also have our own Raspberry Pi based data logger that captures up to 40+ channels of temperature, humidity, luminance, occupancy, and thinking about a thermal imaging camera. Also can capture circuit based power usage and PV production to get a better sense of consumption/production cycles. Keyless locks Dropcam Operable shading Lutron Pico wireless light switching with scenes Leak Detection Remote management/security (AirBnB) features. Whole home media etc. We are looking at appliance connectivity, but want real function not just gadgetry. It's an quickly changing landscape, so the list will grow and morph, but pushing for real utility and performance enhancing tech.
andrewksu 11y ago
If you're really interested in a home, we should talk! Would love to have an advanced user to help showcase the tech features. Email me: andrew@acredesigns.com
- williamle8300 11y ago
  I'm not interested in buying a home. If only I had the money. I assumed you had an official SDK, but it sounds like you guys are still in the stage of wrangling several pre-existing technologies/solutions out there.
- williamle8300 11y ago
  I would think you'd want one central hub to effectively control the whole home. That makes sense to me. Like a thin UI wrapper to control EVERYTHING displayed on an LCD panel... in the living room(?). This makes sense because your selling point is a turn-key home. It would stand to reason that if the hardware is turn-key, the software should be too. Bringing this all under one central control hub would probably take an equal stakeholder in your business. It's just as important as the material aspect of the home. If you don't have the wherewithal for this, you should probably avoid doing ANY kind of fancy electronic stuff. I know the PV panels are a non-negotiable... but I would suggest not going beyond that until you can create an SDK. This manages expectations, and paves a sane "upgrade" path for the hardware. Simple is always better than fancy.

Nice. We have a Crestron Pyng as the central hub with attached goodies. We also have our own Raspberry Pi based data logger that captures up to 40+ channels of temperature, humidity, luminance, occupancy, and thinking about a thermal imaging camera. Also can capture circuit based power usage and PV production to get a better sense of consumption/production cycles. Keyless locks Dropcam Operable shading Lutron Pico wireless light switching with scenes Leak Detection Remote management/security (AirBnB) features. Whole home media etc. We are looking at appliance connectivity, but want real function not just gadgetry. It's an quickly changing landscape, so the list will grow and morph, but pushing for real utility and performance enhancing tech.

andrewksu 11y ago

If you're really interested in a home, we should talk! Would love to have an advanced user to help showcase the tech features. Email me: andrew@acredesigns.com

williamle8300 11y ago
I'm not interested in buying a home. If only I had the money. I assumed you had an official SDK, but it sounds like you guys are still in the stage of wrangling several pre-existing technologies/solutions out there.
williamle8300 11y ago
I would think you'd want one central hub to effectively control the whole home. That makes sense to me. Like a thin UI wrapper to control EVERYTHING displayed on an LCD panel... in the living room(?). This makes sense because your selling point is a turn-key home. It would stand to reason that if the hardware is turn-key, the software should be too. Bringing this all under one central control hub would probably take an equal stakeholder in your business. It's just as important as the material aspect of the home. If you don't have the wherewithal for this, you should probably avoid doing ANY kind of fancy electronic stuff. I know the PV panels are a non-negotiable... but I would suggest not going beyond that until you can create an SDK. This manages expectations, and paves a sane "upgrade" path for the hardware. Simple is always better than fancy.