EDIT: My Room Assistant video is LIVE! th-cam.com/video/UQkeaxrX7D8/w-d-xo.html Also thanks for the suggestions about preventing the lights from turning on with the motion sensor. I added an automation, see more info in this tweet twitter.com/smarthomesolver/status/1485306973801250825 If you want to see more of my smart home, here are the other tour videos I mentioned: 🌳 Smart Backyard: th-cam.com/video/gIZgPlI6nLI/w-d-xo.html 🍿Smart Home Theater: th-cam.com/video/hHQ3iWiI4N4/w-d-xo.html ☀Tesla Solar and Powerwalls: th-cam.com/video/Rg2DenQa-fs/w-d-xo.html 💡Smart Lights in Office: th-cam.com/video/CK6MlN-NFlU/w-d-xo.html
Welcome back! Great video to start off the year. As others have mentioned, I would also be curious on a room assistant video (looks like you might need raspi's for each room where you'd like the Room Assistant functionality as I think I saw one sitting next to the "banished" Echo Show 5 in the office?). Also, after watching your video on the Whole house lutron switch, I started purchasing these for my basement as/when I find a good deal (as they are super expensive otherwise and there isn't a way to buy them in bulk to get good discount). Unfortunately, the Lutron switches seem a bit cheap to touch (I realize cheap or not can be subjective). Would you recommend the TP-Link Kasa switches just as much - especially if we don't care for the Pico remote functionality tied in with the corresponding wall mounted Lutron switch? Would also appreciate if you could elaborate on how you automate the Garage lights - is it just via the ring door sensor (which I do not currently own)? I currently have my garage lights plugged into smart outlets as well and would love to automate. I tried with a motion sensor but its hard to find a spot in the garage that has visibility to the entire garage and if I am in a spot the motion sensor can't see, then it would turn off the lights after a while (I know I can tweak things a bit programmatically but have not yet set up Home Assistant for that 😀). Thanks.
You considered more advanced scripting for the smart motion sensor, maybe only trigger every odd number of motions detected so it switches on only when someone get in the room or maybe a pair of sensors to determine people entering / exiting the room
@@topperdude2007 Thanks! Yes that's another Raspberry Pi Zero for Room Assistant in the office. Good eye! I agree that the Lutron switches seem a bit cheap to the touch. That was pretty much my only complaint when I compared many light switches a while ago th-cam.com/video/Vt6hcSDh1wE/w-d-xo.html From my own experience and what others have said, the Kasa dimmer switches seem to work well. I am not sure how well they would work if you were going to install 50+ Kasa dimmer switches. Since WiFi might be less reliable but if you were adding some to save on cost then I think it can be a good move. I also am buying Lutron switches when they are on sale every time I see them. For the garage lights I would add a contact sensor on the door and when the door opens, have an automation turn on the smart outlet. Then in that same automation have a delay for 10 minutes (or how ever long you want) and then turn off the lights. I'm using the Ring contact sensor and it's using an Alexa Routine for triggering those automations. You could also use some ZigBee contact sensors with an Echo 4th Gen, SmartThings, Hubitat...etc.
We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.
Would love a Room Assistant video. You’ve piqued my interest! Also, nice video, Reed. It’s nice to have a tech TH-camr like you that’s so down to earth and shows the family-side of having a smart home. Keep up the good work!
Couldn't agree more. I sell this stuff for a living and its good to know other options that might suit the customer better for their needs. Side note. Room assistant. Yes Please!!
Motion Sensor in the doggy door to turn on the lights for your dog is GENIUS. I will definitely be stealing that idea. Thanks for the tour! I love watching the ideas you come up with 😊
I'm glad to hear you like the idea! I talk about it a little bit more in this video here th-cam.com/video/BJJMKsowQSg/w-d-xo.html it's worked surprisingly well!
This is really impressive. Nothing super over-the-top and as you mentioned, easily installable and configurable by just about anyone. Thanks for linking all the products in the description!
I know this is what you create content for, but either way I appreciate someone so knowledgeable with smart-home automation sharing what they've personally done! I'm currently building a house & your videos have been super helpful when it comes to making decisions for how I want to automate things! Keep up the amazing work!
Hey thanks a lot! Your channel looks awesome and that's exciting you're building a house. I just followed you back on Twitter so dm me if you have any questions!
Dude your house is perfect. This is incredible. Not sure if my girl would even let me install that many smart devices but that's not gonna stop me from trying! Thanks for the inspiration!
I too am very interested in the room assistant video! I've been working on an idea for a single Google Home speaker system with multiple satellite speakers wire in and some sort of program that would allow me to cast to the singular speaker but choose to have it play on the main body speak and satellite speakers or targeted satellite speakers or even follow me from room to room as I move through the space. This might be the software to get me there!
Great video as always! Great to see another Smart Home Expert who has a dog who is Alexa trained! I have a 150lb bloodhound who knows when its time to go to bed when I tell Alexa, to turn off the TV at night, & he tries to answer Alexa whenever my parents call. He stands by the one in the living room & cries until he can see their faces. He also knows when the backyard gate is opened & runs to the kitchen window to see who enters! Now if I could only get her open the doors to let him out to go potty & back in.... Also in the next year I want to see that network rack in an enclosure with some smart home sensors for temperature & security! :)
Thanks and that’s awesome about your dog! Haha I know I need to get an enclosure and sensors for the network rack. I’ll make sure that’s taken care of soon! Well at least before next year’s tour video!
