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surreal burrow
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And if I upgrade my apartment to a heatpump in the future, I would need to swap the thermostat as well?

winged knoll
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You're running Container, or HAOS in a VM, or Supervised?

haughty cradle
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I am running HAOS on a ubuntu 22.10 linux machine. No VM

winged knoll
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Home Assistant OS is an operating system

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It would replace Ubuntu

outer knotBOT
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Repairs

Open your Home Assistant instance and show your repairs

winged knoll
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Go there, then dotsvertical and System Info

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Check what your install method is

cold moon
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How are so many people on supervised still lol

winged knoll
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I know, and broken Supervised installs

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Oh, Ubuntu is basically Debian, it'll be fine

Spoiler ||it wasn't||

haughty cradle
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How would I install it as a pure OS?

winged knoll
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That would - of course - wipe the current disk

haughty cradle
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Thanks. My install machine is a spare so wiping it is not a preoblem.

frosty mirage
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Anyone using Abode or a Ring Alarm Keypad for security available to answer some questions?

weak yew
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I feel like I am extremely stupid, I read this a few times already and I am really appreciative but could you like send me some good switches.

pallid prairie
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I know the feeling

random igloo
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Anyone have experience with Kichler Design Pro Led Z Wave Dimmer Modules? I can see their status in the dashboard but I cannot control them from there. I don't have that issue with any of my other Z Wave devices.

winged knoll
paper zealot
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hey guys, are there some known issues with roborock/xiaomi vacuums? me and also a friend cant see the map neither within home assistant nor in xiaomi home app.

paper zealot
cold moon
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ah yes china cloud

paper zealot
paper zealot
cold moon
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the only way i'll use a robot vacuum is if it's flashed with that and local only

paper zealot
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i know valetudo and i would also prefer that. but its not a thing for everyone...maybe after i lost my warranty or they shut down the servers completely i will give it a shot.

short stag
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I have two Sonoff ZB Bridges in the drawer. Did use them for some time as Zigbee coordinators (with Tasmota) but they were to unstable. Now I was wondering if this hardware can be used for anything else (with tasmota or ESP) - like some DIY project or something.

cold moon
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They were unstable because they use a Wi-Fi interface instead of eth. They shouldn’t exist and no one should be suggesting them

short stag
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I did not have problems with them until zigbe2mqtt 1.29.0. Before that they worked well. And they were cheap. But after moving to zzh! I forgot about any problems with zigbee network. Was wondering if the hardware itself can be used for anything or should I just trash them.

long elk
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Hello all 🙂 I'm using Alarmo on Home assistant as our alarm system.
We have a recently build house, and I did foresee all the wiring for an alarm system. In every window or door, there is a build in contact sensor which I would love to use in HA. They are all wired and are ending up in the garage next to my intel NUC which is running HA.

The wires look like this:

https://tweakers.net/i/FjmbpRpC3lEKfmC2tOH66p5vzhw=/x800/filters:strip_icc():strip_exif()/f/image/GgGlOgKdoFOOYhhcYKKgK41U.jpg?f=fotoalbum_large

Is there a way to connect all these cables to home assistant?

gentle fossil
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Totally possible that these wires have 20v on them, careful!

long elk
outer knotBOT
winged knoll
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You want that ☝️

long elk
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Oh, never heard of that one, nice!

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thanks

pallid prairie
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So I'm gonna use the inovelli blue switches which seem pretty cool. But what about the bathroom with a fan? They have an option coming soon, but if it didn't make it is there a us zigbee alt?

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Or a different kind of bathroom fan I guess

heady forum
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Hi - not a problem with HA, but, with Shellys... does anyone know how to stop it resending a MQTT command when it regains connection?

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basically, at about 3AM wireless seems to drop for 3 seconds which causes Shellys to reconnect and upon reconnecting, they send an event that triggers an automation for switch press

long elk
winged knoll
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Sure

long elk
# winged knoll Sure

Do you perhaps have some information about this or an example/guide? I'm a greeny when it comes to ESP 😦

winged knoll
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ESPHome or Tasmota

winged knoll
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Both of those have their own sites with loads of documentation, and their own Discord server where you can get help

cold moon
round bone
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I need to back to old boring topic but... while I don't like raspberry PI it doesn't mean it is bad idea.

Why mini PC > rpi for dedicated server for HAOS?
rpi is cheaper.

Any issues with rpi? Even with 2 GB RAM? This is recommended RAM in HA page.

cold moon
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no we just like wasting people's money 😛

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and then i'll point back to this thin client as a better option regardless

winged knoll
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Well.... the Pi4 is mostly fine, but the older Pis not so much

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Power issues with the older Pis is the norm, not the exception

round bone
cold moon
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that's a mini pc

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thin client like linked above are still better than a pi4

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and depending on where you buy them you can get them for $50 or so

winged knoll
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Second hand laptop with a busted screen rocks

cold moon
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word

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but he's building out a new house iirc

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so i didnt suggest taht

winged knoll
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You can pick those up easily enough as they're not "usable"

round bone
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ok I don't know this model, I have to read what it is

cold moon
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idk why he wont just buy a decent mini pc when buying a house for what? half a mil? 750k? more?

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#logik

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your time is worth more than this lol

round bone
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thinking that way all we should buy Homey Pro or something else and not use HA at all 😉

cold moon
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enjoy the suck

winged knoll
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I'm really happy to have spent £300 or so on my AMD box that runs HA, Frigate, and loads of other things

round bone
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yeah, I just don't want to go into overpower machine for HA

winged knoll
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Keep in mind that "overpower" means it spends more time idle, which can result in overall lower power usage than a box that's running highly utilised all the time

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Also, NVMe > SSD > spinning rust > SD

cold moon
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but bro i can buy a $50 endurance sd card bro!

round bone
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let me rephrase my question: why many people tell to not setup HAOS on rpi?

remote pilot
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for 50 bucks I can buy SATA SSD + enclosure

cold moon
remote pilot
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funny enough I'm waiting for an SSD to arrive from amazon

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I ordered ssd + enclosure in the same order and the enclosure showed up empty

cold moon
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for your 3d printer?

remote pilot
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and then the ssd is ... in transit

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yeah for the 3d printer

round bone
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oh and to make it clear: I have never used rpi, so I totally have no idea about how it works in practice. Only from YT 🙂

winged knoll
remote pilot
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if the ssd doesn't show up today, they'll refund me heh

round bone
remote pilot
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the mini pc does seem like a good option. especially since x86/64 + virtualization supported

winged knoll
round bone
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I don't need virtualization, because I want to have server dedicated to only HA

winged knoll
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But... if you don't want to believe us that a Pi3 sucks, don't...

round bone
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meh I will probably not got into rpi then, because I didn't use it and I am too lazy to invest my energy only for HA 🙂 I guess rpi doesn't run exactly in the same way as regular PC.

winged knoll
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Pi4 is fine if you want to play with SBC systems

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But, I wouldn't buy one just because you can (assuming you can)

cold moon
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with esp32 and esphome i find pi less and less useful by the day

remote pilot
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nice. my stuff from alixepress is arriving this week. only took 2-3 weeks

random stream
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Looking at getting some temp sensors, do Aqara sensors actually need a hub or can I pair it with HA directly?

winged knoll
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"All" you need is a decent coordinator, and probably some Zigbee routers - #zigbee-archived can explain all that if needed

random stream
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I have a HA Yellow which should work as a coordinatior I think.

winged knoll
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Well, it has a coordinator

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You'll want to use ZHA with it

random stream
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thanks

compact kettle
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Hi! I'm just getting back into HA and getting some zigbee devices going, is there a zigbee equivalent of the aeotec multisensor 6? I'm aware of the BRUH multisensor but that's very dated, is there a next gen version?

winged knoll
pallid prairie
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Oh inpvelli blue is on Amazon I can have them tomorrow.

gloomy spoke
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Their site is a little confused. It acted like it had stock, but when I tried to add devices it immediately said that I had ordered more than they had and something like -476 would be on backorder 🙂

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$5 more per switch on Amazon

pallid prairie
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Yeah I don't need them for like 3 weeks so I'm trying to figure out what to do.

gloomy spoke
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I still have an order that I placed on their site a few weeks ago sitting in "placed", so I hope they're not preferring Amazon over their own site

pallid prairie
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It says shipping beg to mid april

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But idk what to do about a fan switch

gloomy spoke
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they've been giving updates on their forum and subreddit

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It's amusing that their CEO keeps saying that he needs to spend more time on the forum and reddit 🙂

remote pilot
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they probably shipped a crate to amazon for fulfillment so it might go faster?

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I think that's how amazon works in general at least

pallid prairie
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Amazon has 2 ways to sell, fba and fbm, where you either ship yourself or prepack.

flint sorrel
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Hey, I'm just getting started with Home Assistant, and I'm trying to figure out exactly what I need to use to connect devices to my HA instance. I'm running the core in a docker container on an old desktop computer of mine.

So my question is, what devices are recommended to connect my instance to smart devices, and do you guys have any recommendations of smart devices that work well? I have some ideas in mind already (lights, temp, some "home alarm" style things, and a tablet hub).

I am also curious if there are any recommendations of do's, dont's and must's. I'm completely new to the HA business (other than lurking the subreddit for about a year) and the HA website really doesn't go over the hardware setup portion of things, like, at all. Unless I just missed it because I'm blind.

(Please ping me if you respond, I am in way too many discord servers and have way too small of an attention span)

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And just so I can see if I'm understanding things correctly; If I were to buy something like the ConBee II, I would essentially just connect it to my HA instance, then anything ZigBee that I had would act as basically mini-routers that send data back to the ConBee? And the correct term for the ConBee would be the "Coordinator?"

gloomy spoke
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Just 'router', not 'mini-router', but otherwise yes

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But you shouldn't buy a Conbee

flint sorrel
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What would you recommend instead?

gloomy spoke
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Also:

outer knotBOT
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There are three Zigbee options with Home Assistant (regardless of how you install it). These are:

zha is actively developed as part of Home Assistant Core, using the zigpy stack, the UI also being part of Home Assistant. The EmberZNet based sticks are recommended (though the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset), but there are other options including the CC2652 based sticks. There is no list of supported devices, as any standards compliant device should work. Devices that require extra support are listed, and adding unsupported devices is documented.

