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It is interesting how all the other sites are in a panic with the death of Smarthome and their servers going offline and bricking all the Insteon Hubs while nobody here even notices.

I'm looking for some new software to manage my local music libarary and I have one specific feature that I am having trouble finding. Besides a simple drag and drop interface to add tracks to a playlist I would like to see a report that shows me all of the playlists I have already added a given...

I need some 12V RCA relays to switch line level audio signals without introducing noise on the line. These used to be common as they were used when adding third party audio gear into a car and have it switched on from a control signal from the original radio but now I can't seem to find any...

Working on a simple project this week where I need to control 16 relays to follow the state of 16 wired inputs. I was going to do this in my Elk M1 but found I only had 8 relays left. I don't have physical space to add another relay board to the Elk easily so I decided I would use 8 relays and 8...

I have about 20 Lifx bulbs in outdoor fixtures so I can do holiday color themes but I am getting frustrated with the flakiness of these things. I got Lifx over other bulbs because of the good color saturation, higher brightness, and ability to come on at the last set color. Wi-fi meant I could...

I tried to set up a Smartthings hub today but could not get it to connect to ethernet. The connection light on my network switch flashes on and off instead of showing a steady connection. Tried different cables and different network switches and get the same result. Went ahead and set it up...

Looking for advice on a pair of medium quality (not cheap computer speaker) bluetooth speakers. I need both right and left to be wireless. Most of the ones I can find have only one speaker that is wireless and then the other channel is just a passive speaker wired to the one with the radio in...

I am looking at Sengled Zigbee as an alternative to Hue and was wondering if anybody has experience with their Zigbee products (not interested in their Wi-Fi offerings)? They seem to have color bulbs and switches like Hue but unfortunately no motion sensors. The big advantages seem to be cost...

I was installing some RadioRA 2 switches the other day and noticed that the paddles were not acting like normal rockers but instead just toggle no matter where on the switch you press them (counter-intuitive to up on down off). I am not the one who is going to program these but was wondering, is...

Whatever happened to the Lifx Switch? It seems like more than a year has passed since it was announced and I have never seen it generally available for sale. First it was "coming soon" then it was "first run is sold out", and now the order page just gives a 404 error. Is this thing DOA never to...

I know you can ask Alexa to show IP cameras on demand but I am looking for the best way to have camera video pushed to a set of Echo Shows whenever motion is detected. I believe the Ring doorbells will push video when you press the doorbell button so there is the option to use doorbells just as...

I have a lot of inputs on my M1 set up to announce things when chime is active so I can keep track of motion sensor triggers and door openings through the day. Today my voice announcements stoopped working. They were working this morning but now when something is triggered all i hear is a little...

I'm thinking of using some LoRa devices in places where I just need to trigger Alexa routines. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084X9D9HY/ref=emc_b_5_t?th=1 Has anybody tried these devices? The long range and long battery life look very appealing.

I need to put some blinds on some kitchen windows in the space between the outer storm window and in inner window. Should be battery if possible to avoid a major wiring project. Would prefer to control them via Elk M1 or ISY but could use Homeseer if the first options are not practical. There is...

Home Theater UPS died last night so I need a quick replacement I want a pure sine wave model but I don't need much run time as it is just a bridge until the generator cuts in. Looking at these two:   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084T67V7V?ref=emc_p_m_5_i  ...

I need to replace a battery on my Panasonic voicemail system because it will no longer keep accurate time. I opened it up to see what kind it takes only to find a 3V lithium battery that is actually soldered onto the circuit board. While I was down there I decided to check the battery in my...

I just got back to playing with the Lifx Nodeserver on my Polisy and am running into trouble. As I make changes in the Lifx app to rename bulbs and move them from one Lifx group to another I find those changes are not propogating correctly to the Nodeserver. I don't know how to either force a...

Just got an email from AT&T that they will be shutting off my out of market network feeds on June 1st. Coincidentally I also got an email from the phone company saying fiber is coming so stay tuned for faster Internet plus phone and TV options. So now I need to start thinking about what is going...

Tuya Smartlife is ending integration with IFTTT on May 26th. So how many things is that going to break?

I want to monitor the alarm LEDs on some medical equipment but I want to hard wire the detectors to my Elk system so I'm not relying on a wireless protocol like Z-Wave for urgent alerts. Does anybody know of a wired equivalent to the Homeseer indicator sensor?