WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:08.639 I'm the kind of guy who loves starting ambitious projects and my team of 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:11.759 professional edgars on 00:00:08.639 --> 00:00:13.920 Okay, who did that? 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:18.240 Well, they don't exactly hold me back. The problem is once the shoot wraps, we 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:22.160 don't always finish said ambitious projects, which has left me with a 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:26.560 couple of loose threads. It's not entirely their fault. I'm guilty, too. 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:31.279 But look, today is not about playing the blame game. Today is about taking 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 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:40.399 at least once. Check this out. I can 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:45.520 check this one off already. Hello, it's me. I'm a guy from the far 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:47.600 future where everyone has RVAB M1 sofas 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.000 that can be easily carried home by a single person and set up in minutes. 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:55.440 Your ancient brains couldn't comprehend. Wait, RVLAB M1 sofas are already 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:00.399 available in this timeline. I see links in the video description. Weednacks. We 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 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:09.119 compile a deficiency list. >> That's a long piece of cardboard. 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:12.000 >> Sure is, Billy. >> What are you What are you expecting to 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:15.680 write on here? That the house hasn't burned down, has it? I mean, like, 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 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 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:25.759 relay fires, >> but the door is not actually connected. 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. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:36.560 >> Oh, >> the trades assured me that they had put all my wires back where they were. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:42.640 >> Oh, man. They just like twisted wires together. It's not even like soldered or 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:47.920 connected or mored. It's literally just twisted bit of copper. I love 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:51.840 contractors. These days, I wouldn't recommend a solution like this. Since I 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:55.200 did the setup at my old house, someone has actually reverse engineered 00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:59.439 Chamberlain's smart garage door opener protocol, allowing you to just take full 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 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:07.680 because I had old dumb garage doors that were still working perfectly fine other 00:02:05.119 --> 00:02:12.080 than obviously not being smart. So then since I already had this, when I got new 00:02:09.679 --> 00:02:14.560 openers cuz my old ones started dying, I just went with dummy ones. They're not 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 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:23.840 a much older design and it's probably time to modernize them. Or if we could 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:26.239 figure out if Aladdin Connect just pipes right into Home Assistant, then we could 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 00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:34.160 the better solution is. Since we're in here, my house sits in a cellular dead 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:39.360 zone. So, we picked up this amazing Celli Quattra fully digital cellular 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:44.879 repeater. Only problem is our company cell phone plan changed carriers about 6 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:48.160 months ago, and I still haven't updated it to the frequencies that I'm actually 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 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:55.920 the dashboard. You would think, "Oh, well, you should just be using Wi-Fi." 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:59.920 But because my car has wireless Android Auto, which it defaults to, even if I 00:02:58.640 --> 00:03:04.080 plug it in, >> when I'm backing out, my Wi-Fi 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.959 disconnects, it's connected to my car, and I rely on cellular to close the 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.959 garage door. >> So, I have to drive a few blocks away 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:13.599 where I have signal >> so that I can 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:17.599 >> I don't even actually know if you can change the carrier yourself. To be fair, 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:21.040 I've never tried. So, oh, you know what the other thing is? This is more 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:25.760 complicated than what we're doing right now. The antenna is pointed at a Rogers 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. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:33.760 It shows us the antenna stuff. So, maybe 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 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 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:48.000 both heating and cooling, except for one small challenge. The house was already 00:03:45.519 --> 00:03:51.280 pre-plumbed for inf flooror radiant heat, and it wouldn't make sense to 00:03:49.760 --> 00:03:56.080 throw that away given how much more economical it is in the winter, so we 00:03:53.760 --> 00:04:00.959 added a second thermostat to control that. All of which is fine until the two 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:04.799 times of year in the spring and fall when they start fighting each other. All 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:09.920 of that is solvable if we put some more work into programming them, but we never 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:14.000 did. So, I just turn them off when they are not supposed 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 00:04:16.479 --> 00:04:22.400 based on the temperature outside? >> Maybe. But back when we did this, 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.919 American Standard was anything but standard and we didn't have much control 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:30.080 over it from Home Assistant. Remember when Dan and I painstakingly converted 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:32.320 these little EcoB room sensors to be wall powered rather than battery 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:38.000 powered? >> I think. Well, here's the thing. The 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:40.400 EcoB app, not super intuitive. I never 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:44.400 got them working. To clarify, Dan did great work and it totally works. I just 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 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 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:57.840 sensor? >> Yeah, cuz I want the hallway sensor. >> Wait, wait, okay, let me see. Now, there 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. 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 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 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:14.400 sensors. So girl one, that's the sensor 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:18.160 inside or no? >> I believe so. >> Oh, it is. Yeah, girl one is the sensor inside. 