I have a cheap wink at my shop. I have 4 of the commercial owners with myQ and all the doors have Schlage, I think, door locks.
It comes in pretty handy, the person who cleans my place had a sub one Sunday and called me to see if I could let her in. She didn't want to give them Her code. I could see who was at the door with the camera and unlock the door. I'll also say that unlocking and locking the door is faster than with a key. On Jan 8, 2017 12:42 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I glanced at the website, some of the stuff looks neat. I've got a lake > rental property - it would be nice to use those particular door handles and > be able to change the codes remotely or change the temp remotely. The rest > is not as cool to me. We already use motion sensor lights, I have no > desire to see my blinds go up and down automatically depending on what time > of day it is (after all the days get longer for six months, then get > shorter for six months), plus in terms of recurring revenue, i don't see it. > > Personally I think more money could be made working with an electrician > and working on alternative forms of energy - not only that does save you > $$$ over the long haul but you could setup a return visit to check on > everything at least once a year - maybe twice - and the customer pay for it > out of the savings from not having to purchase as much utility power. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Tushar Patel <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 12:22 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > I guess it helps to do more research on the product before asking > question, my bad. > > Zwave has very competitive list of products. > > > > Tushar > > > On Jan 8, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have installed the Honeywell smart thermostats for two way radio > repeater communication rooms on Franklin mountains . Emails client when > temperature varies from his desired levels. Our summers get toasty so > that is his main concern... Ice build up on antennas does happen but not > much you can do about it safely. > > On Jan 8, 2017 10:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What he said... >> >> *From:* Tushar Patel >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation >> >> Do you have part list you used you can share? >> You mentioned Zwave. What else? >> >> >> Tushar >> >> >> On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally >> installed and quite expensive. I got sick of $125 service calls for rather >> simple stuff to be done and decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The >> Control4 system with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k >> in total. >> >> >> >> Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my time … >> at most. Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And no service calls. >> >> >> >> The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I did) is >> working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets and switches for >> example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper than normal switches – I >> wish now that I had just hired an electrician to mess around with that >> stuff in particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing …. >> >> >> >> I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living … done >> it for years. He is very busy … his main clients are folks who have >> cottages and wish to remotely control/monitor their properties especially >> during times they are not visiting it very much … >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *Af <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Novak < >> [email protected]> >> *Reply-To: *<[email protected]> >> *Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation >> >> >> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ >> >> >> >> Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I >> am considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ >> is the software I'd like to use to run it. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how >> many people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge >> in the products. Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only >> money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to >> focus as a sole business. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Is there any real money to be made in home automation? Any recurring >> revenue? How about headaches and problems? >> >> >> >> >> >>