Zigbee2MQTT is very actively developed and can run in an add-on, in a Docker container, and natively. As of 1.15 has a native UI, and it also uses MQTT for control and configuration. It supports mostly TI based sticks, with the recommended option being the [CC2652 based sticks](#zigbee-archived message). If you want to use an EmberZNet stick see this issue. The known working devices are well documented (which usually includes how to pair them so you don't have to find the manual), and adding unsupported devices is also documented.

deCONZ is relatively stable and mature with its own UI (and Discord server). It can run in an add-on, in a Docker container, or natively. Only the ConBee range of sticks and RaspBee GPIO boards are supported. Known working devices are documented, and how to request support for a new device is documented too (you can't add unsupported devices yourself).

gloomy spoke
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Just ignore the deCONZ part

gusty sequoia
# flint sorrel Hey, I'm just getting started with Home Assistant, and I'm trying to figure out ...

A few random thoughts to hopefully help:

musts: backups. automatic backups, that go somewhere not on that machine. You're using core, so you won't have addons, but the approach used by the google drive backup addon might still be instructive. The backup/restore ecosystem in HA is great, so take advantage of it.
don'ts: buying stuff without researching its ability to be integrated first, which sounds like you're not likely to do, but still

to connect devices you have a few different options -- you've mentioned ZigBee, which is one option, and similar to it is Z-Wave. In theory, Z-Wave is more readily compatible at the cost of being a little bit more expensive, but people have good experiences and bad experiences with both. Both of them are completely non-internet-connected, local control. Pretty much the gold standard by most assessments; either one will require a coordinator (including the relevant radio(s)) connected via USB or network to your home assistant instance. locally-communicating Wi-Fi (or Ethernet, sometimes) devices are also an option, and things like ESPHome (which is also great for DIY) can be great for that; some commercial products will also have local-only ways of communicating. Finally, there's the worst case, which is stuff that you have to connect through via a cloud connection of some sort. You can always see which of these a given thing is by looking at the "IoT class" listed on the integration page on the home assistant website ("Local Push" is the best case -- see https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/12/classifying-the-internet-of-things/#classifiers, anyway). There's also some official things like android/ios apps.

You mention a tablet hub -- what's often recommended there is running "Fully Kiosk Browser" on an android tablet, or the official android app.

long elk
# winged knoll You want that ☝️

I ordered my 'Konnected Alarm Panel Pro 12-Zone Conversion Kit' after testing some of the wires to see if everything is ok 🙂 Thanks for the support 😉

bitter dove
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocOO-8X_-Rk looking at doing this similar project with a garage mosquito shade as I don't like how they only velcro them on and tuck them up out of the way. Another option would be curtain automation but that might be harder or more hardware. I was thinking magnetizing the sides too so they seal that way but enough weight to drop the bottom of each side of the curtain: https://a.co/d/9v2FhCS

round bone
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Is there any hardware bridge for home assistant which is one device for all? Zigbee, z-wave, 433, 868 mhz? Something like homey bridge but for home assistant.

winged knoll
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No, and such a device would probably suck in some way

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There is a combined Zigbee and Z-Wave stick, and it's old and outdated

round bone
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Thanks

gentle fossil
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... waiting till someone makes a flipper zero integration

pallid prairie
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Zigbee2mqtt is preferred, correct?

winged knoll
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No

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Neither ZHA nor Zigbee2MQTT are preferred

pallid prairie
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Which one do you use

winged knoll
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I use Z2M

pallid prairie
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That was my plan as well.

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We're gonna have so much fun these upcoming weeks

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Until I'm poor and my lights turn on when I cry from water sensors

peak talon
pallid prairie
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When next month's bank and cc statements come the tears will be real I promise.

visual wyvern
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i would like to control my infrared heating via home assistant but at the moment i only have a normal thermostat does anyone know what i would need

brazen fulcrum
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Can a raspberry pi zero w 2 handle home assistant?

copper juniper
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not very well

brazen fulcrum
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Too slow for it?

tacit burrow
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Yes. And not enough ram

brazen fulcrum
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Oh okay

tacit burrow
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It’s half the speed of a pi 3b+ which is the bare minimum

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IMHO used sff pcs are the way

brazen fulcrum
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Okay

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How can I check the start up times and stuff?

remote pilot
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start up time?

tacit burrow
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What do you mean? On that pc? It’s too small man

remote pilot
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how often you do restart it

brazen fulcrum
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Im running it on my pi 4 now

brazen fulcrum
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I just did one

tacit burrow
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Does it matter if it’s 30s or 60s?

remote pilot
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why do you need to reboot it that often o.o

tacit burrow
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Use a watch or check the log timestamps

brazen fulcrum
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I had some errors in the logs

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I rebooted it and they’re gone

tacit burrow
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Win 🙂

cold moon
tacit burrow
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Unless he pasted the errors we’re not going to be able to help. And it’s probably not #hardware-archived

cold moon
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Wait we’re supposed to be helping people?

tacit burrow
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on a good day :0

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I didn't click that his frequent reboots were a "solution" to his errors. Duh.

remote pilot
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oh my mmwave presence things arrived

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in typical aliexpress packaging

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doesn't seem like the sensors are damaged though

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smaller than I thought too

cold moon
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which one is it

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those cheap new ones that only work for a short range?

remote pilot
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tyua ZY-M100

slim wren
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Anyone know of a continuous moisture sensor for concrete walls or insulation similar one of these

proud scaffold
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Does someone know an good sensor to measure the water temp in my pool and read it on HA

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tag me pls

hollow mirage
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Hey Guys, someone using a BW-RC1 IR Controller?

limber pawn
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Hey, I had a Google Voice Kit V1 laying around and finally decided to put home assistant on it. It runs on a raspberry pi 3. There was a button included in the kit and i wondered if i can use it with home assistant. Can i just connect it to the pins and read that?

winged knoll
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HA no longer has native GPIO support - you'll need a custom component for it

limber pawn
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oh, then i probably will leave that out for now. Im still new to HA. Thank you

pallid prairie
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Is this thing useful? Or keep separate?

gusty sequoia
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Better to get dedicated sticks, that one isn't good at either one of ZigBee/Z-Wave

mortal coral
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Very new here, also to the more advanced use of home assistant, but I have the following question: How can I get air quality info measured in ug/m3 from the Starkvind air purifier using the Dirigera hub? I used to have this with the old hub and the Tradfri integration, but since upgrading this disappeared. The app for the Dirigera hub does show the air quality since about a month.

valid frigate
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so had my Reolink track mix about 2 weeks now and the best camera I have had yet, I love the way how the second lens tracks

boreal finch
hollow mirage
remote pilot
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Fwiw the ikea stuff works using ZigBee so you could have your purifier connected via something like Z2M

tranquil girder
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should i anticipate any problems if i pass my bt/zigbee etc adapters through a usb hub

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looking at getting a device witha small number of ports, want to make sure i want run into any issues

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ty

warm orbit
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I have HAOS installed on a Lenovo m910q Tiny. Now i search a USB-Wifi stick. Is there a list with supported devices? (Ethernet is connected and WiFi is for connecting the Inverter)

remote pilot
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I don't think there's an "officially supported" wifi stick but probably what ever works well out of the box with debian is good enough? so you don't have to play around with drivers and what not

winged knoll
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Well, HAOS isn't Debian

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It's BuildRoot based

remote pilot
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oh my bad

warm orbit
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So any buildroot compatible stick will work?

winged knoll
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Should ... 🤞

blazing vector
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anyone have a suggestion for a smart plug that works well with home assistant?

outer knotBOT
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Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
winged knoll
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Country is probably the most important one of those 😉

blazing vector
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any protocol to be honest (wifi / zigbee /z-wave) and in america.

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sorry

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I use shellys for most of my switches but I just need a smart outlet to turn the amplifier on for my patio speakers.

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maybe a shelly is the best choice here.

cold moon
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fully local control + power monitoring and on sale they're like $6 each in a 4 pack

blazing vector
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oh that is a thing? you can flash them with esphome?

cold moon
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ya but you have to take them apart and either solder onto pads or buy pogo pin things

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i chose hardmode soldering onto tiny pads

blazing vector
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I am not put off by that to be honest lol

cold moon
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example

blazing vector
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awesome thanks!

cold moon
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you need an ftdi adapter

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i suggest a blue "legit" one not the red ones with the knockoff chip

blazing vector
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ok perfect

cold moon
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and make sure to use the correct power jumper

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3.3v i think

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it'll be in a tutorial somewhere 😛

steep grove
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Hey all - not sure where to ask this... Wondering if anyone has experience with Sengled Zigbee LED strips? E1G-G8E

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Added via ZHA just fine, but touched the color temp slider and now the LEDs in the strip are alternating colors

gusty dust
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Is anyone aware of a poe doorbell chime, just the chime? Or some sort of alternative. Googling poe chime didn't give me any good results, and if there really weren't any available I figured a poe speaker or speaker with ethernet input may work as an alternative.

remote pilot
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like you want a push button that sets off a chime or?

gusty dust
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I have a smart doorbell in mind that I can network back to home assistant.

