@@lackr0073 So Dave. I think a lot of people love you smart remotes. How did you make your custom homemade smart remotes. Do you have shop for them. Or written blog how to build or even better een video.
@@_L.L. Thank you, I do these projects because I love making things and being creative. But admittedly it does require a lot of time. It took me a year to finish rev 1, I’m on rev 6 today. I do have an idea to make one that is a configurable remote that ties in to Home Assistant easily. My remote has over 2500 lines of code… not for the faint of heart. I need to make a proper GUI for it and sell or share it with the masses. But no how to video exist on how to make one right now. Thanks for watching!
@@lackr0073 When you do make public (free or sell for an acceptable price) let's us all know. And also don't forget reed. Let him also know. 😉. And my last thought, make sure you keep having fun while building your smartHome. I do while I building my own smartHome.
@@SBPepperminionyep… very true! I couldn’t find or source any silicone buttons for these remotes, so I bought 10 brand new dtv remotes and immediately tore them apart just for the silicone buttons. Thanks for watching!
This series is just so Reed can go around and fan boy/geek out over smart home stuff with others while taking notes, lol! You can see that excited energy of two kids on Christmas morning as they play with all the toys.
I mean nothing wrong with that. If I was given the chance to tour a nice smart home I would take it myself. I call my home "smart" but it is basic compared to even what Reed does. I use Samsung smartthings so I am more limited then home assistant.
@@kanbak I’m Dave, the guy in this video, I started with Samsung SmartThings, then moved to OpenHab, then Home Assistant. We all started somewhere, just have fun with it and when you feel you have out grown ST, then have fun with the next thing! Thanks for watching the video!
@@lackr0073I would love if you open sourced that remote and light switch. Hell, even monetized it would be fine, I would love either of those, the light switch mostly!
French/Indian/Chinese startup Cantata are developing a remote like the one in the video (actually a Logitech Harmony replacement) - the Haptique RS90. It's in Kickstarter right now and supposed to release in August (sure!!). Just $645 :O
If David sold the plans for the remote (PCB, STL files, code files, material's list, etc), I'd totally buy that! (if he doesn't wanna batch make a bunch of remotes himself)
I've been building a similar remote, you can check it out on my channel. My remote doesn't have as many buttons because I'm trying to keep the cost down, but it has voice assistant!
It's fascinating seeing different people's entirely different approaches to building a smart home. I personally like everything to be hidden without screens and buttons everywhere, but I do love that movie poster screen!
I love that movie info screen too, but would have to program a false result or screensaver when trying to watch, err, certain "movies" from the library incase others in the house pass by the movie info screen
Wow, this is the dream of every smart homer - at least for me. I went the "why BUILD when you can BUY" route some years ago and left the MQTT + Node-RED route but seeing Dave's remote opened my eyes again. Building an MQTT device is so much easier than trying to force an existing product to behave exactly the way I want and re-using existing silicone buttons from a remote is a great idea. Thanks for sharing this!
I would've liked more info on that movie poster (especially how it extracts the infos about the movies like runtime) and cinema room. Does he not have a channel?
I don’t have a channel, I’ve have thought about it though… Google Great Dane Cinema movie poster. It’s software that uses Plex or Kodi to display your movie posters. I have it running on a small PC that is controlled by HA to turn on/off whenever my theater turns on/off, I can manually turn it on or off also.
The controłer showed a plex icon, so I'm guessing that's what's being used in the cinema. Plex has their own API which can be used for fetching info, such as currently playing and its metadata.
WOW... Yeah - I'd want one of those remotes!! Is he planning to market it? And how about those ESP boards in the switch box?! I'd definitely love some of those!!!
What David has done is truely amazing. Yes I would buy the remote in a heartbeat or pay for the STL and schematics to build it myself. I'm nowhere near this level of automation... Only problem, my wife has seen this as well.... So I have some extra stuf on my to do list now😅
So cool!! Just when you think you might have half-way decent smart home skills and a decent setup…. You learn of people like this that are straight up pioneers!!!! Thank you for sharing your home setup with Reed and the community!