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:21.199 >> Oh, it's already set to that. This should read 24, not 20. This works just 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:25.520 fine at my house. >> I don't know, Jake. 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? 00:05:27.280 --> 00:05:32.479 >> Well, the lazy version would be to write mechanical room problems, but 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 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. 00:05:39.440 --> 00:05:44.800 >> The isolation transformer for the water cooling loop is not currently active. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:48.560 When we hooked up the flow sensors, we realized we had the wrong type of filter 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:52.800 in the outdoor loop. So, this is just empty right now. We installed leak 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:58.080 sensors on the gaming systems and have a battery backup for the entire rack. But 00:05:55.759 --> 00:06:02.800 without Pulseway installed on all of the systems, you might as well not even have 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:07.759 them. and Pulseway is not installed on all of the systems. Also, those UPS's 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 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:17.520 got our first batch of LFP batteries to replace these slightly more exploding 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 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. 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:29.919 >> Bro, what the heck did you do to that 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:34.000 thing? I haven't talked to Jake about this one yet, but remember how these 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:38.880 chassis have those weird polarity sensitive power switches? Well, I've had 00:06:37.039 --> 00:06:43.520 some really strange issues with them where sometimes they just won't turn on 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:47.840 until I disconnect the power switches for like a while and then connect them 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:53.520 back and then they just work normally. So, I came up with the brilliant idea of 00:06:50.080 --> 00:06:56.160 just buying some cheap vandal resistant 00:06:53.520 --> 00:07:00.639 switches off of Amazon, getting a drill bit, and 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:03.919 putting in a standard power button. Proof of concept wise, it works great. I 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? 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.199 >> Um, 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 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:22.800 cooled 5090 that will fit in the relatively low profile of my case 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 00:07:24.400 --> 00:07:30.560 on. >> What is the problem with the Sonos? Well, there's a couple things. First of 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:33.840 all, after we hooked all these up to our network switch, we learned that daisy 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:39.840 chaining them can be bad for performance. And that because of 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:41.599 Sonoset, a wireless protocol that Sonos 00:07:39.840 --> 00:07:47.520 created to communicate between their boxes, sometimes wired networking can 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:52.319 suck. So, we got to diagnose that. And number two, ever since Sonos pushed 00:07:49.520 --> 00:07:56.879 their big app update, I found it just laggier and crappier. To their credit, 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 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:04.720 giving this UniFi box that Jake showed me a shot. Years ago, the first time 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:09.680 this panel made its debut on camera, we talked about putting in monitoring. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:12.879 That's not here. Finally, you might have noticed it's 00:08:11.039 --> 00:08:17.039 pretty quiet in here, but that's only because 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:22.080 this server wasn't powered on. See, we built a cool new server to replace it, 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:26.479 but I'm still using the old one for backup of essential files. What I should 00:08:24.479 --> 00:08:31.759 really be doing, though, is just using my NVMe array and my hard drive array in 00:08:29.440 --> 00:08:36.959 this server to create redundant copies of the most essential data while storing 00:08:33.839 --> 00:08:38.800 my Linux ISOs just on the hard drives, 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 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:47.040 having both servers contributes to the sweltering heat in here in the summer. 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 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:54.800 at about 10° C. But in the summer, 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 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 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 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:12.800 conditioner. So, while the tech yacht is definitely not happening, we can have a 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:14.480 little bit of yacht at home. 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:17.920 >> Mom, we have yacht at home. Well, it's basically just an air conditioner 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:19.680 compressor that's water cooled >> because it would go on a boat. 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. 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. 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:35.519 You had like a very unsettling sigh there. I mean, I feel like this list is 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 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:45.120 truth, most of these problems are kind 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:49.120 of problems that we have manufactured by DIYing things that most people would 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:53.360 just buy an off-the-shelf solution for. >> Yep. >> With that said, I hope that the 00:09:51.680 --> 00:09:57.920 adventure has at least been inspiring because for all of the warts of what 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, 00:10:00.560 --> 00:10:06.480 right? Fun. >> Yeah, sure. Fun. Fun. Dan and I have 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:11.120 been meaning to sound treat this room since we created it, and it is still 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 00:10:14.160 --> 00:10:21.600 be. >> No, it's the couches. By the way, Valencia, shout out, dude. Over time, I 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. 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 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:31.680 kind of fun. >> Oh, yeah. >> You feel like you're going to the movies, 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:34.560 >> but like better. >> Yeah. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:41.360 Speaking of the Valencia couches, it's pretty cool that they have both USBA and 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 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 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:53.200 you're sitting there with the lapboard, you can just plug in right there rather 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:58.959 than running it across the floor. Here's an annoying one. Do you like CEC? That 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:03.279 is the protocol that HDMI devices use to communicate with each other so that when 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 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:12.480 you don't have to have five different remotes. I love it too when it works. 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, 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:22.240 this is super cool. My TV's on. It's all 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:30.000 awesome and everything. Now, give it a second. Why is my NVIDIA Shield there? 