1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:08,639 I'm the kind of guy who loves starting ambitious projects and my team of 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:11,759 professional edgars on 3 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:13,920 Okay, who did that? 4 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:18,240 Well, they don't exactly hold me back. The problem is once the shoot wraps, we 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:22,160 don't always finish said ambitious projects, which has left me with a 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:26,560 couple of loose threads. It's not entirely their fault. I'm guilty, too. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:31,279 But look, today is not about playing the blame game. Today is about taking 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:37,760 action. That's why we are making a list roadkill style and we're gonna check it 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:40,399 at least once. Check this out. I can 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:45,520 check this one off already. Hello, it's me. I'm a guy from the far 11 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:47,600 future where everyone has RVAB M1 sofas 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:52,000 that can be easily carried home by a single person and set up in minutes. 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,440 Your ancient brains couldn't comprehend. Wait, RVLAB M1 sofas are already 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:00,399 available in this timeline. I see links in the video description. Weednacks. We 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:05,439 didn't go back far enough. I'm sorry. He always does this. Step one today is to 16 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:09,119 compile a deficiency list. >> That's a long piece of cardboard. 17 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:12,000 >> Sure is, Billy. >> What are you What are you expecting to 18 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:15,680 write on here? That the house hasn't burned down, has it? I mean, like, 19 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,560 >> the garage doors work at least. Right. >> Right. But ask me if I put in the new 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:23,439 relays. >> You didn't put in the new relays. >> It's worse than that. The back left 21 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,759 relay fires, >> but the door is not actually connected. 22 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:30,400 >> Oh, I heard it click. >> That was Well, yeah. Well, why isn't it connected? >> We replaced our garage door openers. 23 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:36,560 >> Oh, >> the trades assured me that they had put all my wires back where they were. 24 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:42,640 >> Oh, man. They just like twisted wires together. It's not even like soldered or 25 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:47,920 connected or mored. It's literally just twisted bit of copper. I love 26 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:51,840 contractors. These days, I wouldn't recommend a solution like this. Since I 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,200 did the setup at my old house, someone has actually reverse engineered 28 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:59,439 Chamberlain's smart garage door opener protocol, allowing you to just take full 29 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:03,280 local control of them. But when I moved in here, I wanted to go with the relays 30 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:07,680 because I had old dumb garage doors that were still working perfectly fine other 31 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:12,080 than obviously not being smart. So then since I already had this, when I got new 32 00:02:09,679 --> 00:02:14,560 openers cuz my old ones started dying, I just went with dummy ones. They're not 33 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:19,760 actually dummy. They're they support Aladdin, but these were already here and it's been working great. These are just 34 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,840 a much older design and it's probably time to modernize them. Or if we could 35 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,239 figure out if Aladdin Connect just pipes right into Home Assistant, then we could 36 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:30,720 do that as well. So, these are technically smart. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. So, we'll just have to see what 37 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,160 the better solution is. Since we're in here, my house sits in a cellular dead 38 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:39,360 zone. So, we picked up this amazing Celli Quattra fully digital cellular 39 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:44,879 repeater. Only problem is our company cell phone plan changed carriers about 6 40 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:48,160 months ago, and I still haven't updated it to the frequencies that I'm actually 41 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,760 using. So, I have no cell signal at home and Jake never showed me how to get into 42 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:55,920 the dashboard. You would think, "Oh, well, you should just be using Wi-Fi." 43 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:59,920 But because my car has wireless Android Auto, which it defaults to, even if I 44 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:04,080 plug it in, >> when I'm backing out, my Wi-Fi 45 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,959 disconnects, it's connected to my car, and I rely on cellular to close the 46 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,959 garage door. >> So, I have to drive a few blocks away 47 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,599 