[kwlug-disc] Home automation/security using ZWave?

[Chris Craig]

Does that mean your outdoor lights are on the entire time you're home
at night, but off otherwise? That seems like a bad idea, to me...

We have a dusk-to-dawn motion sensor for our outdoor light, which is
less sexy but more practical, IMO.

Some day I'd like to set up a system that has a motion sensor
activated camera for the yard / driveway / pantry (I have 2 kids ;)

On 2 February 2016 at 08:23, Raymond Chen <raymondchen625 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use Wink as my home automation hub, which connects to a switch for my
> outdoor lamps. And I connect it with IFTTT and my a web service written with
> node.js on my Raspberry Pi. So when my phone enters the area of my house, a
> web request will be sent to my raspberry pi, it checks to see the daylight
> status. If it's after sunset, another request will be sent to IFTTT and
> trigger my Wink hub to turn on my outdoor lamps.
> Those connected device are pricey, which is why I haven't set up home
> security system yet. Alarm, tripper and motion detector are on my watch
> list.
>
> Raymond