{"id":4845,"date":"2018-03-03T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2022-02-20T20:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T01:29:12","slug":"how-to-keep-people-from-turning-off-your-smart-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/how-to-keep-people-from-turning-off-your-smart-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep People from Turning Off Your Smart Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"
So, you\u2019re getting into home automation and you won the battle (link to waf article) of teaching your spouse how to use your home automation.<\/p>\n
Congratulations, you\u2019ve already made it farther than most and you should be proud of your accomplishment.<\/p>\n
I can imagine that you\u2019re pretty happy with your smart home setup but if you\u2019re anything like me, you still have those occasional visitors that throw a wrench into the works by turning off one of your smart devices that you\u2019ve automated or flipping the switch off on a Ring Floodlight camera.<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s you, then you\u2019ve come to the right place.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to lay out the problems that I\u2019ve come across and give you some options for each of them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
It\u2019s an honest mistake right, let\u2019s say you don\u2019t have a luminescence sensor to turn your lights off in the morning and instead, you have a timer set up to turn the lights off after the sun rises.\u00a0 Or, your visitors want to turn a lamp off when everyone goes to bed instead of just waiting for your \u201cGood Night\u201d scene once everyone is settled in their rooms.<\/p>\n
What do you do?<\/p>\n
Well, you have a few options:<\/p>\n
Next, read our thoughts on when smart plugs are best<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> This probably won\u2019t hit too many people, but it can be a problem depending on how tough it is to run new wires with your house plan.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you didn\u2019t feel comfortable running a new CAT6 cable to a new camera and bought a Ring Floodlight camera instead.\u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 Now, you have to leave the power on to your floodlight all the time.<\/p>\n So, how do you keep a forgetful spouse or guest from trying to turn off your lights?\u00a0 I\u2019ll order these from easiest to more involved\/robust.<\/p>\n If all else fails, put electrical contacts on each side of the switch and wire up a small \"stimulus\" for training!<\/strong><\/p>\n Just kidding :)<\/p>\n No really, don't do that . . . unless you have a medical TENS unit, then have a blast!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> This one\u2019s simple.\u00a0 Instead of your smart bulbs, pull them out and install a smart switch or dimmer.\u00a0 That way, your guests can manually control the lights, and still get the rewards of your existing automations.<\/p>\n Granted, if you are using colored bulbs like Osram or Hue bulbs, you\u2019ll be out of luck with this option.\u00a0 Instead, you\u2019re stuck also putting in a smart switch, bypassing the switch to connect the power to the bulbs all the time, and using the smart switch to control a scene with the bulbs to turn them on and off.<\/p>\n But, that\u2019s just if you still want manual control.\u00a0 If your light automations are good enough that you never need to manually control the lights, consider just removing the switch and installing a solid plate over the box.<\/p>\n<\/div> Have a different problem with your home automation gear?<\/p>\n Let me know in the comments, and I\u2019ll help you out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, you\u2019re getting into home automation and you won the battle (link to waf article) of teaching your spouse how to use your home automation. Congratulations, you\u2019ve already made it farther than most and you should be proud of your accomplishment. I can imagine that you\u2019re pretty happy with your smart home setup but if … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"modified_by":"Christy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24-7-home-security.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2)\tYou have a camera connected to your flood light, but people keep turning the switch off<\/span><\/h2>
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3)\tYou have smart bulbs in a room, but people keep flipping the switch off<\/span><\/h2>
What else?<\/span><\/h2>