John P. Hoke: Random Non-Sequiturs: Most Recent Blog Posts

The Hubitat Journey Continues – WebCoRE

May 4, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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The continuing saga of Local Processing - WebCoRE In my post yesterday I described the initial migration steps from SmartThings' (ST) cloud based home automation to Hubitat's local processing solution. I am extremely impressed with the speed of Hubitat Elevation's (HE) automations, and the depth of integrations they already provide, and…

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Migrating from SmartThings to Hubitat

May 3, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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All Politics (and Automation) is Local As I have written about previously, I've been working on a smart home / automation solution in my house for about 12-18 months now. My initial buildout was heavily based on the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, which at the time was probably the best available…

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Weather Station Migration to weeWX on Raspberry Pi

March 19, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Weather Station Migration: Mac to Raspberry Pi I have been running a Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station in my backyard for just under four years now. The area I live in has so many microclimates that if you don't like the weather you can drive 5 minutes and be…

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Saying goodbye to our best friend

July 25, 2017January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Goodbye my friend ... [singlepic id=290 w=200 h=168 float=left]Just over eleven years ago, my wife and I rescued a fuzzy black and white bundle of joy. Roxy, our border collie / lab mix became our best friend, terrorizer of woodpeckers, herder of deer and black bear, and guardian of the home -…

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Australia, New Zealand & New Photo Gear

July 17, 2017January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Business travel may not be glamorous, but has its perks. I returned home from this weekend from a business trip that took me to Auckland and Christchurch New Zealand as well as Sydney Australia. While I do love visiting these cities, the trip there and back is hellacious and it…

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ActionTiles Smart Home Automation - Information Panel

Home Automation with SmartThings and ActionTiles

June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 by John P. Hoke

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Do press the shiny red (ActionTiles) button! Moving further down the road of my smart home automation insanity, I've started looking for a panel to control things around the home. The paradigm I was looking for is not very different from a home security alarm control panel. I wanted a…

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Home Automation Solution Mapping

June 11, 2017June 12, 2017 by John P. Hoke

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Home Automation, or has my house become self-aware? SkyNet Be Damned! I've been playing around with Home Automation and SmartHome IoT technology for a couple of months and went searching for a way to map out all the connections, dependencies and devices in the house. I tripped across SmartHomeDB on…

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Summer Travel: Australia and New Zealand

June 9, 2017January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Fixin' to get ready It's looking like I'll be doing some (work) summer travel this month, heading down to Australia and New Zealand. This is a long, whirlwind trip, a couple days in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand; a few days in Sydney and Canberra, Australia then the long haul…

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