Thanks for the high praise! Some people like to read, others watch tv, I like to make stuff. Thank you for watching, Reed and Aly did a great job on the video!
Well, that's insane! I love seeing everything other people are doing with their homes, and Dave has made some impressive automations I'm going to have to reproduce!
Nothing beats a complete and discrete smart home like that! It looks like a home, and not a hacked-up, overly techy home. The central rack is fantastic, and that remote!!! AMAZING! I used to sell and program custom remotes from URC and it was amazing what I could get it to control and do. Far easier to have one remote to control everything than a smartphone. I wish Dave's remote was available so I could go back to using something similar. The Logitech Harmony did some of the controlling well, but still wasn't as fluid and quick to respond as my URC. Unfortunately, things like Hue and Lutron bridges don't work with the old URC, and some of it doesn’t work very well on the Logitech. Bring back an All-in-one remote that can be customized with current tech and I'll be happy!
Brian, thanks for the kind words! I start out using URCs, then Harmony but as eluted to in your comment all the IR based remotes fall short in some of the newer IP based players. TVs, and random devices. Also the systems that existed back then that could integrate all the latest tech together were really expensive and could only be programed by "Certified Installers". That is what lead me down the road of making my own. Thank you for watching Brian!
@lackr0073 I appreciate the reply. Does your remote incorporate IR, RF, IP, and Bluetooth? If so, which was the biggest challenge to set up in your programming? The greatest convenience but biggest challenge for integration with the new tech in my home has been getting the Logitech to run lighting in with the macros. The URC could set an Intermission lighting scene when I hit pause and dim the lights with the play. Logitech is more difficult to program and won't even connect with our Hue hub anymore. Hopefully, you, or someone like you will come out with a worthy successor to the URC/Logitech line of products that are configurable via the eager consumer. I'm sure the biggest challenge to that works be offering tech support, followed closely behind by building and supplying IR databases, IP control, etc. Thanks again for showing off your amazing achievement in your smart home!
@@brianr.8888 Brian, It is a WIFI remote that communicates with a HUB that I made (In my server rack) that turns those commands in to IR commands and has many IR blaster outputs for different zone devices (TVs, receiver's, etc) and source devices (DVD, media players, etc..). The HUB also converts the remote commands into IP control commands to controls smart devices (media players, smart TVs, etc..). No Bluetooth (yet). I do have a consumer friendly version in the works that will simplify the setup process as the current version is all programmed in C++. It will also not require a HUB (Optional).
🤯 With Harmony remotes having been discontinued with nobody else worthy to backfill the space, there is definitely a niche market for his remote! I know I would absolutely buy one!
Brilliant remote, WOW! I'm in TX as well and would love to test something like that...under $100 and I'd buy three of them, as long as they can control my TV, soundbar, etc.
The Power Pet Door is excellent. Mine has been going strong for a couple years now. FYI there's a HACS integration available for the Wifi version. No modification required!
Dave, let us know about that awesome remote. Are you going to start selling them mate? You home is amazing, and thank you so much for share this incredible information.
Am curious to know if he's using stock firmware on those Alexa devices or if he found a custom firmware for them (the voice sounded like a Piper standard voice module). I want to do precisely that, I want to take an existing and completely unused Alexa echo dot mk 3 and put purely custom firmware on it for fundamental voice capture and playback/response only (for all LAN-internal voice processing)
No special firmware, using a standard Amazon Echo Dot and using the Alexa Home assistant integration to drive the custom notifications. Good question, thanks for watching!
This guy is the best! Full of tech wisdom. Double thumbs Dave! Do you do mentorship????🙏🙏🙏 You can't let this tech geniusity go without passing to the next generation! See I had to invent a word "geniusity" because of you!
Haha, thanks! Let’s just say, during the debugging phase, it’s like taking on a part-time job as a full-blown programmer. But once I implemented over-the-air programming on all the devices it made the whole process 1000% easier! Now I just sit back and watch everything (mostly) run smoothly… until the next update breaks something. 😅Thanks for watching!
Unfolded Circle will be doing a kickstarter for their Remote 3 - why do I mention that? It integrates into Home Assistant and can be a big part of some home automation too. And, you know - the home theater.
