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Z-Wave hopes open-source will matter to the IoT

December 14, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

It would be fair to say that the Matter standard and Thread protocol have stolen the spotlight over the recent months, if not longer. Well, the Z-Wave Alliance wants to change the conversation a little. Today, it announced that it has completed its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: automation, IIoT, iot, LoRa, Silicon Labs, smart home, Thread, z-wave, z-wave alliance

How to create automations in Home Assistant that supercharge your smart home

April 22, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

For the past several weeks, I’ve been continuing a journey to immerse myself with Home Assistant, the open-source software platform used as a DIY local smart home hub If you’ve missed the previous steps I’ve taken so far with my Home Assistant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Almond, automation, digital assistant, Home Assistant, local processing, raspberry pi, smart home, SSH, voice assistant, yaml

What smart garage door opener options are there that don’t rely on the cloud?

November 11, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On the most recent IoT Podcast episode, Billy called in and left a question on our voicemail hotline. Billy currently has a Chamberlain MyQ system for his garage door but is looking for alternatives that don't require a cloud connection or those that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: automation, garage doors, go-control, mighty mule, smart home, z-wave

My 4 favorite home automations and voice commands

June 19, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Last week, I surprised many readers when I noted why automated scenes don’t get any love in my home. And I was surprised that between comments on the blog and on social media were split fairly evenly: About half of them were in the same boat as me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, amazon alexa, automation, digital assistant, June Oven, Nest Hello, routines, smart home, timers

What’s a good sensor for motion, humidity, temperature and light for the smart home?

April 27, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

There are plenty of single or dual-purpose sensors available for smart homes, but what if you want to know just about everything that's going on inside a room and even automate your home based on that information? That's the latest question we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Aeotec, automation, hub, light sensors, Monoprice, Motion Sensors, sensors, smart home, temperature sensors, z-wave

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