Autopilot
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So what things are people doing with their home setups? Any cool, fun or useful IFTTT recipes or Alexa routines? Any tips?
A couple I setup recently...
1) My detached garage has a lot of expensive stuff in it. So I put an Echo Flex+Motion sensor in it, which if detects motion at night using an Alexa routine will alert me via the Echos in the house by announcing “Motion detected in garage!”. But also it will turn on my outside lights, and all the downstairs lights on (all on LightwaveRF). I have put a delay between each light coming on, to simulate someone turning them on, rather than an automatic thing. They all go off after 30 mins of no motion being detected. (The Garage lights are on a permanent PIR, so can’t be turned off by a burglar, which I go an Electrican to do, but not really smart as such. Good lighting is better than CCTV in many ways).
2) I have a wireless thermometer (also has humidity, light sensor etc - It’s a brilliant little for remote monitoring thing that I bought Amazon, but I wonder if anyone can guess where I first came across one?) anyway... I use it to monitor the temperature of my hot water tank with a probe. If the temp get too low I use IFTTT plus an Alexa skill called Notify Me to email me and sent a notification to Alexa. I do this because it cheaper to leave the water heating to my solar panels rather than my ASHP, but sometimes the solar isn’t enough.
It’s a real shame Nest doesn’t support IFTTT anymore, could have down some really interesting stuff with the facial recognition.
What are others doing? Or a people just happy to turn a light on with their voice, and the odd timer. Always looking for a bit of inspiration .
A couple I setup recently...
1) My detached garage has a lot of expensive stuff in it. So I put an Echo Flex+Motion sensor in it, which if detects motion at night using an Alexa routine will alert me via the Echos in the house by announcing “Motion detected in garage!”. But also it will turn on my outside lights, and all the downstairs lights on (all on LightwaveRF). I have put a delay between each light coming on, to simulate someone turning them on, rather than an automatic thing. They all go off after 30 mins of no motion being detected. (The Garage lights are on a permanent PIR, so can’t be turned off by a burglar, which I go an Electrican to do, but not really smart as such. Good lighting is better than CCTV in many ways).
2) I have a wireless thermometer (also has humidity, light sensor etc - It’s a brilliant little for remote monitoring thing that I bought Amazon, but I wonder if anyone can guess where I first came across one?) anyway... I use it to monitor the temperature of my hot water tank with a probe. If the temp get too low I use IFTTT plus an Alexa skill called Notify Me to email me and sent a notification to Alexa. I do this because it cheaper to leave the water heating to my solar panels rather than my ASHP, but sometimes the solar isn’t enough.
It’s a real shame Nest doesn’t support IFTTT anymore, could have down some really interesting stuff with the facial recognition.
What are others doing? Or a people just happy to turn a light on with their voice, and the odd timer. Always looking for a bit of inspiration .
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