Yea I read some reviews that were similar to your problems before I bought this. My strategy was to limit the use of the door. Even with all the custom routines to limit them from just using the door to look outside (and not exit) the door has opened almost 9000 times over 6 months (I built in a counter). If I didn’t have that it would surely be at 20-40k. So I think most of it is just wear and tear on the door. Thanks for watching!
im trying to do this automated door in a small shed too but with wild chipmunks (not squirrels, only chipmunks) so i can't use a collar. so i'm using ML to identify a chipmunk via an esp32 cam.
Big thanks to Dave and Amanda! Want me to tour YOUR smart home next? Click here: forms.gle/x2etBG883jwiXeVN7
Thanks Reed for taking the time to tour my house! The video turned out great!
@@lackr0073 So Dave. I think a lot of people love you smart remotes.
How did you make your custom homemade smart remotes. Do you have shop for them. Or written blog how to build or even better een video.
@@_L.L. Thank you, I do these projects because I love making things and being creative. But admittedly it does require a lot of time. It took me a year to finish rev 1, I’m on rev 6 today. I do have an idea to make one that is a configurable remote that ties in to Home Assistant easily. My remote has over 2500 lines of code… not for the faint of heart. I need to make a proper GUI for it and sell or share it with the masses. But no how to video exist on how to make one right now. Thanks for watching!
@@lackr0073 When you do make public (free or sell for an acceptable price) let's us all know. And also don't forget reed. Let him also know. 😉.
And my last thought, make sure you keep having fun while building your smartHome. I do while I building my own smartHome.
Agreed
This guy is a mad scientist, that remote is wild, I want one.
Check out best joy remote. It does the same thing over MQTT . I bought mine a few months ago. So far I’ve been very happy with it
He should sell that remote
Logitech should've never discontinued the Harmony remote. They had a good thing going there! 😡
I feel sorry for the former DIRECTV Genie remote...
@@SBPepperminionyep… very true! I couldn’t find or source any silicone buttons for these remotes, so I bought 10 brand new dtv remotes and immediately tore them apart just for the silicone buttons. Thanks for watching!
If this guy made a youtube channel of his own it would instantly jump to the top of my list as a must-watch
Wow, flattering, thank you!
Likewise. Absolutely incredible.
I was thinking the same thing. I am a software developer and I dabble in hardware from time to time but I'd love to have some of his knowledge.
Also agree!! Very interested in a full guide to recreate the smart[er] doggy door
@@lackr0073 Will you ever make that remote available on something like PCBWay?
This series is just so Reed can go around and fan boy/geek out over smart home stuff with others while taking notes, lol! You can see that excited energy of two kids on Christmas morning as they play with all the toys.
Heck yeah, he’s living the dream
I mean nothing wrong with that. If I was given the chance to tour a nice smart home I would take it myself. I call my home "smart" but it is basic compared to even what Reed does. I use Samsung smartthings so I am more limited then home assistant.
@@kanbak I’m Dave, the guy in this video, I started with Samsung SmartThings, then moved to OpenHab, then Home Assistant. We all started somewhere, just have fun with it and when you feel you have out grown ST, then have fun with the next thing! Thanks for watching the video!
@@lackr0073how did you make the movie poster show the current showing movie? I’d love to add this to my theatre
@@lackr0073I would love if you open sourced that remote and light switch.
Hell, even monetized it would be fine, I would love either of those, the light switch mostly!
My smart home is so not worthy after seeing that. 🤯
Haha this is how I feel every time I'm doing these smart home tours!
Thank you for the kind words, guys like you and Reed are very inspiring!
@@lackr0073 Are you Dave??
@@texactual yes
AND I am not worthy of calling my home smart or even smart-ER.
Kicker starter for the remote? I would buy one.
I would too
French/Indian/Chinese startup Cantata are developing a remote like the one in the video (actually a Logitech Harmony replacement) - the Haptique RS90. It's in Kickstarter right now and supposed to release in August (sure!!). Just $645 :O
I would love to buy them or, ... try to build them of the maker/master himself @lackr0073 aka Dave.
