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fast flower
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Hi everyone. I'm new to HA, trying to wire up my first light switch. I purchased https://www.amazon.com/GE-Enbrighten-SimpleWire-SmartThings-46201/dp/B07RRBT6W5?th=1 and am attempting to replace an existing switch for a back porch light. The existing switch is probably original from home construction (80's or 90's ??) and only has 2 wires going to it (white and black). I connected with white wire to the neutral screw and the black to the line/load. When I press the switch rocker up, the blue light on switch turns off. When I press the rocker down, the blue light turns on. The problem is that nothing is actually turning on the outside light (which was working prior to this switch). Any suggestions?

cold moon
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2 wires?

fast flower
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yes. just 2

cold moon
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Line and load are separate wires

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And then neutral and ground

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4 wires should be there

fast flower
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Not sure what to tell ya, lol. There were only 2 wires connected to old switch. Only 2 wires in the box.

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box = blue box in wall.

cold moon
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2 gang box etc is the ‘box’ in wall

fast flower
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ok, 1 gang box.

cold moon
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Neutral is there but not ground?

fast flower
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correct. I just took a pic of the original switch if that helps.

cold moon
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I like pictures

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Upload to Imgur

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That sounds unsafe man

fast flower
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The screw is missing from one side because I removed it completely getting the wire off.

cold moon
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Ok so I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a sparky but seriously I don’t think any romex has a neutral and live without a ground

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You’re in the us right?

fast flower
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yes

cold moon
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Are you comfortable with this type of stuff?

fast flower
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yes. i did the swap w/o disconnecting the power. 🙂

cold moon
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I bet there’s a ground hidden in there. I’m also confused how there’s one black not two

fast flower
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just not sure about the switch, AC is not my forte

cold moon
fast flower
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😄

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looking at some other diagrams, i'm starting to wonder if maybe white isn't neutral, but line, or vis-versa

cold moon
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White is neutral

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Which is why I’m asking about a missing ground

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And a missing second black

fast flower
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the way this house has been, they could be running straight to the light itself.

cold moon
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Line is line going to the breaker. Load is a separate black going to the ‘load’ aka the light

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So two wires is absolutely fucked

fast flower
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this switch is the most simple kind where it just closes a single circuit.

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what would be the equivalent placement of wires on a modern 5 wire (neutral, gnd, 2 load & carrier) switch?

cold moon
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Carrier?

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Traveler?

fast flower
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yes, traveler

fast flower
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looks like i won't be able to use smart switches. 😦

cold moon
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I mean I’m still scared of what’s inside your walls and you should probably call ghost busters and a priest but if there’s a will there’s a way.. even if it’s a sick twisted way paved by the souls of the damned

fast flower
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basically, my ground, neutral, etc. are all ran directly to the light and the switch is just interrupting neutral. at least that's my current understanding.

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smart relays wouldn't allow dual control from the switch too would they?

hearty mural
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Hey folks, QQ - I have a Philips Hue 2.1 - is there an integration with HA Core I could leverage to avoid using Philips' Cloud? Or I could flash something like Tasmota on it? Couldn't find a straight answer. Any tips are highly appreciated 🙏

winged knoll
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The Hue hub?

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Yes, search the integrations for ... ||hue||

olive trench
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Is anyone still using GarHAge? A recent update broke mine and I don't see how to fix it.

olive trench
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All of my mqtt stuff is slowly getting depreciated lol.

last plaza
# fast flower basically, my ground, neutral, etc. are all ran directly to the light and the sw...

I would test with a multimeter if you have one. If your switch only has 2 wires I can make assumptions but the only way to know for sure is to measure. If your box is metal your box itself may be grounded. Your black wire is probably line with power from the breaker. The white one I think is a load, not a neutral. If your house was built in the mid 80s or before it probably doesn't have neutrals unless you know it does.

sinful wolf
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Can anyone recommend a wall light dimmer where the brand also has a matching ceiling fan controller? Currently I'm using Levitons but I'm having issue with lights flickering at certain levels.

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I have zwave and zigbee networks. I don't want wifi as I want this to be fully local control

fringe crater
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do you require fan speed control, or on/off only?

molten heart
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Hey guys, any experience on the IKEA Vindstyrka Air Quality monitor? I'm more interested in the update rate, I saw somewhere that the values take some time to be updated through ZHA, rather than being real-time values. Thanks!

winged knoll
molten heart
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Oh. Thanks!

sinful wolf
sinful wolf
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I really liked these Treatlife switches and dimmers but they updated their hardware and I could no longer flash tasmota to them =\ https://www.treatlife.tech/collections/smart-dimmer-switch/products/treatlife-3-way-smart-dimmer-switch?variant=41702638715075 and https://www.treatlife.tech/collections/smart-dimmer-switch/products/treatlife-smart-ceiling-fan-control-4-speed-fan-switch-suitable-for-ceiling-fans-neutral-wire-required-smart-home-devices-suitable-for-alexa-and-google-home-remote-control-schedule-no-hub-required

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The only workaround I found was completely replacing the board, since it was technically pin compatible with the old version. But I was not successful in doing that. Maybe I'll see if the new hardware has been hacked or not yet

twilit flower
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Hi, is it a bad idea to disable the fans on an old computer running haos? I dont want the computer to make noise, and i dont think the haos wont reach high temp. like windows for example

gloomy spoke
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Depends on many things, including case design. I would monitor the various temps and see

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HAOS in a VM along with a bunch of other stuff used <10% CPU on my old i5

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I use a Lenovo m92p and it's silent

devout oxide
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Is there somebody having troubles with binary sensor creation? I’m trying to setting up a new RF 433MHz door sensor (binary sensor) using Sonoff RF-Bridge. The RF-Bridge is using TASMOTA and sending the code to HA and is really received by Mosquitto Broker. HA is the latest version (2023.04.1 / 10.1) running on a VM.
The problem is that the binary sensor does not change the state and always shows as UNKNOWN even after restarting HA several times. I’ve been modifying the code as several YouTube videos found and still no success to get this thing running. Any suggestion is welcome, thanks.

rotund burrow
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anyone attached an aqara fp2 to HA?

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looks like it needs to use homekit but not sure what the pairing code would be

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nm I found it

rotund burrow
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too bad this can't tell you who is in a particular room

cold moon
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You can do that with BLE trackers or face detection

rotund burrow
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BLE requires each person to have a device on them, face detection requires cameras throughout the house + strong ML which is what I had but am trying to get away from

cold moon
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I know

olive trench
hot prawn
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Can't get two of the USB mics I've tried to work with HA running on a rasp pi

bitter shale
scarlet carbon
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Anyone know of an hdmi switch that can be picked up by Hass?
My TV is short on hdmi ports but don't want to have a physical switch, pref z2m if no integration

cold moon
bitter shale
cold moon
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i cant find them for sale anywhere

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says mid may or something anywhere i looked lol..

bitter shale
cold moon
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i have a couple fp1 and played with the zones

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seems fp2 is just a better version

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although wifi which is weird

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a guy on reddit shared how to pair directly to hass without using their app - i definitely wont be downloading a chinese app if i do get any fp2

bitter shale
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Well the Aqara Home app is required to setup your room map, zones, etc.

cold moon
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in zigbee2mqtt we can do this with the fp1

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i'm sure there will be workarounds without needing their app for wifi model too

bitter shale
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with the FP1 there's a third party room mapping app that shows live location and you can configure edges, zones, stickers, entrance/exit, etc.?

cold moon
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we have zone control and configuration, we dont get a cute little floorplan creator no

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but willingly installing a chinese company's app on my devices is a hard no

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and i'll never suggest it to others either

bitter shale
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ah well I could care less about that

cold moon
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your blog says you're a cyber security guy?

bitter shale
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yes

cold moon
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kinda goes hand in hand...

bitter shale
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facebook, google, everyone vacuums up our data....

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if a state actor wants to target you, their only tool isn't a smart home app..million other ways to compromise you.

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If you are a head of state, high profile VIP, a dissident, protestor, etc. then ya your risk profile and threat model would be way different. For the 99% average joe....the risk is miniscule.

obtuse tree
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Hey all, anyone provide a way to get the local tuya key wheen the IOT platform wont let you get the device info

obtuse tree
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anyone at all able to assist >?

faint wave
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does anyone know a ZigBee LED controller that also has a switch input so that you could toggle it without any smart device usage?

cold moon
faint wave
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the point is to have direct switch that would work even when network has failed

cold moon
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That’s what binding does…

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Direct communication even if coordinator is gone

faint wave
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then either is off the network?

cold moon
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Otherwise you should look into wled controllers for leds instead

faint wave
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i'm on HA and everything goes through zb2mqtt, does this allow to still have direct binds?

cold moon
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Those can have any physical button

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Binding is a zigbee protocol that works with all drivers / programs like z2m

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The devices have to support binding but that should be available on the device page on z2m site

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Or searchable online if not

faint wave
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if i bind something to something, can they still sit and act on the general network too?

cold moon
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Yes but you can’t override it

faint wave
cold moon
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Wi-Fi

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Using esp32

faint wave
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hmm yea..

cold moon
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Wled is firmware you flash on espressif devices like esp8266, esp32 etc

faint wave
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that can have annoying delays..

cold moon
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You can use Ethernet instead

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I use z2m with zigbee bulbs throughout the house and wled led strips in every room

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And wled turn on faster

faint wave
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now the scope is raising the roof 😄

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i'm guessing you are using then adressable leds because esp cant be dimming power for plain ones, right?

