Hello all!
I'm looking to add some home automation to my new house. Ideally, I'd like to be able to control through an Amazon Echo and both my iPhone and my wife's iPhone. Things I'd like to control include:[LIST][*]Home theater controlled with Logitech Harmony that includes an Amazon FireTV with Netflix, Plex, and Kodi[*]Dimmable recessed lighting in the kitchen, living room[*]Wall-switch controlled lights in the bathrooms[*]Chandeliers in the foyer, dining room, kitchen[*]Ceiling fans with lights in each bedroom[*]Baby monitors with audio and video (suggestions welcome!)[*]2 Garage door openers[*]August smartlock[*]Nest thermostat[*]Remote thermostats that work with Nest (Suggestions welome)[*]Nest protects[*]Some kind of home security video system - maybe Canary? (suggestions welcome)[*]Water sensors under hot water heater, laundry room, sinks, toilets, etc.[*]Door, motion and glass break sensors[/LIST]My questions include:[LIST][*]Should I install smart wall outlets or install controllers directly into the ceiling fans? Or both?[*]What are the best wall switches to install?[*]If I go with Insteon, would I need both the regular hub and a homekit enabled hub if I want everything to work through both my iPhone and an Amazon Echo? Can I use both?[*]Are there geofencing options that work with multiple people, or are they restricted to one person?[/LIST]Furthermore, I'd like to setup Alexa (or Siri for that matter) to understand the following commands if possible:[LIST][*]Turn on lights in a specific room[*]Turn dimmer controlled light to specific values[*]Turn on/change fan speed or light value on ceiling fans[*]Turn on the home theater and start specific movies or the next unwatched episode of television shows in either Netflix, Kodi, or Plex[*]Turn on the home theater and tune the cable to a specific channel[*]Increase/decrease temperature in the house[/LIST]I'd also like the ability to setup specific triggered events, such as:[LIST][*]Send notifications to me and my wife in the event of a sensor trigger as well as trigger the Canary's siren when no one is home or we're asleep[*]Turn on some lights when the first person gets home after work when the garage door opens[*]Turn on the porch lights at sunset and turn off at dawn[*]Program vacation settings for lights/ home theater/ etc. so that it looks like we're home[*]Send a reminder if the garage door has been left open[*]Turn on bathroom lights at a specific dim level if motion is detected at night (rather than full brightness)[*]Turn on the ceiling fans if the room reaches a certain temperature before turning up the air conditioner[*]Turn on lights in closets whenever door is opened, automatically turned off after 10 minutes if left open and no motion detected[/LIST]I'd like to setup any required hubs in the basement on a server rack that will also include my modem, Synology server, and a network patch panel with ethernet leading to each room in the house.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I'm looking to add some home automation to my new house. Ideally, I'd like to be able to control through an Amazon Echo and both my iPhone and my wife's iPhone. Things I'd like to control include:[LIST][*]Home theater controlled with Logitech Harmony that includes an Amazon FireTV with Netflix, Plex, and Kodi[*]Dimmable recessed lighting in the kitchen, living room[*]Wall-switch controlled lights in the bathrooms[*]Chandeliers in the foyer, dining room, kitchen[*]Ceiling fans with lights in each bedroom[*]Baby monitors with audio and video (suggestions welcome!)[*]2 Garage door openers[*]August smartlock[*]Nest thermostat[*]Remote thermostats that work with Nest (Suggestions welome)[*]Nest protects[*]Some kind of home security video system - maybe Canary? (suggestions welcome)[*]Water sensors under hot water heater, laundry room, sinks, toilets, etc.[*]Door, motion and glass break sensors[/LIST]My questions include:[LIST][*]Should I install smart wall outlets or install controllers directly into the ceiling fans? Or both?[*]What are the best wall switches to install?[*]If I go with Insteon, would I need both the regular hub and a homekit enabled hub if I want everything to work through both my iPhone and an Amazon Echo? Can I use both?[*]Are there geofencing options that work with multiple people, or are they restricted to one person?[/LIST]Furthermore, I'd like to setup Alexa (or Siri for that matter) to understand the following commands if possible:[LIST][*]Turn on lights in a specific room[*]Turn dimmer controlled light to specific values[*]Turn on/change fan speed or light value on ceiling fans[*]Turn on the home theater and start specific movies or the next unwatched episode of television shows in either Netflix, Kodi, or Plex[*]Turn on the home theater and tune the cable to a specific channel[*]Increase/decrease temperature in the house[/LIST]I'd also like the ability to setup specific triggered events, such as:[LIST][*]Send notifications to me and my wife in the event of a sensor trigger as well as trigger the Canary's siren when no one is home or we're asleep[*]Turn on some lights when the first person gets home after work when the garage door opens[*]Turn on the porch lights at sunset and turn off at dawn[*]Program vacation settings for lights/ home theater/ etc. so that it looks like we're home[*]Send a reminder if the garage door has been left open[*]Turn on bathroom lights at a specific dim level if motion is detected at night (rather than full brightness)[*]Turn on the ceiling fans if the room reaches a certain temperature before turning up the air conditioner[*]Turn on lights in closets whenever door is opened, automatically turned off after 10 minutes if left open and no motion detected[/LIST]I'd like to setup any required hubs in the basement on a server rack that will also include my modem, Synology server, and a network patch panel with ethernet leading to each room in the house.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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