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I'm asking specifically about the chime itself though currently

cold moon
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<@&330946878646517761> ^

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thx

jovial pulsar
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The bot handled that one.

cold moon
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i thought robbie got it

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the bot got one earlier today cuz it spammed instantly in a bunch of channels and hit an automod spam filter

gusty dust
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What happened?

gloomy spoke
cold moon
gusty dust
pallid prairie
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I did it, I'm a homeowner. Now to start buying

pallid prairie
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@cold moon Intel 10400f or ryzen 5 5600

steep galleon
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I’m having a hard time finding lights and power strips that work locally without any cloud interface/signup required (USA). Price range: $15/bulb or under, would like dimming and color features (also looking for plain on/off as well). $40 for a power strip (no power monitoring needed). Impartial about protocol, just want one that can integrate directly with a PI 3b+ without too much hastle or any internet required

cold moon
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they come preflashed with wled and are fully local and able to be integrated with home assistant and controlled via their app on lan or directly connecting to their broadcasted access point

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also you can do fun shit with them like sync to music with another wled controller with a microphone built in or https://www.ledfx.app/ on your computer.. or lots of other ways

remote pilot
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pinging you over here so I don't get blamed for talking too much in zigbee lol

north star
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@remote pilot I saw that one, but im Canda and I have CTX units with an S21 interface, and the S21/P1P2 interface do not support forcing heat or cool

remote pilot
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I was looking at mitsubishi ones but seems like it's specific to their system

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ah

empty nacelle
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@runic drift you hanging in there?

north star
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something like this ..

remote pilot
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that looks uhm like a mess

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lol

north star
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but my boards look nothing like that

remote pilot
north star
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so id need to figure it out, and i have zero electronics experience.. im a systems engineering guy who deals with large scale clusters and stuff

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i tried to solder a 433mhz sensor the other day and just ended up bridging a bunch of pins

remote pilot
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ah mhm

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I'm not quite in condition to do electronics work atm so I haven't bothered to go any further. at best I'd buy pre fab'd stuff for now

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maybe in a few months

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need the plug it in like legos option for now

north star
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ahhaha

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removed the case, double sided tape and was able to fit them in the heads

remote pilot
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oh I see

north star
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interesting while poking around I was able to get them to send debug information via UDP

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but I couldnt make heads or tails of it

remote pilot
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interesting

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they went 180 on local API huh

north star
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Some of the new units also work

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Using the old API

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for example AZAI6WSPDKC works with pydaikin

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and that was released in 2020

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and also has 24V thermotat support, but it still uses the internal thermistor for sensor readings.. it just "asks nicely" to cool

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or heat

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I have spent FAR too much time trying to get the system t oactually hit setpoint

remote pilot
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lol clearly

north star
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im very temperature sensitive

remote pilot
north star
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that's nice and compact

remote pilot
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just plug into the header on the logic board and you're good to go

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but yeah just need the mini board + solder header + make wire

north star
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wish i could do that. i have stacks of esp

remote pilot
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ah

north star
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and the worse part about the daikin is, it wont let you set the setpoint below 18C

remote pilot
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that's pretty cold xD

north star
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so i could work around the issue with it not cooling to set point by forcing with ecobee to a ridiculous temp to force it to cool

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but i cant

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well, itll be 21C in the room and daikin will start cooling and then magically think its 17C

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and shuts off

remote pilot
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oh

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I see

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now that I think about it, I don't think the mitsu air handler temp is quite accurate either

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but it's within a few degrees so I can just set it around the right temp I want

north star
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yeah ..

runic drift
strong cypress
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anyone hear of someone integrating a Gosund device (plug)

warm orbit
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Has anyone this usb-wifi dongle tested with HAOS?

drifting grove
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Hi folks
I've just taken delivery of a new sonoff ZigBee coordinator....how do I go about swapping it with my existing one? Does it require a system reboot? Running on a Pi

obtuse tree
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Hey folks, does anyone know if sonoff rf bridge can pair with other brands of light switches e.g. coolseer?

winged knoll
olive brook
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i have som kids running around my house, and are afraid they will destroy somthing, so i need to buy some Security Cameras. But what is good?

winged knoll
outer knotBOT
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Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
pallid prairie
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I just realized I have a DS1019+ I stopped using at the office... I'm thinking about using this for additional storage with the server I'm gonna build, is that worth it? or better off just putting the drives into a server?

winged knoll
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Depends on the server

pallid prairie
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I'm gonna go DIY build, instead of rackmount I think

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prob something that will fit on a shelf on the rack

#

trying to decide between ryzen 5 and the intell, uh 10400

winged knoll
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Then if you get multiple NICs maybe it'll be worth it, but ... mostly sounds like added complication to me

pallid prairie
#

I will say I stopped using it because I have unlimited google cloud and we use that, and the synology OS was very clunky to use

winged knoll
#

Maybe keep it to act as your home backup server?

pallid prairie
#

that's what I'm thinking... just to play around with

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maybe camera storage or something

remote pilot
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seedbox 😄

pallid prairie
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I'm too old to help people pirate tv shows

#

how do you guys feel about ryzen 5 v intell 10400, or have a preferred home server CPU

winged knoll
#

My personal view is that it's always about price/performance/power

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Ideally you want to get the most possible performance for the lowest possible power

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And then at a price you can afford

pallid prairie
#

that makes sense

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I'm also gonna go see this wholesaler I deal with for work and see if he has anything that's a steal, good ol laptops for less

tawny rover
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I have a ASRock J5040-ITX. 40W, with a quad SATA card, 4 rust and a SATA SSD. Could probably tune the disks to spin down, but I’ve not bothered yet. Quite pleased with performance/power overall. And the PSU is some spare I had in a drawer for a decade.

remote pilot
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Don't bother with spin down unless they're sitting idle for a long time is what I read

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You'll just add more wear and tear

tawny rover
#

Cool, won’t bother looking at that then. 🙂

burnt barn
#

Hi! I received my HomeAssistant Yellow a few months ago but can’t find a CM4 anywhere (I know, supply chain issues).

How are people getting their hands on a CM4 for their HomeAssistant Yellows?

cold moon
#

They aren’t

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People are buying better hardware like mini pcs

pallid prairie
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And building whiteboxes while torturing the nice people here.

cold moon
#

torturing?

pallid prairie
#

Asking a million questions

quick quiver
#

The cheapest hardware to run home assistant is located in the dumpster at work

peak sinew
#

Hello, hoping to get some advice. I have read that it’s recommended to use a usb extension cable with zigbee and zwave dongles. Would a usb hub work if I want to use both a zwave and a zigbee dongle with it? Or does it need to be 2 separate extension cables for each dongle?

gentle fossil
#

I run a zwave and zigbee stick on the same 2.0 hub connected with a usb3 cable on a usb3 port fine

remote pilot
#

it's really about the inteference

gloomy spoke
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The point is not to have it near other USB 3.0 ports, specifically. So plugging the dongles directly into a hub may not help

remote pilot
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I guess if the hub is usb 2.0 then maybe it's okay?

peak sinew
winged knoll
ancient siren
#

Hi,
does anyone have advice on how I could detect if a door is locked? (not just closed but realy locked)

I have a cat which can open doors and I would like to be able to check if I locked the door or forgot it.

I don't want to add a smart lock that could also be unlocked. I just want a detector.

Building something myself would be ok, but I would prefer a of the shelf solution.

winged knoll
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What kind of lock? Something that throws a bolt you can detect is a lot easier than something like a cylinder lock

ancient siren
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It has a bolt with goes into the wall (so It's not easily accessible) and it is operated using a key.
I'm from Europe (I don't know much about looks, but I know there are some differences between the US and here 😅 )

winged knoll
#

So, you could #diy-archived it with a contact switch in the hole to detect the bolt, or even modify a leak/door sensor that way

cosmic crane
#

Are there any options for mini speakers (that can be cast to) that I can put around the house? I don't need smart assistants like Google/Alexa, just a discreet speaker. Is there anything like the Nest Mini? Usecase is playing music in the office, kitchen etc

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Ideally something wireless that I can just plug into a socket nearby.

winged knoll
#

Symfonisk? Anything that supports SlimProto (Logitech Media Server/Squeezebox)

opaque atlas
#

I have a Synology DS920+ running home Assistant and a bunch of other crap. I'm sick of issues with ports, IP addresses, etc that come from running containers in docker, and want to get a NUC to run HA as an OS and other home automation add-ons.

I'm paralyzed with indecision because of the sheer number of options available. This one caught my eye. I like the idea of running i5 because I may do some video in the future. Would also like the option to install a coral accelerator.

Any thoughts or better recommendations? Under $150 is my budget. Thank you!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175682672203?hash=item28e780d64b:g:FxAAAOSwyTdkCIJT

cosmic crane
winged knoll
#

There's loads of low cost stuff that does

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A lot based around Pis

opaque atlas
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Not interested in Pis, but thank you. Not available enough and by the time you set it up with an SSD it's as expensive and less capable than a mini PC or NUC 🤷‍♂️

winged knoll
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I wasn't suggesting Pis to you 😉

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I was responding to the other question, the one immediately above my response...

opaque atlas
#

Ah. That makes way more sense lol

drifting grove
#

Hi, I have been looking around for a sous vide cooker, that can be connected to Home Assistant without querying the cloud API. As far as I could see, most plugins do that. Is that conclusion correct or am I missing something? https://community.home-assistant.io/t/anova-sous-vide-cooker-control/101619 looks like its querying the manufacturer backend, but then there is something like a mitm proxy mentioned, so I guess there is a proxy that intercepts the messages? And there is https://community.home-assistant.io/t/integrating-tuya-powered-sous-vide-machines-mzj-category-inkbird-isv-200w/357977 , but it seems to query the cloud as well. Are there other sous vide cookers that can be integrated only locally?

winged knoll
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You may find some of the Tuya ones work with one (or more) of the local tuya integrations. Sadly cloud lock in is normal.

drifting grove
#

Hi, thanks for your answer. Sad to hear

visual wyvern
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does anyone know what i need to control my heating with home assistant

outer knotBOT
#

@visual wyvern Don't ask to ask, just ask your question. Then people can answer when they're around.

When you do ask a question, try to provide as much background detail as possible. Ask yourself these questions first so that others don't have to:

  1. What version of the Home Assistant are you running? (remember, last isn't a version)
  2. What exactly are you trying to do that won't work?
  3. Is the problem uniform or erratic?
  4. What's the exact error message?
  5. When did it arise?
  6. What exactly don't you "get"?
  7. Can you share sample code, ideally with line errors where the error occurs?
visual wyvern
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I am using Home Assistant 2023.4.2
Frontend 20230406.1 - latest and would like to replace this thermostat (https://www.bauhaus.info/raumthermostate/voltomat-mikro-raumthermostat/p/25049857?gclid=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8Gee4Eecg8Ng8RKz5R8w_biZfevgXYI2CMBWWt8n9M4IEOAajG_QYxoC46UQAvD_BwE&ef_id=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8Gee4Eecg8Ng8RKz5R8w_biZfevgXYI2CMBWWt8n9M4IEOAajG_QYxoC46UQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!5677!3!427263744637!!!g!892423095283!&cid=PSEGoo9709540987_99390939837&pla_campid=9709540987&pla_adgrid=99390939837&pla_prpaid=892423095283&pla_prid=25049857&pla_adt=pla&pla_prch=online&pla_stco= my thermostat is almost the same only that you have an extra switch to turn the heating on and off) with a display with home assistant. I already have the display and it works, but I need to know what kind of thermostat I need to buy to make it work with home assistant

remote pilot
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I think you should go about it the other way, find a smart one and then see if it integrates with HA in the way you want

#

at least the problem for me is that I can't tell what that is? is it for baseboards?

visual wyvern
remote pilot
#

since you're dealing with mains voltage I'd suggest you open up your local hardware store and see what they offer tbh

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and then see if it's compatible to suit your needs. like if you wanted an app on your phone or like zigbee etc

#

better chance of something that won't cause fires...

visual wyvern
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ok i will do it

remote pilot
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I mean you can certainly link us to stuff you find for advice xD

visual wyvern
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sure

arctic gull
#

Hey, so i have pulled the trigger on setting up a diy ambilight system using hyperhdr/home assistant with the video signal being sent from my Nvidia Shield with the android hyperion grabber app.

