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flat zenith
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I might revert back to the IKEA gateway but I had hopes to not need a second zigbee gateway

warm edge
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Are you using ZHA or MQTT? Not sure if it makes a difference with the types of Shades you're using, I personally do not have experience with MQTT.

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I guess there's a very limited subset of devices that work better with or only with mqqt.

flat zenith
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I am not using mqqt

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(I think)

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I am new to all the terminology

warm edge
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Might be worth taking a look there to see if your shades are listed and if they work better with Zha or MQTT.

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I'm also quite knew myself, learning a lot of this recently. But basically there are two methods of controlling zigbee devices with home assistant, Zha being the officially supported one and mqqt being a community methodology. Zha is apparently a little bit simpler, but MQTT supports slightly more devices and in some cases with more functionality.

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If there are any veterans in the channel, please feel free to jump in and correct me if anything I'm saying is off the mark.

flat zenith
warm edge
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Hm, so looks like they do work with both ZHA and MQTT.

flat zenith
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What really confuses me is that my existing 2 blinds "lost" their commands

warm edge
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I feel like I had something similar happen when I was trying to pair an Aqara device recently.

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Both of the device I was trying to pair and a pre-existing, already successfully paired device both were suddenly unknown.

flat zenith
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action:
  - device_id: ab7e28e9187dd96afe663042e1c065cb
    domain: cover
    entity_id: cover.ikea_of_sweden_fyrtur_block_out_roller_blind_cover
    type: stop

but the UX doesn't say anything with "stop" but only Unknown

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Whereas it previously did say Stop

warm edge
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If it isn't too much of a pain in the ass, I would try completely removing all of your blinds and any automations or scripts that they're included in and then try to repair them.

flat zenith
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I will do so now. Stay tuned

warm edge
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I feel like I have read that sometimes leaving behind automations or scripts that include devices you have removed can make repairing them problematic, I might be wrong though.

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I had a zigbee light bulb recently that was giving me trouble, and removing leftover stuff it was previously included in fixed my issues when trying to repair it.

flat zenith
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I removed all my IKEA devices (two repeaters, 3 remotes and 3 blinds) and some of them went into pairing mode. Still when I did a search for new zigbee devices only one went beyond the interview and got green, two others got stuck in green state

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"Starting Interview"...

warm edge
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Not sure it matters but what hardware are you using, what is Home Assistant installed and what's your Zigbee controller?

flat zenith
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M1 Mac running UTM and my controller is the recommended CC1352 chip in an 3D printed ethernet enclosure

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Now my IKEA remote successfully paired to green state but still said "unknown"

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I guess I go back to my IKEA gateway (which ran all three blinds+remotes) just fine via HA

flat zenith
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Ok, stupid but with the IKEA hub everything's fine

halcyon rampart
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Hey all, I am having an issue with my 3ways switch setup. I have then working fine except when I use one of the non-smart switches to turn on the lights it is now reversed in home assistant.

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its like the state isn't registering on the smart switches

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these used to work fine before upgrading tasmota to the latest.

royal patio
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Hi. Im running proxmox on a mini asus pc and have some problems with high temperature on ssd m2 when turning on home assistant. Everything else works fine but when I turn on the VM with home assistant, the ssd temperature goes all the way up to 80 degrees celsius and stays there. I have a kingston snvs250g disc.

fleet ocean
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hello I bought govee 5075 and tplink ub500 to add bluetooth to my home assistant but Im dont know how to add usb to my home assistant

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Im using HA vm, docker 20.10.17, hassos 9.2

winged knoll
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Plug it in?

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What VM platform?

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Ultimately, plug it into the host, pass it to the VM guest, done

fleet ocean
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My host for vm is Ubuntu with Qemu virtual machine - so i downloaded ready VM and ran it under virtual machine manager

winged knoll
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If you're using the UI there should be an option there to pass the device through

fleet ocean
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that is what i was looking for

winged knoll
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I'd be shocked if the UI in Ubuntu doesn't make it point and click, but ... the command line will "just work"

sand oxide
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Do you guys have any recommendation for sensors to check moisture of soil?

topaz light
north willow
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Hey hey are the someone that has experiences with the sonoff nspanel? 🤔

zealous dune
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why?

fleet ocean
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Hello guys, Im looking for device that could replace my dear TP-Link HS110 and TP-Link HS100, both are EOL and Im not able to buy them anymore. Those 2 work great with HA and HS110 shows electricity usage etc. Please be so kind and share what is you setup to use smart plug (what are current brands and models) to connect to HA

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from your current/last experience

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I bought recently gosund ep2 but they dont talk to HA, I read that Gosund SP111 after flashing is usable with HA but flashing firmware on smart plug seems to be wrong direction to me

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there must be some devices that you like, you use and are user friendly 🙂

north willow
glossy prism
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Should be able to. You might need to flash tasmota-lite first though to free up some space (or I suppose a basic ESPHome build that includes only your WiFi info, OTA, and a fallback AP)

brazen violet
north willow
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Thanks

cobalt nebula
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Can someone recommend some cheap led strips (if possible addressable) compatible with home assistant? I am also open for diy projects regarding this.

pliant forum
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Govee integration is currently cloud only, but they released a local API recently, so it shouldn't be long till a new integration pops up

slim stone
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Could anyone recommend a cheap board for my CM4 while I wait for HM yellow to arrive.

finite meteor
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Hello,
I'm looking for an illumination solution for my house, the requirements should be:

  • support CCT ( adjusting the color temperature)
  • dimable
  • can be integrated in HA
  • at least 1600lm
  • dimensions around 30x30 cm or bigger
  • preferably not to empty my bank account
    Is there any "holly Gral" that will satisfy all these requirements?
winged knoll
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What country?

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I'm also pretty sure that Hue's highest output bulb will do that kind of light level, and will tick almost all the other options

finite meteor
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The Hue is available in my country but now I have some square dumb Led panels and I would like to keep this look but the Hue Surimu is kinda expensive ( around 200 Euro) and I need 3 of them

winged knoll
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Ikea Tradfri do some LED panels, not sure what their output is

finite meteor
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Tradfri can be integrated in HA?

winged knoll
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They're Zigbee, so trivially so

finite meteor
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Oh okok thank you for the suggestion, I will look into it

winged knoll
rancid plaza
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Nice tip! I would like some of those for my garage as they'll make really nice worklights

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The Hue panel I have in the kitchen and it's a really nice light

plain helm
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what zigbee dongle is the best ?

zealous dune
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it depends

winged knoll
pliant forum
unreal rock
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Hello everyone, I'm looking to convert most if not all of my switches in my home to smart ones, I have about 30-ish of them. Which ones would you suggest, WiFi, or Zigbee/ZWave ones ?

outer knotBOT
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@unreal rock 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.

If you don't get any responses after an hour or more, and your message is no longer on screen, it is fine to re-post or post a link to it.

pliant forum
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Lutron is the gold standard in smart lighting in the US. Take a look at the Diva Caseta dimmer

unreal rock
fervent ocean
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I'm experiencing a really big delay with aqara zigbee switches with neutral. Sometimes it's almost instant and other times it takes more than a second. Is this something already known or is it a fault in my side? (I have 3 installed with the same behaviour)

fervent ocean
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I'm starting to think it's just about not having a neutral wire

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I also have 2 sonoff minil, they're much faster but still without a constant response time

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Or maybe some issue with my zigbee network, but I have a lot of routers

quiet lichen
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Not sure if I need to post it here. but.. I have a feeling that my bt-dongle is not utilized since Conbee is veryy buggy.
I had that before when I used internal bluetooth.

Does anyone know where I can set the bt hci default device? At first I could set it in the config yaml but now that we have new integrations that use some other bluetooth libs I can't seem to find how to do it.

tacit burrow
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@fleet ocean isn't there just a newer version of those smart-switches? I have some KP115

warm kayak
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What can I actually do with a sonoff Rf bridge R2 since I can’t flash portisch on it? I ordered one of the old ones but the seller ended up sending me an R2 anyway

glossy prism
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Use simple 433MHz devices I suppose

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Tbh there are better choices anyway

warm kayak
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Yeah. They offered to let me keep it for 50% off but I’m genuinely not sure what I’d do with it… I just plugged in my sdr and am using rtl_433 right now and that seems to do just about everything the R2 can

frigid magnet
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Has Eve released Matter firmware yet?

meager gale
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Hello all, would a google nest mini still function correctly if the wifi network it was connected to had blocked internet access? I just want to use it as a door bell with HA.

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.. I keep all wifi iot devices on a seperate wifi ssid without external access

runic lodge
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Any one have a suggestion for a pet immune (~ 75lb dog) motion sensor? Not too concerned about protocol, zigbee/zwave.

runic lodge
meager gale
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Surely it would still be able to receive a local cast stream while on wifi?

winged knoll
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They've a habit of going dumb when they can't connect to the mothership

meager gale
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Absolute junk then

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Any recommendations for an alternative? It just needs to be able to play an audio file when a button is pressed, that's it

winged knoll
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I just use those, connected to Google, or Sonos/Symfonisk speakers

meager gale
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I might just give it a try, people are selling them new in box for like $30aud

runic lodge
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Just as an unscientific data point.... I used my Google Nest Hub and blocked it's internet access. I could select it from the Cast menu, but casting failed and the Hub eventually showed a "Check your network connect. Reset your router and try again" message.

glossy prism
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the rare instances where i've lost my internet connection and/or they can't reach el goog temporarily has resulted in all of my google cast devices going into AP mode

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i'm sure it's to reduce support messages/calls, but i do wish there was a setting that prevented that from happening

winged knoll
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Yeah... suddenly having a bunch of devices go into AP mode is a great way of confirming your Internet is down 🤣

glossy prism
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yep lol

winged knoll
warm edge
plain helm
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Any has roller shades ?

gloomy elbow
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I'm sure plenty of people do. But you might want to check the pins on what information to provide to get you a good answer 🙂

lavish harness
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Does anyone know the website that is selling some ESPHome based EPS32 devices that had presence detection, humidity, temp, light, and a few other things all in a single package? They were sold out last I looked (a few weeks ago) but now I cant remember the dang website!

winged knoll
vast sphinx
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👍🙂 will move it now

drifting osprey
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can anyone tell me what header does the shelly 2.5 use for their serial port? I need a cable to flash it

outer knotBOT
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@eager valley I converted your message into a file since it's above 15 lines :+1:

📎 message.txt
lavish harness
frank badge
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hey, which channel should I ask a question about esp home ir transmitters?

glossy prism
cunning horizon
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Hi everyone - I saw that sonoff has "new" switches namely the "SONOFF POWR316 POW Origin"
This however does not have a ground passthrough anymore - can I just wire it like this for appliances that need ground?

zealous dune
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it's not perfect but yes

molten gate
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Are there any zigbee temperature sensors that either report at every 0.1C change or that can be set to report every minute or less? If not available for zigbee then any other type?
I am commissioning a home heating system that currently is using a Sonoff zigbee temperature sensor and it can take 5 minutes or more to report a temperature change which can result in a large room temperature swing when the heater is not getting data more frequently.

winged knoll
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The Develco/Frient multi-sensor (pro) can be set to report frequently/for small changes. Not sure about 0.1C, but possibly

limber apex
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Hey guys, is it preferable to run a Raspberry pi 4 hass.io from SD card, USB stick or usb-connected HDD. I don't have an SSD atm

gentle fossil
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you will lose some speed with hdd (maybe) - other than that its still better than usb stick and sd card

molten gate
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Seems odd to measure temperature in ground level out of the way places or under appliances or in bathroom vanities etc .... just seems a very odd combination <shrug>

tacit burrow
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Someone suggest a cheap/simple bluetooth/z* temperature sensor? (off shelf, not diy). Are ThermoPro or Govee any good?

fleet ocean
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!

winged knoll
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Thanks for the suggestion I found

winged knoll
meager viper
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I have many problems with the sonoff devices (SNZB-02, 30, 04 temperature, presence, opening,... ) they disconnect very often.... I don't know how to make a script of not available to at least know what They stop working. I have them through Zigbee2MQTT that could be the problem? Any clue... does anyone have the script to detect when they go offline? Thank you very much #sonoff Thanks!!

winged knoll
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Mostly the answer is that they're crappy devices

olive jetty
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Hi, i am looking for a local light bulb that also have smart state anyone would have suggestions?

glossy prism
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"smart state"?

olive jetty
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yeah it remembers its state

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right now if i have powerloss all my light goes on

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in the middle of the night

glossy prism
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Oof

winged knoll
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Many Zigbee bulbs support that, but Hue are the gold standard

glossy prism
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Philips Hue lights are configurable for that

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And others I'm sure, but I'm not familiar with which

olive jetty
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ok but philips hue is not viable i need over 15 bulbs

winged knoll
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Tradfri do

olive jetty
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that would cost way to much using philips

glossy prism
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I was just answering your question 🤷‍♂️

meager viper
winged knoll
peak compass
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Anyone know of any good smart rings that can be used with hass?

jagged crypt
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the ikea Tradfri look like $11 for the similar 800 lumen white ambience, and $14 for the 1100 lumen white ambience

meager gale
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philips wiz are cheap..

jagged crypt
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guess i can't paste images

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it's this - "Kauf Bulb Power On State Always On - Last Value"

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23:32:24    [D]    [select:062]    'Kauf Bulb Power On State' - Setting
23:32:24    [D]    [select:115]    'Kauf Bulb Power On State' - Set selected option to: Always On - Last alue
23:32:24    [D]    [select:015]    'Kauf Bulb Power On State': Sending state Always On - Last Value (index 1)
23:32:27    [D]    [esp8266.preferences:273]    Saving preferences to flash...
jagged crypt
# meager gale philips wiz are cheap..

I haven't played with wiz at all, when i bought my hue stuff, wiz wasn't around, and i got a bunch of the white lights super cheap. Looks like the 800 luman wiz color lights are $11 on amazon. I don't know how they handle "keeping last state", which is what I was answering earlier.

meager gale
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They do it, it has to be enabled in the wiz app while you connect them to your wifi access point

jagged crypt
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cool, I haven't purchased any new hue stuff in awhile, I bought a single Kauf bulb to play with earlier this year, and just haven't set it up yet. Need to do a conversion from hue -> ha if I'm going to go all in on this. Right now HA->huehub 🙂 Motion sensors are all hue based to trigger lights. If i mix lights, need to update things.

meager gale
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There is a screenshot of the setting in the app

fallow cape
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Any recommendations for a heat pump manufacturer with good integration with HA? I see that Daikin has closed their ecosystem and Mitsubishi looks a little confusing (different platforms for each region, but only some have HA integrations?)

fallow cape
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I think I'm looking at a Lennox system with either an S30 or E30 thermostat but will have to see prices, seems like there's a good integration for their stuff anyways

rapid bough
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Hi all. I have DC ceiling fans and want to smart them up… I see zwave and Wi-Fi upgrades for AC ceiling fans, but nothing for DC… anyone have any ideas?

thin latch
cold moon
shy wyvern
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is it conceivable that my older intel NUC 3427 with an i5 (running Home Assistant, z2mqtt and some other things) chews through a PSU every few months? Or am I just really unlucky with those offbrand PSUs?
Maybe it's not grounded properly or it shorts at times?
This is the second time it won't start up anymore and from the looks of it the PSU is dead. this time the amperage fluctuates. The last one that died 3 months ago has consistent but very low amperage. Voltage at least is where it should be at 19V on both...

cold moon
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in general it's not suggested to buy shit tier PSUs

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when they go bad a lot of times they take whatever is connected with them

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maybe you have an issue with the outlet that is killing them?

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loose wire or something

winged knoll
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Quality PSUs will survive abuse that kills lesser ones - if you've got problems with the power supply then that could trivially kill a lesser PSU, and even kill good ones

serene pecan
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Is there a preferred bluetooth adapter out of the list in the documentation? I'm inclined to get the one with the antenna but that probably doesn't mean it is the best. Looking to add bluetooth so I can get a mi weight scale to work with HA.

shy wyvern
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I am confident the power is fine. My router is on the same strip and has been running fine for years. and my main desktop PC I am on writing this is on the next wall plug, just 4 steps away.
really weird....the first PC that went was the one the NUC came with. strange things afoot....sigh...more troubleshooting 😉
could a faulty power cable (that is carrying AC) create bad power supply? I admittedly just reused the old one from the original PSU with the replacement PSU)

loud kiln
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Any recommendations for smart Edison/filament bulbs that are temperature-adjustable available in the US, and ideally globe-shaped?

Ideally zigbee but potentially open to other options if it’s the last resort

crisp ether
jagged crypt
cold moon
jagged crypt
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thanks, good tip to be able to do everything from the comfort of my chair 🙂

gloomy spoke
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getting up is overrated

distant dove
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What is your favorite ESPHome compatible smart plug to use in the US?

Edit: I was thinking about picking up some SONOFF S31 plugs.

crystal pilot
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Hi everyone. I have A Rpi4 running HA and added my tuya cubetouch device to HA, the switch is greyed out. Is there any way I can control the switch?

jagged crypt
twilit mica
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Looking for a no cloud air quality monitoring sensor. Need pm2.5 and VOC sensing, do NOT need CO2. Definitely don't need a stupid screen attached either.

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Also preferably not DIY but I'm not entirely opposed to it

rapid bough
distant dove
jagged crypt
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tasmota and esphome are both local only solutions

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requires mqtt, but works fine. You can flash between the two depending on what you are used to.

distant dove
thin latch
thin latch
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Any good whole home battery system for home assistant integration, that does not require a internet connection to be controlled? i.e. it can be used/settings can be changed without internet access.

twilit mica
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Are there any air purifiers with local control besides IKEA's zigbee one?

gloomy elbow
ebon patio
winged knoll
twilit mica
twilit mica
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Woof. Only other purifier I see on their site is $700.

hearty magnet
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I think this might be the right channel... I'm working with a Samsung A8 tablet. Trying to figure out if I can shut off the display without it going into hibernate/sleep mode. Got a camera feed automation and it works... until the tablet's had its screen off for awhile. Is there a way to make this do what I want? Google search isn't being useful for me at the moment. (The answer might be as dumb as 'keep it plugged in' so just yell at me if it's simple, I wont bite)

twilit mica
hearty magnet
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Aand I'm noticing settings that might help. Might be able to just ignore me ;D [Confirmed, ignore the crap out of me and give Zeek a cookie for responding]

plain oak
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Has anyone here managed to install a Sonoff ZBMINI into a 3-way hotel switch? I'm having issues trying to find out how to properly wire it.

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https://i.imgur.com/9cknHtZ.png This is how it's currently wired up. I found some schemes for a Shelly 1, but that allows you to connect a live wire to the switch input. It seems the zbmini requires you to have a separate loop just for the switches?

cursive yoke
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For those of you using SwitchBot curtain controllers in pairs, how are you configuring/managing them?

