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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Need help controlling LED strip with button off wifi (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My goal is to attach an LED strip to the back of my office monitors and turn them on while I'm on a call, off when I'm available with a wireless on/off button. Looking to do this off wifi and without a smart home hub as it will be in the office & don't want to cause IT a headache.

I know LED strips often come with a cheap little remote, but I worry it won't be responsive enough - is there any way to set up a smart button style device to achieve this? Any product suggestions for LED strips / buttons? Thank you!

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

It's Christmas season, head into target or Walmart and grab an outlet remote switch. They work on radio rather than ir so they will be responsive. Some are single, some have multiple in one remote. Some toggle and some have separate on/off buttons.

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

Most of the Wireless led strips remotes work just fine for your purposes as long as the remote and receiver are close (ie. not hiding the receiver behind your monitor since most of them are RF)

Also, if you do not want to cause IT a headache, don't connect devices to the office wifi without their knowledge/approval.

Take a look at Ikea since they have lightbulbs with matching zigbee remotes.

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

The cheap little remotes work fine and are responsive. One thing to note is they are susceptible to picking up other IR signals. For instance if I point a random remote at my led strip, it will change color, flash etc.

There are traffic lights that integrate with Skype and Teams for this purpose. I had this when I worked in a glass office, and people would stand outside my door and motion at me when I was on a call, or walk in and start talking.

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