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Turning lights on and off. "turn on basement" as I move towards the basement door. "Turn off basement" as I come up the stairs with my hands full of stuff preve
by tekchip 5y ago
Turning lights on and off. "turn on basement" as I move towards the basement door. "Turn off basement" as I come up the stairs with my hands full of stuff preventing me from reaching the light switch.
- pmontra 5y agoI should replace every single switch with a smart one to do that. Which kind of switches do you have? If they are Wi-Fi how do you avoid hitting the max number of devices your home router is able to handle?
- KnobbleMcKnees 5y agoZigBee is the contemporary standard du jour for this stuff. Wifi is fine for some things but doesn't offer the same benefits (e.g. implicit mesh network of devices)
- Semaphor 5y agoEither the switches, or, usually easier, the bulbs. As sibling said, Zigbee, but there is also Z-Wave (z-Wave is bigger in the USA, stricter. Zigbee, bigger in Europe, is more open, but you can get devices that suck in some way if you do no research). There is some new thing that’s related, Thread/Matter something, but I didn’t look into that yet.
- sigio 5y agoThere is no 'max limit' of devices your router can handle... especially if they are idle 99.9% of the time.
- sigio 5y agoFor stuff like the lights in basement/hallway/bathroom/storage, and other locations where you always need lights (no windows, not bed/livingrooms), I just have lights with PIR-sensors... Completely dumb, but turn on when you're there, turn off automatically a minute later. No privacy-implications, no need to yell to your assistant, and cheap/simple/effective.