stray nimbus Feb 8, 2020, 7:32 PM

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I suppose you already read this part https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/xiaomi_aqara/#connection-problem ?

waxen zenith Feb 8, 2020, 7:34 PM

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I just checked it's MAC address, I think I'm screwed, hahaha

stray nimbus Feb 8, 2020, 7:34 PM

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oh

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you found something?

waxen zenith Feb 8, 2020, 7:35 PM

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It might be a port problem on the gateway, I need to open it up and solder a few wires

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I'll just leave the gateway out, not that I really used it anyway.
You think it is possible to use the MI Home temperature and humidity sensor might be able to send it's info through zigbee?Thety a

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They are zigbee devices if I'm correct, maybe I can skip the gateway and receive the info directly to my zigbee receiver.

stray nimbus Feb 8, 2020, 7:38 PM

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i only use my conbee for everything, I dont use the xiaomi hub at all. I have enough stuff anyway 🙂

waxen zenith Feb 8, 2020, 7:42 PM

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I ordered a cheap 8 dollar Zigbee receiver, you think a reciever at that price can function decently? Or should I really settle with a more expensive one?

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I havn't really got Zigbee appliances yet, I'm just dipping my toes into the domotica pool.

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Figuring out all the protocols and ways to automate.

stray nimbus Feb 8, 2020, 8:02 PM

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i have no clue what is good or not regarding zigbee controllers 😄

waxen zenith Feb 8, 2020, 8:05 PM

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Hahaha ok, no problem, I'll try it out and let it know!

fierce cradle Feb 8, 2020, 9:22 PM

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Hello all, I'd like to get started with hass and ideally will start with lighting and plex, my plex server is fine however looking at the prices of the Phillips smart bulbs is crappy. Are there any other cheaper brands people can recommend?

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:)

winged knoll Feb 8, 2020, 9:28 PM

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Depends on whether you want WiFi (this channel) or Zigbee (see #zigbee-archived)

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There's no shortage of affordable Zigbee alternatives, depending on where you live

fierce cradle Feb 8, 2020, 9:50 PM

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Thanks dude. I'm pretty new to all this and discord confuses me haha.

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Yeah wifi ideally. I have a rapsberry pi zero for my VPN and pihole but I wanna make use of a spare nuc I have for hass :)

wispy marlin Feb 8, 2020, 10:10 PM

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Hello everyone, my nest thermostat is shows in the discovered section, but when I click on “configure “ ask me “PIN Code” does somebody knows where or how can I get that code?

hushed moth Feb 8, 2020, 10:41 PM

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@wispy marlin Seems like that's explained here https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nest/

wispy marlin Feb 9, 2020, 12:24 AM

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@hushed moth apparently I won’t be able to do it, as the note said: new users don’t work aince google changes with nest!! So, just wait!! 😢

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@hushed moth but thanks anyway!! 👍🏽

timber grove Feb 9, 2020, 12:36 AM

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Hello everyone, how're you doing? Would anyone be able to help me with an issue setting up a TPLink switch? I keep getting an invalid config message but I can't see anything wrong with it.

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"It" being configuration.yaml

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 12:42 AM

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@timber grove show us the config that is giving error. tplink is extremely simple to setup

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config is as simple as ```yaml
tplink:
discovery: false
switch:
- host: 192.168.0.23
- host: 192.168.0.24
- host: 192.168.0.25

timber grove Feb 9, 2020, 12:43 AM

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I know, Ive been slamming my head on it and of course right after I post something I notice that the article mentions the TPLink integration, when I looked for the integration I searched for Kasa and nothing came up and reading the article it wasnt clear from the beginning an integration was required so I just assumed it should work. I am rebooting now to see if accepts my config.

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Do you use the TPlink devices yourself @round horizon

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And I aware how silly my reply sounds XD

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 12:44 AM

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yes, I do. TP Link Kasa switches have been pretty good so far!

timber grove Feb 9, 2020, 12:44 AM

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I will not be using discovery, but do you? Im wondering how well it works

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 12:45 AM

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I don't use the UI for the integration - I just enter the IP addresses in my config manually

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I keep discovery ON by default, but I like to configure old fashion way

timber grove Feb 9, 2020, 12:46 AM

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Ah, that sounds like a good solution. I am very happy to see HA support TPLink, my Uncle has a bunch of TP link switches and hates the Kasa app so I might have to give him a Pi next christmas

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Still will not work.. Im pretty confused

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tplink:
  discovery: false
  switch:
    - 192.168.1.9

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OH DUH. I swear to god

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I do use computers for a living. Sorry, issue is between the keyboard and monitor as per 99% of the time

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 12:54 AM

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can anyone here help me setting up this custom component?
https://github.com/postlund/hass-atv-beta

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 12:57 AM

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@timber grove no worries, when you say it doesn't work, do you see error, or you don't see the entities at all?

