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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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Kasa bulbs with a hub (alien.top)

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im tired of waiting 15s for my kasa smart bulbs to connect to wifi before i can control them (either via alexa or kasa app) so im looking for a solution to connect them to a hub or something. I have the kasa switcher that turn off and on the bulbs but its actually turning off the power and not sending a signal to the bulbs to turn off which lead me to the issue where the bulbs wont connect in time for me to say commands after i turn them on. So what should i do here?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Replace with a switch that supports decoupling mode. Like cloudfree switches, enable that and pair it to alexa.

You can probably add it to kasa app as well with matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I would get something like this and link the app it has with Kasa? Also is there one with a dimmer option?

https://cloudfree.shop/product/cloudfree-light-switch/

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

Yes, link the app and then you’ll need to set automation that toggles the bulb on or off when triggered by the light switch.

As for the dimmers, there’s martin jerry dimmer (with tasmota) but you’d still need a hub like homeassistant that can send the button presses to dim the wifi lights. Since this is not supported by alexa, unless your bulbs are running the same tasmota firmware like the cloudfree bulbs.

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

On a second thought, it’s doable to dim the lights directly from cloudfree switch.