Thanks for watching! Trying out a bit of a different format in today’s video, so I hope you like it. How to set up these automations: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/how-to-set-up-10-automations-my-wife-loves/
where did you build your vibration automation ? in smarthings or home assistant ? because I connected smarthings multi sensor in home assistant using Zigbee usb but I didn't have much to do with it so I am thinking ti get it connected back to smarthings hub to use vibration sensor
Hi, love the ideas you upload for us laymen. I've tried to understand Smart home, however it a little difficult for us menials. Is there a link you would recommend for me to review to try and get a blackberry pi going?
Reid, I love seeing you HA guys talking about solving specific "problems" and not just talking about the latest camera or other WiFi doo-dad. Keep 'em coming!
I'd love to see more home automations for stay at home moms! Things like reminders when the kids' school bus arrives at the end of the day, reminders when to start dinner based on what you're making that day, easy ways to keep track of young children/babies all over the house.
Not sure if you are a Google home owner, but they have a big set of "family bells" around this that we have been loving. We also use routines for the all lights off thing he did by saying goodnight, and it only works with our voice.
@@SmartHomeSolver Would you be able to suppress the alert on days that there is no school? I did that with my "Trash day" notification, so that any week with a holiday delays the notification by one day.
Bruh even Brett is here! Brett i m from Germany love you, i ll make them for you and send them for free, just make the damn list, is the woman still writing? :)))
Hi Reid, I’m also a HA user, and I have Light Switches that I flashed with ESPHome, on the light switches I set it up so that the light only toggles when the the switch if pressed for less then 1 second (locally controlled on the Sonoff) I then have a separate automation in HA that checks if the button is pressed for longer. In the master bedroom this “long press” is used for switching off all the lights in the house. We haven’t switched off the lights manually or with a app for more than a year! I also use this function in other rooms to open blinds, acknowledge a “status light” etc.. Thanks for the great videos! I have been watching them for a while now and I love you ideas for all kinds of automations!
Solution 1: I would have considered a pressure sensor in the piano stool as well. Not playing for 5 minutes is quite common when studying music or talking whilst at the piano. Detecting if someone is sat at the piano is what you need.
Reed hates visable wires though. I'm not sure he would be down for a solution like that, and I'm not aware of any battery powered pressure sensors...could maybe run a Arduino with a rechargeable battery pack or something from inside the bench, but to hide the wires would be a lot of DIY and again...not something we have seen much from Reed on (which is good, I value the fact that he is lazy so he finds clever solutions for lazy people 🤣👍)
@@Geoff_W I made my own pressure sensor for our bed that runs on battery, I had a water leak sensor to spare, which has the the electronics seperated from the water detecting part, meaning there is two wires coming out. Cut the wires off and purchased a pressure pad. Hooked it all up, when pressure is Put on the pad the circuit closes and "detects water". Some templating in HA and I have a bed occupancy sensor instead.
I found your channel last Fall when I started on the smart home journey. Your videos have helped me so so much, but thats not the reason I’ve finally decided to comment. This comment is because tonight after almost a full year of smart home and home automation iterations, my wife asked me to set up an automation and Google routine for her! 🙌 Im sure you can relate. After all the mishaps and wrong verbal queues, lights automatically turning on at 6am on a Saturday morning, this feels like she is finally 100% on board with the smart home transition. (70+ devices and a year later) 🤣 But hey, its a huge milestone!! Thanks again for you content.
Yeah, another upload. My mom only needs the outdoor lights, and the TV and kitchen light strips on, but seeing your automations makes me realize that we are very simple lol have a good day, though Reed.
Humidity detection to turn on the bathroom exhaust fans. Did this and my wife loves it. Use a reference sensor elsewhere in the house and compare the two for the swing in humidity when the shower is on.
The actionable notification is exactly what I’ve been wanting from the Roomba app for years. I had no idea this was even possible as a custom solution,… super excited to try it
Instead of Motion sensor you could have gone with Presence (occupancy) sensor that uses doppler like Aqara FP1, it is very accurate and can detect even a non-moving persons, and also is used to detect sudden falls (very useful for monitoring elderly)
@@Fine_i_set_the_handle I suspect that reason was different, because aliexpress stores were selling it only after working hours, seemed like it was forbidden to sell it to other countries. But it is available now. Also, there are alternative devices, this one is most known to me.
This is a great video - very informative. I really like the personal touch of including family members and shots of your house. Regarding "NFC tag: lights off," it seems to me you already had the solution available without having to add additional hardware: "Alexa, turn off all lights." This way, you don't have to be standing in the vicinity of the NFC tag; it will work from wherever Alexa can hear you. You could go even one step further by creating an Alexa routine to trigger the event with something like, "Alexa, bedtime."
I used an NFC for a while, but then I just triggered the script when I charge my phone at night. I can still run it manually, but the charging trigger is nice.
