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How to remotely monitor freezer and fridge temps with a wireless sensor

September 8, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we shared a question from our voicemail hotline about temperature sensors. Johnathan called in and asked about wireless sensor tags that can monitor temps in a freezer or outside. This is a fairly common … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, CAO Gadgets, freezers, gateway, hub, sensors, temperature sensors, tempi.fi, unlicensed spectrum, Wi-Fi

Switching from Wink but need Lutron support? Here are some good smart home hub options.

June 3, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we heard from Kevin in California, who left a message for us on the IoT Podcast Hotline. Like me, Kevin has been a big fan of the Wink hub, which he currently uses. However, he is planning to migrate away from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, google, hub, Hubitat, Lutron, samsung, smart home, Wink, zigbee, ZWave

Who can you turn to when creating a cohesive smart home from scratch?

January 6, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Curtis called into our voicemail hotline with two interesting questions. He recently built a new house with all of the smart home bells and whistles from Amazon, Ring, and Lutron but wondered why there isn't a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, best buy, CEDIA, google, Google Home, hub, Hubitat, Lutron, Ring, smart home, WiFi

How to move from one smart home hub platform to another

December 8, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Brian called into the podcast hotline with a rather timely question. Like me, Brian is switching from a Wink hub to the Samsung SmartThings hub. I'm doing the same thing and I've previously outlined steps you should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: How to, hub, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wink

Why I’m pulling the plug on Wink

December 4, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 44 Comments

Over the last year or so, many of us have been wondering what’s going on with Wink. Version 2 of the smart home hub hasn’t seen many updates and I can’t remember the last time I heard about newly supported devices from Wink. Indeed, the most recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon Echo Plus, Google Home, Home Assistant, hub, Hubitat, Insteon, openhab, samsung, smart home, SmartThings, Wink

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