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Summary

The video showcases a man setting up various smart home automations, including opening outdoor shades when it's windy, pressure sensors to turn on lights, announcing visitors when the baby sleeps, rebooting devices, lighting the basketball court, nudging kids outside, automating chores, opening shades at sunset, activating 'Dad mode', and adjusting lights based on the TV. He demonstrates how automations enhance convenience, safety, parenting, and enjoyment of his home in fun, creative ways.

Takeaways

• 😊 Create automations to protect outdoor shades when it's windy
• 💡 Use a pressure sensor mat to turn on bedside lights when you get up
• 😴 Catch the baby in the act with an automation using a motion sensor
• 📢 Announce visitors quietly using doorbell automations that check if baby is asleep
• 👍🏻 Fix smart devices by power cycling them automatically when they go offline
• 💡 Repurpose security cameras to automatically turn on lights when motion is detected
• ⏰ Remind kids to go outside and play if they've been inside too long
• 🧹 Create a chore dashboard with rewards to encourage kids to clean up
• 🌅 Open shades at sunset automatically to enjoy the view
• 📺 Dim lights automatically when the TV is playing for better viewing

Q & A

What home automations does the person set up in the video?

The video covers automations for closing outdoor shades when it's windy, turning on bedside lights with a pressure mat, announcing doorbell rings quietly when the baby is napping, rebooting smart lights that go offline, lighting a basketball court with security cameras, nudging people to go outside with camera motion detection, automating kid's cleanup chores, opening shades at sunset, activating 'Dad mode' when Mom leaves, and dimming lights based on TV status.

How does the outdoor shade automation work?

It uses a Tempest weather station to monitor wind gust speed. When the speed goes over 25 mph, it triggers an automation to open the shades using a Bond RF controller.

What technology is used for the bedside light automation?

It uses a pressure sensor mat placed beside the bed. When stepped on, it triggers lights under the bed to turn on. It turns off after 30 seconds of no pressure.

How does the doorbell automation help with the napping baby?

It checks if the baby's door is closed and the nursery light is off before announcing a doorbell ring over the speakers. This avoids disturbing the baby's nap.

How does the smart light reboot automation work?

The lights are plugged into a smart outlet. If they go offline, an automation power cycles the outlet to reboot the lights and restore the color.

Why are security cameras used for the basketball court lighting?

Their people detection feature triggers the court lights when someone is playing, and shuts them off after 10 minutes of no motion.

What happens when 'Dad mode' is activated?

It turns on a kids TV show, changes lights pink, and plays music in the kids room to keep them occupied when Mom leaves Dad in charge.

How are shades automated to open at sunset?

An automation triggers 2 minutes before sunset each day to fully open smart shades or curtains.

How does the chore automation work?

Kids check off completed chores on a dashboard. Once all are done, Dad's phone is notified to provide a reward.

How are lights automated based on the TV?

Lights turn off when media is playing on the TV, and dim up slightly when paused. The status is detected through an Apple TV.

Outlines

00:00

🛠 Setting up home automation for wind protection

The first automation monitors wind speed from a backyard weather station and automatically opens outdoor shades when gusts exceed 25 mph to prevent damage.

05:01

🌡️ Smart bed regulates temperature for better sleep

The Eight Sleep smart bed cover adjusts temperature zones on each side to improve sleep quality. It can also gently wake users up through vibration and temperature changes.

Keywords

💡home automation

Home automation refers to automating various functions and devices in your home using technology. It is a core theme in the video, as the narrator demonstrates 10 examples of home automation he has set up. For instance, he shows how he automated his outdoor shades to close when it gets too windy, and automated his bedside lights to turn on when he steps out of bed.

💡sensors

Sensors play a key role in enabling home automation. They allow the home devices and systems to detect changes in the environment. The narrator uses various sensors like pressure sensors, motion sensors, and security cameras to trigger his automations. For example, he uses a pressure sensor mat to detect when he steps out of bed and turn on the lights.

💡automation

Automation is the process of setting up technology to carry out certain functions automatically based on programmed triggers and conditions. The narrator demonstrates setting up several automations like automatically opening the shades when it gets windy or turning on lights when motion is detected.

💡voice control

Voice control via smart speakers allows the narrator to control devices and systems using voice commands. He mentions using voice commands to adjust lights instead of pulling out his phone. Voice control enhances the automation experience.

