Hey guys Matt here from mksmarthouse.com and in this video I will be showing you what my
channel is all about.
[Intro]
Welcome to my smart home, this is a system I designed that is a large majority of diy
home made smart devices.
When I say DIY I mean I designed and coded most of these devices.
But, let me emphasize the “I” part, as I designed and coded this so YOU do not have
to.
There is very little brain power involved on your part if you choose to follow my system,
all you would have to do is follow simple instructions and you too will have a smart
home similar to mine.
This youtube channel as well as mksmarthouse.com will be a giant recource full of simple and
easy to follow guides on how to make these devices in addition to how to put this low-cost
system together.
Yes I did say low-cost because the parts for these devices do not cost a lot of money.
But, enough talking as the explanation part of this will be a separate video, speaking
of if this video reaches 100 likes I will release it sooner than it is planned.
anyways let's just get into the demo!
To start off let's talk about voice control, as of right now I am using the amazon echo
dot as well as siri on my iphone and on my apple watch, in the future I am also looking
into voice control on android.
That being said before we continue please make sure that if you have an amazon echo
please make sure it is set to mute or else it may get triggered by my commands.
“Alexa, turn off MK Light” “Alexa, turn on MK Light”
“Alexa turn off computer setup” So, as you saw when I triggered it to turn
off my computer setup it turned off my monitors and it also turned off my USB accessories
as well as power to these devices so right now if I wanted to turn on this printer I
can’t.
“Alexa turn off TV Setup” So, as you saw it turned off the tv turned
off the sound system and it turned off the xbox 360
Let’s move over here for the next ones “Alexa turn on Zone 1”
“Alexa turn on Zone 2” “Alexa turn on Zone 3”
I don’t know if you heard that but there were clicks going on and those were the power
being distributed more on that later.
There are many more commands for the echo but those are just a few.
Next let's move on to siri.
So, we are going to be using siri on my apple watch which is right here.
“Hey siri turn on Samsung Tv” And as you saw it turned in my samsung tv.
“Hey siri turn on sound system” See, sound system turned on
“Hey siri turn on xbox 360” So, now if I go over to my xbox and press
power it can turn on.
“Hey siri turn on Dell Monitors” See, the monitors came online.
Let’s go back to the sprinkler system.
“Hey siri turn off sprinkler system” I don’t know if you heard the clicks but
they did click, More on that later.
Same thing with the echo those were just a few commands there are many more but just
to keep this video a little shorter I won't say them all.
Don’t worry there will be a another separate video for that.
Now let's take a look at the different user interfaces as well as the different devices
you can control the system from.
First and my favorite is the wall mounted interface, I like it because you can turn
anything on or off at any time and it is motion activated.
Let's turn off the Lights, turn them back on and then let's also turn off the samsung
tv, as you can see over there it’s off, and let’s turn it back on.
Another cool thing is that if I cast something to the chromecast i can play, and I can pause,
as well as control the volume.
Also let's set the LED Strip to blue to set the mood while watching an MK-CarGarage video
for those wondering it’s my car channel, link below if you are interested.
So, let’s go over to LED Strip control, and choose the color blue, So, now if we pan
back over to the TV setup the color is blue on camera it looks a little purple but it
is actually blue, we can also set it to green, and many, many, many more colors to choose
from, literally any color you would want but let’s go back and pause the video.
In addition I can also control the security system from here, it shows me the status of
the system, the status of the door and I can also turn it on from here so let's enter the
password and press enter to turn it on.
And as you can see the security system did turn on.
Speaking of let's do a quick demo of one its features which is that if I open the door
the LED Strip will turn to red and I will get a notification on my phone.
As you can see the door is closed, now if I open it
the LED Strip turned to red and I got a notification on my phone.
Lastly, my favorite thing is the fact that I can control the blinds from here so we can
close, open and set them to half.
And here is a full clip of showing them opening and closing and setting them to half.
Next is the mobile device user interface which works on IOS and android.
On android as you can see we can have all the devices to control.
I can also see the temperature, humidity and if there is fire inside the home.
Lets just turn on the tv setup and turn on the computer setup.
IOS control is pretty much the same thing as android but on IOS you can also control
stuff from the home app, such as turn off the tv setup and turn on zone 1, which is
the sprinkler system but since it is currently winter I don't have it connected instead I
have it connected to the fire sensor for demo purposes.
Finally I can access the system from pretty much any web browser so to do so “Alexa
turn on computer setup” and as you can see I currently have it open and have access to
all the different control devices.
For the last part of the video I am going to quickly show you the devices and exactly
which ones are controlled as well as which ones send information.
This will not be detailed because the more detailed information will be in the next video
which is the explanation one.
This is the control wall and it is basically what controls the entire house.
Don’t worry about the gray panels we will not be touching those instead we will be focusing
over here on the network and servers for the smart home.
Next is the door sensor and it sends information to the server.
As you can see if we open it then on the tablet it changes state.
Moving to the right we have the sprinkler system which we can control the different
zones.
Attached to that is the fire sensor so, if I activated zone 1 then the fire sensor will
send a notification.
In the media center over here we have a power strip which I can individually control the
different devices such as the tv, sound system and the xbox 360.
Also I can control the led strip and choose any color.
As we keep moving right we can see the blinds which as you know are controllable so currently
it has 3 functions open, close and half.
Then finally we have the desk which also like the media center has a power strip and each
component can be individually controlled the monitors, macbook charger, and the accessories.
So, that’s it that is my smart home / smart room but, those are not all the devices there
are some that I did not show and there are ones that I am also currently working.
If you are interested in making or learning how to make these devices or even if you just
like smart home tech then subscribe because there are plenty of videos coming.
Speaking of if you guys want to see the next video faster than it is scheduled then help
get this video to 100 likes.
Also, go to mksmarthouse.com and on the home page vote for which device you would like
to have a guide for first.
While you are there you can get some more information on MK-SmartHouse.
Finally, if you want some behind the scenes and what I am currently working on then follow
mksmarthouse on social media the links are in the description.
Alright thank you for watching and if you have any questions leave them in the comments
section or head over to the mksmarthouse.com forum where you have a better chance of it
getting answered.
Good bye!