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@civic atlas please don't cross post. it is a slow day today, and maybe you could try asking some time later... that usually goes into #609399695466430465

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looks like you are missing ```

host:```

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:06 AM

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@round horizon i think someone blocked me there, i cant post. I thought i was going to get some help setting up HA here.

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😦

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 1:07 AM

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@civic atlas sorry - that channel is archived. #integrations-archived is the right channel. no one blocked you 🙂

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which you have posted, may be you could try other time, and or reach out to the author on github

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:08 AM

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gotcha

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i posted in integrations too

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 1:08 AM

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saw that... you typically get help here, but today is a slow day... you cold also try postingin community site

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:08 AM

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any chance you can help me? i'm sure it will take u 5 mins to help me figure out where i'm stuck

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 1:09 AM

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I am not familiar with that component unfortunately. If I do, I would have looked into it already

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:09 AM

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all of the answers are way too technical and i'm still learning how to operate this

round horizon Feb 9, 2020, 1:09 AM

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I understand...

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:10 AM

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got it, can you at least try helping me?

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i did everything that it says on the instructions, installed hacs, got the apple tv component installed

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i go to the integrations page, type the ip address and device isnt' found

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home sharing is ON

timber grove Feb 9, 2020, 1:18 AM

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@round horizon Yes, I saw that, after looking at the YAML parse error in logs it was a real face in hands moment

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It now works, I can turn my light on

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Thank you btw 👍

runic drift Feb 9, 2020, 1:23 AM

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@civic atlas that integration is still in beta and it appears the dev of it is really wanting to hear of any issues people have with it. You should try posting on their git here > https://github.com/postlund/pyatv/issues what issue you are running into. They also make it clear they would like for you to post your logs if you have any at all and show you how to enable those here. https://github.com/postlund/hass-atv-beta#debug-logs

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:24 AM

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I already posted there, but since i'm still learning how to use HASSio

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im not sure if i'm doing something wrong, and when i try to check the logs no errors show up there

runic drift Feb 9, 2020, 1:27 AM

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if you had followed everything correctly and get no errors on HA side then it's a good chance it's going to be something with the integration. without someone else here who has it, messed with it, got it working or not working it's rather hard for us to be able to help outside of spot typos ect like Skalavala pointed out here https://discordapp.com/channels/330944238910963714/672223433907765288/675868098171109376

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 1:29 AM

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gotcha

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im trying to speak with the dev

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hopefully he will help me set this up

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another quick question

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what cheap temperature sensors do you recommend?

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that are also compatible with Hassio

manic raptor Feb 9, 2020, 2:01 AM

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anyone know on how to not put part of an integration into an area? I have WLED set up to set all my kitchen led (4 controllers) to sync. I also have two other light switched When I ask google to turn off kitchen, it turns off wled, but also the sync and receive switches as well. Anyway to prevent this, or do I need to add them manual instead of through integration? Is this the right channel to ask Thank you

vapid magnet Feb 9, 2020, 2:13 AM

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Anyone have a good picture of how to wire a shelly dimmer? I am just confused for some reason on getting this wired.

vapid magnet Feb 9, 2020, 2:40 AM

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nevermind i got it finally

terse cliff Feb 9, 2020, 9:17 AM

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Hi, I need help. All my BT devices stopped working since updating to the last version. I have 2 Mi BT temp/humidity sensors and 2 Mi Flora sensors. It always worked but now they're with uknown status

jagged tinsel Feb 9, 2020, 11:05 AM

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Soil Moisture Sensors hey all, Ive build a couple of nodemcu's with analogue soil moisture sensors running gauge via mqtt. If I read the info web interface for the nodemcus it says Analog0 428 when sensor is in glass of water and 776 when completey out and dry. my yaml states to read this and then value_template: "{{ value_json['ANALOG'].A0 /10 }}" which when present in a gauge just shows the 3 digit number in percentage Is their a way of calibrating the readout to say that 776 is dry and 428 is fully submerged so read the percentage inbetween correctly. cheers

main dune Feb 9, 2020, 3:52 PM

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Hi All - has any played with the UK based (now bankrupt) Den sockets and switches? www.getden.co.uk