💡responsiveness

The narrator emphasizes the importance of responsiveness in home automation. The automations he sets up are designed to be fast, accurate, and seamless, like instantly turning on lights when the TV is paused. Responsiveness makes the automations effective.

💡lighting

Controlling lighting is a common application of home automation shown in the video. The narrator automates his bedside and outdoor lighting to turn on/off based on time, motion, and other triggers. Automated lighting can be functional and aesthetic.

💡cameras

Security cameras play an important automation role in the video. The narrator uses his outdoor camera to detect motion and trigger his basketball court lights. Cameras can detect people and movement to activate automations.

💡shades

Automating shades and blinds is featured in the video. The narrator sets up his outdoor shades to automatically close when it gets too windy. He also opens the shades at sunset to get nice views.

💡multi-user

The video shows automations that account for multiple users. For example, the narrator has temperature zones in his bed for himself and his wife. And he mutes the doorbell only when the baby is asleep.

💡parenting

Some of the narrator's automations are designed to help with parenting, like automatically playing kid's music and rewarding chore completion. Home automation can assist with childcare.

Highlights

Uses a weather station to automatically open shades when it's too windy outside

Pressure sensor mat turns on lights when getting out of bed and off after 30 seconds of no motion

Catches toddler taking things from nightstand with pressure mat automation

Announces at speakers when doorbell rings only if baby is awake based on sensors

Automatically reboots smart devices when they go offline using a smart plug

Lights basketball court based on outdoor security camera motion detection

Repurposes Nest display as chore checklist that rewards kids with treat dispenser

Enters 'Dad mode' to help with kids when mom leaves based on phone location

Opens shades at sunset each day to not miss nice views

Adjusts lights based on TV playback status being very responsive

Sponsors: Eight Sleep mattress cover with heating, cooling and sleep tracking

Outdoor UniFi security cameras used for several automations detecting people and motion

Smart home items: Bond RF shades, Tempest weather station, UniFi cameras

Home Assistant is the home automation platform used for setting up the automations

Automations make home smarter and easier to live in with minimal effort

Transcripts

I have 10 amazing home automations to

show you and the best part is they're

easy to do check it

out not too long ago we put up these

outdoor Shades that we absolutely love

but when it gets too windy outside these

things can break so we have to put them

all the way up I don't want to monitor

the wind all day every day so I set up

an Automation and even if you don't have

Shades like this you still might want to

be alerted if it's extremely windy

outside so things don't just blow away

so here's how doing it I'm using the

Tempest weather station which is now

compatible with home assistant and

getting the wind speed for our backyard

that way I'm not using some Far Away

weather station but using the reading

that's right here so it's super accurate

I set it up like this when the wind gust

speed is over 25 mph the shades open up

using the bond RF controller now I never

have to worry about the wind again

well I have some light strips under my

side of the bed to help me see when I

get up in the middle of the night and

I've automated these before with a

motion sensor but it never worked

perfectly it would sense motion for my

dog Luna in the middle of the night and

turn on the lights yeah not great but

check this out it's a pressure sensor

mat that turns on the lights when I get

out of bed it's extremely fast and

accurate since it only runs the

automation when it's supposed to there's

technically two automations for this the

first turns on the light when you step

on the mat easy the second automation

turns off the light if no one's been

standing on the M for 30 seconds and it

works so well and you might be wondering

what this mat is well it's still being

developed by a startup company but they

were nice enough to let me have an early

look so follow the channel for more

updates on when this will be available

oh and I also have a bonus automation

with this pressure mat next to my bed

our little one-year-old likes to walk

over to the nightstand and take things

then she hides them around the house

it's the worst so I set up an automation

to catch her in the act the Tiny Terror

is doing what she is best at terrorizing

quick stop

her speaking of the baby it's terrible

when something wakes her up a big

culprit is the doorbell and you've

probably seen those signs next to the

doorbell that threaten massive pain for

whoever Rings it and wakes up the baby

scary well there's an easy fix first you

want to disable your chime and then set

up an automation to announce on all the

smart speakers that someone's at the

door

but the key is to only do this when the

baby is awake so let me show you how I

know our baby's asleep I have a contact

sensor on the baby's door and a smart

light switch in the room so when the

doorbell is pressed it triggers the

automation then it checks if the baby's

door is closed and the light is off if

so the baby is napping and it will skip

the doorbell announcement now I don't

have to schedule the doorbell to be

quiet at certain times and I guess I can

take down my wife's threatening

note jeez so

violent want to hear something crazy

when my smart home breaks it can

actually fix itself using a everyone's

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word Ai No it's not AI stop it with the