where I have signal >> so that I can 48 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:17,599 >> I don't even actually know if you can change the carrier yourself. To be fair, 49 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:21,040 I've never tried. So, oh, you know what the other thing is? This is more 50 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:25,760 complicated than what we're doing right now. The antenna is pointed at a Rogers 51 00:03:24,239 --> 00:03:32,640 tower. I'm pretty sure >> that's probably the issue. >> So, if I change this, well, we'll see. 52 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:33,760 It shows us the antenna stuff. So, maybe 53 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:38,080 >> it was Telus. >> Either way, it's going on the list. Another minor headache is my HVAC 54 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:43,440 system. See, when we moved in, we installed this super efficient multiszone heat pump system that does 55 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:48,000 both heating and cooling, except for one small challenge. The house was already 56 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:51,280 pre-plumbed for inf flooror radiant heat, and it wouldn't make sense to 57 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:56,080 throw that away given how much more economical it is in the winter, so we 58 00:03:53,760 --> 00:04:00,959 added a second thermostat to control that. All of which is fine until the two 59 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,799 times of year in the spring and fall when they start fighting each other. All 60 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:09,920 of that is solvable if we put some more work into programming them, but we never 61 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:14,000 did. So, I just turn them off when they are not supposed 62 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,239 to be doing things. >> That seems easy enough to fix though. Can't we just like turn one of them off 63 00:04:16,479 --> 00:04:22,400 based on the temperature outside? >> Maybe. But back when we did this, 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:25,919 American Standard was anything but standard and we didn't have much control 65 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:30,080 over it from Home Assistant. Remember when Dan and I painstakingly converted 66 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,320 these little EcoB room sensors to be wall powered rather than battery 67 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:38,000 powered? >> I think. Well, here's the thing. The 68 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:40,400 EcoB app, not super intuitive. I never 69 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,400 got them working. To clarify, Dan did great work and it totally works. I just 70 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:49,120 haven't been able to find a way to get it to use that sensor rather than the 71 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:52,160 stupid one that's out here in the middle of the stupid hallway. >> Wait, do you want it to only use that 72 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:57,840 sensor? >> Yeah, cuz I want the hallway sensor. >> Wait, wait, okay, let me see. Now, there 73 00:04:55,040 --> 00:05:01,120 is a way in the EcoB app to tell it to only care about a specific sensor. 74 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:07,199 >> I couldn't find it. >> This has got to be the least intuitive thermostat app in the planet ever in the 75 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:13,440 universe. You know what I'm saying? But I have to do this at my house all the time. Uh I think if you go under 76 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,400 sensors. So girl one, that's the sensor 77 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,160 inside or no? >> I believe so. >> Oh, it is. Yeah, girl one is the sensor inside. 78 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,199 >> Oh, it's already set to that. This should read 24, not 20. This works just 79 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:25,520 fine at my house. >> I don't know, Jake. 80 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:29,360 >> I don't know. I'm adding it to the list. >> What are we What are we doing in here? 81 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:32,479 >> Well, the lazy version would be to write mechanical room problems, but 82 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:35,759 >> Oh, that's that's not how that's supposed to work. the cardboard so you don't forget about things like torquing 83 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,120 your wheels. >> And there's a lot of things in here that we could easily forget. >> Yeah, a lot of metaphorical wheels. 84 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,800 >> The isolation transformer for the water cooling loop is not currently active. 85 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:48,560 When we hooked up the flow sensors, we realized we had the wrong type of filter 86 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:52,800 in the outdoor loop. So, this is just empty right now. We installed leak 87 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:58,080 sensors on the gaming systems and have a battery backup for the entire rack. But 88 00:05:55,759 --> 00:06:02,800 without Pulseway installed on all of the systems, you might as well not even have 89 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:07,759 them. and Pulseway is not installed on all of the systems. Also, those UPS's 90 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:12,400 should probably go on the wall away from the water. Since I'm back here, we just 91 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:17,520 got our first batch of LFP batteries to replace these slightly more exploding 92 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:21,280 lithium ions. So, now would be a great time to check and make sure