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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If there is a room that has a door that primarily stays closed, but that you go in a lot, opening the door to enter and closing it again, here's how to automate the lights to turn on and turn off. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Silent-Piccolo@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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[–] Solicited_Duck_Pics@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Motion or presence sensor.

[–] Silent-Piccolo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I specifically would not go down that path because the motion sensor can turn off the lights automatically and most presence sensors require constant power to work and are expensive. I am getting around this limitation at my house, where we keep the bathroom door open when it is not in use, by not allowing the light to turn off in the bathroom when the door is closed but allowing it to turn off when the door is opened, using conditional logic in our automations. And to trigger the automation, we use the motion sensor not detecting motion.

[–] MrSnowden@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Mine was like $10. Works flawlessly. Can be switched from motion sensing to occupancy.