Some newbie question - what to choose, configuration etc.

[martini 0]

Hi guys,

 

I'm currently thinking about making my home smart, but after reading all these articles, sites and forums I'm kinda lost.

My current choice is fibaro, but I'm not sure if it will meet all my expectations, so that's why I have to ask you for help.

 

Let me explain what I want at my house:

- flood & smoke sensor

- temperature control

- light control

In the future to be extended with:

- electric curtains

- window/door sensors

- sound

- google home or alexa

 

And this causes some questions for me:

1. For first: do I need the HCL or HC2?

2. For temperature control I thought about the danfoss connect thermostat - does it correctly work with fibaro? I just want to make some setups, that for ex. the temperature goes down when I'm at work or if it's night the temperature in the kitchen goes down but in the bedroom it will be warmer.

3. Light control - probably Philips Hue. Is the control through fibaro fully proficient? I want this bulbs and LED strips in all rooms. Additionally in the hallway with a motion sensor from fibaro or philips (ex. at night when detecting movement it turns on dimmed).

4. If I'll use Hue - can it be then only steered by the app? Or can I still normally use the traditional wall switch? I mean If I'll turn off the lights through the app and then manually turn on the lights with the wall switch. Will it work? Or do I have for first turn it on through the app? I'm just wondering if both don't "exclude" themself.

5. I wan't to use the Hue also with my ambilight TV - will it work even if the Hue will be connected with fibaro?

6. Electric curtains - probably the ones from somfy - can they be integrated with fibaro? And maybe automated that they will close when dusk (but for this I'll need probably the motion sensor?).

7. Google home/alexa - can fibaro be used with these systems? I mean for ex. "Ok google, turn the lights in the living room on", "set the temperature to 22*C", "close the curtains in the bedroom" or "play some music in the kitchen".

 

Ok, I think this will be enough for now Hope you can help me, I would realy appreciate.

 

thanks!

[TurboWannaBe 5]

HCL..... No go!

[shaunfrost 9]

1. HC2

2. I have Danfoss LC13s on each radiator with a central heating script calculating the mean heat and triggering a zwave boiler controller, works great

3. HUE plugin works well, and @Sankotronic has awesome Virtual Device for HUE, I have about 30 hue lights

4. If you switch a hue bulb off at the wall, Fibaro and Hue cannot control it. if you turn on at the wall the lights will come on, and from that point they will be controllable. if they are switched off at the wall, nothing can get to them

5. you can still control HUE as normal via the HUE hub, alond with fibaro

6. Don't know, that's next on my list

7. there are homebridge solutions for Alexa, or you can send IFTTT commands via alexa to fibaro, but no "official plugin"

[martini 0]

Thank you for your quick replies!

 

2 godziny temu, TurboWannaBe napisał:

HCL..... No go!

Okay, this was a clear answer

 

1 godzinę temu, shaunfrost napisał:

1. HC2

2. I have Danfoss LC13s on each radiator with a central heating script calculating the mean heat and triggering a zwave boiler controller, works great

3. HUE plugin works well, and @Sankotronic has awesome Virtual Device for HUE, I have about 30 hue lights

4. If you switch a hue bulb off at the wall, Fibaro and Hue cannot control it. if you turn on at the wall the lights will come on, and from that point they will be controllable. if they are switched off at the wall, nothing can get to them

5. you can still control HUE as normal via the HUE hub, alond with fibaro

6. Don't know, that's next on my list

7. there are homebridge solutions for Alexa, or you can send IFTTT commands via alexa to fibaro, but no "official plugin"

 

4. Ok. So it should be mounted another way. Would below solutions work?
a. Change the current wall switches to the philips hue dimmer. Current wall switch would stay always in ON position.
b. mount the fibaro dimmer (or fibaro switch?) behind the current wall switch. With that I can still use the wall switch or fibaro app, but if colors needed I can additionally use the hue plugin app?

[shaunfrost 9]

5 hours ago, martini said:

Thank you for your quick replies!

 

Okay, this was a clear answer

 

 

4. Ok. So it should be mounted another way. Would below solutions work?
a. Change the current wall switches to the philips hue dimmer. Current wall switch would stay always in ON position.
b. mount the fibaro dimmer (or fibaro switch?) behind the current wall switch. With that I can still use the wall switch or fibaro app, but if colors needed I can additionally use the hue plugin app?

 

I sort of have both.

Some rooms, I haven't got araound to changing standard toggle switches, so I just leave them switched on, and control the lights via Hue and Fibaro

Some rooms I have put a fibaro dimmer 2 behind the wall switch, and changed it to momentary switch plate, and I still leave it switched on, but if you switch it off that's fine, after some time (or first thing in the morning) I have a reset script that switches the lights back on so I can control the hues...

 

[Bodyart 231]

19 hours ago, shaunfrost said:

5. you can still control HUE as normal via the HUE hub, alond with fibaro

hi @shaunfrost,

 

@Sankotronic 's VD also uses Philips HUE Hub.