Home Automation

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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, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Never forget to move that dam elf again. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by BreakfastBeerz@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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If you're a parent that has mistakenly gone down the Elf On The Shelf path, I'm sure you've been in the situation where youve had a glass of six of wine and gone to bed forgetting to move the little bastard. Then to be woken up to the disappointment of your little crotch goblins wondering why the elf didn't move. I've come up with a solution that hasn't failed me yet.

Now, I know this exact solution won't apply to everyone, but it should at least get your years grinding on how you can use your smart home to remind you to move it.

I have an Inovelli wall switch that the LED light on it can be used as a notification in my bedroom. In my case, at 9pm every night, it goes to full brightness and flashes red....it's pretty bright, I can't miss it. This is my reminder to move the elf. Once I do, I clear the notification and it goes back to normal.

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[–] PuzzlingDad@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I used to have a similar automation for putting the garbage cans out the night before and bringing them back in the next evening. I was even planning to add sensors to the cans to verify if they had been moved or not.

Then I switched to a pair of recurring alarms on my phone and found it was easier to deal with. If I decided one day to put them out or bring them in earlier, I just swiped down and dismissed the alarm.