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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Away from home TV (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by chumlie79@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I have a batting cage and we have 2 TV’s I would like to remotely turn on so when customers arrive they are already playing. We have a magnetic door lock so we can open the door. Is this possible? Has anyone had success?

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[–] diatonic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I can turn my Samsung smart TV on & off over the network with Home Assistant. You could probably also do it with an IR blaster.

[–] velhaconta@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Do you have any sort of automation control system? Even something as simple as SmartThings hub or even an Alexa or Google home device that is not ancient.

With a controller it is just a matter or mapping inputs to outputs. You could wire the magnetic door lock to also send a relay signal to the controller. The controller would then be programmed to turn on the TV when it sees that input.

But if you are going to turn them on remotely, what will turn them off? Will you have a separate signal that people are leaving the cage?

What will trigger the TV's to turn off?

[–] 654456@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

home assistant.

motion sensor/mmwave/door sensor or geo fencing.

Sensor choice that triggers, an action that sends a casting action to chromecast that uses cec to turn on tvs