Subj : Re: Home Automation
To   : niter3
From : Adept
Date : Thu Sep 14 2023 03:06 pm

 ni> Home Automtion, who's doing it and what are you using for the hub?

I'm doing very little, at this point; I supported a Kickstarter for Fingerbot, and got a few addons. End result is that currently I'm using their Smart Gateway, which I have plugged into the back of my computer (not for any computer reason; just for power via USB), and an Android app.

And I have three Zigbee devices connected. Two temperature sensors, and one Fingerbot.

The Fingerbot is taped onto my NAS, so that I can hit a button on my phone to cause it to hit the power button on my NAS.

Which is super convenient, as generally I don't have a need for the NAS to be actively running, but either I'm not at home, or too lazy to worm my way out of my beanbag chair and find the hard-to-reach button.

But eventually I'd like to add lights. I think Philips Hue stuff will work with this gateway, so solid chance I'll add something like that before too long.

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