Arguably, I find automations make a smart home truly smart rather than perks like voice control do. What are your favourite automations running at home?

  • tj@kbin.chat
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    1 year ago

    I have A LOT of automations. Some of my favorites are:

    • Automatically set “house state” (morning, day, evening, night, not home, etc.") based on alarm state, time of day, last movement, etc - this state controls a lot of other automations
    • Push message to my phone if outside camera detect a person when house state is “night” or “not home” (using Frigate for object detection)
    • Automatically turn off lights at night or when not home. Automatically set lights to right level when home
    • Push message when window has been open for more than 20 minutes.
    • Push message if windows or doors are open when leaving the house or at night
    • Push message with “morning update” and “evening update”. Including today’s weather, if I should sell some stocks as price has reached threshold, etc.

    Basically, I no longer has to remember to turn on of off lights and if I forget something important in the house (such as an open window or turning on the alarm), it reminds me to do so (if it can’t do it itself)