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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 for the investment (time and money). There are certainly professional…

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Home Automation Solution Mapping

June 11, 2017March 10, 2020 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 my twitter feed and gave it a shot. Understanding which…

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All this modern SmartHome Technology and I still cant turn on the damn lights!

A Somewhat SmartHome or Where’s the Light Switch?

April 30, 2017January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Is my SmartHome supposed to be smarter than me? I've avoided a lot of the SmartHome push, but finally gave in over the past week or so. My caving in was not really due to laziness or really needed to automate anything, but more out of an intellectual curiosity, and to see what I could do that would not completely piss off…

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