Reply to: Hive/Nest and other such smart home tech

[TheBA]

Automatic /remote controlled TVRs seem to be key

[TheBA]

Aerotec multisensor 6 - wow

£42, tiddly and awesome.

+1 regret buying a nest

[vetran]

Aerotec multisensor 6 - wow

£42, tiddly and awesome.

[filthy1980]

Philips Hue LED Light strips 50% off if you use code HOME25 at checkout

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[filthy1980]

Bulbs down to £30 on Amazon £20 off rrp

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LVUZQ...986871_TE_item

[vetran]

Does the tech exist for one to do this themself if they're into that... e.g. buy light fittings and radiator valves, etc, which have facility for low voltage control and then build a rig using RaspPi/Arduino?

Not that I've looked in detail into the stuff available but it seems you have to buy into one ecosystem or another, and you're paying for branding and sleek design when possibly you just want a way to control everything over WiFi?

Building your own smart-home, writing your own software could be a really fun project for a real nerd.

Have a look at EQ3 Max! and the honeywell ones they have support of a number of open source projects (I like Domoticz).

Conrad are a good supplier.

eQ-3 MAX! Affordable Wireless Heating Control with your Smartphone or Raspberry Pi | Automated Home

When Wink gets over here

Wink | Buy and View Smart Home Products

And Smartthings

if you want to tinker then Vera system. Plenty of support & plug ins.

Vera3 Advanced Smart Home Controller ▾ Vera™

[filthy1980]

FYI Peeps

Philips Hue bulbs and LED strips currently selling at about 25% discount on Amazon

there was a stand at Grand Designs last week, with 10% discount I spent about £250 then

just spent another £220

think this take me to 9 bulbs, 9 metres of LED and a switch thingy

[pr1]

interesting point if you automate your home security with IoT devices,

how long before the criminals realise that all they need to do is cut your incoming internet connection and your home is no longer protected

Mr Robot season 2!

[filthy1980]

interesting point if you automate your home security with IoT devices,

how long before the criminals realise that all they need to do is cut your incoming internet connection and your home is no longer protected

[DaveB]

And this is all thanks to you lot buying crappy IoT devices.

Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary

Flashpoint has confirmed that some of the infrastructure responsible for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Dyn DNS were botnets compromised by Mirai malware. Mirai botnets were previously used in DDoS attacks against security researcher Brian Krebs’ blog “Krebs On Security” and French internet service and hosting provider OVH. Mirai malware targets Internet of Things (IoT) devices like routers, digital video records (DVRs), and webcams/security cameras, enslaving vast numbers of these devices into a botnet, which is then used to conduct DDoS attacks. Flashpoint has confirmed that at least some of the devices used in the Dyn DNS attacks are DVRs, further matching the technical indicators and tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with previous known Mirai botnet attacks.

[minestrone]

How long did you have it running? Took mine a good couple of weeks to learn.

only 6 days admittedly, I kind of expected some error in the initial period but it was out massively which surprised me.

[vwdan]

I had to switch the true radiant feature off. Takes like half an hour to get to 20c yet it continually was switching he heating on 90 minutes out.

How long did you have it running? Took mine a good couple of weeks to learn.

[minestrone]

I had to switch the true radiant feature off. Takes like half an hour to get to 20c yet it continually was switching he heating on 90 minutes out.

[northernladuk]

Well I'm on holiday and looks like the router/internet is down so I cant see my camera, smoke alarms or plugs.

Hopefully I've not been burgled or the house isn't on fire

Looked ok when I removed it. HTH.

[woohoo]

Well I'm on holiday and looks like the router/internet is down so I cant see my camera, smoke alarms or plugs.

Hopefully I've not been burgled or the house isn't on fire