So would I
Would cost you 5 grand lol
If David sold the plans for the remote (PCB, STL files, code files, material's list, etc), I'd totally buy that! (if he doesn't wanna batch make a bunch of remotes himself)
I've been building a similar remote, you can check it out on my channel. My remote doesn't have as many buttons because I'm trying to keep the cost down, but it has voice assistant!
Wow! This guy needs an award. 🏆
That light switch idea he should patent. Definitely genius
It's fascinating seeing different people's entirely different approaches to building a smart home. I personally like everything to be hidden without screens and buttons everywhere, but I do love that movie poster screen!
I love that movie info screen too, but would have to program a false result or screensaver when trying to watch, err, certain "movies" from the library incase others in the house pass by the movie info screen
I would love to get my hands on the remote, especially if it can be programmed to be room specific.
Wow, this is the dream of every smart homer - at least for me.
I went the "why BUILD when you can BUY" route some years ago and left the MQTT + Node-RED route but seeing Dave's remote opened my eyes again. Building an MQTT device is so much easier than trying to force an existing product to behave exactly the way I want and re-using existing silicone buttons from a remote is a great idea.
Thanks for sharing this!
Dave, you've found a new business too!!! WE WANT THE REMOTE!!!
I could live 5 life times and still not have half the smarts this dude has. Absolutely awesome! 🤯
I definitely want to learn more about that light switch!
Incredible. Ok so Dave could make millions by selling his set up to the masses... I'm sold! Take my money Dave 💸💸😁
craziest smart home so far, awesome to see, his devotion to automation is amazing!
Would love to learn more about the switches! And the remite 😱 fantastic ! ❤️
I really need to learn his skills! This is so inspiring! That’s what we all hope for the future. Great job!
Great video and tour as always!
I'm so interested on that controller switch! Is there any info out there on how to build it?
Outstanding! Would love to learn all this.
I love the tour videos. So many good ideas. Endless inspiration. Thank you! Keep it up!
Nice! Thanks for the tour 😊
I would've liked more info on that movie poster (especially how it extracts the infos about the movies like runtime) and cinema room.
Does he not have a channel?
I don’t have a channel, I’ve have thought about it though… Google Great Dane Cinema movie poster. It’s software that uses Plex or Kodi to display your movie posters. I have it running on a small PC that is controlled by HA to turn on/off whenever my theater turns on/off, I can manually turn it on or off also.
The controłer showed a plex icon, so I'm guessing that's what's being used in the cinema. Plex has their own API which can be used for fetching info, such as currently playing and its metadata.
I would definitely get that remote!
WOW... Yeah - I'd want one of those remotes!! Is he planning to market it? And how about those ESP boards in the switch box?! I'd definitely love some of those!!!
That custom PCB gang box! 🥵 Take my money!
Are you kidding me?! That was amazing! I need more of these videos that was so fun to see each thing he custom built.
Awesome smart home! Love seeing the JTR theater speakers too!
Thank you, I upgraded last year to JTR from my old Polks, huge upgrade! JTR are for sure my End Game speakers! Highly recommend! Thanks for watching!
Just when you think you found the best smarthome, you manage to come up with an even more innovative guy.
Mind-blowing! 🤯
What David has done is truely amazing. Yes I would buy the remote in a heartbeat or pay for the STL and schematics to build it myself. I'm nowhere near this level of automation... Only problem, my wife has seen this as well.... So I have some extra stuf on my to do list now😅
Thank you . Great video and I hope everyone enjoys
So cool!! Just when you think you might have half-way decent smart home skills and a decent setup…. You learn of people like this that are straight up pioneers!!!! Thank you for sharing your home setup with Reed and the community!
Thanks for the high praise! Some people like to read, others watch tv, I like to make stuff. Thank you for watching, Reed and Aly did a great job on the video!
wow and i thought my stuff was good in my old house in texas. This is awesome!
Appreciate the kind words fellow Texan! 🤠
Fantastic solutions this guy has made!!!
It’s not next level home automation, it’s TOP level !