Great video, One way of dealing with motion sensors that activate lights while watching TV is to have a power plug connected to the TV and make an automation that when there is a certain number of watts measured the sensor will not activate lights.
Or you can just create a scene when you power on TV using broadlink or switchbot hub or a smart remote to skip motion detection to the sensor between specific hours if you like and activate the sensor again with a power off scene of your TV.
Your house is everything I need in my house. From solar panels to motion sensors to dozens of house assistant lying around the house. Reed only time any guy had made me jealous 🤣
I'd love to see a video on room assistant, for sure. In fact, I'd love to see more advanced/home assistant videos from you, and not just product reviews. You are very clearly super knowledgable, and I think the 90% product review route that your channel has taken (probably by accident) just doesn't do you justice.
One workaround for the motion issue is using an energy monitoring smart plug w/the TV. When power consumption is > some amount (TV on), I disable the motion lighting automation.
Comments like these often make me realize the differences in appliances all over the world. Where I live (The Netherlands) it's practically impossible to buy a non-smart TV. It has been for years. Any TV you'll buy has the ability to connect to WiFi and thus to HomeAssistant, disregarding the need for power consumption sensors. Just check the state of the TV in HA. It's amazing really.
Brilliant x I’ve purchased Amazon, ring & various smart bulbs, sockets & switches over the past 2yrs but then became ill and I’m now so excited to make my home smart after watching this Love the smart blinds 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing ideas 🙏🏼 x
I just finally moved into our new home and it’s fully automated with Control4.. it’s a learning curve but I absolutely love not having to ever get out of bed to close a light, control AC, blinds and all that.
Phenomenal setup. I practically OD’ed on your smart home setup. Everything is immaculately placed. You have given me some good ideas. Time for me to get to work. 😀
Fantastic automations as always! Thanks so much for giving us the tour. I'm still dumbfounded at how you got the Broadlink to work with your projector since it uses a bluetooth remote and from what I have seen it doesn't learn bluetooth, only IR and RF. I have been trying for the longest to figure out some way to automate/smart powering it on. So impressive!!!
I had a very similar problem your motion sensor issue in the living room. My solution I added an automation in home assistant that when the tv is playing the lights automatically turn off and set a helper state to watching then the reverse for pause. Then in my motion light automation I set a condition using the helper. It's a super nice quality of life automation plus people think it's really cool when you press play and pause and the lights toggle that way.
Great video as always Reed. My biggest take away is that i need more motion sensors. haha And i agree, Philips Hue are some of the best. I've never had issues with mine.
Unsure if you two would be into this, but I recently installed a short range projector above my bedframe pointed at the ceiling and it's been wonderful for watching movies and cuddling, plus it's comfy because you're just laying down compares to straining your neck to see the TV across the room.
Absolutely great automations. My unique concern is: With so many things from different brands and suppliers, I may have to end up building a "SERVER" room the way you did. This is the unique point that puts me off for so many stuff at the moment. Plus the amount of different apps you would have to use your phone and house, jezzz.
There are some ways to avoid having all kinds of apps; I have that exact concern; I don't want to use a dozen apps to control different things. I am currently playing with Athom Homey that installs an app (for integrating the hardware, really) for each vendor, but you can control all the things from the homey app, be it IKEA bulbs, Philiips Hue bulbs, Aquara sensors etc etc. I have stuff from a few different vendors. It speaks Zigbee, Z-wave, WiFi, Bluetooth, 433MHz, IR and possibly more "languages", and is meant to be able to replace all the hubs from the different vendors. It works fine WITH the hubs too though; I still keep my Philips Hue hub. It has some really nice automation features (flows) as well. I think it is very similar to Home Assistant, but without having to set up the linux box etc. And lots of nice apps already on the list. You can read more about it on athom.com (I have no affiliation, I'm just a happy user so far)
I will ditto your comment on the Bond Bridge. I've had one for a few years now and it's been rock solid. I have a bunch of smart devices as well and none of them have been as trouble free as the Bond.
Man I super appreciate you. I was a complete luddite with all this a month ago, but I've learned so much from your videos and especially your comparison breakdowns. You've given me the ability to start my smart home transition much more decisively and confidently.
Great video. Recently switching over to home assistant but still having problems with motion detection and keeping lights on. Love seeing what you have done with the new home
I love most of this and I really appreciate that you only made smart switches for things that make sense such as your pantry. Only part I can't get behind is a google display next to your bed. Your eyes have photo receptors that can pick up light even through your eyelids and it can mess with your circadian rhythm (aka. not getting full, restful sleep)
I am really impressed both by your setup and by the fact that even though it's so complicated it works that well. Mine is 10 times simpler and always something has a connection issue or needs a restart etc. Maybe it's because I am using Google home and it's more laggy than alexa? Don't know , great videos !
