SmartThings Hub
The heart of a home automation system is its hub. I'm using a Samsung SmartThings Hub to control my lights and television.
This hub can do a variety of things:
- Turn on/off/dim lights
- Turn on/off appliances
- Manage one or more thermostats
- Detect when no one is home and turn off/on lights/appliances
- Detect when someone returns home
- Detect garage position and manage lights/appliances accordingly
- Detect motion and manage lights/appliances accordingly
- Setup scenes including multiple lights/dimmers/appliances (turn on TV, dim the lights)
Use your imagination to dream up other applications