Lightbulb should blink when I get a message

[Julian Ewald]

Hey folks,

I want to smartify my home a bit to aviod some inconveniences.

The first Problem is that I sometimes just don't notice when I get a message or someone is at the door. I have already some stuff that is compatible with google home so it would be nice if the solution would work with google home.

My idea was a smart light (phillips hue or whatever) that blinks in a certain color when someone is at the door or I get a message on my phone.

 

Is this possible? And if so what would I need?

[TylerD321]

Couldn't you just put a motion detector outside and have it connect to a smart light to turn on? 

[ItTakes2ToMango]

Depends on the type of sensor you have for the front door. 

 

Open source? Probably possible

 

Open API? Maybe

 

No API Access or closed service? No chance - you should just look into a motion detector/light combo like the other guy said

[Agall]

11 minutes ago, Julian Ewald said:

Hey folks,

I want to smartify my home a bit to aviod some inconveniences.

The first Problem is that I sometimes just don't notice when I get a message or someone is at the door. I have already some stuff that is compatible with google home so it would be nice if the solution would work with google home.

My idea was a smart light (phillips hue or whatever) that blinks in a certain color when someone is at the door or I get a message on my phone.

 

Is this possible? And if so what would I need?

 

8 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

Couldn't you just put a motion detector outside and have it connect to a smart light to turn on? 

This is the smart-dumb way of doing it, which'll likely be more reliable, assuming you've done it right. Simply involve a proximity sensor with a logical 1, then have that wired as a switch to a lightbulb.

[BiotechBen]

31 minutes ago, Julian Ewald said:

Hey folks,

I want to smartify my home a bit to aviod some inconveniences.

The first Problem is that I sometimes just don't notice when I get a message or someone is at the door. I have already some stuff that is compatible with google home so it would be nice if the solution would work with google home.

My idea was a smart light (phillips hue or whatever) that blinks in a certain color when someone is at the door or I get a message on my phone.

 

Is this possible? And if so what would I need?

If you know what the trigger is that the message/door sensor is using, you can create a custom prompt in Home. If the trigger is an "on/off" trigger something like "when message box triggered, turn on message light, color red" Home has some great potential for custom prompts, you just need to know what format it wants. 

(Mine sometimes wants "*room* light off" and sometimes "turn off *room* light")