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not without additional driver..

cold moon
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There are controllers premade to do either

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Mosfets needed for analog

faint wave
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i'll look into the binding thing, thank you.
Got some tuya socket mini switches coming..

cold moon
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Gross

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Tuya is trash

faint wave
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i've done wleds yes, thinking of adding one to car rear brakelight too

faint wave
# cold moon Tuya is trash

why do you say that? how many tuya things have not worked and are only good for trash in your experience?

cold moon
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I’m smart enough to learn from others mistakes

faint wave
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well my tuya things have been working just fine..

cold moon
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They are notoriously shit build quality and firmware issues

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Wi-Fi and zigbee both

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Trusting them to not fuck up your zigbee mesh routing isn’t something I’m willing to do, nor am I willing to plug in non certified devices to mains power

faint wave
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i can luckily live a simpler life and i have fault breakers to take care of bad devices in the circuits

faint wave
oak portal
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How dumb would I be to virtualize HA along with my NVR storage and a truenas setup on the same single
Server?

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I'm concerned I should split it into two systems.

cold moon
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Too many people ignore single point of failure taking down all the things

oak portal
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Yea. Especially if I am doing door access woth the HA machine.

cold moon
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Well you should always have a key not keyless only

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Even if it’s in a dumb lock box

oak portal
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Backdoor will be.

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But I agree. Will all be on UPS etc as well for backup.

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And a key Interrupt for the channel on the lock to disrupt the mag lock

mellow pendant
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Can someone help me with this question?

I have a home with very thick walls and a shed that is far away. My current wifi setup includes two routers with seperafe networks for dowstairs and the addic. I want to upgrade this by using a mesh system. The problem i have is that i dont have a utp connection to my shed, but i so have a powerline.

Which systems would you guys recommend?

winged knoll
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If you have powerline you effectively have a wired connection

static horizon
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Anyone have recommendations for LED strips with HA? In the past I have done DIY with ESP chips (nodemcu) but it doesn't seem cost-effective really. The PSU alone costs the same if not more than a full LED strip. I would prefer local controlled if possible, but just curious on what people are generally doing now.

winged knoll
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Depends, do you want digital or analogue LED strips?

static horizon
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I think digital

winged knoll
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Then you can buy WLED controllers

static horizon
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Ah, nice. This is perfect. Thanks

idle kelp
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What's the case about this whole Bluetooth bug with version 10.x? My Xiaomi temp sensor losing connection after some time? Can I provide some logs. Directly in settings logs there is nothing, it's simply stop to receiving data.

winged knoll
idle kelp
still token
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Hi friends, looking to replace a few dumb switches for Zigbee smart switches and i'm feeling a little lost

What I need:

  1. Something with no neutral wire requirement
  2. A 2+ button smart switch that fits in a 1-gang dumb switch cutout. One to control the hardwired light and another to trigger HA automations
  3. Physical, tactile buttons – No touch

I'm in Canada if it helps. Any suggestions are appreciated

steep grove
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@still token did you look at lutron caseta?

still token
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I have but i cant seem to find one with multiple on/off buttons that doesnt require a neutral wire

steep grove
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I'm using some with no neutral that has 4 buttons, on, off, dim up, dim down. I haven't yet tried to make the dim buttons do something else tbh

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but I do have 'wireless' pico remotes that have 4 buttons that I have doing whatever

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ok yeah... I def have lutron pico remote integrated with zigbee (no lutron hub needed) that is controlling things plugged into separate smart outlets

still token
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Hoping for one with two or more simple toggles like the Aqara switches (unfortunately they are awkwardly sized for NA switches)

steep grove
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yeah I think what I'm doing is close but no cigar for your use case

still token
steep grove
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for pico remote yes

still token
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im thinking purely the wall switch, does HA register button presses?

steep grove
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for the lutron caseta in wall switch, I could...but i'd just use HA to run automation when <specific light> turned on

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I actually do that in my basement stairs, when turned on...HA waits for 1 hour and then turns it off

still token
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so technically i could tell it when that switch state is on then it can activate a group of smart lights too though, right?

steep grove
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but that is detecting the state of the light, not the button press

steep grove
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I did that in my old house

still token
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hmm ok, it's worth a shot. Can always send it back if it doesnt work out. Those seem to come most highly regarded. I was hoping for something a little more modern like the Aqara wall switches, but unfortunately they're not UL certified and awkwardly sized for NA switches

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anywho, thanks for your advice

steep grove
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good luck

young furnace
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in my HA host, my wifi do not work

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do you have any tips to help me ?

tacit burrow
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Bob means HAOS, which is an OS/config issue.

young furnace
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sorry i did not understand

tacit burrow
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You described problem as being "HA host", but your problem is the OS part of "HAOS"

sand oxide
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I'm sure this gets asked all the time, but do you guys have suggestions on hardware since it' so hard to come by a RaspberryPi these days?

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I'd like to avoid VM install, I've done them in the past and had problems passing USB devices through to the VM.

tacit burrow
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Buy a cheap+used sff pc, they're great.

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like $100ish on ebay

sand oxide
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Not bad, and you can run HAOS on these guys?

tacit burrow
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Absolutely. HAOS requires very little CPU etc. I run proxmox natively, and a bunch of things including HAOS.

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About 3% CPU

sand oxide
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Nice. I appreciate the pointer. Ty.

tacit burrow
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Np. FWIW I really like the lenovo thinkcentres; I have 2.

still token
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i got a TRIGKEY G2 for about 110 bucks new on amazon

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Running HA in docker container on Ubuntu, along with a few other dockers like HyperHDR. Thing flies and electricity usage is very low

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not sure why anyone would buy an rpi

upper fiber
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anyone know of a local alternative to the bond bridge?

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or is it local?

cold moon
upper fiber
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yeah, but looking for long range

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broadlink rm4 wouldn't be able to hit all of my fans

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meh got the bond

cold moon
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people here say it's better than the broadlink one

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otherwise you diy with esphome

frosty field
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They're in use at the moment, but they are planning to upgrade soon, ahead of the October deadline for Windows Server 2012 R2.

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Wait, you said ThinkCENTRE. These are ThinkSERVERs. My Bad.

tacit burrow
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hehe

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I use HP server a bit like that for my NAS

lilac lichen
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I'm looking for some speakers that would work easily with HA plus that it's socket powered (not battery powered or charged using usb). I know Sonos is an option but are there others?

winged knoll
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Symfonisk are Sonos, but cheap

lilac lichen
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Oh, that sounds good, thank you.

plucky drift
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i want to use it only as a temperature sensor, i wouldn't use the switch function.

plush sand
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Do I need a dongle to get Sonoff Zigbee products into my rPi HA?

winged knoll
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You need some form of Zigbee gateway, and a #zigbee-archived coordinator is the best way

plush sand
plain pawn
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what's a recommended+common thermostat for hass? I want to avoid a nest because google is pretty difficult to work with imo. I have a z-wave gateway, but I could get a zigbee one (which I want to do anyway) so it could be either

winged knoll
fringe crater
plain pawn
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cool thanks!

fringe crater
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I'd check ebay personally, the stores that sell them seem to have quite a high price.

covert scarab
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A question on gpsd. My implementation is generally working well. the GPS and gpsd run on a separate pi. If the gpsd Pi becomes unavailable (e..g, reboot) HA never attempts to reconnect. I have to restart HA to reestablish a connection. I didn't find a service call to restart gps within HA. Any suggestions? Thanks

knotty fern
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I'm new to Home Assistant. I have it up and running on a pi, have MQTT installed, and can see the devices out there. Is there a recommended brand or type of switches and plugs that are easy to add?

hushed bear
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Hi Guys, What are some recommendations for ESPHome starter, which boards can I buy start exploring?

fringe crater
winged knoll
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I m new to Home Assistant I have it up

real crystal
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Can somebody recommend me a modbus rtu to modbus tcp bridge that also works great with HA?
I have been looking for a while I found some candidates but they simply don´t seem reliable enough.
I tried the products from USRCN they worked initially but are sadly quite flacky.
My proof of concept was just hardwired via usb directly and it worked great. (Not possible to sustain because modbus devices are too far apart, but they are close enough to other networked devices.)
@ me for replies thank you.

normal spear
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Can anyone recommend a Zigbee/Z-Wave tilt sensor that reports granular angle and not just up/down? I have an automation for a wall TV mount that keeps my TV above the fireplace but able to come down in front of the fireplace for viewing, but right now I have to just send an IR signal for a period of time and hope it gets the mount all the way up/down. I want to install a sensor and just repeat the up/down command until the tilt is all the way down/up based on angle.

autumn sorrel
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RPI 1 is not really feasible right? Even for only 2 door sensor entities?

gloomy spoke
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To run HA? No.

winged knoll
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Not enough RAM, not enough CPU

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My watch is faster

gloomy spoke
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As a remote server to relay back to an HA installation, probably fine if it's supported by some Linux distro

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I have some Pi0s doing that

autumn sorrel
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And just displaying a simple 2 entity dashboard? I guess even a browser is too much for rpi1?

gloomy spoke
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running a browser and running HA are completely different things

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you cannot run HA on that

winged knoll
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512 MB of RAM, potato CPU... that may not be enough for a GUI and browser

autumn sorrel
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Yea understood that, was just wondering about the next step: with ha on some off-pi VM, do you think showing the dashboard is possible on the pi1? It's hardware I have laying around.

winged knoll
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Try it and hope?

autumn sorrel
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Yea i'll try

gloomy spoke
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that's just a question about whether there's a maintained Linux distro that runs a modern browser

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low-spec Pis usually run headless

frosty mirage
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Can someone verify for me that I can purchase a Ring Keypad + Window/door sensors and integrate them into my HA without any sort of Ring hub or subscription or base? I should just need a ZWave hub. Right?

winged knoll
true escarp
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Greetings, I want to replace a light switch in the wall with a zigbee motionsensor . Can you suggest a good hardware ? I only find battery based solutions :/

hard tinsel
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Hello folks, I'm looking at getting air conditioning installed, but of course one of my top priorities is home assistant support. Is there a good approach to this? From the integrations pages, it seems like:

  • Mitsubishi is cloud only 👎
  • Daikin dropped their local support 👎
  • LG is just no? 👎

I would appreciate any pointers really, living in the UK, I don't even know anyone that has AC 😂

rose loom
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Evening all. I'm trying to enable multiradio on my SkyConnect. I don't use HassIO so can't configure the hardware from HA. Done some Googling but can't find an alternate way to configure this. Anyone managed to do this without HassIO?

short pagoda
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Hey guys. I'm looking to get an air quality monitor that includes CO2, VOC/TVOC, Humidity, P2.5, Temp that can be integrated into Home Assistant natively or via ESP hardware. Does anyone have a high quality suggestion for hardware. I rather not start from scratch.

gritty wharf
dark citrus
plain wagon
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All my devices and integration that relies on bluetooth keeps dying after a couple of mins. I need to 'refresh' the bluetooth integration for it to work and goes dead again. I'm running HAOS on a NUC and close inspection of the host logs I can see lots of errors May 03 08:08:24 homeassistant bluetoothd[438]: Unable to create object for found device 00:00:00:00:00:00
May 03 08:08:28 homeassistant bluetoothd[438]: src/device.c:device_new() Unable to register device interface for 00:00:00:00:00:00

summer sonnet
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I'll second this - does anyone here live in Australia and have any experience with buying a thermostat for their central/hydronic heating system?

