My Most Futuristic, Advanced Automations EVER!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks for watching! If you want to know the technical side, here is how I got everything working: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/futuristic-advanced-automations-with-room-assistant/

[@topperdude2007]

Love the potential with Room assistant for person tracking. In our own lab, we went with a commercial solution with sensors using the Ultra Wide band frequency since BLE based tracking wasn't mature enough and definitely did not allow fine tuning the sensitivity. This was over two years when I finished implementing the solution just before the pandemic hit and I am glad to see how much BLE technology based tracking has matured with Room assistant in these two years - kind of like having person detection for the masses. Finally have a reason to dig out the 2 (or 3) spare Raspberry Pi zeros sitting unused and give Room Assistant a go. As always - great video and I love your outro - reminded me of the story I heard about Apple and other smartphone manufacturers introducing fingerprint sensor "to make phones ever more secure" and then a week later heard a story of a toddler / pre-kindergartner pressing his dad's thumb on his brand spanking new iPhone to unlock and use the phone while his dad was sleeping.😁

[@matt-yh4ho]

Hey reed hows the Fingerprint door handle?

[@sparksmorales4889]

Thank you Very Much.

[@noing8595]

I was wondering if you can do a video like this but about Google hub Max

[@4sayken]

Tell me you are going to do a how to video!

[@artistryartistry7239]

The amount of trust this man has in big tech and their commitment to privacy and security (or lack thereof) is unprecedented.

[@ChrisTustin]

I personally have reached the f it stage with security. I know my data is out there. But I like cool gadgets and toys so I stopped caring how my data was used. They can keep it after I die.

[@hydromaniac7117]

He is running everything on homeassistant which is completely offline and self-built per user. His stuff probably took hours of coding

[@tab8k]

@@hydromaniac7117 Nobody was commenting on his home automation setup.

[@ChrisTustin]

@@hydromaniac7117 All Alexa and Google integrations record everything you say to the unit and send it off to Amazon/Google servers, they leave a copy there (which you can go and see/request to be deleted) as well as send information back to execute commands. Plus any widgets, webhooks, and services he has integrated and made use of all have his data and accounts connected through home assistant. So his data is everywhere. Even with home assistant only so much is home based.

[@ConfidentGrips]

Your phone gives up all it's secrects no matter what

[@dannywinget]

Next Level! The king of smart home 👑

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks man it means a lot!

[@therealsunnyk]

I'm loving these ideas, I think ultimately this unlocks more people trying stuff out with their automations over technical videos explaining how to set stuff up.

[@aerialjuice565]

This the absolute main idea I had when I bought the 1st gen Google home mini back in 2019 and realized it was going to take more than a mini to have a smart home. This is an awesome project! Great job!

[@MarcSherwood]

Great video. I was in building automation when I was younger, and had messed around with lighting controllers (fun of switching ballasts), HVAC and access control, LONG before it made sense for home use. Over the past few years I have installed some smart lights, switches and such, but now I'm ready to go overboard with this. Your channel is going to cost me lots of money, time and hair, but all worth it.

[@raskarl]

😂😂😂

[@Weeem]

RIP your sleep pattern too :D

[@CesareRey]

This is AMAZING. It must’ve been fun to set everything up. I’d love to have something like this in my home.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Cesare! It's been so much fun setting everything up.

[@mikaelmillby7060]

Here you have business opportunity :)

[@yannisgk]

how lovely are your daughters!!!happy to see happy families!!!

[@kalashnikov161]

You’re have always been my go to home smart solver and adviser, but now that I find you’re a fellow Seinfeld fan you have become my only one

[@IronHulkTriathlon]

i'm overwhelmed just watching this video... I can only imagine how much time it takes for you to setup all the automations and tweak them to ensure they continue to work properly. I'm interested in getting started with home automation but ... realistically, it seems like it would be similar to a full-time job. How much time do you think you've invested in setting everything up?

