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inland shell
trim needle
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is anyone using an amazon echo (for the hardware) with HA and ada/almond?

soft notch
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hi all, sorry for the dumb q but i forgot to write it down. how do i see all my usb peripherals attached on HA, raspberry pi via terminal add-on?

soft notch
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basically all my usb except my coral seems to have stopped working. i have no idea what is going on.

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cannot open /dev/ttyUSB1

runic jacinth
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Hi Everyone!! so normally I'm up here asking for help from a more Engineering sided view, but today I come to you with an electrical problem. Would there be any possibility that someone here has any knowledge for motors, windings, capacitors and AC Voltage ? 🙂
I'm trying to install some Sonoff IFAN modules in my home and im having issues properly wiring the fan motors. there seems to be "old" fans that have multiple coils in their motors and I think are not compatible with the IFAN. trying to understand what the proper wiring would be.

runic tinsel
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hi i know practically nothing about LED stips, but I've bought an apartment with some and would like to smartify them. They are analogue, single temp white and you turn them on/off and brighten/dim by touching and holding one end. As far as I can tell I could put a GLEDOPTO Zigbee controller between the transformer and the stip. But will the touch on/off continue to work and will it not prevent the controller from switching the strips

jovial obsidian
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Hey All, How concerned should I be about using a Sonoff ZBmini on a standard 15A circuit?

zealous dune
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In regards to what?

jovial obsidian
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Is it safe? Should I be concerned that it's underpowered and could fail, catch fire, etc. on a circuit that includes multiple outlets, one of which I already know has a 7.5A space heater on it?

zealous dune
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Well, if the power load exceeds the rated one on sonoff zbmini anything can hapoen

winged knoll
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Including fire

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It's generally a bad plan to deliberately overload any electrical device/circuit

jovial obsidian
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Not planning to deliberately overload. Just worried about what would happen if the circuit was overloaded.

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Is there any wiring setup that would protect the zbmini from the current on the whole circuit?

zealous dune
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yes, leave it in the box and use a more adequate zigbee relay

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the ratings on the box aren't for fun, and chinese ratings are especially optimistic

jovial obsidian
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bummer. does anyone know of any good Zigbee relays that are more trustworthy?

vast sphinx
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Does anyone know of a good guide on smart locks that would operate without requiring cloud/internet access? for example, a smart lock that can be directly unlocked with a phone app or via phone app + self-hosted solution..?

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and by guide I mean a listing of various locks and their pros/cons...

winged knoll
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Zigbee or Z-Wave

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Connect those to HA, and then use HA via your phone, or via an automation

vast sphinx
uncut spire
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anyone using roborock s6 max v?

zealous dune
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is there an actual question related to the device you mentioned?

vast sphinx
zealous dune
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that line was not meant for you

vast sphinx
zealous dune
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it is not, it is actually the worst

vast sphinx
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the lock or the reply to? 🤔

zealous dune
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its too late for this, i give up

uncut spire
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as far as i read roborock app cant connect to home assistant and i need to use mi home, but since this model has camera and mi home app dont show it i was curious if there is a solution

zealous dune
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Home Assistant does not have a Roborock integration, it can be integrated only if it available in the Mi Home ecosystem

uncut spire
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thats the part i know

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but the mysterious part for me to learn is, if i can use camera in mi home ecosystem

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other than that i can use it in mi home

zealous dune
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no

uncut spire
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thanks 🙂

zealous dune
uncut spire
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so i have to pick, home asistant or camera...

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thanks will try

cold moon
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Most or maybe all the kwikset can easily be rekeyed yourself to the same key which is nice

vast sphinx
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That seems like a nice bonus..

cold moon
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Plus it’s a trusted brand

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Although if your house has windows then robbers are gonna come in regardless lol

vast sphinx
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yeah.. locks just keep the honest people honest.. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

cold moon
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And in my case my cat from opening a door

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But yea man no need to buy HomeKit or Alexa or whatever locks. Just zwave or zigbee and add to hass

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You’ll need a zigbee or zwave mesh already setup tho

vast sphinx
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yeah.. I made the mistake of not looking too close at the leviton wifi system.. only to discover they are completely dependent on cloud commands.. if internet is out, leviton lights wont work .. at all.. 😦

cold moon
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Fun

vast sphinx
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I mean, when internet and wifi are up, it works fine.. just.. well.. grrr

cold moon
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I went full retard with hue bulbs then moved off their bridge

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Fully local now

vast sphinx
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I still have hue bulbs as well...

cold moon
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Are the Leviton zigbee or some proprietary thing like Insteon

vast sphinx
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leviton switches are straight-up wifi.. they show up in my client list on the router with each one getting an IP...

cold moon
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Oh

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Eww

vast sphinx
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I thouht I would be able to hit them with an http-formatted command string or similar to get them to do something.. well.. no. 😛

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I have my eye on creating a completely low-power ecosystem for a motor home when my wife and I retire.. something that can go offgrid entirely and still do stuff...

cold moon
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I went zwave for smart switches and locks and zigbee for bulbs / motion sensors

cold moon
vast sphinx
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I ended up with a ZigBee transceiver recently .. it was in a box of electronics stuff I got from a friend who was getting out of the home brew biz.. I wonder what I can do with it.. ? 🤔

cold moon
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And even if you wanted a couple motion sensors or something you wouldn’t need wan access for anything if you did it right

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Zigbee uses a ‘controller’ often a usb stick with a little radio in it

vast sphinx
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I can see a lot of benefit for home automated stuff in a motor home- especially when it comes to conserving and monitoring energy use..

cold moon
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Yours might be too old to really use if it’s a hand me down

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They’re only like $30 on Amazon for latest gen like the sonoff zigbee dongle

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Once you have that you can pair most zigbee devices to it using zha or Zigbee2mqtt

vast sphinx
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the one I got is a exegin Q51 ZigBee Transceiver

cold moon
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There’s a list of suggested controllers

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If yours isn’t on it, I wouldn’t use it

vast sphinx
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woof. I just looked up this one.. seems its a fancy one.. designed for developers it seems...

cold moon
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Fancy but old is still useless tho

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It needs a certain chipset

vast sphinx
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yeah.. this is a dev tool... hmmm...

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'Probe and analyze a 802.15.4 PAN from anywhere. Capture packets on any 802.15.4 network with the using the Q51 and then send them back to your workstation via TCP/IP. Analyze PAN activity in real time or offline Wireshark®. Exegin has enabled Wireshark with protocol dissectors for 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN, ZigBee, and the ZigBee cluster libraries'

steady halo
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I need t know how this product works on sensing the human presence and also the hardware used in it

elfin hingeBOT
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Hex

#8DB580

RGB

141, 181, 128

winged knoll
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It measures temperature, humidity, air pressure, volatile organic compounds (VOC), CO2 concentration as well a brightness

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Nothing there about presence detection

steady halo
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sorry the product link changed thats why 😅

winged knoll
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body's micro movements
I'd guess it uses mmWave?

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Sensor Technology High frequency
HF-system 7,2 GHz
Seems likely

tribal wolf
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Hello, I have an Interlogix NetworX NX-6 Security System Kit with 3 NX-108E Keypad (NX-6-KIT) alarm and I would like to integrate it into homeassistant, what would be the easiest way?
Thank you

copper geyserBOT
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@tribal wolf Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond. Crossposting wastes people's time as they're unaware of the help you're getting elsewhere.

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winged knoll
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You asked in the right channel to begin with, please don't crosspost

tribal wolf
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ok

royal patio
winged knoll
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To give you an idea, a Pi4 scores around 900

atomic zenith
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Hi, I'm stuck and hopefully, someone can help me. I've updated my HA Blue to HA OS 9.0.rc1 today, and now it does nothing. It won't boot. So I attached a screen and saw I should go into emergency mode. I swapped the jumper and I com into the bootloader, but my keyboard is not recognized. Any ideas? It seems that there is no power on the USB Ports at all

oak vine
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Firmware

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Sorry…meant to do a search…

winged knoll
winged sonnet
ebon stag
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Hey folk, I'm looking for to get some LED controllers (WRGB) & relays (e.g. consumption monitor and remote switch for the water heater) and my best bet seems to be Shelly. I don't want to pollute the wifi anymore than necessary, so I'm looking into zwave/zigbee/thread alternatives, can you recommend anything?

winged knoll
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Gledopto do a nice range of LED controllers

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Your other choices likely depend on where in the planet you are, though #zigbee-archived has a pinned message with known working hardware

ebon stag
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@winged knoll EU, anything accessible here is ok for me 🙂

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Thanks!

zealous dune
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just don't buy Tuya ones, they're always horrible

ebon stag
zealous dune
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the thing with tuya is that hardware is already crappy, the controllers can fail due to low specs. not to mention iffy zigbee integrations depending on the controller manufacturer

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there are some good ones but that's an exception

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gledopto is making zigbee ones for years and they've been solid

ebon stag
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Thanks a ton! I'll look deeper and browse a bit more around blackadder.com 😄

ebon stag
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Additional Q, actually - is my worrying about wifi pollution even warranted? What's the lower bound of devices that can become problematic (apartment building)

winged knoll
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Depends on your WiFi router/access points really

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A couple of dozen more devices shouldn't cause issues unless it's really trash

steady halo
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is that possible

zealous dune
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It's possible... Technically

pastel trout
winged knoll
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Whether it works well... that's entirely different

twilit mural
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could someone recommend an energy monitor that's inexpensive and can handle continuous load around 15A@125V? Looking to monitor voltage, current, and kWh. I have a Sonoff plug, but I'm not so sure I would trust it for continuous load at max. Ambient temperature is also a bit above average, at ~30C. I don't mind having to do a bit of wiring or using a breakout box/rail
edit/add: I do not need switching capability, but it would be fine if present

lunar pelican
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hi i have a stupid question

lunar pelican
elfin robin
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looks like maybe you push down the pin, insert wire, and let go for a friction hold?

lunar pelican
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thanks that worked : )

lunar pelican
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hmm i cant pair it now for some reason, its just blinking and not being pink like it says it should be

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odd

elfin robin
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check connections?

lunar pelican
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like wiring?