Great video Reid. A bit advanced for me but great ideas! My wife was just saying this morning I just want a button! I don't want to use my voice LOL.. I am using the brilliant system from brilliant Tech for my switches and I have 2 control pads. They work awesome and control my sonos and integrate with ring video cams. The switches can do motion sensing and you can also assign a scene to any switch using a double tap created in the brilliant environment. Well I created a scene this morning that turns off all the light in the bedroom, bathroom and close and stops the music by double tapping one of the switches. This is a routine when leaving the upstairs for work. My wife already left for work at the time so I can't wait to show her to see what she says! I know we all have to remember the wife factor
Lol, one of my main automations is for the piano lights too. I love your vibration sensor idea. What I ended up using was a radar presence sensor pointed at the bench, which turns on the lights as you sit at the bench. The problem with turning off the lights when done, is that sometimes someone will wander into the room while the piano is being played and sit on the couch and start reading, and it's no bueno to turn the lights out of them as soon as the first person is done playing. Still working through the best way to do that....
Bedtime is easy. Two pieces of cardboard, foil connected to two wires and some weather strip foam. Connected it to an ESP32. Basically when the two pieces of foil touch, it will be “on”, aka someone is in the bed. If you put it under the mattress when someone is laying in the bed, it will cause the two pieces of foil to touch. I’ve had this set up for 3 months and it works perfectly.
I have enjoyed watching your channel for a long time but this video finally got me to subscribe. Thanks for all your videos and the fun family tidbits you sprinkle in them.
Live the ideas you have here! I'll be attempting to migrate to Home Assistant, hopefully sooner than later. As for your "it's nicer outside than inside", I've got something setup that will text me when the temp has dropped enough outside to open the windows. Couple that with the automatic sliding door opener I bought to let the dogs out when no one is home, and a whole house fan system it almost achieves what you're looking for. Granted if I want windows open we have to do that manually, but with the sliding door opening, and the whole house fan kicking on when it's nice out, we manage to stay pretty comfortable.
Notify whoever when the house is "armed home" when movement is detected in the morning .. to avoid having the alarm sound if anyone is sleeping ;) this is a cool automation
For robot vaccum since I have a 2 floor house. i run the main floor at 3AM in the night… Turn on the smart lights and let it do it’s job. And I run the upper floors at 3PM… these are the two most unlikely times for us to be at those floors… One drawback if some guest is staying over and since the guest room is on the main floor if I forget to turn the automation off… they’ll be disturbed
Ha! I actually have a 'brush your teeth' reminder already 🤣. I also have a button I made out of an M5 Atom Matrix (5x5 pixel screen built into a button, with wifi) and it shows a countdown timer while I brush my teeth. Pressing the button also flips a switch in home assistant, and if that switch isn't flipped before I turn off the lights while in bed (pressure sensor for bed) my Google assistant tells me I forgot to brush my teeth. It's been a great reminder since it's a habit I just struggle to keep up with otherwise. I could see myself doing something similar when I have kids.
@@SmartHomeSolver - Home Assistant looks so much more powerful and better UI... although that upfront setup looks intense! Maybe you can do a setup walkthrough video tutorial someday ;)
Great video Reid. Love some of those b roll shots. And I love the concept. Great to see your problem solving and solutions for your wife’s automation ideas. 👍 👍
dammn, that garage light flashing is a true safety measure man. Never thought about those kinds of things, smart home is not only comfort. Its also family safety using your existing stuff with some smart programming. Realy interesting stuff :D
Lol! This was so good. Hope the family had a lot of fun putting this one together. I really like the temperature notification to open up the windows/doors. Oh! Reed, I was thinking how stoked you’d be of my troubleshooting on making my outdoor string lights smart/dimmable while finding a way to work with google and homekit (could only find one smart plug that works with alexa/google/homekit). The extent of my smart devices starts and ends with Hue but I was able to tie in a non hue product using different automations to get the desired results. Anyways, I’ll keep expanding and learning as I go, your ability to manually code things is impressive to say the least. All the best
You need a bed sensor. We have a weight sensor. Not only does our system know some one is in bed but also who is in bed or when we are both in bed. This works perfect for all night automations. We even activate the camera recordings with this
We set up a "School Day Routine" in HA using Time triggers and Trigger ID's. At 6:30am, the LED strips around our kids' beds turn from 1% Red to 5% Green. They know it's okay for them to get up and take a shower. At 7:00, the lights in their bedroom turn Soft White at 20%. At 7:10, their lights turn to 50%, and their Echo says, "It's time to start the day". I'm using TTS in HA to broadcast. The morning goes on with some other reminders (medicine, tea, etc.), and at 7:40 all the light in the house turn on and the Echos broadcast a "5 minute warning." At 7:45 the "Get to the Car" message is given. At 7:50 all thd lights turn off. In addition to the Time Trigger and Weekday Condition, I added a Helper called "School Routine" and use that as an additional Condition. If the kids are on Spring Break or have a day off, I can paused/cancel the Automation at any point.
