Xiaomi makes products for a favorable price. It would of course be nice if you can combine this with a good home automation controller. We will show in this guide how you can use these products in combination with Domoticz.
Xiaomi makes home automation products at a great price. Today we will provide the Xiaomi Smart Wireless Switch with a review.
If you have automated almost everything in your house, there is usually only one thing left that is tough to tackle.
And that is the automation of your curtains. In this post we will see if we can solve this in a reasonably cheap way.
We are regularly asked which home automation controller is the best choice. This depends on what you want to do with the smart home system and of course your personal preferences. In this post we'll try to bring some light into the darkness.
[Update 2019-10-01: Home Assistant added]
Domoticz is an open source home automation system that is free to use. Today is the day we are going to provide him with a review.
Ikea introduced a new line of smart products the Ikea TRÅDFRI last year. This product has since grown up so it's time for a review.
Again time for a new controller, this time the Mi Home from Xiaomi from China. Xiaomi is best known for their phones, but they also make very many other products from scooters to televisions. And therefore also home automation systems. We're going to see how it works.
Zipato has released a new controller this year: the ZipaTile. After we have already made a preview, it is now time for a full review.
Sit down for a moment because this is quite a long story.
More and more products are appearing to control your lighting in a smart way. Most people know the Philips HUE, which has become quite successful. They have found an easy way to let normal men / women come into contact with home automation.
INNR (a Dutch company) is also entering this market. They have made their starter kit available for a review.
As you can read in the review of the Vera Edge, Vera Control is busy rolling out new products. The Vera Plus is a new product. This is an upgrade version of the Edge. He has built in a number of extra things. Read on quickly what all this means.
Two weeks ago I received the Vera Edge from Vera Control. This is the new controller from Vera which supports z-wave plus and uses the new 7.0 User Interface (UI). I am very curious about the possibilities of this controller. It is quite a long story: so sit down for a moment.