Everyone needs a neighbor like Dave 👍
Well, that's insane! I love seeing everything other people are doing with their homes, and Dave has made some impressive automations I'm going to have to reproduce!
I would definitely buy the smart light switch
Love these tours. This DIY is next level! Love it.
I’m impressed by the XBR4 tv on his office. Had that same tv, loved it!
Very smart guy. Great job!
I love this channel and Davids house wowwww
Any more info on the Junction box controller?
any way i can buy the pcb files for those light switches? i need that in my house
I need that remote.
Any more info on the wall switch retrofit? That’s genius!
That remote is awesome. Take my money!!!
Nice stuff, I was just looking into adding weather radio to my iot also
Great idea featuring makers/creators for the smart home. Dave seems like an amazing person.
how do i get that light switch pcb? seems so much better than 3 zooz or other switches
Nothing beats a complete and discrete smart home like that! It looks like a home, and not a hacked-up, overly techy home. The central rack is fantastic, and that remote!!! AMAZING! I used to sell and program custom remotes from URC and it was amazing what I could get it to control and do. Far easier to have one remote to control everything than a smartphone. I wish Dave's remote was available so I could go back to using something similar. The Logitech Harmony did some of the controlling well, but still wasn't as fluid and quick to respond as my URC. Unfortunately, things like Hue and Lutron bridges don't work with the old URC, and some of it doesn’t work very well on the Logitech. Bring back an All-in-one remote that can be customized with current tech and I'll be happy!
Brian, thanks for the kind words! I start out using URCs, then Harmony but as eluted to in your comment all the IR based remotes fall short in some of the newer IP based players. TVs, and random devices. Also the systems that existed back then that could integrate all the latest tech together were really expensive and could only be programed by "Certified Installers". That is what lead me down the road of making my own. Thank you for watching Brian!
@lackr0073 I appreciate the reply.
Does your remote incorporate IR, RF, IP, and Bluetooth? If so, which was the biggest challenge to set up in your programming?
The greatest convenience but biggest challenge for integration with the new tech in my home has been getting the Logitech to run lighting in with the macros. The URC could set an Intermission lighting scene when I hit pause and dim the lights with the play. Logitech is more difficult to program and won't even connect with our Hue hub anymore. Hopefully, you, or someone like you will come out with a worthy successor to the URC/Logitech line of products that are configurable via the eager consumer. I'm sure the biggest challenge to that works be offering tech support, followed closely behind by building and supplying IR databases, IP control, etc.
Thanks again for showing off your amazing achievement in your smart home!
@@brianr.8888 Brian, It is a WIFI remote that communicates with a HUB that I made (In my server rack) that turns those commands in to IR commands and has many IR blaster outputs for different zone devices (TVs, receiver's, etc) and source devices (DVD, media players, etc..). The HUB also converts the remote commands into IP control commands to controls smart devices (media players, smart TVs, etc..). No Bluetooth (yet). I do have a consumer friendly version in the works that will simplify the setup process as the current version is all programmed in C++. It will also not require a HUB (Optional).
If Dave was to provide the information/plan for how he built the remotes, I would totally buy them. This is too cool!
Wow, that was a very cool smart home. Super jealous.
Cool ideas. The remote looks like the Logitec harmony Elite Tv remote i brought years ago though for anyone not wanting to make it all yourself :)
I want that remote and doggie door! Spectacular work Dave!
Thanks for sharing. Love David and Amanda's home and would love one of those remotes.
I want Dave to tell us me in greater detail. Like those dumb switches becoming smart!!
That remote is super cool can we have the detailed instructions how to build one? thanks!!!!
That is some serious work. Impressive!
Is there more information on the junction box controller? Maybe make it available?
Love it!! Added to the smart home tour playlist
Thanks Brandon!
Cool tour Reed! Definitely some overkill in this house, but that's what makes this fun, everyone can choose their own priorities!
🤯 With Harmony remotes having been discontinued with nobody else worthy to backfill the space, there is definitely a niche market for his remote! I know I would absolutely buy one!
Harmony being no more is so disappointing. They really didn't push it out there very well. I wish someone would've just bought it from Logitech
thanks for bringing this out.
