You got plaster ceiling near your curtains?
I don't have. How to get power to the motor?

How to hide the wires? Hack the ceiling?

Market do not have wireless motor for curtain?

Lol. That is mechanical already.
Yes, battery. Just like those wireless alarm system.

Yes Solar!
It has battery inside the tubing and recharge via Solar
http://en.dooya.com/products_5.html

You want angmoh product? This one is French -
http://www.somfysystems.com

Btw Somfy System bought over 70% of Dooya so in the end still China made products

How much to get this in Malaysia?
The door lock is dual function?
Thumbprint and pin code?

I think I might get a smart doorbell 

I find the opposite to be true.
Landed will see more ppl using the door bell
High rise - usually the guards already intercom you ahead and the only neighbors that will ring your doorbell will be those on the same floor. Other floors occupants can't even get to your floor nowadays

Anyway I kinda hate doorbells. I disconnected mine when I was staying at a condo. Actually I'm looking for a programmable door chime. I want to put Star Trek wav files in it 😁

where can find?

Should be ok since I'm going to DIY the whole system where I know how the system works. The part which I'm not sure whether I should DIY is laying of the network cable which I believe is 1 time job unless wanted to change network cable after some years. Either the ugly way of putting into cable casing without laying in the wall or hire someone to lay PVC pipe and wiring in the wall or should I DIY the wall hacking as well 
Anyone here have experience hacking the wall and lay PVC pipe for wiring? Is it hard?

wei, your arduino smart home project how? Still learning stage?

I m looking for some basic arduino class or basic learning. Look like don't have here. Rasberry got class nearby my home. But I see arduino are more famous and more accessory.

Just order a Arduino uno r3 kits set. 

Just learn the mainboard hardware version and how many type, I also already    It branch out so many type.

I m worry the prg side as I totally no idea.

I dilemma of choosing with 1 to learn. Raspberry or arduino. Raspberry less accessory and community on the net. But I can learn from class with also near my home. I see the kids also can prg the raspberry when I visit the class. Wonder the teacher will teach oldman like me.  

Arduino have many support and accessory in the net. Cheap also. But local short of community and learning class. Can't find any group also.

ok at first i wasnt too warm to this home automation thing mainly because its too darn expensive just to turn on/off a light or two.

but lately there are some interesting products popping out that makes me reconsider.

now apple is adding Homekit with Siri voice control to certain devices that is compatible with Homekit. Good example is the Philips Hue. Still it cost about Rm1k just for a three bulb starter pack.

then Amazon is coming out with the second gen Amazon Echo Dot (see video) which is only US$50. Its like a standalone Siri. And it is compatible with many standards. I can add smart plugs from TP-Link Smartplug and D-link Smartplug (about Rm150 each).

Now if I can find a hub/control for my ceiling lights.....that would complete the setup that I need.

I dont need to control temperature (maybe just monitoring), I cant afford to motorize my roller blinds, I dont have an alarm system, I got one IP cam and might add another. I dont need auto make coffee. So basically I just want to control my lights. Thats the biggest thing.

Now Im using mechanical timers to turn on/off lights. If the times and date can be set electronically using Smartplugs with an app, that would be great. Can dim as well. Change colors if you got RGB bulbs

Any more ideas ozak and weikee?


Okay Echo Dot may not work (100%) outside USA or UK. You can still use voice to control your devices but anything to do with location and time/date, it wont work

Your Pi project like a decade already. Haven't finish ?