House is a super clean excellent example of current realistic home automation. Please, please come back and do some cable management though on that rack of Ubiquiti gear. A patch panel with lacing bar and wax string will let to dress in the permanent patch panel to switch ports and let you have some freedom on the backside of the panel for device uplinks and future changes while leaving the visual wires looking gorgeous.
Awesome video once again, Reed! Gives me so many ideas for my house haha, especially the room assistant! Can you do a video on that? That would be sweet!
Wow, high tech dream house! Very nice! Makes me want to do more automations around my house. I definitely need something to turn on dimmed lights with motion or door opening if I get up at night. Great tour!
What a really nice gentleman you seem to be. I have recently suffered brain damage and quite a few of these wonderful apps would be Fab as we say here over the pond! I will be saving up for quite a while from now to make life a little easier!!! I hope that i will be able to fix, install etc myself. If not I will punch into your broadcast on a regular basis. ( I will anyway ). Well thank you for posting this 'Info-Tube' . I wish all the best to you and your family. Cheers Leeroy
I was so proud of myself for finally getting comfortable with the Alexa app user interface. But now having watched this guy, I think I'll just hire a pro.
Great video. Very informative. Do you cover the cost of home automation in any of your videos? Also, what is the time investment in set up and daily interaction with your systems? Is there really a benefit overall? It seems daunting to get started and take it to this level. Thank you.
Fantastic video! How did you get your outside porch lights to switch on when your Ubiquiti G5 detects motion after sunset? More importantly how did you get the G5 to display PIP on your TV? That is a stroke of genius!
2:36 There is a simple solution to prevent that too. I have similar issue where my kids are napping and I do not want the automation to run. Make a virtual switch and maybe call it "Movie Switch". Now either automate the turning on of that virtual switch by monitoring the power usage of the projector or turning it on via voice command/routine "it's movie time", etc. Then have all the lights/switches you do not want to go on while a movie is running to check whether that switch (Movie Switch) is on (indicating movie is playing). Voila, lights automation stop working while movie is playing. To take it another step further. You can automate light strip on floor to only work when movie is on thus lighting up a path when people need to get up for bathroom breaks.
Yes in home assistant you could use an input boolean. Also the samsung frame should be able to report its status to home assistant so you can differentiate between content playing and a show or movie being paused.
Few days ago, I checked for how long it'd been since your last video. Thought it was at least 2 months. It was 11 days. Glad to have you back with a video I know I'll enjoy! Edit: Loved it! Would you mind doing an explainer video on exactly how to connect your switches and sensors to a hub or wifi? Thanks!
Haha thanks Henry! Sure making a video like that sounds great. I was thinking about making some getting started videos soon so I'll make sure to talk about that. I appreciate the suggestion!
The jokes in your videos are super relatable. My wife and kids have all done the same things. I love the morning routing that woke her up and not you. That's something my wife complained about as well!
Great video. Just a heads up Kasa removed a local support for their light switches. Are you using them cloud enabled or do you have the older firmware that allows direct control? Thanks again for the video, lots of inspiration here
Great video Reed! You've given me a fair few ideas to try out, thanks. I was wondering if there's a reason you don't use outlets with built-in USB ports to power your devices, rather than using the wall-warts?
Well USB ports in an outlet isn’t good, mainly because they are almost always USB-A ports, which means they can’t support power delivery, which means they’ll be slow for anything with a sizeable battery. USB-C PD can output over a 100W of power.
Finally an updated house tour! The Samsung frame tv should integrate into home assistant, I have my Samsung added to HA with the integration and I set a condition for my living room motion sensor to only turn the lights on if the television is off. This way if the television is on and someone walks in, the lights don’t turn on. You may want to give that a shot….also in my other rooms since HA doesn’t have the option to determine if a switch was turned on by motion or by the Caseta switch, I set a condition that makes sure the light is off before triggering the motion command and when the light is activate by motion I have it set to 93%. I use the 93% for the turn off condition so the motion does not turn off a light that is set to any other brightness.
Great video. I started working on my home about 6 months ago. Replaced all of my switches with Lutron. I have my floor lamps, night stand lamps and TVs on Eve Plugs, Circle View Doorbell, motion sensors in all the bathrooms, laundry room and garage. HomePod mini in every room and garage. Just ordered some Lutron shades. I'm all Homekit. I would like to get smart washer and dryer, but I haven't seen any that work with Homekit. Hopefully Matter will solve this problem. Once again, great video.
I am in vegas, and we are building from the ground up... we close in October or so. This is great info. Currently looking up Lutron Switches as I am not familiar. I only mess with Phillip Hue. Great video and information.
For motion sensor issue while watching movies I suggest having Amazon routine, like you do, but to have it automatically turn off the sensor and turn it on after the show/ movie. Like a movies or relax mode
Yeah I ended up adding something like that after this video. There are still situations where I need to turn around the motion sensor, but it's definitely nice to make it less annoying during movie time!
Amazing , im going to do a full kitchen and laundry renovation before doing full automation like this Going to do full keyless lock for the doors (external) , but anyway, very nice, gave me some really good ideas
Yes room assistant video would be awesome! Sounds like sweet technology! Love you videos btw 😁 I just set an old laptop up with home assistant and just beginning using that!