There is a real shortage of options here and they're all super expensive when looking at the equivalent US prices.

There are reviews of the Ecobee on amazon.com.au that say they don't work here, at least when they're imported. But I can't find anywhere that has Australian stock.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all 🙂

obtuse tree
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anyone familiar with IOT Tuya

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I have several devices, and I can see all the switches you can do within the Cloud platform, but just purchased a TUYA door bell, its all working, and I can speak 2 way, buzz the door and take screen shits and record video through the Tuya App.

But there is no code in the debug for the door buzzer, just this.

[
{
"code": "record_switch",
"value": false
},
{
"code": "ipc_smart_action"
}
]

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it seems to be missing all the options I can see in the tuya app

strange fog
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not sure where to ask as this relates to several areas, but i guess mostly depends on hardware so I will ask here:

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is there a deadbolt lock, ideally zwave, but able to use over homebridge to use an apple watch to unlock the door (same idea as disney bands at their hotels)?

brisk rover
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I am finally a proud member of the plant owner community. 😎 Naturally, I now need to suck every bit of data out of my new purchase! So: which moisture sensor do you guys recommend?
I searched around a bit and found b-parasite, but I'm a little intimidated by the PCB assembly order process and I don't know what price to expect. I've also come across the Ecowitt WH51, which I think I could read out with an RF receiver on one of my esphome devices.
But what do you use? Got anything good and cheap to recommend?

fringe crater
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Indoor/Outdoor? Powered or battery?

brisk rover
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Thank you! Indoor only, I like the idea of battery powered because, well, don't need no cables running to my new little roommate.

fringe crater
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I think Xiaomi MiFlora will work with ESPHome ble receiver.

brisk rover
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I can't quite tell whether the Mi Flora uses the good or the terrible measuring method 😯

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yaknow, the one that is said to start corroding after a few days...

hollow sierra
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I'm looking to monitor power from an outlet, to switch another power outlet on and off to kill a pretty massive vampire draw

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any suggestions as to what would be the cheapest way to do this with HA? I already have some single outlet wifi switches, I just need to do the monitoring half

fringe shoal
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I'm having an issue adding FP2 Presence Sensor via HomeKit controller. It says "Unable to Add Accesory" when attempting to add to Apple Home. Anyone seen this or have an idea what might be the issue? https://imgur.com/a/RVwkXUe

tacit burrow
hollow sierra
tacit burrow
sudden galleon
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Is there a device to auto open/close window? Not just to push it but actual unlock it and open it

rotund burrow
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anybody know of any smart pet feeders that will only make food available for a specific pet so multiple pets won't eat eachother's food ?

sudden galleon
rotund burrow
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next to what? what am I automating?

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seems there would need to be a specific design to handle something like this to keep food covered to shield from other pets

wet trail
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Hello. I am currently running my HA on a raspberry pi 4 (8gb). I believe it is the HA OS I am running.

Using Z2M with a snonoff Dongle-E (on usb extension cord).
I have a Conbee II i used before for ZHA, currently not in use.

I have recently set up a server running Proxmox and am considering migrating some or all of my HA setup to it.

Is there any argument for migrating only HA, Z2M or even Mosquitto to the server and leaving one of the services running on the RPi?

winged knoll
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#zigbee-archived can likely better answer that, but only if the Pi is in a different location to the Proxmox host

wet trail
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If we delay the zigbee part of the question for later, is there any reason I would want to prefer running the HA on the RPi over a server VM? Power consumption is a non-issue

winged knoll
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No

wet trail
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Great. I will start looking into migrating to the Proxmox server. Just gotta get past the phase where I keep breaking things on it

rotund burrow
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I'm running HA on proxmox and have an rpi with the zigbee/thread stick, ZHA over socket

wet trail
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Is the location of the server the only reason you run ZHA on the rpi?

rotund burrow
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more familiarity, I've been running ZHA since I started using HA

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ZHA is on the HA VM, I'm using ser2net on the rpi

wet trail
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I've been running ZHA aswell for a year or so but switched to Z2M due to some radar sensors I bought

rotund burrow
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I see the aqara fp2 is sold out

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will be nice when that can actually detect body position

lusty abyss
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I'm looking at the roborock S7 for a robot vacuum+mop that can handle some pretty bad pet fur (big husky with lots of long fur he blows out twice a year). Good buy or will it not be able to handle it?

uneven yarrow
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Aliexpress has loads of super-cheap 433mhz security things (door sensors, motion sensors, smoke alarms, etc) - what's the process for hooking these up to Home-Assistant? I presume I need some kind of 433mhz receiver for my Raspberry Pi? (I've got loads of ESP32 and LoRa and other MCU hardware and experience fwiw). I also notice the word "TUYA" on many of those things (as in compatible, not the manufacturer) - so to be clear - my system does not have any internet access, so it's a non-starter for anything that needs a cloud or accounts etc.

candid temple
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hello, can anyone recommend a smart plug outlet that works directly with HA without any clouds (hubs) or third party apps?

gentle fossil
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plug? meross

winged knoll
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Aliexpress has loads of super cheap

peak lagoon
uncut spire
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anyone ever used aqara h1 wireless switch ?

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can not manage to add it to home asistant

winged knoll
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The Zigbee one?

uncut spire
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im not sure tbh

winged knoll
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The only ones I know of called H1 are Zigbee

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The box should tell you

uncut spire
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cant send photo but

outer knotBOT
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uncut spire
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yes its zigbee

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im using he1 hub for aqara

winged knoll
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And... can't you get it paired to the hub?

uncut spire
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no its in hub and work perfectly fast and perfect ( according to log file)

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and i have 17 device in home asistant from aqara

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but this is not there 😄 and nomather i did i cant manage

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using
Aqara
HomeKit Controller

winged knoll
uncut spire
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hmmm if you say so

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thnak you ❤️

winged knoll
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Well, if it's in the hub and not in HA, it's an integration problem

uncut spire
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i guess cant decide since integration is work normaly

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i tought maybe this device need a speciall kiss :p

lunar delta
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What's your configuration for getting data out of the WiCan and into HA (or another app)?

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I'm not getting any data out of it, event on the Monitor tab

deep spire
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I have a 6 gang light switch at the kitchen and a 5 gang light switch in the living room

I plan to use home assistant with Zigbee
Can you recommend a 6 gang smart light switch and ideally is a Zigbee router?
I did my research and I can't find one

so my plan B would be get 2 Zigbee smart relay for the 6 gang light switch and anothe 2 Zigbee smart relay for the 5 gang light switch
However, I can't find one that can be a Zigbee router

Would to hear what you think and how I can make this work

winged knoll
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Your country matters

pliant forum
deep spire
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The only problem I have is it is end device, not router
I would like to build a mesh Zigbee network

winged knoll
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Then you need a neutral to the switch

deep spire
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Do you mean I need to find a switch that supports neutral?

winged knoll
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Yes, ones that support a neutral will tend to be routers

deep spire
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do you have any recommendation?

winged knoll
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You still haven't told us your country

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If I recommend stuff for 230V and you're using 110V then that does you no good

deep spire
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I am in Australia

split pumice
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Is there a best zigbee/zwave USB device for Home Assistant on Rpi4?

winged knoll
split pumice
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thanks...

winged knoll
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There's not really a "best" though

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(there are certainly "worst")

split pumice
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i'm hoping the one i'm current using isn't one of the worst then

frosty mirage
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Does anyone have a Zoos Zen77 dimmer switch that can confirm if they work with fans as well as bulbs? I don't see anything on the product page but I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

edit: oops, finally found it, says no fans. never mind!

fast flower
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to add a GD00z-8-GC to HA. Just doing regular inclusion, it gets added to my network but as a generic unencrypted device. The sticker on the bottom (as referenced in the instructions https://2gig.com/wp-content/uploads/GoControl-GD00Z-8-GC.pdf) does have the DSK label, but the QR code just returns "%SMARTLABEL%", it doesn't seem have been coded properly. I tried entering the 8 set hyphenated numbers, but HA said the DSK must be 50 characters long and start with 90. I don't see anything like that with this unit. Any suggestions?

fast flower
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Does anyone here have a GD00Z-8-GC? I need to get some details from someone that has one working so I can manually generate my QR code. I have the DSK. I think the last bit of info I need is the Zwave application version as reported in the API, or if you could provide the raw output from the QR (omitting your DSK), I would be extremely grateful.

karmic cargo
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I'm looking at some Philips Hue bulbs, and the E26/A21 bulb (1600 lumen, 2200-6500K) says on the box, "Dimmable only with Hue compatible devices". That would include any Zigbee hub that works with HA, right?
Seems obvious, but I need to be 100% certain on this before I recommend that the church spend $2500 on new light bulbs only to find out they don't work as expected...

fringe crater
karmic cargo
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Thanks. Took a look there. Unfortunately, Philips has so many different variations... I presume the middle column of alphanumeric is the exact model number, but I can't find any of the "model name", "part number", "item number" or other identifiers listed in the sales page also listed on the blakadder page. 😦
Since there are 2 "Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance A19 E26", differentiated by LCA002 & LCA003 on the blakadder page, I can't just go by the text description, and I can't find LCAxxx anywhere on any of the "for sale" pages I've looked at.
Not at all your fault, but very frustrating...

