hardware-archived

[subtle meadow]

okay its gotten lower now it says 44,611 micro grams or nano grams.. whatever the weird u means

if mouse poop has VOCs the numbers could have been sort of real lol

this house has a moust problem I have been working on. Gotta clean the ducts

[abstract bobcat]

I have 4 gledopto smart bulbs and they're not connecting to my zigbee router. I've been trying to reset them by turning them on and off 5 times, but they never start the blinking like it says they're supposed to

[cold moon]

You are killing power right?

[abstract bobcat]

Both the gledopto page and z2m say that should be the process:
https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/GL-B-001P.html
https://www.gledopto.com/h-nd-114.html

[abstract bobcat]

Yes i am

I cant connect to them to turn them on/off through software

[tall hare]

I am looking for a smart plug that comes with 2 or more packs and my budget has a soft cap of 40cad but a hard cap at 60cad. I don't have any ZigBee nor zwave setup so wifi it is and I can setup another subnet that's for wifi devices. Power monitoring is a must. Preferably amazon.ca with prime, bestbuy instore or Canada computers. I don't mind going for used either and preferably Kijiji in centre of Toronto 20km-23km

[sterile coyote]

@cold moon @jagged crypt @rich venture running for 12 hours used 0.168kwh, would you say that's good or bad?

[odd lark]

Ikea VINDSTYRKA

[rich venture]

14w isnt that bad, you could probably reduce it by few watts by removing wifi card if you aren't using it

[sterile coyote]

Or upgrade and stop the painful embarrassment of an extremely old laptop lol

[tacit flint]

Except for it being insanely inaccurate. Unfortunately.

[unique glen]

Anyone here have SwitchBot curtain's solar panel? would like to know whether it is possible for me to plug it into and charge other device with it.

[gentle fossil]

you can't

[unique glen]

I see. Thanks. Was thinking of buying aqara's curtain bot and plug switchbot's solar panel to it. Guess i will have to diy one for aqara then.

[crimson tulip]

You can use a double relay behind the outlets for that price. Otherwise, you're soft/hard caps are a bit low as most cost $30+ for 1 pack

and wifi ones are typically hit or miss in terms of compatabiilty with HA

you can always go with TUYA devices but they may not work even though TUYA works with HA.

[tall hare]

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07RCNB2L3 even this?

[crimson tulip]

Looks like that is supported, but it's local polling

meaning, if you use the TP-link app to turn on the switch, it will take upwards of 30 seconds to reflect the state in HA

or the button on the device

[tall hare]

how do you check if its local polling or local push?

[crimson tulip]

Every integration has a IoT class

[tall hare]

oh ic ic

what about this sonoff device?

[winged knoll]

Which one?

[tall hare]

S31 lite

[cold moon]

This gets my vote

[sterile coyote]

Of course you vote for that lol

[tall hare]

im also debating if i should get plugs (maybe even other devices) that are matter compatible. what do you guys think?

[cold moon]

[tall hare]

@crimson tulip is it a deal breaker if its a local polling?

[crimson tulip]

no, not at all

it'll update fast if you use automations in the UI, it just won't report fast

[tall hare]

oh ic ic

[zealous dune]

It's all right if you just want on/off switching

[tall hare]

my actually plan is to do that but also monitor power consumption in my NAS, the pc's at home, lamps, light etc

[zealous dune]

Then Matter won't do because it doesn't support power monitoring yet

[rustic sentinel]

Does any one know of a good place to sell a poe yellow?

Upgraded to something with more power

[tall hare]

but what about devices that support matter will they have power monitoring? what i mean when i asked if i should get matter compatible devices is in the future when matter gets fully develop ill move into 1 system integration. is it worth getting matter devices now or wait?

[zealous dune]

Wait

[cold moon]

#yellow-archived or Reddit probably

[austere dome]

I think this question belongs here: I recently got a sonoff zigbee 3.0 USB adapter and an aqara door/window contact sensor. It works well. I wanted to add a smart door lock and I've been researching what door lock to get. There seem to be more z-wave options. Should I add zwave? Will they interfere with each-other? Also, if you have a favorite zigbee door lock (that is hopefully compatible with zha), that'd be great to know. I have been researching, but there is a lot of conflicting (and probably old) information out there. (I'm in New England, USA and would pay around $200 USD to get this working).

[cold moon]

Zwave and zigbee need a mesh to work reliably or be very close to the dongles if there are no repeaters

They are completely different protocols and use different radio frequencies very far away from each other so no issue there

[tall hare]

👍

alright thank you

[subtle meadow]

Ooh nice. Thanks

[fathom prairie]

hi, i’ve got a standard 4 pin RGB strip that runs inside a cove in the ceiling (see pic) it is not an addressable strip, what is the best controller to use

preferably wifi

[subtle meadow]

so question about esphome and the api thing

i just noticed in the log 15:16:01 [E] [api:127] No client connected to API. Rebooting...

[winged knoll]

You really wanted the ESPHome Discord, or the #diy-archived channel here

[subtle meadow]

Oh they have one of those.. okay i'll go there

[outer knot]

ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32, with a native integration for Home Assistant.

You can find their documentation here, and get help with ESPHome itself here in the #diy-archived channel (#integrations-archived for the Home Assistant side integration with it). They also have their own Discord server too.

[winged knoll]

Pretty sure their docs cover that though

[subtle meadow]

i know they mention it. but I didnt pay too much attention once I saw that I need to leave the line in if using HA but I;'ll look more

okay got it. I just hadn't added teh device yet in the integrations. I knew there wasn't much to do I just thought I had done it already. Thanks

[visual lintel]

I am looking for cheap/affordable smart RGB lights that work with both Alexa and HomeAssistant at the same time, without connecting HA and Alexa.
I know that for example Phillips Hue can do that - but that is too expensive.
I am in EU/Germany. Ty ❤️

[winged knoll]

Why not connect HA to Alexa? Then you can control everything in HA using Alexa

[visual lintel]

Because that either costs money (monthly) or requires me to open a port ... and neither one is something I would want to do

[ruby gale]

Gledopto makes modules that connect to a Hue hub. Hubs are cheap on places like Ebay since a lot of people practically give them away when buying bundles to get bulb price down.

[cold moon]

Athom makes analog rgb controllers preflashed with wled and sold on Amazon, their site, and alie

[fathom prairie]

is wled not addressbale only?

[cold moon]

No

You can do analog white only with wled if you wanted

[visual lintel]

I am not sure how that helps with my problem ^^ sorry - still kind of a noob

[cold moon]

Wled supports Alexa natively but I have no experience with that cuz lol fuck amazon

[visual lintel]

this sounds nice.
This one for example: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0C6XSMNMT
I can connect it with my Alexa locally (over Wifi) and also via HomeAssistant, right?

[cold moon]

So a wled controller would work for you

Yes

They used to have a 7w and 15w bulb haven’t seen that 9 before. 15w pulls 15 but the 7 is kind of weak

[visual lintel]

I guess I'd be buying this then: https://www.athom.tech/blank-1/wled-15w-color-bulb

[cold moon]

I thought you were asking about rgb strips not bulbs

[cold moon]

It is physically big btw

Like it’s a large boi

[visual lintel]

oh no ... sorry - I am looing for bulbs (mostly I guess) - I'd take a strip as well for some use cases 🙂

[visual lintel]

thanks for the warning ^^

[cold moon]

I have two gu10 athom rgbw-cct bulbs I’m happy with them

They’re not the brightest but they’re in a small half bath

[visual lintel]

and they support MQTT out of the box 😮
NICE!
Thanks a ton for the recommendation!

[cold moon]

wled is the shit dude

i have like 30 devices around the house running wled

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/397426163649216512/914682412099850280/video0.mov

disco kitchen

[visual lintel]

OMG, big love! absolutely awsome!

[cold moon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/444529271806099486/1102038165256142868/trim.A870959E-936F-4DFA-B70C-6C6D90E1CE5E.mov disco pantry

all the disco

mostly they are just on warm white

the wled home assistant integration is pretty good. it's kind of broken but if you run into issues with it you can always use mqtt instead

well it's not broken it just wont work with rgbw-cct cuz of some drama (but it will work with them with a workaround)

it's being rewritten/updated but it's been like 18 months and the integration still hasnt been updated so dont hold your breathe

You do not need to rollback to b5, just remove the CCT bus. CCT was not even supported in b5.
Edit: Also make sure White Balance correction is disabled if you get the error even though you don't have CCT busses!```

you'll need to do that^ to integrate those bulbs into hass

since they are CCT

https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/issues/2500 drama leading up to it if you're bored

[visual lintel]

I will be using MQTT anyway I think ... I am familiar with it and so far I am a big fan. All the infrastructure (i.e. a broker) is already setup as well

[cold moon]

cool

i still havent needed to add anything manually via mqtt

only using integrations like zigbee2mqtt

oh

also if you add another wled device later with a microphone you can sync to music

and have those bulbs sync to another wled controller

lots of options

[visual lintel]

How does Alexa pick up on WLED devices?
Can I use the Alexa commands to control them out of the box?

[cold moon]

fuck if i know

i know you need an echo

and to fill out some info in wled settings for alexa

i refuse to let anything amazon on my lan so that's all you

[visual lintel]

^^ yea ... I am unfortunatly too deep into that already. I regret it every day for the past couple of months

[cold moon]

i 3d printed these two hue signe knock off things running WLED

one is syncing to the other over the network using "DDP"

you basically add the secondary wled controller (esp32 etc) as a "virtual led strip"

then you can control them as one or whatever

[visual lintel]

I am starting to love WLED more and more. Thank you so much for that info and the examples ❤️

[cold moon]

ye

tinkerer can we get a /message wled for linking to wled server? and link to their knowledge base: https://kno.wled.ge/

https://discord.gg/7dEgJ6A44C here's the link for now

[ruby gale]

I need to figure out a good print for those floorlamps. I'm well seasoned with the hardware side, but not the design.

[cold moon]

hold up

[ruby gale]

Also thought about saying fuck it and using extruded alu strips with a couple of self tappers

[cold moon]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5145793

that's what i printed

it uses one 45 degree angle aluminum channel with a diffuser and sits in a 3d printed little holder

[ruby gale]

I love it when people throw a BOM on these pages. Thanks man!

[cold moon]

it's really easy to put together

and the print tolerances arent tight either

it is super light tho.. like if it's on carpet you need to put some kind of weight in the bottom so it sits flat

i took some old AA batteries and wrapped them in electrical tape and shoved them in there lol

[ruby gale]

Eh. I have some threaded inserts I can melt in to add levelling feet.

