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Been following this as its progressing - and still getting the nod of
appro=
val from SWMBO - can only be a good thing!
Just so I=92ve got this right, the Philips hub is just a bridge between
the=
Philips lighting network to your ethernet network, which then lets things =
Like Siri =92see' whats out there and get it to do something. So in this
ba=
sic setup so far, all we have done is effectively moved the light switch
(a=
lbeit in rather a cool fashion!)
To get some level of automation (which is why we are all here :)) then
this=
is where the SmartThings system steps in, although this is (mainly) cloud =
based.
>From the other suggestions posted, I=92ve looked at the review that
Mark no=
ted on that Zipato box and I=92m with Phil, looks like it should do it,
but=
not where it needs to be. There were various ideas with Home Seer, etc. al=
though the Open HAB project seems quite comprehensive so I might give that
=
a go, iOS app, Java backend (I have a Minecraft Server that should take
the=
load) just need to look through the list of IO devices to get control of e=
xternal inputs.
It appears to be a lot easier now to overlay / retro fit a reasonable
contr=
ol system now without having to rip out walls and re-wire and still have a
=
level of reliability.
For my humble start, I=92m aiming to have some sort of motion sensors to
se=
e if someone wanders on to the landing, and its night time, then turn on a
=
light and so on. If we want to get flashy (no pun intended) to fade a
light=
from off to say 25% and fade it back down again when the movement stops.=20
As I said, small steps :)
Wayne
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Been following this as its progressing - and still getting the nod of
appro=
val from SWMBO - can only be a good thing!<br
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r class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Just
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ge=
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I=92m=
with Phil, looks like it should do it, but not where it needs to be. There=
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h=
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through=
the list of IO devices to get control of external
inputs.</div><div class=
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class=3D"">It appears to be a lot easier no=
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rip out walls and re-wire and still have a level of
reliability.</div><div =
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class=3D"">For my humble start, I=92m =
aiming to have some sort of motion sensors to see if someone wanders on to
=
the landing, and its night time, then turn on a light and so on. If we
want=
to get flashy (no pun intended) to fade a light from off to say 25% and fa=
de it back down again when the movement stops. </div><div
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said, small steps :)</div><div cla=
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