Home Automation using a Vera and ZWave
What you'll learn
- By the end of this course, you will know how to make your house smart
- You will learn which devices are best for you
- You will learn how to setup many types of devices
- You will learn how to use devices automatically
- You will learn how to get devices to talk to each other
Requirements
- No Prerequisite knowledge required
- A home automation controller (Vera) is required if you intend to follow along with the step by step videos
- Z-wave devices of your choice
Description
Advancements to Home automation have made it affordable and easy enough that everyone can do it!
In this course you will learn how to make your house smart. When someone thinks of a smart home they usually just think of being able to control it via their mobile device. While you will learn that, this course takes home automation to the next level. This course will show you how to actually make your house smart. Your house will learn how to use inputs such as temperature, movement, weather, scheduling, geo-fencing, and so much more to control Lights, HVAC, Blinds, TVs, almost anything.
This course provides step-by-step instructions from basic setup to advanced examples. It includes theoretical information and step-by-step videos for setting up and using devices. There are also step-by-step videos for using automation, triggers, and program logic to perform actions. Code examples are provided and explained anywhere code is used. No coding experience necessary.
You will learn how to:
- Setup a Vera Lite of Vera3
- How to add and use devices
- How to use Scenes
- How to use Triggers
- How to use LUUP code
- How to use Mobile Applications
- How to Troubleshoot issues.
You will also learn how to add and use:
- Z-Wave Devices
- IR Devices
- IP Devices
- Light/Dimmer Switches
- On/Off Swithces
- Motion Sensors
- Heat Sensors
- Light Sensors
- Humidity Sensors
- Thermostats
- IR Devices (TV, Stereo, Portable Air Conditioner, etc)
- Motorized Blinds
Who this course is for:
- Someone who is looking to learn how to automate their house themselves
- No Prior Experience Necessary
- Beginners: You will learn all the basics needed to get started and leverage that to learn more advanced automation and concepts.
- Experts: You will learn about features that you didn't know existed and have real world examples of new ways you can automate your house.
Course content
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Instructor
![Devin Berci](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 3.6 Instructor Rating
- 33 Reviews
- 404 Students
- 1 Course
Devin has extensive background in corporate business system design and a passion for home automation. He has self taught himself home automation and completely automated his whole house. His professional background in technical system design and business analysis has allowed him to work with both technical and non-technical people. This unique ability to interact between both worlds makes him the perfect instructor to teach to both worlds. His courses contain goodies that techies will drool over, but at the same time are explained in a way that anyone can understand. He has a passion for sharing knowledge with others and loves the fact that places like Udemy exist!