this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
45 points (97.9% liked)

homeassistant

14828 readers
30 users here now

Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.

Home Assistant can be self-installed on ProxMox, Raspberry Pi, or even purchased pre-installed: Home Assistant: Installation

Discussion of Home-Assistant adjacent topics is absolutely fine, within reason.
If you're not sure, DM @GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
greatalbatross@lemmy.world
45
Share your automation ideas (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 years ago by finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me, my favourites are definetely some light automations, namingly

  • motion detectors and window sensors (where there aren't insect nets) turning on and off the lights
  • adaptive lighting automations setting brightness and shade based on the time

more than that

  • turning down the (usually somewhat loud) music in the bathroom when I open the window to the street
  • running the vaccuum when I'm not at home
  • heating automations adapting to the weather report, presence, time and user preset

my future idea is to copy a nuki opener with an esp-32.

[โ€“] boothin@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The adaptive lighting is also my favorite, I do a daylight color temp at high brightness during the day and a warm 20% brightness during the night, with it changing from bright to the night color over the course of several minutes if the light is already on when the sun sets