[@brandonchesser5973]

Just like everything else, Start Small. Right now I have a Smart light switch with a motion sensor. I am moving into a new house soon and will have over 100 devices in use.

[@Typhon888]

@@brandonchesser5973 Make sure you have a wifi router with built in smart hub

[@CogitoBcn]

@@Typhon888 why?

[@popparock6506]

this is his "Full time job"

[@Typhon888]

@@CogitoBcn because if you want to hook up anything "smart" ones with built in hubs will be one less box on the desk or behind it.

[@berryhappy0816]

OUTSTANDING! I didn't think it could get any better but you have outdone yourself

[@helloworld3979]

the real king of smart home automation

[@erwinsmith5804]

This was a great video!!!! Im busy setting up esp presence( due a little cheaper than pi zeros) very inspiring, your channel is what inspired me to get into home automation…cant wait to read your article!!! , im wondering how long does detection takes with room assistant?

[@danielkoenen859]

I'm interested in the answer too.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

With the BLE enabled and not Bluetooth classic it can be really fast. Sometimes right when I walk in the room and sometimes it’s about 5-20 seconds. I think I have mine refreshing every 30 seconds so it could be faster if I update the refresh time.

[@BrendanxP]

Couldn't you force a refresh based on a motion sensor or door sensor? This way it is not constantly stressing your system but possibly able to pick up most changes more quickly!

[@ahmedbachoo9112]

@@SmartHomeSolver how do you set the refresh time? is it within the bash script or under the cluster configuration i.e. timeout?

[@jmr]

@@BrendanxP That's an interesting idea. ESPresense supports a pir sensor. That might be a good question for the developers of both systems. I wonder what the typical beacon time is for the various BLE trackers. A phone could theoretically be told to send an early beacon by a message relayed by the motion sensor if needed.

[@michaelherber6065]

This is the exact setup I have actively been working on for about a year. Ubuntu 22 released yesterday and my server is getting updated. Afterwards, my pis are getting deployed! Thanks for sharing!!

[@dsolomon]

This was awesome! Hopefully a company figures out how to put these in an easy to set up format.

[@jamesmonahan7872]

Love watching your videos, they are very helpful and love the comedic bits you throw in. I am pushing through to next level, I already have all of my switches, lights, locks, cameras, doorbells, smoke detectors and robot vacuums setup. Now focusing on dashboard to control and what automations I want to start. I have chosen Homekit / Homebridge as my platform and now will start to list my automations, research how to implement (including cost of supplies) to each. Your videos have taught so much to me. Thank you for all you have done to help further home automation. I know when people ask me what I did i share your you tube channel with them for inspiration. Keep up the good work! Would love to see a video on how to use programming tools that helped you achieve your smart home. Not sure if that would be too technical.

[@CarbonNut]

Hi James, chiming in a year later lol. I would love to know how you ran your full set up, along with the cost of supplies and equipment of each. I want to dive into the world of a smart home but have not even dipped my toe in the water yet. Any help would be much appreciated!

[@dougsellner9353]

Thanks! I have been struggling with complex code to clean up multiple PIR behaviors to get accurate presence - this looks like a sure fire thing.

[@doceasy]

Not being a pro techie like you I got a single message from your video never ever try to give anyone any extra space in your entertainment to keep it away from a mess & have a soothing life in their absence. ❤️

[@egesanli619]

Wow, these automations seem like magic! I wonder that how did you make alexa to ask questions to you and trigger routines based on the answer?

[@anssipoh]

Finally something more than just turning lights on or off. More like this!

Any thoughts on Room Assistant (Pi) vs. ESPresense (ESP32)? Like which one is more reliable...

[@rswyltk]

Uhh, I just got everything working on Hubitat the way I want it with what it can do. Room Presence is one thing I wish I had, mainly to turn lights on and off when I’m not in the room, and mute TVs

[@Doodmeister0]

Motion sensors ?