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and neither of the manufacturer links from blakadder back to Philips' page work - they're both 404 😦

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Guess I buy one, try it here at home and return it if it doesn't work.

obtuse tree
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anyone messed around with a wifi doorbell tuya Conessi Orno ?

obtuse tree
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anyone mess around with DPID's for manually adding, have a few questions about it , thanks

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localtuya that is

worldly goblet
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Hi there, I'm looking for a temperature device for my pool that I can connect with HA by BLE or ZigBee. Any know an aliexpress link for such a device ?

burnt blaze
clear root
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I noticed there is a bit of a hole in the information around home automation wired switches and wired relays.

In particular how to reset each wired switch/relay to reset and pair again. I note a lot of them have buttons on relay or on the back of the switch, but really they should all also be like the lights where if you turn it on/off fast 5x it resets and goes into pairing so you don’t have to open the wallbox once fitted. I can find a couple notes on the web of some wired switches/relays being able to do this but not enough information on all the brands to make informed decisions. Any suggestions on finding more of this information?

Use case I’m looking for is reasonably simple, once a 1-3 gang relay is fitted in the wallbox, be able to reset and pair device either from the switches in front or from switching the power to the circuit at the breaker panel instead of opening all the wallboxes to press buttons. Happy to have neutral wire versions, no issues there. Preference to Zigbee. Any suggestions?

worldly goblet
digital gale
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best smart double switch that will work with my home assistant door detector? ideally under $40

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

📎 message.txt
silver horizon
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I'm really struggling to get my Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5+ recognised in HA. I'm up to date with everything but running into the "Failed to initialize the driver: ZWaveError: Timeout while waiting for an ACK from the controller (ZW0200)" error after multiple attempts (reset the stick, uninstall the add-on, etc.). Where would be the best place to ask for help with this?

runic lodge
outer geyser
winged knoll
fickle tulip
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Hi all, I’m looking into Home Assistant and wondering what device to buy, I’ve read up about Raspberry Pi and I’ve seen Home Assist Yellow? But then I may need a Zigbe with Raspberry Pi(Not sure what a Zigbe is!) I’ve got Ring & Tapo Devices and I’m in the Uk!

golden thorn
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We usually recommend (U)SFF PCs

winged knoll
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Search the channel history for "tiny PC" - but also an old laptop with a busted screen is often cheap, low power, and performs well

pure blade
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One message removed from a suspended account.

winged knoll
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Do plug in a keyboard and monitor

pure blade
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One message removed from a suspended account.

winged knoll
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Then try a fresh SD card with a fresh install

pure blade
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One message removed from a suspended account.

winged knoll
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Yes, if you never downloaded them/had them pushed elsewhere they're on the broken system

fickle tulip
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If I have an old Dell computer would that work? But it would just have to be left on?

runic lodge
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Definitely needs to be left on if you want it to work 🙂

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On the Dell... depends how old it is

fickle tulip
runic lodge
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I wouldn't recommend a Pi unless you're looking to play around at first. Definitely doable, but limiting.

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The ultra small form factor PCs can come rather close in terms of power usage

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Definitely could use that PC at least at first if you wanted. Not sure how much energy cost of it running 24/7 is a concern for you

fickle tulip
winged knoll
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I ran on an old i5 laptop for long enough, peak power draw of about 10W - a little under twice that of a Pi4 with way more than twice the performance

fickle tulip
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There’s just so much out there, loads of people say different things… everything on YouTube says PI 🤷🏻‍♂️

winged knoll
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YouTube is also full of idiots

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The Pi is a great toy

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Pi's with an SD card are a ticking time bomb

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Pi4 + powered USB hub + USB SSD isn't a terrible starter platform - but at that point you've spent enough to buy a decent second hand PC

pliant forum
fickle tulip
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I’m looking for something a little cheaper 🙈

winged knoll
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You can find cheap stuff on eBay, and AliExpress

limber oyster
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Hi, I'm doing my nut with my HA that I've just migrated to a bare metal NUC. I can't see my Coral TPU at all in the hardware. Having started my HA journey with a VM in Unraid, it's been running recently (for various boring reasons) in an Oracle VM off my desktop PC , and now, my dedicated NUC.

The Coral worked fine off the Unraid VM, but didn't work at all in the Oracle VM. That was no surprise as it's well documented behaviour. I did expect the bare metal NUC to be a shoo in. Frustratingly not however.

I've tried every USB socket on the NUC. They all work fine. My Sonoff Zigbee device is detected in all the sockets, so I wouldn't have expected a problem with the Coral.

I've hung it off the desktop PC and it's discovered ok in W10. I'm convinced all the hardware is working fine.

Have I missed a trick somewhere? Any thoughts gratefully received. Paul

south glade
pliant forum
tacit burrow
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I love my thinkcentres for proxmox+HA+all_the_things

tacit burrow
fickle tulip
tacit burrow
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eg "Lenovo ThinkCentre M910Q Tiny Computer i3-7100T 3.4GHz 8GB Ram 256 NVMe W10 Pre-owned £65.00"

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Or if you're super cheap, and don't mind it being a little slower etc
"Lenovo ThinkCentre M93 - Intel Core i3-4130T - 4GB RAM - 500GB HDD"
£35.00

fickle tulip
tacit burrow
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Depends what the rest of your automation/devices are. Either an on-lan coordinator, or maybe a USB thingie. I don't know

pliant forum
tacit burrow
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Agree. And with another 8GB of ram, it'd be even better.

pliant forum
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I think those tiny pcs go up to either 32gb or 64gb so it should last a while

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Looks like that one is 32gb

tacit burrow
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I've got 16GB in each of mine. Was a prudent balance between cost and usefulness.

pliant forum
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this is a pretty good deal also, no ram or hdds though.

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oh.. it's bidding

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😂

tacit burrow
fickle tulip
pliant forum
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4gb more ram and 3 gens newer cpu

fickle tulip
tacit burrow
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imho the 65 quid one is a good deal

pliant forum
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the 65 one also has an nvme drive opposed to the hard drive

tacit burrow
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ask him what the ram is, 2x4 or 1x8. If it's 1x8 buy one more stick, otherwise buy the 16gb for 22 quid.

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imho you should run proxmox, then you can run lots of other cool things on the same box. HA itself doesn't need much

pliant forum
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^

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I run Home Assistant OS in a VM inside of Proxmox. It will work fine with 3-4gb i've found if you have under like 10 addons

fickle tulip
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So if I bought that 60quid one then I can just install home assist on it via SD card?

pliant forum
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and install it onto the internal drive

fickle tulip
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Even better!

pliant forum
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I would use Proxmox like @tacit burrow said though. Gives you more options in the future.

fickle tulip
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So I’d need to hook up one of my current computer screens to it to instal HA?

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Omg now your confusing me 🤣🤣

pliant forum
tacit burrow
#

proxmox is like vmware or virtualbox, but runs natively on the box, not via windows/mac/etc

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If you install proxmox natively, then you don't need physical install media for the guest OSs. I suggest tteck's scripts are really good, for a "one line" install of HA and lots of other things

pliant forum
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It also has a nice Web UI you can access on anything else on your network.

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No need to leave a display/kb/mouse hooked up

fickle tulip
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I’m fairly good with tech and computing but you’ve thrown me now 🤣🤣🤯🤯

tacit burrow
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See all the VMs or containers I'm running (or have installed) on the left

pliant forum
tacit burrow
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Plus, if you get a m910q or similar, you can remotely manage it from another machine (reboot, power on/off etc). It has intel management thingie

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Did I scare him off? 😇

pliant forum
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🤣

tacit burrow
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Did you look at the screenshot? It should get the Nerd in you excited about the possibilities! 🙂

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rcav93 "you" that is

pliant forum
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oh wow you have a lot of stuff running

fickle tulip
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I’m here! Sorry lol

tacit burrow
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Most of them are not actually running, but I play with operating systems sometimes.

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The top box is my dev/nonprod, and is powered off most of the time. I only turned it on for the screenshot 🙂

fickle tulip
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I was looking on eBay at lenovo tiny pc’s 🤣

tacit burrow
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(turned on remotely, mwahaha)

pliant forum
tacit burrow
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But my "prod" proxmox runs my:

  • opnsense (router/firewall)
  • pihole (add blocking)
  • home assistant
  • uptimekuma (tracking uptime of services etc)
  • heimdalldashboard (start page)
  • omada (tp-link switch/ap management)
  • fedora/debian containers for "quick things"
fickle tulip
pliant forum
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@tacit burrow I see you have a Ventura VM, have you looked into the app BlueBubbles?

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it's an iMessage Server with clients for Android/Windows/Linux

tacit burrow
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never heard of it? What's it do? (my workstations are all mac, that's my preferred desktop os)

pliant forum
tacit burrow
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Ah, I don't need it. My phone, laptop, and imac (plus wife same) are all apple 🙂

pliant forum
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Apple fanboy I see 🤣

fickle tulip
tacit burrow
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though if I couldn't run mac, it'd 100% be linux

pliant forum
tacit burrow
#

Yeah, I don't game much, and I use xbox when I do

pliant forum
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makes sense

covert locust
#

I am on the hunt for a smart plug that provides dimming capabilities (in the US). I've found a couple (and bought one) but they're wifi and tuya based, which is really giving me heartburn. Does anyone know of a locally controlled (ZigBee would be awesome) smart plug that does dimming?

tacit burrow
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How would a plug do dimming? Surely that would make the plug useless for most applications?

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But google says it's a thing, sure

pliant forum
lament pollen
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FP2 is back in stock btw

ivory trail
#

Just realised I put this in a thread instead of the main feed - I've got an entire server rack filled with servers and disk arrays that I can't really afford to run at the moment thanks to the current energy prices - I've been running all of my vital services with an old microsoft surface laptop for the past 12 months 🙂 (only uses about 9W)

tranquil hound
#

Has anyone ever used HomePro Z-wave switches? Found a bundle online for super cheap but I can’t really find any info on them.

covert locust
lament pollen
north trellis
#

I already have a mini pc with HA running in a docker container.. I'm planning to purchase a second mini pc (since I can't get a Yellow or similar) to running HAOS only. What are the minimum specs you recommend for just HA (plus a few addons).
Or you recommend I should wait Yellow is back in stock?

winged knoll
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UEFI support, 2 cores with a CPUMark of over 1,000, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage - more of all is good

north trellis
jagged crypt
#

i would suggest more ram if you plan on actually using it

north trellis
#

my existing mini pc is a ryzen 5 with 16gb of RAM. My idea is go with something similar to this or better

sage sable
#

Anyone have any recommendations, I am looking for a multi USB / Network based hub that can do all the connections...

So.. Basically I am looking for something that has everything integrated in to one.

Bluetooth, Matter, WiFi, Zwave, Zigbee.

I Kinda would prefer a network based hub. Something like a config as the Apple Homepod. Anything you guys know of.

golden thorn
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That sounds like quite the intererence generator

sage sable
winged knoll
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There isn't one

sage sable
winged knoll
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And if there was it'd probably be outdated and crap

winged knoll
sage sable
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dmn...

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did it again

outer knotBOT
#

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

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

sage sable
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I will stop

winged knoll
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You can buy one thing that does everything badly, or buy separate things that do their job well

sage sable
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I guess then is there other than the HA FAQ the recommended list of peripherals?

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I guess the tried and tested ones from the community

winged knoll
sage sable
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I have the Bluetooth the one with the external antenna and it works good

winged knoll
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Mostly though... buy the relevant hardware when you need it, not now

sage sable
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Is there a preferred networking tech that works better over Zwave - Zigbee - Thread

winged knoll
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Thread is new, ask about that in another year or two

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Z-Wave stuff all works together, but you pay for that

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Zigbee takes more effort, and shares frequencies with WiFi, Bluetooth, and Thread, but it's a lot cheaper

sage sable
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So Zwave I guess is the way to go

pliant forum
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I use both Zigbee and Z-Wave personally

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both work fine for my needs and I’m in a pretty congested 2.4ghz zone

winged knoll
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I used to use Z-Wave, that's all gone in favour of Zigbee

sage sable
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All of my stuff is Wifi and the only bluetooth LE I have is my level locks

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I was a full time Homekit Guy

civic kraken
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Zigbee (and wifi) have been good enough for me. The price difference to z-wave is quite significant

pliant forum
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You can get zooz zwave dimmers for about $30 about the same for a zigbee dimmer

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As for sensors definitely

sage sable
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Dimmers and stuff I dont care for I use Brilliant for that

pliant forum
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Yeah I’d recommend Zigbee then to start

sage sable
#

What about confliction with 2.4GHZ and Bluetooth

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wifi

pliant forum
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Unless you’re in like an apartment or SUPER close to your neighbors you shouldn’t have a major issue.

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Just make sure you put the USB on an extension

sage sable
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I have 4 Access Points at my residence that are covering all channels

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for 2.4g 5g and 6g

pliant forum
civic kraken
#

my phone can see 16 wifi access points and I've had no issues with either wifi or zigbee

pliant forum
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Like I said a second ago just make sure you buy a USB extension cable to put the zigbee dongle on

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USB 3 ports can cause a bit of interference

civic kraken
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I also use one of those really cheap non-recommended zigbee sticks, directly connected to the NUC so I'm looking at the worst possible scenario here

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My point being that ymmv and if you run into problems then try to fix those and don't start by trying to eliminate all possible issues you might run into

pliant forum
sage sable
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cant post here pictures I guess

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But I know I am using all channel specturm for 2.4 and 5

outer knotBOT
#

Please use imgur or other image sharing web sites, and share the link here.

Image posting is blocked in most channels to discourage people from sharing text as images. Sharing text as images assumes that everybody sees the world as you do, which isn't the case. Some people are colour blind, or have visual impairment that means they can't make sense of an image of text.

sage sable
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thanks makes talking that much harder lol

civic kraken
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It stops people from abusing that power which was unfortunately needed to stop them from posting yaml as images lol

sage sable
#

So I guess best device with most compatibility is the Skyconnect device

civic kraken
sage sable
#

:🤦:

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I fail at this in every discord

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my force of habbit

frosty mirage
#

Did I accidentally buy sensors that are zigbee instead of zwave? Yes, yes I did. 🤦

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Wait, they were literally on a list of zwave sensors. I'm not a complete idiot!

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Now do I keep em and buy a zigbee hub and start expanding out that mesh, or send them back.

verbal tinsel
#

All I'm finding are three way switches and set of two switches in one bay

weak juniper
verbal tinsel
#

I tried to look into this, and I’m not sure a ceiling fan works the same way. The exhaust fan I have has a single common connection and two live connections. Connecting one drives the fan on full, the other on low. They’re meant to never ever be connected at the same time (the manufacturer actually says to pick one and cap off the one not used). I think a ceiling fan typically uses something closer to a traditional dimmer?

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What I really need is something that acts as a spdt switch with an off position - I can kind of accomplish this with two relays (I can even use dry contact ones attached to the switch), but I need a way of absolutely guaranteeing both aren’t powered at once

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A relay that gives me both the NO and NC sides could work but I can’t find one that runs on mains power or with no neutral. I don’t know if I want to get into putting in a transformer for a low voltage device (especially since whatever I decide on I’ve got to do twice)

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(Mainly because I don’t entirely understand how to combine low voltage and high voltage safely, and this is supposed to be a quick project ahead of the heat wave next week 🙂)

weak juniper
verbal tinsel
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I can do a neutral, I don’t need to run it otherwise but I can just run a 12/2 along with the 12/3 or see if I can get my hands on a few feet of 12/2/2. I bought two zooz double relays and I could wire them up as dry contact with the switch, only problem is how to make absolutely sure that both aren’t running at once, and as a software person, I don’t trust software to do that. Is there some kind of uh… height voltage xor gate/breaker/fuse that would solve my safety concerns of doing it in software?

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I just meant that no-neutral solutions were fine… I guess that’s obvious since you can just not use it

broken bough
#

Hi, I have a home full of smart devices which I wish to integrate with Homeassistant. It appears these all conform to the Tuya standard, despite being mixed manufacturers with mixed apps for control. All are integrated with Alexa. However, if I try to add anything to the Tuya app it wants me to totally reset all devices and re-add them. Is there no way I can import existing devices?

winged knoll
broken bough
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Thanks - I did see that earlier but I'll take another look!

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It looks like I still need to add all my devices to Tuya in order to obtain device IDs and valid keys. I think this means a factory reset of all my devices.

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I could use Alexa to talk to all existing configured devices but I can't do that without a homeassistant cloud subscription. I'm disappointed but I guess I need to find another solution, or reinvent the wheel myself.

winged knoll
jolly barn
winged knoll
jolly barn
#

great thanks!

woeful pelican
#

can anyone advise how to set an alarm control pannel passcode for an automatically created alarm entity when you added a keypad?

winged knoll
woeful pelican
#

fair

finite dawn
#

Hi, anyone can suggest EU door bell with ethernet connection without WiFi, camera, control electrical lock and compatible with home assistant?

chilly lagoon
#

Hello There, is this the right channel for SkyConnect related things or #yellow-archived ?

winged knoll
iron cloak
#

I got a Problem with the Aqara vibration sensor (DJT11LM):
I use it to detect if i am Moving my office chair. Works pretty much as i would like it to. Detects Movement just enough so i can do stuff with it. THEN a few days go by and it stops reacting to normal movement and i have to hit it HARD to react. When i removed the battery and got it back in it started acting normal for a day or so and then getting back to being useless.

winged knoll
iron cloak
#

i´ll try

rain dome
runic lodge
rain dome
runic lodge
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Tuya

dark scroll
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What is the best way to run on windows it keeps crashing for me and disconnects from HomeKit

golden thorn
wet pewter
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What's the go to idea for an in wall display? Is it android tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 or a Fire HD 10/8 or using a raspberry pi with a touch screen?

digital gale
#

Aeotec SmartThings Multipurpose Sensor - Zigbee - Door and Window Sensor, Temperature Sensor, Perfect with Aeotec Smart Home Hub https://a.co/d/0X1zRCA

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Will this work with home assistant without a smart hub, if not what smart hub should I use?

runic lodge
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Yeah that'll work with just a coordinator, no special hub

digital gale
#

Does a hub do anything ultra special?

runic lodge
#

Ties you to the cloud and makes you sad, that's about it

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HA takes care of all of the smarts that a standard hub would

digital gale
#

Oh I have like no reason to need to access my home outside of my network

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So yea just makes my wallet sad

runic lodge
#

Well even with HA you can allow remote access if you need it

#

No hub required

#

Especially for a multipurpose sensor, no reason for a hub. I think there may be some features with Hue that the hub enables

digital gale
#

thank you for the help!

runic lodge
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You bet

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Just to be clear, you do need a zigbee coordinator if you don't have one for that

pallid prairie
#

What smart thermostat do you guys like

pliant forum
# pallid prairie What smart thermostat do you guys like

Ecobee is the generally accepted thermostat i've found, I've got a Honeywell T9 in the downstairs of my house integrated via HomeKit Controller locally with no issues. Also have a Honeywell T6 Pro Wi-Fi integrated via the same method. Got the T6 Pro for $20 off of Mercari

pallid prairie
#

My contractor is trying to tell me to get an Amazon one

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But he's a hammer guy, I'm a computer guy

plush smelt
#

hey guys, if i wanted to get a small used pc to reinstall HA on (it's currently running through a VM on my main windows laptop) what specs should i be looking for?

also if i do get a small used pc, what's the best way to install HA? i've never used linux before, but would using that instead of windows be better?

sturdy pollen
#

not sure if this is the best place for this question: i have a thermostat that I can import to home assistant, however it does not report when it’s actually calling for heat/cool. so i figured i can use a sensor on the furnace to check when the output is actually turned on and monitor that as a binary sensor. can i use a zooz zen17 and just connect directly to the input c/vc contacts? would i need to add a resistor inline or something to protect it? or would a different approach be better? like esp32 with opto isolator based circuit?

dire ridge
#

Anyone know of any tilt sensors that have a 500ft range in open air?

earnest parcel
#

Is this a good channel for me to ask about hardware to run HAOS? I bought an M2 Mac Mini with hopes to be able to run HAOS in a VM but its been a bit of a dumpster fire so I am in the market for a thin client pc or NUC-like system.

winged knoll
#

Yes - but the question comes up almost daily so do search the channel history

earnest parcel
winged knoll
#

Depends on what else you want to do with that PC than just run HA itself

finite heath
#

What are everyone's suggestions on good locks that pair with home assistant fully locally?