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 3:59 PM

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ISTR they never published an API

hushed moth Feb 9, 2020, 4:04 PM

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does someone have recommendations for motion sensors? I've no zigbee/z-wave dongle connected to HA, I do have the ikea tradfri hub, are the ikea tradfri motions sensor a good choice?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 4:05 PM

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I've personally found the Xiaomi motion sensors to be pretty solid

zealous dune Feb 9, 2020, 4:06 PM

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i like my aqara motion sensors, have them for 2+ years. i heard there are some issues with tradfri ones. if you have a "dongle" you don't need a hub in 99% of cases

hushed moth Feb 9, 2020, 4:07 PM

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@winged knoll do these sensors work with the ikea hub?
@zealous dune I don't have a dongle, bought the ikea hub before I had HA to control their blinds, is it worth investing in one?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 4:07 PM

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No idea, I've never used the hub, always gone direct with #zigbee-archived

zealous dune Feb 9, 2020, 4:08 PM

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technically you can get a dongle for less than 5$ and program it with an esp8266

hushed moth Feb 9, 2020, 4:12 PM

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I have absolutely no experience with programming and using an esp8266. Wouldn't it just be easier to buy some wifi motion sensors or the ikea sensors?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 4:12 PM

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You don't need experience

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You can buy a pre-flashed dongle (costs more) or buy the parts and flash it - there are step by step guides out there

zealous dune Feb 9, 2020, 4:13 PM

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with ikea hub you're stuck with ikea sensors

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here's a mostly ready to use solution https://zigbee.blakadder.com/coordinator_Conbee_II.html

hushed moth Feb 9, 2020, 4:14 PM

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I will check it out, thanks for the advice

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Does that one require flashing blakadder?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 4:16 PM

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Commercial sticks don't

zealous dune Feb 9, 2020, 4:16 PM

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there's also https://zigbee.blakadder.com/coordinator_Nortek_HUSBZB-1.html

hushed moth Feb 9, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Amazing, thanks! is it easy to integrate 1 of those in HA? Witch one would you recommend?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 4:20 PM

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The topic in #zigbee-archived has the information you need 😉

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It's easy, just pick a supported integration and follow the docs. If you're unsure, go zha

quartz sundial Feb 9, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Am I able to use Wyze contact/motion sensors in HA /w the RTSP firmware on a cam? Or does that not even matter. Right now I have this ghetto webhook workaround for the sensors.

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Or is this the best way: https://github.com/kevinvincent/ha-wyzesense

glossy prism Feb 9, 2020, 4:28 PM

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Yeah, that custom component works well

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But you need to plug the bridge directly into whatever machine you're using for home assistant

quartz sundial Feb 9, 2020, 4:52 PM

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Ok cool, that's working good. I have a cam left without a bridge now though 😦

placid turtle Feb 9, 2020, 5:39 PM

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This a good place to talk about Shelly setup?

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 6:08 PM

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@quartz sundial were you able to get the sensors to work in HA?

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I'm using https://github.com/JoshuaMulliken/ha-wyzeapi/ to connect my smart plugs, it's already working on lovelace... but i cant find the entities when creating scenes or on the entities page... any ideas on how to fix this?

quartz sundial Feb 9, 2020, 6:12 PM

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I did they work great. 🙂

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I haven’t used that one

bleak elm Feb 9, 2020, 6:15 PM

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i need to find a cheap light sensor.... sunrise/sunset aren't cutting it

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 6:16 PM

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i know,m this one is for the pugs and bulbs...

rain hornet Feb 9, 2020, 6:38 PM

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Infamous @zealous dune .... Thanks for the Tasmota Repository

zealous dune Feb 9, 2020, 6:38 PM

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ya welcome 😄 the wicked never sleep so now there's a zigbee repository too!

glossy prism Feb 9, 2020, 7:05 PM

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@civic atlas check at developer tools > states

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 7:24 PM

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@glossy prism it shows up on states, but not on scenes... any ideas?

