Love where you live
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2y ago
Love Where You Live The last couple of years has seen a big shift in the way we live. Connectivity has become further seamless and the ability to work remotely from home (or the local cafe) means we are not tied down to living in a certain area or having to deal with the dreaded work commute. This has opened up a world of possibilities, and many people have taken this opportunity to perhaps rethink their way of living and ask themselves what is truly important to them. Some have taken the plunge on that sea or tree change, and others have been inspired to stay put and invest in their little s ..read more
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SmartThings and Aeotec
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3y ago
SmartThings and Aeotec – A Connected Family Since 2013, Samsung SmartThings has become the most popular smart home platforms available - with well over 63 million active users. SmartThings is forging ahead with plans to accelerate the creation of an open IoT ecosystem powered by its technology. In late 2020, Samsung signed a Worldwide agreement with Aeotec to distribute and expand the lineup of SmartThings hardware devices. Aeotec Group has been a valued SmartThings partner for many years, as well as a recognised leader in the design and development of SmartHome devices since 2003. “Our custo ..read more
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Smart Lights - How does smart lighting work?
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3y ago
What is Smart Lighting? Wall Switches. Clappers. Mobile phone apps. Voice-assistants. What do these things have in common? They are all capable of controlling the humble light globe. But as we’re about to see, simply adding a modern method of control doesn’t necessarily equate to ‘smart lighting’. So what exactly is smart lighting? Let's take a look at two widely accepted types of smart lighting: Smart Modules and Smart Bulbs - you will quickly see the pros and cons of both... Smart Modules Smart lighting modules such as the Aeotec Nano Dimmer are small devices that can be installed behind vi ..read more
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Fibaro Smart Implant
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4y ago
Fibaro Smart Implant What if I told you there was a way to implant 'smarts' to your standalone alarm system, garage door & gate controller, and your heating & irrigation systems, and other beautiful vintage electronic systems? How you may ask? With the Fibaro Smart Implant, a little bit of tinkering and the magic of smart home technology. What’s more, you can also use the Smart Implant to create custom sensors and devices as it also supports a variety of buttons, binary sensors, and 2-wire & 3-wire 0-10V sensors. But for the purposes of this guide, I'll be demonstrating the Smart ..read more
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SmartHome - Local VS Cloud
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4y ago
Your SmartHome's Brain. In the cloud or in your home? The cloud. Data privacy. Fake accounts. Hacking. In this connected world, we’re all aware of the potential issues that threaten our digital livelihood. Yet to most of us, the ‘dark arts’ of technology remain a mystery. And it’s this mystery that causes us to unknowingly leave ourselves vulnerable to digital threats. Now that cloud-based Smart Home systems are gaining traction, tech-related issues are hitting closer to home than ever. In the home in fact. Companies including Google, Amazon and Apple offer affordable, feature-rich voice assi ..read more
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Configuration Parameters in Z-Wave Systems
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4y ago
Configuration Parameters In this article, we ran through the process of adding ‘Configuration Parameters’ to devices in Fibaro, Vera and Homey systems. But what exactly are ‘Configuration Parameters’? And why are they important? In a nutshell, Configuration Parameters (or variables if you're using Vera) refer to the number of tweakable settings that determine how a Z-Wave device functions. Depending on your device, you can adjust switch type, to LED colour, wake-up time, sensor reporting time, associations (and many more) through its corresponding parameter. And while each Z-Wave device has i ..read more
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SmartThings | How to Add Any Z-Wave Device
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4y ago
SmartThings | How to Add Any Z-Wave Device Samsung SmartThings is a popular smart home hub that enables you to mix ‘n’ match smart devices that use Z-Wave, Zigbee, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. But while SmartThings has the required hardware to communicate with these devices, only some devices are listed as compatible. Why? Device handlers. Essentially, a device handler enables SmartThings (and other hubs) to understand information received from smart devices, and display it the application. Information including the device type (switch, meter, sensor) as well as their specific configuration parameters ..read more
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An Introduction to Homey
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4y ago
An Introduction to Homey Homey is a smart home companion with a bold mission; to enable smart home devices to work together to make your home cosy, safe, green and awesome. While this sounds simple, it’s actually quite difficult. There’s a number of smart home languages (Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee) that don’t readily communicate with one another. And a growing number of smart devices that require support in order to work seamlessly. But Homey and its active developer community are working hard and have already achieved great things. With over 50,000 devices supported from ove ..read more
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6 benefits of a Smart Home
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4y ago
The ‘Home’ Redefined. An interactive and convenient way of life. The world around us is becoming more intelligent and more connected; The wealth of human knowledge is available at our fingertips, cars can drive themselves, and we can have food delivered to our door with a few clicks of a button. Yet we still live in homes much the same way as our grandparents did. But this old way of life is set to drastically change... The 20th Century Home The humble home was built with a specific purpose in mind: to put a roof over our heads and provide a place of residence from which we can base our lives ..read more
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Voice-control your alarm system
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4y ago
Smart voice control for your smart alarm. Gone are the days where you have to enter a pin on a keypad to manually arm/disarm your alarm system. Here are the days where you can ask your smart-assistant - Alexa or Google - to do it for you. In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up Chuango’s new H4 LTE Security Hub to work with Alexa or Google. Here’s the general process - we’ll dive in to the specifics of Step 4 in the next section. Download Chuango’s ‘SmartHome’ app. Set up your account & your H4 LTE Security Hub Download your smart-assistant app - Amazon Alexa or Google Home. Link Chuan ..read more
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