Friday, April 19, 2019

Pedestal for Google Home mini

SPORTLINK Pedestal for Google Home Mini

It is quite stable, even when bumped; it tends to not fall over. Perhaps its Grandparents were Weebles! The speaker's sound is improved (more spacial) and it seems to "hear" better. The cable management technique is effective, and it looks good in our living room setup. Our Google Home Mini sits comfortably on a shelf between an Amazon Echo Dot and a Broadlink RMINI 3 (Universal IR smart remote.)

Friday, April 5, 2019

Smart home 2

Smart Home or not?
Thursday night.
20:55 Conditions:
 Watching Video from Hulu on Roku (Big TV-Living Room) PAUSED
 log-
21:00
1 Chromecast from 12.2 tablet - Google Play Music to Clock Radio ✔
2 Stop music ✔
3 Chromecast from 12.2 tablet - video from YouTube to Office TV ✔
4 Stop video ✔
22:00
5 Chromecast video from YouTube to Office TV ✔
6 Stop video ✔
22:06
7 <Office Google Home Mini> "Play (movie) from netflix on office TV"
 FAIL (Chromecast lost internet connection)
 Waited 4 minutes, Chromecast would not auto reconnect.
 (Frozen Google pieces on the Office TV screen)
22:11 restarted Office TV Chromecast (USB inline rocker switch powered off, then on) ✔
22:12 retry Item 7 ✔
22:14 Motion detected in front Hallway (Hallway Light comes ON) ✔
22:15 <Living Room Echo Dot> "Hallway OFF" ✔
22:19 <Office Google Home Mini> "Stop the Video" from item7 ✔
23:05 <Office Google Home Mini> "Pause the Roku" ✔ 
Friday morning
02:25 Set up IFTTT auto post Blogger to FB and TWTR