So glad I found your channel! This is great content….I’ve been stuck with a Crestron system for the last 5 years that I absolutely hate!!! I’m a tech guy and had no idea about how much limitation the system would yield. Now I’m in the midst of moving to a new house which I will be setting up with similar tech to what you’ve been posting about. Great seeing all your ideas and experiences, keep them coming!
Anyone notice you aren't checking for rain before opening windows? Either way perhaps just adding a condition for a local check for rain might be good.
@@SmartHomeSolver I often only will open the windows on the side where the rain is not blowing in. Those smart windows on north south east west groups sound great. 😀
I use motion sensors in rooms like the kitchen to track "usage" of the room. If it was used for 20 minutes straight the floor is marked as dirty with a toggle. If the room wasn't used for an hour (and the time is between sensible times) the robot vacuum is send to this room and the toggle is cleared. Since the floor dirty toggle is also available in the gui everyone can just mark the floor as dirty if necessary without having to start the vaccum "right now". In the hallway I count the door openings between cleanings, so dirt from outside brought in can be easily tracked this way. To avoid that the robot is stepping on itself with all those individual room automations I trigger a single script for room cleaning which is then queued up (published on the forum).
My all time favorite automation was when I turned on the insteon wall switch to my master bath exhaust fan. if it was between 8:30a.m. and 10:00 a m Monday through Friday (Meaning a quick shower and tooth brushing before getting dressed and leaving for work), and the outside temp was below 50, it started my car. And since my viper smart start would shut the car off after 15 minutes, if i t was below 40 it would turn the car on again after 16 minutes. Add in the space heater turning on in my bedroom and kitchen and the wall heater in the bathroom going on to warm up the rooms I use while getting ready for work, and I was never chilly on cold winter mornings. Keep in mind this was about twelve years ago, and it wasn't easy to get insteon and viper to talk to each other. I had to set up a dedicated email address to receive the insteon notification and autoreply to another address through an email filter to trigger an IFTT action script. Eventually I was going to have my coffee grind fresh beans and brew a lot and turn on some other appliances based on when I turned off my alarm in the morning, but then I sold that house.
The open window automation could also have a condition so it does not run if it is below a certain temperature outside too . Some great automation ideas here though. I should ask my partner too. Sometimes I am too geeky to think of normal things :)
As some others have said, a pressure sensor in the piano stool would probably be better as they'd sit down and by the time they're ready to either read music or start playing, the light is already on.
And here I thought my being able to turn off the family room tv while I'm in my bedroom using the lg app as me being superior to others lol. Great content, thank you for sharing.
I love your channel and really likes how you do it and laughs a lot with your sketchs family. You give me a idea, but is complex about how can i open my outside automatic gate for car and my dogs doesn't escape 😮💨. I'm thinking of produce a sound that they have previously associated with a prize they go to the inside, the detector sensor works, free a snacks and some (i'm thinking yet) close the dog door and later open the outside gate (this is easy with a broadlink) to get car inside my property. I need this, because i can't use my automatic door because i must first lock them and later back to the car and open the gate (and automatic door practically hasn't sense if i must go down). Anyway thanks a lo for you channel.
The button for kids on the toilet was good. Sadly we dont have Alexa here in Norway. Meaning that automation would require a little more setting up at my house, running HA, hue, smartthings and google home so got a couple of options going but not been able to set it all up yet as I`m very new to HA.
Love the channel. Can you offer some suggestions for how to make the smart home “wife friendly” regarding interaction with the home? We struggle from our setup not recognizing us as individuals. Her voice/my voice. Geofence conflicts. Maybe a great video idea to present her side of the experience.
Read your blog on how to get Luna's timestamp working, I got it time stamping, great! just can't get it to show me the "time" ago... Kinda changed it up a little bit and using this to show me when the main doors to the house were opened as opposed to having to click through for "more info" for more of a quick glance.
Instead of NFC for bedtime. Get a wireless charger stand for the phone. When the phone is charging wirelessly, you're probably in bed... Works great for us. No false triggers when charging by cable.
Over a decade ago I set up a "scene" or "routine" in my insteon hub that turned my car on to warm up when I turned on the master bath exhaust fan between 8:30 and 10 on weekday mornings if the temp was below 50 degrees. If I turn on the exhaust fan at those times, I'm showering and getting ready for work. You should be able to set different actions based on time of day or even based on what some previous action was. So if you turn your nightstand light off after 10:30 it could fire a bedtime routine. If you turn it on before 9am you are waking up and it can fire up your toaster and coffee maker.
