Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
While writing custom Alexa skills has been necessary for some of the hyper-specific home automation tasks I’ve wanted to do, there are often much more straightforward ways to integrate different smart home platforms. The best of these is IFTTT, which stands for if this, then that. It allows you utilize pre-built (or create new) applets, … Continue reading Integrating Arlo, Wemo, and Echo via IFTTT
Over the last several weeks, I have been adding various home automation technologies to the house: Arlo for home security, Wemo and Lutron Caseta for automated lighting, and Amazon Echo/Alexa for voice control. Out of the box, Alexa’s integration with other smart home technologies is pretty good. It doesn’t take any custom work to be … Continue reading Custom Alexa Skill for Tracking Car Use