Configuring as a pair in the switchbot app then just triggering one side in HA or configuring independently and controlling independently in HA?

vivid robin
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Total newbie here. If there is already a good thread on this, let me know. I like the idea of having a small device being the computer. I know that Raspberry Pi's can be near impossible to get for a good price. I'm looking at the Asus Tinkerboard line for the SBC and am still considering getting the Tinkerboard SR2.0. Is this the top tier Tinkerboard? How "power" hungry can Home Assistant get? I do have an old Asus P5Q Green board with 8GB RAM that I could reassemble. (I have other old computers too.) What are the disk space requirements? I see the Tinkerboard above is 16GB; how likely would I outgrow that?

winged knoll
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Your minimum storage is 32 GB

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The top end of what HA requires... depends entirely on what you do with it. Certainly moving beyond Pi speeds is a good thing.

vivid robin
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So the 16GB eMMC won't be enough?

winged knoll
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16 is less than 32...

twilit mica
vivid robin
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HA Blue? Didn't know there was dedicated hardware like that sold.

winged knoll
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I'd suggest that you view Pi4 (CPU) performance as your minimum baseline, and that you run it on something that performs better than eMMC or SD cards.

twilit mica
winged knoll
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The docs say 32 GB for a reason

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You can get by with less, until suddenly you don't

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If you're careful, sure, but most people aren't

vivid robin
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Right now, I'm looking more to make HA be something like a reverse proxy so that I can view my cameras away from home.

winged knoll
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Lost track of the number of people with dead installs that simply ran out of disk space

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Decoding camera streams is CPU intensive

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You won't want to skimp on resources if you're handling multiple cameras

cold moon
winged knoll
cold moon
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used laptop or nuc or something with intel cpu might not be a bad call

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crazy what quicksync can get away with

winged knoll
cold moon
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i just moved my haos install from pi4 to an old laptop that a lady gave me that wasnt worth repairing and i'm happy with it

winged knoll
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The Frigate docs give some good pointers on performance - you don't need to break the bank, or add another power feed to the house, to get good camera performance

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I've been running HA and other stuff on an old (8 or 9 year old) i5 laptop quite happily for years

vivid robin
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I'm currently running ReoLink cameras. They have a good web interface on the LAN

cold moon
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nginx is still gonna be proxying the feed(s) though

winged knoll
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But if you want HA to display them it'll involve HA also doing some stream decoding

vivid robin
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So sounds like the P5Q is more the way to go than the Tinkerboard?

cold moon
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i just looked that up.. core 2 duo?!

vivid robin
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Actually, I have a QX9770 in there.

winged knoll
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Do check the age of the CPU, and what it benchmarks at

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Some older CPUs are ... terrible

cold moon
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that shit is old

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old old

steel temple
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who do we think will be the first out of the gate with devices that support both matter and thread (besides hubs/gateways)? I self imposed a moratorium on non thread/matter devices but I've got the itch to buy some new things 😄

cold moon
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better question is when will we see any actual benefits from the new devices if they ever do hit market

vivid robin
cold moon
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it's so old they boast it having usb 2.0 ports and firewire and pcie 2.0 lol

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let it die a peaceful death -.-

vivid robin
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Yeah, encroaching on 13 years ago. It is the system I upgraded from a few months back. I figured it was close to the same specs of a Pi or something.

cold moon
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damn

winged knoll
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You want better not close 😛

cold moon
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i wonder how much $ in electricity you would've saved if you upgraded it 5 years ago or something

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you must not do much with heavy workloads lol

vivid robin
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Didn't gain the $$$ to upgrade until recently.

cold moon
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yea

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seriously man just buy an old laptop or nuc off ebay

winged knoll
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Or even new... newer stuff is very power efficient

cold moon
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plenty of videos on youtube suggesting certain models or you can just do some research to figure out what decent specs are

vivid robin
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So tinkerboard over P5Q?

cold moon
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for hass or for hass being your all in one nginx and whatever else machine?

winged knoll
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Nah, the tinkerboard isn't a great multi-purpose server choice

vivid robin
winged knoll
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Home Assistant

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HAss

cold moon
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(h)ome(ass)istant

vivid robin
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So what is this Home Assistant blue hardware I heard about in here earlier?

winged knoll
cold moon
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they've slowly been renaming to ha but that's always meant high availability so i stick with hass

winged knoll
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ODroid N2+

cold moon
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blue is just hassos installed on a sbc similar to a pi but faster.. still not ideal for your situation

winged knoll
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That's slightly more capable than your Tinkerboard

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eMMC sucks for I/O though, as does any SD card

vivid robin
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For SD cards, I just look at what people use for the SteamDeck and get that.

winged knoll
cold moon
winged knoll
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You can get SD cards that perform, and ones that last a long time, rarely both

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They're shitty for running a server off of, and you shouldn't

cold moon
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you either use an ssd or an ssd inside an enclosure to usb 3.x

vivid robin
cold moon
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it's not even much more expensive for a decent ssd + enclosure vs a "fancy" microsd

winged knoll
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These days there's little reason to not get an SSD, or better if you can. Keep the spinning disks for high volume stuff - like archiving camera footage

vivid robin
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So something like a 256GB Samsung SSD would be a good idea.

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or maybe overkill and go with something smaller?

cold moon
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you can get ssds like kingston a400 or inland for like $40 or $20 more for samsung evo 870

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even cheaper if you dont want much storage

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but you might be able to find a used nuc or laptop on ebay with a decent intel ssd already in it

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tons of old gen shit being resold by resellers

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there are even local resellers that will let you come pick it up from their warehouse/storefront

vivid robin
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I learned my lesson. I go Samsung over Kingston after a friend lost all of their data on a Kinston drive.

cold moon
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shit happens and one offs dont mean they all suck

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you setup backups offsite to cloud or something and then a hardware failure like that doesnt bring you down. they're also cheap enough to do software or (eek) hardware raid mirror too

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with haos you click one button and it does a full backup and you can manually copy that off and store it somewhere. there are tutorials for automating backups to google drive etc

vivid robin
#

Back on the CPU, Apparently my QX9770 comes in a little above 2428 for PassMark score.

winged knoll
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Which is "ok" IMO

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Anything below 2K is starting to drift into why bother territory

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You're not leaving yourself a lot of headroom, and if it's old enough to not have QuickSync then it'll struggle to handle multiple video streams

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The only thing going for it is that it is at least 64 bit

cold moon
#

that old stuff has front side bus limitations and god knows what else

winged knoll
cold moon
#

i just dont think it's a good idea to deploy such old stuff these days

vivid robin
#

I still do have a GTX580

winged knoll
#

It's old enough that some Docker images may not work with it

cold moon
#

hell the power supply is probably waiting to die too

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i wouldnt trust it to not die lol

vivid robin
#

That already died. Replaced it

winged knoll
#

Checking the age of it, I'd expect that many Docker images won't work due to missing key CPU instructions, which basically rules out HAOS or Docker

cold moon
#

straight to the ewaste center then

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maybe stop for ice cream first

winged knoll
#

It may make a good foot warmer

cold moon
#

you could 3d print a shrine for it

vivid robin
winged knoll
#

Something from the last decade certainly, and the newer you can afford to buy the more performance per watt you get

#

I recently bought a Minisforum U820 and it absolutely kicks ass, while drawing relatively little power and running effectively silently

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8th gen Intel, but for the price I can't complain

cold moon
#

im seeing $400ish for that online

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that seems high for 8th gen no?

vivid robin
#

I am looking at for the infrequent case of where I check on my cams away from home. I don't expect to do that often. I'm a real homebody.

winged knoll
cold moon
#

Yea m.2 ssd included helps justify cost

winged knoll
#

Added another SSD, along with an HDD for the video footage from Frigate, and it sits silently running a large Docker stack

cold moon
#

He could also build out a whitebox with old server gear

vivid robin
vivid robin
winged knoll
#

Minisforum U820

cold moon
#

Although due to power draw and ddr4 pricing I think newer gen stuff is prob better

winged knoll
#

Search Amazon/eBay/other stores in your country

cold moon
#

My old dual xeons are power hungry and ddr3 ecc is slow

winged knoll
#

If you can get 10th gen (or newer) Intel then that's best

cold moon
#

He could also start cheap with a thin client with ssd and upgrade later

#

Still faster than sbc options

vivid robin
#

Looks like I could use the U820 as a router too.

#

I see that NewEgg sells the U820 for under $400

cold moon
#

Newegg turned to shit after being bought by a Chinese company so make sure to buy with a credit card you can chargeback on if issues arise

vivid robin
#

eBay has only a $6 discount compared to NewEgg.

#

Can the CPU be easily replaced in the U820?

final ridge
hasty pulsar
#

Hi everyone I wanted to know if the RASPBERRY PI 4 4G Model B (Cortex-A72) is okay.
A thousand thanks

winged knoll
#

Yes, it's fine, if you use an SSD

cold moon
#

that site has a list of known working compatible usb to sata enclosures

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if it isnt on the known working list, it might not work

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the startech 3.0 or 3.1 enclosures are cheap and work fine

jagged crypt
#

I just bought a thinkcenter m900 w/ i5-6500/8gig+256ssd for $150 to replace the test pi3b+ i've been using the home assistant

#

there's a number of "1 liter" desktops out there for cheap, and 10-15watt idle consumption

glossy prism
#

ha, is 1 liter a term for USFF?

jagged crypt
#

yeah, I've seen it used for the 7"x7"x1" boxes

glossy prism
#

that's funny. i haven't heard that before

jagged crypt
#

I was looking at getting an odroidn2+, but was rapidly at $200 for setup. Figured $150 for something like this made more sense overall.

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(not doing video processing)

cold moon
#

I think the novelty of SBCs is wearing off

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We now have esp devices for gpio projects like esphome and other faster cheaper options for small form factor stuff

jagged crypt
#

they have their use case, but they still get suggested for everything

cold moon
#

If it wasn’t for my 3d printers all my pi’s would be in a drawer

jagged crypt
#

i have a couple pi3b+'s as music servers w/ 7" touch screens, which is a fine use for them, low computational, and provides a screen for controls.

