The new Vision Z-Wave Smoke Sensor Adapter is a device which is installed next to your standard smoke or CO detector and responds to the high frequency sound they emit in an emergency, allowing the device to trigger an alarm response and send notifications to other devices on your Z-Wave Network or to your smart phone. Simple to install, this is an affordable and effective solution for integrating any smoke alarm to your smart home system. Click here for more details ..read more

Are you searching for a professional to come and install your smart home purchase in your home? RKM Smart Home has partnered with Sparky Search to help you find suitable electricians for your next smart home project. Sparky Search is an Australian platform which aims to connect Australians with qualified electricians for a range of different services such as Smart Home Automation, Audio/Video Installations or General Electrical work. ​If you’d like to find a Smart Home expert near you simply click the button below, fill out the Sparky Search form and their team will find a suitable prof ..read more

In this guide, we're going to show you how create a simple automation in Home Assistant which will send a push notification to a mobile device running the Home Assistant Companion App when some lights have been left on for an extended period. At the end of this tutorial, we're also going to show you how you can build upon this functionality to include an actionable notification - allowing you to open the Home Assistant app directly from the notification message. If you don't have the app already installed, you will find links for both the Android and iOS ve ..read more

The only smart home hub you'll ever need! ​HassHub combines the latest and best technologies, for the ultimate smart home experience ..read more

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This guide describes how to add Z-Wave to your Home Assistant using the Z-Wave JS Integration. To support the integration, we will be using the Z-Wave JS to MQTT add-on, available from the Home Assistant community add-on store. This add-on includes the Z-Wave JS Server as part of the Z-Wave JS to MQTT application and despite the name, MQTT is not required to run it. The Z-Wave network can be configured via the Z-Wave JS Control Panel built into Home Assistant but the benefit of using the Z-Wave JS to MQTT add-on is that it also exposes an additional, more advanced control panel, which offer ..read more

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation project developed by a worldwide community of very clever people, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and protecting your privacy. If you’ve spent any amount of time researching smart home tech and the world of the “Internet of Things”, chances are, you will have seen a reference to Home Assistant somewhere, partly due to the vast number of system integrations it can support. ​Home Assistant has long been a powerful force amongst smart home aficionados, but it is sometimes criticised for being too complicated for the “average Joe ..read more

Z-Wave's mesh networking capabilities are one of its most powerful features, but blindly throwing together a bunch of devices in an effort to achieve smart home greatness is not a very realistic expectation. Knowing a little about how Z-Wave mesh networks work, and the ways you can assist the technology in performing its magic, can bring significant speed and reliability improvements to your whole smart home solution.  ​In this article, we want to explore some common mistakes we see people make when setting up their Z-Wave networks, and the simple steps you can take to avoid them in you ..read more

​FIBARO Home Center 3 Lite is coming! ​To register your interest and receive first dibs on this exciting new product, please contact us. Once officially released, we will be running a special offer for the first people who opt-in so please, don't miss out!! ETA for our initial batch is currently the end of June, 2021. ​ The all new FIBARO Home Center 3 Lite (HC3 Lite) offers many improvements over the previous model and provides many of the same features as its older brother, at an unbelievably affordable price ​(to be officially announced soon).   ​Some of ..read more

Homey Web App is Here! Homey Web App was the long awaited advanced user interface introduced a few months ago for the Homey Smart Home controller. Built for customising your smart home with ease on the big screen, the UI has undergone significant improvement since its initial release and is well worth a look if you haven't seen it yet.  You can access the new Web App by logging in at my.homey.app/login Check out the video below for a great overview of the Web App's latest features!  ..read more