ᐅ Smart Home – Sense, Nonsense, Possibilities, Plans, and Projects
Created on: 27 Aug 2017 12:59
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Sascha_aus_H29 Aug 2017 15:22Mycraft schrieb:
Ceiling sensors often work just as well on the wall...
Definitely those from B-J/ABB and Merten Argus... Can you share your own experience with this?
We have planned to use some wall sensors because there wasn’t a good spot in the ceiling due to unfavorable lighting.
So far, I have only found the MERTEN Argus 180 as a wall presence sensor, but I would be very grateful for any tips 🙂
Sascha_aus_H29 Aug 2017 22:22What about approaching it this way, with the pitched roof sloping "downward"? Thanks for the insight; it will probably be a BJ pitched roof comfort style then.
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Deliverer30 Aug 2017 09:35Regarding the original question: I do enjoy technical gadgets, but I’m still not sure which parts of a smart home I actually want.
My roller shutters can be programmed, but only for weekdays/weekends, not through an intelligent control system. This means that after a few weeks, when the sun rises and sets earlier or later, the settings no longer match reality. So, everything is back to manual. Since we really operate the shutters differently every day, even a highly intelligent control system wouldn’t make a difference.
I’ve tried motion sensor lighting in some places: it stays outdoors, but indoors it’s more annoying than helpful. I simply don’t want the lights on all the time just because it’s “too” dark. So indoors, everything is back to manual switches.
The only “smart” thing I use are LED bulbs, similar to Hue (but better and cheaper). With a remote control, I operate four ceiling lamps, five floor lamps, and some low-level accent lights separately or together. This way, I can quickly set my current preferred lighting atmosphere. At the same time, I can also use the light switches. The lamps just revert to the previously defined state. I can also control them via PC or smartphone and could program scenes or schedules…but all that is too complicated for me. Remote control, tap, tap, lights good. In my opinion, it is important that these bulbs don’t just have RGB LEDs but also an additional warm white. That way, they don’t just create mood lighting but can also be simply bright and pleasant when needed.
What I’m missing is a good audio-video doorbell system. The problem is either price or features. The cheap systems upload all video footage straight to the cloud. No-go. The expensive ones don’t store the video or don’t stream it over Wi-Fi to PC/tablet/smartphone (or they are so expensive that I don’t even want to look at the datasheets).
I would definitely like voice control (if it works), but transmitting sounds from inside my house to servers from Google and others is unacceptable to me, so I probably won’t have that for a long time.
Garden irrigation controlled by moisture sensors would be great—but then you’d again need motion sensors to avoid the “we’re still grilling” situation. So that will probably also be a remote control with a timer on the hose system.
In summary: I am willing to embrace smart homes—but only when it is really damn intelligent (like gently turning on hallway lights at night, but only when I’m looking at the lamps) AND when no data leaves the house. Oh, and since I won’t be chiseling any grooves for cables, almost everything has to work with battery-free wireless sensors that only power up briefly to transmit their status before going back to sleep.
Future, I’m waiting!
My roller shutters can be programmed, but only for weekdays/weekends, not through an intelligent control system. This means that after a few weeks, when the sun rises and sets earlier or later, the settings no longer match reality. So, everything is back to manual. Since we really operate the shutters differently every day, even a highly intelligent control system wouldn’t make a difference.
I’ve tried motion sensor lighting in some places: it stays outdoors, but indoors it’s more annoying than helpful. I simply don’t want the lights on all the time just because it’s “too” dark. So indoors, everything is back to manual switches.
The only “smart” thing I use are LED bulbs, similar to Hue (but better and cheaper). With a remote control, I operate four ceiling lamps, five floor lamps, and some low-level accent lights separately or together. This way, I can quickly set my current preferred lighting atmosphere. At the same time, I can also use the light switches. The lamps just revert to the previously defined state. I can also control them via PC or smartphone and could program scenes or schedules…but all that is too complicated for me. Remote control, tap, tap, lights good. In my opinion, it is important that these bulbs don’t just have RGB LEDs but also an additional warm white. That way, they don’t just create mood lighting but can also be simply bright and pleasant when needed.
What I’m missing is a good audio-video doorbell system. The problem is either price or features. The cheap systems upload all video footage straight to the cloud. No-go. The expensive ones don’t store the video or don’t stream it over Wi-Fi to PC/tablet/smartphone (or they are so expensive that I don’t even want to look at the datasheets).
I would definitely like voice control (if it works), but transmitting sounds from inside my house to servers from Google and others is unacceptable to me, so I probably won’t have that for a long time.
Garden irrigation controlled by moisture sensors would be great—but then you’d again need motion sensors to avoid the “we’re still grilling” situation. So that will probably also be a remote control with a timer on the hose system.
In summary: I am willing to embrace smart homes—but only when it is really damn intelligent (like gently turning on hallway lights at night, but only when I’m looking at the lamps) AND when no data leaves the house. Oh, and since I won’t be chiseling any grooves for cables, almost everything has to work with battery-free wireless sensors that only power up briefly to transmit their status before going back to sleep.
Future, I’m waiting!
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