Recent content by Handywill

Can alarm sensors be used by two systems in parallel?  I think so, but wanted to be sure (a) that was true in practice and (b) there isn't a simpler/cheaper solution to my specific problem.   My problem comes from having a DSC panel with partitions.  The available Indigo plugin does not support...

Thanks for all the ideas. Signal15, must admit that the idea of saving water is certainly not enough to justify it financially. It is more the principle of the thing. And because it's cool. Payback on my system certainly won't be fast (if ever). AZ1324, it isn't only a bit more elegant (no...

Thanks for the quick response! RAL, the only reason is just to waste less water, as you are correct, there is no particular time benefit. I am also going to create a scene, so if you have a remote handy, you don't even have to use a tap trigger at all, it just seemed elegant to do it this way...

I'm just launching on HA, and have a specific problem. I have a hot water circulation pump to minimize my hot water wait time at the taps because my house is old and large, and the bathrooms are scattered. The pump currently runs on a timer which I can transfer to my HA controller software...

I'm a total newbie, and still figuring this out, but unless I have got it wrong, one key distinction between the pc based controllers and the custom hardware platforms, is that the pc based controllers each need an interface with the applicable technologies (like a PLM, example). Where this may...