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its definitely correct

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it just wont connect

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HA and Hue both cant find it

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ahhhh

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my power supply was busted

raw gorge
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Is there something like a portable, battery powered Wifi speaker which could be controlled by HA (Media tab)?

winged knoll
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Sonos Move?

raw gorge
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Hmmm, i googled it but would prefer something smaller

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long story short, ive got a newborn and wanted something for playing lullabies, what i could put anywhere where the baby sleeps at the moment

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there's a huge selection of BT speakers out there, but even if i would add BT adapter to my HA, the hardware is in my loft so wouldnt have BT reception around the home

raw gorge
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something like a battery powered Google Home Mini would be perfect

zealous dune
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so a google home mini with a battery pack?

cold moon
raw gorge
quiet field
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I've been trying to connect to some Tenda Beli SP9 plugs, I tried the solution here https://community.home-assistant.io/t/tenda-beli-pingable-but-unreachable/356526 but no joy and I'm not able to change the beacon setting in my router to see if thats the problem as well. (I think, I logged into it and couldn't see it anywhere?). I did come across this https://github.com/Tediore/tendabeli2mqtt as well but I'm not sure how to go about implementing it. I can ping the plugs just not able to get them to show up in HA. Anyone have suggestions?

zealous dune
cold moon
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i wondered about that but i didnt go down the rabbit hole searching

warm topaz
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Jusst imagining some places Id like to possibly be able to use a home grown voice assistance but not need a rasp pi, or something sitting

warm topaz
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Has anyone played with pipewire? It might be possible to use pipewire to accomplish this with wifi instead or really just any rtsp stream which would be super fancy/cool

cold moon
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I’ve steered clear from any Bluetooth stuff for smart home except for these cheap $4 xaiomi temp/humidity sensors

warm topaz
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kk, Im all wifi right now honestly. I wouldnt mind a wifi always streaming mic, but I dont think anyone really makes that. The closest is likely just buying a camera and covering it lol

cold moon
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I haven’t delved into diy voice assistants really.. from what I’ve heard there’s not really a great solution

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Pipewire looks neat

vast sphinx
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I would love something that even approached the utility of Amazon Echo units.. they work well, but its kinda a deal with the devil in a way ¯_(ツ)_/¯ This one looks most promising so far:
https://mycroft.ai/

cold moon
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Yea I’m not willing to put a google or amazon device on my lan

warm topaz
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I havent played with any of those to be honestly but they seem interesting. Right now Im mostly just using mine for actionable notifications, like oh a person was detected in the kitchen, ask if the lights should be turned on(yes/no)

cold moon
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I picked apple as my poison and use a couple HomePod minis but don’t have them setup with hass for TTS or anything

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Only thing I use mine for with hass is if music is playing in bathroom don’t turn off lights

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Along with other sensors

cold moon
vast sphinx
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I have eight echo units and use them day in and day out. I have routines for bedtime and good morning and workout and away from home.. they are really neato.. but I know Bezo's crew is chomping up my data.. and now that my roomba is gunna be a part (of amazon), they will also know my home layout 🤦‍

cold moon
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Sadcat

warm topaz
cold moon
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Alexa routines/skills seem great, but yea no go cuz Amazon lol

warm topaz
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I also use it for more complicated things though like at dinner time it will ask me if its dinner or not and then will start playing music, turn on lights, etc..

cold moon
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Yea

vast sphinx
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I would love to know if anyone has had success migrating from echo to mycroft.ai

cold moon
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Prob worth making a Reddit post for that

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Or just toying with it

warm topaz
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Someone can correct me if im wrong but I believe mycroft requires rasp pi's in every room basically

vast sphinx
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they have theior own hardware - kinda like an echo show..

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sells for $300/unit

warm topaz
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yeah Im amazed no one has made a decent server based assistant

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IE I can place dumb mics, or use existing video/mic streams and funnel it to an assistant to act on

cold moon
warm topaz
cold moon
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You train them and self host

winged knoll
warm topaz
vast sphinx
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I am really disappointed that the echo hasn't "grown up" more.. they work on making it sell more stuff to you, but not get better as an assistant.. for example I have to use separate commands such as :
Alexa, turn on the kitchen
Alexa, set the kitchen to %100
Alexa, set the kitchen to Soft White
rather that speech parsing like:
Alexa, turn on the kitchen light and set it to soft white at %100

cold moon
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Can’t you just make a hass scene and add it to Alexa then trigger the scene that way?

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It’s shit on iOS too

cold moon
vast sphinx
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Being honest, I am new to HASS and haven't set up any routines. 😛 I only got as far as installing a HASS VM on my unraid server.. then the VM died and I haven't revived it yet. I am lurking on here hoping to get re-motivated 😁😂🤣

cold moon
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Ah man

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I used to run it in a vm on unraid

warm topaz
cold moon
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Never had issues tho.. how’d you kill it

cold moon
vast sphinx
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I just installed an August smart lock on the front door last night and I have a Konneted.io alarm module showing up today or tomorrow. I'm hoping it will motivate me to setup HASS again ¯_(ツ)_/¯

cold moon
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I moved it off unraid to a pi cuz 1. My hardware is old and 2. Separate from my server so if server is down smart home isn’t

cold moon
vast sphinx
cold moon
vast sphinx
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Yeah I goofed on the august and ordered the lock w/o the WiFi hub so the unit I have is bluetooth only.. I have the hub arrving today..

cold moon
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Eww

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Sounds like you still have time to rewind and buy better stuff lol

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Part of what makes hass so great is you don’t need other hubs. You use zigbee and or zwave and add all the things directly to hass

vast sphinx
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IF I had to guess, I think the SSD cache drive where I kept the VM image got full and the VM was unable to write an update or something and it corrupted to the point it isnt even shown as a VM. the Vdisk is still there.. I have mover running more often now to avoid running the cache disk out of space

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What locks did you get @cold moon ?

cold moon
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I don’t even use mover. I have vm vdisks and docker.img / docker folders on ssds and downloads just writes to array

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I bought kwikset zwave locks

vast sphinx
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(I can still return the locks as I got from amazon prime and I have a return window) 🙂

cold moon
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I cheaped out and got kwikset smartcode888 cuz they were $100 instead of $200+

vast sphinx
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what do you use for a z-wave bridge for HASS?

cold moon
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I use an si labs usb stick but I’d suggest just buying a zooz or aeotec 700 series

cold moon
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Not sure if that’s the case with others

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If you have the funds I’d buy 700 series locks tho

vast sphinx
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the august has a "door detection" function and can tell if door is open/closed and it has auto lock/unlock if you approach the door it auto unlocks for you and locks when you leave even if you forget.. which seemed nice 🙂

cold moon
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Also you can’t really get away with just buying a zwave dongle and locks. You’ll need powered repeaters like light switches to have a decent mesh

vast sphinx
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august also worked with the existing deadbolt.. it just screws to the inside of the door and uses the deadbolt hardware i already had

cold moon
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You can get recessed door sensors for like $35 for open/close

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I use one for bathroom to keep lights on when in shower

cold moon
vast sphinx
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nope

cold moon
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August just like sits over it?

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Weird

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But yea man rule of thumb for smart home stuff with hass is don’t buy anything that needs it’s own hub

vast sphinx
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is there a zwave to wifi bridge? my server for HASS will be a VM running in a shed behind our house... the door is pretty far from it...

cold moon
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Everything can be bought with zigbee, zwave, or Wi-Fi

cold moon
vast sphinx
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all my light switches and wall modules are leviton wifi.. I discovered they REQUIRE internet AND AWS servers to be up or they wont work 🤦‍

cold moon
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Yuck

vast sphinx
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I do have Hue bulbs.. lots of those.. but I think their mesh is proprietary, no?

cold moon
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No easy way to say this but I’d be replacing those as you go

cold moon
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I just did that myself

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47 devices lol

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Lights are quicker to turn on now

vast sphinx
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any advantage to moving off the hue hub?

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oh.. quick reasponse time since no action->cloud->bulb

cold moon
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And I can now use zigbee groups which sends one command to turn on a bunch of bulbs instead of hue’s way

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Which means my 11 bulbs in kitchen all turn on at the same time

cold moon
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It’s just cuz their hub sucks lol

vast sphinx
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I have 9 kitche hue bulbs and on occasion a command will leave a single bulb "hanging" at a previous setting and I have to ask alexa a second time to do the change to catch the straggler

cold moon
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It’s actually not that bad to switch over

cold moon
vast sphinx
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how did you "update" the hue bulbs to use something other than a hue hub?

cold moon
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You buy a zigbee dongle or PoE controller then once that’s setup in hass you open hue app and delete bulbs one by one. They instantly go into pairing mode and Zigbee2mqtt or zha running in hass joins them up

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Rinse and repeat

vast sphinx
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huh.. nifty!

cold moon
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Only thing you lose is the 50 hue scenes…

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But you can recreate them in hass if you want

vast sphinx
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so since I have Ethernet and poe around the house.. is there a z-wave bridge that can go Ethernet to zigbee to reach my server in the back shed? thats where I will be running HASS

cold moon
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Two separate protocols bro

vast sphinx
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phooey 😛

cold moon
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Zigbee for hue needs a zigbee coordinator

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Zwave for locks etc needs a zwave controller

vast sphinx
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so I should look for a zigbee smart lock to avoid having too many bridges..?

cold moon
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You can

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Some people do only zwave or only zigbee

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I wanted smart bulbs and smart switches and zigbee smart switches weren’t appealing

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So I went with both technologies

vast sphinx
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a lot cheaper than the august! hmmmm 🤔

cold moon
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Confirm it works with zha or Zigbee2mqtt

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Whichever you want to use

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Most here suggest z2m and that’s what I’m using

vast sphinx
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the lock is listed as having "Zigbee 3.0"...

