smart home assistant? how?

[dasailr03]

Fam

Anyone here familiar with smart home assistant? what you need to set it up, configure, etc, etc? I been looking at a lot of youtube videos but they are all over the place.

 

[TimRock]

i just connect all my smart devices to the Smart Things app or Home app. How is this different?

 

[blackpepper]

Amazon Alexa skills here.

 

[dasailr03]

i just connect all my smart devices to the Smart Things app or Home app. How is this different?

the difference is basic and advance. totally different. almost programming level difference.

 

[CybaCipha]

the difference is basic and advance. totally different. almost programming level difference.

This will also allow you to connect your different devices that are tied to a specific vendor. For example, you can run your arlo camera, eufy robovac, google nest fire detectors, honeywell smart thermostat, Hue smart bulbs, Amazon smart plugs, etc to this open source controller. So you don't have 100 different apps on your phone and have google assistant for your nest and Alexa for your smart plugs and whatever the fuck for your ORBI, etc. And like @dasailr03 said gives you the power of granularity.

Before someone comes in and says I can control my eufy with my Alexa .... yes there is some cross compatility but not every smart device allows control from every major controller. This open source solution that OP is talking about doesn't have any limits. I haven't used it but anyone with the right skills can connect anything to it.

Just to be clear. I haven't used it and my answer is based on what I read so far.

 

[g0nbad real bad]

If it will run on Windows I'm all on it. I just put a AIO Touchscreen in the Kitchen for the wife and I could add that it'll be great.

 

[CybaCipha]

If it will run on Windows I'm all on it. I just put a AIO Touchscreen in the Kitchen for the wife and I could add that it'll be great.

I clicked on the windows link and it sends you to a page for virtual machines. If you have Windows 10 you should be able to run hyperV and install it there.

 

[dasailr03]

This will also allow you to connect your different devices that are tied to a specific vendor. For example, you can run your arlo camera, eufy robovac, google nest fire detectors, honeywell smart thermostat, Hue smart bulbs, Amazon smart plugs, etc to this open source controller. So you don't have 100 different apps on your phone and have google assistant for your nest and Alexa for your smart plugs and whatever the fuck for your ORBI, etc. And like @dasailr03 said gives you the power of granularity.

Before someone comes in and says I can control my eufy with my Alexa .... yes there is some cross compatility but not every smart device allows control from every major controller. This open source solution that OP is talking about doesn't have any limits. I haven't used it but anyone with the right skills can connect anything to it.

Just to be clear. I haven't used it and my answer is based on what I read so far.

THANK YOU BROTHA for that clarity. I'm about to get head first into it but wanted to check with the fam to see if someone else was already up on it, to see if we could link up and share the knowledge. Looks like i'll be going solo on this one. Thanks CybaCipha, once again.

 

[g0nbad real bad]

Man this is some bullshit. Flaky ass instructions and I get this shit to work in HyperV, VMWare, or Virtual Box.

 

[gene cisco]

This will also allow you to connect your different devices that are tied to a specific vendor. For example, you can run your arlo camera, eufy robovac, google nest fire detectors, honeywell smart thermostat, Hue smart bulbs, Amazon smart plugs, etc to this open source controller. So you don't have 100 different apps on your phone and have google assistant for your nest and Alexa for your smart plugs and whatever the fuck for your ORBI, etc. And like @dasailr03 said gives you the power of granularity.

Before someone comes in and says I can control my eufy with my Alexa .... yes there is some cross compatility but not every smart device allows control from every major controller. This open source solution that OP is talking about doesn't have any limits. I haven't used it but anyone with the right skills can connect anything to it.

Just to be clear. I haven't used it and my answer is based on what I read so far.

Damn. This sounds like the shit. Got too many apps keeping up with all this shit.

 

[Database Error]

Is it similar to these?

 

[geezy]

Any updates on this...trying to decide between this and raspberry pi.