Im looking for advice on choosing the led light strip. Which strip would give the absolute best experience in regards to color accuracy and maximizing the ambilight effect? Would it be worth it to go with 144 leds/meter or is 60 enough? Would 144 leds get too hot or need too much power? Are 5V strips the only way or can for example 12V or 24V work as well? A length of about 4 meters should surround the tv frame.

I have looked at ws2812b (RGB) and sk6812 (RGBW) as options, but am unsure, which of the 2 or if there is a better third option.

Any input is very appreciated.

cold moon
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144 would be ideal but 60 looks pretty good

#

You’d definitely need to power inject with 144 5v

arctic gull
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okay, what about the light strip type, ws2812b or sk6812 etc?

cold moon
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I use ws2812b but if you just have money to spend go sk I guess

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I’d probably go natural white for the white channel

arctic gull
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the sk is actually a lot cheaper than the ws2812b by around 50$

cold moon
#

yea you need to double check that

arctic gull
warm topaz
#

Probably dumb question but any smart toilet hardware? IE smart light for toilet, contact sensor for when toilet is flushed, etc..

full hedge
#

Not sure if this is the best channel for my question/concern, but recently I added another TP-Link extender (onemesh compatible). Though my condo isn't very large (about 1400sqft), our floorplan gives unreliable WiFi in certain spots. My first network extender is plugged in to LAN and does great. But two floors down, my AD410 doorbell cam shows lesss than 1.00 Mbps.
This is debilitating for cameras so I'm wondering if there are any tips for adding yet another extender, or ways to test the location of various placements for my existing extender to balance out the network quality?

tacit burrow
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there are a bunch of "wifi tester" apps that can report signal strength vs a map

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walk around, survey etc

unique goblet
#

Hello, I'm looking for a wall panel, was thinking of buying the Amazon Fire 10 HD, does anyone have it? Is it worth buying?

#

What is the difference from with pub to without pub for this usage?

tawny rover
cold moon
full hedge
cold moon
full hedge
# cold moon wifiman

Is the mapping feature only supported on UniFi networks? I'm on a TP-Link OneMesh

cold moon
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idk

gentle fossil
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I once used my irobot to make a heatmap. Was fun

cold moon
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No Chinese cloud connection right?

#

..right?

gentle fossil
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No

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Irobot has some local token shizzle, or had. No idea I use roborock now

#

Why is xiaomi map offline btw?

#

Ok seems i need to reboot it

wooden jolt
#

cheapest way to run home assistant without currently having old pcs?

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is there such a thing as a cloud providor or something that can run in the cloud like a docker or something on my local machine

gloomy spoke
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depends on what OS you're using on your "local machine", but a VM is probably the easiest

wooden jolt
gloomy spoke
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You shouldn't run HA in the cloud

wooden jolt
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yea ok makes sense

gloomy spoke
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I don't know what you mean with your last statement..

wooden jolt
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nvm that lol

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new to this didnt realize i kinda do need it to be local

gloomy spoke
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you asked about "something on my local machine"

wooden jolt
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Yeah nevermind that, was just wondering if I could put it on my mac and have it run on the cloud so i can control stuff when im not home travelling with the mac

gloomy spoke
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but without an "old pc", your option is a VM or container (if you're running Linux)

winged knoll
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The point is that HA runs locally to your home, and you can control stuff from anywhere you can reach your Mac - remotely or locally

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Any old computer will do, as long as it supports UEFI for HAOS - if it doesn't then run a VM on it (eg Proxmox)

pallid prairie
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Inovelli blue updated delivery time to August September now.

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I ordered 10 from Amazon, scared they'll be hard to find soon.

gloomy spoke
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Yeah, I have a bunch that I expect will miss the current stock. I guess they sustain their business by having you pay upfront

pallid prairie
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I was gonna wait and try and save a few on the bulk pack but not gonna happen now.

remote pilot
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@cold moon this might be up your alley. have you looked at these sd card emulation devices for 3d printers?

cold moon
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no

remote pilot
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second one being too expensive for my taste lol. first one seems to use ESP32

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I was trying to find just some hardware to do the sd card thing for less

cold moon
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I don’t understand what those are for

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Oh it’s instead of a pi or mini pc for octoprint?

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Weird

remote pilot
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seems like it yeah, I mean the sd card part interests me only because if you wanted to upload to the sd card through octoprint it's abysmal

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I don't think I'd want to actually use the device to control the printer remotely. more like I just want the sd card part lol

cold moon
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You don’t have to store uploads on the sd in op

remote pilot
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oh it's open source

cold moon
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Uploads are pretty fast for me except for 100MB+ STLs while I’m streaming the camera

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I mostly use octofarm to control my printers and prefer that webui

remote pilot
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I was reading people saying on the prusa mini and MK4 the upload speeds are abysmal. let me find the numbers

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MK4 wifi is about 0.1Mbit/s and wired ethernet is about 0.3Mbit/s

cold moon
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It’s probably a bug in the firmware on their new boards

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I don’t use prusas

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Rich man’s toy

remote pilot
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it's how they're interfacing to the USB drive I think

cold moon
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I’m sure sleepy joe will figure it out

remote pilot
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but yeah the OP to the Prusa MK3 via USB is limited by the serial connection... and 8-bit board

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lol

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idk MK4 is a beta test on customers

cold moon
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Kinda wild

remote pilot
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they're advertising features which don't yet exist

cold moon
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Well input shaping exists in marlin

remote pilot
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I know but people have received their MK4 printers

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and it's listed as a feature on the page where they sell it lol

#

it's okay I think bambu printers are catching fire too

#

...do you have smoke detectors for your printers?

cold moon
#

I have a smoke detector in the room

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A smart one

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I need to add automations to turn off all smart plugs and send alerts tho

remote pilot
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ah

cold moon
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I’m not a fan of Prusa but comparing to closed source cloud Chinese printers like Bambu isn’t really a good comparison

remote pilot
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I mean that's who's eating their lunch atm lol

cold moon
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It’s just another rich man’s toy

remote pilot
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and we'll see how far the crealty k1 knock off goes hah

cold moon
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I think in the next year Bambu will be eclipsed by cheaper open source Chinese clones

remote pilot
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toys are fun. I'm not rich though

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I mean hopefully

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the push it has in the market should hopefully mean better hardware

cold moon
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I’m not a fan of them taking open source projects and building a closed source project out of them for profit

remote pilot
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agree

cold moon
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I’ll admit I hoped they were overhyped and crashed and burned but looks like that won’t happen

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Enough money behind them to make something good I guess

remote pilot
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mhm

#

I mean a lot of kickstarters for hardware stuff crash and burn all over

cold moon
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i dont support those literally or in spirit either

#

the anker thing is disappointing

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not to mention the eufy chinese camera scandal of theirs

remote pilot
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oh what did anker do

#

I heard about eufy

cold moon
#

That’s eufy parent company

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And anker did a 3d printer kickstarter

olive mason
#

Anyone know any tablets good for running home assistant? Preferably something that I can install LineageOS on? I'm looking at fire tablets, but it seems like you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get another OS on them

peak talon
tacit burrow
#

You don’t run ha on a tablet. You run it on a “server” then you point any device with a web browser at it

olive mason
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Obviously not

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Just looking for something to interface with in my kitchen

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I landed on a galaxy tab A8, since I don't need to fight Samsung for the right to root the device

drifting grove
#

My heating automation seemed to trigger itself too late. So I looked at the temperature sensor data - and it seems like my thermostat was at fault. Is this just a hardware issue?
Here is a link to my temperature chart: https://ibb.co/R0kMQHN
**Note: ** My heating temp. can never go up this quick. It's a water-supplied underfloor heating system.
The sensor is just some Tyuga-type-sensor from amazon: https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B097QRJG5D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
What does everyone recommend for a solid, but not to expensive thermostat?

dense sierra
#

Has anyone got a recommendation for either a smart pill box, or a small motion sensor that could be attached to one?

plush sand
#

I assume this has been asked a million times, but I can't find it. I live in Sweden and would like to buy cheap (meaning <$10 each) sensors and other stuff for my HA installation. Do you guys have any suggestions where I can find this? Everywhere I look I have to pay atleast $20 per unit.

winged knoll
#

Well, buy cheap, buy twice

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That said, the Xaiomi Aqara sensors are reasonably priced and work well

#

As always, don't buy Sonoff's end devices (sensors), don't buy WiFi or RF433, and be careful buying Tuya Zigbee

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Oh, and generally speaking AliExpress is your best source for "cheap"

plush sand
#

I was happy I just found Sonoff DW2-Wi-Fi to a reasonable price 😅 Gotta check out AliExpress and see if I can get it delivered to me.

winged knoll
#

Zigbee > WiFi

plush sand
#

^ 100%

winged knoll
#

Unless you can get ESPHome/Tasmota on it, when ... battery life still sucks by it'll at least work

plush sand
#

Seems like I have to do a deep dive and figure out what I actually need (and check in on my wife acceptance rate) before I buy stuff. Thanks for the answers! 🙂

winged knoll
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Door/window sensors, temperature/humidity sensors, motion sensors, light sensors, leak sensors

formal pike
#

So, I need an aqara hub, but I'm not sure what to get. the Aqara Smart hub E1 on Amazon is a USB dongle... I have my sonoff hub plugged into my pi400, can I just do the same with the aqara one?

cold moon
#

Why do you ‘need’ an aqara hub?

formal pike
#

Also, I assume you have to plug a hub actually into HA correct? not into just a powered USB outlet? I ask because they are wifi so I wasn't positive if the connection can he made that way

formal pike
cold moon
#

Those don’t require a Chinese hub

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Aqara devices work fine with a zigbee coordinator

formal pike
#

really! I had no luck, so maybe I'll try again tomorrow night! thanks!

cold moon
#

No luck with what?

formal pike
#

getting it to connect to HA

winged knoll
#

What coordinator do you have?

formal pike
#

the Sonoff zigbee 3.0 dongle Plus-E Gateway

winged knoll
#

Z2M or ZHA?

