Smart tips for Smart Hubs
- A Smart Hub determines what your smart home will be capable of and what types of products you can integrate so take a close look at the features and pick the one that's best for you
- Each Smart Hub comes with an app that lets you access your home anywhere and the app’s look, feel and ease of use are pretty important. Check out the look and feel of each app and read reviews before deciding which might work best for you.
- Hubs have different form factors – some might be slim and designed to sit discreetly on a bookshelf, others are less physically appealing and might make a good neighbor to the router in your home office. Some hubs are even built inside routers so you get dual functionality.
- Some Smart Hubs are entirely cloud based – meaning they rely on a working internet connection to function & talk to other devices; others have local functions – choose these if you want to have a working smart home during an outage.
Smart tips for Smart Sensors
- Find out how the flood sensor is measuring water – some are more sensitive than others and that might impact your purchase depending on where you plan on placing them in the home.
- Door and window sensors can be used on drawers and cabinets protect kids from harmful substances, medicine or other off-limits items.
- Door and window sensors come in numerous colors to match your walls and many can be painted over.
- Door or window sensors are a great way to add an additional layer of security to your home – place them in parts of the house that you want to keep an eye on.
Smart tips for Smart Alarms/Sirens
- Connected smoke / CO detectors can let you know when the battery needs replacing so you can avoid that middle of the night beeping that wakes up your family.
- Smart Sirens can be used with Z-Wave sensors to sound if water, tampering, or motion is detected.
- Whether for home intrusion, fire, flood or even a fall, some sirens allow you to create up to 5 different alert tones for specific events.
- Portable Z-Wave scene triggering remote controller can act as a panic button and allow you to control multiple Z-Wave smart home devices.
- Smart Alarms/Sirens are best used as part of scenes – a motion sensor placed by the front or back door while you’re away could then trigger an alarm to sound.
- Smart Alarms/Sirens are great solutions for seniors who live alone to let loved ones know they need help in an emergency.
Smart tips for Smart Accessories
- Range extenders can be great for a large home – simply plug in a range extender in between two Z-Wave devices and make sure your network works anywhere in your house.
- Scene controllers are devices that make activating a hub or gateway’s “scenes” with one touch. Program a “good morning” scene in the kitchen and a button on the scene controller can turn on the lights, start the coffee pot, turn the heat up and play the morning news.
- Smart plugs make regular appliances smart. Turn your devices off from your app if you accidently left them turned on.
- Use the Amazon Echo Show to monitor smart devices like front door locks while cooking or watching your favorite show.
- Live in an apartment and can’t install smart locks? A doorbell sensor can be mounted next to a door with double sided tape to notify you of activity.
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