wrath
Club Member
Looks like you're focusing on a personal assistant as opposed to home automation.
I've been using zwave crap for a little over a decade. Before that, it was x10. I also used to use 1wire stuff. For zwave, it started with a Harmony 890 Advanced zwave remote for dimming lights and whatnot.
Today I have a Vera Edge.
It turns my chicken coop heat lamp on when it gets cold out. Same for the chicken water heater and a lamp that dims over 30 minutes like the sun, so they lay eggs year round. The lights outside based on motion and separate lights based on schedule. It has water sensors in the basement and will turn off the water if it detects a leak. I have it hooked up to my Nest thermostat, but largely the Nest is used entirely independently and we normally heat with wood anyway.
I have the normal indoor home automation stuff. TV is still all el-manual but oh well. I'll get back to that someday.
I would like to hook up my garage doors to the Vera but they are still separate. I use the Liftmaster app to remotely control them. I would also like to find a vacuum that I can control with the Vera. That way I can schedule it about an hour before I get home to vacuum so then the pets only have to listen to the damn thing chime that it's stuck for an hour at the most. I would also like to integrate my cameras (I use iSpy) so that if two cameras detect motion then Vera would turn on all the interior lights and exterior lights of the house.
I've been using zwave crap for a little over a decade. Before that, it was x10. I also used to use 1wire stuff. For zwave, it started with a Harmony 890 Advanced zwave remote for dimming lights and whatnot.
Today I have a Vera Edge.
It turns my chicken coop heat lamp on when it gets cold out. Same for the chicken water heater and a lamp that dims over 30 minutes like the sun, so they lay eggs year round. The lights outside based on motion and separate lights based on schedule. It has water sensors in the basement and will turn off the water if it detects a leak. I have it hooked up to my Nest thermostat, but largely the Nest is used entirely independently and we normally heat with wood anyway.
I have the normal indoor home automation stuff. TV is still all el-manual but oh well. I'll get back to that someday.
I would like to hook up my garage doors to the Vera but they are still separate. I use the Liftmaster app to remotely control them. I would also like to find a vacuum that I can control with the Vera. That way I can schedule it about an hour before I get home to vacuum so then the pets only have to listen to the damn thing chime that it's stuck for an hour at the most. I would also like to integrate my cameras (I use iSpy) so that if two cameras detect motion then Vera would turn on all the interior lights and exterior lights of the house.