cold moon
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Each device needs to be supported. In general most everything is but still worth confirming

vast sphinx
cold moon
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in general, try to go to the docs site not the forums for this kinda stuff 😛

vast sphinx
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yup. thats the puppy.. seems the august is going bak then 😄 Thanks for your help here!

cold moon
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yep

vast sphinx
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now, what kind of zigbee hub.. the server that will be running HASS will be in a shed behind the house so attaching a USB dongle there is suboptimal as it isnt in the middle of the house.. I would prefer to have a wifi to zigbee solution as I have PoE and it would be easy to assign a DHCP reservation for it...

cold moon
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not hub, coordinator

vast sphinx
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ah.. ok... is there an Ethernet to zigbee coordinator?>

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ah- cool.. I will go check

cold moon
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the most common ones suggested here are the sonoff usb dongle or the tube ones

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currently out of stock tho

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err wait maybe not

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they are in stock

vast sphinx
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that looks very DiY 🤔 Like an ESP32 or ESP8266 with a 3d printed case and an antenna...?

cold moon
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kinda pricey but very highly recommended here

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it is lol

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i havent seen any other PoE controllers tho

vast sphinx
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huh.. they have one as a raspberry pi hat? I have a few raspi zeros laying around doing absolutely nothing.... hmmmm

cold moon
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i pm'd you btw

vast sphinx
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Thanks 👍🙂

cold moon
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ye

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yeah i still have old pi zeros waiting for a project

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but yeah back to zigbee coordinators.. hard for me to suggest anything other than tube's for PoE cuz i've seen a lot of folks here using it and liking it (and tube is active in this server)

vast sphinx
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so this one "CC2652P2 Based Zigbee to PoE Coordinator 2022" is what all the kool kidz are using..? 🙂

cold moon
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ye

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price tag hurts but i'm sure it's justified somehow -.-

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i use a $30 usb dongle ($20 on ali e)

vast sphinx
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TBH, I kinda dig the home=brew DiY look and feel.. seems much better than dealing with GiantFaclessCorpoation™

cold moon
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only downside i see is if it dies or something and you need a new one you cant just go on amazon and get a new one in 2 hours lol

vast sphinx
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if I can put a few bux in a small biz pocket, I prefer to do that ¯_(ツ)_/¯

cold moon
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ye

polar crest
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what kind of temp and humidity sensor do you recommend / use for HA?

cold moon
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first you gotta pick zwave, zigbee, wifi @polar crest

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or bt technically

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for zigbee you prob want an aqara one, for zwave maybe aeotec or zooz, for wifi not sure, for bt you can get some really cheap xaiomi ones but crap range

winged knoll
vast sphinx
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So if I go with ZigBee, then I move my hue bulbs to the TubesZB, will they participate in the meshing to get the zigbee signal all around the house to non Hue ecosystem zigbee devices..?

cold moon
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hue bulbs act as repeaters for zigbee yea

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blue are all my hue bulbs and green are non-repeating sensors (end devices)

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i need more sensors -.-

vast sphinx
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whats a "cat light" 🤔

cold moon
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I have a room where the litter boxes are I call the cat room lol

vast sphinx
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heh.. I have a "catio" .. three level structure on the back patio.. there is a "cat door" that goes from the kitchen to the catio and I keep the food and literboxes out there.. the cats bask out there on nice days.. they are indoor-only kitties

cold moon
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Nice

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I want a couple litter robots but I’m not down to pay $600 each

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Or whatever crazy price they are

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There’s a home assistant integration lol

vast sphinx
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u have one of those laundry sensors that is getting bricked soon..?

cold moon
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I thought about buying one and trying to reverse engineer

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the laundry sensor is a hue motion/temp/lux sensor

elfin robin
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this a good place to ask about which rgbw strip lights to get, and... how to configure them with a controller, and then... how to control them???

Backstory: I have only used hue strip lights (which, I kinda hate in any scenario where you have to cut them)...

cold moon
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diy?

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only addressable rgbw strips are sk6812 and you choose warm white, cool white, or natural white for the w, then you use a controller - either wifi or zigbee

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you're gonna be cutting, soldering, and adding power injection depending on length tho

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off the shelf strips are usually more expensive (such as hue, govee)

elfin robin
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I'm good with cutting and soldering... just, the hue strips kinda suck for that...

cold moon
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gledopto zigbee devices have been suggested here too

glad sinew
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I have a technical question about the Shelly EM. I live in america, so split-phase power. I want to be able to check if my washer and dryer are on. A vibration sensor does not seem like a very reliable solution (but I could be convinced otherwise) so I was thinking about using a shelly EM. I noticed on the website it says both inputs have to be on the same phase. I have an electric dryer (so across both phases) and a normal electric washer (so across only 1 phase and neutral). Can I connect both of these to 1 shelly EM?

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the shelly EM seems like a good solution assuming it will work in this situation, because it has 2 inputs (so I only need 1), uses current monitoring clamps (so I dont have to touch the high voltage wiring myself), works over LAN and is relatively cheap

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im not an electrician or anything tho so im not sure it will

elfin robin
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do the gledopto zigbee devices have just a white bulb that can change color temp?

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or... hue?

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or... any zigbee bulb?

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I could only find color bulb with gledopto...
the hue product description is too ambiguous to tell if it's only dimmable, or can change color temp too...

cold moon
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You said led strips not bulb lol..

elfin robin
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lol - some guy posted a review for the hue bulb pissed he can't use his dimmer switch... "this bulb isn't dimmable"
🤦

elfin robin
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sorry... should have made it more clear this was a new question. 🙂

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I will look into your strip suggestions

cold moon
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Ya cuz you never replied to my previous messages lol

elfin robin
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sorry... work

cold moon
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Athom sells rgbw-cct bulbs for way cheaper than hue but they’re Wi-Fi not zigbee

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Or you can buy like ikea or whatever other zigbee rgbw bulbs

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Oh you just want ambient color temp white

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Ya those exist too.. hue sells a couple

elfin robin
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so... I am looking at a 4 pack of hue white bulbs, which I think is the color temp changing bulbs... but... it says: "White (dimmable only)"

cold moon
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there might be better/cheaper brands with the same functionality tho

vast sphinx
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Hmm is it not possible to drag/drop images into this chat..? 🤔

cold moon
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nah

vast sphinx
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well phoey.

cold moon
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imgur or post to another discord server and copy the image link

vast sphinx
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I just got a Konnected IO unit was gunna drop a pic here to show off 😄

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is putting pics in chat something that isnt done in discord circles or is taboo or something...?

cold moon
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it's just this server

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never seen any other server with these kind of restrictions

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you cant use external emojis either

vast sphinx
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is it something that can be overcome by users buying nitro or other perk things?

elfin robin
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external emoji is a paid service that you can get from discord (become a server booster to unlock it)

cold moon
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external emojis disabled due to people abusing it (what i was told when i asked a long time ago)

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and pictures disabled due to people posting pictures of text instead of posting to a site like pastebin and linking it

vast sphinx
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huh. weird. mkay I guess... whelp.. time to dive into docs for konnected.io alarm thingamajig. wIsh me luck! 🙋‍♂️

elfin robin
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I shudder at the thought of pictures of text

vast sphinx
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(I like pics of PCBs and server racks and the like.. cable porn is nifty too) ¯_(ツ)_/¯

cold moon
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explaining how to do something in gui <- picture showing how

vast sphinx
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banning the behavior seems overkill.. just ban the user that creates the issues ...?

cold moon
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not my party not my rules lol

vast sphinx
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

cold moon
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just reverberating what i've been told

vast sphinx
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yup

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mkay- reading time.. lets see if I can burn the house down.. lol

elfin robin
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@cold moon - you said you have hue, and can control them directly with HA (with out the hub)?

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does that include the light sync to music?

cold moon
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well not directly with hass

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zigbee2mqtt controls them via a coordinator (usb stick in my case)

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but that's running inside haos

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light sync to music?

elfin robin
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hue has a feature where you can sync the lights to the music, so... kinda like a light show (say... for a party). Kids like it

cold moon
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i have that setup for my tv with hyperion-ng

elfin robin
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man... so much to learn.

cold moon
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i thought that required a $200 device or something

elfin robin
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no... my hue lights with bridge and app can do it

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might even be driven by alexa

cold moon
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$250 lol

elfin robin
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that is HDMI sync

cold moon
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when googling hue sync that is all that shows up

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not sure where you're getting the music sync from

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ah i think i found it

glad sinew
cold moon
elfin robin
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could you get a smart plug and detect usage that way?

cold moon
cold moon
glad sinew
elfin robin
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(I don't have experience with the Shelly EM)

elfin robin
cold moon
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anyways seems like hue bridge is required for sync with their bulbs

heavy skiff
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Has anyone had issues with Solhetta Ikea GU10 bulbs flickering when used with a dimmer?

