Nothing exists without light. Lighting can alter our mood and emotions. In the house a room can serve multiple purpose. It can be a place, where you can watch a film, work on the computer, do arts and crafts, relax, cook, share a meal with friends and many more. Lighting plays a significant role in the perception and experience of a space. Because it drastically impacts the appearance of the geometry. Good elimination depends on the characteristics of the source and its distribution in this area. Lighting also means, we can live our Modern Life.

Aiways wanted to share with you, the basic principles of lighting, how to control them intelligently and align.

Use Cases

Home automation is much more than a one-trick pony. When you build on a strong foundation, such as an advanced operating system that powers your whole home, the possibilities are endless. We could list home automation ideas all day long, but here are few to get you started.

    Need to be reminded to take out the trash? Program a notification to appear on every touch screen and mobile device at the same time once a week.
    Receive a text alert when a garage door is left open for longer time
    Get a notification on your smart device when the oven has preheated
    Instead of waiting for teenagers to come home, automate your lights to turn on in your bedroom when they come through the front door. You can also set it up so that your phone notifies you when the door is locked again.
    Get a text message or push notification when the kids get home from school.
    Receive an automatic text alert for a problematic event, such as a pipe leak in the basement
    Get notified when the fridge door has been kept opened
    A keypad on your wall by your entry that starts music streaming or your favorite TV station in the kitchen when you arrive, all with one touch of a button
    Create a customized scene when a specific door lock code is pressed. For example, if a family member’s door lock code is pressed, turn on a favorite TV channel and set volume automatically to 50%.
    Heated towel racks that kick in at a set time for those early morning showers.
    Reminder notifications for HVAC filter, Central Vacuum yearly filter, etc
    Floor heating based on outdoor temperature: Put a remote temperature sensor in the attic of the garage. Between 4 am & 9 am, if the garage temp is below 40 degrees, turn on the master bath floor switch (heat), set to automatically turn off at 9am.
    Program shades and drapes to open and close automatically based on the position of the sun and home occupancy.
    “Wakeup” scene that opens the curtains, gradually raises lighting over five minutes and sets the temperature to your preferred level.
    Automatically turn down heat when you leave for work in the morning.
    Receive email or text notification reminders when it’s time to take medication.
    Receive a notification when motion has been detected in a specific room (such as your home office or the wine cellar)
    Automatically turn down heat when you leave for work in the morning.
    Light the fireplace using your smartphone or tablet without leaving the couch
    An “Exercise” scene that lowers the temperature for a workout, even turning a TV to a favorite station or starting a customized music playlist
    Implement an energy management system that continually monitors the current energy production of your home’s solar panels.
    Measure your entire home’s energy consumption, circuit by circuit, automatically with your home automation system
    Automate your home’s lights to never be at full brightness.
    Set sprinklers and lawn systems to respond automatically to weather conditions (so you’re not watering the lawn on rainy days)
    “Hey Google, good morning” brings the lights up gradually, starts a mellow playlist, turns on kitchen lights. Now you’re ready to start the day!
    “Alexa, turn on party time” drops a disco ball from the ceiling, starts up LED color changing lights, turns your favorite party playlist up at max volume.
    Queue the movie, even when the remote is lost in the couch cushions. A voice command can start up the Blu-ray player, dim the lights to 30%, draw the shades, and set the perfect ambiance for enjoying movies!
    Need a few more minutes of sleep? “Echo, turn on Sleep In” can close all the shades, lock the doors, start a relaxing playlist, and help you get that extra hour of beauty rest.
    In a hurry? “OK Google, time to go.” flashes the lights in the kids' rooms, blasts an annoying fog horn noise, and lets them know that it’s time to get their shoes on. Now.
    Turn on the light when the sun sets or when coming home
    Alert you when you leave your garage door open.
    Low battery level detection & notification for all battery sensors
    Wake-up light alarm with sunrise effect automation blueprint
    Send camera snapshot notification on motion blueprint
    Actionable notifications for Android notification android
    Turn the lights on at sunset or pause the music when you receive a call.
    Notify or do something when an appliance like a dishwasher or washing machine finishes automation notification blueprint
    Frigate Mobile App Notifications automation notification blueprint
    Turn on light, switch, scene, script or group based on motion and illuminance (+ more conditions) switch script lights blueprint group
    Advanced medication reminder
    ZHA - IKEA five button remote for lights zha blueprint
    Aqara Magic Cube ZHA (51 actions) automation zha blueprint aqara
    Update notifications (Core, OS, Addons, HACS, etc)
    Synchronize the on/off state of 2 entities blueprint
    Cast and re-cast a lovelace view to a Google Hub automation cast
    ZHA, deCONZ, Zigbee2MQTT - Ikea 5-button Remote Universal blueprint - all actions + double click events - control lights, media players and more with Hooks automation zigbee2mqtt zha blueprint deconz
    ZHA - Aqara Wireless Mini Switch switch zha blueprint aqara
    Z2M - Xiaomi Cube Controller automation switch zigbee2mqtt blueprint
    Mi Magic Cube - Deconz (45+ actions!) automation aqara
    Zigbee2MQTT - Xiaomi Cube Controller automation zigbee2mqtt blueprint
    YAMA - Yet Another Motion Automation (Scenes, Ambient Light and some Conditions ) automation blueprint
    LG webOS Smart TV - Enable Turn On Action for HA 2022.2+ automation media_player
    Turn off phone charging after the phone is charged automation switch
    Vacation Lighting - Replay Historical Lighting automation blueprint
    ZHA - Sonoff Zigbee Switch zigbee zha sonoff
    ZWave-JS - Inovelli LZW31-SN Red-Series Dimmer zwave
    Execute any service (turn on switch/light/scene/scripts etc., even run another automation) based on any entity’s state change (motion sensor, illuminance, sun rise/set) automation switch blueprint