Quick fix (if your setup allows for it) set the Family Room motion sensor to only turn on the lights if the TV is Off - I added this simple condition for my house in Home Assistant, made everything a heck of a lot better. Ended up putting all my automations in HA, but had to make every automation a single fire-and-forget (i.e. 1 to turn lights on, another to turn it off) but that's due to other eccentricities of mine (Server running HA can update whenever, sometimes restarting HA and therefore breaking running automations). So in my case I can also set a condition for motion-sensor-driven lights to not turn on a light that's already turned on, so that they don't reset the dimmer brightness if I've manually changed it
This is why women try to keep men under control because we will start small and go ham if we are not stopped. This is awesome 👏 and it made me realize that I am not the only man trying to automate everything in my home. The part of the video with your kids and their iPads cracked me up because kids knows how to manipulate their parents.
Cool video, thanks for the tour! One suggestion I would make regarding the bread box iPads: Putting devices with batteries charging inside a flammable container is not the best of ideas.
Great information! I always take notes and improve my setup. I've been thinking of using Home Assistant for awhile, but I think the doorbell notification might have convinced me to get that done. Would love to see a room assistant video.
Appreciate your knowledge and information which you share ! Nothing personal but would like to mention that living in such high wireless radio frequency house would certainly affect human health on a long run. Soon this world shall have house keeping service to not only clean house but to clean space of harmful signals in the home.
for the motion sensor issue, heres what I do: Create a fictional smart device (let's say "movie time" in this case). When it is turned on, automation turns off lights etc. and vice versa. Now you can ask your motion sensor to zip it when "movie time" is enabled.
Your home is beautiful and loaded with tech. The main negative I see is your reliance on Amazon, with their intermittent server issues but mostly their privacy issues. I cannot, in good faith, put their products in my new house and support their current and future planned practices. Great video!
Thx. A lot of inspiration for me. Quick tip concerning hue sensor : with your home assistant you can turn off the motion ! You have to use it with an automation for kids in the living Riom ! ✌️
I have a great idea! You should go to other people's houses around you that have smart homes and tour therm! I love this format! Keep up the good work!
Awesome walk through, I just stumbled across your channel while looking to going to the G4 Pro doorbell from Ring Pro. I could tell from your doorbell video that you where in the South West, but once I saw the arial view I noticed that we are practically neighbors (Queen Creek here). I have a long way to go catch up with you, my wife will probably hate that I found this.
EDIT: My Room Assistant video is LIVE! th-cam.com/video/UQkeaxrX7D8/w-d-xo.html
Also thanks for the suggestions about preventing the lights from turning on with the motion sensor. I added an automation, see more info in this tweet twitter.com/smarthomesolver/status/1485306973801250825
If you want to see more of my smart home, here are the other tour videos I mentioned:
🌳 Smart Backyard: th-cam.com/video/gIZgPlI6nLI/w-d-xo.html
🍿Smart Home Theater: th-cam.com/video/hHQ3iWiI4N4/w-d-xo.html
☀Tesla Solar and Powerwalls: th-cam.com/video/Rg2DenQa-fs/w-d-xo.html
💡Smart Lights in Office: th-cam.com/video/CK6MlN-NFlU/w-d-xo.html
Welcome back! Great video to start off the year. As others have mentioned, I would also be curious on a room assistant video (looks like you might need raspi's for each room where you'd like the Room Assistant functionality as I think I saw one sitting next to the "banished" Echo Show 5 in the office?). Also, after watching your video on the Whole house lutron switch, I started purchasing these for my basement as/when I find a good deal (as they are super expensive otherwise and there isn't a way to buy them in bulk to get good discount). Unfortunately, the Lutron switches seem a bit cheap to touch (I realize cheap or not can be subjective). Would you recommend the TP-Link Kasa switches just as much - especially if we don't care for the Pico remote functionality tied in with the corresponding wall mounted Lutron switch? Would also appreciate if you could elaborate on how you automate the Garage lights - is it just via the ring door sensor (which I do not currently own)? I currently have my garage lights plugged into smart outlets as well and would love to automate. I tried with a motion sensor but its hard to find a spot in the garage that has visibility to the entire garage and if I am in a spot the motion sensor can't see, then it would turn off the lights after a while (I know I can tweak things a bit programmatically but have not yet set up Home Assistant for that 😀). Thanks.
You considered more advanced scripting for the smart motion sensor, maybe only trigger every odd number of motions detected so it switches on only when someone get in the room or maybe a pair of sensors to determine people entering / exiting the room
Is room assistant a fork of home assistant
@@topperdude2007 Thanks! Yes that's another Raspberry Pi Zero for Room Assistant in the office. Good eye! I agree that the Lutron switches seem a bit cheap to the touch. That was pretty much my only complaint when I compared many light switches a while ago th-cam.com/video/Vt6hcSDh1wE/w-d-xo.html From my own experience and what others have said, the Kasa dimmer switches seem to work well. I am not sure how well they would work if you were going to install 50+ Kasa dimmer switches. Since WiFi might be less reliable but if you were adding some to save on cost then I think it can be a good move. I also am buying Lutron switches when they are on sale every time I see them.