they work so 93 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:28,000 that we can order more in bulk. And by bulk, I mean, if this goes well, bulk. 94 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,919 >> Bro, what the heck did you do to that 95 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:34,000 thing? I haven't talked to Jake about this one yet, but remember how these 96 00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:38,880 chassis have those weird polarity sensitive power switches? Well, I've had 97 00:06:37,039 --> 00:06:43,520 some really strange issues with them where sometimes they just won't turn on 98 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,840 until I disconnect the power switches for like a while and then connect them 99 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:53,520 back and then they just work normally. So, I came up with the brilliant idea of 100 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:56,160 just buying some cheap vandal resistant 101 00:06:53,520 --> 00:07:00,639 switches off of Amazon, getting a drill bit, and 102 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,919 putting in a standard power button. Proof of concept wise, it works great. I 103 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:10,199 just haven't gotten around to finishing it yet. >> Why didn't you just like do it here? 104 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:10,199 >> Um, 105 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:17,520 I don't know. While I'm at it, I finally upgraded my GPU and we found a water 106 00:07:15,759 --> 00:07:22,800 cooled 5090 that will fit in the relatively low profile of my case 107 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,720 if Jake would finally bring it to work. And this one I'm kind of on the fence 108 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:30,560 on. >> What is the problem with the Sonos? Well, there's a couple things. First of 109 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,840 all, after we hooked all these up to our network switch, we learned that daisy 110 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:39,840 chaining them can be bad for performance. And that because of 111 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:41,599 Sonoset, a wireless protocol that Sonos 112 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:47,520 created to communicate between their boxes, sometimes wired networking can 113 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:52,319 suck. So, we got to diagnose that. And number two, ever since Sonos pushed 114 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:56,879 their big app update, I found it just laggier and crappier. To their credit, 115 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:00,080 it has been getting a bit better lately, but I still think it's worth at least 116 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:04,720 giving this UniFi box that Jake showed me a shot. Years ago, the first time 117 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:09,680 this panel made its debut on camera, we talked about putting in monitoring. 118 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:12,879 That's not here. Finally, you might have noticed it's 119 00:08:11,039 --> 00:08:17,039 pretty quiet in here, but that's only because 120 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:22,080 this server wasn't powered on. See, we built a cool new server to replace it, 121 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:26,479 but I'm still using the old one for backup of essential files. What I should 122 00:08:24,479 --> 00:08:31,759 really be doing, though, is just using my NVMe array and my hard drive array in 123 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:36,959 this server to create redundant copies of the most essential data while storing 124 00:08:33,839 --> 00:08:38,800 my Linux ISOs just on the hard drives, 125 00:08:36,959 --> 00:08:43,039 cuz if they get lost, it doesn't really matter that much. The last thing is that 126 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:47,040 having both servers contributes to the sweltering heat in here in the summer. 127 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:52,720 In the winter, it's great. We dump all the heat in the pool, which we maintain 128 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:54,800 at about 10° C. But in the summer, 129 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:59,120 that heat exchanger don't work so good. So, I'd like to get some kind of chiller 130 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:02,160 in here and then use the pool to cool the hot side. Oh, did I tell you I 131 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:07,279 actually found something for this? Oh god. Yeah, it's getting loud. Turns out the perfect solution is a yacht air 132 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:12,800 conditioner. So, while the tech yacht is definitely not happening, we can have a 133 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:14,480 little bit of yacht at home. 134 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,920 >> Mom, we have yacht at home. Well, it's basically just an air conditioner 135 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,680 compressor that's water cooled >> because it would go on a boat. 136 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:24,720 >> Perfect. >> This isn't the boat. >> It would also be corrosion resistant. >> It would also be corrosion. 