When a piece of tech is only compatible with officially-licensed products, you can quickly end up spending more than you budgeted for, as the lack of competition encourages companies to increase their prices. Is SmartThings compatible with non-Samsung products? You can purchase the Hub and Multi Sensor separately, but I’d recommend investing in a SmartThings Starter Kit as it contains the Hub and the Multi Sensor, plus a good selection of other sensors – which we’ll be exploring in future articles. This is a significant investment, both in terms of time and money, but the good news is that once you’ve setup your SmartThings Hub and app it becomes much easier (and often, less expensive) to connect additional smart devices, sensors and applications. This is a pretty straightforward project that’s ideal for anyone who’s new to home automation, but it still requires you to setup the Samsung app and purchase a SmartThings Hub and a Multi Sensor.
In this article, we’ll be using a Multi Sensor to monitor the temperature in your home, and then issue a mobile notification whenever the temperature gets too high, or too low. Home automation may be an exciting topic, but it isn’t the easiest to get started with! Newcomers will typically need to purchase multiple pieces of hardware and download a mobile app before they can perform even the simplest home automation task – and Samsung SmartThings is no exception! We won’t quite get to the point where you’re locking the front door with a vocal command, or boiling the kettle when the house detects that you’re getting out of bed in the morning, but by the end of this article you’ll have setup a powerful and versatile home automation network, that you can build on indefinitely. We’ll also create a custom rule, so you’ll receive smartphone notifications about the events that matter to you, such as drastic changes in temperature, doors or windows being opened, or even the pizza delivery guy pulling up in front of your house! In this article, I’ll show you how to take the first steps towards the fully-automated home of your dreams, using Samsung SmartThings.īy the end of this article, you’ll have installed your SmartThings Hub, connected a smart device, and setup the SmartThings app on your smartphone or tablet, so you can monitor your home regardless of where you are in the world. While it’s fun to think about all the cool ways that you could automate your home, how do you bring all of these great ideas to life? How about a house that detects when you’re walking down the drive, and then welcomes you home by turning on all the lights? Or, you might create an alarm that plays whenever the house detects that you’re heading to bed without locking all the doors and windows first. Home automation is one of those areas where you can really let your imagination run wild!
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