Smart Power Sockets are the simplest way to automate your home, but at around $40 each for a Wi-Fi or ZWave based socket, you’re unlikely to buy more than a few. You might already have some cheap RF based sockets though – the kind that come with their own custom remote channel, and have some channel and ID selectors on the back. Unfortunately, there are no smart home hubs on the market that work with those. Wouldn’t it be great if you could link those into your DIY smart home system somehow? Well, you can – quite easily in fact –...

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