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Home automation is the residential extension of "building automation". It is automation of the home, housework or household activity. Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

A home automation system integrates electrical devices in a house with each other. The techniques employed in home automation include those in building automation as well as the control of domestic activities, such as home entertainment systems, houseplant and yard watering, pet feeding, changing the ambiance "scenes" for different events (such as dinners or parties), and the use of domestic robots. Devices may be connected through a computer network to allow control by a personal computer, and may allow remote access from the internet. Through the integration of information technologies with the home environment, systems and appliances are able to communicate in an integrated manner which results in convenience, energy efficiency, and safety benefits.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation

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Homeassistant Timezone Sync

My raspi knows when EDT (Eastern US Daylight Time) is active, HypriotOS/armv7: pirate@black-pearl in ~ $ date Thu Oct 17 10:27:27 EDT 2019 the docker container for homeassistant knows when EDT is active, root@black-pearl:/# date Thu Oct 17 10:28:54…
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Control sonoff with mqtt or http?

I am wondering what is suitable for my case, using espeasy or Tasmota. I know espeasy is using http requests and Tasmota is using mqtt. I want to control my sonoff devices by a raspberry pi that is acting as a home automation hub, and it in turn…
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MQTT NodeMCU servo can react only on decimal array payload

I'm creating a fish feeder with SG90 servo and NodeMCU I used this sketch: #include #include #include // Update these with values suitable for your network. const char* ssid = "your_wifi_hotspot"; const…
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Can i set default alexa slot values?

I've created a home automation system that controls my 3 heating zones, hot water, some lights, green house watering etc. It's a python back end, apache/web front end etc. I've been doing some alexa integration, it's going great and all working,…
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Can I have a "semi-private" google action?

I'm attempting to write a google action that is only intended for use by me and my immediate family. I have it working currently in the simulator, and on my device, but I haven't "released" it yet. This may be a result of it being still in the…
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Google Home user defined voice commands

I have a google home speaker, and I can issue commands like what's the time or play some music, but I'd like to be able to define my own responses to certain commands, like how many appointments do I have today or are there any cancellations I would…
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Node-red temperature sensor with function node and relay

I want to use a DS18b20 probe connected to Raspberri Pi to control by aircon. I get the relay to switch on and off at the correct temperatures I want. The next step is where I am struggling... My requirements: Switch aircon off <= 20 (this…
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NameError: name 'process_button16' is not defined

I am getting NameError: name 'process_button16' is not defined error when running the following code. It also turns on the LEDs without pushing the button....that shouldn't do that... I am trying to implement a button press action using an app in…
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Google Home and FHEM?

I don't really like having to use IFTTT etc to control my smarthome. Everything is connected using fhem, and I don't want to change anything at that. But the Google Home / Google Assistant can't really control fhem. Only using IFTTT, external…
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MQTT password protected channel

I am using Mosquitto as my local network mqtt broker and several clients posting and subscribing different channels. As the clients are authenticated by mosquitto (using the password_file in the configuration) for accessing the broker, is there any…
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GUI button proformance in pythonista

I am trying to make (what I thought) would be fairly simple GUI with a lighting control switch. I am using Pythonista on iOS. It's not actually controlling a light. I just want something that prints to the console that the switch is on or off. I'm…
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Smart home app return error after Google Actions Account Linking Flow

I am developing a Google Smart Home App, and I used my developing account to link to the Smart Home App. And Everything is ok before token exchange. I found that Google Assitant showed "something went wrong,try again." It seems that the account…
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RPi climate control based on sensor data to view online

I'm looking for some guidance, any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently picked up a raspberry pi 3 B to learn about home automation. I'm new to coding and messing about with hardware. I've managed to put together, using code I've found…
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Actions on Google never calling my fulfillment endpoint URL

I'm developing a Home Control integration to Google Home, but cannot get the Google Home to call my conversation URL during any testing. Because Home Control actions cannot be tested using the simulator, I have set up a Google Home device, a Google…
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Google Actions Home control sync response not accepted

For the following Google Assistant Home automation sync request, my backend responses for certain accounts works. But some accounts it fails and I have no clue whatsoever. { "requestId": "XXXXXXXXXXXX", "inputs": [{ "intent":…
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