This was a great video; I've been watching you much more often since you made the switch to HA! Regarding the "lights off at bedtime" automation, I had found that using the charging/not_charging sensors from the companion app worked very nicely, with the right logic. The first stage is a motion sensor in the master bathroom triggers (only once) the bedroom floor lamp to turn on after 9 pm, assuming that we're in our room for the night. Putting my phone on the charger turns it off after 1 minute. Next automation is triggered by my wife's phone charging after 10 pm, checks that mine is also charging, then kills the appropriate house lights. So far it's worked without a hitch!
I have an Apple Homekit setup. When it’s time to go to bed I simply say “Hey Siri, good night” and my automation turns off all the lights in the house, turns on my bedroom nightstand light, turns off my TV, and locks my front door. I absolutely love it!
@@anthonyscott5134 yeah it's pretty awesome what mundane things can be cut out of life! As far as what triggers it, definitely go with what you prefer. I prefer to trigger my nighttime routine with a phone charge that I do anyway, and don't really feel like speaking a command to trigger it.
@@SethMuscarella , Yeah, I hear you. For me I still like my setup. Don’t mind giving the voice command, but, to each their own. Forgot to mention that another feature of this automation is that it also turns on my AC to my preset temperature.
We are using the same broadlink button for our kids to help with brushing their teeth. Each one plays the kids personalized playlist (shuffled each time) from amazon music for two minutes then shuts off.
Hi. Really like your videos. I have a question, here in the UK home energy prices are going sky high. I just wondered if you had any idea on the background energy use of all your homes smart tech. I know you have a lot of alexas but also lots of other hubs, sensors and smart lights in order to link everything together. It would be very interesting to see if all that tech adds up to something or nothing on the energy bill. What do you think? Thanks
Wow this is truly amazing!! I am just now diving into the world of automation, and I love your channel! I am leaning toward a raspberry pi for home assistant. I am fairly technical and love the idea of setting up automations for my wildest dreams, but not sure what I need to buy to get started. I'd love to see some videos in the future starting from step 1 of automation
If you run home assistant on raspberri pi there is a good chance the sd card will fail and you'll lose everything, i would only use a raspberri pi to do some simple testing to see if home assistant is right for you and then switch to a mini pc for a proper installation.
Thanks for watching! Trying out a bit of a different format in today’s video, so I hope you like it.
How to set up these automations: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/how-to-set-up-10-automations-my-wife-loves/
Thanks Reed!
where did you build your vibration automation ? in smarthings or home assistant ? because I connected smarthings multi sensor in home assistant using Zigbee usb but I didn't have much to do with it so I am thinking ti get it connected back to smarthings hub to use vibration sensor
Hi, love the ideas you upload for us laymen. I've tried to understand Smart home, however it a little difficult for us menials. Is there a link you would recommend for me to review to try and get a blackberry pi going?
In one of your videos, you used a Withing to trigger automations. Will you point me to this video? Thank you.
I love how terrible your acting is I mostly only watch you bc of how cringe it is!
Reid, I love seeing you HA guys talking about solving specific "problems" and not just talking about the latest camera or other WiFi doo-dad. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks Hugh, I appreciate that!
I'd love to see more home automations for stay at home moms! Things like reminders when the kids' school bus arrives at the end of the day, reminders when to start dinner based on what you're making that day, easy ways to keep track of young children/babies all over the house.
Not sure if you are a Google home owner, but they have a big set of "family bells" around this that we have been loving. We also use routines for the all lights off thing he did by saying goodnight, and it only works with our voice.
That's a great suggestion! And I almost forgot to pick up my daughter from school the other day so I clearly need these. 😬
@@SmartHomeSolver Would you be able to suppress the alert on days that there is no school? I did that with my "Trash day" notification, so that any week with a holiday delays the notification by one day.
Do you have fart automation?
If I ask my wife to make a list, will you come automate it for me? These ideas are next level!
Sure, I can make a trip to Utah! Just send me the list haha
Bruh even Brett is here! Brett i m from Germany love you, i ll make them for you and send them for free, just make the damn list, is the woman still writing? :)))
DUUUUUDE!!! Using the vibration motor to sense when you’re playing the piano is SO DANG GOOD!! 👍🏽
Hi Reid, I’m also a HA user, and I have Light Switches that I flashed with ESPHome, on the light switches I set it up so that the light only toggles when the the switch if pressed for less then 1 second (locally controlled on the Sonoff) I then have a separate automation in HA that checks if the button is pressed for longer. In the master bedroom this “long press” is used for switching off all the lights in the house. We haven’t switched off the lights manually or with a app for more than a year!
I also use this function in other rooms to open blinds, acknowledge a “status light” etc..
Thanks for the great videos! I have been watching them for a while now and I love you ideas for all kinds of automations!
Love the realism and jokes that come in your videos.
Super love that you included your family!
You seem like such a great father and husband. These are great. Amazing video
I am drooling from all these awesome automations!!! Nice! That ending was great, but honestly love how you include your whole family in these!