glossy prism Feb 9, 2020, 7:26 PM

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I've never used the UI editors so I'm not sure unfortunately

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 7:29 PM

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ok, got it... thanks

civic atlas Feb 9, 2020, 8:27 PM

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Question, i'm running hassio on a rpi4... i also have a wink hub2 sitting, can i the hub to still connect to zigbee or should i just get a zigbee usb stick?

winged knoll Feb 9, 2020, 8:57 PM

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IMO you're better off with one of the #zigbee-archived integrations

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I'd expect so, if they don't have a local only option in their settings

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No

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What you'll find is that they're all rebadged versions of something else

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tuya/ for example - there's a number of brands that are all Tuya underneath

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Pretty much

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Well, flash the firmware anyway

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If they support Tuya, then TuyaConvert should have you covered

inner tree Feb 9, 2020, 10:27 PM

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Posted this a while back, hoping to get some live bodies now. I have a Tasmota'd Sonoff iFan03 which is picked up in HA by a light.mqtt and fan.mqtt entry in my configuration file. They don't have areas associated, and I can't change the area through the UI it seems. Is there a good way to get this to work (i.e. get them in to an area)?
Here's the relevant portion of my config: https://hastebin.com/levidolesu.yaml

brisk lotus Feb 9, 2020, 11:54 PM

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what would be the best way to pass a remote usb device to HA? I've got my HA running in an VM environment, and I want to place my z-wave and zigbee radios in a different location. I'm thinking that running usbip on the host OS would be the easiest.

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Or should I look at simply doing a zwave/zigbee to mqtt setup?

brisk lotus Feb 10, 2020, 12:30 AM

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I'm going to try going with this option and see how it goes. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/rpi-as-z-wave-zigbee-over-ip-server-for-hass/23006

light helm Feb 10, 2020, 12:33 AM

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Trying to use a zooz 4-in-1 to detect motion. I have it setup and paired but the dang thing seems stuck. It reports motion and I can see in the log that it's clearing the motion event but the state never changes in HA. Anyone have any idea what I'm missing?

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I should say that this is happening intermittently as it does sometimes work...

runic drift Feb 10, 2020, 1:00 AM

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@brisk lotus you could do something like this, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt_statestream > example of how it's used between two HA instances > https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-migration-to-improve-hassio-performance-and-increase-security/90731/7

brisk lotus Feb 10, 2020, 1:16 AM

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@runic drift I've looked into eventstream and statestream before. I think the main downside there is management of the z-wave or zigbee networks; Home Assistant does have a good UI for doing it. It would mean I would have to connect to the other HA instance every time, though.

civic atlas Feb 10, 2020, 2:38 AM

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@glossy prism are you using https://github.com/kevinvincent/ha-wyzesense/ ? Once i pair the sensors with the bridge connected to my pi4, are the sensors also visible on wyze's app?

bright jacinthBOT Feb 10, 2020, 2:38 AM

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Tediore is away for 2h 14m 4s with a message :point_right: don't drink an entire bottle of dr. mcgillicuddy's

thorn flume Feb 10, 2020, 2:55 AM

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Possibly a dumb question. Im trying to set up my bravia TV. I tried to do it via android TV a while ago and never removed it and then tried to set it up again via the new bravia integration. I went to look at it in the devices page and saw it appeared to be using the residual androidtv integration. So i removed it and restarted HA thinking it would ask me to setup again but I can't seem to get HA to pick it back up. Is there something i should do to get it to trigger again? Ive done multiple reboots with and without the integration setup in my config.yaml

light helm Feb 10, 2020, 3:07 AM

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@thorn flume there might be a .config file in the /config directory. I don't have android tv's but thats usually what causes the setup not to appear again

thorn flume Feb 10, 2020, 3:11 AM

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@light helm Thank you! there was actually a bravia.conf file that was preventing it.

light helm Feb 10, 2020, 3:12 AM

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Is this the first android tv you've setup with HA?

thorn flume Feb 10, 2020, 3:13 AM

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yessir

light helm Feb 10, 2020, 3:13 AM

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Ah - Was just curious how people like them.

glossy prism Feb 10, 2020, 3:57 AM

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@civic atlas yeah I am. I don't use the wyze app but I can't imagine they'd also be visible in the app

pliant hornet Feb 10, 2020, 8:15 AM

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Anyone knows if Valetudo supports Google Home?
Also, do we know if they'll get the S6/S5 style room support that we are seeing with the new firmware on S5?
Is this an okay place to ask?