#

The Aqara sensors should work in either, but the E is experimental in Z2M

formal pike
#

Zigbee2MQTT

winged knoll
#

Your choice of coordinator may be causing problems, but the sensors work fine with Z2M

formal pike
#

ok. when I mess around with it I'll go there. Thanks!!! @winged knoll

tiny siren
#

When i turn on my LED Lights via my IR Transmitter my Grundig TV and my Amazon FireTV Cube turns on. Does somebody know this Problem or the solution?

static horizon
#

Any recommendations for a 3 prong tasmota plug that could be used outside? (Covered but could be exposed to indirect moisture like in an outlet box)

desert otter
#

How can I do some research on an new esp32 device? Got a Roku smart plug with a esp32-d0wd v3 and I'm pretty sure nothing's going to work but I wanted to make sure... While going learning some basic commands over uart or maybe spi?

supple meteor
#

anyone around that could possibly help me with why my lutron birdge wont connect to home assistant

mortal spire
#

The new Home Assistant Addon: Silicon Labs Flashers is for flashing the SkyConnect to zigbee only?

fervent ocean
#

I'm using Glances but the cpu and memory consumption for addons differ a lot form the overall usage, why is that? I'm considering if I should upgrade my RAM, but maybe I don't need it (let me know if this should go in another channel)
https://imgur.com/a/QfZ6I8N

tacit burrow
fervent ocean
#

otherwise is there anything I can do so it shows bigger by default?

golden thorn
#

Not sure what they're on about. Maybe they're on mobile where imgur's quality is indeed very bad. It's always best to share a diret link to the image(s)

fervent ocean
#

I understand in first links (Glances) the container area is using docker stats, but also on top it says a totally different story, like CPU utilization goes beyond 100 quite often, and memory utilization also goes beyond the sum of RAM and swap, that's why I'm confused... I thought they would sum up (ignore the htop one, I was trying to see if there's some memory leak on Frigate)

golden thorn
#

Not that familiar with glances but overall CPU utilization can go up to (100 * CPU count)% so it could be either "normalized" to 25% if 1 of 4 cores are 100% utilized or it could show something else. I don't know at the top of my head how it's calculated exactly for the different apps. HTOP has a normalized % column though and glances can show the process list if you press z

hollow nest
#

I need some advice, I want to buy my first door / window sensors (10 units)

AQARA Door & Window Sensor MCCGQ11LM vs Aeotec Multipurpose Sensor GP-AEOMPSEU

Aqara are half the price of the Aetec

Q: What benefit does the vibration sensor have in Home Assistant?
Q: What benefit does the temp sensor have in Home Assistant?
Q: Should I look at other models?
Q: Can they be connected to a Sonoff EFR32MG21 ?

winged knoll
#
  1. Maybe it'll tell you if somebody is beating on the window, or it's windy
  2. None - other than telling you the temperature of the window frame
  3. For Zigbee, maybe the Aqara E1, or P1, or T1 units
  4. Using ZHA (or Zigbee2MQTT) yes - see #zigbee-archived
shrewd plank
#

Hello, someone have a way to install HA on echo show 15 ? I gollowed many tutoral but we can't install apk anymore

winged knoll
#

Install the Android app?

shrewd plank
#

How ?

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Amazon don't let us install extern android app

winged knoll
#

Right, so you want to know how to install the Android app? That's what I'm asking

shrewd plank
#

Yeah exactly

winged knoll
#

I've seen many people ask about installing HA itself, hence asking the question 😉

shrewd plank
#

Oh ok thanks I will switch channel

hollow nest
#

Are there outside door sensors for a garden door for example

winged knoll
#

You can use an Aqara sensor in a 3d printed weatherproof box

cold moon
#

Did someone say 3d printer

pallid prairie
#

What mini pc things are good or recommended

cold moon
#

The ones we talked about before duh

pallid prairie
#

Fair.

#

I'm gonna hold off on the ryzen build

#

I think I'm gonna end up with a system I want to experiment with running something I need to run without issue

peak talon
pallid prairie
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Yes thats why I'm changing the plan

#

I want to experiment, but not affect my house working, so I decided to segregate the machines for things

peak talon
#

fair point. you might not like my suggestion, but it works fine if you are willing to expriement - choose free tier Cloud VM - oracle account, if you can still get them. Connect to your home network via tailscale and deploy. Unless you are super affected by slight latency, all your experiementation would work fine with 24 GB ram 4 vCPU Ampere system

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and if you like the setup so much, might need a very cheap mini PC - N5105 kind of system, just for tinkering and conectivity with cloud VM

pallid prairie
#

I'm gonna get 2 or 3 of these lenovo mini pc

peak talon
#

okay but why 2 -3 - I thought you just wanted to sperate your home pc with you lab. If you are just looking for more machines to test say k8s, you could consider using LXD /LXC

pallid prairie
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1 to experiment, 1 for haos, and 1 for idk yet.

finite shoal
#

Hi not sure if this is the right channel to ask this one so if not please lmk. I wanted to ask if anyone knew of alternatives for the Coral usb accelerator that would be within the same price range. I've only used the coral usb accelerator so I don't really know much about the technology available in the market. Thank you!

winged knoll
#

For use in what?

copper narwhal
lilac lichen
#

Most thin clients don't really have much storage space, right? I see a lot of them have flash drive between 16GB or so

winged knoll
#

You need at least 32 GB, but ideally find one that supports SATA or NVMe

cold moon
#

Unless you’re just trying to save money I’d ignore thin clients

#

If you’re cash strapped then a thin client like dell wyse 5070 or similar seem fine

#

I’d go with the Lenovo I suggested earlier

#

I just got one myself

#

It was listed as refurb but it’s brand new

lilac lichen
#

I plan to save some money unfortunately. Or else I would splurge on the Lenovo since I saw most are priced around 100 euros here.

cold moon
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Ah idk about eu pricing with used stuff

#

Do y’all have eubay?

#

Used laptops are a good cheap option. They go cheap with a broken screen and you don’t need that for hass

lilac lichen
#

Sound is a concern though. I had an old PC that I wanted to turn it for HA but it was so darn loud. Thought something like Thin Client would be good for low power and sound

cold moon
#

Sounds like you know what you need to search lol

lilac lichen
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Looking around ebay here shows the Wyse 5070 at about 80 bucks or so. Feels like it's too pricey when I hear people could snag it for half that price

cold moon
cold moon
warm orbit
lilac lichen
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How's the Dell Wyse 5010 for HA?

cold moon
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Should be able to compare the specs to minimum spec needed for haos and make that determination

golden thorn
lilac lichen
steady nexus
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Anyone here with a Skyconnect? Need some help

pallid prairie
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I ordered 2 of the m910q

tacit burrow
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Just FYI, running virtualisation (like proxmox, esxi, or even virtualbox) is a way you can play with multiple apps/operating systems on the same box at the same time. Sure, you haven't got "hardware" independence, but you've got OS/app/distro independence.

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Plus it's easier to install 10+ different things, nuke em, roll em back, etc; without needing to muck with USB keys or screen+keyboard etc.

pallid prairie
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I'm gonna do that on the second machine

keen flame
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I've been running HA on an ODROID N2+ w/ 16GiB eMMC. I need a bigger drive so I figured might as well get a whole new box and use this one for something else. Anyone have a box that they use and love 💟 ?

cold moon
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they say refurb but i just bought one and it was brand new unused

keen flame
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Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂

cold moon
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no u

hollow sierra
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I have a home theatre system and a subwoofer that has no proper on/off switch, and a receiver that's too low-end to have trigger outputs. I was thinking of monitoring the receiver's power consumption and switching the subwoofer on if the power usage goes above 'standby' and into 'idle'... does anyone have a good recommendation for something that can tell the difference between ~0.5 watts and ~25 watts on an outlet, then be used in an automation to turn on an esphome switch?

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(the subwoofer, while playing zero sound, uses far more power than an esp8266 wifi switch)

tacit burrow
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Most smart plugs can tell the differences

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I use tp link kasa

chilly vigil
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Anyone here been able to change the timer on a Clipsal Micro Module Light Switch? Am trying change it to a change so I can use it for my garage door

sharp otter
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does anyone have a recomendation on a cheap spigot valve that I can use to automate a dripping irrigation system? It can be battery-powered but I have an outlet within reach so it doesn't have to be battery powered

naive salmon
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Please someone help me. How do I set this Aqara motion sensor up.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNmHB9W

I followed guides online. Bought a sonoff e dogle. The dogle shows up in HA and even identifies the sensors. But they just say unavailable

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I’ve spent entirely too much time trying to figure out why they won’t work

winged knoll
naive salmon
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I tried that group before and didn’t get help. I’ll try again

tacit pilot
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So what's the story on integrating with the FP2?

midnight grotto
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which IR blaster would people recommend for home assistant?

remote tree
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i need water leak sensor can work with home assistant , thanks

sleek blade
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do you guys recommend smart switches with regular light bulbs or the smart bulbs?

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and which ones to be specific? keep in mind that i have no other components, like a controller or a hub or nothing.