AI it's a really simple easy solution

that anyone can do when a smart device

goes offline like these light strips

every so often I have to unplug them and

plug them back in to bring them back

online which is so annoying because I

have to move all these shelves to do it

yeah

no more instead I set up an automation

for a smart reboot by plugging in the

light strip controller into any old

smart outlet and it's a really simple

automation so when the light strips go

offline that triggers the Automation and

the smart outlet will turn off and then

back on again and then it will set the

light strips back to the original color

making it look like nothing ever

happened now my smart home can finally

fix itself I love

it so my daughter is playing basketball

and she's getting pretty good but not as

good as our old

man seriously Dad it's only 7 ft but it

gets dark really early so I put up some

Nova Stella smart lights to light up the

area these lights are great because

they're very bright do warm and cool whs

to perfectly match our existing lights

and of course RGB for fun now I need to

just turn them on automatically when

we're playing basketball automation time

I thought I would need to buy like an

outdoor motion sensor but then I

realized I have something already out

here that might even work better an

outdoor security camera you see these

UniFi cameras can detect people really

quickly and accurately so I just set up

an automation to turn on the lights when

the camera detects somebody and then

another automation to turn off the

lights if the camera doesn't detect

someone for 10 minutes and I love

repurposing my smart devices because it

makes it so easy like repurposing my old

Google Nest display for an automation

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sometimes we get glued to our screens

hey have you even gone outside today yes

I have I've been working hard outside

all day what no you haven't yes and my

team started die a I need to fix this so

I'm using the camera in the backyard

that can detect people and the way the

automation works is if it's nice outside

and that camera has not detected anybody

back there for a while then my smart

home will give a gentle nudge to go play

outside it is nice out so go play in the

backyard or I will block Netflix and

mute my microphone so I can't hear your

with that gold standard of parenting you

just witnessed I'm thinking why stop

there the kids room gets messy so

quickly and their toys get scattered all

over the house so it's time to automate

cleanup Duty I set up a chore dashboard

the kids can pull up on this old Google

Nest display that I had laying around

and I'll probably add more chores to it

later but for now when they clean up

their room or pick up the mess around

the house they can just check it off the

list once all of their daily chores are

complete it kicks off an automation that

notifies my phone and if they actually

did clean then I can press the button on

the notification to give them a little

treat for their hard work bribery I've

shown this before but it's a Cara smart

pet feeder that I'm using As a treat

dispenser for my kids it's probably

everyone's favorite smart home

device one of the perks of living in

Arizona is the beautiful orange and

purple sunsets but life's busy and

sometimes the shades are down because of

the bright Sun and we just miss it so I

set up an automation that gets triggered

2 minutes before Sunset and opens up the

shades all the way and you could do this

with any smart Shades or curtain openers

and most people will open up their

Shades in the morning and close them in

the afternoon but if you reopen them

right at Sunset that'll definitely boost

your spouse approval score all right see

you drive safe so if Allie's gone in the

evening and I'm here watching the kids

it's all about survival I have to make

sure the house is still standing and

everyone's okay by the time she gets

back so I have a Little Help from my

smart home with an automation when

Allie's phone leaves in the evening and

my phone is still here Dad mode

activates Miss Rachel automatically

starts playing on the TV so the baby can

take a break from terrorizing the lights

change to pink so the idea of markers on

the wall feels pointless and kids music

is blasting in their room to encourage

them to play all this makes taking care

of the kids way easier oh and Dad mode

automatically turns off when Allie's

phone reconnects to Wi-Fi nice oh

hey all right this last one is so

seamless when we're watching TV

adjusting the lights is such a pain I

feel like I'm constantly pulling out my

phone to adjust the lights or shouting

voice commands over the TV volume so I

set up an automation that automatically

adjusts the lights based on the status

of the TV I've tried something similar

in the past and it's worked okay but the

way this this is set up Perfection I'm

not joking it's perfect our smart home

knows if our Apple TV is playing or

paused so I set up an automation that

when something is playing the lights

automatically turn off and then when

it's paused the lights turn back on to a

dim setting look how responsive this is

play

pause

play

pause so fast and what's crazy is when a

show finishes the lights automatically

turn back up setting up automations is

so much fun and I have some really cool

things lined up for 20124 so hit that

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