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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Never forget to move that dam elf again. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you're a parent that has mistakenly gone down the Elf On The Shelf path, I'm sure you've been in the situation where youve had a glass of six of wine and gone to bed forgetting to move the little bastard. Then to be woken up to the disappointment of your little crotch goblins wondering why the elf didn't move. I've come up with a solution that hasn't failed me yet.

Now, I know this exact solution won't apply to everyone, but it should at least get your years grinding on how you can use your smart home to remind you to move it.

I have an Inovelli wall switch that the LED light on it can be used as a notification in my bedroom. In my case, at 9pm every night, it goes to full brightness and flashes red....it's pretty bright, I can't miss it. This is my reminder to move the elf. Once I do, I clear the notification and it goes back to normal.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why not just say a phone alarm? Home automation is cool, but simple tasks still work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I started with a phone alarm. But when I'm in the kitchen, or at a friend's house, or pretty much anywhere, or my kids are still awake, I have to silence the alarm at 9:00, I can't just let it continue going off until I have a chance to move it. If I silence it, then if it's 3 hours later I go to bed, I'll have forgotten about it. A phone alarm simply didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

So set it for a time that's after your kids go to bed, but before you typically do?

What the hell good does a flashing red light in your bedroom do if you're commiserating over a few beers at your friend's house?

Set 2 or 3 alarms on your phone, if need be.

Fuck, this post is almost as bad as /r/AskElectronics when someone asks how to replace a simple switch on a kid's flashlight, and a dozen new-grad EE's come up with Arduino and Raspberry Pi "solutions" to a broken wire on a slide switch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure their point is, the light will still be flashing whenever it is they get to bed. Alarms have to be actively managed, that light's just going to keep flashing harmlessly until it's dealt with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

im w/ u 100! and lol @ Pi "solutions"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It stays red...until he resets it... it's a better solution.

He can be at his buddies place, it turns red, he forgets but when he gets home before bed, it reminds him.

If an alarm goes off when he's at his buddies he turns it off and forgets.

It's not that hard to understand the difference. Calm down.