For the garage lights I would add a contact sensor on the door and when the door opens, have an automation turn on the smart outlet. Then in that same automation have a delay for 10 minutes (or how ever long you want) and then turn off the lights. I'm using the Ring contact sensor and it's using an Alexa Routine for triggering those automations. You could also use some ZigBee contact sensors with an Echo 4th Gen, SmartThings, Hubitat...etc.
@@donniehdea9281 Room Assistant is something you can add to Home Assistant www.room-assistant.io
We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.
Would love a Room Assistant video. You’ve piqued my interest!
Also, nice video, Reed. It’s nice to have a tech TH-camr like you that’s so down to earth and shows the family-side of having a smart home. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Braden! I appreciate you saying that!
Couldn't agree more. I sell this stuff for a living and its good to know other options that might suit the customer better for their needs.
Side note. Room assistant. Yes Please!!
I'm interested too
Motion Sensor in the doggy door to turn on the lights for your dog is GENIUS. I will definitely be stealing that idea. Thanks for the tour! I love watching the ideas you come up with 😊
I'm glad to hear you like the idea! I talk about it a little bit more in this video here th-cam.com/video/BJJMKsowQSg/w-d-xo.html it's worked surprisingly well!
This is really impressive. Nothing super over-the-top and as you mentioned, easily installable and configurable by just about anyone. Thanks for linking all the products in the description!
Your house is amazing and has tons of room! You definitely have me beat with the amount of devices you have. Maybe that will change this year...
Your smart faucet though 😍
Hey, do you need a smart desk phone?
Definitely want to see the room assistant video
I know this is what you create content for, but either way I appreciate someone so knowledgeable with smart-home automation sharing what they've personally done!
I'm currently building a house & your videos have been super helpful when it comes to making decisions for how I want to automate things! Keep up the amazing work!
Hey thanks a lot! Your channel looks awesome and that's exciting you're building a house. I just followed you back on Twitter so dm me if you have any questions!
Did maxing out all the brawlers affect the building process?😃
Dude your house is perfect. This is incredible. Not sure if my girl would even let me install that many smart devices but that's not gonna stop me from trying! Thanks for the inspiration!
Very interested in the room assistant video. Curious what the range is and how close you can put the devices to detect different rooms
I too am very interested in the room assistant video! I've been working on an idea for a single Google Home speaker system with multiple satellite speakers wire in and some sort of program that would allow me to cast to the singular speaker but choose to have it play on the main body speak and satellite speakers or targeted satellite speakers or even follow me from room to room as I move through the space. This might be the software to get me there!
Ditto!
I am waiting for someone to do a video like this to help me get started setting up room assistant
Bring on the advanced automation videos!
Please do a room assistant demo soon! Thank you.
Great video as always! Great to see another Smart Home Expert who has a dog who is Alexa trained! I have a 150lb bloodhound who knows when its time to go to bed when I tell Alexa, to turn off the TV at night, & he tries to answer Alexa whenever my parents call. He stands by the one in the living room & cries until he can see their faces. He also knows when the backyard gate is opened & runs to the kitchen window to see who enters! Now if I could only get her open the doors to let him out to go potty & back in.... Also in the next year I want to see that network rack in an enclosure with some smart home sensors for temperature & security! :)
Thanks and that’s awesome about your dog! Haha I know I need to get an enclosure and sensors for the network rack. I’ll make sure that’s taken care of soon! Well at least before next year’s tour video!
my dog rings a bell. you just need a powered door lol
Great video,
One way of dealing with motion sensors that activate lights while watching TV is to have a power plug connected to the TV and make an automation that when there is a certain number of watts measured the sensor will not activate lights.
Or you can just create a scene when you power on TV using broadlink or switchbot hub or a smart remote to skip motion detection to the sensor between specific hours if you like and activate the sensor again with a power off scene of your TV.
I was thinking that, however, if he is using the TV to display a picture then the sensor will never trigger. I could be wrong...
Outdoor lights turning on when they open the door is awesome
Your house is everything I need in my house. From solar panels to motion sensors to dozens of house assistant lying around the house. Reed only time any guy had made me jealous 🤣
New to this. Just bought a house and being a disabled army vet some of this will be handy. Thank you for sharing.
I'd love to see a video on room assistant, for sure.
In fact, I'd love to see more advanced/home assistant videos from you, and not just product reviews. You are very clearly super knowledgable, and I think the 90% product review route that your channel has taken (probably by accident) just doesn't do you justice.
I appreciate the feedback. I've always tried to do a mix but over the holidays I thought of some good ways to show more ideas.
@@SmartHomeSolver awesome! Super excited then! I love your channel, it's what really got me started with smart home stuff!
One workaround for the motion issue is using an energy monitoring smart plug w/the TV. When power consumption is > some amount (TV on), I disable the motion lighting automation.
Comments like these often make me realize the differences in appliances all over the world. Where I live (The Netherlands) it's practically impossible to buy a non-smart TV. It has been for years. Any TV you'll buy has the ability to connect to WiFi and thus to HomeAssistant, disregarding the need for power consumption sensors. Just check the state of the TV in HA. It's amazing really.