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and my only requirement for the smart devices is that it has to work with 220v electricity (i can shop online in US, if you guys decide to give me some specific links, but the device has to be compatible with 220v).

thanks

lament pollen
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Who is hyped to get an Aqara FP2!?

remote pilot
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I only just got the tyua ones. haven't even used them yet

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does it make the tyua out of date now lol

cold moon
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They’re Wi-Fi not zigbee now

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And you need the aqara app for zones or at least no support for hass yet

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So kinda useless unless you’re cool with chyna in the house

tranquil girder
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bought a m,achine for ha, the seller sold me 2 units with a faulty hard drive then blocked me from buying anything from them

tranquil girder
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oh and when i told them thehard drive wiped on power down they tried to tell me that the machine only supports windows

pallid prairie
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Are there any good zigbee mmwave

winged knoll
granite crow
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@orchid escarp, i found through searching you working with at least the zwave-js config file for the ecolink chime/siren (iszw7-eco). do you have one of these guys? and if so, have you tried to make your own custom sounds work via sdcard on it?

orchid escarp
granite crow
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bummer. thanks for the response. i can't seem to get it to find the sound files i'm placing on it. partitioned it fat16 (both linux hex id's 06 and 0e), and formatted it with -F 16, and made sure that all of the files are 8kHz, 16bit, mono, but i get nothing

orchid escarp
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did you name the files as the manual stated?

granite crow
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yeah. all of them are like this: '31 Atrium Front Door Opened.wav' (without the quotes. that's just from my ls -l)

orchid escarp
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replace your spaces with _

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use all lowercase

granite crow
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first attempt had files like: '31-antrium_front_door_opened.wav' (because i'm a linux user and really don't like spaces)

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but will try again. i was trying with fat32 at that time

orchid escarp
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says FAT16

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try like 31_antrium_front_door_opened.wav

granite crow
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so i tried that first. but nothing i've tried so far. so i'll try the all underscores

deft dragon
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Afternoon. Wondering if I could get some help. I upgraded MQTT and HA recently and my ring addon lost the alarm options. I'm only finding the cameras as devices now.

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reinstalled the addon, restarted HA, devices still missing.

pallid prairie
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ooh my unifi order was delivered

forest goblet
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Can anyone recommend a guide to understanding everything to do with LoRa? I've done some cursory googling here but keep getting confused about gateways, servers, and lora vs lorawan with people talking about tokens and "earning hours of work" in the posts I've found.

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Alternatively if there's a better way to establish two-way comms through several floors worth of concrete to the roof of a building I'm all ears too.

tacit burrow
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Ethernet out the window, up the outside of the building, and back in at the top

plush smelt
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hey guys, this is going to be a weird question but does anyone know of an out of the box solution that is just a small local IR receiver only that runs off battery?

i want to get a broadlink to control my air cons, but occasionally we use the dumb remote (like when family/friends are over and don't have HA installed on their phones). i'd like a way to keep the status of HA (temp, power etc) in sync when the remote is used - kinda like how the senisbo products can read IR signals, but local

peak talon
brazen fulcrum
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Suggest me a weighing machine thats supported by home assistant

twilit flower
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Hello, everytime i'm trying to flash the x86_64 file it says its corrupted, how can i fix this?

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BalenaEtcher says: omething went wrong. If it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted.

winged knoll
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You wanted the #installation-archived channel - but start by downloading it and uncompressing it, people have reported issues flashing from the URL

twilit flower
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thank you

lilac lichen
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I found a neat cheap T620 Thin Client and just got it. Does the thin client's memory accepts all kind of M2 SSDs? I imagine the newer ones that are long won't fit, right? I need the earlier modules

peak talon
lilac lichen
peak talon
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ah okay

sour lily
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Would an aqara FP1 or FP2 work on the edge of a pool to sense if there is a person in the pool?

winged knoll
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In the water... no

sour lily
winged knoll
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Well, then it'll detect somebody above the water, and all the movement of the water too

sour lily
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Would the mmwave sensor struggle with the movement of the water

winged knoll
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Not struggle, but the whole point is to detect even small movement

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You want a sensor sensitive enough to pick up somebody sitting still and just breathing, then the large motion of the water will also be detected

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If you don't want that then you have to mask off the water in some way

cold moon
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Ultrasonic sensor might be better

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Although I guess that would pick up water moving too

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I was just thinking about pointing it at a certain height

sour lily
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Maybe a PIR sensor would be better

cold moon
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Fp1/fp2 with zones could work

sour lily
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The zones would be hard though wouldn't it to make it ignore the water but still see a person above the water

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I'd like to get a fp1/fp2 to use in the house anyway so I could try it and if it doesn't work, oh well.

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I was trying to find a way to notify me if someone was in the pool. My reolink camera will notice if someone is in the area and/or in the pool but I just want if someone is in the pool

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The zone would probably help

cold moon
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Masking with cameras can focus on only a certain area

winged knoll
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Camera with object detection (hello Frigate) could work well

thin dagger
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has anybody had any luck with cost effective zigbee temperature sensors from ali express? Any recommendations that work in HA (Z2M)? I'm looking for some cheap ones to place in rooms around the house.

winged knoll
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Aqara ones work well

sour lily
sour lily
cinder cedar
languid pier
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I just set up home assistant and I want to operate some fans and lights that use Infra Red. What do most use as an IR Hub? Do I need one for each room, I have a need for IR or should it work throughout the house.

zealous dune
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broadlink mini, you need one in every room since IR needs line of sight

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and limited range

languid pier
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perfect thanks - yes this is a cinder block house

lean garden
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Heyy, which power sockets do you guys use to monitor power consumption and maybe even switch on or off via home assistant?

outer knotBOT
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Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
tough garden
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Hi there - does someone knows about switches that would be as nice as the Gira pushbutton 4?
I'm in France, looking for a Zigbee switch to handle multiple eve blinds. I like the look of this Gira button and the ability to control 4 blinds in one switch. (I like the option to print them too, but I'm not ready to buy a KNX server, just for two Gira switches)

bitter shale
lunar delta
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anyone got an ODB II reader they like that has a method to integrate with HA?

cold moon
plush smelt
peak talon
plush smelt
peak talon
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So the coin cells are even out of disucussion

plush smelt
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Ah booo, that's not fun

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This might be a silly question but how do things like the aqara door sensors last for so long? I'm very new to HA and haven't done anything fancy and don't have anything except some Shellys, but I think I've heard people say their door sensors lasting 6+ months on a battery that I feel like was a coin cell battery?

forest goblet
forest goblet
# plush smelt This might be a silly question but how do things like the aqara door sensors las...

That's the difference bespoke hardware makes. Things like those have pretty much just the absolute minimum hardware to do their job and are programmed to be as miserly as possible with their battery life. The typical ESP most of us buy is called a "dev board" because it's not even intended for real field use, but rather has everything and the kitchen sink built in so you can use one board to develop the code for whatever application you actually want to build the real design for in the end.

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For example consider that eye-of-sauron bright red power LED that's hard wired directly into the board and lights up whenever there's a physical power connection. Let's say that's 3mA draw. An 18650 will give you about 2500 mAH realistically. 3mA doesn't sound like a lot compared to 2500 mAH but it never stops. If that's literally your ONLY power draw, ever, you'll still run out of battery in just over a month. And that's assuming an absolutely perfect system with no other draw.

plush smelt
tacit burrow
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My first run lasted about 2 years before the possums ate it, then the other one about a year before my dog ate it. When I redit that, I put it in cheap 25mm conduit.

broken flower
tough garden
raw lotus
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Migrating to SkyConnect from Sonoff ZHA - is the "data flow control" option during setup buggy? It defaults to an entry without a label, one would assume default selection is the one to adopt, but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Any idea/hint?

winged knoll
serene edge
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Are there any good and cheap smoke detectors (need a few of them because of this) that I can add to HomeAssistant? Can you recommend any

cold moon
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Zwave?

sharp belfry
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Hello, how it is possible in Home Assistant (on Rpi4) measure a current consumption of HA (DC current consumption, DC voltage) and show it in the graph?

tacit burrow
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you will need an external power monitor (and then it will be 240/110 AC, not DC). I don't think rpi has any ability to measure it's own consumption

undone helm
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Is there a way to protect smart plugs from inductive load damage? I have had 3 KP115 fail with the relay getting stuck on by just turning off a TV+ smart soundbar (I presume its inductive load from the speakers).

tacit burrow
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I don't know what inductive load is, and why it would effect smart plugs...

undone helm
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the issue is using a relay to cut power to something like a motor or compressor when its running, it causes the contacts inside the relay to arc and damages them over time, eventually leading them to fail.

cold moon
undone helm
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thanks, looks like I might get away with changing the internal relay to one that uses different materials once I get out of warranty failures

frosty mirage
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I'm looking to buy some door/window sensors and I've seen Aqara recommended as the go-to. I'm a bit confused by what I'll need to be able to use them with HA. I've seen some mentions of Zigbee/hubs but I'm not sure if I need the hub from aqara or if there's a different one I should buy. Does anyone have any suggestions or guides?

cold moon
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ya if you want zigbee then aqara sensors are fine but their hub is china cloud trash

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so instead you buy a zigbee coordinator and use zha or z2m to have it control/talk to zigbee devices

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you're gonna have a bad time buying end devices like door sensors and a coordinator though.. it needs a mesh of wired devices to act as "repeaters" for a mesh to exist and function properly

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light bulbs / light switches / smart plugs are common repeater options

frosty mirage
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Ahh, okay.

cold moon
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same thing with zwave devices just using a different protocol and frequency

frosty mirage
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As a notably indecisive person, having all the different options for HA is dangerous for me, haha.

