Zigbee/ZWave control for any battery powered device?

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You could build your own battery powered relay device to control your lamp.

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CreeRelays Project (part Cree bulb, part Arduino)

All, I was inspired by the work of @drbudro which can be found here… I decided to see if I could possibly build a generic DeviceType and Arduino Sketch that could make use of the Cree Connected Bulb’s easy-to-extract Zigbee module. By reading the dim level values into the Arduino , I was able to accurately obtain 100 discrete dim level values. These can be used by the Arduino to perform any action desired. This example implements an 8 relay controller. The Groovy Device Type code works, but does not expose all 8 relays as separate virtual devices (which is always the 1st question people love to ask! ). Also, this is essentially a one-way communication device. SmartThings can command any one of the relays to be on at any given time, but the Arduino cannot send any da…

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Status Indicator Light

There has been a lot of interest in the creation of an indicator, in particular for the status of the Smart Home Monitor. In my case, I kept triggering the door sensor from the garage since my presence monitor sometimes took longer to respond than my walk from my car to my door. After my house called my wife to let her know that an intruder was in the house, I decided that I really should be checking on the status of the alarm prior to opening the door. Keypads have been suggested, and are a very good idea in that other people that come over to stay could use the pad to disarm the alarm, but I’m on something of a budget (my wife doesn’t understand my semi-obsession), and I haven’t been able to find anything for less than $40 to $50. What I’m looking for here is simply a light that would …