Your automations are on a whole other level 🙏🏿
Brilliant x I’ve purchased Amazon, ring & various smart bulbs, sockets & switches over the past 2yrs but then became ill and I’m now so excited to make my home smart after watching this Love the smart blinds 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing ideas 🙏🏼 x
Room assistant sounds very interesting, please do a tutorial for this some day!
I just finally moved into our new home and it’s fully automated with Control4.. it’s a learning curve but I absolutely love not having to ever get out of bed to close a light, control AC, blinds and all that.
Phenomenal setup. I practically OD’ed on your smart home setup. Everything is immaculately placed. You have given me some good ideas. Time for me to get to work. 😀
I'm happy that your wife supports you with all the things and even shows up on the videos.
Fantastic automations as always! Thanks so much for giving us the tour. I'm still dumbfounded at how you got the Broadlink to work with your projector since it uses a bluetooth remote and from what I have seen it doesn't learn bluetooth, only IR and RF. I have been trying for the longest to figure out some way to automate/smart powering it on. So impressive!!!
Would love to know the same
I had a very similar problem your motion sensor issue in the living room. My solution I added an automation in home assistant that when the tv is playing the lights automatically turn off and set a helper state to watching then the reverse for pause. Then in my motion light automation I set a condition using the helper. It's a super nice quality of life automation plus people think it's really cool when you press play and pause and the lights toggle that way.
Great video as always Reed. My biggest take away is that i need more motion sensors. haha And i agree, Philips Hue are some of the best. I've never had issues with mine.
Thanks Steve! Haha you can always have more motion sensors.
Unsure if you two would be into this, but I recently installed a short range projector above my bedframe pointed at the ceiling and it's been wonderful for watching movies and cuddling, plus it's comfy because you're just laying down compares to straining your neck to see the TV across the room.
That's a great idea and sounds super comfy!
Absolutely great automations.
My unique concern is:
With so many things from different brands and suppliers, I may have to end up building a "SERVER" room the way you did. This is the unique point that puts me off for so many stuff at the moment.
Plus the amount of different apps you would have to use your phone and house, jezzz.
There are some ways to avoid having all kinds of apps; I have that exact concern; I don't want to use a dozen apps to control different things.
I am currently playing with Athom Homey that installs an app (for integrating the hardware, really) for each vendor, but you can control all the things from the homey app, be it IKEA bulbs, Philiips Hue bulbs, Aquara sensors etc etc. I have stuff from a few different vendors. It speaks Zigbee, Z-wave, WiFi, Bluetooth, 433MHz, IR and possibly more "languages", and is meant to be able to replace all the hubs from the different vendors. It works fine WITH the hubs too though; I still keep my Philips Hue hub.
It has some really nice automation features (flows) as well. I think it is very similar to Home Assistant, but without having to set up the linux box etc. And lots of nice apps already on the list. You can read more about it on athom.com (I have no affiliation, I'm just a happy user so far)
Use home assistant just install it on a spare computer you don't have to start with a crazy server room.
I will ditto your comment on the Bond Bridge. I've had one for a few years now and it's been rock solid. I have a bunch of smart devices as well and none of them have been as trouble free as the Bond.
Finally .. been a while 👌.. thumbs up for the room assistant video!
Impressive and it brings inspiration that I will start "smart" things around my house up little by little from now on.
Man I super appreciate you. I was a complete luddite with all this a month ago, but I've learned so much from your videos and especially your comparison breakdowns. You've given me the ability to start my smart home transition much more decisively and confidently.
Great video. Recently switching over to home assistant but still having problems with motion detection and keeping lights on. Love seeing what you have done with the new home
I love most of this and I really appreciate that you only made smart switches for things that make sense such as your pantry. Only part I can't get behind is a google display next to your bed. Your eyes have photo receptors that can pick up light even through your eyelids and it can mess with your circadian rhythm (aka. not getting full, restful sleep)
I am really impressed both by your setup and by the fact that even though it's so complicated it works that well. Mine is 10 times simpler and always something has a connection issue or needs a restart etc. Maybe it's because I am using Google home and it's more laggy than alexa? Don't know , great videos !
Use z wave for automation
I'm my household we have a Dakboard in our kitchen that is just for the calendar, it works great for us
Great update. Really cool to see how you've integrated so many things to work together.
House is a super clean excellent example of current realistic home automation. Please, please come back and do some cable management though on that rack of Ubiquiti gear. A patch panel with lacing bar and wax string will let to dress in the permanent patch panel to switch ports and let you have some freedom on the backside of the panel for device uplinks and future changes while leaving the visual wires looking gorgeous.
An absolute inspiration. I wish I had this many sensors
I’m more inspired by the family. What’s the point of a smart home if you don’t have a family. God I’m so lonely.
The movie theatre and fingerprint door was so cool
Awesome video once again, Reed! Gives me so many ideas for my house haha, especially the room assistant! Can you do a video on that? That would be sweet!
+1 for a room assistant video
Yes, I definitely want to know more about room assistant!!! "ROOM ASSISTANT" *thrusting into the air*
Wow, high tech dream house! Very nice! Makes me want to do more automations around my house. I definitely need something to turn on dimmed lights with motion or door opening if I get up at night. Great tour!
Thanks! Yes, dim motion lights at night are so nice to have set up!
