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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Bedroom Lights Solution Needed (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by ta921742@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I run a Hubitat hub and use Home Bridge to get to HomeKit as the front end.

In the master bedroom there are 2 Sengled LED bulbs in lamps on the bedside tables and overhead dimmable LED lights. The overhead lights are controlled by a GE/Jasco Dimmer switch.

The problem I’m trying to solve is that sometimes as you are leaving the bedroom you want to turn off the lamps, ideally using the light switch but the light switch is only attached to the overhead lights.

Currently the lamp bulbs are only controlled by voice.

If I could, for example, double tap the off button on the switch I could set that up through a Hubitat rule or whatever, but the current switch doesn’t support actions besides on/off/dim.

Is there a better switch or wall mounted device that would control both the lamps and the overhead lights in the space of one light switch?

Thanks!

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[–] failmatic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You want to put on a switch that supports double tap but the solution here i think is a zooz zwave remote switch. You can put it right next the your current switch and put on a 2gang face plate.

With that you set rule in rule machine to control the smart bulbs.

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-z-wave-plus-700-series-remote-switch-zen34-battery-powered

[–] ta921742@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Ok that fake switch is super cool. I have a little zigbee button but to make it look like a wall switch is great.