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Introduction
Simon discusses his progression from tinkering with Arduino to using Home Assistant, and his plans to simplify his setup.
Rohan and Phil sit down with Simon from Australia. From smart integration with alarm panels to automating garage doors
00:00 Intro
01:23 Getting in to Home Automation
07:09 Australia's Device Limitations
10:05 Smart Home Setup
15:14 Automating the garage door
19:26 mmWave Sensors
21:37 Driving Home Assistant Tablets
23:00 Wireless Speaker Planning
24:31 Wireless Speaker Interface
28:23 Voice Assistants
35:05 House Alarm Modes
40:50 Room Presence
43:47 Garbage Bins
48:34 Away mode heating/cooling
51:14 Tracking data with Grafana
54:15 Energy Monitoring
56:22 End Goals for Home Automation
01:00:09 Smart Irrigation
01:01:10 Internet Down Alert
01:01:56 Phil Zigbee Issues
01:04:24 Simons End Goals
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
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This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors
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Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Rohan Karamandi
Twitter: @rohank9
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