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Thanks! I have been meaning to play around with some of that stuff myself .. I’m HomeKit focused but have seen some stuff Zwave and I think Zigbee oriented that runs open source under Linux - just never had a chance to play yet ;) > On Sep 5, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Steve Jones

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I just finally got around to spinning up my rasberry pi, I did osmc for a kodi box. Super simple. I knew what these pis were, just little computers, but i was thinking in my head like a cellphone. Came across some really cool home automation projects for these things (i buy direct from china grade

[AFMUG] OT: Home Automation etc

Just a shameless plug for my new blog I started back up a few weeks back …. It touches on home automation (which I know in previous discussions many folks on here find interesting) and a bit of home improvement stuff etc…. https://paulstewart.org if you’re interested :) Paul

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://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/01/robots_are_getting_into_the_meatpacking_business.html From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 12:11 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Is that part of making

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Is that part of making America great again? On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:09 PM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 1/9/17 08:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Interesting how DIY and automation have changed things, used to be you’d > > give a neighbor a key and pay their kid a few bucks to feed

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On 1/9/17 08:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: Interesting how DIY and automation have changed things, used to be you’d give a neighbor a key and pay their kid a few bucks to feed your pets and check the water heater. Now that kid is unemployed and watching ISIS videos on the Internet in his parents

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y, January 9, 2017 at 11:24 AM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Interesting how DIY and automation have changed things, used to be you’d give a neighbor a key and pay their kid a few bucks to feed your pets and check the water heater. Now that kid is unem

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation True and in my case it was always something I would think of when 1000 miles away ;) From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com> > on behalf of Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com <mailto:losguyswirel...@

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heating the water when nobody is going to be around … Paul *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com> *Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM *To: *<af@afmug.com> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation No, get th

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...@gmail.com> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 9:53:36 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Most water heaters have a vacation setting. On Jan 8, 2017 8:16 PM, "Jay Weekley" < par...@cyberbroadband.net > wrote: It would be

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> lights are left on … my hot water tank is connected – it stops heating the >> water when nobody is going to be around … >> >> Paul >> >> *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown < >> ch...@wbmfg.com> >> *Reply-To: *<af@afm

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> the water when nobody is going to be around … > > Paul > > *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown > <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM > *To: *<af@af

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<af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:11 PM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I have been tankless for almost 20 years. Love them. From: Ken Hohhof

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Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:35 PM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Me too. My tanks gas been great and cheap to run. Mine is natural gas as is my clothes dryer, heater, and stove top. My gas bill averages $25 a month on average billing. On Sun, Ja

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- *From:* Paul Stewart <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 6:55 PM *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Hehe… there are faucets that you can make “smart” now as well – last I looked they we

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gt; *Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM *To: *<af@afmug.com> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation No, get the dog to take out the trash... *From:*Ken Hohhof *Sent:*Sunday, January 08, 2017 1:53 PM *To:*af@afmug.com *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I guess I hav

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To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Me too. My tanks gas been great and cheap to run. Mine is natural gas as is my clothes dryer, heater, and stove top. My gas bill averages $25 a month on average billing. On Sun, Jan 8, 2017, 7:11 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.

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A good place to browse around: http://www.smarthome.com/ On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > What he said... > > *From:* Tushar Patel > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home au

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Love them. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:07 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > If you can afford all the latest home automation tech, you probably also > have European style point-of-use tankless water heate

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I have been tankless for almost 20 years. Love them. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation If you can afford all the latest home automation tech, you probably also have European style point-of-use tankless water

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not in my house... lol - Original Message - From: Ken Hohhof To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation If you can afford all the latest home automation tech, you probably also have European style point-of-use

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o:p...@paulstewart.org> To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Hehe… there are faucets that you can make “smart” now as well – last I looked they were extremely expensive though. For practical stuff, I really

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oun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation No, get the dog to take out the trash... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 1

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No, get the dog to take out the trash... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 1:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I guess I have a DumbHome. And oddly, the things I might want to check remotely don’t seem to be on the list. Like did someone leave

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wife’s paper in the morning. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 2:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Look at my other posts but in short… Ecobee3 thermostat system with remote sensors deployed

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behalf of Tushar Patel <tpa...@ecpi.com> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:40 AM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Do you have part list you used you can share? You mentioned Zwave. What else? Tushar On Jan 8, 2017, at

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wn <ch...@wbmfg.com> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> Date: Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 12:20 PM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation What he said... From: Tushar Patel Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation

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fmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I glanced at the website, some of the stuff looks neat. I've got a lake rental property - it would be nice to use those particular door handles and be able to change the codes remotely or change the temp remotely. The rest is not as cool

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-- Original Message - From: Tushar Patel To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I guess it helps to do more research on the product before asking question, my bad. Zwave has very competitive list of products. Tushar

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gt; > > - Original Message - > *From:* Tushar Patel <tpa...@ecpi.com> > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:22 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > I guess it helps to do more research on the product before asking > question, my ba

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Fuller Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 11:42 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I glanced at the website, some of the stuff looks neat. I've got a lake rental property - it would be nice to use those particular door handles and be able to change the codes remotely

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. - Original Message - From: Tushar Patel To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation I guess it helps to do more research on the product before asking question, my bad. Zwave has very competitive list of products

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t; >> On Jan 8, 2017 10:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> What he said... >> >> From: Tushar Patel >> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation >> >>

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do about it safely. On Jan 8, 2017 10:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > What he said... > > *From:* Tushar Patel > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > Do you have

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What he said... From: Tushar Patel Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation Do you have part list you used you can share? You mentioned Zwave. What else? Tushar On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org>

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es they are not visiting it very much … > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Joe Novak < > jno...@lrcomm.com> > *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM > *To: *&l

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om> > Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> > Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM > To: <af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ > > Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I

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k <jno...@lrcomm.com> Reply-To: <af@afmug.com> Date: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM To: <af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I am considering set

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Yeah, you're talking tens of thousands of dollars to get into that stuff. You could probably spend as much as you wanted though... On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: > Very high end clientele with the Crestron stuff I hear. > > On Jan 6, 2017 3:35 PM,

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Very high end clientele with the Crestron stuff I hear. On Jan 6, 2017 3:35 PM, "Jason McKemie" wrote: > Exactly. Crestron, et al - pretty much a business in itself. > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman > wrote: > >>

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Exactly. Crestron, et al - pretty much a business in itself. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only > money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to >

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https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I am considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ is the software I'd like to use to run it. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley

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That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how many people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge in the products. Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > There is

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There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to focus as a sole business. On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley wrote: > Is there any real money to be made in home

[AFMUG] OT: Home automation

Is there any real money to be made in home automation? Any recurring revenue? How about headaches and problems?