If you want to see my spreadsheet of 100 home automations, here’s the link: https://smarthomesolver.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Home-Automation-List.xlsx
Ok so, does your family love all your automations as much as mine does? 🙃

just got the phillips hue indoor motion sensor… biggest problem im having is with the core app .. and even the hue essentials app.. control of time frames. It has the later time set to 23:00. I wanted to have it so from 5 am – 6 pm .. motion doesn't trigger this light. The app wont let me adjust the second time in the time frame. Will home assistant override what is set in the hue app for the set times .. or do i have to set day and night behavior in hue app to "Do nothing "

A lot of us have to consider budgetary constraints. If the cost of phantom power exceeds what you might save, it's not worth doing.

I've seen people comment just to comment, like they would say: Imagine the power goes out he would *insert bad joke here*…
Like even us guys who use even lite automations and smart devices we are humans just like you, if the power goes out we wait until it comes back on, oooor some people can buy a power generator and have electricity all the time, or some even invest in solar panels and have electricity all the time again! If the internet goes out we have buttons that are going to the hub without internet so they can be still useful, we have switches wired to electricity that dont require internet connection and many other options in that bad case scenario when the and if the internet goes out! Anywho great video Reed, been trying to steal some of the ideas of your automations for my new rooms not gonna lie, hope you have an awesome day! 🙂

If my wife has to restart the automation server to turn on or off a light… I would be divorced. Some stuff just doesn't need to be automated. Simple keeps me out of the dog house. I automate everything I use and leave all the stuff she uses dumb. There is still plenty of automated stuff going on and not one device is internet connected. They are either reprogrammed or self designed. No cloud ANYTHING… my data is not for sale and I won't pay someone else to use their automation scheme.

How to solve adjusting color temperature of not smart bulbs or at least some that are smart but don't go into pairing mode when controlled by real switch?

Hi quick question, in one of your videos you mentioned that you automated your lights to turn off automatically and if you needed the lights to remain on that you had a work around. Something about setting the light brightness to a certain % when triggered and if you manually switched the brightness to max it would remain on. How did you get this to work? I am working with iOS shortcuts, IFTTT and homekit.

Wonderful video! I have been wanting to get involved with home assistant since it’s birth, and just really haven’t had the right time.. until I became semi disabled. And let me say… I am hooked… and now subscribed to you… loving your simplicity.. 🙏 I just downloaded your spreadsheet. Thank you.

Hey Reed…thanks for the video…I always enjoy yours… light-hearted and uplifting…I have had the conversation with friends and family, "why not just get up and turn off the switch, NO BIG DEAL"…LOL…also thanks so much for the spreadsheet and the links…very, very helpful…I use HA and home automation is my hobby…sometimes to my detriment (wife)…:) NOT GOOD…Please keep up your good work My Friend…🙃

I'm now reasonably adept at running a bunch of smart home automations. I moved into a 3 story townhouse last year and it's my first home. Not my personal preference but it's what's apparently affordable for me. A 4300sqft house would be like 3 million usd in my area. Anyway because there are compromises with my home I have adapted automations and smart devices to help keep the peace. The ground floor is basically never used but I still need to turn on and off the lights lock and unlock the doors open and close the garage doors. Now that's kind of standard, however in a 3 story kitchen and living room spaces are on the main or 2nd floor. Which means I have to go down the stairs to check if my lights are on and check all that other stuff.

With the power of smart home switches and cameras combined with routines and buttons I'm able to turn off and lock everything with a routine. Those of you who have it can probably understand the power but for those of you that don't or don't live in a 3 story. Let me tell you that smart home is literally keeping my marriage together.

Before I implemented all the automations to turn off automatically complete with exceptions. I really was contemplating murdering my wife when she went to sleep.

We don't argue about much… But it's always… 11pm Are the lights off downstairs? Is the garage door open? Is the door locked? Guess who has to check? I'll give you a hint it's not her. But now with my automations it's not me either.

I activate the automation verify through the app and confirm with the cameras.

Sounds like overkill? Well I actually love setting up routines and making sure it's all running. However I actually think smart home is under marketed as useful and over marketed as cool.

How many times have has it happemed left home it's been more than 20 minutes and mom or the wife or whoever you live with asks… Hey did you lock the door? And the sheer feeling of dread runs down your spine.

Smart home literally offers you the ability to delete this possibility from your life. what can you honestly say you spent money on that allowed you to do that. A constant problem just vanishing with not a subscription but a single purchase. I would argue that's money well spent.

Keep up the g ok I'd work Reed! 😃
Onward smart home heroes!

Thank you for the XLS; I just setup Home Assistant the other day and am having some success & playing some playlists via Spotify on a Sonos by clicking a Wallmote button. Weird though… my wife was thrusting her hips yelling "HOME ASSISTANT" afterwards.