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The Smartest House [thesmartesthouse.com] is having its Memorial Day sale on Z-wave home automation gizmos. Some good deals and sales on rarely-reduced niche products. Unlike previous sales where free shipping started at $99, this time it starts at $59. If you're going big, there're additional discounts at $500 (2%) and $1000 (3%).
Examples:
Hubitat HEC-7 home automation hub $70 [thesmartesthouse.com]
Zooz ZEN30 800LR double switch $26 [thesmartesthouse.com]
Zooz ZEN37 800LR wall remote $23 [thesmartesthouse.com]
Zooz ZEN73 800LR toggle switch $24 [thesmartesthouse.com]
Zooz ZEN53 DC motor controller $24.45 [thesmartesthouse.com]
Sale ends 5/28
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I have a c7 that works well for me and was going to post this same deal from the smartest house, but saw the better deal on ebay.
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I have a c7 that works well for me and was going to post this same deal from the smartest house, but saw the better deal on ebay.
My previous research had me trending toward trying HA, but... I'm thinking of picking up one of these as option value for that *someday* when I have time to reassess/expand my minimal automation setup. Classic SD pathology, I know...
My previous research had me trending toward trying HA, but... I'm thinking of picking up one of these as option value for that *someday* when I have time to reassess/expand my minimal automation setup. Classic SD pathology, I know...
If you're considering home assistant, I would just go home assistant. You don't need one of these hubs to do that you just need a Z-Wave dongle, which they also sell. I would not install it on a pi though unless you already have it. Buy used a micro PC off eBay like a Lenovo tiny.
I have a c7 that works well for me and was going to post this same deal from the smartest house, but saw the better deal on ebay.
My previous research had me trending toward trying HA, but... I'm thinking of picking up one of these as option value for that *someday* when I have time to reassess/expand my minimal automation setup. Classic SD pathology, I know...
Home assistant rocks, but be aware that it writes to disk a lot. If you install it on a Pi's micro SD card, you will eventually lose the card due to excessive writes.
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My previous research had me trending toward trying HA, but... I'm thinking of picking up one of these as option value for that *someday* when I have time to reassess/expand my minimal automation setup. Classic SD pathology, I know...
Power outage on the individual outlet. It's also known as a failed circuit alarm. I have a deep freeze with a lot of meat in it, so I put this on that same outlet so if that breaker trips the battery in that device can still talk to the Smart hub so it can notify you. To be able to report a power outage of your entire house when you're away you are exactly right, you would need a UPS on your internet modem, your router, and whatever Smart hub you use for that to work. In my case, it works :-)
My previous research had me trending toward trying HA, but... I'm thinking of picking up one of these as option value for that *someday* when I have time to reassess/expand my minimal automation setup. Classic SD pathology, I know...
You would however need an z-wave USB stick (for the z-wave radio/antenna) to plug into the metal box where you install HA, and turn the HA box into your z-wave hub.
Smartest House website does sell those USB stick from Zooz.
Given the price tag of the Pi these days (plus storage and fan and case and power), you (could but) likely would not want to run HA on a Pi. Thin clients, SFF PCs, headless laptops, NAS, can all do virtual machines these days, and that's probably where you want to go.
Does those devices uses your regular WiFi network to communicate with the Hub (like Habitat). It seems you need to connect Habitat by Ethernet (the same HA Green) so I believe hubs don't have WiFi module built-in and smart devices need to be set up though the local network to communicate with the device.
Does those devices uses your regular WiFi network to communicate with the Hub (like Habitat). It seems you need to connect Habitat by Ethernet (the same HA Green) so I believe hubs don't have WiFi module built-in and smart devices need to be set up though the local network to communicate with the device.
The hubitat C-8 does have the ability to connect to the internet via wifi (and ethernet)