Maybe throw some lead in the base 😆

[wild atlas]

Huh til about diyhue

Only ever used wled so far

Though that make would be easy enough to flip to wled for firmware

[sinful mirage]

Anyone have any recommendations for a smart power bar under 50 bucks?

[patent river]

For US outlets?
I've got a TP-Link Kasa KP303 ($24 on amazon.com right now) that works fine. It's only 3 outlets, but there's a 6 (HS300, $43) too.
They're WiFi, but have local control.

I've got it mounted under the house, use it to switch non-smart outdoor lights (a string of festoon lights on the ballustrades on the deck, and an IR floodlight pointed down the garden)

Three: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083JKSSR5
Six: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G95FFN3

[tall hare]

is it compatible and has power monitoring?

[spare barn]

Hey I’m looking for hardware suggestions for making my own replacements for where I’m currently using a google home hub and google home.
I think I can basically get a refurbished touchscreen pc or Android tablet but I am not super bound to a specific brand or architecture.

The goal is to make it as slimline as possible to essentially be a thinclient to the Home Assistant so in the kitchen/living space I can undock it and move it through the space, flip to my calibre-web server and use it as a recipe/instructions/book reader, use a wider choice of voice assistant, etc.

[vapid flume]

ok, just installed a new momentary push button for our garage door...this one has integrated LED that would be super handy to light up if the door is open. Controller is a Meross door opener

no LED's on the external case to indicate if the door is open though that would be easy to tap

https://fccid.io/2AMUU-MSG100/Internal-Photos/Internal-photo-4109260

thats the contorller

[patent river]

What about the opener itself? Most of them have a "courtesy light" of some sort that goes on for a couple of minutes every time the door opens/closes, could you tap power off that?

[vapid flume]

yeah

I'm trying to find the pinout for it

I'm not sure if the door motor really has an idea if it is open or closed?

[patent river]

Typically no. I was more meaning tapping it off the lightbulb itself

[vapid flume]

yeah

ok, probaly 240v though

tehre is a bunch of connectors on the back

[patent river]

Never fear, off-brand electronics got ya: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P9SDHRY 😉

[vapid flume]

WTF

[patent river]

hahahaha

Yeah, don't do that

There's a pinout in the manual: https://cgi.widen.net/s/ggtvplhtlm/114a5352_cs105myq_e

Page 6

[vapid flume]

that looks like a nightmare

awesome I could not find that for the life of me

actually, how did you get that as that looks nothing like mine

[patent river]

First result for "ax 1095e door opener", might not be 100% accurate.
However the actual electronics tend to be far more generic than the openers themselves

[vapid flume]

now, it might be the same guts though

[patent river]

You only have to go shopping for replacement remotes and see how many different brands use exactly the same ones to know that someone else entirely is definitely building them

[vapid flume]

yeah

[patent river]

Any of this bit look familiar though?

[vapid flume]

there is probably only a few manufacturers

yes

let me get a photo of the set up

[patent river]

Well then I'm most interested about the one that says "serial communication input"

[vapid flume]

The Meross works great BTW

Just wondering if there would be anything on the PCB to indicate if door open close

Doesn’t have an LED for this

Which is a shame

so, the pinout is a bit different

[patent river]

Mine certainly doesn't. The way classic "dumb" openers work where repeatedly pressing the button just does down-stop-up-stop, it knows that it was going up and hit its top limit, but to date I've not found one that can tell you that

[vapid flume]

The Meross knows as it has a magnetic sensor

Can determine between open and closed

That’s it though

I was rocking a home made one for years

But this one has HomeKit support

So can integrate into my car

[patent river]

My garage is detached (~40 metres away from the house), so I bought a LoRa digital I/O controller, that would actually reach that distance.
It's powered off the opener (orange pair), and gets signals from it that the door is moving (brown wires), the "auxillary" (2nd remote button, blue pair) which I haven't found anything to do with yet, and controls the door with a dry contact relay (green pair).
It also has control of the garage lights (that slightly sketchy looking TPS), so opening the door turns the main garage lights on too.

I use the HA Android Auto app as my door opener

[vapid flume]

I’ll probably rig up an esp that just has LED on off of the door is open or closed

And let HA control it

Which is annoying as it is another thing to control

[patent river]

Being the lazy man I am, a lot of the programming is in that LoRa unit. The "door moving" signal just turns the lights on for 1 minute unconditionally (there's a PIR wired into the same circuit so 1 minute is long enough to have light to back into the garage). The open/close signal similarly, it receives a specific packet over the air and turns the other relay on for 500ms

[vapid flume]

Keeping HomeKit as it is cool

As I approach home the screen changes automatically to show my garage door options

Not sure how that works with android but it’s pretty slick with iPhone

[vapid flume]

Is there an esp config that is just able to control LED state

Need to find my old garage door controller I made

[patent river]

Technically mine is set up "wrong", because I didn't have the motivation to configure it as a "cover" MQTT device and therefore is set up as a "button"; just operates like any normal garage door button.

Probably if it was a cover, could expose it to Google Home and then maybe something would happen. But current state of affairs is fine.

[frank eagle]

I Can’t connect to Modem but can when plug into router.

I have a netgear cm1200 -100nar modem and the most recently released google nest Wi-Fi routers (3 pack).

When I connected my dell optiplex running HASS to the Ethernet output on my google router, it works and connects fine.

However, when I directly plug into my netgear modem, it doesn’t connect to the network.

Any suggestions on what I can do to solve this?

[vapid flume]

Ok, just discovered that the LED in that switch is 250.

Thinking I get a Shelly to power it

Then it can sit in behind the wall

And power the led on and off

Can a Shelly be wired directly to a light without a switch?

Don’t see why not

Just connect it to the relay

[terse pebble]

Yes

[gloomy juniper]

Hi all,
I’ve been trying to better understand why tuya is not a tech I should relay on, and I got so some interesting articles from 2y about their change in plan of supporting HA integration. Anyway, I’ve read that there are ways to flash their chips with other frameware.
I decided to buy some items from Ali and try to convert them - please advise what should I check before I do (is it only for the ESP82xx chip)? Thanks

[rich venture]

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Tuya-Convert/

[gloomy juniper]

I’ve read that already

[glossy prism]

Unfortunately there's basically no chance of that working anymore. The vast majority of devices available these days have an ESP8266 that's been patched or a different module entirely that isn't compatible with Tasmota or ESPHome. Cloudcutter is a thing though for many of these devices, and that allows you to flash different firmware

[pliant ruin]

What's the difference between this and the S12 Pro except being Twice the price?

[gloomy juniper]

That some bad news. All the smart lamps from AliExpress are powered by Tuya. Is there a way to check that prior to order? Ask for the electronic drawing? Is there a way to bypass their chips? I have like 100 ESP32 laying around doing nothing…

[gloomy juniper]

I’ve found this seller, he has Dali with CW. Adfweb has a dali2mqtt converer

[sinful mirage]

I was linking at these as well. How did you setup local control?

Also looking for a recommendation for cheap dimmable bulbs that could connect locally without an off-site api

[sharp cosmos]

i've been trying to get an individually addressed light strip supported w/in hass and I've been having a hard time finding any that aren't DIY but i'm not sure. Are there any strips that can b epurchased as-is and be automated with Hass easily?

or what sort of terminology should i be looking for? i've seen some nods to govee being bridgeable to WLED but didnt find out how

[desert brook]

any of y'all have recommendations for a simple smart switch?
basically i just want a switch that looks like a rocker switch, acts like a button, and is flashable with esphome. no fancy indicator leds or anything

this is the kind of component i'm wanting to use it for, although this was written with intent to be used with a non smart switch connected to a shelly device.
https://github.com/sebastianrasor/esphome-configs/blob/master/packages/components/smart-switch.yaml

preferrably esp32 inside instead of esp8266 as well, so that i can use it for ble proxy

martin jerry looks promising but it's esp8266

[outer knot]

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)

[desert brook]

oh sorry

i'm in the US
as long as it's nothing crazy like $30/switch, budget can be stretched as needed
has to be wifi, esp32 chip compatible with ESPHome
no special features required, just a switch that looks like a switch, acts like a button, and has a relay inside

[desert brook]

this martin jerry switch looks like basically exactly what i want except it only has an esp8266:
https://www.martinjerry.com/product-page/smart-non-dimmer-switch-single-pole-model-us-ss01

[patent river]

No effort required, they just work. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tplink/
There is a note around firmware on that page that I had heard of before; apparently they broke/disabled the local API at some point, but brought it back again.

[sinful mirage]

Ohh cool. To bad it doesn't have support for the security cameras

I was just looking at those today

[terse pebble]

There is a HACS integration for the Tapo cameras

[desert brook]

just for anyone else who comes across my messages through search or something this light switch seems like the best fit for me:
https://cloudfree.shop/product/cloudfree-light-switch/

[tall hare]

is there any suggestion other than the ones i sent? #hardware-archived message

also to make it easier for used stuff make sure the address is M5S 2C6 in kijiji with the same range

its just a museum so no personal address has been leak

[sinful mirage]

Do you know if it lets you connect directly? Or do you have to go through an API?

[terse pebble]

It's using ONVIF, if I'm correct. It is working locally - I have blocked internet access for mine.

[gloomy juniper]

Which dongle is recommended for thread? I bought SkyConnect but it’s firmware is not supporting it ATM.

[gloomy spoke]

What hardware and what transceiver?

You made some statements about hardware and transceivers. What are you talking about?

What hardware and what transceiver?

#zigbee-archived

[livid isle]

What are you all seeing as the best z-wave or zigbee open/close sensor for doors and windows. Have used everything from SmartThings to Zooz to Centralite, but eventually run into issues. Right now I am trying to re-bind a Centralite 3321-S and none of the bindings stick.

May just start fresh with all new.

[gentle fossil]

bind ?
Aqara Smart Door/Window Sensors (zigbee) work really good for me

[livid isle]

On Amazon it says they require a hub. Is that not true? Am trying to use with the z-wave/zigbee integration via HA.

[gentle fossil]

zha and z2m know them well, everything talking zigbee should pick these up

[livid isle]

Which models are you using?

[gentle fossil]

Xiaomi MCCGQ11LM

you absolutely need to pair these in place though. they don't hop routers easily

[livid isle]

so you are using on wifi?

[gentle fossil]

who said wifi?

