Reddit mentions of Woods 13569 13569WD Indoor Wireless Remote Kit up to 66 ft. Range, Ideal for Holiday Decorations, Works Through Walls Windows and Doors, Controls up to 3 Devices, 3-Outlet Pack, White, Orange

I have a remote controlled outlets in my room, so that I can turn on/off any electronic device without getting out of bed.

Edit: Amazon is where you can get them. It cost me less than 20 dollars.

Edit2: How about you lazy assholes search amazon yourself for it, instead of pestering me for links! Should I visit your house and wipe your ass as well?

Edit3: Fine, if it will stop this. Here your goddamn link! I hope you choke on it!

It's like these

The ch1 means channel 1

You could just get a remote controlled outlet kit for cheap. Not having lights in the bedroom can't be up to code though for a rental. This is something the landlord should fix and it wouldn't be very expensive to have an electrician wire in a couple outlets.

No problem! The currently available frequencies are 315MHz and 433MHz. The one you choose depends on which remote control appliances you may already own, and the laws of your country. For example, 315MHz is very common in the US, but a restricted frequency in the UK. I'll be expanding to 868 and 915MHz control too once I can source transmitters/antennas for them.

A 315MHz North American switch set

A 433MHz UK switch set

holy crap they make a 3 switch version with a single remote... and its like $17 I'm sure someone here needs this.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZTWYXY?ref=emc_b_5_t

These were mentioned in another thread:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZTWYXY
Wireless on off switches for power. I got them about a week ago, they work fantastic. Take off headset, grab remote, hit 1 then 2 and walla... they are off.

Here ya go: Woods 13569 Indoor Plug-In Wireless Remote Control w/ 3 Outlets, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fUUtybJ57CC5M

I just use one of these. I hacked it to work with my phone, but I was too lazy to make a decent interface.

Well I guess it depends whats bothering me. If I'm sore from the gym or just stressed from school I smoke. Not alot. Just calms me down and helps my muscles relax. If I feel sick. I hide from the world. Also someone already said it, but bacon. or cheese or a combination.

"What makes me feel better"

Link. I've been too cheap to go buy this for myself.

If you're okay with a relatively inexpensive wireless solution, Woods makes a pretty decent plug in wireless remote/outlet system. The outlet receivers are a bit blocky but for $20 it's hard to complain.

You can bypass all these unnecessary dilemmas with remote outlet controller like this $17 set.

No more waiting, troubleshooting, yanking AC adapters, embarrassment during demos and so on.

You know those remotes for Christmas lights that they sell where you have like stations A, B, C where you can turning the Christmas lights on with the remote? well, I have those plugged into my base stations so I can turn them off when I'm not using the Vive


Here's a link, but there's many examples
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ref=psdc_6291368011_t1_B017LS4TE6

Then this might be useful. I just found it by searching for wireless outlets on amazon.com, then selecting one with good reviews, and searching for its name and Raspberry Pi. There's also one of the good transmitters.

Why not just get something like these? https://www.amazon.com/Woods-13569-Wireless-Control-Outlets/dp/B003ZTWYXY I ordered similar a few days ago, but have had different ones for a few years and they work great.

Concerning the voice interface:

Unfortunately I don't have much information about voice authentication. For the speech recognition there are a few ways to go. You can either use an open source project such as CMU Sphinx or simon, you can use a smartphone and SiriProxy (example) or you could offload the recognition to Wolfram Alpha.

There are of course many more options, those are just the ones I remember reading about. You should definitely do a search for "Home automation voice control" and similar terms.

I think an Arduino is a good choice for the outside interface. The Arduino can communicate with the "voice control box" either via USB /Serial, or over a network shield. Depending on how your software is organized, network might be easier.

For the individual controls, you will need to be more specific still. Look at the fan, thermostat, air conditioner and check how they are currently controlled. Is there a remote for them? Do they have some kind of interface exposed, is there a button that could easily be accessed?

There are many different ways. For example:

Lights

• If they have a plug, you could use something like this
  
• Even without a plug you could use this
  
• Or you could change the light bulb for this
  
• This might also work.
  
• Or you could connect them directly to a relais controlled by the Arduino.
  
  All these options have different advantages and disadvantages.
  
  The IR controlled bulb will need the sender in the same room, and controlling multiple bulbs with separate commands might be tricky.
  
  The RF outlets and sockets are a bit tricky to get to work at first.
  
  The X10 control is the most robust and mature system, but also one of the more expensive options.
  
  Directly controlling the lights with relais either requires lots of cabling or many small slave units that will need another way of communicating with the master.
  
  These are all just intended as starting points for you. Usually for a bachelor thesis you will need to not just demonstrate what you used, but also what you considered and didn't use, and why you didn't use these options.

Lots of excellent advice here already cautioning against wiring up to your mains. I agree completely.

This would be a somewhat different kind of project, but why not plug the coffee pot into one of those RF remote-controlled outlets the hardware stores always have on sale this time of year for holiday decorations? Something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ - and then have your Arduino take over the job of the keychain remote. You'd just be triggering the relays already built into the outlet instead of your own relay board, by communicating on the frequency where it's listening for the remote instead of being physically connected to mains, even indirectly.

Just a thought. I am not an expert, but I would personally recommend against any modifications to your home wiring unless you are a licensed electrician - in which case I suspect you wouldn't be asking these questions here.

This happens to me every once in a while.

I don't think it's a low battery issue either.

What I do is set up my Xbox to one of those remote control outlet clickers to mimic a force shutdown (instead of having to pull the power plug).

That seems to fix it, for me at least.

Interestingly, it only affects my Gears Xbox One S, and it never happened to my OG fat Xbox one.

Just, uh, make sure you know what button input is the Xbox on the remote clicker. Would be super trolly if someone turned off your Xbox mid gameplay on accident.

This is a random one I found on Amazon.

Thanks for the response! This looks to be exactly what I want do. Really useful information. I have a comp sci background which a much heavier emphasis on programming so some of the electronics and circuit material is new to me. I already have a home server set up so I could utilize that. I had a couple of follow up questions:

I do not have access to an oscilloscope or logic analyzer and anything I saw online seemed quite pricey. Any suggestions on a bargain for one?

I was looking at getting these:
http://www.amazon.com/Woods-13569-Indoor-Wireless-Control/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1415756843&sr=8-5&keywords=wireless+remote+control

They seem pretty similar to ones listen in your instructable. I imagine there's a good chance that the sequence may be the same? How does the channel impact this?

What would I need in terms of a programmer, breadboard, and wiring?

Any suggestions for familiarizing myself with those?

I have one of these and find it to be a whole lot easier.

Those seem handy, thanks.

EDIT: Alternatively, I was thinking about something like this (maybe not this exact one) to cut power at the end of the day: http://www.amazon.com/Woods-13569-Wireless-Control-Outlets/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1464213295&sr=8-2&keywords=remote+control+switches

Hmm, those are addons, i was looking at retrofit (actually replace the wall outlets.

Lemme check how much our addon ones are: ok, we can get ones like that for about the same price. Theyre not x10 standard though, and only work with their own remotes and the range is pretty short (10-20 feet) http://www.amazon.com/Woods-13569-Wireless-Control-Outlets/dp/B003ZTWYXY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370554429&sr=8-1&keywords=remote+control+outlet