The end of smart home?

[sixwheeledbeast]

...or just over saturated with other brands of voice activated tat.

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/11/28/0332219/lowes-to-sell-off-its-under-performing-iris-smart-home-automation-business

[james.wilson]

to be fair never looked or heard of it.

i am in the process of building something around home assistant. Hardware is a difficult choice though

[sixwheeledbeast]

North American market AFAIK.

 

I still see most of this stuff as a gimmick, with the potential for security issues.

Most automation I would use can be done either via custom outputs on an alarm or simple relays, contactors, photocells and timers.

Anything more fancy I would consider looking at GPIO on a SBC, at least you can ensure the thing you connect to the internet is up to date with the latest security patches.

 

[al-yeti]

2 hours ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

North American market AFAIK.

 

I still see most of this stuff as a gimmick, with the potential for security issues.

Most automation I would use can be done either via custom outputs on an alarm or simple relays, contactors, photocells and timers.

Anything more fancy I would consider looking at GPIO on a SBC, at least you can ensure the thing you connect to the internet is up to date with the latest security patches.

 

What about the voice activation bit

[sixwheeledbeast]

Why do I want something listening to everything I say to offer a reaction?

People have lost the idea of automation.

Devices should know what to do automatically, I don't need a pet.

[MrHappy]

I'm not sure what the topic is.... however

 

Because let's be honest, a wireless light switch does not cost more than 3 bucks to produce. It just doesn't. And then I keep seeing prices like 20 to 50 bucks a pop.... remember how many switches you need and do the math.[/qoute]

 

when it does become more common place the cheapest tat will be the market leader

[al-yeti]

44 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Why do I want something listening to everything I say to offer a reaction?

People have lost the idea of automation.

Devices should know what to do automatically, I don't need a pet.

Cos your real name is Peter and he has no one to converse with , so made this swb id up to talk to

[PeterJames]

1 hour ago, MrHappy said:

I'm not sure what the topic is.... however

 

 

Could have been a diyer on here, or it could have been sarcasm 

1 hour ago, al-yeti said:

Cos your real name is Peter and he has no one to converse with , so made this swb id up to talk to

Talking of sarcasm......

 

The market is flooded with loads of products it is quite hard to decide what to buy, I have a mixture of the most expensive and cheaper kit. RF lightwave (expensive) only seem to do dimmer lights for some reason, which makes them even more expensive when you want LED lights everywhere. Broadlink one of the cheapest is very innovative, their lightswitch doesnt require a negative to work, the broadlink controller has ir as well as radio and WiFi which means you can control Tv Hifi  and just about anything that has ir including my aircon at work, the sw has a 7 day timer so I can program the heating to start 10 mins before I arrive at work and I can switch it off from my phone or Alexa of course if I am not going to be in.

 

 

[Leo higgins]

when it comes to luxurious homes, wireless intruder alarm systems that can intuitively adapt to the entertainment or security preferences of the homeowner are naturally more desirable.

[al-yeti]

6 hours ago, Leo higgins said:

when it comes to luxurious homes, wireless intruder alarm systems that can intuitively adapt to the entertainment or security preferences of the homeowner are naturally more desirable.

Lol