I have a set of Yale zwave locks at the moment but I'm trying to leave the zwave ecosystem since zwave has the speed and reliability of an epileptic tortiose at a rave, and is generally about as enjoyable to deal with as impacted wisdom teeth surgery.

earnest parcel
#

I probably won’t be doing anything else with it. Maybe running PieHole or services like that. I know I can’t game on it and I have a really powerful Mac desktop that I use for everything else.

winged knoll
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Then probably go for the lower power option

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The higher power one however will give you headroom for things like Frigate

earnest parcel
#

In your opinion, is that ebay item a good option at a good price?

winged knoll
#

I don't live in the USA... don't ask me 😉

earnest parcel
#

Ah. Got it. Didn’t realize you couldn’t see it.

winged knoll
#

Well... honestly, I'm not a search engine

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I have no idea what that kind of spec goes for normally

#

Whether that's a good price, shocking price, or what ... no way of knowing

#

Hell, I'd go and check AliExpress for similar specs on new units and see

finite heath
earnest parcel
#

Thanks @finite heath

finite heath
#

SSD is the same size too. And since it's an ssd you can run HA with mariadb instead of SQLite which will make your history stats and dashboards much quicker to load.

winged knoll
#

These days the performance difference is very, very, small

finite heath
#

In general or just for history?

winged knoll
#

In general

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SQLite has come a long way, and the HA Devs have put a lot of work into DB optimisations to shrink the difference further

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If you don't already run a "proper" database for other reasons then there's little point (for most people) in running one just for HA

finite heath
#

That's really cool, i used SQLite a long time ago for some projects and it was God awful for performance

winged knoll
#

It's not something I'd use for anything serious, but for HA you'll likely be fine

finite heath
#

Would you say there is still a benefit to running on mariadb even if it's small?

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Disregarding the overhead of spinning up an instance

winged knoll
#

Depends, do you know how to back up and manage MariaDB?

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If not, then that's a big downside

#

If you do, or if you're otherwise a DBA in your $dayjob, then ... maybe

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You're probably going to have to be running a big system or keeping months of history though for it to be worthwhile

finite heath
#

Good points. Even though I've worked with mariadb extensively if there isn't really a benefit to using it then I won't. I just noticed that history pages were always sluggish to load, minutes or longer sometimes, and switching to a 'real' database setup was likely the solution.

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But the problem must be elsewhere if you're claiming the difference is so small now. It's usually the logbook that takes ages to pull back results when either focused on an entity or expanding the search window into the past.

winged knoll
#

I run with SQLite currently, and honestly, history is about the same performance as when I used MariaDB on the same hardware

finite heath
#

Damn, i wonder what my problem is then. Im running it on an Odyssey Blue with 4 cores dedicated, more than enough SSD space, and 8GB of ram. It's ran as a HASS OS VM inside proxmox. It's using about 4 GB of ram on average.

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Thought that should be more than sufficient for this. I don't notice lag anywhere else, just when loading the logbook for older data or specific entities.

winged knoll
#

I just asked the logbook for a 24 hour window 10 days ago, took about 6 seconds to load

golden thorn
#

Maybe I'm too used to my time series database but that seems slow

winged knoll
#

For data that hasn't been accessed recently ... that's ok IMO

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Not what I'd want for a proper database, but then I'm not on "proper" hardware

finite heath
#

Yeah. Definitely feeling being used to production databases that return things in a couple milliseconds. But having indexes for the parameters being passed in would usually resolve most of the performance issues on smaller hobby projects i worked on, where it dices up the pages and sorts the values so the least amount of IO is required. I'm sure that's all been accounted for by the HA devs but I'm still very curious what a change to a full relational db would improve. I have an unraid NAS so setting up mariadb there might be a nice side project, then I'm also taking the overhead of managing the db and keeping it cached in memory off of the HA box. Still may not be worth the effort. Thanks for the insight @winged knoll

empty notch
#

Hello, thanks in advance for any help.

I have ha running on a docker container and is working great for my needs.

I bought a Sonoff ZBDongle-P (CP210x) to integrate Zigbee into HA, but before adding it to my HA I want to familiarize with it.

Can someone point me to where I can read on how install the dongle on a linux laptop (Ubuntu but it can be Deboan or whatever) and configure it as a Sniffer or maybe to perform CLI commands.

Thanks

winged knoll
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You mostly don't do any of that

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Installing it is just plugging it in

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You don't use a CLI with it

empty notch
#

Thank you. I was looking to familiarize myself with the hardware and related tools/options/

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I will give it a try by just plugin it.

winged knoll
#

Well, the tools are either ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

empty notch
#

Thank you. The Sonoff ZBDongle-P shows as "Silicon Labs CP210x UART Bridge"

winged knoll
#

That's ZHA you're looking at

empty notch
#

Right. Sorry, I missed it.

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Thanks a lot

#

I will jump there

chrome whale
#

Any one have luck with the Orange Pi 5 8GB Rockchip RK3588S? Looks similar to the Odroid

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Orange Pi 5 8GB Rockchip RK3588S 8 Core 64 Bit Single Board Computer, 2.4GHz Frequency Open Source Development Board Mini PC Desktop Run Orange Pi OS, Android12, Debian11 (Pi 5 8GB+5V4A Type C Supply) https://a.co/d/csq0XIH

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I have some Amazon rewards points i wanna use for a new more efficient os host.

tacit burrow
#

SFF ftw

chrome whale
# tacit burrow SFF ftw

Limited-time deal: BOSGAME Mini PC Intel 12th Gen N95(up to 3.40Ghz) 8GB DDR4 256GB PCIE SSD Mini Computers Windows 11 Pro, Mini Desktop PC Support 4K@60Hz Dual HDMI/BT 4.2/ WiFi 5/4xUSB 3.2 https://a.co/d/4ZP4Idp

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Hows that look?

pliant forum
#

Should run you about $100 for a decent one with 16gb of ram (if in the US)

#

See if Amazon has any similar to that ^ (probably renewed)

tacit burrow
#

The N95 is about the same performance as i5-6500t or similar, which is in the SFF boxes

pliant forum
#

Ah, good to know!

#

I saw the words Celeron and was immediately turned off 😂

tacit burrow
#

the i5 is 10-20% faster

#

says the other way around

#

either way, there's not much in it

golden thorn
tacit burrow
#

I just google for "cpu1 vs cpu2" and click the first,hahh

tawny viper
#

Any suggestions on voice assistants to replace Alexa? More the hardware. I have server hardware. So more concerned about a "player" and a client as a voice assistant.

winged knoll
normal spear
#

I've been working on automating showing a poster on a TV outside my home theater every time I start a movie, but I hit a wall because that TV is a Roku, and it seems Roku won't show an image as part of a media player automation. Does anyone know of a cheap HDMI stick that works well for sending an image as a media player?

west creek
#

hey all:) is there anyone that uses an asus tinker board? I am looking at a new setup that needs to be fanless, compact, and easy to swap... so no mini pc, rpi is too expensive & hard to procure... Thoughts if this is good? Maybe an odroid's better? Nothing fancy to be done(no video recording etc etc)

weak gale
#

How can I measure current trough S1 and S2 pins on this tuya switch??

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I want to make led glowing.

shrewd gorge
#

Hello! Does anyone know of a smart switch with a good built in motion detector?
Requirements:

  • US based
  • Preferably Z-Wave, but Zigbee is good too. Possibly WiFi if decent.
  • Relay disconnect for smart bulbs
  • Price below $70
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Or is separate switch and motion sensor the best way to go still? It would at least be nice to have sensor mains powered.

pliant forum
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Has a built in mmWave sensor

shrewd gorge
#

Thanks! At the price, I think I'm better off with individual switch and sensor, like Zooz.

unreal vine
#

I'm looking for a recommendation for a LED strip dimmer (One color or CCT) with WIFI or Zigbee that has a really wide dimming range.
I'd like to attach them to my bed and function as a night light if I need to get up in the middle of the night

lyric bluff
#

Hey,
i have kind of a challenging task to fulfill: I want to have a smart door bell with audio/video, connection to the existing wired gong (optional), 2. gong (wireless) and person detection.
In the best case scenario, it can trigger a smart switch to open the door (it is right now just a regular switch)
optional: person detection
would love a home assistant integration.

any idea?

rich venture
lyric bluff
edgy carbon
#

hello does anyone know how can i connect outdoor rgb strip to home assistant using some controller or something

drifting grove
#

Hello everybody, I am would like to install a wired home automation system with home assistant. I have access to a WEIDMUELLER MODBUS TCP FIELDBUS COUPLER, ref 1334930000 with different modules like digital io, analog, pwm ...
Would it be possible to use it ?

https://youtu.be/pVb6Vq84ovg

Thanks

rich venture
#

also physical wired chimebox are supported without buying extra stuff

lyric bluff
#

Any recommendation regarding video player besides mobile phone for that setup?