Wow. Truly inspiring
This guy is what my friends and family think I am and I'm not even close. I feel like a fraud now. Ha! Amazing work!
Thank you for the kind words Jason!!!
Love these tours!
Amazing home! Absolutely brilliant!
Brilliant remote, WOW! I'm in TX as well and would love to test something like that...under $100 and I'd buy three of them, as long as they can control my TV, soundbar, etc.
I need to make them more user friendly for configuring them, programmed in C++, I need to make a proper user interface. Thanks for watching!
I want the remote, light switch and more diy stuff !
WOW! I want that theater room!
LOVE the electronic movie poster! Nice little detail. 👌
This guy is a genius
Dave is the friend we all need.......also, where we can we buy that remote?
Wow! Just wow!
if possible. this man should try and make the light switch j box more simple so it's easier for people to remake it and use it
Serious kudos on those custom remotes!
The Power Pet Door is excellent. Mine has been going strong for a couple years now. FYI there's a HACS integration available for the Wifi version. No modification required!
Yes, I debated getting that one but it had bad reviews. So I decided to go the DIY route because I like building stuff that that anyway.
Stunning work Dave.
Thank you!
Just fabulous...
Can't believe this is a private property setup. Better than some commercial installs!
Thank you!
Well done David!
Thank you very much!
Dave, let us know about that awesome remote. Are you going to start selling them mate? You home is amazing, and thank you so much for share this incredible information.
Thanks for the kind words, working on an another version that doesn’t require you to have to be a programmer to set it up… thanks for watching!
Am curious to know if he's using stock firmware on those Alexa devices or if he found a custom firmware for them (the voice sounded like a Piper standard voice module). I want to do precisely that, I want to take an existing and completely unused Alexa echo dot mk 3 and put purely custom firmware on it for fundamental voice capture and playback/response only (for all LAN-internal voice processing)
No special firmware, using a standard Amazon Echo Dot and using the Alexa Home assistant integration to drive the custom notifications. Good question, thanks for watching!
OMGAWD. He’s a fooken legend. Wow 😯.
My smart home and I are humbled after each of these tours.
Of course I want to buy a remote like that!
This guy is the best! Full of tech wisdom. Double thumbs Dave! Do you do mentorship????🙏🙏🙏 You can't let this tech geniusity go without passing to the next generation! See I had to invent a word "geniusity" because of you!
Haha, Thank you!
Wwwwoooowwww that man is a genious 😍😍😍 i want that remote
Very impressive amount of home built solution! I do wonder though how much time goes into being a sys admin / maintainer to keep it all running…😮
Haha, thanks! Let’s just say, during the debugging phase, it’s like taking on a part-time job as a full-blown programmer. But once I implemented over-the-air programming on all the devices it made the whole process 1000% easier! Now I just sit back and watch everything (mostly) run smoothly… until the next update breaks something. 😅Thanks for watching!
I have two of the High Tech Pet dog doors. I'd love to have his file to 3D print the case for the transmitter and battery mod!
Unfolded Circle will be doing a kickstarter for their Remote 3 - why do I mention that? It integrates into Home Assistant and can be a big part of some home automation too. And, you know - the home theater.
i hope dave is willing to share some of his science projects with the world. namely the remote, light switch and the theatre thing
This home/huy is on a brand new level
That doggy door is Dope!!!
I'm old, what does dope mean? It that a drug reference?
It means cool @@publicmail2
I want to know how to fix the high tech dog door to work better. I have replaced the components on mine so many times
Yea I read some reviews that were similar to your problems before I bought this. My strategy was to limit the use of the door. Even with all the custom routines to limit them from just using the door to look outside (and not exit) the door has opened almost 9000 times over 6 months (I built in a counter). If I didn’t have that it would surely be at 20-40k. So I think most of it is just wear and tear on the door. Thanks for watching!
That remote is amazing
im trying to do this automated door in a small shed too but with wild chipmunks (not squirrels, only chipmunks) so i can't use a collar.
so i'm using ML to identify a chipmunk via an esp32 cam.
Just WOW!
So I need to decide between charging the remote or where to put my beer?! Blasphemy