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 11:09 AM

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Has anyone got any ideas on room presence sensors

winged knoll Feb 10, 2020, 11:42 AM

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You mean... motion sensors?

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 12:22 PM

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no, Dr.Zzzzzs mentioned at last years CES that someone was doing some good work in the room presence area

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I wondered if it had progressed, so I can tell if my daughter/missus was in a certain room etc

drifting grove Feb 10, 2020, 12:24 PM

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Hi, can you guys recommend a module (that I can install behind normal wall switch) that does not require N wire? I found fibaro and qubino but would like wifi or zigbee solution. Any recommendations?

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 12:24 PM

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are u UK or US?

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I think there are some good no neutral switches now

winged knoll Feb 10, 2020, 12:32 PM

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The only way to tell who is in a room would be cameras I suspect

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 12:34 PM

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think that might be a step too far for her indoors 😉

drifting grove Feb 10, 2020, 12:52 PM

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@distant vine I'm located in Poland, so EU, UK is fine as well. I know there are options with complete switch unit but I want something like Shelly, unfortunately they're delaying Shelly Dimmer SL further and further...

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 12:55 PM

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will that work with no neutral then?

drifting grove Feb 10, 2020, 12:56 PM

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yep https://shelly.cloud/wifi-smart-home-automation-shelly-dimmer/

distant vine Feb 10, 2020, 1:57 PM

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interesting! @drifting grove

daring bough Feb 10, 2020, 6:34 PM

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How do I enable a custom alexa skill I made on my echo dot? I have the same email address for both my echo dot and my alexa developer account

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and I have account linking enabled, the skill shows in the alexa android app too

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under dev

worn scroll Feb 10, 2020, 7:00 PM

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Hello all! Anyone know if I can use this with Home assistant? I googled around and didn't see anything. KKmoon Thermostat digital touch screen...

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Office-APP-Floor-Thermostat-Temperature-Wi-Fi-Screen-DisplayTouch-Electric-Digital-Controller-LCD-Smart-Programmable-Control-School-Heating-16A-Week-/228648007?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101001360&adid=22222222227317188106&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=395295332530&wl4=aud-430887228898:pla-835103701106&wl5=9006782&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=128133340&wl11=online&wl12=228648007&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQiAm4TyBRDgARIsAOU75spL0j2XkKEzgXAMB8y_9XNdm9CtREBbEQKlV4OaZ00jtlu8fdYcgpkaAkmEEALw_wcB

simple ruin Feb 10, 2020, 7:35 PM

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hi all, can anyone suggest a good battery powered 4way switch with zigbee?

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and good relay for that?

winged knoll Feb 10, 2020, 7:40 PM

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https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/information/supported_devices.html has a good list - #zigbee-archived can suggest more I'm sure

wind python Feb 10, 2020, 7:40 PM

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I have a sonoff mini with as S1 S2 a push button. But I want to be able to simulate that exactly, I mean, if I push the button 3 sec, I want 3 sec an ON signal (because there is a physical relay dimmer behind it). I don't see how you can really emulate that withou pusing twice?

thorny summit Feb 10, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Hey all, I got a couple of Jinvoo switches and just succesfully flashed a 2-gang switch. I'm trying to get both 'buttons' to have their LED on but I'm not having any luck. Has anyone come across this before?

mint mirage Feb 10, 2020, 10:58 PM

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Ooh I just got a preview Sonoff window sensor delivered, seems to be running 2 ARM processors in an OPL1000 wifi SoC package from OpuLinks instead of thr usually 8266 or 32. How common place are arm procs in the consumer iot space? I'm guessing we're going to start seeing a shift away from the esp's

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BLE 5 and Wi-Fi 11b up to 11Mbps

wise kindle Feb 10, 2020, 11:33 PM

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Has anyone used any soil probes in a smart green house home set up?

ruby talon Feb 11, 2020, 12:02 AM

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anyone have any recs for an HA-compatible button?

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i'm using the Aeotec Wallmote Duo right now, looking to add another, something similar but maybe better if there's anything available.

