I have looked at http://www.networktechinc.com/enviro-monitor.html for a ubnt mfi replacement when I build my new place.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the following in my house: > > > > Sense monitor on my main inside breaker. > > https://sense.com/ > > > > Great idea, but it’s not smart enough to detect most of my stuff and there > appears to be no manual way to tell it anything. > > So it’s just kind of sitting there until they upgrade it to ‘useful’ state > for me. > > I heard they just implemented IFTTT so it might make more ‘sense’ in the > near future, lol > > > > UBNT mFi > > I have a few cameras and mPort senseors along with mPower plugs of the > single/3 and 8 port variety in my house. > > I use these all the time to shut down the TV and Xbox on my kids. > > They can also report on power usage and have their own rule based set. > > But it appears to be abandoned by UBNT and it’s near impossible to find > mPorts. > > I’m looking for a good replacement for these, any suggestions?? > > > > Alexa by Amazon > > I have it connected to a few things in my home. > > My wife and kids use it for music, but the speaker kind of sucks. > > I feel like we don’t really have the hang of it yet. > > And it’s not so great that my kids can control it. > > > > A few ZWave/Zigby Kwickset door deadbolt locks. > > I had a Vera to talk to these, but took it out because it sucked. > > I’ll probably hook these up to a Wink 2 when I get one later this month. > > These are perfect for outside high traffic doors, and my home office. > > The kids can get in with the code and lock it with a touch of a button. > > No more keys. > > > > Ecovent > > https://www.ecoventsystems.com/ > > I have replaced most of my vents in my 3100 sqr foot home with these and > their controllers. > > It’s the closest thing I have found to a commercial HVAC damper system. > > The App is ok, and it has for sure evened out the temperatures in my > rooms/house. > > But they don’t make a 6” round one that I need for three bathrooms, and > those are still way off temp. > > And they can only do so much if your HVAC is totally screwed up like mine > is. > > > > Chamberlain garage door control/monitor > > I absolutely needed this to be able to tell when my kids keep leaving my > garage open for hours. > > I can remotely shut it and open it too. > > But there doesn’t seem to be any provision to tell it to automatically > shut the door after ten minutes. > > If someone has figured that out, let me know because the kids keeps > leaving it open. > > > > Harmony remote with Zigby/ZWave adapter > > Frankly I don’t use this at all. > > But I did program it at one time to switch my AV stuff on/off etc. > > It was slow to respond and often got in a bad ‘state’ because it doesn’t > know the actual ON/OFF status of the devices. > > > > Nest HVAC control and smoke detector > > I do love this device, and it integrates with my Ecovent system directly > > So I occasionally manually adjust the main temperature on it. > > But most of the time I just control it through the Ecovent App now. > > The smoke detector is cool too and integrates well with the Nest. > > But I didn’t bother replacing the rest of the detectors, just one in the > main hallway. > > > > Rachio sprinkler controller > > I got a good discount on this and a quick rebate check from UT state water > conservation as well. > > It was a breeze to replace my two existing Rainbird controllers for the > extended version of this. > > The app and control are awesome. > > It almost immediately killed my lawn though. > > The basic setup did not work right and I still don’t understand how to > program it for my lawn conditions. > > My wife was super pissed off that our lawn was almost perpetually yellow. > > So this spring I’ve got my work cut out for me in re-programming the lawn > ‘type’ and conditions so it works better. > > It has a hookup for a rain sensor which I bought this winter and will use > with it. > > It also has the ability to hook up a main water flow device which I am > planning to do to cross check my city water meter on our secondary water > usage. > > > > I have one of those timer light switches in my kids bathroom that turns > the fan/lights off after five minutes. > > But they keep pressing the buttons on it for longer times, like 60 minutes > for a bath, so I still have to go check sometimes. > > > > I replaced most of the 65/75 W lightbulbs in my house with those cheap > non-dimming LED lights. > > My power for lights being on all the time went way down, so I think it’s a > good investment. > > Also, just the ease of not having to replace light bulbs all over the > house every year was well worth it already. > > > > On the home wireless front, I just installed the UBNT Amplifi. > > It did improve coverage, but it cut my total speeds down by 1/5 on the > high end 5GHz remote room wifi. > > So in a sense it works better than my spaceship ASUS router, in filing in > the dead spots. > > But it is slower. The interface/app can shut down any device separately, > so that is the feature I used the most. > > But it really dumbs things down in the app for control and you can’t > really change much. > > > > > > > -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) My website <http://zachunderwood.me> advance-networking.com
