Episode 296: Introduction to Home Automation

-- During The Show -- 01:27 Caller Harvey Android kills permissions 07:50 Plugs Send in home automation questions Send in Mycroft Questions SCALE 2022 - July 28-31, 2022 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, CA. 08:11 News Wire Samsung NPU Kernel Patches Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Samsung-Trinity-NPU-Linux-AI) Asahi Linux on M1 Ultra and M2 Infoq (https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/07/Asahi-linux-m2-support/) Unreal Engine Properly Released on Linux Gaming on Linux (https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/07/unreal-engine-5-editor-quietly-gets-a-proper-linux-version/) Nvidia AI and ML updates Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/25/nvidia-ai-enterprise-2-1-bolsters-support-for-open-source/) Developer and IT Professionals Survey Arnnet (https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/700120/majority-open-source-developers-eyeing-job-change/) Info World (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3668248/majority-of-open-source-developers-eyeing-job-change-edb-survey.html) LibreOffice 7.3.5 Document Foundation (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/07/21/libreoffice-7-3-5-community/) LightDM 1.32.0 GitHub (https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/releases/tag/1.32.0) NSCDE 2.2 GitHub (https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE/releases/tag/2.2) 10:35 Home Automation What is your home automation goal? Convenience Learning new skills Save time/money Security X10 System (https://www.x10.com/) Bad Science Project Noah's Automation Journey Steve's Automation Boolean Logic Automation for others Steve's starting advice Solve Existing Problems Noah's 'Best of Class' Lights - Lutron Switches (https://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeHomeSystems/RadioRA2/Overview.aspx) Audio - Volumio (https://volumio.com/en/) Security - Honeywell Vista 15P (https://www.amazon.com/VISTA15P-Ademco-Zone-Control-Panel/dp/B000H05W9M/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Access Control - Axis (https://www.axis.com/products/axis-a1001) Camera's - Axis Cameras (https://www.axis.com/products/network-cameras) HVAC - Honeywell Redlink (http://www.honeywellredlink.com/) Blinds - Sivoia Shades (https://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/ShadingSystems/SivoiaQS/Overview.aspx) Steve's Solar EnPhase Solar (https://enphase.com/) Tasmota (https://tasmota.github.io/docs/) ESPHome (https://esphome.io/) ZigBee - Problematic ZWave - Rock Solid ConBee II Zigbee stick (https://www.phoscon.de/en/conbee2) 'Hub Z' QuickStick Combo, HUSBZB (https://www.amazon.com/QuickStick-Combo-HUSBZB-1-Nortek-Cert/dp/B0157GOEA8/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Mycroft (https://mycroft.ai/) Steve's IOT Hardware Github (https://github.com/stratus-ss/iot_hardware) Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Smart Motion Sensor Light Switch (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07226MG2T/?tag=minddripmedia-20) UltraPro Z-Wave Smart Rocker Light Switch (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B3LY1SJ/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Aeotec NanoMote Quad (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CXMD83J/?tag=minddripmedia-20) GoControl CECOMINOD016164 HUSBZB-1 USB Hub (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GJ826F8/?tag=minddripmedia-20) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/296) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington.