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Set up a smart health home room for yourself or the sick for around 70 €
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Conclusion on smart health home entry with Philips Hue lighting system for less than 70 euros
Amazon's voice assistant Alexa, affordable echoes and the latest generation of smart Philips Hue LED lamps make it possible to start your own smart health home with a branded lighting system. Few devices in this price range offer as much use and increased comfort as the entry-level system we have presented. Great effect: People who are physically impaired in their movement or eyesight or who are confined to bed get a good deal of autonomy back thanks to voice control. In our example scenario, we explain how to do it.
Smart health home room with Philips Hue for less than 70 euros – the defined goal
Before we go into detail, it is important to define the goals that should be achieved with our entry-level smart health home project. We use a budget of 70 euros as a basis. The following scenarios should be covered:
Operating the light from the bed or sickbed without having to get up and go to the light switch
The light should be dimmable and changeable in color so that we can also use it as night light
The lighting functions should be controllable by voice and smartphone
Our small smart health home (room) should offer entertainment that we can operate by voice, including radio and music entertainment, but also games
Our smart health home should offer assistance functions such as reminders, alarm clocks and timers
Smart health home for beginners with Philips Hue lighting system – the requirements
In order for our Smart health home Room to work with the Philips Hue lighting system, we require an existing WiFi health home network. The corresponding equipment is not included in the budget. However, we think that WiFi coverage is available in most households. We also need a free socket and a valid Amazon account.
At the heart of our smart health home room: the Amazon Echo Flex Bundle with two Philips Hue White & Color lamps
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From our budget of 70 euros we buy the following components:
The Amazon Echo Flex loudspeaker should serve as our future Smart health home center. Alexa provides the basis for communication, which is why we have to pay attention to buying Alexa-compatible smart health home components in the case of later extensions. Installation of the Amazon Echo Flex is child's play. One advantage: The device has a USB interface, via which a smartphone or tablet can be charged.
The two Philips Hue White & Color Ambiance E27 lamps have Bluetooth and ZigBee. For cost reasons, we do not purchase the Philips Hue Bridge, which would be necessary for the Smart health home radio standard ZigBee, and instead use Bluetooth for networking. Although this means that the range is limited to our Smart health home room and not all comfort functions are available, it still offers a lot of functions such as dimming without cables, use of light scenes such as night light, reading, changing colors or setting the color temperature.
Installation and setup of our smart health home (hospital room) – how it works
To set up the "Smart health home Center", plug the Amazon Echo Flex into a free socket right next to the bed. Then proceed as follows:
Turn the Philips Hue lamp into a standard E27 lamp holder and switch it on
Start the Philips Hue app and follow the instructions. The process takes about 5 minutes.
Finally, the Philips Hue lamp has to be smart health connected to Alexa. This is also child's play. To do this, go to the Alexa app and
Click on the "Devices" house icon at the bottom right
Then at the top right on the round plus symbol
A menu appears, there tap on the item "Add device"
In the selection, tap on "Lamp" and then on Philips Hue
Now on the big button with the inscription "Search devices"
Alexa should now find the Philips Hue lamp automatically
Since we bought the cheap Echo Flex Bundle with two Philips Hue lamps, we can also try to populate the hallway. It depends on whether the Bluetooth connection is sufficient, if not a replacement bulb is available immediately.
Inexpensive smart health home room – operate the light from the bed or sick bed
After the installation we have already done most of the work. Now it is a matter of familiarizing yourself with the operation and the possibilities. Since we have already smart health connected the Philips Hue lamps to Alexa, we can now implement the first and second goal. Operating the light by voice from the bed. If the name "light" was assigned to the lamp, B. the following voice commands are available:
"Alexa, turn on the light"
"Alexa, turn off the lights"
"Alexa, light 10 percent" – this dims the light intensity to 10 percent and we can use the Philips Hue lamp as a night light
"Alexa, light dark blue" – we change the light color to a dark blue
Alternatively, the lamp can also be operated using a smartphone and the Philips Hue Bluetooth app. For example, if the Amazon Echo Flex microphone is switched off or we don't feel like talking to Alexa.
Smart health home room / hospital room – entertainment with radio, music and games
We do not have to spend any money on our goal of listening to the radio and music or playing games in our smart health home room. Amazon already offers us everything we need for free. We can use the integrated, free radio streaming service "TuneIn" to call up radio stations worldwide. The following voice command is required for this:
"Alexa, TuneIn Radio Neue Welle" – Simply call the regional radio station of your choice instead of Radio Neue Welle. TuneIn currently supports more than 100,000 AM, FM and Internet radio stations worldwide.
Amazon's free music streaming service, Amazon Music Free, is available for listening to music. There, selected playlists are available to users. Try the following voice command:
"Alexa, play nice music" or ask Alexa for playlists with "Alexa, which playlists do you have?"
Interactive entertainment is also possible thanks to thousands of free Alexa skills, including many game skills for the whole family.
Smart health home room with Alexa and assistance functions
Of course, our smart health home room is also available with assistance functions. So we can ask Alexa to remind us of certain dates, set an alarm clock or set a timer. It's easy with the following Alexa voice commands:
"Alexa, remember to take the pills at 7pm"
"Alexa, set an alarm clock for tomorrow morning at 8:00 am"
"Alexa, set the timer to 90 minutes"
Of course, this is just a small selection of all the assistant functions that Alexa has on hand. So residents can use the Echo speaker for communication, e.g. B. to send messages to another Alexa user.
Smart health home room with Philips Hue lamps for 70 euros – next steps
Since the smart health home room is now set up and functional, we can gradually add more services and devices, for example it would make sense to expand our Philips Hue lighting system with the Philips Hue Bridge. This allows users to increase the range using the ZigBee radio standard and open up new rooms.
With other Alexa-compatible devices such as a WLAN socket, other electrical devices in the smart health home room can be made smart. It is important that the radio socket is Alexa compatible.
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