Hello I am very new to home assistant but I have some very simple projects I'm interested in but don't know where to start. I am currently living in a dorm room that isn't very big but the main thing I want to do is automate some lights to turn on when I enter and turn off when I leave. The lights are plugged into a simple wall outlet but I would like this project to be scalable for when I inevitably end up moving. Any ideas or guidance is very appreciated!
#Automating lights when I leave/enter
snow root
winged lagoon
A presence detector which detect you in the room and either smart bulbs which you can control the brightness and colour or just a smart plug should do it. Your probably going to want to turn the lights off when you sleep so this could be done from your phone or a smart button that is beside your bed.
snow root
Is the presence detector a separate item that can just connect to an app and can control the smart plug from the app?
odd spire
@snow root - something like this would work, although you would need to have a zigbee gateway for it (which you'd need if you moved anyway): https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONOFF-SNZB-06P-Microwave-Precision-Assistant. This uses mmwave technology rather than a PIR which isn't great if there isn't movement. Once you've added it as a zigbee item in HA, you can then use the presence detection to determine whether to have the light on or not.
snow root
<@287947506065604620> - something like this would work, although you would need ...
WOAH that's super cool thank you for that I'm definitely looking into this