We can control yeelight via handphone when we are away from house. Right?
I get device offline message when i try to connect the bulb from my office. 1st day using it.

can....

i've been looking for something that would make my grill smart as well, like you rightly pointed out, there has to be a different one as people can reach to the other side. the closest i can get is using a smart pad lock. im using noke, but it walk half the time only, most often i need to take out my phone to unlock it, instead if it using bluetooth to automatically unlock



a friend of mine is visiting the US now, and i have managed to help purchase both the echo dot, as well as the ghome mini. been researching about voice commands and integrating my current super rojak ecosystem.

i've been also reading up on sonoff and broadlink stuff as well and pretty tempted to try the wall plugs etc, (and add more mess int the rojak system)

can some one enlighten me on the below

1. the difference of rm mini3 / rm pro / rm plus
2. your experience using sonoff basic vs broadlnk sc1
3. is anyone using broadlink sc 2 orsonoff t1

i would like to automate the existing dumb llight switches and add some ifttt love to it.

1) rm pro/Plus = same,
    Rm Mini (Bean) = only ir ni rf

2) only tested sonoff basic with my 'dumb' fan to automate on/off when there's motion/presence. The sc1 looks the same

3) not sure about broadlink sc2, but I have used t1 and 3rd party switch that uses same chipset like t1.
If don't want to mess with firmware flashing, can just use itead firmware that's got google & Alexa skill.

thanks,
i ordered the rm pro from shopee, i think that its pretty cheap at 86.33 including shipping. also got the sonoff basic and sonoff touch 1 gang and 3 gang to try out 1st.

for the sonoff touch, i think installation might be pretty straight forward, but for sonoff basic, do i have to do take any electricity calculation?, most prolly, gonna use for to control about 4 sets of ceiling downlight (not sure, how or where to check the wiring connection, will try it over the weekend).

Smart home sifu. Want to ask some solution.

Let say a house far away and want to monitor, control some light or device. Example to cctv,  light ON/OFF and alarm for a basic function. But don't have network.

What is the best solution?

I m thinking of using a GSM as a network to control than wifi to all the device in the house? So Sonoff for device, wifi cctv etc.

Is there a GSM router ? Possible ?

Those Touch needs a Neutral Line...

can you tell a little more? clearly i didn't read enough.
mean would it not work?

Yes, there is 4G LTE wifi router, but make sure there is a good 4G/3G signal coverage at the house area

http://www.11street.my/productdetail/tp-li...CFUVJKwodm-wASg

Thank you.

That area have have 4G and broadband. But broadband monthly not worth to pay as not frequent people stay.

Look abit expensive.

But good enough to have some remote automation.

The Touch are wall switches right? I think someone was saying it needs a Neutral line which ours do not have at the existing switches.

The Broadlink TC2 on the hand, do not need a Neutral wire

cancelled the order, hopefully the seller accepts and refunds me. btw the tc2 also requires neutral wire , atleast from the pic here

use cheap prepaid like U MObile get 1gb free data every month. If not enough, just pay 30 for 7.5gb
lol

Ya, that monthly subscript is killing. 

Thank you.

That area have have 4G and broadband. But broadband monthly not worth to pay as not frequent people stay.

Look abit expensive.

But good enough to have some remote automation.

thanks,
i ordered the rm pro from shopee, i think that its pretty cheap at 86.33 including shipping. also got the sonoff basic and sonoff touch 1 gang and 3 gang to try out 1st.

quick question,

1. For the sonoff touch, i think installation might be pretty straight forward, but for sonoff basic, do i have to do take any electricity calculation?, most prolly, gonna use sonoff basic for to control about 4 sets of ceiling downlight while maintaining normal light switch (not sure, how or where to check the wiring connection, will try it over the weekend).

since im gonne be using alexa / GA with hue/yeelight/ewelink/broadlink/ifttt is there any reason for me to start exploring HA, for now, to me it looks just like another control centre, i got a lot of manual setting to do to automate things with alexa/GH and ifttt.

Broadlink TC2 has another version without the need of neutral line, but I don't recommend buying Broadlink TC2, the quality is bad, I got one spoil already just used for 6 months.

Get the Xiaomi Aqara switch, at least Xiaomi is better brand, and Xiaomi product quality is better.

1) maybe you could consider sonoff 4ch for that?
Or use 4 gang WiFi switch?
That neutral wire requirement can be quite annoying since most just don't have it.
So need to contact your wiremen to have it installed or just try replacing any switch that's nearby power outlet to loop the neutral wire.

If you intend to control different smart home devices from different vendor then home assistant is the way to go.
Some coding involved, but it gets easier and there's template where you can get some references how to configure this and that.

There's also Samsung smart things hub, with easier user interface. But not free of course like home assistant, i think there was 50% discount sale for the hub, $50 from $100.