I posted this awhile back but the most creative thing that I did was automate my whole TV turn on sequence by voice using Amazon Echo, Harmony Home hub, Hue lights, and even a solenoid switch to physically power on my Mac Mini media center.
When I got into SmartThings, one of the things that I wanted to do was to automate my media center. My system is not too overly complicated but here’s what needed to happen:
Turn off and on certain lights
Set a color scene to my hue bulbs
Turn on the amplifier
Turn on the TV
Turn on the Mac Mini that I use to run Kodi (XBMC)
Voice activate the ON/OFF sequence
Integrate with Harmony Home Control remote
Make sure that I have WAF
First, I want to thank many developers and coders who came up with device types and smartapps to accomplish my goals. And of course this active community that helped in various ways along the way.
The tough part was figuring out how to turn on the Mac Mini that has an electronic “ON” button that requires a physical press to make it work. I decided to go “old scho…
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