Awesome Tips Automate with Phone Charger or Ambient Light – Home Automation Challenge Part 2
Ready for a home automation challenge? In this follow-up, I’ll solve challenges submitted by some of you. First, let’s make unplugging my phone a trigger for morning automations. Then we’ll figure out how to have the lights automatically turn on during the daytime, if it’s cloudy outside. Challenge accepted!
Ready for a home automation challenge? In this follow-up, I’ll solve challenges submitted by some of you. First, let’s make unplugging my phone a trigger for morning automations. Then we’ll figure out how to have the lights automatically turn on during the daytime, if it’s cloudy outside. Challenge accepted!
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0:00 Intro
0:51 Phone charger triggers automation
2:32 Alerts when phone is done charging
3:46 Ambient light – IFTTT
4:44 Ambient light – Echo Flex motion sensor
5:43 Ambient light – 4 in 1 sensor
7:07 I’ve made a huge mistake
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10cents a kWh?
I pay 3x that
I’m so lost with so much to worry about😂
Dude if you want to switch on the lights just go on turn on the switch yall lazy bastards 😂😂
Couch Potato Challenge!
Set up a tablet GUI to operate lights, see cameras, doorbell,and act as a remote control.
What happened to this series? It had promise, but hasn’t even shown up…
My recycle comes every other week thanks to the city of Tucson environmental services and is there a way to have Alexa remind my to take out the recycle to the curb
You should try the Nokia Sleep. It's a sleeping sensor that works with IFTTT! For example, when you get into bed, turn on the lights and when you get out of bed, turn off.
Thank you!
I love your vids!
Hi,
I was just wondering whether I could make some DIY smart devices using ESP8266, that can be controlled using the Tuya smart life app.
Would that be possible? and have you done anything like this before?
Where did you get your all in one wood charging station?
Is there a way to stream an indoor camera to a google nest hub constantly? Or even better, automatically upon sound detection?
I plan on using this as a baby monitor, but haven’t found a solution. Thanks
Cool.
love your video
You look like youve lost a bit of weight dude. Noice
We all make you make mistakes! But you're smart enough to correct yours. Thanks for being honest and thanks for being helpful. Stay safe and you may need a wig to put underneath that hat by the time this mess gets over with. All my best take care
You are an automation genius!
Your videos are so helpful.
Question :Any way to trigger alexa/google routines after disconnecting to a specific bluetooth device at specific time?
wow, these are soooo good
What is the extra code on the first one through IFTTT?
Kindly do automations with nfc tags
Hey Reed, you mentioned iOS shortcuts, but have you seen Bixby Routines on new Samsung phones? It uses the same UI as SmartThings If/Then and you can trigger SmartThings scenes based on things that happen on your phone, such as unplugging. It's like a very basic Tasker with a much easier UI
MUCH respect on the do-over after finding a better way
I can't seem to find the Smartthings Virtual switches in IFTTT, so I can't make an automation like yours, do you need a ST Hub or similad for that?
Yea i want to see more like this
Keep in mind it's not only bad to have the phone on charge all night, but also dangerous.
A phone/device battery should never go to 100%. Unless you have a very new phone then it probably does not have the feature to stop at a certain percentage.
I would suggest a bed sensor instead.
Something that either weights the bed or a pressure sensor in the mattress.
You can find information about how to build such a device in the home assistant forum.
If that is compatible with your system.
Regarding charging the phone I solved that with smart plugs that you switch on and the charger charges the phone.
Then an automation cycles the power on and off a few times just to figure out what device I have plugged in to this charger.
Once it knows that it monitors the battery percentage through an app and stops the charging at 90%.
Then makes an announcement in the speakers about it.