[livid isle]

i see the are wifi or zigbee

[gentle fossil]

doubt

[livid isle]

you said about hoping routers

[gentle fossil]

routers isn't a wifi exclusive thing, #zigbee-archived and others have them also

[livid isle]

I have no other "routers" other than devices

maybe I am not understanding

[gentle fossil]

every zigbee mains powered device is usually a router

there are exceptions but this is the norm

battery powered devices are not

#zigbee-archived

[livid isle]

Ok. So then I just have the one router then. Is the antenna (Sonoff zigbee 3 dongle) plugged into my server

[gentle fossil]

depending on how big your space is this can be very problematic. #zigbee-archived tells you why

[livid isle]

so then maybe z-wave will be better then

[gentle fossil]

it will suck a little less but you can't have the very nice aqara window sensors 😉

just buy more #zigbee-archived routers

(hint: #zigbee-archived )

[gloomy juniper]

Do you have an experience with MiBoxer? They have interesting lights that I would like to integrate with HA

[carmine dagger]

How does the Aqara Presence Sensor FP2 handle pets? We recently moved to a new house and my dogs will NOT stop peeing in our bedroom floor while we are asleep at night. I had the idea of setting this sensor up so that when a dog jumps off the bed (maybe the sensor detects that the dog enters the zone in the room that isn't the bed, it triggers an automation that turns on a light? Not sure if this would work for this sensor though.

[gray silo]

Hi. I don't really have any smart home stuff, but am wanting to get into it (recent-ish first time home owner). Particularly interested in getting a smart thermostat for my boiler. Can anyone make any suggestions that work locally without cloud tie in and are easy to get hold of in the UK?

I have seen plugwise mentioned, but they don't seem to have much footprint in the UK.

Anyone had success with Homematic IP (in the UK), or successfully using anything Honeywell without cloud?

[mellow pendant]

Can someone help me with this challenge?

i have a cross connection shown at the image.
I want to make this smart. I am using pulse switches for the connection and want to use zigbee as smart protocol.

Do I need to replace 1 switch with a smart one or do i need to change all 3?

Netherlands

[undone shell]

Anyone know of a good Zigbee or Zwave dimmer with a slider? I have Zooz, but the dimmer on it is a little annoying and slow.

Physical slider that js.

[outer knot]

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)

[forest heart]

anyone know of any [no-neutral] zigbee wall switch modules that support binding/grouping [outbound] so I can link a wall switch with a light even in the event of coordinator/HA failure? I have a TS0012 here but from what I gather most of these modules don't support binding like a remote does. [UK//ZHA//SkyConnect//No-Neutral]

[gloomy juniper]

One of the manufacturers on Alibaba, which I’m trying to buy magnetic track light from mentioned that he has lights with ESP chips. A sample light is on its way, is there anyone have experienced flushing those things with ESPHome? https://devices.esphome.io/guides/tuya-convert/

[zealous dune]

Nowadays an ESP chip doesn't mean it works with esphome

It could be an ESP-C2

[gloomy juniper]

I don’t mind try hacking it

Unfortunately I don’t have the electric skills for that

I’m a humble developer

[spare barn]

Is it actually a Tuya light specifically?

[gloomy juniper]

It’s a tuya

[spare barn]

Okay. So I am at work and can’t find the exact resource right now but there is/was a fair bit of info on Tuya based lighting

[zealous dune]

Also that picture doesn't confirm it's ESP at all

[gloomy juniper]

I’ll get more details about the chip and send it over

[spare barn]

Basically, I bought a few globes and a strip and at the time the easy OTA update to tasmota(?) worked very easily but Tuya at the time had started making changes where the method I followed wasn’t going to work on newer batches but there was a more advanced way I haven’t tried

[zealous dune]

Your tenacity is formidable

If it's a Zigbee Tuya light I can guarantee you it's not an ESP

[spare barn]

It’s alibaba so it’s probably cheap enough to go wrong and not be the end of the world

[gloomy juniper]

Yep

[zealous dune]

All of them are cheap enough but they're still searching for something I cannot fathom

[spare barn]

Sometimes, we like to play innit?

[gloomy juniper]

I don’t have any other option

There are no smart magnetic track that can be shipped to my country, only those things

[zealous dune]

Gotta pay to play instead of asking here for days

[zealous dune]

Then buy one and see how you like it

[gloomy juniper]

I ordered several actually from different suppliers

But from what I understood I’ll need to register to tuya cloud

And I don’t like that…

[zealous dune]

You'll learn to like it... because you don't have a choice as you said

[spare barn]

It’s definitely a possibility to sort out

[gloomy juniper]

Interesting….

[zealous dune]

He was fed a lot of dubious information about Tuya

You can run almost any Tuya device locally with various solutions. It's been here long enough to have ways around it

[gloomy juniper]

Oh, you're telling me the Earth is not flat? Please, do share more!

[zealous dune]

It is flat, whatchatalkingabout

[gloomy juniper]

😅

[terse pebble]

And it is run by Tuya

[gloomy juniper]

https://github.com/rospogrigio/localtuya

[zealous dune]

That one of them

There's also tuya local, tuya-cloudcutter, libretiny, openbk

[gloomy juniper]

This is so dirty I need to get a shower

[gloomy juniper]

While waiting for the tuya to arrive, I started checking for other manufacturers than those on AliExpress has to offer. I’ve found Milight/Miboxer/LimitlessLED (same brand I guess). Do you have an experience with them?

[zealous dune]

Skip

[gloomy juniper]

😭

[idle shoal]

Any recomendations for a wireless speaker to use with local TTS ,other than Sonos, that works

[tawny viper]

am i having deju vue

or does someone keep asking the same question expecting a different answer?

[patent river]

It's happening about as often as people asking whether the MyQ garage door integration is broken again

[tawny viper]

And will continue to be broken.

[gloomy spoke]

It's like tough love to find a different solution

[gray silo]

I don't know why it didn't come up in my searches for smart heating before but have now found out about the Drayton Wiser system. Looks perfect for me. Available in UK, good HA integration, company supports no cloud usage: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBTKbvHawS8 Am I blind or are people not talking about this much?

Anyone used this here?

[zealous dune]

I think it's because of Brexit

[gray silo]

Oh is it basically UK only?

Oh, depressingly, that makes a lot of sense.

[idle shoal]

What's been the results of using ESPMUSE as local TTS speaker?

[idle shoal]

Hi there. What did you finf out with using the Argus 3?

[spiral orchid]

Hey guys, just started of on my HA journey. Had a question about OS. I’ve bought a raspberry pi and originally downloaded the HA os straight to it. But haven’t been able to see anything on screen. Does anyone know if you can download the raspberry os first and then get HA on it? Thanks

[winged knoll]

There's no local display with HAOS, that's normal

[spiral orchid]

Ah ok thanks

Can I load it onto the raspberry os?

[winged knoll]

Yes, but you don't get add-ons then

[wild atlas]

Home assistant os is meant to run nominally as a headless system. It does have a limited terminal interface as well, but no GUI outside of the home assistant webGUI

[winged knoll]

And that's all you need

[wild atlas]

What is your use case to try and put a GUI on home assistant os?

[ashen wigeon]

Hi everyone, im considering buying sonoff m5 wall switch and use with custom firmware. I did check my home wiring and I believe It has neutral wire. But I am still not sure if I'm right.

This is where cables are connected to my lamp

I think my current switch uses only live cables. And if I'm not wrong I can connect blue neutral cable at the back to sonoff m5

[jagged crypt]

Doesn't look like US wiring, but in the US you'll need three wires to have a neutral in there (four if you count ground also)

So over the weekend, I got at least one light doing the latency thing. Tracking down wireless issues, they appear to bind to the AP associated with the SSID on the lowest channel first (even if it's the worst strength).

[ashen wigeon]

Its EU wiring. There is a brown phase cable coming from main box, and black phase cable going to lamp, and neutral cable also directly going to lamp but not connected to switch.

[jagged crypt]

figured you would like the data point. my simple test was flip 1-6-11 in my house channels, and power cycle the lights, and watch them all bind to the opposite side of the house 🙂

[cold moon]

you hate to see it

[jagged crypt]

yeah, more wiz lights coming in, will fight for a bit, before declaring a loss and resorting back to light switches

will see how it all settles, or if I try pushing them all to a single AP & SSID somewhere

but every quick test, they are grabbing the first AP they see in sequential order up the channel list

[gentle fossil]

tried a hidden ssid yet?

[jagged crypt]

nope, not entirely sure wifi is the actual issue either

[tight sorrel]

we have another problem the sonoff snzb-02d keeps losing the connection to the zigbee gateway, the thermometer that came with it does not lose the connection even though it is further away.

[jagged crypt]

classic answer to zigbee, did you pair it next to the server, or pair it where it's located now?

though I did watch my sonoff temp sensor jump to a different gateway that was closer over the weekend

[winged knoll]

#zigbee-archived can help

[tight sorrel]

ok

[valid bear]

My MYQ came back on for a bit... then it died again

[gloomy spoke]

Like a typical Zombie

when they don't get enough braaaainz

[icy ridge]

If anyone knows anything about using Lumary lights with local tuya, I would greatly appreciate your help. I have created a forum post here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/need-help-configuring-lumary-lights-with-local-tuya/616003

[fallen grotto]

Has anyone been able to get one of these working with HA?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HB4PF9S/

[drifting ember]

I have some, but I have not tried with HA yet

[gloomy juniper]

Does anyone have experience with Dali? I’m looking for installation guides on wiring and integration with HA.

[proper frost]

Why do pis still use sd cards

They are slow, unreliable and wear out faster than my brain at work

look at this shit lmfao

[warm topaz]

Anyone know of a good multisensor for contact + motion/occupancy

[rich venture]

cuz they cheap

[proper frost]

It doesn't even come with one

A 128 gb ssd handling 500 MBps costs 8€

[rich venture]

yes but no slot

[zealous dune]

When Pi used to be 25$ it made sense

[proper frost]

A goofy ultimate extreme pro shit sd with 150 MBps and 32 gigs costs 25

And breaks before i even formatted it

Most durable sd card

[zealous dune]

A better question is why people keep buying devices that run on SD cards 😉

[proper frost]

Because you will just upgrade to an SSD 🔥

[winged knoll]

And then in many cases discover that the Pi can't power the USB ports reliably enough

[proper frost]

nah pi 4 is stronk enough

Other ones need a powered usb hub 💀

ok its booting without sd inside

well is it

uh oh

nono

im not gonna manually transfer the files

Well the SSD is blinking its doing something ig

[winged knoll]

Seen quite a lot of posters with a Pi4, SSD, and another USB device hitting power problems

[proper frost]

I would just look at the console but who has a fucking HDMI mini cable 💀

[proper frost]

I dont use other USB devices 😎

yeah uh still unreachable

Which idiot had the Idea to use mini hdmi

Micro hdmi*

I have a mini hdmi cable but who the hell has micro hdmi

might have to change boot order

lmfao

Why do you change the boot order in raspi-config, how does that make sense

[gentle fossil]

boot it via nfs, much faster, more reliable, many fun

[proper frost]

a few projects im trying to deploy dont support nfs

[gentle fossil]

?

