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"toggle every existing switch from your phone" Home automation is not intuitive. It turns out that toggling every existing switch from your phone is not an ide
by nouveaux 5y ago
"toggle every existing switch from your phone"
Home automation is not intuitive. It turns out that toggling every existing switch from your phone is not an ideal goal. Pulling out your phone to use your home automation gets annoying fast.
The best home automation is a system that works without intervention. A good analogy is a digital thermostat vs a traditional analog one. A digital thermostat has the ability to change temperature targets depending on time of day and day of the week.
The best type of switches are the ones that work without intervention. The most common is the sunset porch lights and the sunrise alarm clocks. Other good ones are humidity sensors that trigger bathroom fans, TV/stereo/console that turns on when you pick up your game controller, floor lights that trigger only at night when it senses movement, lights that change color temperature and lumens depending on time of day, etc.
- Tyr42 5y agoSpeaking of that last thing, what's the best way to implement different brightnesses based on time in HA's yaml? I could do a bunch of ifs in each automation but there might be a better way?
- function_seven 5y agoI use https://github.com/basnijholt/adaptive-lighting/ https://github.com/basnijholt/adaptive-lighting/ in my config.
- nouveaux 5y ago+1 to adaptive lighting. Also if you need a wake up/sunrise light: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wake-up-light-alarm-with-sunrise-effect/255193 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wake-up-light-alarm-wi...
- huhtenberg 5y ago> Pulling out your phone to use your home automation gets annoying fast. What I meant, if it wasn't clear, is to have this as an option. In addition to what's already in place.