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Personally I wouldn’t for most rooms if I already have Alexa in the room. But depending on the location, there are reasons why I might. For example, I put a switch in the great room because visitors frequently need to adjust the lights there and might not know to ask Alexa.

Yes they ran Cat6 for the blinds. I’m not entirely sure if that’s industry standard or a shortcut though lol

@@goingtobeapilot how much was the blinds cable run? My first build is almost identical to your low voltage runs. I’m mapping out my 2nd build and planning to go with Lutron Serena blinds. Very thorough and nice job! The conduit is huge, especially to the attic! I was able to pack about 12 cat6 in my conduit runs. And conduit allows for future improvements. Such as fiber when it becomes more DIY.

Funny you ask…I actually just got it working a couple days ago. Are you having issues? The biggest thing was making sure the pi IP address has a 3rd octet the same as the controllers. i.e. if your controllers are 192.168.0.1 then make your pi 192.168.0.2.

I don’t think I can put the exact link but if you go to the holiday Coro website, it’s the one with this title: 16 SPI Output Flex Expansion E1.31 Controller + Up to 350 Watts of Power + Standard Enclosure / EasyPlug3 Pigtails / 5,540 Pixels / Ready2Run Assembled / AlphaPix Evolution or HinksPix Pro CPU

Yes I definitely agree it’s a pain! And yes I had plugged ours in to wall outlets towards the end but there was really no good way to hide the wires. I’ve heard through the comments that these have gotten better since I posted this…but I haven’t personally tried them again. I also hear they have a warrantee on the batteries now but like you said, it’s a pain to take the blinds down to replace the battery.

@@goingtobeapilot Just got a reply with a factory reset that I haven't had a chance to do yet. Will take about 2 weeks since I am getting ready for some serious travel plans in a few days so I don't want to get bogged down in test, take down, set up, attempt, reset, test, set up, take down and do it all over again a few times before I get it right. I have had both batteries charging for over 72 hours. On a charge they will last a good year. But I do recommend to anyone to consider getting a battery back up with a long charging cord (to set on the window) and just let it re-charge every 6 to 9 months just so it doesn't go out on you in the middle of being out of town. This is what I was sent: What I would recommend then is doing a full factory reset on that blind, by following these steps: 1. If applicable, delete the blind from your phone. Check the "All Blinds" section to make sure it isn't in there 2. Turn off the battery 3. Pull and hold down the hook on the manual switch 4. While still holding the hook down, turn the battery back on 5. Look at the green light in the motor box, it should turn on and stay on while you are holding down the manual switch 6. Let go of the manual switch as soon as the green light starts to blink 7. The green light should then blink rapidly before turning off 8. If it does not blink rapidly then repeat the process until it does Follow this link for a factory reset tutorial video: drive.google.com/file/d/1W9A1c2Uht2bFmDbeWFb7hfr19bPMetCH/view?usp=sharing

Hello there. You don’t need to. Cat6 is able to pass small amounts of current for powering smaller devices and anything you can’t, you can typically plug into a wall outlet. I hope this helps!

Good question! Surprisingly I wish I had put one or more in the garage. We wound up putting a tv and a computer in the garage and I didn’t even think of that as a possibility. As far as the paint color…hmm I will have to look back at our paperwork and get back to you 🙂

It's funny actually I wondered how long it would take someone to notice. I was going to swap the locks out right away but couldn't decide which protocol to go with. This is a good reminder that I need to get this done 🙂 Thanks for watching and commenting.

If you have a crawl space you could probably run wires pretty easy. If you don’t, you can cut small squares out of the drywall and pass the wires through. It would be a good bit of drywall patching but honestly it might be worth it. All depends on the details I guess.

I know sometimes there is a base cost that covers running lines from the outside to your low voltage panel and possibly a few other things. Did they give you a breakdown of the $4k? Sounds like a lot!

Thank you! That’s awesome, you should post a video of it- would love to see. And good point on the APs. It’s definitely on the list but had to take a short break from buying stuff for cost reasons 🙂 I’ve heard a lot of of good things about their APs though so we definitely want to try them.

@@goingtobeapilot I understand completely about the price tags on Unfi products and tech in general lol. I look forward to when you start up again and will be making a video once framing starts on the new house.

Thanks again! We just got lucky with the timing of when we bought honestly but yeah the waitlist is crazy now. Would love to be neighbors though. Thanks for watching 🙂

Thank you! What a small world, yes those are TM homes on that side. I heard they sold one of the 2 models already and I bet it was the one you stopped by. Our lot size is .33 acres…just enough without having to mow for hours lol thanks again for watching and commenting. Maybe we’ll be neighbors someday.

Hey there. Yes fiber optic. We pay for gig and pretty consistently get it actually. Pretty close to 1000 up and also 1000 down. It's funny actually these videos are usually around 50 gigs and used to take all day to upload at our apartment we were living in. Now they take no time at all, so I'm almost more grateful for the upload speed than the download speed 🙂

Thanks man! It's back breaking work but worth it in the end I guess 😂

Hey there! The builder was JP Orleans and we’re in NC. Thanks for the kind words 😊

Working on this now 🙂 hope to have an update posted soon!

Thanks for the advice. I have to agree with you. At our previous house we used light strips behind the TV and they were so much smoother...but when I tried it here it has too visible from the side. There's a walkway to the side of the TV so I had to resort to this. Maybe I can adjust them a little to help a little bit though. Anyway, thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

Best to do it early on 🙂 Otherwise they would have to rip up the walls. Glad this was helpful!

Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you liked the video and found it useful!

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙂

Thank you! This is good to know...we were hesitant on some of the benches because of cost but they seemed like something that would be easier to do during the build process. I'm glad to hear you like them 🙂And thanks for all your kind words!

Awesome! That's really ironic and exciting. I'll sub back to you as well...you'll have to post a video when it's done! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Haha it's funny you say this...one of the first nights in the house were were playing music and there wasn't much furniture yet to absorb the sound...one of the neighbors made a comment the next day about it lol He said it wasn't loud or bothersome but he wondered if we were having a party 😂So we learned to keep the volume down lol Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you! As far as total feet...they didn’t give us that number but I’d say each run averaged out to probably 100ft (some more, some less). In the end with cameras, control screens, data taps etc. all included I think we have roughly 75 cat6 and 10 rg. So a very rough estimate would be 7,500ft cat6 and 1,000ft rg. Hope that helps 🙂

Thanks for the feedback 🙂 glad you found it helpful. I’ve heard since I posted this video that they may have come up with a warranty on the batteries. Might be worth looking into.

They do have a warranty and it covers the batteries

Thanks! We both work in software. I’m a data engineer and my wife is a project manager. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you for the kind words 🙂 It totaled out to 3,700 square feet and the builder was JP Orleans. The builder was tough to work with but it was worth it in the end.