Thanks! The family and I had fun with this one!!
Really great video Reed. Love how you are getting the family involved, and addressing their use cases.
Solution 1: I would have considered a pressure sensor in the piano stool as well. Not playing for 5 minutes is quite common when studying music or talking whilst at the piano.
Detecting if someone is sat at the piano is what you need.
Reed hates visable wires though. I'm not sure he would be down for a solution like that, and I'm not aware of any battery powered pressure sensors...could maybe run a Arduino with a rechargeable battery pack or something from inside the bench, but to hide the wires would be a lot of DIY and again...not something we have seen much from Reed on (which is good, I value the fact that he is lazy so he finds clever solutions for lazy people 🤣👍)
@@Geoff_W I made my own pressure sensor for our bed that runs on battery, I had a water leak sensor to spare, which has the the electronics seperated from the water detecting part, meaning there is two wires coming out. Cut the wires off and purchased a pressure pad. Hooked it all up, when pressure is Put on the pad the circuit closes and "detects water". Some templating in HA and I have a bed occupancy sensor instead.
@Resident Evil I didn't know "car seat" pressure sensors were a product. I'll be buying at least one of those. 😂 I like your user name.
@@mackelajt what kind of pressure pad do you use?
@Resident Evil Thanks! I know what you are talking about now.
I found your channel last Fall when I started on the smart home journey. Your videos have helped me so so much, but thats not the reason I’ve finally decided to comment. This comment is because tonight after almost a full year of smart home and home automation iterations, my wife asked me to set up an automation and Google routine for her! 🙌 Im sure you can relate. After all the mishaps and wrong verbal queues, lights automatically turning on at 6am on a Saturday morning, this feels like she is finally 100% on board with the smart home transition. (70+ devices and a year later) 🤣 But hey, its a huge milestone!! Thanks again for you content.
Gotten a bit advanced for my skill level, but it’s still entertaining to watch your smart home grow.
Yeah, another upload. My mom only needs the outdoor lights, and the TV and kitchen light strips on, but seeing your automations makes me realize that we are very simple lol have a good day, though Reed.
BRO dont stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the update trying to keep my house smart too
I love that while he’s introducing the most developed technologies he still use the simplest thing, just a sheet of paper.
Humidity detection to turn on the bathroom exhaust fans. Did this and my wife loves it. Use a reference sensor elsewhere in the house and compare the two for the swing in humidity when the shower is on.
These are great. You are a wonderful husband and a great nerd. The child garage light one is genius.
The actionable notification is exactly what I’ve been wanting from the Roomba app for years. I had no idea this was even possible as a custom solution,… super excited to try it
Instead of Motion sensor you could have gone with Presence (occupancy) sensor that uses doppler like Aqara FP1, it is very accurate and can detect even a non-moving persons, and also is used to detect sudden falls (very useful for monitoring elderly)
That’s a good point!
I don't think the FP1 is listed on the Aqara website or Amazon.
@@sillvvasensei it might be their internal product, it is sold on aliexpress. But its not the only device, there are alternatives.
@@SerhiiYastrebov they dont think there will be a big demand for it out of china so its not being sold anywhere except china as of right now
@@Fine_i_set_the_handle I suspect that reason was different, because aliexpress stores were selling it only after working hours, seemed like it was forbidden to sell it to other countries.
But it is available now.
Also, there are alternative devices, this one is most known to me.
This is a great video - very informative. I really like the personal touch of including family members and shots of your house.
Regarding "NFC tag: lights off," it seems to me you already had the solution available without having to add additional hardware: "Alexa, turn off all lights." This way, you don't have to be standing in the vicinity of the NFC tag; it will work from wherever Alexa can hear you. You could go even one step further by creating an Alexa routine to trigger the event with something like, "Alexa, bedtime."
I've done this with "Alexa, goodnight" and "Alexa, I'm leaving" for when I leave the house.
I used an NFC for a while, but then I just triggered the script when I charge my phone at night. I can still run it manually, but the charging trigger is nice.
Great video Reid. A bit advanced for me but great ideas! My wife was just saying this morning I just want a button! I don't want to use my voice LOL.. I am using the brilliant system from brilliant Tech for my switches and I have 2 control pads. They work awesome and control my sonos and integrate with ring video cams. The switches can do motion sensing and you can also assign a scene to any switch using a double tap created in the brilliant environment. Well I created a scene this morning that turns off all the light in the bedroom, bathroom and close and stops the music by double tapping one of the switches. This is a routine when leaving the upstairs for work. My wife already left for work at the time so I can't wait to show her to see what she says! I know we all have to remember the wife factor
Lol, one of my main automations is for the piano lights too. I love your vibration sensor idea. What I ended up using was a radar presence sensor pointed at the bench, which turns on the lights as you sit at the bench.
