Thursday, February 25, 2016

Home Automation using a Vera and ZWave

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Course Description

Advancements to Home automation have made it affordable and easy enough that everyone can do it!

In this course you will learn how to make your house smart. When someone thinks of a smart home they usually just think of being able to control it via their mobile device. While you will learn that, this course takes home automation to the next level. This course will show you how to actually make your house smart. Your house will learn how to use inputs such as temperature, movement, weather, scheduling, geo-fencing, and so much more to control Lights, HVAC, Blinds, TVs, almost anything.

This course provides step-by-step instructions from basic setup to advanced examples. It includes theoretical information and step-by-step videos for setting up and using devices. There are also step-by-step videos for using automation, triggers, and program logic to perform actions. Code examples are provided and explained anywhere code is used. No coding experience necessary.

You will learn how to:

Setup a Vera Lite of Vera3
How to add and use devices
How to use Scenes
How to use Triggers
How to use LUUP code
How to use Mobile Applications
How to Troubleshoot issues.
You will also learn how to add and use:

Z-Wave Devices
IR Devices
IP Devices
Light/Dimmer Switches
On/Off Swithces
Motion Sensors
Heat Sensors
Light Sensors
Humidity Sensors
Thermostats
IR Devices (TV, Stereo, Portable Air Conditioner, etc)
Motorized Blinds
What are the requirements?

No Prerequisite knowledge required
A home automation controller (Vera) is required if you intend to follow along with the step by step videos
Z-wave devices of your choice
What am I going to get from this course?

Over 55 lectures and 6 hours of content!
By the end of this course, you will know how to make your house smart
You will learn which devices are best for you
You will learn how to setup many types of devices
You will learn how to use devices automatically
You will learn how to get devices to talk to each other
What is the target audience?

Someone who is looking to learn how to automate their house themselves
No Prior Experience Necessary
Beginners: You will learn all the basics needed to get started and leverage that to learn more advanced automation and concepts.
Experts: You will learn about features that you didn't know existed and have real world examples of new ways you can automate your house.

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