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If I think most of my stuff will end up being zwave, does that mean I should look for zwave sensors?

cold moon
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well if you stick around here and ask enough questions then you can save yourself from buying overpriced / chinese bullshit

frosty mirage
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I'm working on eventually building out my home security system to replace my Nest Detect that's being bricked next year. I figured the sensors would be a good place to start, but maybe not.

cold moon
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and cloud crap

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ya nest is a joke

cold moon
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like zwave light switches

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it also depends how much money you have to waste

frosty mirage
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I mean, define waste... haha

cold moon
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zwave door sensors are $30+

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zigbee door sensors are $5+

frosty mirage
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Well, I'd only need 3 door sensors. Some day I may add in windows, but for now it would just be door.

cold moon
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some of us go full retard and have both zigbee and zwave meshes

frosty mirage
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So expensive, but not terrible.

cold moon
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i have one of those and it works well

frosty mirage
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Yeah see, I'm fine with that too! Hence the problem with decisions, haha. I'm not sure what else would be zigbee though. I think pretty much everything else I've been looking at is z-wave. Keypad (ring), deadbolt (yale or schlage)

cold moon
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well schlage are the worst zwave lock option possible

frosty mirage
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Okay, won't get those then.

cold moon
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the lock itself is fine, but not the zwave implementation

frosty mirage
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I saw them recommended in some post in the subreddit so I added it to my list as an option

cold moon
cold moon
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sometimes you get a reply from a pro who's been doing this for years.. other times you get someone who definitely-didnt-start-last-month-and-is-parroting-some-dumb-bullshit

cold moon
frosty mirage
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This is going to be a dumb question. With those sensors you linked (or any really). Do I need to use an official app or anything to initially set them up before adding them to HA, or is it literally just stick em on the door turn them on and then add them to HA

cold moon
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as are all the hue line.. the hue motion sensors are also very good

cold moon
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same thing with zigbee and a "coordinator"

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usually a usb stick

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sometimes referred to as a hub (incorrectly)

frosty mirage
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And this is why I need the mesh because that'll plug into my device running HA? Which of course is upstairs in the office and all the doors are downstairs.

cold moon
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ya that would fail miserably without a mesh

frosty mirage
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Hopefully it won't be complicated to do if I'm running HA in a docker container on my Synology.

cold moon
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in a perfect world you would be putting any coordinator/controller centrally located

frosty mirage
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Well, I've got about a year before my security system is bricked so it sounds like I should start by maybe buying some bulbs to build out a mesh.

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I should also verify how many USB ports my server has.

cold moon
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well

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zwave bulbs are a shitshow so not a great solution imo

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if you just want dimming and color temp change you can buy smart zwave dimmers

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and then get bulbs which change their color temp based on voltage/amps

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you can also run a pi or nuc or something more centrally located and put a controller/coordinator on that

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and it connects to hass remotely over the lan with websocket or mqtt

frosty mirage
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Well it sounds like if I want the best solutions I should maybe end up with both zigbee and zwave meshes based on the products.

cold moon
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i do both

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but there's a downside

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i have zwave switches in "smart bulb mode" and zigbee bulbs. this means if hass is down, or if zigbee is down, or if zwave is down, my fuckin light switches dont work lol

frosty mirage
cold moon
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if you pair zigbee light switches + zigbee bulbs, or zwave light switches + zigbee bulbs, then you can "bind" them to work without hass

cold moon
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or yes.. idk your question is weird lol

frosty mirage
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Basically. Can I keep my HA on my synology upstairs, but run an instance of it downstairs on a Pi and it will work together as "one" instance.

cold moon
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no

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there is no high availability support

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you can run a pi with a zigbee coordinator and a zwave controller on it and those can talk back to hass

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which is what you're wanting

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but that pi wont be running hass

frosty mirage
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Ahh, okay

cold moon
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you'll have it running raspberry pi os or a nuc running ubuntu or some shit

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these are popular little mini pcs that we're all buying and suggesting to run hass on

frosty mirage
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Oh I have plenty of Pi's hanging around.

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Although those look decent too

cold moon
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there are multiple variants but that's the one i got last week

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you can either run home assistant OS on it bare metal or virtualize with proxmox or something

frosty mirage
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Man, someone somewhere must have written a guide that's basically "HomeAssistant for dummies"

cold moon
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i prefer keeping my smart home shit separate from my server

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so if server is down, smart home isnt

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same with cameras, same with network

cold moon
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a lot of them just scratch the surface

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i made 3 videos basically starting out doing what you're wanting and decided i already give enough of my time away free on discord

frosty mirage
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I'm terrible at watching.

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Yeah, that's my issue any time I try to write guides

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I'll start strong, but quickly decide "Screw this, I just want to do it without having to write everything down"

cold moon
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yea

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anyways what i've told you is a strong baseline to start with

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and lots of words to google

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lol

frosty mirage
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Yeah I appreciate it!

idle kelp
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Hi Xiaomi ble temp sensor is not working after last update. When I reload Bluetooth Integration then it's working for a moment, after it's stopping again to receive data.

keen aurora
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Hello. TTS devices, are there any good options other than a Google Home Mini? Ideally, I'm looking for something to do that job, but POE.

round bone
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Does HA work with 433 mhz and 868 mhz? I found https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rflink/ , but I didn't find ready device which I can plug in into server using for example USB.

https://www.nodo-shop.nl/en/21-rflink- that is cool, but I don't want to build it, but use it. Where can I buy ready solution in Europe?

Potentially I want to have all possible transmitters in HA:

  • zigbee
  • z-wave
  • thread with amtter
  • 433 mhz
  • 869 mhz

For zigbee, z-wave and thread I can find USB sticks, but what for 433 and 868 mhz?

winged knoll
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There are various options for that

round bone
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hmm not sure how it works, can you give a specific example of USB device? I know this is a software and hardware parts, but what about final product compatible with HA?

winged knoll
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RTL SDR USB stick for instance

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Actively tested and supported are Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongles

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each of those has links to tell you about the hardware they support

frosty mirage
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If I'm looking for the best option for replacing/upgrading my lighting in such a way that it's still useable if a server/internet is down, do I want to go with regular dimmable bulbs and a smart switch vs smart bulbs and dumb switch? (or should I do a combo of both)

winged knoll
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You want smart switches and dumb bulbs

round bone
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thank you, it looks like a lot of to read to figure out what devices are compatible. I will definitely back to it. I wish there will be just a readable list, the best for 433 and 868 mhz in 1 device if it makes technical sense. Does it?

winged knoll
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There isn't one solution, just like there isn't for Zigbee, or Z-Wave, or anything else

round bone
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I know, although with zigbee and z-wave there is much better doc

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at least for me 🙂

winged knoll
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Well, sure - those are actual standards

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RF is .... just a carrier

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Most people buy complete ecosystems and use those, or use one of the above (or other options) depending on their needs and budget

round bone
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To be honest I am not sure if I will need it, but try to figure out how many USB I want to have in server 🙂

frosty mirage
winged knoll
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Depends on your country

frosty mirage
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US

winged knoll
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Then people who live there may be able to answer that

pallid prairie
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The inovelli ones are spoken highly of.

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I just bought some, to be installed soon.

patent relic
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Which is better for a complex home assistant server, the Odroid M1 or the N2+. I see the M1 can support 8Gb RAM but is the processor on the N2+ better?

frosty mirage
pallid prairie
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I bought blue, on Amazon since they're hard to find anywhere

frosty mirage
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I'll check there. Dumb question, that you may not know the answer to. The switches say not for fans (and they sell ones specifically for fans), my fan operates as a simple on/off with a pull chain to change speeds. Do we think I still need the fan specific one?

round bone
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While we are in the topic did you find anything better / smaller, than fanless dell wyse 5070? It has CPU Intel QUAD CORE J5005 4x 2.8GHz with 8 GB RAM and 32 GB SSD for around 155$ in EU. Only one thing which I don't like is the size, but I didn't find anything cheaper with similar CPU / RAM.

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Considering fanless is must have for me.

gloomy spoke
pallid prairie
jagged crypt
rocky tapir
round bone
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one day I will build my own house from 0 and have small IT room 😉

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but not today heh

round bone
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so yeah I agree it is probably overkill, but hardware requirement is not very well precise

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but perhaps I will choose something else after all, PI is expensive too while much less powerful

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difference in price is very small

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the alternative is to do Proxmox on better server, but I had an idea to keep HA on separate server. Still looking.

jagged crypt
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btw, I was running a pi3, but after installing grafanna/influx, i crashed it. My current VM is running 4gig rams.

round bone
jagged crypt
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air blower and maint every six months?

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you know what pain points you have, so just a suggestion

round bone
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yeah, that is why I am thinking about fanless solution for HA 🙂

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There is high probability HA server will be in garage 🙂

jagged crypt
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i wouldn't put a huge price on fanless for dust, based on the assumption that if it dies in two years, i just swap it out for a new "used" one

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though the cpu fans on these business SFF's are ~$25 and seem readily avaialble. IE, never clean, just replace when it pukes.

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do the new odroids have fans?

round bone
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I don't have time and energy to build server using PI / odroid

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oh sorry

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fans

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lol

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I read fun

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but to be transparent here: I have no experience with choosing cheap servers, including fanless.

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that is first time when I choose something "cheap" for tiny server 🙂

jagged crypt
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yah, would still suggest some of the SFF's. They are built far more rugged then some of the "nuc-like" systems

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they are designed to mounted on monitors and ignored for years

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kind of like the business laptops vs consumer laptops

rocky tapir
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HA uses very little CPU or memory, so you don't need a "desktop" system - 2Gb RAM is a lot (and the nuc-style cost a lot less than SFF)

jagged crypt
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$150 is what i ended up paying for i5-6500+16gig ram+256 NVME sdd, what are you paying for a nuc-style box?

rocky tapir
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$100

jagged crypt
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nice

round bone
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Do you know how much it will consume with Thread + Matter + Zigbee + maybe z-wave and 50 devices? I have no idea 🙂

jagged crypt
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i wouldn't design for the future, design for now, at $100 or $150, you can just swap out hardware in 2 years

rocky tapir
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agreed

jagged crypt
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edgjr, which box did you get?

round bone
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I plan to buy server for HA and trash it when it will be broken

rocky tapir
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ATOPNUC

round bone
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but we will see, still choosing

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right now I use whatever server, but I am buying a house, so while I will have opportunity to modify house installation I plan to use HA more serious

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not as a "toy" like now

jagged crypt
rocky tapir
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just get something cheap and compatible - don't spend a lot of time on it

jagged crypt
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$130 + tax + shipping

rocky tapir
round bone
rocky tapir
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$109 at amazon (and I even got it next day)

round bone
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but thank you, I don't know this company, I have to browse they stuff

rocky tapir
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it's just another knock-off company producing cheap boxes

round bone
rocky tapir
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i got it because it came with Ubuntu pre-installed, which meant I didn't have to 😈

round bone
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lol and I was thinking my demand for fanless server is too much

jagged crypt
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yeah, so that looks fine for dedicated use, slower than the sff's, but HA doesn't need it. Make backups, since you aren't "easily" extracting the emmc drive

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(but that's not hard)

cold moon
foggy nymph
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Are there any nice cases out there that supports ssd and fan, except argon and deskpi?

smoky pike
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Hello i have a storage error i think.
Through samba share i can see 2.28gb in use but in HA it says 128 gb full 0 left.
Where did all the storage go?

round bone
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logs?

tacit burrow
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Which file system? Which env server? Could be limits there?

golden thorn
tulip kraken
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Wifi question

Currently I'm connected via LAN to my main router, I want to connect my RPI4 which has HA on it to a different wifi router, my question is, will it seamlessly switch to wifi by doing so from the settings, while the LAN cable is still connected to the old router?