[@rswyltk]

@@Doodmeister0 tried it, if your just sitting in the room, they go inactive and don’t see you

[@Whois2440]

I love how he really thinks outside of the box. I like the comedy he puts into his video with his wife and kids. I look forward to that in every video!

[@owenmck]

Thank you!! I configured room-assistant a few weeks back and missed how to enable BLE in the HA Android app. With BT Classic disabled, my entire WIFI network is so much more stable! :) Looking forward to trying out the Alexa actionable notifications next! Cheers!

[@ahmedbachoo9112]

What android phone are you using? I am on a Samsung galaxy S20+ and cannot get room assistant to recognise my BLE ID from the HA app on my phone.

[@Bryanluna1994]

Omg I can already see it specifically with apple HomeKit and it’s HomePods Thanks !!! For this preview of the future.

[@HATipsByLarry]

Hey looks good i used some ESP32 boards and ESPresense with home assistant. ESP32 boards are cheap and work great

[@komodoification]

WOW!!! AMAZING!!! In your kitchen, what is the screan? Is it a tablet? If so, what one?

[@riluraj]

You put a lot of effort and I greatly appreciate it! You are the best!

[@JonathanBaileyn2u]

Nice flip of the script! Mad Hassio skills! Pioneer! 🙏 Awesome Job!

[@AngelMarresEgoavil]

What do you think about Echo Docker?(Mission) and how long have you been using it?

[@readthis1123]

Done something similar, but I placed motion detection instead of BLT so I don't have to bring the phone with me all the time for it to work... If I play music somewhere on my speaker and I go take a shower, room presence will automaticly turn on the lights if it is to dark and sync with the speaker that is playing the music.

[@b.s.pofficial420]

im from vietnam and i really like your video.Your smart home is crazy,super smart and convenient

[@tray22]

"Your wife is home do you want your browser history cleared?"... YES!

[@SSJ0016]

If you're deploying several raspberry pis and still have more ideas, look into virtualization. One host on your network can run a Docker or VM service, and you can spin up as many pi's as you want on that server for any project you can think of!

[@owenashcroft8167]

Definitely got me thinking, we have a load of automations that trigger off the alarm being set and whether it’s stay or away, but wifi connections got me thinking that I should be sending an alert at around 7.30pm to ask whether we want to arm the alarm if both my wife and I are home as normally it’s armed by then

[@mr-toyota]

You and your wife are always expecting your home alarm, an intruder is not. Always better to keep your alarm armed unless you're standing at alert.

[@msbgone]

Your family is adorable!!! What are you using to program the Pi's and on what screen? Great vid!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks! All the info is in the article and the dashboard is showing home assistant. Here is a video how to set it up kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfYZZSnjK5mlcU

[@ch0lito]

Reed you are awesome!!!! Thanks for your time, this is one of the greatest videos ever!

[@ArnoldJr]

That is amazing. What if you used something like a Bluetooth wristband to connect with your Rasberry Pis... That would be futuristic

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I tried connecting my watch but I could only get the Classic Bluetooth and it was much less reliable. That's how I would prefer it to work but I wasn't able to get it working well.

[@MrSupersidewinder]

Very cool ideas indeed... I love that you 'flipped the script' and have it ask you things instead of you having to ask... For those of us that don't employ microphones (listening...) we could perhaps have it say "You have left the garage door open..... again..., I will close it in 5 minutes unless you press (x)" or "If you would like to hear a joke press (x)." Thanks!!!😁

[@HughD]

Nice job as always. I like that you're always looking forward. Presence sensing has always been a difficult thing to reliably accomplish. We're still not there yet. I know my Echo Show 8's and 10 will recognize me when I walk in front of them, but I don't know yet how to make use of that to run routines. It might be simple, but it's not something I've done yet.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Hugh! I know, I wish Alexa routines could run for only me. The Nest Hub Max has the same ability to recognize me but it can’t trigger a routine. One day.

