Bayit Home Automation - Your Choice Price: $39.99 - 99.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 3-5 business days. (Tuesday, Mar 31 to Friday, Apr 03) + transit Condition: New
Anyone know how the Bayit lighting compares to the Philips Hue system? It’s about half the price (for 2 bulbs vs. 3 though). Wondering if it’s the same quality. Not too many reviews out there.
As for the Hue comparison, light wise they are comparable. Functions wise Hue are nicer. Hue are zigbee, so compatible with many other devices using the same mesh network.
If you have some fancier home automation plans (smart things, wink, etc) hue are actually able to communicate with more hubs and are able to answer what is their current state (on, off, white, color, etc) these are not. You can blindly send them commands but that’s it.
You can control each Hue bulb individually. For these you can only control 4 different light groups. Each group can be of many lights, but you will not be able to control each light individually if you have more than 4 lights (1 by group).
For the socket, same price with free shipping over at StackSocial:
Ordered one of these last week to compare to the Ankuoo NEO PRO Wi-Fi Smart Switch I just purchased from the MotherShip. Sorry I can’t tell you more because I haven’t received it yet. The Ankuoo didn’t connect for me right out of the box and I haven’t had the time to do any troubleshooting with it.
Its a very simple setup, you put the controller on your network via 802.11b/g and n if you get the latest version. Then send it simple UDP packets to control the groups on each controller. There is no feedback as previously noted.
Nope, they are proprietary 2.4Ghz controlled, hence the need for the wifi controller that bridges them to your LAN. From there its simple UDP packets to control the groups on x number of controllers. There is no feedback from the LEDs.
Just look for another brand name online (plenty of Milight on Amazon). They will be 100% compatible.
You can also add a physical remote, LED light strips controller, 6W bulbs, etc)
Ok, I got the camera. Does anyone know how to view a camera from somewhere else in the world? I can view it while I am on the same network but that kinda defeats the purpose (which is remote viewing). The web site didn’t have any info that I could see…
Try this:
Go to your browser (suggest Firefox) and type in the IP address of your camera, example: http://192.168.1.125:81
Using port 81, the camera has embedded cam-viewer interfaces for most browsers , mobile phones and I- devices.
User Name: admin
Password: admin
Once you are logged in you can make a ton of changes and adjustments.