Smarter Home Automation without the Cloud

@aaronpk SMARTER HOME AUTOMATION  WITHOUT THE CLOUD AARON PARECKI Øredev
2019 @aaronpk • aaronpk.com

@aaronpk NetAtmo SmartThings Nest Ring Insignia

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@aaronpk HOW DID WE GET HERE?

@aaronpk USER EXPERIENCE

@aaronpk USER EXPERIENCE  OF SETUP

@aaronpk MOBILE APPS ☁

@aaronpk "It's amazing how much you miss a simple old
light switch when you have to pull out your phone, fumble through a poorly designed app, and then wait half a second for the light to turn on." - Adam Clark Estes, Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/why-is-my-smart-home-so-fucking-dumb-1684949715

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@aaronpk SHOULD HELP YOU, HOME AUTOMATION NOT GET IN THE
WAY

@aaronpk ADD CONTEXT

@aaronpk Turn the lights on when someone gets home You
get home after other   people are already asleep,  waking them up with the lights Phone wiﬁ reconnects / GPS glitches and it thinks you got home at 4am and turns on all the lights

@aaronpk Turn the lights on when someone gets home only
if nobody is in bed

@aaronpk Open the shades at sunrise Wasteful when nobody is
home

@aaronpk Open the shades at sunrise only if someone is
at home

@aaronpk Close the shades when the sun shines through the
window ☀ (ranges from 1pm-4pm seasonally)

@aaronpk Turn on the A/C when it's over 22°C inside
❄ Takes longer to cool down  once it's already warm inside

@aaronpk Turn on the A/C   when it will be
over 22°C outside in an hour ❄ ☀

@aaronpk Turn the lights on when someone gets out of
bed Wakes up the other person too early Too bright when you get up at 4am

@aaronpk Turn the lights on when   everyone at home
  gets out of bed Turn the lights on dim   when someone gets up   and it's still dark outside

@aaronpk Turn the lights off when someone gets in bed
Turns off the lights when someone else is still awake

@aaronpk Turn the lights off when   everyone at home
  gets into bed Turn the bedroom lights off   when someone gets into bed

@aaronpk Set the lights to "TV Mode" when TV is
turned on Too dark to watch TV while cooking dinner Too dark if you pause  to get up to get a drink

@aaronpk Set the lights to "TV Mode" when TV is
turned on only if someone is sitting on the couch

@aaronpk Bring up the lights a little   when the
TV is paused ⏸

@aaronpk Bring up the lights a little   when someone
gets off the couch   when the TV is on ⏸

@aaronpk LET'S BUILD IT!

@aaronpk homeassistant.io

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@aaronpk HOME ASSISTANT AUTOMATIONS

@aaronpk NODE-RED AUTOMATIONS

@aaronpk nodered.org

@aaronpk Home Assistant DEVICE COMMUNICATION  STATE MANAGEMENT VISUAL PROGRAMMING  RULES
ENGINE

@aaronpk INPUTS / OUTPUTS

@aaronpk Lights Philips Hue

@aaronpk Zigbee to its own hub No internet required or
Bluetooth only, no hub Philips Hue

@aaronpk Temperature Zigbee/Z-wave devices (~$60)  433mhz sensors (~$10)

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@aaronpk Home presence detection mobile phone apps  home wiﬁ  bluetooth
beacons

@aaronpk MOBILE APP TRACKING OwnTracks GPSLogger

@aaronpk WIFI TRACKING Wiﬁ router pushes presence into Home Assistant

@aaronpk BLUETOOTH DEVICES Home Assistant can watch for Bluetooth devices

@aaronpk Sunrise/Sunset Times ☀ home location, math

@aaronpk Sun Angle in Windows ☀ home location, window direction,
math

@aaronpk Weather Forecast ☀ hourly, daily  weather api

@aaronpk darksky.net

@aaronpk Window Shades all-in-one motorized window shades retroﬁt options

@aaronpk Soma   Smart Shades bluetooth

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@aaronpk Air Conditioner controlled via IR remote ❄

@aaronpk Broadlink RM Mini 3 (block its internet access!) WiFi
to Infrared bridge

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@aaronpk TV On/Off smart tv? commercial display

@aaronpk https://github.com/grantemsley/viewsonictvrs232 USB to RS232

@aaronpk Bed presence detection ﬂex sensor under mattress slats

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@aaronpk esphome.io DIY SENSORS NO CODING!

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@aaronpk 1 Person at Home? 1 person   gets in
bed Lights off 1 person gets  out of bed Lights on Lights dim red dark   outside? no yes

@aaronpk 2 People at Home? 1 person   gets in
bed Bedroom   lights off 2 people   get in bed All   lights off

@aaronpk 2 People at Home? 2 people   get out
of bed All   lights on 1 person   gets out of bed Lights on  dim red

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@aaronpk Automatic Cat Feeder kitchen scale, cereal dispenser, motor, distance
sensor, esp32, MQTT

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@aaronpk Pressure sensor under couch Audio level sensor Local voice
assistant (mycroft.ai) Cat presence detector? FUTURE EXPERIMENTS

@aaronpk THANK YOU! @aaronpk aaronpk.com aaronpk.com/oredev19 SLIDES

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