Luke Bonnici Attention Airbnb Owners! Do your guests leave the heater, A/C or lights on? Do they lock up properly? Do you have to manually hand over your keys or create a pass-code for them? With smart home technology, these worries and inconveniences can be a thing of the past. Find out how today.
Brad In this video blog, we will show you how to setup the Fibaro Home Center 2 as your alarm system and harness the power of Z-Wave to protect your home.
Brad Controlling your smart home with Z-Wave and Google Assistant or Alexa is fantastic… But it can be slower than we would like. Let’s make it faster!
Luke Bonnici Learn how Home Center’s push notifications can be used to trigger scenes, or prevent them from interrupting your sleep in. Follow video guides or step-by-step processes for both Magic Scenes or Graphical Blocks and have them setup within minutes.
Brad Fibaro’s Home Center offers 3 methods of scene/automation creation. Learn what they are, and how to create a scene in each of them, among other handy automation tips.
Luke Bonnici Looking for a simple but effective automation to get you acquainted with your Fibaro, Vera or Homey system? Learn how to turn ON a light using a motion sensor, and have it turn OFF automatically when no one’s in the room. Let your system light the way!
Luke Bonnici Learn to setup a low-cost automation hub with a Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant, the versatile platform making waves in the automation community. Simply follow the steps in this guide and you’ll have your Home Assistant up and running in no time.
Luke Bonnici Are you running Home Assistant and want to integrate your Z-Wave devices? If so, this guide is for you. Learn how to set-up your Z-Wave network, add devices and create your first automation. Then tinker to your heart’s content.
Brad In this blog we will show you how to create a “Holiday Mode” for your Fibaro Home Center. This will allow you to easily activate and deactivate “Holiday” scenes that turn lights on / off at scheduled times, perfect for when you go away on holiday and you would like it to appear someone is still at home.
Brad One of the many advantages of Z-Wave is the ability to monitor energy consumption of appliances and devices connected to Z-Wave power modules. In this blog I will show you a scenario where energy consumption monitoring can help create a very intelligent smart home.