The problem with turning off the lights when done, is that sometimes someone will wander into the room while the piano is being played and sit on the couch and start reading, and it's no bueno to turn the lights out of them as soon as the first person is done playing. Still working through the best way to do that....
Automation is really cool and a perfect setup for a haunting movie
Bedtime is easy. Two pieces of cardboard, foil connected to two wires and some weather strip foam. Connected it to an ESP32. Basically when the two pieces of foil touch, it will be “on”, aka someone is in the bed. If you put it under the mattress when someone is laying in the bed, it will cause the two pieces of foil to touch. I’ve had this set up for 3 months and it works perfectly.
I have enjoyed watching your channel for a long time but this video finally got me to subscribe. Thanks for all your videos and the fun family tidbits you sprinkle in them.
Live the ideas you have here! I'll be attempting to migrate to Home Assistant, hopefully sooner than later.
As for your "it's nicer outside than inside", I've got something setup that will text me when the temp has dropped enough outside to open the windows. Couple that with the automatic sliding door opener I bought to let the dogs out when no one is home, and a whole house fan system it almost achieves what you're looking for. Granted if I want windows open we have to do that manually, but with the sliding door opening, and the whole house fan kicking on when it's nice out, we manage to stay pretty comfortable.
These are awesome!! Probably the best video on automation ideas I’ve seen in a long time
Wow, thanks!
That last one is a really good idea.
I've been trying to make a "nice outside" automation for months that didn't pester us. I'm totally stealing this, thanks!
Love the humor in your videos.
Notify whoever when the house is "armed home" when movement is detected in the morning .. to avoid having the alarm sound if anyone is sleeping ;) this is a cool automation
I always look forward to your videos! They are great inspiration with added humor.
The piano automation is amazinggg
For robot vaccum since I have a 2 floor house. i run the main floor at 3AM in the night… Turn on the smart lights and let it do it’s job. And I run the upper floors at 3PM… these are the two most unlikely times for us to be at those floors…
One drawback if some guest is staying over and since the guest room is on the main floor if I forget to turn the automation off… they’ll be disturbed
Ha! I actually have a 'brush your teeth' reminder already 🤣. I also have a button I made out of an M5 Atom Matrix (5x5 pixel screen built into a button, with wifi) and it shows a countdown timer while I brush my teeth. Pressing the button also flips a switch in home assistant, and if that switch isn't flipped before I turn off the lights while in bed (pressure sensor for bed) my Google assistant tells me I forgot to brush my teeth. It's been a great reminder since it's a habit I just struggle to keep up with otherwise. I could see myself doing something similar when I have kids.
Wow that's a great way to be reminded! Yes, would be perfect for kids.
Love it man! Fun new format, very entertaining and educational. (I just need to get off ST app, feels so dated)
Thanks! Yeah I use the Home Assistant app to control all of my ST devices and it feels way more modern.
@@SmartHomeSolver - Home Assistant looks so much more powerful and better UI... although that upfront setup looks intense! Maybe you can do a setup walkthrough video tutorial someday ;)
got to love HA makes a lot of local fast and amazing automation's possible.
I am SO stealing that piano vibration idea for my kids!
Great video Reid. Love some of those b roll shots. And I love the concept. Great to see your problem solving and solutions for your wife’s automation ideas. 👍 👍
Thanks Shane!
toilet paper automation is a must! thumbs up for that one 😂
I laughed out loud, and my wife had a disgusted look on her face 😅
it's a definite must 😂
dammn, that garage light flashing is a true safety measure man. Never thought about those kinds of things, smart home is not only comfort. Its also family safety using your existing stuff with some smart programming. Realy interesting stuff :D
Lol! This was so good.
Hope the family had a lot of fun putting this one together. I really like the temperature notification to open up the windows/doors.
Oh! Reed, I was thinking how stoked you’d be of my troubleshooting on making my outdoor string lights smart/dimmable while finding a way to work with google and homekit (could only find one smart plug that works with alexa/google/homekit). The extent of my smart devices starts and ends with Hue but I was able to tie in a non hue product using different automations to get the desired results. Anyways, I’ll keep expanding and learning as I go, your ability to manually code things is impressive to say the least.
All the best
You need a bed sensor. We have a weight sensor. Not only does our system know some one is in bed but also who is in bed or when we are both in bed. This works perfect for all night automations. We even activate the camera recordings with this
I’ve used that in a past video but I didn’t want it to trigger when it shouldn’t.
We set up a "School Day Routine" in HA using Time triggers and Trigger ID's.
At 6:30am, the LED strips around our kids' beds turn from 1% Red to 5% Green. They know it's okay for them to get up and take a shower.
At 7:00, the lights in their bedroom turn Soft White at 20%.
At 7:10, their lights turn to 50%, and their Echo says, "It's time to start the day". I'm using TTS in HA to broadcast.
