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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Z-Wave Long Range and its mile-long capabilities will arrive next year - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Zwave is my first choice for new devices. Love that I can just scan the little QR code, turn it on, and have it come up in HA. Super-long range, I'm going to have to look for outdoor sensors.

But I'm also thinking - my parents are starting to have health problems - that a mile could even be a family member or friend's house. Not as intrusive as cameras, but an easy way to see that they're up and about...making coffee, TV on, or whatever, and not (potentially) collapsed in the shower unable to get up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I'd rather set up a point-to-point wireless link with directional antennas and exactly two base stations than rely on every little IoT device having long range. Better yet, such a link could be high-bandwidth and capable of handling things like data backups and Internet access failover.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

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