
When I go to bed, I tell alexa to start "bedtime" and she uses Simple Control to turn off the entertainment center and turn all the lights off except the hallway (so I don't kick anything trying to make it to the bedroom). I'll give you an example of the "more control" I'm looking for. I got home assistant to hopefully gain a little more control of these devices. I also have an echo that I use to control everything hands free.

I also use Simple Control (formerly Roomie Remote) on my phone as my remote control for our television, and it can also handle all of our lights etc. So, basically my setup at home is, a bunch of hue lights, wemo switches and August door lock, ihome smart plugs. I will try to explain my issue, and if you happen to have any idea where I might start, I would appreciate it. I appreciate your help and am just having a hard time finding answers to specific questions on here or the forums. That being said, you may have opened a can of worms by inviting me to ask you more questions. I appreciate you taking the time to type out such a detailed response for me. After that disconnect it from your ethernet and get the new $ hostname -I to figure out the new IP and you are good to go! Just reboot ( $ sudo reboot ) and it should automatically connect provided you didn't spell something wrong. There is more you can do and add to this file later but that's for another day. Then hit cntrl+x (to save) then hit the letter y (to confirm the change, n if you fucked up and don't want to save) then finally hit the enter key. Make the text of the file look like this: That will bring up a file where you can add your wifi credentials, once saved the pi will auto connect on boot up. Ok now on to the wifi! Type $ sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_nf If you ever switch SD cards or move them to another Pi you might get a 'man in the middle' error from terminal, type $ ssh-keygen-R .x To remove it. You get a known hosts key pop up, just type yes or y and it will connect to your Pi and remember that key.

You can find that out by typing $ hostname -I on the pi itself)

The Mac has built in file sharing tools also when using samba but I prefer to use cyberduck for file transfers.Įdit: to help with the original question: open up terminal and type in $ ssh (whatever the IP address of the Pi is. Homebrew settings for sure, easier on the eyes.