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It says they're "dimmable" and generally work fine with my Tuya SWTZ73SL, but when I put the brightness above 84%, they dim a touch and you can clearly see a flicker pattern

fierce finch
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Hello everyone, i wonder what kind of hardware you all are using to install ha on ? i am looking for a new minimal system with a harddisk

zealous dune
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J3455

versed helm
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I've also looked at the sense boxes, but I don't want to depend on cloud services.

scarlet copper
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Any suggestions of getting 32 wired door contact sensors into home assistant

zealous dune
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Buy the ones supported by an integration

fierce finch
zealous dune
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You can get a mini PC with a more modern processor, 8gig ram and 256 gb SSD for around 150$ and it will be overkill for just home assistant

fierce finch
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yes

analog oar
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I do search a flat rgb and warm/cold white livingroom panel

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Any suggestions?

zealous dune
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Wall panel, ceiling panel, floor panel? Electrical standard? Communication standard?

buoyant cloak
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Hey guys, any suggestions for smart plugs / outlets that can alert me when the power goes out? We have two freezers that are on a breaker that id like to know so we don’t ruin a bunch of meat

zealous dune
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That'll be difficult since they would have no power

civic kraken
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anything that goes "offline" in HA would work

buoyant cloak
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That’s true, I guess technically anything would😂😂😂

zealous dune
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That would require HA and the networking stack to be on a UPS

buoyant cloak
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So HA is on a UPS with my network stack

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It’s on a pi

zealous dune
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A smart breaker might also be an idea

buoyant cloak
zealous dune
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Off the shelf ZigBee or WiFi

buoyant cloak
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Either

zealous dune
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There are certain sites with lists of such devices

oak jetty
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Hi all,

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so I currently have eWeLink smart plugs which have built in power consumption monitoring. In HA it can only display this data through a HACS add on. I also have Kasa Smart plugs which can show this on the main overview. Is there any other affordable smart plugs which can display power consumption on an Overview card?
I am new to HA 🙂

valid helm
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Hey guys.. I have a Zigbee Garage opener and I thought I can use a Zigbee Button (Silvercrest) and leave it in car, so when I come home I can simply press the button for opening the Garage.. But there is a big problem:

When I'm at home it opens the garage randomly without me pressing the button! Do you think this is a hardware failure with the button?

winged knoll
zinc narwhal
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how can i confirm that my coral device is being recognized by HA on my Pi4? I searched coral and looked through all the USB connections under system > hardware > all hardware. I see my SSD and Conbee Stick, but no Coral. Any thoughts? I searched online but i didn’t see anything about it potentially using another name on the path

golden oyster
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anyone know of a touch-to-open style smart lock they'd recommend for use with HA?

haughty dome
lime halo
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I am starting my adventure with HA and I would like to reach for NUC-based equipment.
What to pay attention to when buying, so that it works without any problems with accessories for several years.
Regards.
p.s. I am looking at D54250WYK - any opinions?

winged knoll
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It's going to be ok

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My rule of thumb for a happy start is:

  • = 2K CPUmark

  • = 2 Cores

  • = 2 GB RAM

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(and no SD cards)

frozen salmon
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i use umbrel and forgot my username and password

winged knoll
frozen salmon
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ok

frozen salmon
winged knoll
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Did you try it?

frozen salmon
copper geyserBOT
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@frozen salmon When using Discord's Reply feature it defaults to pinging the person you reply to, which can get frustrating for the target. Use Shift + click on the Reply option, or click @ ON to @ OFF to stop this - on the right side of the compose bar.

You have to change this every time (thank the Discord devs for that).

Command '~reply' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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Assuming that your "umbrel" install uses a Python venv then activating the venv and following