137 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:29,399 >> Oh, that's sick. Cuz we're using pool water. >> We're using pool water. It would be sick. 138 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:35,519 You had like a very unsettling sigh there. I mean, I feel like this list is 139 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:42,320 getting pretty long. >> You're starting to look like Santa Claus over here. And the worst part is that in 140 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:45,120 truth, most of these problems are kind 141 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:49,120 of problems that we have manufactured by DIYing things that most people would 142 00:09:46,959 --> 00:09:53,360 just buy an off-the-shelf solution for. >> Yep. >> With that said, I hope that the 143 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:57,920 adventure has at least been inspiring because for all of the warts of what 144 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:01,760 we've done, it really was a lot cheaper sometimes. Um, and it was way more fun, 145 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:06,480 right? Fun. >> Yeah, sure. Fun. Fun. Dan and I have 146 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:11,120 been meaning to sound treat this room since we created it, and it is still 147 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:14,560 very much not done. >> You know, all things considered, it's not as bad as you would think it would 148 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:21,600 be. >> No, it's the couches. By the way, Valencia, shout out, dude. Over time, I 149 00:10:20,079 --> 00:10:25,360 have only grown to appreciate these couches even more. >> I know. They're kind of sick, actually. 150 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:27,760 I think it really sets the ambiance of the room. And also, it just it's just 151 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,680 kind of fun. >> Oh, yeah. >> You feel like you're going to the movies, 152 00:10:30,399 --> 00:10:34,560 >> but like better. >> Yeah. 153 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaking of the Valencia couches, it's pretty cool that they have both USBA and 154 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:46,399 USBC charging at almost every seat. But what they don't have is any kind of data 155 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:49,200 connection back to the PC. So, I'd like to do a nice cable managed run. So, when 156 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,200 you're sitting there with the lapboard, you can just plug in right there rather 157 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:58,959 than running it across the floor. Here's an annoying one. Do you like CEC? That 158 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:03,279 is the protocol that HDMI devices use to communicate with each other so that when 159 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:06,399 you turn on one, all the right ones are supposed to fire up at the same time so 160 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:12,480 you don't have to have five different remotes. I love it too when it works. 161 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:19,440 But check this out. If I turn on my receiver and switch it over to my PC, 162 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:22,240 this is super cool. My TV's on. It's all 163 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:30,000 awesome and everything. Now, give it a second. Why is my NVIDIA Shield there? 164 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,519 It does it every time. No matter what I 165 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:36,640 change all the settings in the receiver and the Shield 2, the Shield cannot 166 00:11:33,839 --> 00:11:42,240 resist ripping back control. Uh back when I was playing Fantasian on my Apple 167 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:44,880 TV, I'd be playing for 2 hours and then 168 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:49,120 suddenly the Shield would wake up and rip away my controls. This is one I can 169 00:11:47,519 --> 00:11:52,640 sympathize with. I actually had the exact same problem at home. And you know 170 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:57,279 what I did? turned literally everything off and I just use like my house. So I 171 00:11:55,519 --> 00:12:01,839 just go like hey >> switch to PC or hey switch to TV and it 172 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:06,000 just does everything for me. It even wakes on LAN the PC if it's off. It's 173 00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:11,440 kind of magic. That actually sounds great because ever since I moved this Falcon Northwest frag box in here, I 174 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:15,360 have been using this room so much more for gaming to the point where it's 175 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:21,120 actually made it so I have to solve yet another problem. See, voice chat is a 176 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:24,560 solved problem both for when you're all in the same room where you can just yell 177 00:12:22,639 --> 00:12:28,800 at each other and also a solved problem for when you're all remote. But where 178 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:34,079 you run into trouble is when you've got a handful of people here on the couch 179 00:12:31,279 --> 00:12:38,000 together and a handful of people remoted in like we often do when we're playing 180 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:41,839 tape to tape. So, I'm thinking we either come up with a solution where everyone 181 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:45,519 can have their own boom mic and we have it all mixed together into one channel 182 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:50,480 that we send out to the rest of the voice chat, or we mic up the room with 183 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:52,320 like a nice shotgun that's pointed down at the couches. 