digital gale
winged knoll
digital gale
winged knoll
#

Zigbee is a radio protocol, you need a radio

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Unless you're able to change the laws of reality, there's not a lot more you can do

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The good news is that they're easy to buy

digital gale
#

hmmm changing the laws of reality seems pretty appealing rn

#

will that sensor i linked above work with a smart things hub? it seems im gonna need one for my light bulbs anyway

winged knoll
#

No idea

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I'm not daft enough to tie myself to some limited hub

digital gale
#

what do you use?

winged knoll
#

Zigbee2MQTT

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That or ZHA are smart choices

#

Just add a (supported) coordinator that's not junk

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(and build your mesh, because Zigbee is a mesh network)

digital gale
#

whats the difference between a hub, a cordinator, and home assistant

winged knoll
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A hub is a manufacturer device that's locked down

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A coordinator is a Zigbee radio

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Home Assistant is software

digital gale
#

Ok thanks, so i take it if i wanna control both my aeotec multipurpose sensor, and myphopollo smart bulbs im gonna need all of the above

winged knoll
#

Well, not a hub, but otherwise yes

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Of course the Aeotec is Z-Wave as far as I know, not Zigbee

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Ah... they also do Zigbee these days

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That must have come with their purchase of Smart Things

digital gale
#

on the box it just says smart things compatiable, im honestly super confused on even what i need

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i literally just wanna make it so when a door closes lights come on lol

winged knoll
#

Well, it's probably Z-Wave, but ... link?

digital gale
#

i appreciate all the help you can offer

winged knoll
#

Good news, it says Zigbee, so it must be part of the ST range

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Buy a Zigbee coordinator, and if required some Zigbee routers, and you'll be fine

outer knotBOT
#

Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

digital gale
winged knoll
digital gale
# outer knot

with my level of smart home experience alot of this doesnt mean a ton to me

winged knoll
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There's links there you can use

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Click them, read 😉

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If you're in North America Tube is good

digital gale
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i am, ill try to read up before i head out for work, thanks for all the help

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so just to be clear so i dont buy the wrong stuff and have it not work, all i should need to make my lights and sensor connect to home assistant is a zigbee cordinator? and possibly a zigbee router if my current one doesnt support zigbee?

winged knoll
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Zigbee routers are Zigbee devices that route messages, your WiFi router is irrelevant

digital gale
#

ah okay, i thought you meant an actual wifi router lol

winged knoll
#

Again, more details in the links above on my blog, but most mains powerered Zigbee devices are routers (but not all)

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The important thing is that the range from the coordinator to any device is about 6 to 8 meters. To get more range you need the router devices

digital gale
#

is it okay if i shoot you a ping before i purchase the zigbee cordinator to make sure its the correct device that will work for me?

winged knoll
#

The bot message covers the key recommendations

digital gale
#

will i need anything special for my lights to connect to HA?

winged knoll
#

Are they Zigbee?

digital gale
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ill grab a link

winged knoll
#

WiFi

digital gale
#

i take it that means there not compatable with HA at all

winged knoll
#

if you're "lucky" they're going to be Tuya compatible

digital gale
#

they are

outer knotBOT
digital gale
#

this feels a bit overwhemling

winged knoll
#

It is, if you try to understand/do it all at once

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Do it in little steps and suddenly it's not so bad

digital gale
#

alright so i guess first step is getting the multipurpose sensor to work

winged knoll
#

Well, you should be able to get the bulb working now

digital gale
#

so im assuming first step is adding the tuya intergration to HA

winged knoll
#

Yup

digital gale
#

any idea where i can find the tuya OIT access ID and access secret?

winged knoll
#

I don't buy any Tuya WiFi stuff ... I have standards

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#integrations-archived can help with that though I'm sure - there's other people who've made the same mistake as you 😉

digital gale
#

🤷‍♂️ i thought they were supposed to be good

winged knoll
#

Tuya and good are two words that are only usually heard when no is in the middle

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Tuya's WiFi stuff is ... a pain in the ass

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Some of it isn't a complete piece of crap

digital gale
#

so im assuming a good takeaway is, never buy them again

winged knoll
#

Their Zigbee stuff can be really good, and really terrible

#

Well, the common advice here is never buy Tuya's WiFi stuff

#

Their cloud API and integration is ... flaky

digital gale
#

i figured light bulbs would be the one smart home device i wouldnt have to mess with a ton

winged knoll
#

There's a few custom options for local access, which are better when the device is supported

digital gale
#

is tuya smart and tuya IOT the same thing?

winged knoll
#

No idea

digital gale
#

tuya smart is the mobile app the lights are supposed to use

edgy carbon
#

hopefully it works with home assistant

wary plume
#

i use an aqara vibration sensor to tell when my garage door is open/closed. however, every other week or so, the angle that would correlate to 'closed' now correlates to 'open' . anyone else run into anything like this?

digital gale
gloomy spoke
#

Yep

polar shadow
#

Anybody use the Yolink IR Blaster?

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YS4803-UC

gloomy spoke
#

Do not cross post

polar shadow
#

Got me. Hadn't gotten a response

#

Sorry

digital gale
covert scarab
winged knoll
digital gale
#

@winged knoll i found out tuya has a nice local intergration with home assistant, with that intergration the lights actually become, dare i say worth buying

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the cloud thing was confusing the hell out of me, so im glad

short lance
#

I tried the Tuya integration with Homeassistant and more often than not I cannot reach the lights via HA but with the Tuya app.

winged knoll
digital gale
#

oh im sorry, i was trying to get ready for work while figuring the lights out and must have skimmed past it

#

the cloud service is horrible

#

0/10 never again

#

extremely overcomplicated and i passionately dislike anything that makes my smart home reliant on some company out of china

rose musk
#

my lawn mower valiantly gave in today, I shall be giving him a glorious funeral.

But to replace him does anyone recommend any particular smart lawn mowers? I've done no research yet but definitely want a smart one, just don't know the good and bad brands
Budget: < £600/700
Country: UK
Would love to be able to have it interact with home assistant or at least get stats/data

outer knotBOT
#

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)
digital gale
winged knoll
#

Also, see my previous answer 😉

pallid prairie
#

Recommend us water shut off valve?

digital gale
#

Noted thanks tinkerer

sand oxide
#

Hey guys, I'm curious if you could offer a recommendation. I'm looking for a zigbee receiver that plays nice with an HA installation on a VM (in Windows). In the past, I've experience issues with the SkyConnect not being able to use the USB passthrough in the VM software. Also, I'd preferably like to get something that doesn't require any wait time. Right now, albeit I've done little research, it seems like Matter is currently experiencing some early adopter problems, hence the reason I'm planning on sticking with Zigbee. However, I'm open to all recommendations. Thanks in advance.

tacit burrow
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Maybe get a completely off-VM coordinator like the tubez one?

winged knoll
#

Hey guys I m curious if you could offer

sand oxide
winged knoll
tribal hedge
#

Hey there guys, I bought a Kruidvat Tuya based remote control (goed over wifi using a WR3 chip) but is there any way I can make this work on home assistant? https://i.imgur.com/NYtYmjG.jpeg

winged knoll
#

Did you try the Tuya integration?

tribal hedge
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The thing is, in the instruction it's saying I have to turn off and turn on the device I want to control and then click on a button and then it should work. So connecting it to the tuya app is (I THINK) not possible.

winged knoll
#

Well, it's either Zigbee or WiFi, not likely to be both

tribal hedge
#

I'm aware. But how do I figure that out?

winged knoll
#

I've no idea. All you've shared is a picture and a brand

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Typically you'd search for the model

tribal hedge
#

Kruidvat SH.63.214

winged knoll
#

You have instructions... those should give you some pretty big clues

outer knotBOT
#

@tribal hedge I converted your message into a file since it's above 15 lines :+1:

📎 message.txt
tribal hedge
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That is the only instructions, it is a very unclear product

winged knoll
#

Hell... that could be anything, WiFi direct, Bluetooth, who knows

tribal hedge
#

Yeah maybe even trough sign language LOL

#

I think I will just give up on this and create my own remote with ESP8266 and let it connect to wifi or some other protocol to reconnect faster in sleep mode

winter rover
#

Have you experienced any issues with the SONOFF SNZB-03, where it stops reporting its states or remains in a detected state?

winged knoll
raw cosmos
#

Does the Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus–ZBDongle-E has a greater range from Conbee II? I need to extend my coverage

lament brook
#

Hi, I just got a skyconnect dongle and set it up... before I rebooted it... Now the serial port number has changed, where do I update it?

winged knoll
#

Does the Zigbee 3 0 USB Dongle

karmic solar
#

i am getting so sick of this raspberry pi shortage.

tacit burrow
#

So buy a used SFF pc. They're way more capable, and about the same price.

#

@karmic solar ^

karmic solar
#

il just wait for a pi 😦

tacit burrow
#

Plus you can run something like proxmox or esxi, and run whatever else you want at the same time, on the same box, since it has so much horsepower to spare...

final light
#

i recently picked up this little gadget from arylic to turn one of my sets of speakers into a wifi mediaplayer entity (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W7QB2RX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

Ive been searching around for alternatives to this device but cant really find anything, which isnt really an issue, but i personally dont like that it is just an uncovered circuit board. And i have no proficency in 3d printing nor do I even know where to begin.

I know of the WiiM system, but its double to triple the price.

Is there anything similar on the market? Im planning on turning all my speakers in the house into wifi speakers, mainly for the grouping. But also really love how it was instantaneously detected by HA the moment i got it on wifi.

And if not... is it even safe to leave hardware out open to air / elements? or should i maybe put it in like a hard shell crayon box with holes drilled in the sides for cables to enter?

tacit burrow
#

You can't get a little plastic box from the supermarket, cut a couple of holes in it, and use hot-glue?