hass --script auth --config /config change_password existing_user new_password
``` may work, but I have no idea how umbrel (whatever that is) installs HA
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We can but hope it uses Docker, but that's likely a forlorn hope

frozen salmon
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this is umbrel

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i have it install it on a linux

winged knoll
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Your first start is to find out how Umbrel "installs" HA - Docker, Python venv, or something else

oak jetty
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can Sonoff S31 smart plug be used with Toya without flashing it?

indigo cairn
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anybody have any good suggestions for cheap smart thermostats?

slate mantle
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Thanks to Blakadder, I've ordered a GL-S10 Bluetooth Gateway to use with the new ESPhome Bluetooth proxy (https://esphome.github.io/bluetooth-proxies/). Now I'm looking for some bluetooth hardware to buy. I know there are lots of cheap bluetooth thermostats like the Xiaomi ones. Is there also other types of cool bluetooth hardware supported?

slate mantle
# indigo cairn anybody have any good suggestions for cheap smart thermostats?

There are several options.

  1. If you would want to use the Home Assistant Bluetooth protocol Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC (https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004087916750.html?aff_fcid=396a12a1142b45c5ae33087f5d84648f-1663007781827-01110-_DDcEtQR&tt=CPS_NORMAL&aff_fsk=_DDcEtQR&aff_platform=shareComponent-detail&sk=_DDcEtQR&aff_trace_key=396a12a1142b45c5ae33087f5d84648f-1663007781827-01110-_DDcEtQR&terminal_id=0b52147accf14f22be65a495503b22f5&afSmartRedirect=y) with custom ATC firmware *https://pvvx.github.io/ATC_MiThermometer/TelinkMiFlasher.html)

  2. Zigbee: Aqara zigbee temperature sensor WSDCGQ11LM OR Aqara zigbee TVOC with an e-ink display

  3. DIY ESPHome with an ESP module and a BME208 / SHT3C (https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ddrmu4T)

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I'm sorry you said thermostat not thermometer 🤦‍♂️

indigo cairn
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haha well, i do appreciate that nonetheless. honestly might be useful to have some thermostats in my server rack and maybe one in my freezer since i literally just had to toss most of the stuff in mine due to a "the freezer door didn't close fully" mishap

undone quartz
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I have a Surface pro 4 in a docking station and if I restart the tablet when it's connected to the tablet it won't connect to internet or enable the cam. So any automatic restarts are failing. I always have to restart it disconnected and then connect it when everything is launched. Any suggestions how I fix this?

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I guess it's trying to find any gear connected to the docking?

mellow wing
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What is the current go to as far as smart light switch or thermostat that works with google home / home assistant / and the apple one

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I just bought my house and want to put like 20 in

finite dawn
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hell, I'm trying new BT integration, and I have tp-link BT400 and BT500 usb devices. Both of them are unsupported by HA (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth) which is strange, because for example UB500 has same RTL8761BU chipset as supported device Asus USB-BT500. AFAIK in linux is only one kernel module for RTL8761BU , so why is tplink not supported and asus supported ? Is there a chance to replace firmware, or make tplink BT supported ?

winged knoll
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From

Frequent connection failures with active connections
I suspect that making them supported is going to be beyond the developers of HA

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It either needs a firmware update (from the manufacturer) or it's a hardware level issue (in which case there's no fixing it)

finite dawn
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do you know any BT5.0 USB device with firmware update capability ?

winged knoll
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No

finite dawn
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actually I don't have tplink, it is ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, with chipset CSR8510A10, but still with connection issues

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idVendor 0x0a12 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd
idProduct 0x0001 Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
bcdDevice 88.91
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 2 CSR8510 A10

distant gust
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Are there any zigbee wall switches that have motion sensors built in?

karmic osprey
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Is it possible to find any wired/LAN temperature sensors that works with home assistant. DIY is not an option, need to be a buyable stable product 🙂

distant gust
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Sonoff makes a wired device that you can flash Tasmota that connects to wifi that accepts a temperature sensor

runic jacinth
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So it looks like i messed up my Zigbee adaptor while trying to install the Zigbee2MQTT firmware on it. anyone here that can help me repair it?
its a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ZBDongle

zealous dune
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You smashed it?

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Messed up is a pretty general term

runic jacinth
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so i think the bootloader got corrupted

zealous dune
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Did you try flashing again?

runic jacinth
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yes it wont connect now

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all the leds are working

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but the device does not connect

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or reply

zealous dune
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Then you're probably correct

runic jacinth
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is there a way to reflash the bootloader?

zealous dune
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Over JTAG with a programmer

runic jacinth
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i think i have a jtag programer

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any documents or places that i could read and follow

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and i guess the main thing is is there a dump of the bootloader anywhere

zealous dune
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You flash the firmware,the firmware contains the bootloader

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If it's cc2652 were talking about

runic jacinth
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so i cant get it to connect

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but i have another more important issue that my wife is ready to kill be about 🙂

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so i wanted to add my house ceiling fans to home assistant

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and i bought 3x ifan04's

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i havent had time to remove the wall switches

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so the family has accidentally turned the switch on/off and then used the remote to control them

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this has made the remotes pair with multiple devices

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any way to reset this? they are all running tasmota (ifan03 profile since there isnt one for ifan04)

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also, for some reason the devices are only passing one device (fan or light) over to alexa with the official home assistant integration

warm topaz
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Is there anyway to test the bluetooth on a device without a bluetooth device?

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Basically just want to see if my device supports it or not

elfin robin
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If I have a older ceiling fan with a light kit on it, how would I retro add a smart home controller that can both control the fan, and light separately, but from a single power source?

Any ideas? (preferably Zigbee or Zwave)

drifting grove
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I have a rpi4 with home assistant os and a usb mic connected to it. Is there a way to increase the mics input volume?

rapid sleet
# elfin robin If I have a older ceiling fan with a light kit on it, how would I retro add a sm...

It depends on what you are more comfortable with and the budget. Do you already have one of them set up already? I have had more problems with zwave over the years. When I did it for a living, it was a toss-up if I was going to make any money one a zwave install. Lutron always worked and hardly ever gave my any issues, UPB (PulseWorx) would be stable through direct lightning strikes to the houses.

elfin robin
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well, the ceiling fans are existing, and currently have smartthings (switching to HA). just looking to see if I can add the ceiling fans/lights to the automation easily without getting a whole new smart fan

rapid sleet
elfin robin
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I don't mind changing the wall switch. But, I'd like to independently control the fan and fan light, and i think there's only 1 14/2 wire between the switch and fan box

pliant forum
elfin robin
oak flame
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I just got some Shelly Plus 1 PMs, and while configuring them to initially connect to my network I noticed that they no longer have a field to specify a custom NTP server. Anyone know how to manually set the NTP server? FW: 0.11.1

terse iron
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Hello, does anyone know of an entirely local and non invasive way of telling if water is flowing through a pipe?

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I don't need flow rate, leak detection, or anything else.

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I just need a local, non invasive way of getting a binary answer to "is water flowing through this pipe or not"

gloomy spoke
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vibration/accelerometer?

terse iron
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The pipe is for my apartment's municipal heating system. Thus I can't cut into it and there is no vibration or anything, because water is going to be flowing through it, at the same rate, for months at a time.

gloomy spoke
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I can feel when water is running through my pipes if I put my hand around them

terse iron
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These are relatively short lengths of pipe, that are mostly encased in the wall. You can hear the water flowing, but you can't reliably feel any noticeable vibrations, that would prevent false positives.

oak flame
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@terse iron you could use a microcontroller and a combination of sensors?

terse iron
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ok, what sensors?

oak flame
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what is the material of the pipe?

terse iron
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copper

oak flame
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you might be able to use a Hall effect sensor

gloomy spoke
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it seems like a riddle - "can't see it, can't touch it, behind a wall..."

terse iron
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it's not behind a wall, it's just not going to vibrate

oak flame
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you could measure sound waves

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or perhaps measure electrical resistance?

terse iron
oak flame
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sound would

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electrical maybe not so much

terse iron
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I know I once saw a two piece ultrasonic sensor, that you could strap onto a pipe, that could detect flowing water, but I can't remember anything else about it

oak flame
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people use divining rods to detect water based utilities all the time, you might be able to use those principals to develop a basic sensor

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what about temperature differential?

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a sudden change in temp would likely indicate water (or lack there of)

terse iron
gloomy spoke
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that thing?

oak flame
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place the sensor on the pipe

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like a BME280

terse iron
oak flame
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lol

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How about a doppler effect sensor

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NM. that likely won't penetrate copper

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would have been an option for plastic

terse iron
oak flame
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ya, there are lots of cheap doppler sensors. RCWL-0516

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I use one for presence / motion detection

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help me understand what you're trying to accomplish?

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detect water in a pipe, or flowing in a pipe, its very rare that a utility will leave a pipe dry

terse iron
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flowing in the pipe

oak flame
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I'd try a an analog microphone

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like a MAX4466

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then get a baseline (no flow) and then a measurement of flow, then compare the current value to the no flow baseline

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you can use Tasmota to get a numerical reading off the analog pin on an ESP8266 or ESP32

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$5k is a little steep

terse iron
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Slightly outside my budget for the project

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The microphone idea might work, though.

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Failing any sort of dedicated flowrate sensor

oak flame
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I don't have any copper pipe to test with, but I'm moderately confident you could get reasonable results with an ESP32 and a MAX4466

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you might be able to use a piezo disc sensor also, just not sure if its sensitive enough

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detecting anything inside a copper pipe is going to be really hard, so focus on the side effects of water flowing in the pipe. Sound, Temperature, vibration

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if you don't mind me asking @terse iron, what do you gain by knowing flow/no-flow on the pipe?

terse iron
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I live in an apartment that has both municipal heating as well as an AC with cooling and heating modes.
I want to make my thermostat control the correct device, for the season.
If I set 25C for example and it's summer, I want HA to send that temp to my AC, in cooling mode.
If it's autumn or winter, but there's no municipal heating, I want that temp to be sent to my AC in heating mode.
If it's winter and there's municipal heating available, I want that temp to be sent to my radiator's TRV.
So, I need a way to tell if I have municipal heating or not.

oak flame
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gotcha

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and I assume some type of scheduling for the season isn't accurate enough?

terse iron
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A microphone on the pipe, detecting sound for 6 hours straight, might work, but the best solution would be to tell if there's water flowing through the radiator's pipes or not.

oak flame
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a Smart TRV can't sense flow?

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sorry I've never used a radiator before

terse iron
oak flame
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the municipality doesn't provide that data on a website?

terse iron
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And no, a TRV can't sense flow, only temperature.

terse iron
oak flame
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ya, other than using their weather prediction algorithm you're really kind of stuck

terse iron
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Exactly my dilema.

oak flame
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I'm putting together a Wemos and MAX4466 right now to see if I can sense flow

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is the water low velocity or high velocity?

terse iron
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Please share your results. I don't have any microphones to work with, right now.

terse iron
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I've stopped it with my bare hand, one time when a pipe burst and I had to block off the entire thing

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I've checked online for flowrate sensors and I can find a few, it's just that everything I can find is either a waterwheel type thing (need to cut open the pipe), medical grade (€€€€€) or industrial grade (big ass pipes)

oak flame
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ya, I couldn't find anything that was inexpensive

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ultrasonic sensor might work also, but most of those are used to measure distance

