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.

Warning: Working with electricity can result in injury, property damage, or even death if it is not done properly. Please keep this in mind while assisting others. If you are not sure about what you are doing, hire a licensed professional.

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Control electricity via usb (alien.top)

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

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Looking for USB controlled plug recommendations.

Looking for a way to reboot my ISP equipment when a failure is detected.

I was thinking of running an old raspberry Pi 1 pinging and on failure turn off the power to the routers, wait a minute, and turn on the power again. Given that the wireless component might be the cause of the failure, I would like to have a wired connection to control the power.

What I am thinking of is something like a kasa smart plug but controlled by USB by the Pi.

I am a plug and play person and world not feel comfortable soldering something that uses 120v. Especially as it would be running 24/7.

Any recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

What I am thinking of is something like a kasa smart plug

That will work.

but controlled by USB by the Pi.

Now you made it difficult. I'm not aware of any smart plug that can be controlled via USB. They are either WiFi and you make an API call or ZigBee/Thread/Zwave and you need a controller like SmartThings/Alexa/HomeAssistant to send the command to the device.