Making your lights Smart. By making your lights smarts in your home means that you can switch it ON or OFF with your phone, control it via a voice assistance like Alexa or Google Home or even a home automation hub like Home Assistant. This also means you can control it from anywhere, even if you are not at home. Apart from that you can create Automations for it. This can include things the following: Automatically switching the light on at sunset and switching it on in the morning. Automatically switching on a light at night and when you open a door Automatically switching on a light at night when your kid is going to the bathroom at night. Automatically dim the lights when you switch your home entertainment to movie mode. The possibilities of use cases for lighting is endless BUT first you will need to ensure you lights are smart. There are different ways that you can make your light at home smart and this blog is going to explain to you the different ways using different devices fro
Installing a Sonoff Gate Switch By installing a Sonoff Gate Switch will allow you to open or close your your driveway gate from your cellphone, voice assistance or even your smart home hub like Home Assistant Setup the Gate Switch Below is a typical setup. You will power the Gate Switch by connecting the 12V/24V and NEGATIVE (or COM ) to the Gate Switch as shown above. Then connect the TRG to NO pin and the COM on the gate motor to the COM on the switch. Some technical terms TRG - This is the Trigger pin on the motor. This pin allows the gate to open or close. By connecting a wire to the TRG and COM pin, they gate will trigger. COM - This is know as a Common Pin or Negative NO - This is referred to as Normally opened, meaning the switch is open and current doesnt flow. Setup and pair the switch Open your eWelink app the Gate switch as per normal. Upgrade your device f