[golden thorn]

Bad idea to use a computing device for which you have no display cable or adapter to troubleshoot. It's probably less than 5-10$. Micro HDMI is an odd choice though.

[zealous dune]

What does Green use?

[golden thorn]

HDMI port, for diagnostic purposes only

[zealous dune]

Full blown?

[golden thorn]

Looks like it

[zealous dune]

Can't wait for people asking why there's no dashboard on the screen 🙂

[proper frost]

💀

thats 🔥

Red is iowait

[zealous dune]

Looks good

[proper frost]

iowait is now in the 0.00x

It used to be 10-20%

or yeah sometimes just 80 (when it actually did something)

aka load a 5 kb file 🔥

stonks

why does that graph not have time...

[gloomy juniper]

Is that a Grafana dashboard?

[proper frost]

yessir

[gloomy juniper]

And that’s running on your Pi?

And Prometheus?

[proper frost]

the dashboard and prometheus run on another pi

Temps went from 41 to 50 after making it use the SSD uhhh

how is that related to it tho

[desert brook]

anyone have recommendations for high CRI smart bulbs compatible with ESPHome?

i'll be smartifying my lightswitches soon so i may just go with high CRI non smart bulbs

but i don't wanna miss out on adjustable color temperature and dimming

[fringe crater]

You don't need smart bulbs for dimming. (yes for CCT though)

[desert brook]

i know you don't for dimming, but the smart switches i've found are just relays, not dimmers

[devout parrot]

Athom makes some esphome bulbs in addition to their wled offerings, either of those will integrate with HA with absolutely no trouble, but I can't find any CRI numbers for them. I think there are a few people around here who own a few and might have that info though.

[zealous dune]

It's not high

[desert brook]

do you know of any that are? i know you run the tasmota templates thing, and I'm sure most devices which can be flashed to tasmota can also be flashed to esphome

[zealous dune]

Nope

[desert brook]

damn

[zealous dune]

Don't expect to find flashable bulbs with high CRI

[jagged crypt]

@cold moon in the WiZ saga, I created a 2.4 only hidden ssid, and moved the gear over to it. I just added another 4. Sadly the new batch are the older ones that don't support MATTER, but are color and are still direct access. Anyways, lag is gone, but need to wait 24 hours to see what happens.

[cold moon]

cool

[jagged crypt]

updates obviously just for your entertainment

[cold moon]

i am rivoted

[jagged crypt]

i can tell, I'll be sure to provide tomorrow update also

[drifting ember]

you mean like they already ask about the rpi ?

[mortal orbit]

Does anyone knows a good thermostat to control a water underfloor heating, whichs works with HA? It should BE digital and show the current temperature and the target temperature and maybe the humidity. Please tag me in the response. Thanks!

[fathom prairie]

anyone know a good drop in replacement led controller for something like this

needs to do 24v at 6a

[cold moon]

one of the athom ones can do taht i think

https://www.athom.tech/wled 24v 16a even

[fathom prairie]

thanks

how do i get it shipped to the uk?

[drifting ember]

freight forwarder service

[idle shoal]

I have NUT setup and running on my Yellow monitoring an APC. I'm seeing APC UPS data and I have configured and tested a HA shutdown automation if the UPS battery level goes below 10%. How do I set some APC settings? E.g. I want to disable the beeper

[tacit burrow]

That's probably in your UPS rather than in NUT or HA, right?

NUT isn't a full-featured UPS-configurererrer

You can probably ask NUT what all the settings/readings are though; see

[terse pebble]

Eaton needs a proprietary configuration program

[cold moon]

they sell them from aliexpress too

[weak crypt]

install hoas baremetal thru home assisntants generic x86 guide, my hoas install gets stuck at 32%, is that normal?

[tacit burrow]

Nope 🙂

[cursive mist]

can I use a zigbee 3.0 (sonoff zigbee usb plus) coordinator with a zigbee 1.4 (cc2531 stick) router? what do you all mean?

[gentle fossil]

If you have a router firmware for that device why not?

[cursive mist]

so there are no problems between zigbee 1.4 (very old) router and 3.0 coordinator? what happens when 3.0 client connects to the cc2531 stick?

[gentle fossil]

Whatever the 3.0 is, it can‘t be client and coordinator at the same time

A router connects to the coordinator. „Clients“ (endpoints) connect to routers (or the coordinator if no router in between)

More in that in #zigbee-archived

[twilit jacinth]

Hi all, I have a intergas HRE 24 with a honeywell T6R, does someone now if I can get more information out of my system, I have homekit with the tset-xxx installed. I am interested in the status of the intergas ( modulation, water temperature for example)

[gentle fossil]

if its a homekit device remove it from the home it is paired with. if it does not pop up in ha then try a reset (unpair of device, not only remove in app). ha should definitely pick it up then. if not its network trouble or unsupported (unlikely)

[twilit jacinth]

The T6R is picked up by homekit, but I only see three "sensors". I am looking for more status values of the opentherm protocol / Intergas HRE. for instance the modulation level of the Intergas and water temperatures.

I have found something in this topic. In which they directly read the values from the Intergas: https://www.circuitsonline.net/forum/view/80667/7?mode=or&query=de+had

[gentle fossil]

then you need a dedicated integration or maybe custom component for that device. homekit does not support these informations

and please keep it in english

[twilit jacinth]

Edited my message to English. Yeah I prefer to not make a custom component that is directly connected to the Intergas. Rather "read" from the honeywell / opentherm protocol.

[tacit pilot]

Any recommended alternatives to the switchbot blind tilt? No problem with it, just couldn't find any alternatives to compare it to

[grizzled heron]

Hey folks,

are there any places in the UK that are worth visiting for a german regarding hardware deals etc? 🤚

[winged knoll]

Physically visit?

[grizzled heron]

Yes, I was hoping for some sort of hardware heaven like microcenter but that's just a US thing, is it? I came across a currys but that was rather dissapointing

[drifting ember]

there's https://houseofcomputers.co.uk/ has a physical store

[terse pebble]

Maybe the Raspberry Pi store?

[winged knoll]

We don't really have good chain stores for computer/tech any more, not since Maplin died

[brave fiber]

Hi there, how high is the power draw or CPU usage on a RPI4 8GB and HA OS?

[winged knoll]

There's a load of speciality shops in London though, some of them even aren't a rip off

[grizzled heron]

YOU ARE TELLING ME NOW?! How awesome is that!

[terse pebble]

https://www.raspberrypi.com/raspberry-pi-store/

[drifting ember]

shit it's in Cambridge too

actually it's at the end of the road to our old house

I can't believe I never went in there

[grizzled heron]

That's still fckin crazy to me, I have to go there! I don't even have the intention to buy something but that place looks awesome!

[winged gull]

i'm running haos on proxmox and trying to pass a usb device in. i've configured the usb section on the vm to pass through the whole port, but are there any additional steps in the ui or cli to get home assistant to recognize an external usb device? nothing has shown up in dmesg, and lsusb looks fairly empty

[golden thorn]

No that's all. Might need a cold boot. I'd pass through the device, not the port however

[covert verge]

Hi there,

I've been playing around with esphome and I really like that it can work offline but also be extended by exposing its sensors to Home Assistant. Right now, I'm on the lookout for a motion sensor that can control my outdoor lamps. I imagine it with a motion sensor, lux sensor, a relay and that it lets me set timers.

Esphome seems perfect for this, but here's the catch: I'm short on time to set it up myself. Do any of you know if there's a product out there that I can just buy to do this? I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

[gloomy spoke]

That used to be Fry's here in the US, but they went out of business. Ours had a gigantic fish tank and a cafe next to soldering equipment 🙂

[grizzled heron]

That melts my heart qwq

[undone shell]

Is the Nortek HUSBZB-1 still recommended for Zigbee/Zwave in one device?

[winged knoll]

No

"old and busted"

[undone shell]

Oh. Yeah, I have had it for years. It seems to be a little buggy with the Zwave JS stuff

[winged knoll]

#zigbee-archived and #zwave-archived can guide you about sane choices

[undone shell]

It works. But gives me an error about not being able to send the signal.

[glossy prism]

Seems like it doesn't work then 🤣

[lofty blaze]

Does a raspberry pi need any cooling when running home assistant?

[gloomy spoke]

It's always a good idea to have at least a heatsink on a Pi

if you're planning to run addons, then definitely, as it's not just Home Assistant any more

whether you need to go beyond that depends on what else you're planning to run

[last creek]

nope

you can just install ha os onto it and it should work fine

[gloomy spoke]

Seems you've volunteered to diagnose any overheating or random feeezes

[tawny viper]

My first day of my first job was black Friday at compusa

[patent river]

I miss those kind of stores. I only ever went into one Fry's when I was in the US (Manhattan Beach), but there was a lot of cool (but definitely random) stuff in there.
Back in the 90s the "Dick Smith" brand here in NZ used to be sorta like that; one part electronics, one part PC parts, one part home electronics.
These days there's "Jaycar" (basically predominantly an "I need Aliexpress-grade electronics but I need them today" outlet), and nothing really else 😦

[cold moon]

frys went to shit years ago in dallas

[wild atlas]

I loved Fry's, though now one Fry's building is axiom space, and the building was space station themed, so it fits

[brave fiber]

I have tasmota smart plugs with power monitoring, how do I connect it with home assistant on RPI4?

Do I need Bluetooth or something on my rpi

[golden thorn]

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Home-Assistant/

[ornate cobalt]

For someone starting fresh. Which hardware are we supposed to buy ? The ha yellow or green ? Or am I completely wrong ?

[glossy prism]

you don't need to buy one of those

Raspberry Pis are popular as a starting point, but eventually you'll probably want to upgrade to something else like a mini PC

[ornate cobalt]

I’m poor in coding and stuff.. I wanted simple plug and play stuff honestly. That’s why I was looking into the ha one..

[winged knoll]

The #green-archived is about as close to plug-n-play as you'll find

Given it comes with HAOS pre-installed

[ornate cobalt]

But what about zigbee ?

I saw that green doesn’t have zigbee

I don’t want to have multiple hubs. I plan to get Philips hue bulbs and aqara switches for my basic automations

[winged knoll]

So... buy a #zigbee-archived coordinator

This is a Good Thing ™️ since it moves the radio away from all the RF noise from the computer

[ornate cobalt]

I see

Is there a guide to basic hardware to get ? Like I’m making a list of automations and stuff I need so I can figure out things I need to purchase

From ha website it seems green with sky connect will give the zigbee connectivity

[winged knoll]

That depends on what you want, and what country you're in

#zigbee-archived can guide you on Zigbee choices

[ornate cobalt]

I see

But everything will be compatible with green ?

[winged knoll]

Well, depends on what you mean by everything

[ornate cobalt]

I meant the zigbee coordinators..

[winged knoll]

Yes

[ornate cobalt]

Can I pm you ?

[winged knoll]

No 😉

This kind of chat is best had in public, where others can also give you advice

[ornate cobalt]

Ok

So here is my main question.

[winged knoll]

Taking stuff to PMs ensures you get a narrow view that may not help you, and may actually hinder you

[ornate cobalt]

These are the devices I plan to get. The ha green, a zigbee controller. Aqara switches Philips hue bulbs. Aqara senors for occupancy and some door sensors , ring door bell

Will this be enough for a starting point ?

[winged knoll]

Many people start with far less, so yes

[ornate cobalt]

My main aim is to have switches for others to use and not turn off everything while doing so

[ornate cobalt]

I know. I’m basically going into a new house and have the option of upgrading switches and bulbs and stuff

I can’t completely hardwire everything but I can change these before moving in

[winged knoll]

Make sure your switches support smart bulb mode if you're connecting smart bulbs to them

Otherwise you're going to kill that Zigbee mesh

[ornate cobalt]

I see

Ok

The basic automation I’m looking at is for one smart switch to turn on /off lights in the room in case it’s a guest, and have the whole control on phone and HomePod/ Google (voice control)

Is this a lot to expect for me ? I mean being a newbie ?

[winged knoll]

That's the smart way of automating

And no, not a lot at all

[outer knot]

The Principle Of Least Astonishment means that things should work in an obvious way - don't expect that you can teach people to do things differently to how they've always done it

[ornate cobalt]

So this is doable for someone new

[winged knoll]

Yup, you'll need to do a little reading and thinking, but it's not hard

[ornate cobalt]

Without learning to code ? I mean I can copy paste stuff and edit things maybe , but being from a non computer background I can’t code from@scratch

[winged knoll]

Well, I'd argue that HA's automations aren't code

But yes, as long as you can logic you can write automations

And #node-red-archived can help you write automations visually if that better fits you

(personally I hate it, but I grew up on command lines)

[ornate cobalt]

Ok I’ll check it out

Thank you. I’ll be back soon with more questions

😁

[winged knoll]

That's the only way to learn...

[wild atlas]

The GUI automation builder in home assistant is pretty good for the basics and getting things started

I still just go that way with all my automations

[signal comet]

well I either need new lightbulbs, or a way to get these Tuya ones working in HA without having to pay Tuya a subscription for the privilege

which they seem to be wanting $25,000 a year for IoT Core

not happenin

[winged knoll]

LocalTuya/Tuya Local/Libre Tuya/Cloudcutter/etc

[signal comet]

thanks

[uncut ridge]

what software did you use to configure them, if any?

[silk siren]

Not sure if it's been posted here, but it might be worthwhile to reconsider Hue bulbs, depending on how you use them: https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1704551641746153622

Mysk 🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@mysk_co)

@tweethue I've always enjoyed using Hue lights and hub anonymously without registration or internet access. It would be fair to existing customers if the new changes only apply to new customers. I wouldn't have considered Philips Hue had I known that an account was mandatory to use them.…

Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 5:42 PM

[winged knoll]

Well, the bulbs are Zigbee and 100% local

You can use them without the Hue hub

[glacial oracle]

We only need to reproduce those media links for ha

Where you can color sync hue to your keyboard

most important feature

[clever sand]

I am trying to set up some automations to play a sounds through a speaker. The issue with using my google devices is that they chime when HA connects to them to play the sound. What speaker can I use to play these sounds that won't chime before playing the sound?

[winged knoll]

Sonos/Symfonisk

[clever sand]

*best that isn't expensive

[winged knoll]

Symfonisk isn't expensive

[urban tusk]

Use the broadcast function, yes it plays a longer incoming broadcast message but its cleaner and feels more native to the google and actually gives me time to start listening to it. Bonus music starts playing again after the message

[clever sand]

$140?

[winged knoll]

£115 here

That's not bad for what you get

[urban tusk]

Kinda hard to justify when google is $50ish though

And realistically, $15 all day long on market place

[winged knoll]

Not really, when there's a world of difference between the music quality

Sure, if all you want is something for notifications ... but why limit yourself

[clever sand]

I'm not looking for a quality speaker. I just need something to play some audio clips when an automation is triggered

[urban tusk]

Eh, I have my google bluetoothed to a nice sound bar I already had in my living room. and if I really care I put on my nice head phones or go to my theater and put it into music mode. Most of my listening is done just fine on my google minis and hubs

[clever sand]

I basically want this speaker to be dedicated to playing the audio clips from these automations and nothing else

[urban tusk]

may want to look at ebay and see if you can find a sonos speaker. I am finding the ikea ones around $60

[brave fiber]

Do i need to add some addons to my Home Assistant?

to connect my tasmota smart plugs? i lil confused how to do it

[outer knot]

Tasmota

Instructions on how to integrate Tasmota with Home Assistant.

Quality scale

No score

IoT Class

Local Push

Integration type

integration

Documentation

View the documentation

Source

View the source on GitHub

Issues

View known issues

[winged knoll]

Have you followed the integration docs?

[brave fiber]

I have connected the tasmota smart plug to my wifi and now i have no clue how to add it on my HA

[winged knoll]

Did you read the docs?

The ones linked there

[terse pebble]

Who let the docs out?

[brave fiber]

im reading it and on the box it says Tasmota MQTT

Me reading the MQTT doesn't say where the manifest.json is

[winged knoll]

Not the box, the ... documentation for HA's Tasmota #integrations-archived

[brave fiber]

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/creating_integration_manifest/#mqtt

[winged knoll]

What the ... fuck

Why are you reading the developer docs?

#hardware-archived message

View the documentation

[brave fiber]

Did you write this or ??

im reading the intergration doc

[winged knoll]

#hardware-archived message ain't the integration docs

[brave fiber]

There.. up there, or there not on discord and not the thing that the bot linked?

[outer knot]

@brave fiber 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).

[winged knoll]

#hardware-archived message

There

Or go to the HA integration docs and search for Tasmota

[brave fiber]

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tasmota/

this?

so i clicked the add integration and on HA it added but it says it failed to setup

[winged knoll]

Did you set up an MQTT broker?

Did you configure both the Tasmota devices and HA to use it?

Are your Tasmota devices on at least 9.2?

[brave fiber]

no im reading about MQTT broker rn

[winged knoll]

There's 5 requirements in the docs

[brave fiber]

idk i bought it like a week ago

[winged knoll]

Well, read the requirements

Make sure you've followed them

[brave fiber]

so i clicked to install the MQTT integration and this is what the Logs output

[21:50:29] INFO: Starting mosquitto MQTT broker...
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Warning: Mosquitto should not be run as root/administrator.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: mosquitto version 2.0.17 starting
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Config loaded from /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Loading plugin: /usr/share/mosquitto/go-auth.so
2023-09-21 21:50:29:  ├── Username/password checking enabled.
2023-09-21 21:50:29:  ├── TLS-PSK checking enabled.
2023-09-21 21:50:29:  └── Extended authentication not enabled.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Opening ipv4 listen socket on port 1883.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Opening ipv6 listen socket on port 1883.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Opening websockets listen socket on port 1884.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: mosquitto version 2.0.17 running
2023-09-21 21:50:29: New connection from 127.0.0.1:60242 on port 1883.
2023-09-21 21:50:29: Client <unknown> disconnected due to protocol error.

[winged knoll]

Well, that's your broker, not the integration

Looks about right, but #add-ons-archived could confirm

[brave fiber]

there is a green dot when i look at the addon in the admin panel

[winged knoll]

Looks about right, but #add-ons-archived could confirm

Don't use add-ons, no idea about them

[brave fiber]

Tasmota devices’ MQTT setting configured to communicate with the MQTT broker.

do i need to access the device?

and like change something inside?

[winged knoll]

Use the Tasmota UI to do that, their docs cover it well

If you're unsure, try their Discord

[outer knot]

Ready to use custom firmware for ESP8266 devices (including Sonoff)

Docs:
https://tasmota.github.io/docs/

They have their own Discord server or you can ask in #diy-archived

[brave fiber]

so i went to the IP of the tasmota device and it says... Program Version 12.1.1.3(tasmota)

[winged knoll]

Well, that's one of the 5 requirements taken care of

[brave fiber]

I did add the broker too

Tasmota devices’ MQTT setting configured to communicate with the MQTT broker.

not sure how to do this

I mean on the device it says MQTT enabled

It shows now the MQTT parameters

[winged knoll]

The Tasmota Discord can help with that - don't use it myself

[brave fiber]

no one is online there so yeah :/

What are you using?

[winged knoll]

You've joined that server for a hot minute... be patient 😉

Personally #zigbee-archived all the way - no Tasmota or ESPHome stuff (currently anyway)

[brave fiber]

it's so complicated omg

[zealous dune]

Software provided by the manufacturer to change the name, minor and major

[clever sand]

One way that I found to do it with hardware I mostly have on hand is to use an old unused chromecast that I have, plug it into an HDMI audio extractor like this: https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Extractor-Splitter-Compatable-Projector/dp/B0CBWY683C/ and then just connect a 3.5mm audio cable from that to a speaker. When HA sends audio to chromecast, the chromecast does not play a chime to announce something has connected like the google home does.

[sterile arch]

Looking for dimmer switch suggestions, hopefully <$50. Must have physical dimmer and switch. Prefer zigbee, but z-wave is acceptable. I will need two - one for LEDs (in a three way application - 4 wires) and one for incandescent - don't have to be the same product

[drifting ember]

on what continent?

and what kind of LED's

[sterile arch]

Sorry, USA. Dumb LEDs

[thick rampart]

Leviton DZ6HD zwave may be the only ones that use a traveller to do true 3way. I don’t have, zigbee

[fringe crater]

What is meant by "true" three way?

I use Zooz zwave in a couple 3 way configurations and they work well.

[thick rampart]

3 way connected with wires, like dumb 3 way ones. Zooz allows one of their dimmers like zen77 wired to a 3 way on-off dumb switch.if you want dimmers on each end, you need to use associations an not the traveller. Leviton supports dimmers on both ends with a matching remote on one end

https://www.support.getzooz.com/kb/article/1336-zooz-light-switches-dimmers-faqs/

[hexed galleon]

Any idea on what can I use to automate this

A pool Valve

[patent river]

What sort of pressure are we talking here?

