For a cabin in the woods, this place is pretty well connected.\u00a0 Fiber internet works very well, and I have the fastest connection speeds I’ve ever had.\u00a0 Service has been very reliable.<\/p>\n
The HVAC guys finally got the phone app to connect to both HVAC units, and now I can control the heat\/AC from my phone.\u00a0 This will be very useful when I go out of town.\u00a0 No need to keep the place cooled or heated when I’m not there, saving electricity.\u00a0 Then when I’m on the way back I can set the temperature back to the normal values and when I get home it will be comfortable.<\/p>\n
My garage door opener is also connected to wifi, and I can monitor the door’s position (open or closed) from a phone app.\u00a0 I can also open or close the door from the phone app as well.\u00a0 If something is blocking the door it won’t close, but I’ll know that and I can have someone stop by and clear the obstruction.\u00a0 The important part is that I’ll know what’s going on with the door.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of single-pole switches that control outside floodlights and I’m considering replacing those switches with wifi switches so that I can turn the lights on from my phone.\u00a0 Not sure what brand to use, would be nice to find ones that I can control from a bash script.\u00a0 That would allow me to set a schedule for the lights to be on and off, and still allow me to turn them on at any time from my phone via a simple web page.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure what else I might link up, but I’m pretty satisfied with the way things are working now.\u00a0 Coupled with the video security system, this place is humming along quite nicely now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For a cabin in the woods, this place is pretty well connected.\u00a0 Fiber internet works very well, and I have the fastest connection speeds I’ve ever had.\u00a0 Service has been very reliable. The HVAC guys finally got the phone app to connect to both HVAC units, and now I can control the heat\/AC from my … <\/p>\n