Make a Living as a Smart Home Automation & IoT Installer

Before wireless smart home solutions, the only technique that was practical for delivering smart home functionality was physical cable. Although, not as popular as wireless products, structured wiring is popular for new builds and renovations. As a next generation smart home installer, it is important that you are able to plan, design and install a structured wiring system. This lecture introduces the topic and outlines key benefits.

In this lecture, I outline some key steps that I use to bring a new prospect from thinking about a wiring system to physically implementing an in-house cabling system that is capable of supporting a myriad of smart home products.

Please use the attached template to create a structured wiring plan for your own house.

In this lecture, I provide a high level overview of the range of smart home retrofit technologies that have hit the market in recent years.

As the name implies; this lecture goes 'under the bonnet' of the most popular smart home communications system around today - Z-Wave.

In this lecture; I get more technical and talk in depth about Z-Wave from an installation perspective.

Insteon is yet another great smart home technology; that I have personally used and tested here in Ireland. This lecture provides you with a greater insight into the INSTEON technology platform.

Although the range of products are limited; Zigbee is expected to capture a large portion of the smart home industry over the coming years. Thus, I created this lecture to provide you with a greater understanding of the technology.

From a smart home installer perspective; it is important that you understand the ins and outs of this wireless technology. It is inevitable that you will find yourself dealing with WiFi problems during an install and this lecture attempts to demystify the technology and improve your confidence of the technology.

In this video, Gerard introduces you to Smart Homes 2.0 and the Google Nest smart home platform.

IP Camera's are expected to be huge and it is imperative that you understand how to install and configure them. This lecture provides same.

As the name implies; this video lecture provides details on the 'nitty gritty' of configuring a sample IP camera in the O'Driscolls household.

In this lecture, you will learn how to plan the installation of some network camera's around the house. Additionally, Gerard provides some insight into the benefits of adding Nest Cam network cameras to your family home.

As the name suggests, this video lecture is all about unboxing your Nest Cam and getting it up and running quickly.

In this video Gerard walks you through step-by-step how to configure your new Nest Cam.

Gerard provides an in-depth video of how to zoom your Nest Cam, share video moments and talk to your Nest Cam and set up daily schedules.

Nest Aware is a subscription service that helps you see more and do more with Nest Cam. In this Video, Gerard shows you how to setup various Nest Aware functions such as history, activity zones, clips and timelapses.

99.999% of smoke detectors around the globe are 'dumb'; this HD video describes a new generation of smoke and CO detectors that communicate with peoples smart phones and tablets. This lecture provides greater insight into smart smoke and CO detectors.

This video starts with an explanation of smart smoke detectors. Key benefits of the Nest Protect and how it can be used to enhance safety levels is also covered in this video.

Setting up a Nest Protect is pretty straightforward and in this video lecture, Gerard explains all the details.

This video shows you how to use the Nest App to control your new Protect. Configuring checkups, emergency shut-offs and auto away assist are all explained by Gerard in this particular lecture.

Water damage can caused untold damage in a house. This video lecture describes leak detection systems - a nice upsell option to current customers or prospective clients.

This lecture introduces the topic of lighting control and its benefits. Its important the you are able to sell the virtues of modern lighting control systems versus the traditional approach. This lecture provides same.

Although the market for wired smart lighting is limited; it does generate significant margins for installers. This lecture describes how you would go about planning and installing a smart lighting control system.

This video lectures describes a relatively new category of devices that can be used to control people's lights from an App.

Expected to be huge; this lecture describes smart bulbs and provides install tips for various flavors of products that are available to smart home installers.

In this video lesson Gerard unboxes a Apple HomeKit compliant Philips Hue starter kit.

In this video you will see Gerard installing multi-color smart bulbs in three different rooms in the O'Driscoll household. Gerard also explains how to deal with wall dimmers and fixtures that may not be compatible with Hue bulbs.

In this video lecture, Gerard shows you how to power up and connect your new smart bulb hub with your smart home network.

This video shows how to download, install and app required to control and manage your smart bulbs.

Gerard explains the eight key sections of your new smart bulb app, namely Scenes, Lights, Alarms & Timers, Geofencing, More apps for Hue, Friends of Hue, Settings and Notification.

Security is one of the top three drivers for smart homes. This video explains next generation smart alarm systems and how you would go about adding to your portfolio of smart home install services.

Another key driver of smart homes is saving money. This lecture provides the knowledge you will need to feel comfortable in discussing the energy saving features of smart home products.

Just installed a smart thermostat this weekend myself - this lecture describes technical and practical features of this emerging and growing smart home product category.

In this video, Gerard outlines why you should consider adding Nest or 'Nesty' as it is known by the kids to your home.

As the name implies, Gerard describes the steps involved with preparing and indeed installing a smart thermostat. In the video, Gerard re-iterates his advice, that such actions should typically be carried out by a professional installer.

In this video; Gerard demonstrates how you would go about setting up a Nest thermostat using your smartphone, tablet or indeed a PC.

As the name implies this video provides a description of some of the configuration options that can be setup once, Nest has been installed. Once configured correctly, a Nest learning thermostat allows you to set-up modes and schedules that match your daily lifestyle and use an App to turn the heating system ON or OFF from any part of the world!

The Nest Thermostat supports advanced capabilities, namely, auto away, auto schedule, time-to-temperatue, safety temperature and PIN protection. In this video lecture shows you how to use the mobile and Web app to set up these advanced safety measures.

With the resurgence of the construction industry across the world. It is important the you know how to install multi-room and multi-zone based music systems. This lecture provides detailed instructions on how to plan and deploy cable based music systems.

This lecture covers wireless music systems and what's associated with selling and installing these systems.

This is a great up-sell opportunity for installers. This lecture provides you with the information you need to feel comfortable selling and installing outdoor music systems.

Getting TV's up and running is an important element of any installers work. This lecture describes smarter ways that you could add a centralized system that sends HD content around your customers home.

Home cinema systems are everywhere. In most cases they are installed by the consumer in a 'haphazard' way. This lecture provides you with the expertise needed to take on the role of installing small home cinema systems.

Most home entertainment equipment is controlled via Infra-red. Many consumers aspire to having their equipment tidied away inside a press or separate room. This lecture provides details of a product that you could offer to clients, which will help them solve this problem - Wifi to IR control systems.