The morning goes on with some other reminders (medicine, tea, etc.), and at 7:40 all the light in the house turn on and the Echos broadcast a "5 minute warning." At 7:45 the "Get to the Car" message is given. At 7:50 all thd lights turn off.
In addition to the Time Trigger and Weekday Condition, I added a Helper called "School Routine" and use that as an additional Condition. If the kids are on Spring Break or have a day off, I can paused/cancel the Automation at any point.
For light switching off at night I use my ring alarm sensor. We always arm the house right before we go to sleep and that turns off all the lights
So glad I found your channel! This is great content….I’ve been stuck with a Crestron system for the last 5 years that I absolutely hate!!! I’m a tech guy and had no idea about how much limitation the system would yield. Now I’m in the midst of moving to a new house which I will be setting up with similar tech to what you’ve been posting about. Great seeing all your ideas and experiences, keep them coming!
Aww Luna don’t listen to him, you are cute 😍❤️
Reid, you let me know when you automate loading/unloading the dishwasher and laundry. 😂
Love your content, I have my whole house hooked up to HAss and am always trying to figure out automation ideas.
Happy wife happy wife!😊
Practical! Real life use case ftw!
Anyone notice you aren't checking for rain before opening windows? Either way perhaps just adding a condition for a local check for rain might be good.
Good idea! It definitely cools off when it's raining here, so that could be a good condition to add.
@@SmartHomeSolver I often only will open the windows on the side where the rain is not blowing in. Those smart windows on north south east west groups sound great. 😀
This is great, a practical application for a smarthome
You are a good home automation genius
Home Assitant have season sensor so you could use it as condition in temperature alert.
I use motion sensors in rooms like the kitchen to track "usage" of the room. If it was used for 20 minutes straight the floor is marked as dirty with a toggle.
If the room wasn't used for an hour (and the time is between sensible times) the robot vacuum is send to this room and the toggle is cleared.
Since the floor dirty toggle is also available in the gui everyone can just mark the floor as dirty if necessary without having to start the vaccum "right now".
In the hallway I count the door openings between cleanings, so dirt from outside brought in can be easily tracked this way.
To avoid that the robot is stepping on itself with all those individual room automations I trigger a single script for room cleaning which is then queued up (published on the forum).
That's such a great solution!
Happy Wife, Happy Life! I tried asking her, but she ignored me. I'll have to try again.
My all time favorite automation was when I turned on the insteon wall switch to my master bath exhaust fan. if it was between 8:30a.m. and 10:00 a m Monday through Friday (Meaning a quick shower and tooth brushing before getting dressed and leaving for work), and the outside temp was below 50, it started my car. And since my viper smart start would shut the car off after 15 minutes, if i t was below 40 it would turn the car on again after 16 minutes.
Add in the space heater turning on in my bedroom and kitchen and the wall heater in the bathroom going on to warm up the rooms I use while getting ready for work, and I was never chilly on cold winter mornings.
Keep in mind this was about twelve years ago, and it wasn't easy to get insteon and viper to talk to each other. I had to set up a dedicated email address to receive the insteon notification and autoreply to another address through an email filter to trigger an IFTT action script.
Eventually I was going to have my coffee grind fresh beans and brew a lot and turn on some other appliances based on when I turned off my alarm in the morning, but then I sold that house.
I believe I’ve commented before saying my favorite part is the end cringy dad joke and it never fails, keep it up!
The open window automation could also have a condition so it does not run if it is below a certain temperature outside too .
Some great automation ideas here though. I should ask my partner too. Sometimes I am too geeky to think of normal things :)
I feel in love with Luna
If they're wife approved they must be good!
As some others have said, a pressure sensor in the piano stool would probably be better as they'd sit down and by the time they're ready to either read music or start playing, the light is already on.
Yes that would be a good solution too. I don’t know if I would want to reupholster the bench though.
And here I thought my being able to turn off the family room tv while I'm in my bedroom using the lg app as me being superior to others lol. Great content, thank you for sharing.
I love your channel and really likes how you do it and laughs a lot with your sketchs family. You give me a idea, but is complex about how can i open my outside automatic gate for car and my dogs doesn't escape 😮💨. I'm thinking of produce a sound that they have previously associated with a prize they go to the inside, the detector sensor works, free a snacks and some (i'm thinking yet) close the dog door and later open the outside gate (this is easy with a broadlink) to get car inside my property.
I need this, because i can't use my automatic door because i must first lock them and later back to the car and open the gate (and automatic door practically hasn't sense if i must go down).
Anyway thanks a lo for you channel.
That's pretty good!! Great job!
The ending of this vid is epic!!😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The button for kids on the toilet was good. Sadly we dont have Alexa here in Norway. Meaning that automation would require a little more setting up at my house, running HA, hue, smartthings and google home so got a couple of options going but not been able to set it all up yet as I`m very new to HA.