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(logitechmediaserver/squeezebox)

cold moon
#

I played around with volumio years ago

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I just use aircast addon in hass for music or directly on Plex

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I don’t have a whole home audio setup but I’m not sure if use one if I did

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Smart speakers are good enough or you can throw money at like Sonos

jagged crypt
#

I wanted self hosted as I have a huge music collection, LMS works really well actually

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it's basically self hosted sonos (other than it was around way before sonos existed)

wintry spruce
#

I'm looking for a solution for my adult son with autism. He has his own fully furnished basement apartment. Sometimes, he will go turn on the kitchen sink (or shower) and leave it running and sometimes, he'll stand there and play in the water. I'm looking for some kind of timer/valve that will only allow the water to run maybe 1 minute at a time. The HA automation is pretty straightforward, but I'm looking for devices to:

  • Figure how to to measure the water flow (just to the shower or sink separately)
  • Shut off the water to the sink (and shower) for a period of time if it keeps running

Any suggestions?

mossy abyss
#

I'm using HA on Raspi and looking for cheap buttons or contact sensors for automation.
The only requirement is native integration without the need for additional bridges.

thx for your suggestions. 🙂

winged knoll
#

Buy a (CC2652 based) Zigbee coordinator, and then you have a world of choices

#

I can highly recommend the Xiaomi Aqara range

mossy abyss
winged knoll
#

Well, come back in 2025 and let us know if Matter became usable yet

gloomy elbow
#

Zigbee isn't going to disappear. And it's much more reliable than bluetooth

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In fact, if I were a betting person I'd gamble on Zigbee, worst case scenario you end up being able to buy a number of devices cheap because everyone is jumping ship

winged knoll
#

Yeah, I'm sticking with Zigbee for the next year or so at least, and even when Matter finally becomes a thing, it's not going to stop any of that from working

mossy abyss
#

That's right, but I am not in a hurry...I'm basically just looking for a Plug&Play device and would not use zigbee as much. :c

gloomy elbow
#

Why wouldn't you use it as much? 🤔

#

Personally I find the devices I use the most are the most reliable ones.

winged knoll
#

Well, if you're happy to waste money while experimenting, Bluetooth support does exist in HA. If you're really lucky the stuff you buy will even work

gloomy elbow
#

Bluetooth support is improving, but it's still a limited number of devices. ESPHome can help you with connections for some devices, but that's requiring another device as an interpreter

winged knoll
#

Also, it's not like Bluetooth is going to give you a better experience than Zigbee

zealous dune
#

There's no point in using BT over ZigBee unless its iBeacons

jagged crypt
#

I just bought Sonoff E stick, and some sonoff buttons that seem to work with ZHA without anything special but a sonoff blueprint for the buttons

vivid robin
jagged crypt
warm topaz
#

I can neither confirm nor deny how many I bought but been waiting months for these. Now just have to figure out how to actually integrate them into HA as they will be my first tasmota devices

jagged crypt
#

these wall/socket mount?

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(I don't need any, just looking, there are 45 left)

nimble crane
#

Hi all, is this the right channel to ask about hardware space being taken up and best practices to free up memory? 🙂

cold moon
#

this is like.. what hardware do i buy etc

nimble crane
#

Oh, good to know haha. Thanks @cold moon 🙂 OK I'll pitch it in General and go from there 👍

jagged crypt
#

bought some zigbee power monitors, but also playing with wifi power monitors, any opinions on sonoffs31 vs athom vs cloudfree (not married to tasmota or esphome yet, still in the experimentation phase)

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and physical (internal) issues?

vernal bay
winged knoll
#

Would matter even compete with zigbee I

thin latch
#

Is there any good quality zigbee wireless relay that can be mounted on DIN rail? for 220V 50Hz mains

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with metering would be even better

cursive yoke
final ridge
muted arch
#

Is there a good multi-socket power consumption meters? I've mostly looked at zigbee but didn't find anything terribly enticing.
Most are single sockets, and would block others on the strip

gaunt saddle
#

Hi just tried starting fresh on my HA Blue. Did the re flash with Balena Etcher and not getting the ui at all. Now all I can see when on a screen is the HA CLI an clues what I could try

winged knoll
gaunt saddle
#

Thank you , just thought here with it being a Blue

winged knoll
#

Read the channel topic 😉

gaunt saddle
#

🤣

north trellis
cold moon
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Range isn’t far but you can use Bluetooth proxies with esphome

north trellis
cold moon
north trellis
#

nice, didn't knew about that

edgy fog
#

I have horizontal blinds with pull cords rather than a beaded chain loop. Does anyone know of a smart driver that will work with them?

cold moon
#

the $4 xaiomi temp/humidity sensors arent bad

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i bought 4 of them and planned to use them in enclosures for each of my 3d printers

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ended up just putting them in rooms and they do their job ok. i need to tweak the reporting cuz 3/4 are draining battery way more than the 4th by reporting too often

north trellis
#

sounds interesting, I like battery ones to avoid adapters around the house, but seems like battery is still an issue

cold moon
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it's really not bad

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you can get anywhere from like 3months-2years from a battery powered device these days

#

hue motion sensors that do temp/motion/lux last forever on battery

north trellis
#

ah, nice..

north trellis
cold moon
#

video is out of date tho, you just flash them with the custom firmware from the site now and choose bthome then hass finds them on its own if you have bluetooth setup

north trellis
#

oh, beautiful

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thanks

cold moon
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yep

north trellis
#

thanks for your help!

sly island
#

Hi, I'm looking for compatible ICRGB led strip (controllers or the whole package) which can be controlled fully by home assistant. Anyone got some suggestions or tips?

I live in the Netherlands
Zigbee and wifi are both fine
My budget for this will be less than a Philips Hue strip.
Features:
Rgbww Led strip
Colours at a similar brightness to the whites.
Per zone addressable via home assistant, whether that's via integration or zigbee2mqtt

cold moon
#

you might have better luck searching rgbw or rgbw-cct

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diy is always a better solution for led strips though

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idk what you mean by per zone addressable though

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wled does virtual segments where you can take one strip and split it into multiple "virtual strips" but that's gonna be a diy solution

jagged crypt
jagged crypt
crimson minnow
#

What's a decent-value tablet to be using for a wall-mounted home automation screen? Trying not to break like.. $200 if possible. don't mind used markets

cold moon
#

You strip out the amazon bullshit and add google play store

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Then you setup fully kiosk browser on it and that lets you do things like turn screen on based on motion and launch hass app or webui

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You can 3d print or order decent mount options

crimson minnow
#

nice

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i saw the FKB and the 3d prints

cold moon
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That’s my work in progress setup

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Tablet was $75 on prime day

crimson minnow
#

"Please get a license" lol

cold moon
#

It might be better to buy used Samsung tablets or something but I’ve only used this

cold moon
crimson minnow
#

yea, so i've only seen Samsung and Fire tablets so far

cold moon
#

Funny how many people focus on that

cold moon
crimson minnow
#

yea, and expensive

#

i mean i do have an ipad somewhere

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but it's like.. gen 3 lol

#

with the old ass connector

jagged crypt
#

for control panels, you just want a browser, not a fancy tablet, no?

cold moon
#

Well if it’s slow to turn on and load stuff like camera feeds then it’s not a good option

jagged crypt
#

agreed, my point is you don't need a $500 tablet to run a web page (most of the time)

cold moon
#

Yea

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I actually have fully kiosk launching the hass app not browser

#

I tested both and found the app was maybe faster if not the same

jagged crypt
#

android?

cold moon
#

But also allowed me to hide like a bottom bar that I couldn’t do with webui

#

Fire tablet

jagged crypt
#

fire tablet = android

cold moon
#

I know lol

#

Fully kiosk = android too

#

So your question was moot to begin with lol

jagged crypt
#

valid 🙂

cold moon
#

I havent put it on the wall yet

#

I bought a PoE power splitter and it works but need to go in crawl space attic to run a cable

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And the 3d printed case I printed is in three parts so I need to sand edges down and glue together I guess

jagged crypt
#

I'm still experimenting around with stuff, haven't gotten to the kiosk/tablet setup. Probably won't bother, but may experiment with an old phone or similar.

cold moon
jagged crypt
#

nice

cold moon
#

it was $75 on prime day for a brand new one with a 30 day return policy

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so i yolo'd

jagged crypt
#

yea, i just paid $150 for a lenovo tiny to move off a pi 3b+, will get that going before buying fire10

#

3d print looks fine and minimal

cold moon
#

the parts that the tablet lays on didnt print great upside down

jagged crypt
#

refurb fire10's are $70 right now

cold moon
#

but i printed that way so the parts showing were perfect on the glass bed

#

it has a nice "mirror finish with dots" on it

jagged crypt
#

don't have a 3d printer, yet.....

cold moon
#

dont buy one if you dont want a hobby

#

they're great but you have to actually learn what you're doing to get good prints

#

spending a few hours watching youtube videos and then taking your time building one and doing a few cheap upgrades saves you days/weeks/months of heartache wondering why shit doesnt work right

#

i see it on reddit and discord all the time

jagged crypt
#

yeah, I don't have the time to invest yet, or the space. I do want one, and there are things I want to futz with, but after making a half dozen things, not sure what i would use it for.

cold moon
#

you can buy a $200 printer and $50 in upgrades and have a really good printer

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im up to five lol

jagged crypt
#

yeah, not sure that's a hobby anymore, more an addiction....

cold moon
#

adhd brain yo

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i do have them posted on treatstock for people to send me files to print prototypes or w/e for $

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but it's a race to the bottom with lots of people with the same idea so i havent gotten any hits lol

#

im not gonna mark it way down to where i only make a few bucks

#

same with etsy

#

only good way to make money is design something yourself, dont share or sell the 3d model, and sell finished designs only

#

good example, one guy sells 3d printed yeti cooler addons for fishermen

#

rednecks will pay good money for a fancy beer holder

jagged crypt
#

yeah, it's find a niche market, like fire10 wall mounts with fancy bits, or embedded family names in the 3d print frame

cold moon
#

yea

cold moon
#

when it takes 24 hours to print something the size of a soccer ball it's easy to justify multiple

#

i have them all added to hass with a decent dashboard and control over mqtt

sage sigil
#

Hey all, im after some advice on which senaor to use for my esp32 project. Its going to be a car presance detector however itll be outside on a drive and open to rain, snow and such. Itll be mounted in an upside down bowl shaped 3d printed housing. Pretty much those things in car park spaces at shopping malls that say if theres spaces or not. The sensor would need to be able to pass through the plastic and ignore that but read between a configurable distance. So IR wont work i dont think. Im not sure if a rcwl radar would work here.

crimson minnow
#

ended up printing out a lot of enclosures for circuit boards

#

definitely depends on your hobbies for sure

#

i guess there's also the raspberry pi DIY tablet

#

... if only there were any raspberry pis to get

jagged crypt
#

you rapidly get to a price point (Even at msrp) where pi + stuff doesn't make sense

