re: Chance to Start Over on Smart Home - WWYD?

i can tell you with 100% certainty if i ever buy blinds again i'm going with lutron serena.

yeah, they're expensive but i've spent 2+ years trying to hack another solution and probably spent more in wasted CPU cycles* than if i had just bought them to start with.

i wouldn't mess around with this particular thing.

*i call this cadmining

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Really liking the interface and having one app for everything. The only thing I havent moved to Abode is Phillips Hue, even though abode can control Hue without the Hue bridge I still prefer Hues interface. Schlage locks, GE switches, go control garage door, nest cameras and thermostats....all in one app.

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Just got Abode and heard it had some IFTTT but didn’t realize it had lots of HA. Where did you look all this up? I guess I should check Abodes website

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- use announce to broadcast it's dinner time to all kids

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I have an echo dot in every bedroom, the kitchen, lounge, and living room of my house. Are you saying that I can tell Alexa (using the echo dot in the kitchen) to announce to all of the other dots simultaneously that dinner is ready? If so, how do I do that?

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Nevermind, a simple Google search showed me how. I had no idea this feature was recently implemented. I do appreciate the fact that they constantly add new (and free) features to their echo line without requiring a hardware upgrade.