Thought seeing as we are a relatively small island would be good to know if there were other Smart Thingers near by…
So perhaps a thread for where we are in the country with our ST deployments?
I’ll start… My Info:
Name: Simon Location: Milton Keynes Joined The Community: August 2015 (use daily) Devices: 1 (but will be changing in next couple weeks…) Pros: Business/Systems Analyst, technology geek since the late 70’s, know it all… Cons: Know it all…
Great post idea, it will be good to know who else we have on here and where everyone is for upcoming SmartThings UK events and joint hobbyist projects etc
My Info:
Name: kyle Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Joint The Community: Feb 2015 (use daily) Devices: 30+ Pros: Graphic Design & Basic Coding Cons: Basiccc Coding (Want to learn more)
Name: Greg Location: Near Manchester, Cheshire Joined The Community: October 2015 Devices: 11 (Hub / Motion Sensor / Multi Sensor / Presence Sensor / Power Outlet / WeMo Switch / Nest Thermostat / Nest Protect x2 / Philips Hue (3 RGB, 2 Lux)) Pros: Interface/App Design, Basic Coding, Creative Thinker/Innovator whatever you want to call it. Cons: Basic Coding, Not a millionaire - this is an expensive “hobby”
Thanks @AutomateEverything. I have lots of ideas on things to do, from apps to automation projects, however my coding skills are not the best (I know a bit) so would be great to have people to work with to bring things to life!
Name: Russ Location: Sunny Brighton Joined The Community: 3/10/15 Devices: waiting on my ST starter kit to be delivered but have a Nest thermostat & IPCAM. Pros: very techy & work in IoT Cons: impatient!
We’re having an extension built at the moment so will add some Nest protect alarms soon.
Name: Sean
Location: Colchester, Essex
Joined The Community: October 2015
Devices: Starter kit, sonos system multiroom
Pros: IT Manager with focus on end user devices and selection (think SP3, SP4, Ipad Pro, Surface Book), plus DIYer and full-time cable hider!
Cons: impatient and likes to test across too many devices!
Name: Matt Location: Sutton Coldfield (Gavin you must be fairly close to me) Devices: Honeywell Evohome, Netatmo, Cytech Comfort, Bosch Indigo Connect and a few other bits and pieces Pros: Tech & telecoms software and hardware development experience Cons: Never enough time in the day to do as much hacking around as I would like
Name: Adrian
Location: Isle of Man
Joined The Community: October 2015
Devices: ST Starter kit, Sonos Play:1, Fibaro dimmer 2
Pros: IT Manager been obsessed with IOT since I heard about it nearly a year ago. Couldn’t resist when I saw ST in Currys.
Cons: Too many other expensive hobbies, so will be slow to build up my devices.
Name: Martin Location: London Joined The Community: September 2015 Devices: 30+ Pros: Application packager (VDI), linux enthusiast, hardware tinkerer and diy’er e.g. http://goo.gl/AvKnW Cons: not enough time to tinker!
Snap still on US V1 also, deciding wether to get a US or EU V2 once they have ironed out the oustanding issues . . . Strongly depends on how much the UK/EU Zwave device options picks up as currently its minimal compared to US
Name: James Location: London Joined The Community: October 2015 Devices: 3 (Got the starter kit from The Insiders trial) Pros: Arduino Developer, I help to run “Not Just Arduino” every other Monday @ London Hackspace, Telecoms Consultant by day Cons: not enough time to tinker! << THIS!
Name: Colin
Location: Midlothian, Scotland
Devices: Honeywell Evohome Controller plus Radiator Sensors, 2 x Wemo Insight Outlets, SmartThing Hub, 1 Motion Sensor, 1 Multi Sensor on Door (with Door Knock smartApp), 3 Multi Sensor on Windows, 1 Android Device Presence, 1 Presence Sensor, 1 SmartThing Outlet, DoorBird (Coming Soon)
Pros: More money than sense
Cons: Not enough money
Android platform using
Evohome App
SmartThings, App
Wemo App,
Life360 App
IFTTT App and
AutomateIt App
Name: Alec
Location: London (High Barnet)
Joined Community: 1 month ago
Devices: 2 x ST starter packs. Nest. ST leak detector. Fortrezz siren
Pros: Architect
Cons: Code-a-phobe