Love the channel. Can you offer some suggestions for how to make the smart home “wife friendly” regarding interaction with the home? We struggle from our setup not recognizing us as individuals. Her voice/my voice. Geofence conflicts. Maybe a great video idea to present her side of the experience.
Read your blog on how to get Luna's timestamp working, I got it time stamping, great! just can't get it to show me the "time" ago...
Kinda changed it up a little bit and using this to show me when the main doors to the house were opened as opposed to having to click through for "more info" for more of a quick glance.
these are sick! love the robot vacuum one
Instead of NFC for bedtime. Get a wireless charger stand for the phone. When the phone is charging wirelessly, you're probably in bed... Works great for us. No false triggers when charging by cable.
Using this for a couple of years now and it's working great 🙂
Over a decade ago I set up a "scene" or "routine" in my insteon hub that turned my car on to warm up when I turned on the master bath exhaust fan between 8:30 and 10 on weekday mornings if the temp was below 50 degrees. If I turn on the exhaust fan at those times, I'm showering and getting ready for work.
You should be able to set different actions based on time of day or even based on what some previous action was. So if you turn your nightstand light off after 10:30 it could fire a bedtime routine. If you turn it on before 9am you are waking up and it can fire up your toaster and coffee maker.
wow.. liked the new format
This was a great video; I've been watching you much more often since you made the switch to HA!
Regarding the "lights off at bedtime" automation, I had found that using the charging/not_charging sensors from the companion app worked very nicely, with the right logic. The first stage is a motion sensor in the master bathroom triggers (only once) the bedroom floor lamp to turn on after 9 pm, assuming that we're in our room for the night. Putting my phone on the charger turns it off after 1 minute. Next automation is triggered by my wife's phone charging after 10 pm, checks that mine is also charging, then kills the appropriate house lights. So far it's worked without a hitch!
I have an Apple Homekit setup. When it’s time to go to bed I simply say “Hey Siri, good night” and my automation turns off all the lights in the house, turns on my bedroom nightstand light, turns off my TV, and locks my front door. I absolutely love it!
@@anthonyscott5134 yeah it's pretty awesome what mundane things can be cut out of life! As far as what triggers it, definitely go with what you prefer. I prefer to trigger my nighttime routine with a phone charge that I do anyway, and don't really feel like speaking a command to trigger it.
@@SethMuscarella , Yeah, I hear you. For me I still like my setup. Don’t mind giving the voice command, but, to each their own. Forgot to mention that another feature of this automation is that it also turns on my AC to my preset temperature.
Happy mother’s dayyyy
We are using the same broadlink button for our kids to help with brushing their teeth. Each one plays the kids personalized playlist (shuffled each time) from amazon music for two minutes then shuts off.
Now that's a great idea! Love it
Great inspiring video! Thanks
the potty training bit was hilarious. Sweet kid hahaha
I think I may need to make that toilet paper automation a feature in my home too 😆
it's very practical! 😂
@@SmartHomeSolver It wipes the floor with most other automations……🤭
Well these are fun. It won't fly in my house though, Dad is worried the house might turn into Terminator.
What is the app your using
Home Assistant
Lol. Thanks Reed. Great automation ideas.
Thanks Ron!
I just have my vacuum run at night when everybody should be in bed but there are only 3 of us in my family lol
Microwave radar wave sensor I think is the new one.
Great video, one of your best
Hi. Really like your videos. I have a question, here in the UK home energy prices are going sky high. I just wondered if you had any idea on the background energy use of all your homes smart tech. I know you have a lot of alexas but also lots of other hubs, sensors and smart lights in order to link everything together. It would be very interesting to see if all that tech adds up to something or nothing on the energy bill. What do you think? Thanks
Great video love technology.
I liked the Batman music, just missing the loud stomping :)
Love the Batman theme
Nice catch!
@@SmartHomeSolver big fan of the channel keep it up!
Some great ideas there Reed, well Ali 👏🏻
Awesome! Really loved that video! Great family! :)
Astro would bring you toilet paper, my wife has forbidden me from buying one though
Great video!
Good video, ty 😊 🙏
Wow this is truly amazing!! I am just now diving into the world of automation, and I love your channel! I am leaning toward a raspberry pi for home assistant. I am fairly technical and love the idea of setting up automations for my wildest dreams, but not sure what I need to buy to get started. I'd love to see some videos in the future starting from step 1 of automation
If you run home assistant on raspberri pi there is a good chance the sd card will fail and you'll lose everything, i would only use a raspberri pi to do some simple testing to see if home assistant is right for you and then switch to a mini pc for a proper installation.
Great video !
I love the Batman theme song on the piano lol
Great song... great movie!
@@SmartHomeSolver indeed
What's the software you are using on your ipad? Awesome video btw!
Home Assistant
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What software are you using to make all these automations work?
Home Assistant, you can see details here: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/how-to-set-up-10-automations-my-wife-loves/