Home Automation

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Discussion about general home automation ideas and projects, home automation protocols like Z-wave, Zigbee, Matter, etc, and home automation software and hubs like HomeSeer, Home Assistant, OpenHAB, Homey.

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Home automaton primer? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by Tahl_eN@lemmy.world to c/homeautomation@lemmy.world

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I've got a couple of Kevo door locks that are about to become dumb locks. Looking to replace them with something that doesn't need to call home to corporate just to function locally, which I assume means I need to set up something more substantial locally. Taking a quick look around there appear to be 4 or 5 main control systems and about as many communication protocols. Where can I learn the pros/cons/functionality of each?

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[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

I've had a lot of success using Schlage ZWave locks with Home Assistant. No calls home, no corporate BS.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

ZigBee and zwave are the best protocols in my experience. I run both, Z-Wave LR can go the furthest distance, but in my case, ZigBee seems to be a bit more stable. Z-Wave devices are typically more expensive due to licensing costs.