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Funkyhome.de tutorials around Home Automation and Smarthome products for intelligent home control.

Misc Guides, Solar PVs, Tutorials, Unboxing and Video Reviews

Berner GA101 Accumulator Garage Door Drive Installation Guide

Today we have published the detailed step by step do-it-yourself garage door instructions for an electric garage door drive installation, more precisely the Berner GA101 rechargeable battery/Solar drive in written form on Funkyhome.de and additionally as video tutorial on YouTube. In the 15 minutes long tutorial video we show the complete garage door opener installation as well as the first commissioning including end position programming and the garage door remote control learning. Enjoy and we appreciate your likes, shares and … Continue reading →

Homematic, Misc Guides, Tutorials

Homematic Wireless Doorbell Detector Guide

Who hasn’t experienced the problem of being in the garden or in the basement for a short while and then the mailman or parcel delivery person rings the doorbell. It would be helpful to receive an immediate message or email on your smartphone. But maybe you just want to integrate the doorbell into your smart home, so that a light flashes or a sound is emitted when the doorbell rings. Even if there is now even an official Homematic IP … Continue reading →

Misc Guides, Tutorials

Amazon Echo Dot 3 Installation Guide

For the just tested Amazon Echo Dot 3 we have written an Echo Dot installation guide. We show step by step how to set up the smart Amazon Echo Dot 3 Multiroom speaker in the Amazon Alexa app and how to perform an Amazon Echo Dot 3 reset.

Homematic, Tutorials

Homematic Window Sensor Programming Guide

In the following tutorial we show how to create programs for the eQ-3 Homematic Window Sensor to transmit the state of windows and doors to a display, for example by means of system variables. You can also link Window Sensor directly to the Homematic radiator thermostat to save heating costs in winter by automatically lowering the thermostat when the window is open and then raising the thermostat again. How this works, we show in the new Funkyhome.de Smarthome Tutorial.

Homematic, Tutorials

Homematic Window Sensor Teaching Guide

In the new tutorial for learning the Homematic Window Sensor for beginners we show on Funkyhome.de how to teach a eQ-3 Homematic Window Sensor to the Homematic CCU2 control unit, how to set up the wireless door contact or window sensor and how to solve possible problems with the Homematic Window Sensor.

Homematic, Tutorials

Homematic Window Rotary Handle Sensor Programming Guide

In the following instructions we will show especially newcomers how to create programs for the eQ-3 Window Rotary Handle Sensor so that the shutters only lower when the balcony door is really locked and you are not in the garden. We also show an example in the programming instructions of how to lock the Homematic Shutter Actuator as soon as a window or door is opened or tilted.

Homematic, Tutorials

Homematic Window Rotary Handle Sensor Teaching Guide

In this small Homematic Window Rotary Handle Sensor Teaching Tutorial for newcomers we show today on Funkyhome.de how to teach a rotary handle contact from eQ-3 to the Homematic CCU2 control unit, how to set up the Wireless Window Rotary Handle Sensor and how to solve possible Homematic rotary handle contact problems.