#

Like a kitchen / kids snack box, with click-clack lid?

final light
#

that was my plan, i just wasnt sure if that would cause some sort of issue. ive honestly only really ever dealt with software and not so much hardware... so im not familiar with what is 'acceptable' or 'viable' i guess

tacit burrow
#

That would be fine. Plastic shouldn't impact wifi etc. You could glue some nuts/standoffs to the box, and use the screw holes, if you want it to be removable.

final light
#

🫡 great deal.

cold moon
shut trellis
#

Why are almost every IoT devices battery powered? Trying to setup temperature-specific actions has turned into buying mountains of AAA batteries and constantly changing them.

cold moon
#

then you bought the wrong devices

#

I cant think of a single AA/AAA IoT device except for smart locks that are actually used and recommended here

#

zigbee motion/temp/lux combo sensors such as hue last 3+ years on a single button cell type battery

#

even cheap bluetooth temp/humidity sensors last 6+ months (with a tiny button cell battery)

shut trellis
#

That feels... Inaccurate. A sizeable majority of the temperature sensors are battery-based. The few which aren't that I'm seeing look to be lacking in quality.

tacit burrow
#

I bought some. They were awful. It's put me off home-sensors entirely.

cold moon
#

sending updates every 30 seconds and retriggering every 30 seconds (when motion detected) which is often due to pets

gentle fossil
#

yeah the hue sensors last forever

tacit burrow
#

My wife already goes on about Google and Amazon watching everything we do; if lights were to turn on automatically, I think she'd freak out

cold moon
#

that's crazy talk

tacit burrow
#

The motion sensor looks like $64 australia peso

cold moon
tacit burrow
#

Google says the temp sensor only updates when the motion is triggered?

#

will buy one to play

#

56 au-peso on amazon

gentle fossil
#

no, they update every 5-10 minutes

#

but aren't precise, hue does not advertise them and they don't expose them when using the hue hub

tacit burrow
#

do zigbee hubs/coordinators automatically find devices? Or need to register/pair them?

gentle fossil
#

pairing it is

tacit burrow
#

ahh cbf

cold moon
tacit burrow
#

I'm fairly sure that I paired them, once upon a time, but I can't see them now, so something forgot

cold moon
# gentle fossil no, they update every 5-10 minutes

MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Stairs Sensor', payload '{"battery":26,"illuminance":8812,"illuminance_lux":8,"led_indication":null,"linkquality":120,"motion_sensitivity":"high","occupancy":true,"occupancy_timeout":0,"temperature":22.86,"update":{"installed_version":1107323831,"latest_version":1107323831,"state":"idle"},"update_available":null}'

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seems it sends the temp etc along with the motion status update

tacit burrow
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And that's event driven? That's what google was saying

cold moon
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the temp is similar to that in other rooms

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i wouldnt consider them too imprecise to use like some door locks with sensors in them or something

cold moon
tacit burrow
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Google is suggesting that the temperature is sent along with motion events, but isn't periodically sent

cold moon
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it's definitely periodically sent too

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or polled in z2m maybe? idk

gentle fossil
tacit burrow
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🤷 I'll see in a week or so when it arrives.

cold moon
tacit burrow
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But I'm using the hue-hub rather than any non-hue coordinatorthingywotsit

cold moon
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mine shows 5min increments but as i showed above payload when motion is detected includes current temp (i think?)

gentle fossil
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that may be just how z2m handles them

cold moon
tacit burrow
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The el-cheapon ones I bought seemed very irregular. Like they worked for a couple minutes, then wouldn't report in for days, then randomly for an hour or two, then nothing for days

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I've got a tubez coordinator

cold moon
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then why not use that

tacit burrow
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Just never got around to it, and I need to keep the "hey google, turn on the master lights" working, or wife will get cross 🙂

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Plus the hue button

cold moon
cold moon
tacit burrow
cold moon
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ding ding

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i'm sure if you were building a new house you could run low voltage everywhere and just add esphome sensors everywhere

gentle fossil
tacit burrow
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WHen I win powerball tonight, I already know the house I'm buying 🙂

gentle fossil
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I just got them like a week ago, will see about the battery life. so far still 100% so that seems ok

tacit burrow
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27 euros? quite expensive. will see what they are in my local

gentle fossil
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its 3 sensors for 27, less than 10€ per piece

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but when you google the product title you will end up with pictures just like your sensor

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so maybe this is v2

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z2m sees them as

Temperature & humidity LCD sensor

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you so funny z2m

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teal badger
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Hi guys, i have a skylinknet hub where just die and i had some contact sensor and motion detection. I need to replace that stuff. i dont have any zigbee or zwave hub. What you recommand to be compatible with HA ?

winged knoll
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Are you looking for Zigbee or Z-Wave, or both?

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#zigbee-archived can help with Zigbee, and has pinned messages on stick recommendations

teal badger
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No i would like to avoid to buy another hub if possible

winged knoll
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That's good, because neither of those channels would suggest one 😉

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What are you looking for? Some way of re-using your existing sensors?

teal badger
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Im pretty sure i will not be able because skylinknet have they own cummincation system so i think i lost that.. Maybe find something wifi to replace contact and motion detection and combine alexa to do the alarm sound i dont know !

winged knoll
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WiFi sensors suck

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Zigbee sensors don't

teal badger
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So i will need to look for zwave hub and stuff ?

winged knoll
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Nope

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You'll need a coordinator - which is a radio, typically USB connected

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Z-Wave and Zigbee are also unrelated

teal badger
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interesting, have you a link of that or something to guide me ?

winged knoll
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For?

outer knotBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

winged knoll
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I have about 90 Zigbee devices, various brands, spread all over the house

teal badger
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Ok sorry maybe i was confused because you said Zigbee sensors don't

winged knoll
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They don't suck

teal badger
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Ahhh !

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😄

winged knoll
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WiFi sensors suck - WiFi is a high power radio setup

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Zigbee is designed for long battery life, you'll get a year or few out of a coin cell battery

teal badger
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Perfect ! i switch to zigbee channel

brave fiber
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I want to get some smart plugs, is Tasmota better than ESPhome and what's MQTT for?

cold moon
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not really better it's just personal preference between the two. most of us home assistant users prefer esphome due to the finer integration (since they own esphome now)

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what do you mean what is mqtt for

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depends if you want wifi,zigbee,zwave, etc and if you want power monitoring or not- but the sonoff s31 wifi plugs with power monitoring flashed to esphome work great. i have 6

brave fiber
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I want power monitoring, I have EU plugs so can't use the S31

cold moon
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oh eu

brave fiber
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Will they work? Can I monitor power consumption and use ESPhome instead of Tasmota?

cold moon
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i'd probably use one of those two instead

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although the plug might be identical to yours and just flashed with esphome

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a lot of them are very similar or the same

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if you want a bunch i'd buy for cheaper off ali e

brave fiber
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I wanted to get 4

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So 63$ with shipping

elfin summit
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Anyone running HA operating system on a minipc or an intel nuc? For whatever reason, the inregrated bluetooth device isn't being recognised

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It's running an Intel Wireless-AC 3165

tacit burrow
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Running in natively on the hardware? HAOS doesn't have drivers for All The Things.

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Especially wireless, since it's thoroughly recommended against

distant dove
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Shipping costs are excessive though.

livid owl
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so, i got a new pi 4, 8 gb. it only gives a solid red light and does nothing, it doesn't even power its usb 3 hubs

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did I get lucky and get a second DOA pi in a row?

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also, EEPROM recovery via SD does nothing, still no green light

winged knoll
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Did you try a known good power supply?

stray flax
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Anyone have a pi 4 case recommendation they like when using a 2.5" SSD? Finding a ton for NVMe and m.2 but not seeing any decent reviews for having a cased SSD drive.

livid owl
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its the official power supply btw

livid owl
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nevermind, measured 0V between 3.3v pin and ground, just my luck again

cold moon
livid owl
cold moon
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Idk your budget but this is a popular mini pc. There are thin clients for $50 that come with ssd/emmc and a power supply that are still better than a pi if you prefer to spend less

tacit flint
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Hi! Does anyone have a tip for (preferably Zigbee) smart plugs with energy monitoring that are compliant for use in central Europe? This means they have to switch off the live wire which is on the left.

Also, use of Schukko (the plugs that don't have a grounding pin but two grounding strips) is not compliant here... But I guess I could live with that if they actually switch the left wire.

golden thorn
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Kinda unusual for live to be on the left. You could also turn the plug around

tacit flint
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Yep. But it's a standard here, unfortunately. I can't turn it around, the grounding pin is always on the top side (FR style plug)

golden thorn
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Oh, didn't thing about that. Makes sense

tacit flint
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It's slightly maddening. Schukko and neutral-switched plugs are perfectly legal to sell here, but if they would cause a fire, my insurance would not be valid. So far, the only ok plug I found is from IKEA. But that doesn't have energy monitoring.

unique hawk
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Getting ready to migrate from a pi to an Odroid M2+. I know migrating the HA configuration is simple, but what about moving my SkyConnect and Zooz Z-wave USB sticks? Is it as simple as plugging them in before importing my backup config?

cold moon
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For zha it uses disk by id by default so it’ll work automatically

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Zwave depends how you set it up

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Easy fix in settings after migrating if not

unique hawk
cold moon
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zjs or zui doesnt matter the disk by id method needs to be used to automagically work across hardware swaps etc

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no idea with multipan- i think thread is still useless

unique hawk
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It’s configured by ID, so fingers crossed - thanks!

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I have exactly one Thread device (Yeelight Cube) so won’t worry about that too much.

sullen shadow
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With StreamLabs apparently dead, are there any other installation-free water meters that can work with HA?

drifting grove
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A diy one with a counter?

sullen shadow
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I have a blank pipe and nothing else to work with

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well, a shutoff valve

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the StreamLabs just clamped onto the pipe and measured... ultrasonically?

cold moon
sullen shadow
cold moon
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And you’re just wanting one of those leak detection type things right? Not inline

sullen shadow
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I'd like to be able to know how much water is flowing

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It may also just not exist