[@faengelm]

I have been testing the "person detection" on my Echo Dot gen 4, Echo gen 4, Echo Show 8 gen 2, Echo Show 10 gen 3, and Echo Show 15 to trigger Alexa Routines and found the detection very erratic.

[@HughD]

@@faengelm Frank, I want to do a routine when it recognizes a specific person. They already will recognize specific users you set up, but won't let you do a routine developed for that specific person.

[@faengelm]

@@HughD Ah, great point.

[@terkfranks1538]

I like the "know what room I'm in" routines, but I don't want to have to carry my phone around when at home. Is there a good ring that can achieve this same goal, without the need to carry a product (as you wear it instead).

[@DIYtechie]

Thanks for a great video. Really nice to see more advanced automations. This is basically actionable notifications with voice. Great idea. I also use automatic personalised dashboards on my nest hub, when I turn on the TV. Very cool and useful.

[@denzildk]

IRRC a GPS works by having your phone connected to 3 satelites, because they can pinpoint your location, and less than 3 wont be able to (cuz math i guess), so if you had a bluetooth distance measuring raspi in the center of each room, would it then not be able to pinpoint your location in your house as long as you were near 3 of them? (with math and stuff)

[@BaFaSm]

Need some advice,i bought Echo Show 5 2nd Gen,and plan to connect all my Smart Device (A/C,TV - SmartThings l Washer - ThinQ l Camera- Tapo l Sensor,Door Lock,Bulb,etc - Tuya/Zigbee).FYI,i'm in MY,so i change the Echo location to US.Problem is,on Alexa Apps (Phone) almost all devices show up,but on Echo only Bulb and camera show.Already re enable skill on Alexa App,re add all devices but seems no fix... 😭

[@beinggood4U]

Is there a video on how you got your Alexa to show all that info? Widgets? I love the look and the info it shows. Slowly, I'm creating a simple smart home but, nothing like yours. Thanks for the videos!

[@jacobkreifels7690]

3:33 Congratz, Alexa has become your mom

[@dfgdfg_]

For presence detection - OpenCV face detection on the Pi maybe?

[@TechTalkExperience]

It's a great idea if you could track the distance properly. I have been testing it with Iphone and didn't have success. I'm trying to find a way to easily turn office lights only when I'm working or if my phone will be in the room If you have any good ways to do it let me know, please

[@Touringmidwest]

This is super cool, opens up a lot of possibilities.

[@erdincify]

good stuff, the downside is you have to have your phone with you all the time. When I'm home my phone is lying around somewhere. I use the "find my phone" feature on my nest speakers a lot ;-) instead of having your phone on you all the time can this be done with a smartwatch for instance? What about if there is someone else in the room at the same time who also has access? Do you set a priority? I'm following you for quite a while now! I have an off-topic question. I've bought a nice big old camper and I'm gonna update, restyle the interior. Can you make a vid about camper automatization? I want to build a Tony Stark camper ;-) looking forward to your hear from U. Erdinç from Belgium

[@nnamdinwosu7295]

Wow! It's joy to watch all these cool stuffs

[@bragi1]

This seems so much better than all of the pressure sensors I have setup around my home to detect presence. I'd love to have something like this in a commercial product.

[@willsegatto]

Which sensor have you used?

[@b03tz]

Look into mmwave. I have built 3 mmwave presence sensors combined with PIRs that are 100% effective in detecting my presence in a room either sitting, laying down, sleeping or watching a movie. I can even sense the distance to the sensor so in the kitchen I am turning on the counter lights when I'm at the counter but when I'm sitting at the table eating they turn off after 30 seconds. Works brilliantly.

[@Gunham20]

Is this better than espresense? How quick is the response time? Quick enough that you can use it to turn on the lights instead of motion sensors?

