QUOTE(ozak @ Apr 30 2017, 01:13 AM)
You guys create the problem out or what?
I watched many smart home YouTube and mostly are pretty simple to do and operate.
Watch a lot this guy in YouTube --> DIY smart home guy. He review, teach to install a lot of smart home device. Doesn't look complicated.
Another is superhouseTV by Jonathan oxer. He is more hardcore.
Different Manufacturers use different wireless protocol (I m referring to the wireless Smarthome) , Zigbee+, Z-wave (different country different bandwith),Enocean, digitalize RF433 Mhz, RF433Mhz (normal RF, just like your ceiling fan remote control) RF315 Mhz.
Even fall under same wireless protocol, different chip manufacturer have different performance, like NXP, Qualcomm etc.
For a consumer now have to choose a smart home device that can work pretty well on its own apk, api and also can integrate with other platform.
Now the most popular platform is Amazon Echo and Apple homekit.
So you have to puzzle out what you would like to have for your smart home.
This aim not create the problems, you have to think that your smart devices are work for your family, unless you are single (you will find out that most of the feature in the smart home like pointing to a house that only have one human being
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