*I can't remove the lan cable as I'm away from home.

Thanks

late pelican
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Hey guys im gonna get started with home assistant and need to get something to motorize the blinds already in my apartment, any idea where I should start?

old parrot
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Question: When naming devices, is it wiser to use the purpose first? Or the room? As in "Temperature Office" or "Office Temperature"? And why? I assume, the room - because the same sensor might deliver Office Humidity or Office CO2. Or am I not considering something? Thanks.

winged knoll
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There's a few dozen forum threads on the topic, plus many posts here

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Personally I use

Room Location Function
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That results in things like Office temperature or Master bedroom window (left)

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Then in the dashboard I over-ride the name to just Temperature or Window (left)

old parrot
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Thanks! Sounds like a good structure. Moving from iobroker to HA and I'm trying an organized approach. Let's see how long that will last. Also thanks for the hint on other threads. I'll try to find the right search terms. Cheers

amber lava
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My HA core and supervisor won’t update to current version. How do I fix?

winged knoll
woeful pelican
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If a relatively uninformed person came in here today and said they wanted to look into getting the basic hardware to begin expanding their HA system beyond just Hue Bridge compatible hardware, what would you recommend? Do I get a zigbee bridge or something or what's the most likely piece of equipment that will support the best range of devices in the coming couple years? Probably be looking into things like presence detection for the next things I'd be interested in setting up, possibly also looking at getting some basic thermostat integration, I just have a dumb-scheduled one right now

winged knoll
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Zigbee is relatively cheap and mostly works well (excluding some Tuya)

woeful pelican
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Yeah

frosty mirage
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Dumb question that's more about general house stuff than anything. Whenever I buy light switches and whatnot, do I buy the switch and then also just go buy a light switch cover from a general hardware store?

winged knoll
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You can either buy a smart switch that's the whole thing, or one that sits behind an existing switch (so, switch is wired to the smart switch, smart switch to the device)

frosty mirage
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Okay cool. My house was built during that time where the cool thing to have was a bunch of 3 panels where you have 1 light, 1 fan, and 1 outlet, been trying to figure out the best way to replace those.

winged knoll
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The great thing about the modules is that you can put them by the switch, or the device, and nothing appears to change

frosty mirage
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Also I should probably buy a voltage meter if I'm gonna start messing around with electricity.

winged knoll
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And a tester

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Amazing how often you'll find out that earths are ... not exactly earthing

frosty mirage
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Related: Does anyone have any experience with Zooz switches?

formal pike
winged knoll
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I picked two devices at random, out of thousands

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There's plenty of other options, depending on your country, budget, etc

formal pike
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there is ok. just making sure 😃

I (well mostly my wife lol) thank you very much!

I think this is the easiest way to get her to like smart home stuff. I just have to run a power wire into the ceiling so I can wire the light that goes on and off when the closet door is opened. Bedroom closet is next 🙂

I have double doors do I'm going to see about putting them in the middle do no mater which door is open, that light will go on

azure kernel
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Hello guys I have a question at the moment I got a respberry 3B+ for my home assistant and it has not the performance that I wanted what hardware are you guys using for your home assistant In my mind I think of a intel nuc (Budget 200€)

drifting grove
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a case to use, that can handle an nvme drive? (and a raspberry PI 4).

winged knoll
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TL/DR: Any tiny PC, old-ish laptop, etc

drifting grove
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thanks

willow kiln
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is there a reason to move HASS off a VM into a standalone pc?
I have spare gear so if there is a reason that makes sense I can do it for no cost

cold moon
willow kiln
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Usually only reason for that is power cut. And smart home is not so smart without power lol.

cold moon
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planned maintenance and upgrades and hardware failure

willow kiln
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Hardware failure is possible in both cases, others are planned so no different to now. I think I update hass more than I update my server lol

hollow lance
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Has anyone come up with a good solution for tracking mains water usage? In Australia we don't have direct access to our water meters, they're in a pit outside the property line, so a lot of the pulse-reading options won't work (or would get yanked by the utility provider when they do their meter reads)

tacit burrow
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@hollow lance if you leave a note on the top of the meter-reader, there's no reason they should be too upset. You might need to go put it back whenever they remove it to read the meter.

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But it would be nicer to have a 3rd-party smart-meter that you could use for home automation, for sure. Let me know if you find one that doesn't suck. Plus you'd technically need a plumber to install it.

hollow lance
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I was even considering just having a second meter installed where the water main enters the house, and setting up my own proximity sensor there.

tacit burrow
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The meter is normally just inside your property though, isn't it?

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yeah, same lits

hollow lance
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Not in any house I've ever lived in

tacit burrow
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Every one of mine has been just inside

hollow lance
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it may vary council to council, or state to state

tacit burrow
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Google for "location of water meters australia"

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I'm in VIC

hollow lance
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QLD here

tacit burrow
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You might be able to pay your utility for an upgrade to a smart/digital meter? But otherwise, yeah, we'd need to add one.

cold moon
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Ours are smart with LTE

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Gotta scrape a website behind a login to use it

tacit burrow
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Our power meters are smart, but they won't let anyone connect to them either; hence I use ct-clamps

hollow lance
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all the examples I've seen for HA are for Type 3 meters

tacit burrow
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yeah, there's some camera + ocr solutions that look pretty cool

hollow lance
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and I've found a distributor that sells the 'Itron' meter that seems ubiquitous in those examples

tacit burrow
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Even if you don't try and read the spinning disc

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3d print a camera mount, and attach an esp32 with some edge software, looks fun

hollow lance
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I've been looking for an excuse to do something with solar and a battery powered esp32

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my meter is right in front of my fence and letterbox, so it's as good a place as any to mount a solar panel

tacit burrow
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I think you've found one 🙂 My problem is that the meter is about 150m from my house, probably out of range of ESP32 wifi

cold moon
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Lora I guess

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Or just Ethernet

tacit burrow
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I'd like to do the same thing for my gas meter too, fwiw

hollow lance
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i'm on bottle gas here, so no meter

tacit burrow
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which is right next to my water meter

hollow lance
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reticulated gas is a rarity in QLD

cold moon
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If the meter is old it might be 433mhz or something too

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Just spitting data out to whoever is listening

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Gas meters here do that

tacit burrow
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the meters aren't smart at all. requires a dude in a van to come read it.

hollow lance
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I know my electricity meter is 'smart' to some degree

cold moon
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Idk rf isn’t new

hollow lance
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I once had a meter reader yell at me because I was somehow putting him out of a job

cold moon
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They used to have to drive by here

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Reading the meter might be done to verify the rf picked up on drive bys

tacit burrow
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My house is 130+ years old. The gas+water connections are at least 60 years old.

cold moon
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And to make sure someone doesn’t hack them

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Like people do with magnets with the old ones

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You could prob save a bunch of money that way

hollow lance
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real heroes don't wear capes

cold moon
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I’d wear a cape if I had one

safe onyx
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Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me, I have the home assistant hello POE version but and unable to make progress because I can not find a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. To complete the kit. Please can someone help with finding the right board for this. I would prefer it to have WiFi but accept that beggars can't be choosers...

fierce flare
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Hi, most of my battery powered devices are dead after a couple days.
Is there any solution for this?
I found a lot of people complaining about such issues for years but I can't really find a solution.

Some of my devices that are having issues

  • IKEA TRÅDFRI Shortcut button
  • MOES scene switch buttons (TS0042 and others)

My setup

  • HA 2023.4.1
  • SkyConnect
  • ZHA
winged knoll
fierce flare
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Alright 👍

balmy wren
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Can anyone recommend a good Zigbee or Zwave Siren?

frosty mirage
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Does anyone have any experience with the zooz72 dimmer?

river hound
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Can anyone recommend a good wifi humidity sensor? I'm looking for something for monitoring a space at work and don't have access to zigbee there. Bonus if it can be easily flashed to something like Esphome, because then i could integrate it into the rest of our factory systems

strong cypress
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Im on an Standard ODROID-N2+ 4GB/64GB eMMC … System Info:

Home Assistant 2023.4.6
Supervisor 2023.04.0
Operating System 10.0
Frontend 20230411.1 - latest

I am having an issue trying to move data file to external SSD… using a samsung NVMe 960 evo 500gig SSD in a USB3 enclosure. I formatted the SSD to ext4 and was able to see it on a windows PC. I plugged it into the HA unit and restarted. I was not wanting to boot from it but rather just move the datafiles.

I tried using the “Move Datadisk” function via the UI. It initially shows the Samsung device but when i select it within a min or so it tells me that the device is invalid or non existing.

I have tried several options via CLI and have had no luck.

Any suggestions or has anyone made an official report to HA dev team ?

merry portal
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Ever since transitioning to a POE hat I've had random HA outages once or twice a week. I'm not able to connect to the web service and the only way to get things running is to power cycle the switch port and reset the Pi. HA logs are not persistent and only reflect status since the reboot. Are there any other logs I can check to investigate the issue?

I'm running HAOS on a headless Pi4 2GB with a POE+ hat. Peripheral USB devices are a Coral TPU, SSD (has its own power), and Z Wave controller. Memory consumption hangs around 1GB. I have other POE devices that run for months without issue, so thinking the Pi or the hat is the problem.

cold moon
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you could go down the road of diagnosing it or throw money at the problem once and buy a better device to replace the pi entirely

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otherwise i guess click that and see what is there

hollow lance
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I have a decent spec SFF PC for sale, if you're in Australia

gloomy spoke
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Runs on kangaroos, useless elsewhere

cold moon
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we call that one punchy

hollow lance
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that's super racist hey