oak flame
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@terse iron I just tested it (reading the analog pin), it kind of works at high velocity, but not at all for low velocity.

oak flame
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@terse iron what is the diameter of the pipe?

terse iron
oak flame
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I think you could make a thermal mass flow sensor. Basically you have 2 temperature sensors and a heating element ====T==H==T====

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you apply heat and if both temperature sensors increase evenly then no flow, if one heats faster then the other then you have flow

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BBIAB

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this describes how it works

oak flame
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the key is getting the 2 temperature sensors well calibrated

terse iron
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Gonna try this first

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I don't think I'm going to be able to find well enough calibrated temperature sensors, for the thermal mass flow sensor

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Also, kinda iffy on having an unsupervised heating element, potentially having a thermal runaway event

buoyant wraith
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Hello. Could somebody recommend window-contacts that work with homeassistant and don’t need another hub? I own an ikea tradfri and use HomeKit if that helps somehow

winged knoll
green pine
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How well does the Shelly power usage work? I'm looking at getting a few of their relays mainly for power consumption monitoring, just wondering how well they work, as well as they integrate with energy dashboard properly etc

zealous dune
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they work well for standard home use, integration depends on the way you integrate

green pine
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What are the ways? and which should I do? I don't have any Shelly atm

zealous dune
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then you have time to do research 😉 one of the way is Shelly integration

green pine
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theres so many options I don't really have time atm to research how well all the options work, is there at least 1 way it works properly? I can figure out which way easily enough, jus tnot every option for every device I could buy

zealous dune
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if you dont have time use the Shelly integration

runic jacinth
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I know its an old device, but anyone here knowledgeable on the Aeon Labs Home Energy Meter DSB09? Its not giving correct readings and want to fix

mossy drift
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Hey guys I have magnetic door latches, what is the best self hosted access control I can get?

It would be nice to have something where I can see who opens and when

mossy drift
oak flame
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@terse iron excellent find. I would totally try that before attempting to construct a thermal mass flow sensor

buoyant wraith
buoyant wraith
narrow elk
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Not sure if this belongs here – or in integrations. Sorry if it's the wrong place.

I'm looking for a mesh network that can run speed tests every X interval, output live usage, show count of connected devices, and potentially use device status for presence detection.

I was using Google Nest Wifi with the HACS integration, but it has stopped working due to some security changes on googles end.

Any recommendations?

Here is what I was doing before (bottom right)
https://i.imgur.com/0ivsTBT.png

terse iron
mossy drift
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Door access

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Scan phone/prox card

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Door unlock

terse iron
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Do you just want an easier way of unlocking those latches for your family, or to give temporary access to strangers (like for an AIRBNB)?

mossy drift
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For me and my family. It’s for my house

terse iron
mossy drift
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I believe so, I’ll get you pics later. Thanks so much 🙂

terse iron
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Final question. Do the latched doors have coverage from the wifi network that HA is running in?

rancid harbor
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Hi, i am running haos on a raspberry pi 3, using a rpi rf mod, so all gpio pins are blocked. Now its the Situation, that the cpu Temperature is constantly about 60 degree, often over 70, what makes the System crash. Is there a way of cooling it? I have put heatsinks on the cpu, but i think i need a fan... I thought about soldering it to the gpio Pins on the downside of the pi, but in haos i cant access gpio as far as i know. The fan should not run all the time (it is in the kitchen, the sound is very disturbing), only above a certain Temperature...
In tbe past i had such a fan running on raspberry os. Can someone help me? All posts concerning this topic are very old...

dapper roost
#

I have a Tuya doorbell camera. I can select a lot of triggers when I make an automation, but I can't find the trigger when someone rings the bell. Can that be added?

naive sierra
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I don't suppose anyone has an emonPI shield on the same PI that runs Home Assistant OS? ... I'm evaluating HA atm on a PI 4. I currently have a PI 3 with emonPI shield, EmonCMS, NodeRed and Zigbee2MQTT ... I'd like to shift everything onto one easy to manage PI. But I'm unsure of whether I can add the emonPI directly to it, and install all the EmonCMS deps on the HA OS.

winged knoll
naive sierra
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I'm aware there are various add-ons, I thought this may be the best place to ask on the off-change that anyone has an idea or direct experience of whether the hardware would cope with all that? ie. Pi4 running HA, and EmonPI shield, and all the software I mention. I know what I currently have on the Pi3 is fairly non-intensive, but I'm not sure how much overhead HA adds.

winged knoll
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The problem is, you need an add-on for the software for the shield

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You can't install anything directly on HAOS

meager gale
runic jacinth
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Hello anyone, Im trying to dump a firmware for a Bekken chip (BK7231T) and im having issues. is the process similar on ESP chips? anyone here that has done this in the past? thanks

zealous dune
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its similar but different

runic jacinth
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yup im following the instructions, i have the board all set up with 2 usb to ttl adapters and im seeing output through realterm, so i know the board is connected correctly

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but it wont dump

zealous dune
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recheck the wiring and put the device in flash mode at the appropriate time

runic jacinth
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so i soldered the CEN pin so that it resets itself

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is that correct?

zealous dune
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soldered to what?

runic jacinth
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using a usb-ttl, the CEN pin on the chip is routed to the reset pin on the usb

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from the datasheet of the chip: 10 CEN I Low-level reset, high-level active (internally pulled high) Docking IC-CEN

zealous dune
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and how does your "usb" know when to pull it low?

runic jacinth
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oh i though the reading software sent the command

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using beken writer 1.6

zealous dune
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i swear you wrote you were following instructions...

runic jacinth
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lots of instructions out there and they are in polish, im trying here lol

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i appreciate the help

zealous dune
runic jacinth
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ok i read that but its to write the firmware

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im looking to dump it

zealous dune
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"I use BKwriter (bk_writer1.60) to program the firmware, the programming / reading procedure is simple. We start the activity in the program, then turn off the WB2S from the power supply (and only from the power supply) with the button, and after a while we restore the power supply. The program should continue running as in the screenshot:"

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emphasis on the programming / reading procedure is simple

runic jacinth
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ok i tried that process and its not working

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exactly as written

zealous dune
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in plainer english: start the reading operation and manually reset the module using the CEN pin

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sometimes it takes a few tries

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if you have the N instead of T version then bkwriter will most likely fail

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i use the python programs since its easier to work with

runic jacinth
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im have the t version

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any documents that discuss using the python version

zealous dune
runic jacinth
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so silly question

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the chip has rx/tx1 and rx/tx2

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i get info when i connect to rx/tx2

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but nothing when i connect to rx/tx1

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im guessing i might have burned them out or is that by design?

mossy drift
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@terse iron it won’t let me send you the pics of the strikes

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Links

finite dock
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Is there some neat Wi-Fi /Zigbee or Bluetooth audio sounder I can attach to HA to make gentle bong or other notification sounds? Not looking for some great big loud burglar alarm sounder

zealous dune
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ESP + MP3 player module

inland shell
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Anyone have the Aqara P1 motion sensors? Am I missing something or are the batteries just borderline impossible to take out?

winged knoll
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You'll likely find more folks in #zigbee-archived - I have one, though I've not yet needed to replace any batteries

dusky blade
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I have a couple of Philips Motion Sensors (SML001).
Recently one of them started to behave strangely. It just randomly sends "off" state while I'm clearly still in the zone, being in motion.

It doesn't resend the "on" state unless I will leave the room for a time (that is equal with it's configured delay time). It's like the sensor is still internally recognizing motion and since it supports continuous motion detection it will not resend the state until it changes. Except it already DID send the wrong state to HA and is happy about it.

How can I "debug" this problem?
Using latest Deconz and Conbee2 stick with lastest firmware.

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Battery is freshly charged.

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I had tried removing it, reset and re-pair again.

warm topaz
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Any idea of a GFCI outlet that can be hooked into homeassistant?

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Ideally wifi

golden oyster
warm topaz
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I was hoping someone had one they are using or something

golden oyster
winged knoll
weak gale
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How can I send picture in this chat?

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How should I wire two of this switches?

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I have Y wall switch, with common Line

chilly orchid
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Hy. I am new here, want to start with HA. I have some experiance with programing, docker etc since i work in IT, but want some advice over hardware. What are your recomendations? I will start with HA on it, but in the future maybe even plex, and some other stuff. What HW do you suggest for god price? Maybe something for max 200€? i dont know if RP will be strong enough?

winged knoll
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Pi4+SSD is a pretty good starter platform, and may do you for a long time

regal basin
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Beginning to wonder if my Kingston SSD is failing on my Raspberry Pi 4 setup. I was having to unplug the power to reboot HA as connectivity would completely stop. This was happening every once in awhile. Last few weeks every week. Two days ago I experienced this error in linked image. This morning locked down again. Pinging IP I get response, but can't access dashboard most of the time or SSH in. Couple of times dashboard would come up and only ZigBee and WiFi devices were controllable but no system functions or add-ons were accessible. Any troubleshooting ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/biivXGe

chilly orchid
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I will use docker. Forgot to mention 🙂

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In the future maybe even some other things... So maybe i would prefer some mini pc? or am i wrong?

zealous dune
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you would

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mini pc > toy

chilly orchid
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Any advice for mini pc? If some of you have some good experiance 😄

zealous dune
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old laptop

chilly orchid
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Hm. Ok 🙂 Will try.

cold moon
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One with intel quicksync for Plex transcoding in the future will be useful

zealous dune
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first you need to establish how much power you need and how much money you're prepared to part with

chilly orchid
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Money probably something arround 100-200€

cold moon
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I think you guys across the pond have a harder time finding cheap good used stuff online don’t you?

zealous dune
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fewer failed tech startups here 😄

cold moon
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I think their businesses are just smarter about ecycling and reselling for a better price

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Instead of letting the guy who runs IT just take it all home lol

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Or selling it for pennies to a reseller

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I’d buy a thin client or cheap nuc for hass and build out a whitebox nas when the time comes and the HDDs are ready for a case if I was him

chilly orchid
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NUC looks good yeah. 🙂 Just need to find the right one 😛

proper pawn
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What's Google nest integration like in home assistant. Any restrictions with the battery version.

winged knoll
short trout
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Guys, this is an off topic question but, any straightforward (flash sd card image) minimal linux distro that work with banana pi m2 zero? (just to be able to use docker?

winged knoll
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I Googled that and found they have a Wiki page listing known working distros

short trout
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Nevermind, I'll try armbian seems to be the least complicated

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thanks!

covert tartan
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I need like, a controller for LEDs like this that can plugin to HA?

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So if I lose the remote I'm not SOL..

cold moon
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wifi?

covert tartan
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Heck yeah, and that'll work to control just a tunable white LED?

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Thank ya :3

cold moon
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yea it can control rgb(w) and change color temp and stuff

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then you use the wled integration in hass

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home assistant will find it automatically on your lan

covert tartan
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Can't wait for matter, lmao. Awesome, thank you very much

sand marsh
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Would an Intel i3 NUC (2C/4T 4Ghz) be a significant improvement over a Pi4? I.e. the loss of two cores would be more than made up by the new processor itself?

nimble ginkgo
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@sand marsh crazy I just came on the discord to ask the same. Is i3 worth it or would need i5+?

sand marsh
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I think I'm going to land on i3 after my reading

nimble ginkgo
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Someone is selling i5 nuc for 170$. Thinking might as well wait?

sand marsh
