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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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I pre-ordered an HA Green, but I want to purchase the lightbulbs before it comes. Can I use the Zigbee lightbulbs as regular lightbulbs until the HA Green arrives? or will the lightbulbs automatically go into pairing mode and flicker?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the bulb. Philips Hue for instance work fine as a dumb bulb if there is nothing to pair with. And (at least some) have Bluetooth so you can connect them that way to your phone in ther interim.

There is no set rules, and will depend on the bulb. But I had a few for a while that I just used as dumb bulbs until I fixed my setup.