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Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by fred256 »

gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

The IKEA lights that the article talks about have remotes [1] that work independently of the smart home gateway.

[1] http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20303317/

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by melling »

gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

I guess if it doesn’t work for you, you should skip the thread so as not to drown out the effort.

Someday someone might come along and build the thing you want. Perhaps they will build on this project.

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by oulipo »

gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

Hi! I'm the co-founder of https://snips.ai and we build a 100% on-device Voice AI platform.

The ASR and NLU are running on a Raspberry Pi 3, and best of all it is free and we are open-sourcing it, starting with the NLU https://github.com/snipsco/snips-nlu

https://medium.com/snips-ai/snips-nlu-is-an-open-source-priv...

The whole platform runs on-device which makes it ideal for privacy, cost, and to allow it to run when there is no network

We are available in English, French, German, and soon Japanese and Korean, with more European languages coming!

We would love to see what you can build with it, and linking it to Ikea lights should be 10 lines of Python

Take a look at what some people have built with it: https://github.com/snipsco/awesome-snips

and a few tutorials to get you started: https://medium.com/snips-ai/building-a-voice-controlled-home...

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by oulipo »

brianjking wrote: post #2

Nice. I use Home Assistant for my Home Automation setup. https://home-assistant.io/ [Over 1,000 components]( https://home-assistant.io/components/ ) are available with more added daily, including [IKEA Tradfri lights]( https://home-assistant.io/components/tradfri/ ). My Home Assistant config files can be found at https://github.com/brianjking/homeassistant-config if you're interested. Cheers!

If you are using Home Assistant and you want a free, open-source and 100% on-device solution to build a Voice AI you can take a look at what we build at Snips https://snips.ai

You can build your Voice AI in English, French, German, and soon Japanese and Korean, with more European languages coming

It runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 and will be 100% free for makers

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by dpark »

melling wrote: post #12
gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

I guess if it doesn’t work for you, you should skip the thread so as not to drown out the effort. Someday someone might come along and build the thing you want. Perhaps they will build on this project.

His criticism is reasonable. There is a line between valuable criticism and pointless negativity. The latter deserves the “if you don’t like it, go away” response. The former does not. The line is fuzzy, so err on the side of leniency.

Now, if there is a flaw in the criticism, address that, not the mere fact that it is criticism.

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by white-flame »

melling wrote: post #12
gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

I guess if it doesn’t work for you, you should skip the thread so as not to drown out the effort. Someday someone might come along and build the thing you want. Perhaps they will build on this project.

In addition to the peer response, notice the GP comment is (at least currently) top-ranked. They're not alone.

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by Eridrus »

gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

Every smart bulb I've seen has a fallback where toggling the light switch turns it on, even if the software state was off.

3rd party services going away is a legitimate concern, but that's true of basically every piece of technology these days.

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by ReverseCold »

oulipo wrote: post #14
brianjking wrote: post #2

Nice. I use Home Assistant for my Home Automation setup. https://home-assistant.io/ [Over 1,000 components]( https://home-assistant.io/components/ ) are available with more added daily, including [IKEA Tradfri lights]( https://home-assistant.io/components/tradfri/ ). My Home Assistant config files can be found at https://github.com/brianjking/homeassistant-config if you're interested. Cheers!

If you are using Home Assistant and you want a free, open-source and 100% on-device solution to build a Voice AI you can take a look at what we build at Snips https://snips.ai You can build your Voice AI in English, French, German, and soon Japanese and Korean, with more European languages coming It runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 and will be 100% free for makers

That's really cool.

With the way voice assistants work these days (memorize these sentences, when you say them stuff will happen) along with the fact that people only use a few functions of their voice activated products, it makes a lot of sense to be able to pick and choose which commands to enable.

It also has the added benefit of being local/private/on-device.

I will definitely be using this for a project or two.

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by ReverseCold »

pretty_bubbles wrote: post #3
brianjking wrote: post #2

Nice. I use Home Assistant for my Home Automation setup. https://home-assistant.io/ [Over 1,000 components]( https://home-assistant.io/components/ ) are available with more added daily, including [IKEA Tradfri lights]( https://home-assistant.io/components/tradfri/ ). My Home Assistant config files can be found at https://github.com/brianjking/homeassistant-config if you're interested. Cheers!

That's cool. I mostly wanted a quick REST API to use with IFTTT, without a ton of dependencies. Home Assistant looks interesting. Maybe I'll give it a try sometimes.

Home Assistant can even replace IFTTT for certain tasks with it's "automations"

Bonus: everything runs locally without having to trust IFTTT

Re: Show HN: Control IKEA Lights Using Google Home and IFTTT

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Post by [deleted] »

Eridrus wrote: post #17
gregmac wrote: post #8

I don't mean to diminish the work done here, but I can't bring myself to use any home automation that relies on internet and 3rd party services. The whole "I can't turn off my lights/adjust my thermostat/close my garage door because the internet is down" is a cliche these days, but also reality when you use services like these. There's a difference between core and nice to have services (eg, ability to tell you the w…

Every smart bulb I've seen has a fallback where toggling the light switch turns it on, even if the software state was off. 3rd party services going away is a legitimate concern, but that's true of basically every piece of technology these days.

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