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Automation Description

List of automation controlled by openLuup: -Watering of the yard, with main valve control from weather (SiteSensor) -Full HVAC control coordinating Keen and econet vents, window state, room temperature and room presence with thermostat and furnace heating/AC. (Zwave and Zigbee) -Housemode controlled by Geofence (IphoneLocator) and bed occupation from eight sleep. -Doorlock controlled by house mode. (Zwave) -Home theatre/TVs, bed heating and lighting turn off per sleep status. (eight sleep-Home Assistant-Harmony) -Window coverings (blind, curtains, shades) automated per time of day, lighting state, room presence, temperature Harmony activity and house mode. (Zwave) -Whole Energy monitoring with alerts in case of abnormal consumption and monthly bill match. (Zwave) -Outdoor lighting, fountains and signage controlled by luminosity and outdoor camera motion (Zwave-IPCAM) -Phone notifications with camera snapshots (pushover/Home Assistant) -Facial Recognition on doorbell automati
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Peeling the vera onion from skin to core

I stumbled into the home automation field about 10 years ago, when after purchasing a newly built house which. had a poorly located light switch in the living room. I wanted to be able to remote control it and got a GE zwave remote and a zwave light switch. Little did I know that this would lead me into looking at a vera light and wanting to do more. It was an expensive device back then… >$150. The vera light, then just transitioning to UI7 had a great GUI, fairly intuitive but had many mysterious behaviors. Treating it as more novelty than appliance, I accepted some lack of reliability while I was expanding my network. Shortly after this, was the release of the vera edge for which I was an early adopter. I bought one at full price also >$100 but did not migrate until I moved to yet another house. I thought that I could leave my vera lite behind and sell the value of all my innovative work but though all the potential buyers loved the features, the maintenance and lack of reli
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