[@inderveerjohal7218]

Would it be possible for the RPis to connect to an Apple Watch instead? I don’t always carry my phone around…

[@petedorherty6634]

Can you please make a Video about the Pi Zero and the BLE Sensor? I am living in a 71qm 3room Apartment and wondering if this is a possibility to track but I do think that they won’t be able to locate in which room I truly am. Thanks :)

[@TheNameOfJesus]

What I need is for an hourly reminder that asks me, (once I'm awake,) "Have you taken your morning medication yet?" If I say no, it reminds me in another half hour. In fact, there are other things I'm supposed to do daily, like a certain exercise. I want to be asked if I've done it. If I say "Yes", it records the fact that I've taken it, (and the time/date) creating a log of my successes.

[@username_undefined]

Can I use the raspberry pie to detect the proximity of the apple air tag my dog wears on his collar?

[@daviddonnelly8406]

In your home automation, have you figured out how to: automate the movement of the bathroom shower curtain after shower? Sounds funny right? Well, the need comes from when done with a shower, the curtain is closed/compressed to one end of the shower. But, you should let the curtain remain fully open to allow it to dry and not get mold on it. I keep forgetting to fully open the curtain and let it dry. What would be nice is to have it open so many minutes after the shower is completed. Any thoughts? The switchbot curtain mover is not water/humidty proof enough.

[@AndreaS-kg6vk]

what is the hexagonal, copper/wood looking wall decorations in the beginning of video?

[@hrcoronado]

What projector and screen. Do you recommend? I see you have a nice theater room.

[@itsJoshW]

So glad you checked out Room Assistant. I need some advise now since someone that I can trust actually has done this!! I've been considering it, but I just didn't step into the mud, so to speak, since for me it'll require a ton of RPI's...since I prefer Google over Alexa, and I prefer "No voice assistant" over "Bezo's has potentially all your information, would you like me to send him your soul?" Joking aside, here's my question. I'm looking at doing what you have around 2:58. The idea for myself is when I move from one room to the other, music plays in those other rooms. The question in specific is if you can setup devices to transfer the audio to multiple bluetooth devices that are 'speakers'. Here's my scenario in specific: Each room of the house, I have a specified amount of BlueTooth Audio Wall Receivers from Pyle. These receivers have a BlueTooth signal and connect to a pair of speakers. Is it possible to utilize Room Assistant to connect to 'each' bluetooth device (there's 8) and transfer audio between each without them "Disconnecting" and "Reconnecting"? My concern is, at least with these Pyle ones, they tell you "Device is connected" when a device connects to the bluetooth of them. Which could be rather frustrating when you're listening to music and switch to another 'speaker' that wasn't immediately connected to BlueTooth. If this is possible, is there anywhere I could go that is directed to documentation for this? I'd love to read into it a bit and see what exactly I could do with it. Thank you!

[@victorsanchez2223]

The ending was so funny lol. I’ve always wanted an assistant like Tony stark and all his technology. Thanks for this video!

[@hksduhksdu]

Is that google smart display on your office desk? How did you connect your RPi to trigger your google smart display?

[@RickSanchez1520]

For the garage, what about automatically closing the garage after 5 or 10 mins (depending on the time of day maybe) unless you tell home assistant to keep it open?

[@AuthenTech]

Seinfeld is the best! Super impressive and fun automations, great work.

[@usmcboyd]

The dashboard that shows up on your Google Max/Alexa hub or whatever it is, how did you get that to work by default? I want to make a guest room dashboard for guest and force a dashboard with no other options, but want to make sure I know what I need to do that.

[@halgerson]

How did you get that dashboard on the Hub? My biggest want at the moment is a better smart dashboard, but everything short of a complete custom job is lacking

[@100MilWill]

What is the small display thats to the right of your macbook at 4:15 ? Is this an echo show? The stand looks different.

[@ramppage]

This is awesome! I was looking for some more advanced automations to flex the power of home assistant and make my life easier and more fun. Looking forward to going through your article.