What a really nice gentleman you seem to be. I have recently suffered brain damage and quite a few of these wonderful apps would be Fab as we say here over the pond! I will be saving up for quite a while from now to make life a little easier!!! I hope that i will be able to fix, install etc myself. If not I will punch into your broadcast on a regular basis. ( I will anyway ). Well thank you for posting this 'Info-Tube' . I wish all the best to you and your family. Cheers Leeroy
Great video. Love all the automations. Well done!
I was so proud of myself for finally getting comfortable with the Alexa app user interface. But now having watched this guy, I think I'll just hire a pro.
Great video. Very informative. Do you cover the cost of home automation in any of your videos? Also, what is the time investment in set up and daily interaction with your systems? Is there really a benefit overall? It seems daunting to get started and take it to this level. Thank you.
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I am currently studying electronic and computer engineering and this is inspiring
Fantastic video! How did you get your outside porch lights to switch on when your Ubiquiti G5 detects motion after sunset? More importantly how did you get the G5 to display PIP on your TV? That is a stroke of genius!
Yes how do you get the Unifi Doorbell to display on the TV?
Would also like to know that 😃
This is probably the most impressive thing I have seen on TH-cam. Thanks for sharing your amazing ideas & welcoming us into your beautiful home! 🔥🔥🔥
2:36 There is a simple solution to prevent that too. I have similar issue where my kids are napping and I do not want the automation to run. Make a virtual switch and maybe call it "Movie Switch". Now either automate the turning on of that virtual switch by monitoring the power usage of the projector or turning it on via voice command/routine "it's movie time", etc. Then have all the lights/switches you do not want to go on while a movie is running to check whether that switch (Movie Switch) is on (indicating movie is playing). Voila, lights automation stop working while movie is playing.
To take it another step further. You can automate light strip on floor to only work when movie is on thus lighting up a path when people need to get up for bathroom breaks.
Yes in home assistant you could use an input boolean. Also the samsung frame should be able to report its status to home assistant so you can differentiate between content playing and a show or movie being paused.
Thank you for the BOND bridge recommendation, I was looking for a way to automate my ceiling fans.
Few days ago, I checked for how long it'd been since your last video. Thought it was at least 2 months. It was 11 days. Glad to have you back with a video I know I'll enjoy!
Edit: Loved it! Would you mind doing an explainer video on exactly how to connect your switches and sensors to a hub or wifi? Thanks!
Haha thanks Henry! Sure making a video like that sounds great. I was thinking about making some getting started videos soon so I'll make sure to talk about that. I appreciate the suggestion!
I'm a cable guy and this is usually a nightmare scenario 😂. But this guy is smart, he knows what he's doing
Love your house! Quick question: Are you using Home assistant or smart things for the house? Thanks!
If this is smart house than i am typing from mars
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The jokes in your videos are super relatable. My wife and kids have all done the same things. I love the morning routing that woke her up and not you. That's something my wife complained about as well!
Great video. Just a heads up Kasa removed a local support for their light switches. Are you using them cloud enabled or do you have the older firmware that allows direct control? Thanks again for the video, lots of inspiration here
Seems like a very monitored home and lifestyle. I do like all the smart lighting.
You can also use the Philips motion sensors as light level sensors. I used to use it that way to measure cloudiness and turn on the lights
Great video Reed!
You've given me a fair few ideas to try out, thanks.
I was wondering if there's a reason you don't use outlets with built-in USB ports to power your devices, rather than using the wall-warts?
Well USB ports in an outlet isn’t good, mainly because they are almost always USB-A ports, which means they can’t support power delivery, which means they’ll be slow for anything with a sizeable battery.
USB-C PD can output over a 100W of power.
Finally an updated house tour!
The Samsung frame tv should integrate into home assistant, I have my Samsung added to HA with the integration and I set a condition for my living room motion sensor to only turn the lights on if the television is off. This way if the television is on and someone walks in, the lights don’t turn on. You may want to give that a shot….also in my other rooms since HA doesn’t have the option to determine if a switch was turned on by motion or by the Caseta switch, I set a condition that makes sure the light is off before triggering the motion command and when the light is activate by motion I have it set to 93%. I use the 93% for the turn off condition so the motion does not turn off a light that is set to any other brightness.
Great video. I started working on my home about 6 months ago. Replaced all of my switches with Lutron. I have my floor lamps, night stand lamps and TVs on Eve Plugs, Circle View Doorbell, motion sensors in all the bathrooms, laundry room and garage. HomePod mini in every room and garage. Just ordered some Lutron shades. I'm all Homekit. I would like to get smart washer and dryer, but I haven't seen any that work with Homekit. Hopefully Matter will solve this problem. Once again, great video.
Super awesome! Please do a followup video on Room Assistant 😁
Your smart home in what I aspire my smart home to be.
Thanks for the recap, after I watched your video, I bought the Lutron switches to automatic the room light. Great buy !
Wow ... thanks for sharing this. Glad I landed on your channel after scouring the internet for hours looking for good smart home automation setup.
Amazing video! I'm waiting for my new home to complete construction and I've been inspired by your videos!
I am in vegas, and we are building from the ground up... we close in October or so. This is great info. Currently looking up Lutron Switches as I am not familiar. I only mess with Phillip Hue. Great video and information.
