

Jon explains how he was tasked with the project. The panel asks Jon about his role in building the devices. Justin Schneck gave a keynote at ElixirConf 2019 where he showed of an IEX console Nerves device. They can even set up open houses remotely, changing the temperature to comfortable levels, turning on and off lights, and unlocking and locking the doors for walkthroughs of the properties. Property managers can use Smart Rent to manage vacant properties, monitor for leaks, break-ins, fire, and dangerous temperatures. Smart Rent has many benefits tenants and even more for property managers. At Smart Rent, they connect various brands and devices using their own custom-built hub. He explains that there are lots of brands and types of smart home devices, not all of which can connect to the internet.

Jon talks more about what Smart Rent does. Making sure that they can remote reboot devices. He has also been working with ShoeHorn controlling app start order and erlang heart stop module. He explains how he has been working with NervesHub to manage collections or groups of devices. The panel asks Jon about the parts of the Nerves ecosystem he has been working in. Jon tells the panel what an adventure it is working at Smart Rent. Jon recently started working with Frank Hunleth at Smart Rent. Michael Ries gives a little background on Jon, as they have worked together and Jon helps run the remote nerves meet up that Michael attends. In this episode of Elixir Mix the panel interviews Jon Carstens about his work with Nerves.
