Michele was keen to understand more of the detail around the kit I have configured in the house. As I described the various systems and their interactions he was mentally totting up what he’d need to spend in his house. This should probably make Giovanna nervous.
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Home Automation
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Fibaro RGB Presets via SmartThings (and Alexa!)
Catchy title, right? I’m really enjoying working with the Fibaro kit. Based on their recent tweet it seems the feeling is mutual.
Using the FIBARO RGBW Controller with @smartthings is easy! Here’s what @hdurdle did: https://t.co/VeKfBsk8ED #SmartLighting
— Fibaro USA (@FibaroUS) January 19, 2017
Control of the colours via the smartphone app is all very well, but what I really wanted to do is get Alexa control of colour changing and presets. I’ve worked out a simple way to get this working – it’s not ideal, but it does work.
More on SmartThings and Domoticz
In a previous post I touched on the idea of using the SmartThings Hub to consume local APIs, specifically the json API exposed by my Domoticz install. I didn’t really show what Domoticz is, or how to find the details you need to configure the handler to talk to it.
Controlling Sonos from node.js
A break from endless talk of automated lights and LEDs, and talk of a different part of the home automation project: music. Specifically, whole house audio using Sonos and how to control it via an API. Continue reading
Fibaro RGBW Controller with SmartThings
The other night I discovered that the RGB LEDs I have all over the house can do this. For some reason Lindsay is less than impressed.
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