[@ceglington]

Amazing, that's a game changer! Well done on your continued great content!!

[@jellyjenn12291]

awesome automations, I'm tempted to try and give a few of these a try. Keep up the great work :) I hope you start to mix in some of these advanced automations in with your regular videos :)

[@danielleesposito5487]

do you know if it’s possible to use an apple watch as a ble sensor/tracker thing? i have my watch with me more often than my phone

[@skypilottom42]

We just bought a new build home in Arizona. It has an Apple home kit pre-installed, but we have no apple products. Will it still be good to use. We move in in April. I'm trying to plan things out while we wait for it to complete.

[@SeishiZero]

I love those Raspberry Pi Zeros! I wish they were actually in stock for the $5 price!

[@luizdca]

Props on the content... Do you know if there`s a way to set up the lamps to turn on at some specific brightness after a determined hour? Not an automation but whenever someone tries to turn them on, it will ways be at a pre determined level of brightness, after that specific hour.

[@SenRyoku3]

What smart watch you are using? Would you recommend it?

[@NawneetKumariaf]

Overwhelmed by this video. How I can setup(supposedly as a rookie at programming) ? Tips ?? Love from India

[@Kosh42EFG]

Why have I not heard of Room Assistant before? This is awesome! I know what I'm doing this evening, time to dust of the drawer of Pi Zeros...

[@ramyibrahim982]

Hey, at 4:23 , how did you get the hub max to have a custom dashboard? Very cool!!

[@jamesonshaffery8787]

At 2:44 I see you have the same fan remote as me but I can’t get that fan/remote to connect to my smart home to turn on lights! Please help 🙏

[@TatortWeb]

But the Alexa actions project looks dead. No updates in 2 years. How do you solve it that the right Alexa was talking? Could that work on several Alexa’s at the same time?

[@graham2425]

Brilliant…king of smart home comes too mind

[@andreic6250]

@4:21 what is that dashboard app? Or device? Can i put it on my amazon fire 10 or 8? Thank you

[@thealterator]

have you looked into security options to prevent "hackers" from getting into your smart devices?

[@valentinhristev174]

Again one of the most useful HA videos out there.

[@GCubedProductions]

How do you ensure the random questions from Alexa do not occur when you’re filming?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

I have a kill switch that shuts all these automations off. Every automation has a condition to check for that kill switch but I haven’t needed to use it yet.

[@gate9595]

Just curious, what languages you used for this project, besides the linux cmd.........

[@mattnelson1366]

Haha, "bullet proof". Always love the end out-takes.

[@pariscr5870]

Hi, I was just wondering what brand is your wrist watch at 5:20 thanks

[@vpsrj]

This is what I’m looking for my new home! You’re awesome!

[@flyingdutchman1279]

What kind of smart shades do you have in your house?

[@seaeyeare]

Real talk @smart home solver where did you get your kitchen table 2:45 .. my wife likes it

[@felix_blng]

How did you set up the question - answer thing with Alexa?

[@katrinamanley1992]

Can this also be set up for those using Google Home products and not Alexa

[@kozel0147]

Reed, what method do you use for casting the HA dashboard to the GHome devices? Yours seems fast. Everything I tried takes forever.

[@hsinyo]

Can you please do a video on using syncing cross ecosystem echo, google assistant , HomeKit, etc. ?

[@rafaeltosi]

Have you thought about using a ESP32-CAM Face Recognition connected to an arduino so it will recognize your face and trigger an automation? Maybe you can do automations with face detection instead of your mobile working around?

[@tpch3ckyourt3ch75]

This is GOLD!

[@techlitindia]

This is awesome bro, seems very sci-fi. And the bullet proof end was hilarious :-D

[@w-gsnow8427]

Would running a hub pi be feasible? Have the pi's report BT location/distance and have the hub order which one to interact with? It would probably help you have a larger detection radius if it could tell which one you were closer to and even initiate the swapping of locational activities by detecting the movement.