#

I built pi + 7" screens + smartipi enclosure's + dac for audio players at home, and that was $150-175 rapidly

terse ice
#

is flume the only kind of product in that market segment? I'd read the meter by the street, but its a quarter mile away and I'm not sure its even readable with the likes of rtl_433

#

I'm not afraid of adding my own meter on the main line into the house if it makes life easier

sly island
cold moon
#

yep

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pretty useful

#

currently there's a workaround needed for rgbw-cct with wled integration due to an issue with the wled integration but it's in the works

sly island
cold moon
#

i've asked frenck for an update and didnt get a great response :/

#

iirc he said it's "done but needs testing" and when i offered to help test he said im welcome to submit a pr with proper checks blah blah

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so it doesnt need testing from users, it needs a coder to make sure it passes w/e checks

#

wled side was fixed months ago

sly island
#

Can I assume you use WLED yourself?

cold moon
#

you can

#

i only have two rgbw-cct bulbs. the rest are just rgb led strips not rgbw or rgbw-cct

sly island
#

So imagine you have some leftover ledstrip, if you hook it up using a longer cable inbetween two parts, can you run it as if they are different light strips for the effects?

cold moon
#

yep

#

you can only go so far with the data signal without a data booster

sly island
#

So, in theory, you'd be able to use one controller for the whole house

cold moon
#

not really

sly island
#

I got a small house though, at the moment

cold moon
#

technically but due to wiring, voltage drop, injection for amps, etc not really

sly island
#

it would only be for one room, but might be a few meters

cold moon
#

that's my disco kitchen

#

one controller (quinled dig quad) and 4x strips

sly island
#

Ahhh love it.

cold moon
#

those are the rgbw cct bulbs i have

#

work great for a bathroom but for lots of bulbs zigbee is a better route

#

you can buy a controller with a built in microphone and then have all the strips / bulbs sync together with music

#

lots of cool shit

sly island
#

I want a strip on top of my bookcase mainly, bought something but that is incompatible with HA sadly, and has a few other issues, enough to return it

cold moon
#

that's my hyperion setup with wled led strip behind tv and some other sauce

#

ya just learn to diy led strips man

sly island
cold moon
#

no

#

dont you dare buy that trash from hue

terse ice
#

hyperion is niiice

sly island
#

I am kinda hoping for some sort of HDMI box

#

But thats for a different reason

cold moon
#

you either buy a hdmi passthru device or you use an android tv or you use a LG TV rooted

sly island
#

If the new chromecast works I am fine 😛

cold moon
#

i use "android hyperion grabber" app on my nvidia shield tv to send data to hyperion-ng addon running inside home assistant which controls the leds behind tv which are controlled by wled

sly island
#

But my setup has got an old reciever for surround sound, using a gaming monitor for video, but the video is ahead of audio so I don't always get the perfect A/V sync, so a box which adds a little delay to the video would be nice

#

I see your leds are sometimes faster than the sceen itself btw

cold moon
#

it's an old video

#

and the video is recorded at 4k 60fps

#

apparently >30fps it's fucky on recording

#

in person it looks fine and i've tweaked fps higher since that video

#

it's not perfect but it's 10x better than the hue sync box setup

#

and the govee setup where they have you put a camera above the tv is even worse lol

sly island
#

It just looks like the part where it says the year 2005, the lights behind it seems faster

#

Could also just be the input lag of the tv ofcourse

cold moon
#

nah it wasnt synced perfectly at that time + the video issue stated above

#

also it cant perfectly detect the color when there's black bars above/below

#

it does a pretty good job

#

it's still beta software man

sly island
#

It looks pretty darn cool though

#

Ask advice for one thing, get more ideas for other projects... 🥹

cold moon
#

i thought it would be distracting so i didnt set it up for a while

cold moon
#

it's actually more immersive

#

i might go back and replace it with 144leds/meter instead of 60/meter

sly island
#

Yeah I would also be fine with just a solid color depending on the scene, but thats difficult to do probably

cold moon
#

just so there's even more pixels

cold moon
#

that's $10 walmart tiktok shit

sly island
#

Yeah but if done right, pretty dope, film makers/studios should actually provide support for things like ambilight to enhance the experience

cold moon
#

nah keep hollyweirdos out of our living rooms

sly island
#

Instead of just relying on what's on screen, things offscreen could be added then

#

I do think in that video, the flashes in the flashy red/blue texts are adding more than in the bright scene with the bus, is that adjustable, that it doesn't do brighter scenes, but does do the little flashes of light?

cold moon
#

idk man

sly island
cold moon
#

led strip needs a controller

#

i use a $1 d1 mini esp8266 in a little 3d printed case

#

you can either buy a controller or make your own. as long as it runs wled and can connect to led strip you're fine

sly island
#

Yeah I just installed the app and installed the integration, but they both ask for a host

cold moon
#

i said addon not integration

sly island
#

Just to check out the apps

#

Didn't see an addon

cold moon
#

integrations are how you integrate things that are already setup to home assistant

#

you integrate after you setup the addon

#

you can run hyperbianOS on an old pi if you have one but the addon works fine and dont need another device for it

sly island
cold moon
#

right

sly island
#

Because it is not showing up atm

cold moon
#

then the addon shows up

#

in the addons store or w/e

#

scroll down and it's at the bottom

sly island
#

Re added, now it shows up

quaint jay
#

I'm looking to add garage door monitoring and control. I see a few options, but most seem to have downsides.

#
  1. The first thing I looked at was the GoControl/Linear GD00Z modules. Those seem like they should work, but apparently quite a few people have them die when the overdriven blue LED goes out after a year or so. They also have no customer support as their real market is security system installers. This does follow the UL safety guidlines.
#
  1. I could create my own by combine some form of sensor with some form of wifi or Z-wave relay. But many of the tilt sensors have reliability complaints. Of note are issues where they can stop working after a while, due to the ball bearings they use sticking. People suggest soldering in mercury tilt switches instead, but having to modify a sensor seems annoying. This approach does not follow the UL Saftey guidelines.
#
  1. Another option seems to be Tailwind, which now has a local api, and a hacs custom_component that can use it. It seems like a solid enough device, and it uses a hardwired magnetic sensor (similar to the ones used for door/window alarms), which means better reliability vs other sensor types. It is however originally designed to be cloud-first, and connecting it to the cloud is needed to get the local API key. This does have actually good support though. This does follow the UL safety guidelines.
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  1. Lastly, I see opengarage. This works, can do both MQTT and and a direct home assistant integration. It is a bit weird in the use of the ultrasonic distance detector. As expected from the nature of this, support is limited. On the plus side, one can always simply edit the firmware and recompile if needed to fix things. This does not follow the UL Saftey guidelines.
#

Thoughts or recommendations?

cold moon
#

For zwave the zooz 700 series or the aeotec 700 series is good

#

And buy usb 2.0 extenders for each usb stick to move them away from the usb ports on the blue. It’s a known interference issue for both protocols

#

@bright marten

bright marten
bright marten
cold moon
#

For zwave all mains powered devices are repeaters per spec

#

For zigbee in theory the same is true, in practice most devices fall into that category but not all

#

Ideally each stick would be centrally located

#

Some use PoE coordinators for zigbee like the tube one linked in z2m link above. For zwave they have a pi or something with controller connected to it and integrated to home assistant over lan

crimson minnow
#

Re: WLED - It's not as user friendly or organized as i would like

#

like the LED setup page, i feel like input fields were just thrown in there in haste

#

(this is coming from a person who does front-end web apps, so i'm probably biased as heck)

#

i contemplate how i'd rework WLED, but i would have to spend a couple more months absorbing the knowledge/domain of that project

cold moon
#

I’m not a dev at all but you’re welcome to join their server and try to help

crimson minnow
#

im' already in there lol

cold moon
#

Cool

crimson minnow
#

i respect the community for what they built

#

just needs that extra push in the UI direction to match the fun that LEDs give

cold moon
#

The app and webui controls are on par or better than paid options imo

#

And with ability to control with json, dmx, etc etc there’s no reason you can’t use whatever front end you want or even make one

#

The config is a one time thing

#

The presets and 2d mapping are weird but most people don’t need those

west yew
#

Any zwave or ZigBee wall wort plug recommendations that won't burn my house down? 110v USA. I have some cheapies from Amazon that are being recognized as lights instead of switches

west yew
hasty kindle
#

I'm running HA on a laptop now as a test but what's the best hardware that's readily available to run it on, considering the Yellow can't be gotten? I'm in the US.

cold moon
#

old laptop works fine, nuc works fine, used thin client is a cheap alternative

jagged crypt
gentle fossil
#

10-15… more like 30W because Intel_Core

runic tinsel
jagged crypt
gentle fossil
#

Well then that is just mine with a 3770t

tacit burrow
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I'd like to find a small-form pc, that can use a real disk (not sd), that's not a steenkin' rpi (that I can't get anyway)...

winged knoll
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There's no shortage of them, the question is whether you're willing to pay for them...

tacit burrow
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Can get, say "Dell OptiPlex 7050 SFF intel i5 6500 3.20GHz 8GB RAM 128GB SSD" for AU$179 but it's pretty big.

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I completely failed to get my rpi booting off an external drive, for no reason I could tell (yes, I wrote the setting to make it look , doesn't seem to work).

jagged crypt
tacit burrow
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And f**k sd cards.

winged knoll
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There's plenty of other similar sized units from them and others

tacit burrow
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I don't think I need anything that powerful, or that new (second hand probably OK). It's literally been 15+ years since I bought any pc hardware, except rpi.

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All my work machines are mac. My HA is currently running in a virtualbox on one of them...

jagged crypt
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old mac mini's?

tacit burrow
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But I've got a z* usb dongle on the way, feel like native would be better.

jagged crypt
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etc

tacit burrow
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That last one looks like a good option. Any know compatability issues with haos and ThinkCentre M910q Tiny?

jagged crypt
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you can ask me tomorrow when mine comes in

tacit burrow
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You .AU too?

jagged crypt
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california, but same product

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i have a m900 i5-6500t cpu, 8gig ram, some ssd.