184 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:56,399 >> Oh, >> yeah. >> I think a room mic is probably the way to go. 185 00:12:54,880 --> 00:13:00,639 >> I do too, which is why the stuff for that solution is already in this bin right here. 186 00:12:58,399 --> 00:13:03,920 >> There's also karaoke cable management on the list. What's that? 187 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:07,440 >> Okay, I kind of already did that. Um, it's not perfect, but it's a lot better 188 00:13:05,839 --> 00:13:13,120 than it was before. So, here's the little Yamaha Duad. And then we just 189 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:17,600 used one of our MCM magnetic cable management things to the front of this 190 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:20,320 grill to kind of cable manage the mics. 191 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:23,680 Boom. Pretty tidy. And the kids actually use it now, which is nice. Before, when 192 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:26,399 it was a mess, they just didn't want to touch it. 193 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:31,440 No, no, don't touch that. >> I seem to remember this being less jank. >> Uh, don't touch. No, no. Yeah, 194 00:13:29,279 --> 00:13:33,920 >> it's angled at your toes. >> It's because it's broken. It's for feet 195 00:13:32,959 --> 00:13:37,600 picks. >> It's broken. I >> It's like a 50 lb speaker. What broke 196 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:43,040 about it? >> Well, it's going into drywall and the anchors that I used were not amazing. 197 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,880 >> Oh. Oh god. >> It's like at the tipping point. >> Oh god. 198 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,639 >> So the cat has knocked it down a couple times. >> Do you want to see my solution for 199 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:56,560 seeing what I'm doing when I'm working in here? >> Lights. >> I plug in this light strip. 200 00:13:54,399 --> 00:14:01,519 >> You plug it in. Oh, cuz the Z-Wave is so broken it doesn't connect. Nice. 201 00:13:59,199 --> 00:14:04,959 >> I think we could do better. I think there's a lot we could do better. 202 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:09,120 >> Honestly, that light in there is the least of my problems, though. My light 203 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:15,440 switches are still on janky motion activation, and these ancient GE 204 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:17,120 switches have compatibility issues with 205 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:23,440 all kinds of different light bulbs that I'm using in my house, causing everything from premature death of my 206 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:25,839 LED bulbs to weird differences in brightness, even though these are both 207 00:14:24,639 --> 00:14:30,240 set to the same brightness, to the flickering that you're seeing right now. Inavi has the millimeter wave ones 208 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,079 coming soon, right? >> Yeah, I think I have 10 of them actually. >> Like prototypes or like 209 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,959 >> final? >> They're like they're like final hardware. They should be. Yeah. 210 00:14:36,959 --> 00:14:42,240 >> Yeah. Like five Z-Waves, five Ziggby, which sounds a bit wonky, but with how 211 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:47,600 many switches you have in the house, that's probably what we're going to do anyways. Split them between the two 212 00:14:44,639 --> 00:14:49,600 protocols. So, we kind of ease the load a little bit. 213 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:54,160 >> Of course, we're going to have to do more than just put updated light switches in because minor oversight. 214 00:14:53,839 --> 00:14:59,839 >> Yeah, >> I have outdoor lights under the deck, >> right? But the switches for them are 215 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:05,360 inside. >> Ah, >> so any motion sensor or millimeter wave 216 00:15:02,959 --> 00:15:08,560 sensor or any sensor inside is going to do nothing when people are sitting 217 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,839 around on the patio, >> right? So we probably need to add a 218 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:17,600 motion sensor outside. Now, we played around with that everything presence one. It's actually pretty sick and seems 219 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:22,399 to have a pretty long range, but what we could also do is something we were going 220 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:26,240 to do anyways, which is to use the camera feeds and do person detection in 221 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:31,279 the camera feeds. That'd be >> and then turn the lights on with that. Now, Ubiquiti actually has a product for 222 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:34,800 this now called the AI key, but it's not meant to be like a realtime thing. It 223 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:38,560 makes a queue and processes old stuff. >> But we do have your server which we can 224 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:42,079 throw that AI card in and then >> we can process thousands of frames. 225 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:48,800 Write Wi-Fi 7 on there. >> Oh, >> yeah. >> Sure. >> Maybe put it in the bottom in big text. 226 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:51,120 >> Um, okay. Well, that's going to disrupt 227 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:56,000 my ability to make my list compact, so >> I don't care. Um, 228 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:59,519 this room's actually been really good for the most part. The new multi- 229 00:15:58,079 --> 00:16:04,560 channelannel audio setup that we put in here, hardwiring everything. I barely 230 00:16:02,079 --> 00:16:07,759 ever even think about the fact that there's cables in here. We did such a 231 00:16:06,079 --> 00:16:12,800 great job with the cable management. >> The only problem in here is that every 232 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:14,079 once in a while, this Sony AVR just 233 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:19,519 doesn't work anymore. >> What does that mean? >> I mean, I set it to use er and it just 234 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:21,680 no work until I hardware reset it. >> Hardware reset. factory reset 235 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:26,000 >> everything. >> Yeah. I can't just turn it off and back on every once in a while. >> Like the calibration. 