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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Question about local automation (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've read a lot about locally run automation on ZigBee hubs like the Hue and Aqara hubs for example. Basically my understanding is that automations on these hubs would continue to work without internet connectivity.

I have a question about a hypothetical situation. Say you have the following hardware. A hue bridge, an Aqara hub, a hue bulb and an Aqara ZigBee motion sensor.

A routine in configured in Google Home which turns on the bulb when the sensor detects movement,

Would this routine still run if internet connectivity was lost? The communication is all ZigBee and in theory local to the hubs however does the fact that the routine is setup in Google Home mean its still reliant on internet connectivity?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

yeah, that routine would still need internet. for local operation, you'd need a local automation controller like OpenHAB or HomeAssistant.