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plan to drop proxmox on it, and vm hass. I want to put dns/dhcp server on another vm

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otherwise i would just use the whole thing natively

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they take sodimms if you want to run a couple other things, or leave as is and just run natively

tacit burrow
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Why proxmox vs haos?

jagged crypt
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i want to run another native linux software on the box

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but should be fine all native haos

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replacement fan units for these things look to be about $20 usd shipped, if they get noisy, after that, just replace it

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friend of mine has the newer generation versions with 10th gen intel cpu's in them. They obviously cost more with that, roughly same power for more perf though.

tacit burrow
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OK bought it 🙂

jagged crypt
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hope it works fine for both of us 🙂

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you just going to run haos ?

rapid breach
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Guys do any of you have the Tp-link deco X20 mesh and would you recommend them thanks or is there something better, thanks

elfin robin
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Anybody have recommendations for a pi4 power supply?

Pi4 with cooling fan, 500gb ssd, zigbee usb stick, and zwave stick.

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Noticed the one I have is making a strange whining noise which makes me nervous. 😬

still sapphire
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has any manufacturer igured out yet that there's a market for an otherwise unremarkable power bank that has a usbc input and separate output and can use both of them at once? ie, a miniature UPS vor USBC?

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(re: pi PSU, I use an official pi4 brick, 3A, and that'sbeen reasoably solid.)

quaint jay
elfin robin
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Nice. It gets good reviews too. If you think it'll be powerful enough to power all the connected hardware... I'll give it a shot. (looks like a better one than what I found). 😁

lean venture
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Hello ! Does anyone use an outdoor smart plug that works well with home assistant ? I want one with 2 outlet to use indoor for my aquarium.
I would like them to work with Thread, ZigBee or WiFi and if possible to have a monitoring. Of course it must work with home assistant.

I can't find any that workd, I've bought one from Kasa TP-Link but they can't work locally anymore so I've sent them back...

drifting grove
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hello, i'm new and i have a question. 🙂 i had changed from homey pro to home assistant and most of the automations works great on home assistant. but one automation makes me go crazy. i have a security automation, which triggers when some devices are disconnected from asus router. this part works great. when i come home and my smartphone is online and the door sensor is triggerd, i was able to start instantly a flow to disable security with homey pro. on home assistant, this will not work because the entities i can use from the integration will take to much time to change the state of a device i prefer.

is there a solution to modify this delay or has anybody a better solution for this?

with best regards 🙂

winged knoll
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because the entities i can use from the integration will take to much time to change the state of a device i prefer.
What ... what does that mean?

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Are you talking about detecting you arriving home?

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Are you talking about controlling other things?

drifting grove
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oh, sorry. yes, i want to detect, if someone is home.

winged knoll
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Then that bit is easy enough to address

outer knotBOT
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As an alternative to HA built-in bluetooth tracking, the monitor script uses separate devices, usually Pi Zeroes, to track bluetooth devices.
It uses MQTT topics to relay device status messages to HA. See this forum thread for more.

There is also an add-on available for it.

winged knoll
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That's one option. Using the connected WiFi sensor of the official HA app is another option.

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Using both of those I find that about 50% of the time people are detected as arriving home as they approach the front door, and the rest of the time they're detected within 10 seconds of opening the door.

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(opening the door kicks off a BT scan by monitor to see who's arriving home)

drifting grove
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Okay, thank you. 🙂 I can query the individual devices and also get a corresponding status - such as "At home" or "Away". The time from cell phone connected to router and change status may take 1 minute, which is not so optimal. Who likes to stand in front of the door for 1 minute until he is allowed to enter 🙂

winged knoll
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Well, if you want to detect it before the door opens you need to extend the reach of your network, or automate more

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A camera with face detection would be one option

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A motion sensor that triggers a BT scan would be another

drifting grove
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I'll give that some thought. 🙂 Is there a way to get the configurations of the devices in HA to manually change any intervals? I have not found a folder that contains the included devices. And in the yaml files is also no further in it.

winged knoll
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It's handled by the integration

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Mostly that means either you leave it to update itself, or write an automation that uses homeassistant.update_entity to force updates at shorter intervals

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If you're doing that though you're probably using the wrong tool (integration) for the job

tender aurora
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anyone gotten panasonic heat pumps integrated with h-a?

drifting grove
winged knoll
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You don't

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You call that service on the entity you want to update, and whether it updates or not depends on the integration

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I'd not expect it to result in the phone being detected any faster

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For a faster detection, see my previous recommendations

feral zinc
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Recently moved into a place, and they have installed LED strips in the kitchen paired with a Trådfri remote

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However, I cannot for the life of me figure out what kind of LED strips they are.

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Anybody got a clue from this video?

winged knoll
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Tradfri would point to Zigbee

quaint jay
# elfin robin Nice. It gets good reviews too. If you think it'll be powerful enough to power...

I have all of that, except the cooling fan (and my ssd is just slightly larger), and it is working fine for me. I can't actually say with certainty that the fan would not push it over the top, but I'm guessing not. (I have a 120ma cooling fan from my kit, but simply don't have it plugged in, as my temps have been fine without it). Given that this one is 3.5 A, and the official RPI supply is only 3A, I'd be surprised if the fan would push it over the edge.

It is also the suggested power supply in the home assistant installation documentation.

elfin robin
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Awesome, thanks for the recommendation! I just ordered it. 😁

loud kiln
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I’ve got three 70-inch wide windows that I want reliable, affordable smart blinds/rollers/shades for.

Any recommendations in the US?

It looks like Ikea Fyrtur/Tredansen cap out at 48” wide 😦

zealous dune
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Thirdreality got some

jagged crypt
# tacit burrow OK bought it 🙂

Installed proxmox and HAOS onto my i5-6500t Lenovo Thinkcentre 900 tiny. Current idle wattage is 8-11 watts, with a power on spike of 40watts, and a reboot spike of 30watts. HA isn't doing anything right now but talking to my hue bridge. M2 SSD + 8gigs of ram. Sengled Zigbee power monitor for checking right now, so not sure what std error is quite yet, and i'm getting some zero reading from the power monitor, but i also literally installed it just to test this box.

tacit burrow
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I think mine is fairly similiar (Lenovo ThinkCente M910q Tiny PC Intel i5-6500T @2.50GHz 8GB RAM 250GB SSD)
It's got to be better than running it on my imac, which is 30-35W if the screen is off, or 70W if it's on

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The only difference between m900 and m910q is onboard graphics Intel HD 530 vs Intel HD 630. But I don't even have a screen connected 🙂

jagged crypt
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you just ordered it yesterday right?

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i was expecting sata not m2 ssd btw, so nice bonus

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fyi, upgraded the bios on the unit first, the bios upgrades are "bootable" so you need to make it bootable. "f1" to get to the bios on bootup (not displayed).

jagged crypt
loud kiln
tacit burrow
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Yes, it'll be a few days, coming from different state

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I suppose I'll need to find a corded keyboard somewhere. All my machines are Mac these days.

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Added a keyboard and mouse to the order. Heheh.

jagged crypt
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it also comes with VTPRO remote desktop, look up "meshcommander" and you can get remote console on it. I haven't fully configured it on my end yet.

tacit burrow
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I had a big cleanup a couple of years ago, and threw away boxes and boxes of PC gear, including all my keyboards and mice, old servers, etc.

jagged crypt
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if you have a mac usb keyboard it will work

tacit burrow
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I'd have to steal it from my son - all mine are wireless. Easy enough to order a new keyboard/mouse, then I can leave it in the workshop with the HA and the camera NVR, in case I need it. I threw out all my old monitors also! 🙂

jagged crypt
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BT wireless? how do you pair at the start?

tacit burrow
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all my macs except 1 are laptops, so also have built-in keyboard+trackpad

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I think I've got/had one of those. But, probably lost the usb dongle for it.

jagged crypt
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it goes in the battery compartment, having thought i lost it also at one point

tacit burrow
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I've probably not been very good about putting it away 🙂 either are my kids

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I bought a new keyboard about mouse for about the price of that k400. Good enough.

jagged crypt
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manually rebuilding this new box, rather than backup/restore

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small enough network of stuff

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so far the reboot/restart speed is nice, and 4gigs ram vs 1gig ram is noticeable

tacit burrow
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My current ha is on a virtualbox with ssd and 3gb on a i5 so I’m not expecting too much difference

jagged crypt
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yea, i could see how that's not going to change much

tacit burrow
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But it’s smaller, uses less power, and easier to do usb/Bluetooth/zigbee etc with real hardware

jagged crypt
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i just did it with proxmox, mapped the usb stick into the vm, was a one option selection

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just turned the pi3 off

tacit burrow
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Would migrating to influx or mariadb speed things up?

winged knoll
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Not to InfluxDB, no, since recorder doesn't use that

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To MariaDB, maybe ... depending on where the performance problems are

tacit burrow
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I only notice interactive performance especially history view with a couple of days of high update data

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A couple of my integrations poll at 1s 😦

jagged crypt
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I realized I left the default 32gig data drive, may change that. I assume I can either grow the FS, or make a new virt disk, attach, move and remove the old virt disk

tacit burrow
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I need to remember to do that next week

jagged crypt
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well, removing the sengled power monitors from the config appears to POWER THEM OFF, not polite

tacit burrow
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Hehe

jagged crypt
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since i just power cycled one of my AP's

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the tasmota devices just changes user/pw/host on the mqtt config

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trying to get devices and entities to line up in names

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and the last power monitor is plugged into the server running HA....

tacit burrow
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Hahah

jagged crypt
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i caught it before deleting to rename

tacit burrow
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(Googling cheap ups now)

jagged crypt
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so shell game commences with power cables and shutdowns

jagged crypt
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and finished

edgy fog
sleek summit
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Anyone use inovelli blue switches ?

