The Smart Home Show

Episode 211 - Smart Home Fundamentals

Aug 16, 2022

01:14:04

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The Pros and Cons of Cloud in Smart Home

03:24

What Can You Control About a Device?

01:50

The Smart Home Show

02:06

Introduction

2min

I'm Feeling Called Out by This Question

4min

What Is a Smart Home?

3min

What Is Smart Home?

2min

How Do Smart Home Products Work?

2min

Smart Home Encapsulates All of That

2min

What Can You Control About a Device?

2min

Wireless Home Security Systems - What's Next?

2min

Is There a Problem With Wi-Fi in the Smart Home?

3min

10.

What's the Difference Between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth?

2min

11.

How Do You Communicate Wirelessly?

2min

12.

What's the Difference Between Standard and Standard?

2min

13.

Is There a Wi-Fi Alliance?

2min

14.

Is There a Role for Manufacturers in Developing Their Own Protocol?

2min

15.

Bridges Versus Hubs

3min

16.

What Are the Ecosystems of Your Devices?

3min

17.

Do You Know How to Make a Wi-Fi Device Work?

2min

18.

Smart Home Definitions

3min

19.

Wi-Fi Mesh Networking - What's the Benefit?

3min

20.

The Power of the Cloud in the Smart Home

2min

21.

The Pros and Cons of Cloud in Smart Home

3min

22.

The Concept of Automation in SmartThings and HomeKit

3min

23.

Home Automation

4min

24.

What Is the Difference Between Warm and Soft?

4min

25.

How to Choose the Right Light Bulb for Your Home

4min

26.

How to Turn Off the Philips Hue Bulbs on Coseta Switches?

2min

27.

The Lutron Aurora Smart Dimmer Switch Is a Great Solution for Controllable Light Bulbs

4min

28.

The Smart Home Show

2min

Inspired by a listener's question, Adam and Richard go back to basics in this episode and explain some fundamental concepts about smart home technology. Including: What is a smart home? What's a platform? What's a standard? What's the difference between a "warm" light and a "soft" one? And how does a smart device know how to do anything?

Previously...

- Insteon Goes Dark & Cloud vs. Local https://www.smarthome.fm/episodes/208-insteon

- Hubs and Bridges https://www.smarthome.fm/episodes/180

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