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:31.519 It does it every time. No matter what I 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:36.640 change all the settings in the receiver and the Shield 2, the Shield cannot 00:11:33.839 --> 00:11:42.240 resist ripping back control. Uh back when I was playing Fantasian on my Apple 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:44.880 TV, I'd be playing for 2 hours and then 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:49.120 suddenly the Shield would wake up and rip away my controls. This is one I can 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:52.640 sympathize with. I actually had the exact same problem at home. And you know 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:57.279 what I did? turned literally everything off and I just use like my house. So I 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:01.839 just go like hey >> switch to PC or hey switch to TV and it 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 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 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:15.360 have been using this room so much more for gaming to the point where it's 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:21.120 actually made it so I have to solve yet another problem. See, voice chat is a 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 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:28.800 at each other and also a solved problem for when you're all remote. But where 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 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:38.000 together and a handful of people remoted in like we often do when we're playing 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:41.839 tape to tape. So, I'm thinking we either come up with a solution where everyone 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:45.519 can have their own boom mic and we have it all mixed together into one channel 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 00:12:48.560 --> 00:12:52.320 like a nice shotgun that's pointed down at the couches. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:56.399 >> Oh, >> yeah. >> I think a room mic is probably the way to go. 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. 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:03.920 >> There's also karaoke cable management on the list. What's that? 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 00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:13.120 than it was before. So, here's the little Yamaha Duad. And then we just 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:17.600 used one of our MCM magnetic cable management things to the front of this 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:20.320 grill to kind of cable manage the mics. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:23.680 Boom. Pretty tidy. And the kids actually use it now, which is nice. Before, when 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:26.399 it was a mess, they just didn't want to touch it. 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, 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:33.920 >> it's angled at your toes. >> It's because it's broken. It's for feet 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:37.600 picks. >> It's broken. I >> It's like a 50 lb speaker. What broke 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. 00:13:41.760 --> 00:13:46.880 >> Oh. Oh god. >> It's like at the tipping point. >> Oh god. 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 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. 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. 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:04.959 >> I think we could do better. I think there's a lot we could do better. 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:09.120 >> Honestly, that light in there is the least of my problems, though. My light 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:15.440 switches are still on janky motion activation, and these ancient GE 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:17.120 switches have compatibility issues with 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 00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:25.839 LED bulbs to weird differences in brightness, even though these are both 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 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:34.079 coming soon, right? >> Yeah, I think I have 10 of them actually. >> Like prototypes or like 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:38.959 >> final? >> They're like they're like final hardware. They should be. Yeah. 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:42.240 >> Yeah. Like five Z-Waves, five Ziggby, which sounds a bit wonky, but with how 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 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:49.600 protocols. So, we kind of ease the load a little bit. 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. 00:14:53.839 --> 00:14:59.839 >> Yeah, >> I have outdoor lights under the deck, >> right? But the switches for them are 00:14:59.040 --> 00:15:05.360 inside. >> Ah, >> so any motion sensor or millimeter wave 00:15:02.959 --> 00:15:08.560 sensor or any sensor inside is going to do nothing when people are sitting 00:15:06.880 --> 00:15:11.839 around on the patio, >> right? So we probably need to add a 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 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 00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:26.240 to do anyways, which is to use the camera feeds and do person detection in 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 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 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:38.560 makes a queue and processes old stuff. >> But we do have your server which we can 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:42.079 throw that AI card in and then >> we can process thousands of frames. 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. 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:51.120 >> Um, okay. Well, that's going to disrupt 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:56.000 my ability to make my list compact, so >> I don't care. Um, 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:59.519 this room's actually been really good for the most part. The new multi- 00:15:58.079 --> 00:16:04.560 channelannel audio setup that we put in here, hardwiring everything. I barely 00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:07.759 ever even think about the fact that there's cables in here. We did such a 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:12.800 great job with the cable management. >> The only problem in here is that every 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:14.079 once in a while, this Sony AVR just 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 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:21.680 no work until I hardware reset it. >> Hardware reset. factory reset 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. 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:29.839 >> Like everything. >> That's like a like a half an hour setup. 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:32.720 >> Yeah. It hasn't happened in probably a solid 9 months, but it's happened three 00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:36.560 times total. >> Three times? >> Yeah. 00:16:34.959 --> 00:16:40.959 >> You know, we actually have another receiver. We were originally planning on 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:44.079 doing like room correction showdown where we tried all the different types. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:48.000 >> Oh yeah. Yeah. And actually, I have a receiver that can do direct live, but 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.560 then there's also like the room perfect one, which is really expensive that they 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:54.800 were supposed to send and then never sent. So, the dudes that make that, hit 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 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 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 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:10.559 fix. Speaking of things to fix, uh, what's going on there? 