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Got it - for me it's actually the non HA things that I am looking for more power for. HA and friends are all running OK on the pi4 for now

chilly orchid
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@sand marsh which NUC you are looking for? I am looking for something similar but dont know which to buy... I will also run other stuff to beside HA so pi4 is not enough.

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@nimble ginkgo where did you find the deal? Ebay?

covert tartan
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Ok well just because i've been bitten by "ooooh... I'm curious" bug and I can't find anything

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RGB LED strip with cw/ww LEDs as well?

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I'd really like cob just because of the use case, but

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It's gotta exist

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Hmmm...

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Option two I guess would be two different strips? Could I control them via one controller with WLED?

sand marsh
chilly orchid
gritty wolf
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Is Zooz still around? I can't find a ZEN25 anywhere.

nimble ginkgo
rustic escarp
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Hi I moved my ha to an HP t620 thin client and want to move the data to an external USB SSD disk. The disk is recognized and mapped to /dev/sdb but still I get error "no suitable attached devices found" when using the storage system/storage/move datadisk function. Does anyone have an idea where else I can look for the error?

hazy zealot
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because right now my rp4 dosent see the usb device.

final iris
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HI, my HA PC died. I'm using a Kingston SSD and just ran diagnostics and the drive shows no errors. I put the drive into another PC hoping it would boot, but I have the error "No boot device available, Press any key to reboot the system". The old PC was an HP Compaq Pro 4300 and the 'new' is a Dell Inspiron 620. Is there any way I can perform any type of repair install so I don't lose any of my configurations? Or, are there any suggested utilities that will allow me to copy folders/files to another drive that I can then copy to a new installation?

oak jetty
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Hi all, is it possible on a Tasmota s31 plug to disable turning it on and off? I simply want to use it for monitoring and don't want it possible to accidently turned off, i.e. on an appliance like a freezer 🙂

zealous dune
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poweronstate command

ember trench
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Hello!, What would be the best waterproof data logger for temperature measurement with seamless integration with HA?

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I'm looking at Tempo Disc from BlueMaestro, but only reviews I find are discouraging

amber barn
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Good morning from Sweden. I'm out to buy a zigbee dongle because Ikea Tradfri sensors and switches aren't "paired" to Ikea gateway. I looked at ZHA and I want to add my devices to that so i'm looking at Zigbee dongles and the name SONOFF seems like a popular beginner choice atleast. It comes with 2 different chips and i'm not sure which one to pick or if it matters at all. I run my HA in a wmvare with the supplied image. The SONOFF chipsets are EFR32MG21 and CC2652P + CP2102N. Any tips or should I just the cheapest one from amazon?

zealous dune
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if you can buy CC2652P go for that one

amber barn
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Will do, thank you.

real summit
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Hey, should i use my raspberry pi 4, raspberry pi 3b or a docker on my nas (with 2gb ram, the synoogy ds220+)

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for home assistant :)

zealous dune
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try all 3 and decide for yourself

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i'd go for pi4 since that synology ram is meager

real summit
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okay ty! I think im gonna use the pi4 because the pi3 has 100mbs ethernet

solid grotto
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I’m looking for Zigbee relay that can be outside in range down to like -20°C . Live in Sweden and want to control my outdoor lights. Relay like Aqara T1 or Sonoff ZB Mini they only goes down to 0°C according to spec. But Shelley’s relay with WiFi goes down to -40°C.I would like to not use WiFi. But are they any Zigbee relays some one knows?

steep lotus
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Hello All. Stalin here and I'm from India. I'm construction my house and have plans to implement home automation. So looking for someone in India who has implemented the same with any open-source softwares and hardware that integrate well with them? Any help is much appreciated!!

tulip wave
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I am running haOS inside a libvirt vm, the hypervisor is running arch linux with pulseaudio in headless mode. Ive tried to pass the pulseaudio socket but somehow homeassistant doesnt recognize that. Does anyone have a tutorial at hand?

finite summit
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@cold moon which wall plug with power meter would you recommend from ali express for cheap?

cold moon
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wifi or zigbee? the sonoff are pretty popular

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s31 i think?

finite summit
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wifi

cold moon
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they just came out with a new generation and im not sure if those are preferred over the old ones

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the athom tasmota or esphome ones will be fine too

finite summit
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well i guess i stick to that one ive linked previusly in #integrations-archived
its preflashed with tasmota and cheapest ive found 🤔

cold moon
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there's no perfect option for most hardware dude

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you buy what is cheap, what looks good, what works good, etc

barren dagger
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I'm looking to buy a space heater that I can automate with a custom algorithm either via a Python library or HA, I had the Dyson Pure Hot+Cool in mind but from what I see you can't adjust its heat output. I've looked at some other random ones too and they all only had 2 modes, like 1000W and 2000W, no custom values even with 100W increments or something like that.

Could someone recommend me one that has precise control over the heat output?

The reason behind this is I don't want to keep turning it on and off every minute at 1000W output to keep a constant temperature, but rather calculate how much power is needed based on the current temperature, time of day, etc. and adjust it to a specific value, i.e. 600W at 7 AM, 550 at 8 AM, and so on with a proper custom algo

dire lark
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Do anyone know max SD card size that a Raspberry pi 3B can take?

zealous dune
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I don't know of any space heaters with adjustable output. They're usually just a couple of relays that turn the coils on or off and each coil is around 1000w or 500w on smaller heaters

jade agate
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do we have an insight in the BT adresses of our devices? I mean, whenever I activate the ble tracker, I get hundreds of devices, only listed by a bt address, so no way to identify which is which. Otoh, the devices that are included in the Integrations list on a BT tracker dont show their BT address....

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even the advised Olimex Proxy boards dont show that (also tried the diagnostics of that). Or, the new BTHome integration, it finds several devices, named and unnamed, but none of them show a BT address, only a RSSI sensor entity sensor.44_4c_e8_08_cf_e1_cfe1_signal_strength ...

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would be really an improvement if the Device info panel on would contain the BT address

barren dagger
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All the heaters I own do exactly that and it blows my mind that there isn't one where I can calculate the exact power output I need to sustain a stable temp

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It's like if my car's throttle was an on off switch, and if I wanted to go exactly 50km/h I need to turn it on and off every millisecond. Like... why?

jade agate
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not sure if this helps (is the type of device you are after) but I bought Mill heaters that are controlled just like any other climate entity, by setting a desired temp? There's a nice new Integration for those in core HA, and they have a local api 😉 they come in 2 sizes. Not setting it via power output. Though they have a builtin sensor for that.

barren dagger
jade agate
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right, I see. tbh, this is my first winter with them... but yeah they work on temp, hope they will be smart about that soon. So an as close as possible to constant will be used..

barren dagger
hot dove
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Any recommendations for a body weight scale that integrates with HA? It seems many people use Xiaomi via Esphome or Withings (cloud). Anything else I should look at?

mild pelican
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hello. are there any reasons not to use a SSD to boot off HA OS on a RPI?

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I'm thinking of switching to one. I remember about a year ago or so having issues restoring from a backup when I ran HAOS off a SSD for some reasons, but I don't know what the exact issue was and whether it's an issue of the past now

cold moon
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No it works fine and is preferred

gloomy vault
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Hello techies, looking forward for advice on what ZigBee(preferred)/ZWave switch can be used to replace the sw in the bathroom which controls both fan and light.

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Ahh not able to attach an image of the wiring

cold moon
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It’s zwave

gloomy vault
cold moon
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No neutral sucks dude

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Idk what to suggest

fringe quest
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Hey guys - wondered if anyone could shed some light on a couple of errors I'm getting in my logs. I moved my HASS from a RPi4 to an Odroid N4. Simply did a normal backup and restored it to my Odriod. Everything seems to be fine - however I'm getting a couple of errors in my logs which I presume are because the system is now no longer running on a Pi4.

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These are the errors:

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2022-09-19 19:45:36.223 ERROR (SyncWorker_5) [homeassistant.components.command_line] Command failed (with return code 127): /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp
2022-09-19 19:45:36.283 ERROR (SyncWorker_7) [homeassistant.components.command_line] Command failed (with return code 127): /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_clock arm

frosty field
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@gloomy vault You say it looks “different”.
Different compared to what? The rest of the house?
If so, that bathroom may have been remodeled at some point, and that would further my hunch that the white wires are neutral.

gloomy vault
frosty field
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Not sure I understood that.

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What are you trying to do?

gloomy vault
# frosty field Not sure I understood that.

Control fan and light individually.
Both are separate entities and light wire is in the outlet but fan wire isn't.
I can now tell the power from breaker is run to the fan then to outlet and that's where light is connected to hot and neutral- if that makes sense.

frosty field
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You’d need 2 switches, and two sets of hot wires.

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I trust this is a new fan install?

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See if that is any help.

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Note that they are not yet selling the actual wall switches yet in the US. Only in the UK.

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However, any momentary push button should work with those relays.

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Nvm. I just re-read what you wrote.

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If the fan is hard-wired on, then you’d need to place a new switch between the hot and the fan.

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If the outlet is between the breaker and the fan, then you’d need to put the switch between the fan and the outlet, and the fan with the switch needs to be wired in parallel with the outlets.

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I’m assuming this is a ceiling or wall fan.

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If the fan plugs-in to the wall, then you’ll need a different approach.

upper gorge
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Recommendations on zwave outlets/receptacles and/or switches? for the US

cold moon
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i like my zooz switches

glad silo
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I’m looking for some recommendations for a smart doorbell that is/can be self-hosted and integrates relatively well with home assistant?(like I’ve looked however some it’s quite hard to find some constantly updated guide or comparing differences between what I’ve seen, like the really good advice/detailed pieces are quite old)
Any recommendations are appreciated!

buoyant wraith
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Good Morning. I am planing to upgrade my smart home with some extra relays/switches etc. As it was considered here, i ordered a zigbee dongle for HA and plan to use it with ZHA. The house already hast IKEA Tradfri lights, Bosch thermostats which work with the central heating (not Bosch smart home!) and a Shelly EM3 and a 1PM Plus for our mini-solar.

Now i would love to ask whether you guys would go with shelly for the relays (which seem to work very so far) or better get some zigbee relays.

My focus is on reliability and future usage rather than saving the last euro.

Could somebody please share his experience or recommendation?

hollow scaffold
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Hi all, is anyone here capable to tell me what may go wrong with my setup based on the issue below? It is mentioning Serial, so is it possible the issue is coming from ZHA ?

`Logger: homeassistant
Source: /usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/runner.py:96
First occurred: 04:16:14 (2004743 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:06:01

Error doing job: Exception in callback SerialTransport._read_ready()`

RPI 3B, Raspbee II, Latest HASS, Latest Nodered

feral brook
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Hey! I have a Microsoft Surface tablet in my kitchen, showing a Home Assistant dashboard. I'd like to turn off the display when there's no motion in the kitchen. Does anyone know a way to turn the screen on and off via commands from home assistant?

jade agate
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you could turn it 'black' with browser_mod, but that is not the same as 'off'. It would still consume power, if thats what you're after

feral brook
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Yeah, that's what I'm currently doing. But it only shaves a little off the consumption (this is indeed the goal). It's not an OLED screen, sadly.

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Btw, I'd imagine there would be a need for home assistant "daemons", running on windows/macos/linux/android devices and allowing control of them, such as alter volume, turn the screen on/off, power them off etc. I know there are tools that provide sensors into home assistant from desktop OSes, but nothing as far as I know that can control them. Is that so?

lean ether
cursive shale
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I'm trying to find a material that starts out transparent and darkens/polarizes in the presence of an electrical current. Does anyone know what such a thing would be called? I tried "dielectric polarizing film" but apparently that isn't right. Or the product doesn't exist.

winged knoll
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That sounds like "smart glass"

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Look for switchable film or smart glass film

pliant forum
glad silo
pliant forum
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It’s just very hard to find at the moment lol

woven finch
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Looking for recommendations for relays with power monitoring such as the sonoff pow r2. Anything worth looking into? (Us)

boreal oar
boreal oar
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Also, I have a surface that I'd like to use as a dashboard, but couldn't find anything to do what you're asking, so if you figure something out please let me know!

zealous wyvern
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Anyone have experience with Sonoff door sensors? Namely Sonoff SNZB-04? I've only used aqara before but these are half the price so thought I might switch to them.

hot dove
winged knoll
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It's worth a search, others have used them (mostly posted about them in #zigbee-archived) and have been underwhelmed. Many/most of the Sonoff sensors tend to be junk, dropping off the mesh, and otherwise just being rubbish.

hot dove
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Interesting! @zealous wyvern let me know what you find with your research 🙂

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I did have some troubles with their temperature sensors, but the window sensors seem stable so far