236 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,839 >> Like everything. >> That's like a like a half an hour setup. 237 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,720 >> Yeah. It hasn't happened in probably a solid 9 months, but it's happened three 238 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:36,560 times total. >> Three times? >> Yeah. 239 00:16:34,959 --> 00:16:40,959 >> You know, we actually have another receiver. We were originally planning on 240 00:16:38,399 --> 00:16:44,079 doing like room correction showdown where we tried all the different types. 241 00:16:42,639 --> 00:16:48,000 >> Oh yeah. Yeah. And actually, I have a receiver that can do direct live, but 242 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,560 then there's also like the room perfect one, which is really expensive that they 243 00:16:49,519 --> 00:16:54,800 were supposed to send and then never sent. So, the dudes that make that, hit 244 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:57,920 us up. We'd still like to try it. >> Yeah. Like, we can send it back when we're done if 245 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,680 >> Oh, that's what it was supposed to be. It's like It was like $20,000. >> We just want to try it cuz this is a 246 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:07,600 really challenging room. >> But I don't know, dude. If it ain't broke, we have a lot of other things to 247 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:10,559 fix. Speaking of things to fix, uh, what's going on there? 248 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:13,760 >> The kitties really like it. >> Oh, >> yeah. Wait. So, we need to put a cat 249 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:17,839 hole on the side. >> Yeah, we could do that. >> That'd be that'd be fun. >> Yeah, but they picked this apart so that 250 00:17:16,959 --> 00:17:21,360 they could get in. >> Oh, >> this shelf specifically gets out of sync 251 00:17:20,559 --> 00:17:24,720 with all the rest of them. >> Yeah, we're not fixing that. They discontinued these for a reason. 252 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:31,679 >> Oh, >> yeah. If you want to fix that, we can fix it, but it's we're buying a proper 253 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:36,320 controller and putting proper RGB strips in there. >> What we are doing is a series, I guess, 254 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:40,640 cuz there's no way that this is going to be one video. >> I mean, we already have a series. It's 255 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:48,200 called the Linus House series. It has almost I think 50 videos. It's getting a 256 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:48,200 few more. Did you show them? 257 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:55,039 >> The plan today was for us to make the list and fix a bunch of stuff, but it 258 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:59,440 took us this long just to make the list. >> Yeah. Yeah. 259 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:02,320 >> Could we do even like one thing today? New light switch in the land room. 260 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:08,320 >> Yeah. Why don't we try that? >> Okay, let's try that. >> Cuz we have lots of light switches. >> It'd be a great idea if we had a Ziggb 261 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:12,559 hub, which we don't yet. This guy right here plugged in over a USB is what 262 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:20,320 powers Linus' Z-Wave network which is around a 900 megahertz long range not 263 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:21,840 IPbased smartome tech. Ziggb runs on 2.4 264 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:25,919 GHz. So it needs a completely different adapter. And fortunately for us they 265 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:29,679 make adapters that are PoE powered. So rather than having to use a USB 266 00:18:27,679 --> 00:18:34,559 extension and plug it into his NAS, we can take this guy, the SM Lite SLZB06M, 267 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:40,000 and plug it in anywhere that there is Ethernet in this house as long as it's 268 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:42,799 hooked up to PoE. For now, I'm thinking 269 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:46,160 I just stick it on this like extra cable that's dangling here. In the long term, 270 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:53,120 it would probably make more sense to put something like this, I don't know, in the middle of the house, not like right 271 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:54,880 in the bottom. But for now, this should 272 00:18:53,120 --> 00:19:00,000 be sufficient. You see a blinky blinky? I don't see. Oh, hey, we have power. 273 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:05,039 That's good. At least the PoE works. Why did he have to pick the one light switch 274 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:10,160 that's in a five gang box? I have to take out 10 screws just to get the cover 275 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:15,840 off so I can even think about taking this light switch out. Wow, 276 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:19,760 look at all those chickens. Almost final hardware. You can see the labels are 277 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:24,799 missing, but there's a little lux sensor. And in theory, behind here is 278 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:30,400 the fancy millimeter wave sensor that's going to solve all of Linus' problems, 279 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:33,760 guaranteed, or your money back. Well, I turned off the breaker. The light is 280 00:19:31,679 --> 00:19:37,360 off, but just for safety, I'm going to take my multimeter here, and I'm just 281 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:42,080 going to touchy touchy and