BenefitsĮdge Computing is at the heart of the Velocity platform providing the manufacturing plant a secure, reliable and critical communications coverage platform. The customer now benefits from a safe working environment for its workforce and consequently the new solution saves the plant from shutting down and evacuating the premises in the event of a false alarm. Using Node-RED inside Velocity, specifically designed workflows have been setup to send SDMs from the plant’s fire alarm system to any radio user on site. With the Velocity EC-810 intelligent communications platform deployed, along with remote support provided by Simoco engineers to configure Node-RED workflows, the manufacturing plant is now able to send group calls to its mobile radios whether those are in fixed environments or in vehicles. The plant required a mechanism for operators to check if an alarm raised was false thereby allowing the alarm to be reset before setting the main site alarm.
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They also required to send short data messages (SDMs) from their extensive fire alarm system over the mobile radio network to portable radios. One of their key challenges was the ability to send time critical group callsįrom the existing mobile radios. The plant currently operates across numerous sites in difficult forestry settings and uses a mobile radio network for providing critical communications throughout the area for strong and reliable coverage as well as providing operational safety for their employees. That’s almost as easy as setting a traditional alarm with Google Assistant! As for moving or deleting existing events, I haven’t worked that one out yet.The large manufacturing paper plant, based in Scandinavia, produces high quality paper from a range of renewable sources. Hey Google, add a calendar event: “Wake up early for my flight” tomorrow at 5:30am. Now that the system is hooked into the Google ecosystem, it’s really easy to add a calendar event using Google Assistant which will trigger the lights early using. Awesome!īonus round: Using Google Assistant to change the alarm time The wake up light will be triggered by the first calendar event which begins between 4am and 10am. Here is a simple subflow which does the trick. I’m using the time range switch and Home Assistant websocket integrations. Time to stitch them together with some automation goodness! As always, my go-to- for automation is Node-RED.
So far, the wake-up script is set up and so is the Google Calendar integration.
Here’s what my calendar mornings look like: The best part is that now I can change up my scheduling when I have something early - or delete the alarm altogether if I don’t want the lights to turn on. This establishes a “default” wake-up time. Next, I created a repeating daily event for a morning routine. The docs have some interesting options for tracking events such as sensor offsets and filter keywords, but I kept mine basic because I want my calendar to remain human-readable and simple. Google : client_id : !secret google_client_idĬlient_secret : !secret google_client_secret Event strategyīy default, the Google Calendar entity is a sensor that is either “on” (event in progress) or “off” (event not in progress). It’s not rocket science and simply wraps a light.turn_on service call. Here’s an example of my new wake-up script in Home Assistant. I simplified it such that now they just turn on to melatonin-busting blue. The idea was to simulate a sunrise - the lights would shift from off to orange to white. This is the easy bit! Previously my wake up light had a few phases. After reading the paragraph above, I was inspired to make a couple of improvements to the system. Sounds desirable, right? I’ve been using my bedroom LED strips as an wake-up alarm light for years now. This will help us wake up faster, more alert, and with a brighter mood, morning after morning. Here’s an excerpt:Ĭome the morning, we can… saturate our indoor environments with powerful blue light that shuts off any lingering melatonin.
I was surprised that many of the suggestions seem achievable today for anyone with the right home automation devices. There’s an interesting section where he discusses the potential of technology and sleep science to improve our lives in the future. I’m currently reading Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker.