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Questions tagged [lighting]

For general questions about lighting in a smart-home context.

Where you are interested in a specific manufacturer's product, use that gag instead. If your question is about the electrical aspects of lighting installation (rather than the connectivity or control aspects), your question might be more appropriate on https://electronics.stackexchange.com/ or https://diy.stackexchange.com/

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What is the easiest to install smart switch that has a remote control?

I want to install a light switch at my church that has a remote control. Similar to the Lutron Caseta. The only requirement is that it has a remote control. Prefer not to have a dimmer. I would like to have as few accessories as possible. Are there…
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Controlling WiFi switches from physical switch

I'm looking to install smart switches for my lighting. Since I have LED lights and 2-wire circuits to the switches (no neutral), I'm looking at wifi controlled remote relays - which I can find no problem. However, all these switches seem to…
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Are the Smart Lights saving turtles actually Smart?

My curiosity was recently piqued by IOTpodcast.com. They mention in the description of the podcast that one of the things to discuss is how smart lighting is saving sea turtles. I then found this article from smartledconcepts.com which states that…
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LED ceiling panels: driver with alexa/home automation capabilities

I have 3 LED ceiling lamps, unfortunately they're using some proprietary protocols for communication. The chip used in remote is PL51WT020: PL51WZ020 (PMicro website) Is there a way to control the lights using RaspberryPi (other then emulating…
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Does anyone know any magnetic connectors?

I'm trying to build a gadget with LED lights. The odea is to have separate pieces of lights which can be combined together and can be played around as LEGO. I would like for each piece to be joined with another piece with magnets and that those…
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