Build an Apple HomeKit Based Smart Home Automation System
What you'll learn
- Confidently buy and install various Apple certified devices that will ‘talk to each other
- Install your own Apple based home automation system that will cost a fraction of purchasing a traditional home control system
- Configure the Apple Home App included in iOS 10 to do all kinds of awesome things that will improve your families general lifestyle convenience
Requirements
- You don't need to know anything about smart home technologies in order to take this course - I'll teach you everything you need to know
- You will need at least one iOS device, namely an iPhone or iPad
- No smart home products are required. However We will recommend some specific HomeKit certified smart products in this course. These products are optional based on your preferences.
Description
Imagine being able to:
- Control your heating from anywhere in the world and reduce the running costs of your home
- Talk to your home and ask it to turn off all lights
Well, thanks to the incredible new Apple HomeKit standard built into iOS 10, this is all possible!
What makes me qualified to teach you?
My name’s Gerard (international smart home automation expert) and I’m the creator of the world’s most popular smart home automation courses and books.
What are we going to be covering in this course?
In this course; I show you everything from A-to-Z on how to create your Home Automation system based on Apple certified products and the Apple Home App in iOS 10. The course is entirely project based and I am going to teach you how to:
- Setup HomeKit on your Apple iOS device
- Then I explain how to use the Apple Home app in iOS 10
- Then we install and setup smart lighting that responds to Siri voice commands
- Then Gerard will demonstrate the steps associated with setting up your own Hub
- Use Home to Install and configure smart thermostats that will save you money.
- Next up we use the Home App to set up HomeKit certified door & window sensors to Improve your family’s safety levels by.
- Personalize the i0S 10 Apple Home app, and share control of your smart home with family members.
- I’ll show you how to setup automated Scenes on your iPhone and iPad
- And More….
Plus Bonus Material!
Registering for How to Build Your Own Smart Home Automation System Using Apple HomeKit Products Course will not only give you access to all course modules, with video tutorials, and worksheets, but you'll also get valuable bonuses, for free. Including...
- A fully illustrated PDF copy of the Apple’s Homekit Smart Home Automation System Handbook.
- Regular course updates: new video lectures to co-incide with major Apple hardware and software upgrades.
At the end of this course, you'll have your own smart home that will cost a fraction of purchasing a traditional home automation system. I take all the guesswork and confusion out of creating your very own smart home.
To Join hundreds of people who have taken the course to create their own smart homes simply Click or Tap the ‘Take This Course’ button today!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who needs assistance in getting their Apple centric smart home up and running
- Home owners interested in controlling their lighting, alarm, safety, heating and entertainment systems on their iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch while out and about or at home
- Construction professionals interested in using the Apple HomeKit platform to differentiate their offerings and improve overall property sales
- Anyone else curious about using the default Home app included in iOS 10 to setup a smart home system at a reasonable cost!
- People who want to utilise the new Apple Home App in iOS 10
Instructor
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Gerard is 46 years old and originally from Cork in Ireland, married to Olive with five kids ranging from 5 to 16 years olde – so a busy house!
Over the past 20 years, Gerard has served in a variety of management, engineering, and commercial positions in both public and private industry sectors.
Gerard is an accomplished international telecoms expert, educator, serial Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, and smart home automation integrator. Other professional achievements include the authoring of various technology books:
- [+] IPTV Services and Technologies, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-16372-6 (Published 2008)
- [+] Co-authored Home Technology Integrator Certification Lab: ISBN 1-58122-070-7 (Published 2004)
- [+] Essential Guide to Home Networking; ISBN-10: 0130198463 Published (2001)
- [+] Essential Guide to Digital Set-top Boxes and Interactive TV, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0130173606 (Published 1999).
- [+] Manage Your Home with a Smartphone App!
- [+] 13 Ways to Use Technology to Live Independently at Home for Longer!
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Over the years Gerard has been given the role as commentator on industry events and trends in the digital home industry sector and been quoted in a number of premier business publications. Additionally he has presented papers at a handful of conferences around the world.
In recent times, Gerard has become involved as an angel investor in a portfolio of start-ups & emerging growth companies in mobile apps, e-commerce, e-Learning subscription commerce, food, and digital home sectors.
Additionally, he runs a number of blogs including one that help people make their homes more secure, safer, more energy efficient and enjoyable!
On the education front, Gerard holds electronics and information technology qualifications from the University of Limerick in Ireland.