Advice on the best system to control outdoor Sensors & lighting

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  • mfacer
    Automated Home Lurker
    • Aug 2005
    • 5

    Advice on the best system to control outdoor Sensors & lighting

    Hi! I’ve got a mix of Philips hue, Ring (bell & floodlight cam), regular CCTV, Alexa and smart plugs around the house. It’s all working nicely, and some automation for alerts between the lot.

    However, what I want to do is to set up a sensor on my exterior gate. When this is opened, I want floodlights to come on outside and an audible noise inside. This should only happen between 11pm and 7am.

    I was thinking of hacking some sort of smart alarm contact point with IFTTT, but ideally I’d need a switch on the inside to turn on these lights too.

    Any suggestions for the best hardware to use? I’ve been looking at control4 to see if I can program the whole thing rather than relying on third party cloud based stuff. Obviously if our internet goes down, I’m stuffed!

    Thanks
    Last edited by mfacer; 8 January 2020, 08:39 AM. Reason: Title change
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