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Using zha, btw

zealous dune
zealous wyvern
zealous wyvern
zealous dune
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it's just an option if you get fed up with original firmware like i did

hot dove
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Oh wow, that is awesome. Thanks for sharing this

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Regarding the window sensors: I wanted to repurpose one to detect mail delivery. I was messing around a lot with it and I managed to drain the battery in a day. But I suppose that is not too surprising.

zealous dune
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it's not 😄

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i had one outside and was changing batteries every 3 months

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then i gave up and replaced it with aqara

hot dove
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The battery holder on these is quite flimsy and loose. I suggest you bent it closer to the pcb to get a solid connection

zealous dune
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i even enforced mine with extra solder

hot dove
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I avoided aqara so far because I thought their devices had meshing issues and were somehow not fully zigbee compliant.

zealous dune
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yes and no 😉 they're router picky but atleast they work once they connect

hot dove
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Good to know!

zealous dune
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on the other hand sonoff's motion sensor was driving me crazy with disconnecting while being 2m from the first router

hot dove
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I wanted to get one of those because they are cheaper than the ikea offering. I guess I should just order one first to try

zealous wyvern
feral brook
feral brook
zealous wyvern
hot dove
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You can directly connect FSR strips? I will keep that in mind, mine should be delivered in a few days

half cave
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Hello all,
I am trying to be a bit independent, but I don't know exactly where to start. I got a dinky smart fan and do not seem to find anyone mentioning the brand (Dreo). Does anyone have a resource or 2 they could point me to so I can looking into adding it as a generic fan?

I apologize if I am approaching this incorrectly, I have never done open source, community work, nor forums before. I probably will stick out like a sore thumb

hot dove
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Does it support alexa?

half cave
zealous dune
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is there a link to the thing?

feral brook
feral brook
zealous wyvern
feral brook
zealous wyvern
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Yeah thats the ones

feral brook
winged knoll
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It's the temperature of the sensor though, not of the room

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Don't expect it to be very accurate, or useful

zealous wyvern
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Makes sense @winged knoll, but still weird that i don’t get it through homey

winged knoll
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Not really... not everything exposes it since it's largely useless

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I mean, it might be handy to tell you the house is on fire/frozen

feral brook
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Good to know. How warm does this sort of a device get anyway?

winged knoll
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How hot does your room and the surface it's mounted on get?

feral brook
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Close to 30°C in the summer

winged knoll
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I have one on my bathroom window, and an Aqara temperature sensor a short distance away (and slightly higher). The window sensor says 24C, the room sensor says 20C.

feral brook
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But doors are usually in the shade (on a door), and I don't imagine the door sensor generates too much heat

winged knoll
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Well, a nearby door is reporting 26C

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It's not anywhere near that temperature in here

feral brook
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I'll do some tests on these later. Maybe it needs calibration. One of mine also shows 30C atm, which is probably 5+ degrees off

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But I've had to calibrate dedicated temperature sensors a few degrees before as well.. go figure..

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But yes, there's probably a reason they don't advertise it and it's named "device temperature"

lean ether
winged knoll
gloomy spoke
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I would bite off the spout first, of course

half cave
zealous dune
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yes

half cave
winged knoll
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Odds are ... pretty damn bad

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If it works with the Tuya cloud service then you may be lucky

zealous dune
half cave
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Okay, so it tells me "Part II Research, Inc."
I'm not sure what to do with that information. I would have never guessed to check the vendor.

zealous dune
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we know it's not tuya and not espressif so your chances to integrate just went down

half cave
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Ah... Ouch.
I have heard Tuya a few times, is that something that has good learning materials?

zealous dune
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it has an official integrtion with HA if that's what you define as learning materials

half cave
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Oh that's pretty nice. I have a smart vacuum that I planned on trying to integrate and Tuya came up a few times.
But I thought "a fan has to be really easy to start with"

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Yeah, I do not see anything about integration with the vendor. So I assume that means I would be trying to put a square peg in a round hole

winged knoll
half cave
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Oh good to know. Thank you for the warning.
Especially since I am just getting my feet wet. I took like 2 days to get my lights to fade on when my phone alarm starts.

winged knoll
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Zigbee devices are likely to be a safe bet, since almost any Zigbee device will work with either ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT. Do avoid Tuya and be careful with Sonoff since some of their sensors are also junk

half cave
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That's something Philips Hue works with, correct?

winged knoll
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Yes

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Though, you don't need their hub

half cave
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Even better.

winged knoll
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Any CC2652 based stick will work with Zigbee2MQTT, and ZHA has more options

half cave
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Okay!
Thank you for your time! Onward to lurking and finding some learning materials

winged knoll
visual pelican
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I decided to move my instance of HA from an HA-Blue to an Intel PC I got off eBay. I have an NVMe M.2 flashed with the HA Intel NUC from the HA documentation website. It loaded fine, I fixed my network settings and preformed a reload from a backup I made just yesterday made from my HA-Blue device. No problems so far. It is running as it should and I am able to log-in. EXCEPT I noticed one odd thing. Even after waiting 8 to 10 hours thinking waiting for everything to sync perhaps the add-ons would become active on their own or ready to be turned on.. None of my add-ons are "active and ON" I can't seem to turn them on. They just go right back to off and they are all grayed out. Any ideas how to remedy this?

lean ether
visual pelican
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No, not yet. give me a minute and I'll go do it.

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Ok, my bad. I guess I should have thought to try that. It appears t obe working as it should. Thank you R.Bowzer, I appreciate it!

lean ether
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np glad its working again 🙂 sometimes people forget with PC's that a shutdown and reboot is probably your first port of call 😛

gentle pawn
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i want a wireless device, that can measure three temperature probes from 0°c - 100°c and send the info to HA
any suggestions for what to get?

ancient talon
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Any ESP and three NTC thermistors

hot dove
half cave
pliant forum
elfin robin
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Anybody here have range issues with the Aqara Motion P1?

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The one I got seem to only detect a max of 6 feet away. I just setup with MQTT. It is really fast, but not good range.

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(not so good for a hallway - 14ft)

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Maybe someone here has experienced this, and knows a way to improve the range?? 🤞

boreal oar
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Is that the new mmwave one?

feral brook
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Also, wouldn't expect someone mentioning "really fast" when talking about the FP1 😁

winged knoll
zinc narwhal
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is there a name for a zigbee light that can be used as both a physical light and via HA?

We are replacing some switches as my wife forgets about the smart home stuff and turns off switches, making them unreachable. I’m hoping a zigbee switch can help but i’m unsure if all switches do what i want.

cunning horizon
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HI
I dont know if this belongs in here or in #energy-archived but does anybody know of a device where I can plug in a RJ12 Meter-Bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter-Bus) connection and it gives me the output over my LAN preferably via a rest-api?
I would like to avoid having to build my own circuit and code for an Arduino. Please only reply with thing you know work or better yet first hand experience.

zealous dune
lean ether
covert tartan
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Is there a way to connect Apature/Amaran lights to Home Assisstant?

cursive lodge
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anybody tried out pipe temp sensors? a google search showed multiple products, does anyone have an experience with those?

jade agate
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Would it be expected that the M5stack Bt proxy would suffer low rssi db on a usb adapter (so direct usb-a to usb-c plug) compared to a longer cable?

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When the cable is connected to my wall usb outlet, it is about -30db but when the adapter it toggles between -50db to -90db. And that is 40 cm distance…

still sapphire
cunning palm
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Does anybody know is there blinder motor for these kind of blinds? https://imgur.com/a/Jp7rZMU

The normal motor meant for chains won’t, as that nob turns around it’s own axis.

cursive lodge
vast sphinx
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Hey folks! Does anyone have an example .yaml file that allows the exercising of all the built-in components of the m5stick-c on esphome?

I have been looking at some special use-case yaml files for things like external temp/humidity or a water detection system.. but I was hoping to experiment with the basic, built in stuff that comes with the stick.
Specifically:

  • the two buttons
  • the LED
  • the Real-time clock
  • the IR receiver
  • the 6-axis IMU
  • the microphone
    I was hoping someone had just a yaml file that initialized each of these items and allowed you to see/experiment with them.
chilly pollen
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2.5yrs later, HA running on Windows with VBox has proven to be rock solid stable.

chilly orchid
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I found an old laptop at home. Is i5-5xxx good enough for HA?

winged knoll
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Hey folks Does anyone have an example

winged knoll
chilly orchid
winged knoll
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Google

copper geyserBOT
winged knoll
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Like that

chilly orchid
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I think it is i5-54xx something. Will check. Thy

still sapphire
# cursive lodge what's an NTC?

Stands for Negative Temperature Coefficient. A 10k NTC will have a resistance of 10 kilo Ohms at the standard temperature (typically 25 C) and if the temperature goes up, the resistance comes down (hence, negative coefficient). When you put it in the right circuit (a voltage divider with a fixed resistor and then feeding into an analog input, give or take some filtering and/or protection and such), it provides you a voltage (and thus an analog value) which you can calculate (using the specs for that type of NTC) to match a specific temperature. (And you can also calibrate the calculation for that particular NTC, they can vary a bit)

To give a not so random example, almost all temperature sensors used in consumer 3D printers are based on an NTC.

jade agate
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hope this is allowed here, (many ubiquiti users) but anyone else seeing all sorts of idiot incorrect Models in their Clients list on the Router? Suddenly I have 3d printers, Sky boxes or Chargepoints..... And no way to correct that

tepid heart
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Are you talking about the Ubiqiti router itself or the HA integration misidentifying clients?

cold moon
chilly moth
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Hi there. I think I want to use OPUS XT300 sensors for my watering project. But I have no idea yet what I need as a receiver. My ha hardware is a raspberry 4. I would be happy if someone could point me into the right direction...

terse pebble
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Are there any news about the SkyConnect? Maybe a non-binding schedule? secret_squirrel 😎

teal moon
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Hello everyone. I've always been a fan of the Nest Thermostat, mostly because of its looks. The integration with Home Assistant works great, despite the headaches over time with their API policies and deprecations. Though, things look more promising now and the integration has been stable for me for a long while.

However... the my Nest Thermostat seems to be up for replacement as I'm having some weird issues with it (the hardware itself). That means I'm in the market for a new one. I was considering getting an Ecobee this time around, thinking that the integration would be better, or at least local, but it turns out it is not.

What do you all suggest?

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Ecobee or Nest? Are there others worth considering?

gritty tiger
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Can you use Aubess smart switches input and output seperate or are they fixed?

versed helm
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What's the absolute worst that could happen if I plugged a 1500w space heater into a 1200w smart plug

winged knoll
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You burn out the smart plug, possibly literally

versed helm
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Darn

winged knoll
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Setting fire to the house would remove the need for the space heater

versed helm
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I ordered some 15a smart plugs for my space heater but I was thinking it would be fine if it were just a couple of weeks before they arrived

zealous dune
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not a long term solution 😁

winged knoll
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Keep in mind that many smart plugs give a rating that's more theory than reality. That 1200W may be fine for a short time, but it may not be able to sustain it.

versed helm
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thanks!

gloomy spoke
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My experience is that they'll usually trip/shut off if they detect an overload situation, but I'm sure that depends on the plug

versed helm
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uhh

gloomy spoke
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Of course, the safety of your house shouldn't depend on the quality of a smart plug

versed helm
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it's a gosund one that I flashed with tasmota

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it says model WS3 on the back

gloomy spoke
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🤷 it may or may not save you, but don't knowingly overload it

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a space heater is a constant load, so you're not talking about just a spike at startup

nova lava
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Looking for a WiFi enabled device, that I can plug into a wall outlet in my bedroom, that can emit a programmable sound from an HA automation. Essentially an intrusion alert, but not necessarily at the volume level of the typical home security sirens.

winged knoll
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What does that mean? Louder? Quieter?

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Ultimately any smart speaker (that HA supports) could play a sound

zealous dune
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How programmable?

nova lava
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Just something that can be triggered via an HA automation

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i.e., binary sensor open, play sound

winged knoll
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Second hand Google Home Mini?