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HomeKit Door and Window Sensors

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 by Kenny Lim

Home lighting is usually the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Home Automation.  The best part of Home Automation is linking the lights to sensors so that you can automatically enable an action when a sensor

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What’s Next With My HomeKit Plans

Posted on May 15, 2020July 21, 2020 by Kenny Lim

With lock downs all over the World, I see that the development of accessories for HomeKit is there, but the more important question is, are consumers able to afford them, or even care about it.  Unemployment, salary reductions, forced leave,

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Air Plant Terrarium

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Kenny Lim

This Air Plant Terrarium post is an update of the post I made on how I use a HomeKit Power Plug to manage the lights of my terrarium.   With the Movement Control Order / Lock Down I have some time

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Home Security with HomeKit

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by Kenny Lim

There’s more and more HomeKit Alarm Options coming up lately.   Abode has one that’s pretty complete, but it’s not available here in Malaysia.  In the meantime there’s HomeKit accessories available in Malaysia, or I already have installed in my house. 

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Setting Up Wake Up Alarms with HomeKit

Posted on March 27, 2020May 28, 2020 by Kenny Lim

I just realized that Apple has updated the Home App to activate AirPlay in Automation.  In this Post, I will show you how I set up wake up alarms with HomeKit.  The steps are pretty much the same as setting

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Bare Minimum HomeKit

Posted on March 20, 2020March 26, 2020 by Kenny Lim

I’m frequently asked about what it takes to kick start a bare minimum HomeKit.  And my question in return would be “What is your daily routine like?”.  First thing to do is to work out a schedule and figure out

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Wash your hands but don’t touch that switch later

Posted on March 13, 2020March 14, 2020 by Kenny Lim

The greatest advice to the current issues with coronavirus, or at least any kind of contagious diseases, is to wash your hands.  However, you can wash your hands but don’t touch that switch after you’re done.  Easier said that done. 

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Mesh Wifi Routers for Home Automation

Posted on March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 by Kenny Lim

After 2 years of living with Homekit, I realize that I need a Mesh WiFi Router for Home Automation.  This is not only for Homekit, but also for all of the connected devices and the security cameras around my house.

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Show as Separate Tiles

Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 by Kenny Lim

Here’s an update on the Home App post that I posted before on not to fix what’s not broken.  It has been fixed.  Thank you Apple Homekit Developers for re-enabling Show as Separate Tiles back again. Now devices that shares

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Don’t fix something that is not broken

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Kenny Lim

I’m usually eager to see new developments in iOS.  So with that I’m usually one of the first to install Beta for it, and I usually am happy with what I see, except this time.  Apple, please don’t fix something that’s

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