cold moon
severe lion
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Hey can someone help me out, i was just looking for a temperature sensor that wouldn't need me to get zigbe/zwave/etc hubs, so i came across the Shelly plus h&t that looks just like what i would want. It passes the wife approval and everything, but browsing ha forums i came across some threads where people are complaining that it's not working properly cause of the sleep mode. So i looked into that, and came accross this git thread, that just got commited to the dev(?) code base(?) minutes ago. https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/81121
Does this mean the issue is potentially fixed, and when the next HA update rolls out, it will be fine to have the h&t sensor in question, or is there more to it?

sleek summit
still sapphire
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This one might work: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B08L3CC222/ . Has a built in usb c cable and a usb c port, and it’s specified at least that it can output from both at once. But not sure if it can do pass through.

winged knoll
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Hey can someone help me out i was just

toxic furnace
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FYI - My migration off Tuya (SmartLife) is done! My Gosund Smart Plugs and Gosund Wired Switches were able to be flashed to Tasmota (via Tuya-Convert). I also had a couple wall outlets that were able to be flashed. The non-flashable stuff was switched to Zigbee. My Firewalla no longer reports a lot of blocked calls back to China, and the number of "China to me" calls has also stopped. It's nice to know if the Internet drops I don't have to run around the house manually turning on/off devices!

arctic coral
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Here is a thread I started regarding "Move Datadisk" and zwave taking a dump. Please have a look.
#zwave-archived message

Update: it seems like a reboot of HA OS makes the problem disappear for ~18 hours. So, I made an automation to do so daily. I'd rather have a solution, but a workaround will do... just as long I have reliability. Heck, that's why I offloaded onto a data disk in the first place.

shrewd fractal
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Folks - looking for a hand getting the ASUS USB-BT500 hooked up to HASS OS running on ESXi 7.0.3 Update d.

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I grabbed new rtl8761bu from the web but after jumping in to the supervisor OS the ro fs won't let me copy in new .bin files to /lib/firmware

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The redirect config in ESXi is working ok with Frigate and the Coral that's hooked up to the other USB port

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On boot the HASS OS is throwing stuff like "usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110"

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Anyone pulled this off before?

gentle fossil
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afaik only the bt400 is supported

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you cannot inject fw files into haos

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might need to wait for a new OS version

abstract coral
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Why hello there!

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Any recommendations on best mic array to use with rhasspy?

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Testing @honest mason

gloomy elbow
gloomy elbow
abstract coral
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God I fucking hate discord...

glossy prism
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Lol poor On 😭 🤣

abstract coral
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Ups...

gloomy elbow
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I suspect they're used to it by now

abstract coral
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Sorry on!!

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Well now my question is buried...

midnight thistle
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I bought a complete Minisforum GK50 fanless mini-pc with a Pentium N5030 processor (Amazon.de still in promo now 29-10-2022, for 211 euro for NL people) , so no barebone ,comes with M2-128GB and 8GB memory and with Windows-10-pro. I added an old 2.5inch HDD inside the box to the Sata connection. From the GK50-Windows-11-pro (I updated it first) with Balena Etcher I installed (via the URL) Home assistant (HA) with OS on the added HDD . Then restarted the GK50, pushed rapidly the ESC button to enter into the BIOS/UEFI (Megatrend). I changed the boot sequence to start with HA OS HDD. I had placed a reflashed Sonoff Zigbee plus USB stick into a free USB-port of the GK50. The GK50 comes up with HA and I can go to the (now) HA mini-server GK50 via my other PC via WebUI. The Sonoff connect's to Zigbee Home Assistant (ZHA). I added a few components to ZHA. Works OKE for me. The GK50 come with 2 LAN ports (a lot of foto's show only 1 ??) So my idea is to connect a P1-cable-to-RJ45 (for NL/Dutch smart power-/gas-meters) to the second LAN-port of the GK50 and try to get it working under HA for the data of Power production and Powe/gas consumption into this HA.
Will write a review on Tweakers.net (in Dutch) when I have time.

midnight thistle
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Home Assitant Hardware alternative for Raspberry PI

abstract coral
cerulean cradle
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Odd hardware request: anyone have a recommended small magnet for use with contact sensors? I need to fit it on the little lever for my sliding glass door lock

jagged crypt
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rare earth magnets on amazon/ebay?

honest mason
shrewd fractal
tacit burrow
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@jagged crypt I reckon i might use proxmox too

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Will that make using usb hardware harder? I never used proxmox before

shrewd fractal
gentle fossil
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Oh no i was wrong

gentle fossil
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Bad usb cable? How did you pass it through?

shrewd fractal
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You just add a PCI device and select the USB controller you want. That worked for Frigate anyway.

ESXi is being sus I think.. lsusb in the supervisor OS just shows a device address that feels like the controller's host address or something

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I guess I need to try adding it to a different VM, hopefully easier to figure out on a windows guest

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shrewd fractal
gentle fossil
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Esxi does weird things with passthrough of HID devices. Maybe it thinks its such a HID device

wide crest
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It’s been a few years so this is frustratingly vague but I had terrible trouble with Bluetooth and esxi with a Linux guest, same version of Linux on the same nuc and same adaptor but bare metal was fine. So even if you could get fw loaded it might still be a bit shit.

shrewd fractal
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Ugh annoying. Not showing up anywhere in Windows either

wide crest
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(It would just hang, and I’d have to unplug it and plug it back in)

shrewd fractal
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Luckily its working with Frigate and the Coral which has been massively more CPU intensive.

wide crest
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It was the shove I needed to ditch esx (most of my stuff is in docker so was a waste of time having esx)

shrewd fractal
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Yeah.. Sometimes I wonder why I'm running two hosts and a vcenter 🥲

wide crest
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Yeah that’s where I wanted to go 🤣 but between passthrough being flakey and the API being kinda sucky 😅

shrewd fractal
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I guess technically I have a VMUG sub so I could actually get help from VMware about it...

still sapphire
# edgy fog I use this https://www.zmi.com/products/zmi-powerpack-ambi-10k-dual-usb-c-power-...

Huh. I just figured out I already had a power bank from the newish category of “has normal ports and also has 4 integrated short cables (A, C, micro, lightning)”. https://www.isetchi.nl/producten/opladers/isetchi-4-in-1-magsafe-powerbank-20-000-mah-ingebouwde-oplaadkabels-universeel/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnvOaBhDTARIsAJf8eVPS66sujylzKDSbZL3dORdqBY5z8vgzOR8oZ3fbUa9rmb3-Td0X5J0aAlvFEALw_wcB . It appears to do pass through via charging on the usb C port and output on the USBC cable. What I will need to check is the power output capacity while this happens.

abstract coral
idle kelp
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How i can set indicator_mode on TS011F
von _TZ3000_gjnozsaz

mossy hemlock
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So I'm about as new as one can get. As summer is right on my doorstep in Australia I have some concerns regrading the temperature of.my house and my new server room. I am seeing all sorts of zigbee and wifi devices. With zigbee do I need some sort of special piece of hardware to translate between the devices and the hassio instance or is this just wifi but a special setup?
If so can you guys make some suggestions please

still sapphire
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Zigbee is it’s own thing - a low power mesh network. There are several ways to get zigbee into hass, but all require extra hardware.

meager gale
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@mossy hemlock I'm using the sonoff ZigBee USB dongle version P (zbdongle-p) with the ZHA integration. No issues. The E version also works.

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With a USB extension cable

still sapphire
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I’m using the dongleP as well but with zigbee2mqtt and mosquitto, seconding the extension cable. 20 cm is hard required, 1 meter is better, and 2 meters is better yet.

dull heath
#

Hey all, anyone ever built anything using a small electric winch? I made a system to suspend my clothes drying rack from the ceiling, and for the moment it's just manually lifted/lowered, but I'd like to find a small winch/motor with which I can make a winch, and make the whole system automatic...

modern palm
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People who got IKEA Tradfri buttons (the square shaped with on/off btns): i got 4 new pcs from ikea these days, 2 stop to work after some hours, after changing batteries and re-pairing they also won't work (also not the direct connections to the bulbs via group bindings).
anyone got those problems and was able to solve that?

candid thistle
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I’m a total noob with this stuff, I have a Wi-Fi dimmable bulb In a lamp controlled with HA. I have an unused switch in the room, can I somehow make that into a physical dimmer? I was imagining a Wi-Fi dimmer that triggers an automation, or maybe if I switch to zigbee this would be easier?

dull heath
jagged crypt
# tacit burrow Will that make using usb hardware harder? I never used proxmox before

Haven't got up with messages, but no. It was one gui option and worked right out the box for me, and I've rebooted a couple times already 🙂
to add: Install the VM, plug in the usb stick, click on the VM, hardware tab, ADD-USB-DEVICE, choose "use usb vendor/device id", select the ITEAD deivice, shutdown the VM, and restartart it. Done.

quaint jay
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How feasible dimming is depends on some details. For example, if it is a smart witch designed for dimming but with nothing connected to it, that is probably feasible via an automation. If it is a smart switch that is for on and off, it coyld be possible if you get buttin press and release events. For a dumb switch, not so easy.

candid thistle
cold moon
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@candid thistle for dimming you have a couple options. either buy a smart dimmer and use a dumb bulb, or buy a smart bulb and dimmer, or buy a smart switch (not dimmer) and smart bulb and then control dimming via automations like button hold down. the first option or second option is the best solution

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or shelly to do the same thing with existing switches of course

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i dont like the idea of shellys in the walls myself.. i'd rather do zigbee or zwave light switches and bulbs

quaint jay
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But while shelly with a dumb swutch could probably be made to work, it might not be convient, as it only provides a single input value.