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:13.760 >> The kitties really like it. >> Oh, >> yeah. Wait. So, we need to put a cat 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 00:17:16.959 --> 00:17:21.360 they could get in. >> Oh, >> this shelf specifically gets out of sync 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. 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 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, 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 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:48.200 called the Linus House series. It has almost I think 50 videos. It's getting a 00:17:43.760 --> 00:17:48.200 few more. Did you show them? 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 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:59.440 took us this long just to make the list. >> Yeah. Yeah. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.320 >> Could we do even like one thing today? New light switch in the land room. 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 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 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:20.320 powers Linus' Z-Wave network which is around a 900 megahertz long range not 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:21.840 IPbased smartome tech. Ziggb runs on 2.4 00:18:20.320 --> 00:18:25.919 GHz. So it needs a completely different adapter. And fortunately for us they 00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:29.679 make adapters that are PoE powered. So rather than having to use a USB 00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:34.559 extension and plug it into his NAS, we can take this guy, the SM Lite SLZB06M, 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 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:42.799 hooked up to PoE. For now, I'm thinking 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, 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 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:54.880 in the bottom. But for now, this should 00:18:53.120 --> 00:19:00.000 be sufficient. You see a blinky blinky? I don't see. Oh, hey, we have power. 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 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 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:15.840 off so I can even think about taking this light switch out. Wow, 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:19.760 look at all those chickens. Almost final hardware. You can see the labels are 00:19:17.280 --> 00:19:24.799 missing, but there's a little lux sensor. And in theory, behind here is 00:19:22.320 --> 00:19:30.400 the fancy millimeter wave sensor that's going to solve all of Linus' problems, 00:19:27.520 --> 00:19:33.760 guaranteed, or your money back. Well, I turned off the breaker. The light is 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 00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:42.080 going to touchy touchy and see if there's any voltage. What does that say? 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:45.200 >> It says 202. >> Yeah, we're safe. Always turn the 00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:49.120 breaker off unless you're an electrician cuz they never turn the breakers off. 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:54.000 Oh, yeah. These light bulbs might still be like pretty mangled. Proper light 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:56.160 bulbs with the new switch. Press a 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:59.720 button. They just work. 00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:06.320 And they're not flickering. Woo. 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 00:20:09.520 --> 00:20:15.039 updates, we have our ZigGB hub coordinator stick thing up to date. You 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:19.360 see there's the latest version. Very nice. We've got it hooked into Home 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:24.559 Assistant with Ziggb2 MQTT, which you can see here has no devices. And if we 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:26.000 click permit join, and I do the secret 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:29.679 code, which is you press this button three timesep, 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:33.679 that should start flashing. And in theory, hey, look at that. Man, that's 00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:38.480 so nice when the smart home network isn't broken and it just actually adopts 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 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:48.240 the voltage right? No, that's definitely not right. Wow. 20 amps at 12,200 volts. 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:49.679 I think that's not correct. 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 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:58.080 kwatt hours of electricity already. Look. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:01.200 Why is that? Is that a different one? I put a 00:20:59.520 --> 00:21:05.679 different bulb in there. It is also firmware updating, but like look at 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:07.360 that. I mean, it's dimming. 00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:12.240 Wow. Why is this one brighter? I don't 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:13.760 understand. What the heck? 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:16.480 It is brighter, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, it's so obviously brighter. Screw it. 00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:20.080 We're swapping the one in the mechanical room, too, just for funsies. 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 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 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 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:35.919 upstairs somewhere. >> Yeah, somewhere on the main floor, just like central, maybe in the family room. 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 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 00:21:41.760 --> 00:21:45.600 turn on and off automatically with motion or presence detection, 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:51.280 >> yeah, >> it's at a different level of brightness at different times of day. 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:54.880 >> Okay, so this is huge because the stupid thing with those GE switches is like you 00:21:53.280 --> 00:21:58.880 couldn't change the brightness level while they were off. 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 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:05.840 around that, but >> we'll figure it out. 00:22:03.760 --> 00:22:08.960 You can at least make it lower maybe. Oh, that work. I 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 00:22:11.280 --> 00:22:16.159 firmware >> cuz getting flashbanged when you're walking around the house half naked 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:21.520 thinking, "Man, I'd like to get a midnight snack." Sucks. So, we can't 00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:26.320 quite cross this off, but we have at least compiled a list of everything that 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:30.720 we need to get done. >> Well, you you could write two and cross 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:34.159 that out and then write like 98. >> Nice. Oh, hey. You want to see something 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. 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:42.960 >> Uh, blue. >> Look. See, it's pink now. >> Oh, cute. >> Yeah. And then when they're off, you set 00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:45.679 it so they don't turn off, but they set their brightness to like minimum. 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