Automated Home
4,152 FOLLOWERS
Automated Home is the Centre of the Home Automation Community with home automation news, reviews, forums, wiring guides, and tutorials. Read, learn about, and shop innovatively designed products and smart systems within the Automated Home blog page.
Automated Home
1w ago
A couple of months ago, I did something pretty silly. I split up my home wifi into separate 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz networks so that I could connect a couple of smart cameras. That move was the beginning of a very stressful and frustrating couple of weeks where I had to go through all of the ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I’ve been a bit frustrated with some Homey flows (automation) recently because I’m not able to re-trigger them before the first automation has run its course. Let me give you a couple of examples of what I mean. One flow that we have goes something like this: However, if vibration is detected anytime after triggering ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I managed to get almost everything back online and functioning again after the chaos that ensued after my last update. In fact, for several devices, they’re actually working better than before because I was forced to dive in and take a closer look at them. For instance, I didn’t even know that Sonos had their ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I recently realized that I needed to split out my home wifi network into two networks, a 2.4GHz network and a 5GHz network. The reason for that is that previously I only had one network that was 5GHz, but I came to realize that a bunch of smart home devices require 2.4GHz. This was news ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I recently bought an Aqara vibration sensor with the plan of affixing it to our dining room table for the purpose of setting up a flow in Homey such that if it’s nighttime and the table is bumped or tapped anywhere, the light would turn ON and stay on for 10 minutes. It didn’t really ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I’m excited to report that I managed to get my first few flows live in Homey. I connected the Aqara T1 LED bulb to both Alexa and Homey and have a couple of flows running using that device. I also got the Aqara water leak sensor connected to Homey and am totally thrilled with it ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
Learn more about Automated Home here. Sorry for not sharing updates for a while. It turns out people aren’t exaggerating when they tell you having a baby is an incredibly busy and sleep-deprived time. I really need to buy some new smart home devices and start connecting them to either my Homey hub (preferably), or ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
Nearly 3 months after launching their botched app update, Patrick Spence has finally issued an apology for what happened and shared a timeline for getting the remaining issues resolved. Firstly, let me say that I know a lot of people have been negatively affected by the Sonos app update. If that’s you, I’m sorry and ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
News is breaking that Korean LG (stock XKRX) has acquired 80% of Dutch Athom B.V. According to the Korea Times, financial details of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but LG is set to acquire 80% of Athom immediately with plans to acquire the remaining 20% over 3 years. Athom are the makers of the much-loved ..read more
Automated Home
1w ago
I recently bought a Samsung 8K TV, a Sonos Arc soundbar and a Sonos Sub Gen 3. It wasn’t cheap, but after slumming it on the home AV front for so long, I figured it was time to treat ourselves. I was like a kid in a candy store waiting to open all the boxes ..read more