Using groups/associations to pair a smart bulb with a smart dimmer of the same type woyld provide the best experience, since it will work even if the hub (home assistant) is down.

cold moon
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yep

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wifi bulbs are cool if you just need a couple and want cheap rgbw-cct options though

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i bought two gu10 bulbs flashed with WLED for a bathroom and they work great

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then i dim with automations like time of day or double tap on smart light switch

candid thistle
quaint jay
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If you utilize zigbee groups properly then yes.

dull heath
quaint jay
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Although i have more experience with the zwave equivlent, byt zwave bulbs are rare.

cold moon
dull heath
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And Bluetooth, but so?

candid thistle
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I’ll look into zigbee more, I’m a bit concerned about range since this would be the first set of devices and my hub would be located 2 floors down (in a townhome). Is there a recommended resource for someone new?

cold moon
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i also dont see a reason to use them over light switches and bulbs and being able to bind them

cold moon
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in situations where home assistant pi or whatever is in a corner or something.. people will use a network attached controller talking to home assistant over lan

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such as a zigbee PoE coordinator*

quaint jay
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I am a big fan of making sure the house will continue to function even if the home assistant (or other hub) is offline, which is why using binding/associations, or smart switches with dumb bulbs is impirtant to me. Obviously mast automations cannot work without the hub, but if your lights are stuck permenantly off, that is a problem

I have 12 smart switches, and only 4 smart bulbs.

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People think that is odd, i want guests to be able to operate the lights, and avoid having switching that must be left always on, etc.

cold moon
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it's not odd it's just not complete

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once you throw more money at it it'll be smart + guest friendly

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i went zigbee bulbs and zwave switches cuz i didnt like zigbee switch options so i cant really do much binding or direct associations

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but i knew that going into it

quaint jay
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Smart switches alone are enough for smart. Bulbs are just a bonus, or for lamps that use built in knobs. But many people go all smart bulb with no smart switches, whuch just seems wrong to me

jagged crypt
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i solved the "Switch" problem by using motion detectors everywhere. So we don't actually use switches except in the bathroom (ran out of motion detectors). if we lose in house connectivity, then the power switches work fine. Don't the smart switches allow physical on/off to still work in some fashion?

cold moon
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not if you have them in smart bulb mode

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it disables the relays so the smart bulbs always have power

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they still work if you bind them /direct association for zwave tho

quaint jay
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My house I leave smart bulb mode off, so the smart switches work like normal switches

jagged crypt
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by "smart switches" we mean controllers in the walls, right? IE, the physical switch interfaces with something that is "drive-by-wire" not physically engaging electrical circuits directly.

cold moon
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i wanted smart bulbs and switches because i wanted to be able to dim/color change / color temp change with automations and multi switch presses

cold moon
quaint jay
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Color and color temp is the main thing that you need smart bulbs for if you already have smart switches. You could do the automation dimming with just smart dimmers. (Like my Inovelli switches, including my new inovelli blues).

cold moon
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the inovelli blue are also $50 a piece and currently having issues with both zha/z2m but that'll be fixed as time goes on

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$$$

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they seem like a good option tho

jagged crypt
cold moon
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that is what we are talking about

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for renting if you arent there long term it's not really a good solution

candid thistle
cold moon
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Simple Direct 3-Way & 4-Way: Still no add-on and use it in larger set-ups for multi-point control. Wires like the ZEN26 model with quicker and easy installation guaranteed. (Neutral wire required)

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that's on the page i linked lol

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zigbee has similar options like the inovelli blue

candid thistle
cold moon
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honestly i have a hard time suggesting zwave if you want both bulbs and switches

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google zigbee rgbw bulbs then google zwave rgbw bulbs and see what kind of options you have lol

candid thistle
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I was thinking zigbee, replacing a few switches on the main floor to fill out the mesh network, then doing that dimmer switch for the top floor lamp

cold moon
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zigbee bulbs are much cheaper, many more options, and you can get a lot more cheap sensors with zigbee vs zwave

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Estimated delivery is the end of December. ^ inovelli blue

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also im not sure how many zwave switches are available that do NOT require a neutral

quaint jay
cold moon
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yea

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if the blues were out when i bought my zooz i might've gone that route

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even with the $50 price tag..

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i might eventually replace one or two switches with those blues and move them over to dumb areas like a closet

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where i just need on/off

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i also have led strips controlled my WLED (wifi) using esp8266/esp32 in most rooms for ambient / bias lighting so even with binding i still would be doing hass automations for motion and light switch triggers

molten obsidian
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not sure if this belongs in hardware or add-ons, but is running influxDB/grafana on a RaspberryPi with an SD card a Bad Idea?

cerulean cradle
tacit burrow
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@molten obsidian yes(ish). It will trash your sd card into failure, sooner or later.

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I'm trying proxmox on my old macbook pro, it seems super nice so far.

cold moon
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i've still never played with it

molten obsidian
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I’ve got a Mac mini that maybe I should move things too. Also a QNAP and a Synology as possibilities, but I suspect the Mac mini will probably be the best choice?

cold moon
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Anything is gonna be better than a pi with an sd card

molten obsidian
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Yeah, I was hesitant to trust a pi long term for anything “production” in my house, but I had one and it was super easy to get up and going.

blazing hazel
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what's the most elegant solution to usb power wall mounted motion sensors?

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I was thinking a usb keystone jack in the wall, next to a usb wall outlet

cold moon
molten obsidian
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well, after some USB swapping fun, now I have a vm running on my mac mini. that was easier than expected

tacit burrow
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Haos runs nicely on virtualbox

molten obsidian
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mine keeps locking up for some reason 😦

brazen osprey
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Do you know if there are any bluetooth buttons that work with HA? Just a simple button that will send pressed event to HA is fine. If it would use AAA batteries, that would be perfect, but not required.

tacit burrow
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There are Hue buttons - can probably use those?

brazen osprey
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looks nice, but are you sure it works with HA without philips GW? I have the GW, but i'm trying to simplify my setup as much as possible and make it as reliable as possible

abstract coral
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Grrr grrrrget
I've spent all morning researching hardware for rhasspy sattelites... Raspberrypi zeros are out of stock everywhere... Esp32 modules are in stock but I'm not sure if I can do the rest do get them working... M5 stack I just don't know if it'll work...

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I'm going around in circles and need to vent

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Does anybody at all have any idea or a BOM/parts list for a decent rhasspy sattelite that I can just sodding buy...

brazen osprey
hollow merlin
still sapphire
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Even for zeros?

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I thought those were worse than 4s

winged knoll
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They are

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Don't use anything below a 3 for HA

abstract coral
still sapphire
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Context was rhasspy satellite machines, though. Not HA as such.

thin egret
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Does anyone else have the issue that the Tuya TZE200 TRVs are automatically setting its heating setpoint to 16°C all the time?

abstract coral
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cc @hollow merlin

south void
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Hi, I have an existing ceiling light that goes on 100% when first turned on, and if you toggle off/on right after it goes to 80% and then finally to 60%. Does anyone know if I can use a fibaro zwave switch to control this is an elegant way? Trying to search for someone with a similar setup, but haven't found anything

void hollow
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Do you think Fire HD 10 7th gen 2017 tablets are too old to get for dedicated fully kiosk wall tablets?

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They're available for $25 USD refurbished atm

void hollow
cold moon
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i have the 2021 model with fully kiosk and i think it wakes up and loads screen pretty fast and navigates through dashboards fast too.. but i dont know if i'd be okay if it was any slower

stark meadow
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Hi there, I'm looking to purchase some LED strips to use with home assistant, are there any current favorites or suggestions? I'm also looking to get a smart light switch of some sort but not sure if that needs to integrate just yet

cold moon
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diy led strips are really so far above the competition it's not even funny

stark meadow
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Ohh ok

cold moon
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it's a bit of a learning curve

stark meadow
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Like hooked up with an esp32?

cold moon
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but they're really nice

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yep

stark meadow
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Nice, I've done one of those before

cold moon
stark meadow
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ws8187 or something I think it was

cold moon
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i just made a couple of those with WLED flashed to an esp8266 for each

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using ws2812b rgb strips

stark meadow
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Hahaha thats the fella

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Ok cool, I'll consider that instead then

cold moon
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you might want to look at sk6812 strips instead

stark meadow
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Any suggestions for a decent smart light switch

cold moon
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they are also 5v but they are RGBW

stark meadow
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Ohhh cool

cold moon
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so dedicated white channel instead of r / g / b making a "white"

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but they're like 3x more expensive lol

cold moon
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you really only have two options for the technology: zigbee or zwave

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you can get wifi ones (dont do this) , or you can use dumb light switches with something in the wall with a relay like a shelly, but for "smart switches" you want zigbee or zwave

stark meadow
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Ok cool, so the problem I'm looking to solve is that I have a light switch in my office that is gonna be hard to get too, so I want to try and install an inline switch of some kind, then get a physical button that can tell home assistant or alexa or whatever to turn that inline switch on. Preferably something that runs on a battery so that I can just stick it up on my wall near the door 😄

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I've seen online some switches that actually replace the physical switch, I'm cool with that if I can also get the relay to go on/off from something remote

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Like a physical button

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I guess another esp32/esp8266 kind of integration could work for that

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As long as the physical switch can integrate properly

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Ideally I would have a few buttons, one for the LED bulkheads I have on the ceiling and then some for my planned LED strips

cold moon
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So you either get a dimmer or a regular smart switch and then that can be configured different ways based on conf options

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You either have smart bulbs and a smart switch in smart bulb mode so it doesn’t kill power to bulbs when turning off

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Then you’d setup whatever automations you want inside home assistant to control things other than just the bulbs associated with that switch

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I.e. I turn my light switch on in kitchen and it turns smart bulbs on and also my Wi-Fi led strips running wled

stark meadow
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Ahh ok cool, that makes sense.

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So smart bulbs aren't an option for me really

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I guess these just have LED strips in them and some kind of power convertor anyway

cold moon
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Those say non dimmable

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So you want a smart switch not a smart dimmer

stark meadow
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So I could have one apart and swap the strip out and add a microcontroller maybe

cold moon
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Sounds like a lot of work but yeah probably

stark meadow
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And just leave the physical switch on I guess

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It's gonna be hard to reach anyways

cold moon
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Don’t buy that

stark meadow
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But I'm not sure if these will integrate with HA

cold moon
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Buy a Shelly or something not govee

stark meadow
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Ah, well

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Ok cool