As an electrician I am happy to see your smart switches all together and the faceplate screws all go the same direction. Now back to the video I go.
For motion sensor issue while watching movies I suggest having Amazon routine, like you do, but to have it automatically turn off the sensor and turn it on after the show/ movie. Like a movies or relax mode
Yeah I ended up adding something like that after this video. There are still situations where I need to turn around the motion sensor, but it's definitely nice to make it less annoying during movie time!
I really enjoy your videos, you have given me so much ideas. Started building my smart home recently, already bought some hue kits and some Wyze cams.
Amazing , im going to do a full kitchen and laundry renovation before doing full automation like this
Going to do full keyless lock for the doors (external) , but anyway, very nice, gave me some really good ideas
I’ve got so many ideas for our smart home from you
Best channel out there for this stuff
Yes room assistant video would be awesome! Sounds like sweet technology! Love you videos btw 😁 I just set an old laptop up with home assistant and just beginning using that!
I’m impressed with your automation set-up. Of cause you left out the security.
Congrats for the great home automation ideas and lovely family ! All the best from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 🇧🇷.
Quick fix (if your setup allows for it) set the Family Room motion sensor to only turn on the lights if the TV is Off - I added this simple condition for my house in Home Assistant, made everything a heck of a lot better. Ended up putting all my automations in HA, but had to make every automation a single fire-and-forget (i.e. 1 to turn lights on, another to turn it off) but that's due to other eccentricities of mine (Server running HA can update whenever, sometimes restarting HA and therefore breaking running automations). So in my case I can also set a condition for motion-sensor-driven lights to not turn on a light that's already turned on, so that they don't reset the dimmer brightness if I've manually changed it
LOVELY HOME!!!! I love watching these videos! It gives me some ideas on what I want in my smart home...of course when i get some "smart" money!!!
0:12 what a monstreous setup
I know it's a little ridiculous. I wanted to keep the sensor and echo dot off of the bathroom counter.
Remembers me of the Sega Genesis Tower of Power if you ever heard of it :D
This is why women try to keep men under control because we will start small and go ham if we are not stopped. This is awesome 👏 and it made me realize that I am not the only man trying to automate everything in my home. The part of the video with your kids and their iPads cracked me up because kids knows how to manipulate their parents.
Cool video, thanks for the tour!
One suggestion I would make regarding the bread box iPads:
Putting devices with batteries charging inside a flammable container is not the best of ideas.
Dude I absolutely love your channel!! I am blown away by your setup and can't wait to have one of my own like that!!
Thanks so much!
Great information! I always take notes and improve my setup. I've been thinking of using Home Assistant for awhile, but I think the doorbell notification might have convinced me to get that done. Would love to see a room assistant video.
Thanks! Yes Home Assistant is a game changer for sure. I definitely have plans to show room assistant more in-depth soon.
Please what kind of door bell do you use, and can it work with any kind of TV?
I'm in awe!!! Great!!
Slowly working up my smart home. Nothing as elaborate as yours but I'm going to hopefully get there!
Appreciate your knowledge and information which you share ! Nothing personal but would like to mention that living in such high wireless radio frequency house would certainly affect human health on a long run. Soon this world shall have house keeping service to not only clean house but to clean space of harmful signals in the home.
for the motion sensor issue, heres what I do:
Create a fictional smart device (let's say "movie time" in this case). When it is turned on, automation turns off lights etc. and vice versa. Now you can ask your motion sensor to zip it when "movie time" is enabled.
Your home is beautiful and loaded with tech. The main negative I see is your reliance on Amazon, with their intermittent server issues but mostly their privacy issues. I cannot, in good faith, put their products in my new house and support their current and future planned practices. Great video!
My goodness! I'm blown! Thank you for the video. I would wanted to ask a question
Thx. A lot of inspiration for me. Quick tip concerning hue sensor : with your home assistant you can turn off the motion ! You have to use it with an automation for kids in the living Riom ! ✌️
I need to know what you guys do for a living. The house and everything about it is so impressive!
(notices all of the screws on your light switch are correct)... okay.. I can trust this guy
I have a great idea! You should go to other people's houses around you that have smart homes and tour therm! I love this format! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve been wanting to do that for awhile and Covid kinda slowed it down. Hopefully soon!
@@SmartHomeSolver no problem and awesome! Thanks for the reply!
Nice Job. Floating Light Bulb. Classic
I've gotten great ideas for my Google ecosystem smart home from this channel
Digging those smart blind wands!
Totally would like to hear more about room assistant and the rpi0. I got a lot of great ideas for automations from this video. Great video!
A amazing house and system.It's cool how everything works perfectly.
Your wife is a freaking genius! Thank you so much for putting this video together! I learned quite a bit! Thank you thank you thank you!
Awesome walk through, I just stumbled across your channel while looking to going to the G4 Pro doorbell from Ring Pro. I could tell from your doorbell video that you where in the South West, but once I saw the arial view I noticed that we are practically neighbors (Queen Creek here). I have a long way to go catch up with you, my wife will probably hate that I found this.
The only thing missing is a 15k smart Kohler bathtub