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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by DaveL17 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:56 pm

Small wonder you've not had time to update the thread, what with all the buying you've been doing.

Nice additions!

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by akimball » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:44 pm

I thought cats could see in the dark :shock:

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by petematheson » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:38 pm

Difficult to find time to update this...

Bought a Yale Conexis L1 lock after discovering the previous model with built in keypad has been discontinued. Also I spotted Amazon had them at a bargain of £180, around £70 less than normal.

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Had it professionally installed by a Yale certified guy who couldn’t get the door to unlock once it was closed and locked!
So I ordered a second one, which had the same issue.
Turns out that when you pull the handle up and the multi point lock engages / pulls the door fully closed that it was putting enough pressure on the lock to stop it opening.

So back to Amazon the first one will go, hopefully if they’ll take it!
Luckily Prime Now had one in stock for 2 hour delivery, but at £199 [emoji853]

We also now have solar! A 6kWp solar edge array installed which kicks out plenty to run the house on during the day.
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My problem now is storing that energy to use in the evenings, currently waiting on a Tesla powerwall to be installed to cover that part off.
My normal usage per day is around 20kWh, so I should be completely off grid (on sunny days) once the battery is installed.

Next I spotted these on Hot UK Deals and ran out to grab all the stock B&Q had left. These were £39 each instead of their usual £100+ I believe!

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Haven’t quite worked out where to use them yet.
So far I have just pimped out the new arrivals cot [emoji6]

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Spot the trapped cat.

Garden watering has now been fully automated via a Hozelock cloud controller. Unfortunately no Indigo integration as of yet - but this schedules watering for me and has an irrigation system running to a sprinkler / baskets / pots / around the outside of our whole garden. Neat!

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Currently waiting for BT to sort out my internet with FTTP... I’m still on a ridiculous 10mb down / 0.5mb up service even though I’m on FTTC!
Fttp apparently is available at the end of this year, however a local company has already run the fibre and can offer it to me now - but at £150 p/m and on a 3yr term, which feels a bit of a rip off compared to BT’s £50 p/m for the same service (it wasn’t a leased line they were offering).

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We’re also about to get our bathroom redone, so I have bought a Sonos One to mount upside down in the bathroom for Alexa voice control, and music / light control etc..

I was tempted for a smart mirror but couldn’t find anything suitable. There are some mirrors with built in Alexa coming out, but no price or costs available yet. Philips hue have one coming soon but there is no heated glass to prevent it fogging up. No shaving socket and no way to switch it on unless you use their separate (not waterproof!!) dimmer switch. Ridiculous for the price they want.

We’ll also be putting in some LED strip lighting for shelves built into the shower tiles, and maybe under the bath - haven’t decided yet.
I’ve got an Aeotec LED Strip which I absolutely love (its bright) but with the Philips hue and a spare Fibaro RGBW Module I’ll see what the electrician thinks.

Think that’s about it for now! :)


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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by DaveL17 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:21 pm

Thanks for the reply. For the moment, I’m considering the cameras as a convenience rather than for security, so archive wouldn’t be needed.

That’s not to say that I might not change my mind at some future point, though. [emoji16]


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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by johnpolasek » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:08 pm

DaveL17 wrote:
I'll be interested to hear your experience with the G3 camera and how you get it to work with Indigo. I'm curious whether the latest generation requires the Unifi NVR in order to work or if you can access the camera directly.



I've done it both ways through bert's security camera plugin; currently I'm using the Unifi out of paranoia from the bad experience I got on the Davis Weather Station when I tried to access it directly while it was linked to the DavisWeather website for WU uploads... and locking up about once a week when the data requests stepped on each other. Both the baseball and hockeypuck versions seem to have no problem supporting data streams , but since the unifi is regarded as a necessity as an independent archive and willing to serve up the images, it's one less possibility to worry about

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by RogueProeliator » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:53 pm

Awesome. I’m gonna go buy a Tesla.

Pick one up for me while you are out. Also, say "Hi" to Elon for me.

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by durosity » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:32 am

Awesome. I’m gonna go buy a Tesla.


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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by howartp » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:58 pm

howartp wrote:
petematheson wrote:
Anybody want to pick that one up? Happily pay a small fee to someone!

Seriously, I'm happy to take a look at the plugin and see what it does/doesn't/could do - would you be happy sharing your access details by PM? - obviously I won't "summon" the car to come to me, unless I get bored...

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This plugin is so easy to extend from what GGlockner wrote before, it's amazing.

Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by DaveL17 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:35 pm

This is great news, thanks! I thought that was the case, but was having a tough time parsing information to be certain.

I may be going shopping soon....


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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by petematheson » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:38 pm

DaveL17 wrote:
I'll be interested to hear your experience with the G3 camera and how you get it to work with Indigo. I'm curious whether the latest generation requires the Unifi NVR in order to work or if you can access the camera directly.

The G3 Camera's can be accessed directly, it was the earlier ones which were locked in to the Unifi NVR only :)

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by DaveL17 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:45 am

I'll be interested to hear your experience with the G3 camera and how you get it to work with Indigo. I'm curious whether the latest generation requires the Unifi NVR in order to work or if you can access the camera directly.

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by durosity » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:23 am

That's actually an interesting thought.. not now but when they do actually start self driving border control and such could be an interesting situation... or indeed tolls where they don't have some kinda automatic payment system in place (like the stupid Tyne tunnel here. They don't even take payment by card or contactless!)

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by howartp » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:06 am

RogueProeliator wrote:
Seriously, I'm happy to take a look at the plugin and see what it does/doesn't/could do - would you be happy sharing your access details by PM? - obviously I won't "summon" the car to come to me, unless I get bored...

When you get really bored, let's try summoning it to me in the U.S. Would love to see the reaction the car has! (But not Pete's reaction... at least you are the only one within easy striking distance...)

It’s already got wings so it shouldn’t be too hard to get to you!


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Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by RogueProeliator » Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:53 pm

Seriously, I'm happy to take a look at the plugin and see what it does/doesn't/could do - would you be happy sharing your access details by PM? - obviously I won't "summon" the car to come to me, unless I get bored...

When you get really bored, let's try summoning it to me in the U.S. Would love to see the reaction the car has! (But not Pete's reaction... at least you are the only one within easy striking distance...)

Re: Pete's R&D Build Thread

Post by howartp » Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:11 pm

petematheson wrote:
Anybody want to pick that one up? Happily pay a small fee to someone!

Pick up your car? Gladly....

Seriously, I'm happy to take a look at the plugin and see what it does/doesn't/could do - would you be happy sharing your access details by PM? - obviously I won't "summon" the car to come to me, unless I get bored...

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