see if there's any voltage. What does that say? 282 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,200 >> It says 202. >> Yeah, we're safe. Always turn the 283 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:49,120 breaker off unless you're an electrician cuz they never turn the breakers off. 284 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:54,000 Oh, yeah. These light bulbs might still be like pretty mangled. Proper light 285 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:56,160 bulbs with the new switch. Press a 286 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:59,720 button. They just work. 287 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:06,320 And they're not flickering. Woo. 288 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:11,520 Now, let's see if we can figure out how to control it. After a little bit of pain and suffering and many firmware 289 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:15,039 updates, we have our ZigGB hub coordinator stick thing up to date. You 290 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:19,360 see there's the latest version. Very nice. We've got it hooked into Home 291 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:24,559 Assistant with Ziggb2 MQTT, which you can see here has no devices. And if we 292 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:26,000 click permit join, and I do the secret 293 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:29,679 code, which is you press this button three timesep, 294 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:33,679 that should start flashing. And in theory, hey, look at that. Man, that's 295 00:20:32,159 --> 00:20:38,480 so nice when the smart home network isn't broken and it just actually adopts 296 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:41,760 new devices. Wow, there is a Oh my god, there's a lot of settings. Does it get 297 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:48,240 the voltage right? No, that's definitely not right. Wow. 20 amps at 12,200 volts. 298 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,679 I think that's not correct. 299 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:54,400 I don't think the wires would be very happy. It says it's it's consumed 16 300 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:58,080 kwatt hours of electricity already. Look. 301 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:01,200 Why is that? Is that a different one? I put a 302 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:05,679 different bulb in there. It is also firmware updating, but like look at 303 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:07,360 that. I mean, it's dimming. 304 00:21:05,679 --> 00:21:12,240 Wow. Why is this one brighter? I don't 305 00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:13,760 understand. What the heck? 306 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,480 It is brighter, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, it's so obviously brighter. Screw it. 307 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:20,080 We're swapping the one in the mechanical room, too, just for funsies. 308 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:24,159 >> This one a little bit easier to find the breaker for. I'm so confident I'm not even going to check it. Did you see the 309 00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:27,440 thing up there? It's cool, right? >> Oh, yeah. >> Did I tell you about it? It's PoE 310 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:31,120 powered, so you could put it anywhere. >> Oh, that's super cool. >> Yeah, I'm thinking we could put it maybe 311 00:21:30,159 --> 00:21:35,919 upstairs somewhere. >> Yeah, somewhere on the main floor, just like central, maybe in the family room. 312 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,919 >> The mesh with Ziggby works pretty well, so we might not even need to. One of the 313 00:21:37,919 --> 00:21:43,360 big things I want to do is be able to configure my lights so that when they 314 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,600 turn on and off automatically with motion or presence detection, 315 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:51,280 >> yeah, >> it's at a different level of brightness at different times of day. 316 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:54,880 >> Okay, so this is huge because the stupid thing with those GE switches is like you 317 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:58,880 couldn't change the brightness level while they were off. 318 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:01,280 >> Well, look at our Inovi. Oh, that turned it on. I don't know if there's a way 319 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:05,840 around that, but >> we'll figure it out. 320 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:08,960 You can at least make it lower maybe. Oh, that work. I 321 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,840 don't know. It didn't I don't know. There's probably a way around that. >> We'll figure it out. >> If there isn't, they can change the 322 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:16,159 firmware >> cuz getting flashbanged when you're walking around the house half naked 323 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:21,520 thinking, "Man, I'd like to get a midnight snack." Sucks. So, we can't 324 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:26,320 quite cross this off, but we have at least compiled a list of everything that 325 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:30,720 we need to get done. >> Well, you you could write two and cross 326 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:34,159 that out and then write like 98. >> Nice. Oh, hey. You want to see something 327 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,880 cool? Hey, look at this. What's your favorite color? I know what your favorite color is. 328 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:42,960 >> Uh, blue. >> Look. See, it's pink now. >> Oh, cute. >> Yeah. 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