If it's just tap water pressure or less, there's a thing called a "latching solenoid valve" that are used in irrigation.
You give them a short +12VDC (or whatever they're rated) pulse to open the valve, and another to turn it off.
(compared to a normal solenoid valve like a washing machine has, that needs power constantly applied to stay open)
They're designed so they can operate for years on battery-powered controllers, because each open/shut cycle is a few mWh of power consumption.

Cheap and cheerful, there are Zigbee/Z-Wave/LoRa valve controllers for radiators that you could adapt (meant to operate as a thermostat, but shouldn't let that stop you)

[hexed galleon]

Not big pressure

I want to automate pool filling

https://smartgateways.nl/en/product/distancemeter-wifi-gateway/

Using this for detecting level

[gusty sequoia]

I don't know if your valve would meet the requirements for this nor if you use Z-Wave, but https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zac36-titan-water-valve-actuator/ might be worth investigating

[gray silo]

I have a sommer pro+ garage door opener (wall mounted unit that wirelessly talks to the motor unit, wireless user fobs). All the guides for adapting it to work with HA seem - convoluted? Can anyone explain very generally what I'm missing? E.g. https://github.com/jampez77/garage_door_sensor

I'm not great with electrical stuff so basically asking for an explain like i am 5 here. Would their be simpler ways of doing this?

[fringe crater]

The problem is that the opener has blocked any simpler way for "security". Used to be you could just short a pair of wires to open it. Now you need some cryptographic chip to convince it to open.

So a lot of the hacks to get it to work involve cannibalizing a device that already has that chip.

Actually nvm, I think that doesn't apply in this case, think I misunderstood you.

[gray silo]

It has like a rolling code so you can't just replay a code.

All of the methods want a "conex" adapter and a bunch of other bits. The adapter doesn't seem to be very available.

I get something IoT like is needed with enough power to do networking/wifi to talk to HA, but there always seems to be a minimum of two other bits of hardware as well.

[brave fiber]

How can i inscrease the sampling rate of my tasmota smart plugs? For example i have turned off the light... it still says 51W and it has been like 20-30s

[zealous dune]

With PowerDelta command

[agile skiff]

I'm having some trouble with 2 Aqara window sensors i just got. Both get added to HA via SkyConnect, but the states is always Closed and doesn't change. I tried reconfiguring but it didn't help. I got other aqara devies and door sensors and those work. Am i missing something?

[zealous dune]

Which window sensors exactly?

[outer knot]

@agile skiff Please do not cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond. Crossposting wastes people's time as they're unaware of the help you're getting elsewhere.

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

[terse pebble]

It's already in the zigbee channel

[agile skiff]

it's these new ones that are rebranded T1 - with brownish box color instead of the old blue stuff

[brave fiber]

From the docs it means that as soon as the power changes by a bigger amount it gets reported to HA?

Where can i see what PowerDelta is set currently on my Smart Plugs?

[young gale]

Hi folks, I'm looking for smartplugs (AU/NZ) that I can make bt proxy because I want to place bt only devices around the garden and thought that If I pick smart plugs and plug them in sockets around the house I'd solve the bt range limitations and keep a wall sockets available for something else and not for just running bt proxies. Any thoughts, ideas , suggestions?

[patent river]

If I can answer your question with a question, are the things you're planning to put down the garden 1-way or 2-way communication?

[young gale]

Not sure I know the answer, 1 way ? They are the flower care that work with Smart Life app. Does 2 way mean "active" connections versus 1 way passive?

[patent river]

Yeah basically; is it just a sensor that transmits that you need to pick up, or something you send data back to

I mean either way, there's a solid argument for just a big chungus antenna.

You can push these RF protocols a lot further than they ever really were intended for.

[young gale]

Can you elaborate on that?

[patent river]

Bluetooth radio with external antenna, gigh-gain antenna (directional if possible, but a high-gain omni if not) that can hear your devices from further away

Rather than complicating your life with decentralised hardware closer to the end devices, just... listen harder 🙂

[young gale]

That sounds like a better plan, anything you'd recommend? hardware you know works well and won't be a pain to integrate to HA?

[patent river]

If you're going the "well supported USB adapter" route, there are like 3 or 4 on the list in the docs that are marked as "supports external antenna"

And then depending on where you need to go is the antenna you buy.
This is the brand I used for my outdoor WiFi, they make a few different styles:

Any more specific advice, you're going to have to provide a drawing of your house/section

[young gale]

Thanks man, can you point me out to the docs you're talking about. Not if you refer to esphome or homeassistant? Sorry for being a pain :/

[patent river]

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#known-working-high-performance-adapters

[young gale]

awesome, thanks

[last creek]

heya, can i recommend a solenoid valve?

you might be able to get away with using an irrigation one but check the pressure specs etc

it is also possible to get standard ball valves which are motorised

i have worked with them before but i don't remember the brand off the top of my head

something vaguely resemblant of that

those are the ones i have worked with in the past

i personally like them cause you can disengage the gearbox from the valve and turn it manually

and if you use the valves elsewhere in the system you can pull the gearbox off and install it on another valve

switching is fairly straightforward too if you're willing to wire mains relays

just to be clear i have no clue how much they cost, they're good in my experience though

most of the reviews are five stars but there are a handful of 4 and 3 star ones complaining about price or other fluke problems

[nimble trail]

Can anyone recommend 95+ cri light strip/tube.

Requirements:
95+ cri
2700K
Dimmable
Anything else is a bonus

[meager night]

Anyone here from India using clamp power monitors with HA?

[crimson linden]

I’m getting a waiting for Home Assistant CLI to be ready error I have no idea what that is

[brave fiber]

Does HA support touch screens that are plugged to the RPI4? I want to make a control panel with it.

[gentle fossil]

depends on the os. haOS? no.

[hidden plover]

is there some website that shows all hardware that plays nice with HomeAssistant?

[scarlet carbon]

I'm looking at switching from my rpi4 to an intel nuc 11. Are there other recommendations? I'm in the US using Z2M and looking for a device powerful enough to handle any type of direction I go in the future.

[hexed galleon]

This should work

[zealous dune]

That's more than enough computer for HA

[formal cloak]

Had that before. If it's type 'login" into the console

I got a few GU10 replacement bulbs for my outdoor lights (Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! AU$6.66 69%OFF | MOES Tuya ZigBee GU10 WIFI Smart LED Bulbs RGB C+W White 5W Dimmable Lamps Smart Life APP Control Light Bulbs Work Alexa/Google
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtHgJzC).

While the integrate well via Local Tuya I find the Wifi range to be rather limited and as a result the device becomes unavailable. Anyone using something similar? What's your experience? Is there anything they can be done?

[zealous dune]

Yes, get wifi access points to extend the range

[last creek]

i would only upgrade to the NUC if you're running a lot of other stuff and not just HA

but you're integrating all of them with HA

things like media controllers for speakrs and media servers like jellyfin or plex

otherwise the increased power draw and hardware cost of a NUC wouldn't be worth it imo

[slender saddle]

I'm planning on getting to the Home Assistant system again after moving into an apartment and I have a nearly clean-slate on what devices to get and would like suggestions on what works well with HA.
I currently have a google home mini, a lenovo smart clock, and a samsung smart tv. I'm wanting to get smart wall switches (no dimmers afaik), speakers, and LED light strips. It's a ~950 sqft 1bdrm apt. I was thinking about getting Ikea smart-home items but I want other's opinions on devices before I dive into this. I don't have access to the apartment yet, so I don't plan on buying anything immediately, I just want opinions on what to get. I don't have infinite budget so keep stuff reasonable.
As for audio quality I don't need the best, I'm not an audiophile, but I also don;t want the cheapest speakers on the market.

TIA.

[hexed galleon]

Wondering

All my smart devices like kasa plugins have their IP assigned with DHCP

If IP changes Will I need to pair It again in homeassistant?

[glacial oracle]

That may depend on the integration and device but generally I think no

[ruby socket]

Is there any way to use a Google Home speaker/microphone as an INPUT device in Home Assistant?

[gusty sequoia]

If you're using the official Kasa integration, it identifies devices by MAC address, so you shouldn't need to re-pair.

[silver kayak]

Is beelink still pretty recommended? They alright quality? I want to get haos installed and eventually add in cameras with frigate. I do have a usb coral as well already. Want something I won’t have to upgrade for a long while even if I decide to go into other features. Probably 500 or less located in us.

[crystal ridge]

Is there a best practice for adding smart features via pressing switches/buttons on a light switch? I have some old lutron lights/ fan switches that acted similar to the innovelli reds (without the smart features) and id like to upgrade them to be smart as I can't find anything similar to what I want. I was thinking of embedding an 8266 in them but I don't know if there's any better solution.

Trying to smarten lutron LFQHW. There's an IR version but not really available and IR isn't great.

[hallow willow]

Hi everyone!
I would like to have your opinion, I'm looking to implement connected lights in RGBWW at home by connecting it of course to my home assistant.
I've been looking for a cheaper alternative that's just as effective as the Phillips Hue, and here's what I've found:
The bulbs: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B098B8VW1R/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1XLR6R87EXJ1Q&psc=1
The bridge (128 max): https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B09ZQQZSQZ/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A26QA7NDH2SGKH&psc=1

Do you have any better alternatives?

[zealous dune]

Bulb good, bridge crap

Get an Ethernet gateway or an USB stick

[hallow willow]

Is this precise bridge reference crap, or are all bridges in general?

[zealous dune]

If it's wifi and Zigbee it's not good

[hallow willow]

So I'd need a Zigbee to ethernet bridge?

[zealous dune]

What you need is covered in my previous message

[hallow willow]

k, thx

[fluid river]

The Innr bulbs will happily talk directly to Home Assistant if you have a Zigbee coordinator connected to your HA system. If you don't, get yourself a SkyConnect dongle. That will take the place of a separate, standalone Zigbee bridge. No need for another device.

IKEA TRÅDFRI bulbs also work well this way.

[winged knoll]

Pretty much anything Zigbee will

[fluid river]

As long as it's not called Hue.

[winged knoll]

Hue is fine

[fluid river]

My understanding is that Hue bulbs will only talk Zigbee with a Hue bridge.

[winged knoll]

Nope

The only things that don't work are smart meters

Lots and lots of people in #zigbee-archived use Hue bulbs with ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT, and even deCONZ

[fluid river]

Well that's interesting. Pretty much every web page I ever saw that talked about this said no dice. It's one reason I always stayed well away from Hue, long before I started using HA.

[winged knoll]

Whatever you were reading was written by people who didn't have a clue

Anything else they wrote should be treated with suspicion

Oh, and ... https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=Philips

[rough vapor]

I recently bought 10 of these "Sylvania SMART+ Wifi" A19 dimmable light bulbs (for like $20)
However, I can't seem to get them to connect to my Tuya app, and by extension, Home Assistant.

I've powercycled my test bulb a couple of times, but every time I try to pair with the Tuya app it just says "Failed to connect".
I've been looking at this thread here, but nothing. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/sylvania-smart-wifi/223985

[tacit burrow]

I’ve got ~10 hue devices talking zigbee to my coordinator, no hue bridge

[devout parrot]

Either those people don't know what they're talking about or Phillips was paying them off. Every manufacturer that makes a hub likes to say "this device requires our hub" but that's rarely if ever true.

[glacial oracle]

Hey guys, maybe you could guide me a bit in my decision making, if what I am trying to achieve is even possible.
I am looking to extend my small pv system from about 1.2kw to 2.4kw in the hope to counteract my base consumption for a longer period during the day. However this will create even more excessive power during peak hours which would just be lost to the grid. If possible I would like to store some of this energy in a battery but I am not sure what to look out for this. At best it would be an independent component which I could feed charge / discharge rates every couple seconds or link a clamp sensor for it

[fierce linden]

I bought a Sonoff Zigbee dongle (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6P22YJC) and now I could use some recommendations for light switches and dimmers that don't require a neutral wire. I see a bunch on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6XKHNVM and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081ZQWX1F for example) but I've never heard of these brands.

[tacit burrow]

Don't you get paid for energy (solar) export? Either c/kWh or offset against consumption? It's unlikely to be completely lost.
Most (all?) home battery systems will charge with power that you're not consuming locally... @glacial oracle

eg: my solar is currently generating about 7kW but my house is only consuming about 500W, so 5000W is going to my battery (the max it can take) and 1.3kW is going to the grid, making me a pittance (0.039c/kWh)

[austere dome]

Does anyone know if the Sonos Ray works well with the Sonos integration? I couldn't find much model-specific information out there.

[twin island]

searching for a budget friendly face recognition camera

someone a idea ?

[zealous dune]

real face recognition camera or a normal camera that has face recognition?

[twin island]

normal camera that has face recognition?

is this cheaper ?

[zealous dune]

it could be free if you use Frigate and already have a camera

or some form of tensorflow for facial recognition

[glacial oracle]

Yea sadly they don't pay reasonable prices around here (I think it's about 4cnt/kwh so we just not bothered as it involves like a 50$ a year fee

[tacit burrow]

Yeah it doesn’t pay much here either. But no fee

[glacial oracle]

Currently id assume about 250kwh getting lost that way a year after accounting for phase summing it

[tacit burrow]

0.039 to 0.106 per kWh depending on tod

But my big saving is zero import about 3/4 of the year

[glacial oracle]

It very likely isn't enough energy loss to justify spending 10+k on battery storage

Also how do they know when to charge and when to discharge

[tacit burrow]

Smaller cheaper batter?

I think it has ct clamps and some smarts.

[proven girder]

Ouch that sucks it's tod for export

[tacit burrow]

And power price is 2-7 times export price 😦

[proven girder]

Jesus you're being screwed over

We're on 21c/kWh anytime of day
And 10c/kWh export if we even had solar

[glacial oracle]

Are there any alternatives or is the Tesla thing what should win
If I see this right 500 bucks a kwh in storage doesn't sound unreasonable

But id probably never fill 15kwh

[tacit burrow]

There are lots of battery manufacturers including smaller ones

Google for solar battery reviews

[slate quail]

We are putting in a built in 48” refrigerator and I’d like to put a leak detector behind it but for obvious reasons won’t be able to easily pull the refrigerator out after installed. Anyone have hardware recommendations that are powered so you don’t have to deal with battery replacement?

[crimson tulip]

probably esphome

but it's DIY

[slate quail]

Probably above my level of expertise then.

[crimson tulip]

if you played with legos in the past, then you can do esphome

just saying

[slate quail]

🤣

[hallow willow]

I want to use a bridge to avoid my router assigning an ip address per bulb.

[hallow willow]

I'm sorry if my answer isn't consistent with your sentence, I'm French.

[fluid river]

Bulbs won't get IP addresses - Zigbee doesn't use IP.

Or to put it another way, if you get a bridge, that bridge won't be using IP to talk to the bulbs. It'll be using Zigbee (which has its own addressing scheme). If you attach a Zigbee dongle to HA, then HA will talk to the bulbs using Zigbee, just like the bridge would.

[winged knoll]

Zigbee is different to WiFi

[hallow willow]

OOOh okayy, I see, that's great! On the other hand, on the site I don't have the impression that I can have my order delivered in France...

[winged knoll]

"the site"?

[hallow willow]

Oh, nah I'm talking shit, on "https://www.home-assistant.io/skyconnect/" they offer to buy it, but it's the location of the companies, not the recipients

[fluid river]

Yep, just that. I'm sure at least one of those EU suppliers will ship to France

[winged knoll]

There are also many more options than just that one stick

(just... don't buy Sonoff)

[fluid river]

I was just halfway through typing that 😀

Numerous Zigbee dongles are on the market, SkyConnect is just the one that comes from Home Assistant

[hallow willow]

What's wrong with you all talking badly about Sonoff (I don't own one) but from the looks of it, it doesn't seem so bad to me lmao

[winged knoll]

Both (current) Zigbee 3.0 coordinators have problems

As do their other Zigbee devices

[hallow willow]

Okaay, well bah go take the SkyConnect then ;), I don't know though, can you put a lot of devices on it?

[winged knoll]

A few hundreds

(depending on what you buy)

[hallow willow]

Not bad at all!

[winged knoll]

Don't buy Osram's Zigbee 1.2 range, or Sonoff, and be careful with Tuya

[hallow willow]

How come there are several SkyConnect references?

[winged knoll]

What do you mean?

[hallow willow]

Sorry

I've certainly misunderstood, but from what I understand from what you said above, depending on what product I take, I could synchronize more or less devices.

[fluid river]

You mean how many devices can be on the Zigbee network, right?

[winged knoll]

More that the devices you add are what sets the limit

Any coordinator can support hundreds of devices

[hallow willow]

Skyconnect yes

[winged knoll]

But, chatty devices, or badly behaved ones, take up more air time

[hallow willow]

Oh, right, in that sense!

[winged knoll]

Plus there's a limit of 200 Zigbee 3.0 devices, and a limit of around 50 devices directly connected to the coordinator

#zigbee-archived has many pinned messages that'll help you

[hallow willow]

Okay, thanks guys for your help, it's really nice, I appreciate it.

[patent oasis]

Anyone able to help me connect the aqara p2 door sensor to ha ? I have a skyconnect dongle and setup the matter thread addons but when i am connecting the sensor its getting stuck on cant connect to the network

[winged knoll]

#zigbee-archived can help with Zigbee stuff

Hopefully you've read the pins there

[zealous dune]

P2 is a #matter-archived device

[winged knoll]

Ah... of course it is when the P1 is Zigbee

[zealous dune]

Intuitive labelling

[hallow willow]

However, I have a small question: do I have to connect my skyconnect ogligatorily to my raspberry HAOS or does it work via my home wifi network? Because I'm not sure if all my zigbee devices are in the Skyconnect range if I have to connect it directly to the R4.

[fluid river]

It's a USB device, you have to connect it to the computer running Home Assistant.

But it is not necessary that all Zigbee devices are in range of the coordinator dongle - Zigbee forms a mesh network. Some Zigbee devices (this generally includes light bulbs) automatically act as routers.

[hallow willow]

Oh really?? So if a bulb is at the edge of the Skyconnect range and another bulb is outside the range but close to this first debt, it works for sure?

[fluid river]

Well there's never any 'for sure' in wireless networking 😀 - but basically yes, that's the general idea. Zigbee router devices extend the range of your Zigbee network, and there are a number of mains-powered Zigbee devices that include the router functionality.

Like the Home Assistant screenshot for an innr bulb I showed here earlier - note 'Device Type: Router'

#hardware-archived message

[hallow willow]

Oh that's really something! Thank you so much!

[fluid river]

Likewise:

So, for example, the light bulbs in my living room extend my Zigbee network range to cover the battery-powered devices I have at my back door.

[hallow willow]

This protocol is really something

[fluid river]

Home Assistant will even show you a visualization of how all your Zigbee devices interconnect. At risk of screenshot overload (last one, promise), here's mine.

Mains-powered router devices (light bulbs and smart plugs, for me) clustered in the centre, talking to each other in a mesh, battery-powered devices around the edges.

So basically what I'm saying is just do it 😀

[hallow willow]

Hahah, its really insane

thx bro

[fluid river]

And it's all automatic. There's basically zero network configuration to do. (Maybe manually choosing a channel if you've got RF interference issues.) You just pair a device to your coordinator and Zigbee figures out the rest.

[hallow willow]

Awesome

[fast prawn]

I have a HA instance that's connected through tp link router TL-WR840N. I have 15 devices most of them are D1-Mini. Issue is that after a month or so, devices begin to disconnect. Simple rebooting of router does not seem to help but when i power cycle the router. Everything start working OK. Do thsee routers have cache that fill up after few days?

[zealous dune]

Or they're just crap

[clever mortar]

Hey all - having some trouble here. I’m running HA OS in a VM and using a NAS to house my Frigate data (mount name MUST be “frigate” for the add-on to be able to write to it).
Everything was working great, but after a power outage I found my old NAS corrupted. I ended up replacing it with a new one and went to change my Network Storage (I had deleted the old “frigate” one and rebooted my host after doing so). Unfortunately it fails to add any new network storage with the same name as a previous one (I tested this with a “backups” mount that I have as well, same result. Simply changing the name to “backups2” works flawlessly, but sadly the name for frigate cannot deviate from “frigate”). Is there any way I can manually force the removal of this previous frigate mount?

[opaque spire]

Anyone know a good zigbee smart plug type F that doesn't do coil whine ?

[winged knoll]

#zigbee-archived would

[midnight ibex]

hey-hey!
Can you recommend me a 4ch ethernet relay (it needs to controll 12V DC outputs)? What can I integrate into HA. Thanks! 🙂

[signal comet]

alright, I have these Feit lightbulbs that turn out to be white-labeled Tuya bulbs. I set up the official Tuya integration off the website and it works okay but Tuya sent me an email saying I need a subscription to IoT Core at $25,000 a year

so it's time to ponder local options.

I'm wondering if I should stick one of them in the desk lamp and try to put Tasmota on it, I guess worst case scenario I have to go buy some not-Tuya bulbs

we have six of these bulbs so if Tasmota goes on them it'd probably be worthwhile in the end

[zealous dune]

It probably won't if they're newish

[signal comet]

hrmm too bad, I think we got them in 2022

[zealous dune]

Tuya-cloudcutter and libretiny via esphome beta

[signal comet]

okay so tuya-cloudcutter will unlock the bulb for flashing and then I put libretiny on the bulb?

documentation points me at this
https://youtu.be/sSj8f-HCHQ0

I'll follow along and worst case I brick a bulb, boo hoo

[narrow kayak]

Hey, can I get some advice on UK smart plugs with power consumption that are quite easy to integrate?
Here are some that I've been looking at

[zealous dune]

They need to be Wi-Fi?

https://www.mylocalbytes.com/en-eu/products/smart-plug-pm?variant=42424488820927

[winged knoll]

For Zigbee the Salus SP600 work well

Apparently the Hive plug also does power monitoring, but damn it's chunky

[zealous dune]

No chonks allowed

[winged knoll]

The Moes (Tuya) also does power, and isn't chonky... no idea if it's any good though

[sudden galleon]

Is there such thing as smart 10kg cylinder gas valve for home use? Trying to find anything but no luck

Like smart water valve but for gas cylinder

[zealous dune]

There are solenoid valves you can actuate with a smart device

Some gas detectors have connectors for those

[ruby gale]

Forklift lockoff solenoid valve. Generally 12v and rated to stop propane flow.

[agile olive]

any recomendation for a power meter plug? I would prefer zigbee. I'm from Portugal. I don't need anything super fancy and expensive

[patent sparrow]

Anyone have any recommendations for how to track where in my house a cat is hiding?

[outer knot]

@agile olive 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)

[terse pebble]

A dog

[zealous dune]

An ibeacon tag

[terse pebble]

A dog with an ibeacon tag

Catnip

[drifting ember]

a bell on the cat

[zealous dune]

How crude, do you also turn your lights with your hands?

[gloomy spoke]

you could also set up an array of microphones that listens for the loudest bell sound and use that to triangulate

or just use your cat's Apple Watch and ESPresense + a bunch of M5Stack ESP32s

[drifting ember]

I do lots of things with my hands

I do not need to locate my cats, whatever room I'm in they will be in if allowed 😛

[drifting ember]

considering the touch panels on my sonoff touches just all stopped working, no, no I do not

[gloomy spoke]

I'll bet you could attach something like to a cat's collar and use the aforementioned ESPresense array: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Charm-Beacons-Water-Resistant-BC04P-MultiBeacon/dp/B0BMY36FQ1

bonus is that it's waterproof, so your cat doesn't need to take it off in the bath

they always forget

[signal comet]

I would like something I could stick on the cat and track it in the great outdoors without a cellphone signal

it'd have to be something that'd log the movements and upload them if the cat wandered into cell signal or came back home into our wifi

[drifting ember]

LORA

you'd need a large cat tho

[signal comet]

I want like a half dozen Maine Coons around here as barncats, honestly

[drifting ember]

I actually also want a couple dozen maine coons 😄

[zealous dune]

I locate my cat by opening the fridge or going to the toilet

[drifting ember]

or opening a bag

[gloomy spoke]

of kitty treats

[zealous dune]

Chips bag for my cat, he's addicted

[gloomy spoke]

start playing with a new box

[zealous dune]

Or crisps if tinkerer is reading

[signal comet]

and I also want another Great Pyrennes puppy to keep the mountain lions away

yeah I can rattle a chips bag and I have two dogs show up

alright this tuya-cloudcutter installation is going exactly as expected

I try to follow tutorial, run into problem, fix that problem, run into another problem, fix that problem, run into another problem

Meets Expectations

currently am battling with getting into it over usb ethernet gadget mode

since the last thing I did was set dhcp=internal and managed=true and reboot, which kicked it off wifi, so now I need to go through USB
so I hook it up and it goes as a serial port so I finally figure out where to get the RDIS driver and install that and yay now I can ssh pizero.local
but it's on ipv6 and none of the rest of the network is setup for ipv6, so I turn on ipv4 and it won't get a dhcp
so great I static address the ipv4 and now it responds to pings on that IP but when I ssh into it, "connection refused"

https://tenor.com/view/head-bang-monday-morning-frustrated-mad-annoyed-gif-4304818820675516563

[final loom]

Hi, I need a suggestion available on amazon canada

I got an Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb Dongle plus and bulb B05-A19 , and its work well on HA but i need to be on cloud

i need a light who can be controlled offline any suggestions ?

[drifting ember]

it can be a bag with an ethernet cable in it, my cats just hear "bag"

and now, when they smell ketchup also strangely... cuz they know daddy got fried chicken

[signal comet]

okay let's try turning ipv6 back on, maybe it'll let me ssh into it over ipv6 and it can talk to the internet over ipv4
it responds to pings on ipv4 but ssh gives "connection refused"

and the worst part is i'm not even sure why we were diddling with the dhcp settings in the first place

[fallow cape]

I don't see much in the way of search results, but is anyone aware of any RGB BR40 zigbee or z-wave bulbs?

[devout parrot]

Looks like Sengled makes one.

[patent river]

I'm only seeing this one? https://us.sengled.com/collections/new-zigbee/products/sengled-smart-led-with-motion-sensor-par38-bulb
Which is Zigbee, and PAR38 (which seems to be about the size of a BR40), but is IP44 and has a PIR motion sensor built in so is clearly meant to be an outdoor security light

I mean maybe it'd work, but it's a bit weird

There's a Hue PAR38 too, but I wouldn't blame anyone for being a little wary of Hue just at the second https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXYWV8G5

[devout parrot]

What's wrong with Hue?

[tepid heart]

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

[tacit burrow]

Is that just hue hub? kill it.

[patent river]

The problem is this is always how it starts - this is hardly a new story, and chances are they still want their pound of flesh. Which means next year it's "firmware updates now only available through our hub"; undoubtedly which will be worked around at first, but it always escalates from there, and then there are future new products that are only compatible with their ecosystem.

[tacit burrow]

yeah, evil for sure

I won't be buying any more

[fallow cape]

You can still pair Hue bulbs with any zigbee hub, can't you?

Last I tried they just needed to be put into pairing mode as usual

I'm not sure that a PAR38 bulb would really work in this case, though - it's for lights mounted above a garage door so it sort of needs to be more diffuse

[tacit burrow]

Yeah, I use my hue bulbs with a zig coordinator, and control them from HA

[austere zodiac]

HELLO GUYS
i wanted to ask if you guys used shelly 4pro with a conventional dimmer at ur house i cant find the wiring diagram anywhwere
i was able to do that with shelly 2.5 but cant with the 4 pro

[austere zodiac]

?

[midnight ibex]

I think You can't use shelly 4pro for dimming.

[austere zodiac]

but can i use a conventional dimmer with it do dim the fan

[rich venture]

Its possible but i cant draw you a diagram rn

[austere zodiac]

ok

but kindly explain

[rich venture]

Are all channel live inputs bridged together internally or are they separated

[austere zodiac]

they are seperated i think

because differnt relays are being used

[rich venture]

If they are separated just connect output of dimmer to that channel-s input and fan to output of the relay channel

[austere zodiac]

i tried this

not working

also i have to use the switch as well

[rich venture]

Take some photos

[brave fiber]

I played with PowerDelta and I'm sure I have a lot of trash history data and my HA is barely alive 😅

How can I delete all this history?

I set the PowerDelta to 101 so it got 7-10 state updates each second.... across 3 tasmota devices 💀

[compact star]

I'm currently running HAOS on a Mac Mini using UTM. Does anyone know if the skyconnect module will pass-thru to the HAOS VM if i plug it into the Mac Mini?

[supple wedge]

Is anyone aware of a way to have a remote zwave/zigbee hub? I want to move my Home Assistant into my vm environment but i don't want to have to lock the vm to just one host.

[fringe crater]

Yes you can run Zigbee2MQTT/Zwave-js-ui on another hardware than the HA host.

That's what I do. Just have a separate Pi-2b with two dongles.

[supple wedge]

Is there any docs into syncing them together?

[fringe crater]

These were the guides I used, they may be slightly outdated now.
https://flemmingss.com/how-to-set-up-zigbee2mqtt-on-a-raspberry-pi-and-integrate-it-with-home-assistant/
https://flemmingss.com/how-to-set-up-zwavejs2mqtt-on-a-raspberry-pi-and-integrate-it-with-home-assistant/

zwavejs2mqtt has since been renamed zwave-js-ui

zigbee2mqtt is probably still valid

[supple wedge]

Thank you!

[slender saddle]

Im confused on some Zooz Z-Wave sticks and their compatibility with HASS-
They have the 700 series stick and the 800 series stick - do I have to get both to run their 700 & 800 series devices or can I get one and have it control both? And is it still compatible with other companies' devices?

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/works-with-home-assistant/products/zooz-usb-700-series-z-wave-plus-s2-stick-zst10-700
https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/works-with-home-assistant/products/zooz-800-series-z-wave-long-range-usb-stick-zst39

[dusk steppe]

Hi. I was wondering if I can run a HA on nvidia jetson nano.

[glacial oracle]

i dont think this would be supported but it might work with docker

[dire ridge]

Does anyone have any recommended hardware for a basic interior door lock? Just something enough to keep kids out of the bedroom. But something that's still home assistant compatible. I'd prefer Z-Wave but I'm not hard set

[gusty sequoia]

Z-Wave is backwards compatible and there's a quite strict interoperability certification process. Either of those sticks will work with any Z-Wave device. 800s are pretty new and often aren't recommended lately, but #zwave-archived may also have the best specific recommendations

Basically, you won't get the LR feature specifically without both an 800 stick and LR-compatible devices, but that's really it. It'll fall back to the usual mesh without that.

[slender saddle]

I'm living in a 950sqft apt so I dont need the LR

Whats the max length the LR would reach anyways?

[gusty sequoia]

It's theoretically pretty wild, like a mile of transmission range. Not sure in practice though

[winged knoll]

https://drzwave.blog/2022/11/23/how-far-does-z-wave-long-range-reach/

[gusty sequoia]

Anyway yeah, go with a 500 stick that supports S2 or a 700 stick, probably. 800 is still in the "the Z-Wave JS main dev is waiting for updated non-demo hardware to develop against" situation last I heard. It'll basically work but you're not really missing much starting older

[slender saddle]

Ill go with the 700 series stick then, thanks for the input.