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i want to be able to trigger automations at the press of a button.

runic drift Feb 11, 2020, 12:08 AM

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@ruby talon getting a RF bridge and using any number of RF push buttons would work. I think those amazon dash things are still being sold on ebay and may still work(?). people have converted wyze door sensors to be push buttons.

ebon siren Feb 11, 2020, 1:30 AM

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Hassio no longer see's Conbee2 after supervisor upgrade, I am using zha integration not deconz. The line entry under hardware no longer shows either?

modern jewel Feb 11, 2020, 2:49 AM

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Has anyone tried to setup Smart Life or Tuya?

ruby talon Feb 11, 2020, 3:55 AM

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@runic drift thanks for the suggestions! i had a few Amazon Dash buttons laying around and turns out the Dasshio add-on is super easy to work with

ruby talon Feb 11, 2020, 4:23 AM

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spoke too soon! apparently only the older Dash buttons (jk76pl) can be set up this way (or it has to do with the firmware, not sure yet). the newer ones (jk28lp) don't work as easily.

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i think most of mine are the newer ones 😦

runic drift Feb 11, 2020, 4:25 AM

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I know there was something about making sure they never got access to the internet or something. sucks would have been a quick solution for ya

drifting grove Feb 11, 2020, 8:08 AM

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To add a device, I go to configuration.yaml and add:

Example configuration.yaml entries

switch:

platform: xiaomi_miio
host: MIIO_IP_ADDRESS
token: YOUR_TOKEN

Just this?

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winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 8:39 AM

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If that's what the docs say, yes, but see https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/devices/

steady fractal Feb 11, 2020, 11:08 AM

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So it seems its not longer possible to integrate nest products into HA. Any recommendations for a carbon monoxide detector? I dont have a z-wave stick (yet).

waxen zenith Feb 11, 2020, 11:31 AM

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Has anyone used any soil probes in a smart green house home set up?
@wise kindle I know that Xiaomi Mi has sensors that should work with HA. Havn't tried it myself yet, I found the price still a little too steep if I count the plants I would like to monitor.

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 12:50 PM

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Wondering is it worth buying alexa plus 2

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as it has a zigabee hub/thing in it..

winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 12:52 PM

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Which you can't use other than from Alexa

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Oh

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What's easiest work with for a rookie

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Zwave? Zigabee?

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Want to get some door sensors.. temp sensors

winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 12:59 PM

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About the same

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Zigbee is cheaper, but has only very recently become an actual standard so getting things to work well together can be "fun"

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Z-Wave is a full standard so costs more. Stuff "just works" though

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 12:59 PM

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haha "fun" hmm

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I like "just works"

winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 12:59 PM

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I have both

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM

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oh you can mix?

winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM

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Sure - different frequencies (well, mostly)

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM

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So do i just buy a zwave hub?

winged knoll Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM

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See #zwave-archived - but you'd buy a stick

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(Z-Wave Plus)

little sentinel Feb 11, 2020, 1:00 PM

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Oh okay

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I'll pop into there

next moat Feb 11, 2020, 3:48 PM

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What are the best hardware modules for behind an existing light switch?

snow stream Feb 11, 2020, 4:13 PM

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I really like using these sonoff switches and replacing the wall switch. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S1SP87R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

wanton nexus Feb 11, 2020, 5:41 PM

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I like the sonoff mini. it lets you use your existing 1-way and 3-way switches and fits behind the switch: https://smile.amazon.com/Wireless-Universal-Automation-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B07TRSWY23?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1 The switch leg is low voltage too unlike the Shelly.

thorny summit Feb 11, 2020, 8:32 PM

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/JinvooSmart-Switch-Control-Cooperate-Google/dp/B078GW29SK

I got a bunch of these.

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I’ve got like 40mm of space from the wall to the back of the switch box. They say Shelly fits everywhere well... not here.

Each switch will have a brown (live) and blue (neutral) wire and Home Assistant will turn the smart bulbs on or off (Hue and Trådfri) so I won’t actually use the relay.

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The state of the switch and bulb are synced so when I turn the light off via automation or by using a voice command the switch will change state as well. This will allow anyone to always turn the light on or off using a switch on the wall. Going to suck when HA fails tho.

pliant hornet Feb 11, 2020, 9:50 PM

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I'm looking for some radiator valves. Tado and netatmo are in my sights, they look pretty enough.. wondering if I can find something similar that avoids the cloud connection, since I do have Home Assistant... Any recommendations? I am in Denmark.

normal spire Feb 11, 2020, 11:05 PM

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does anyone know whether anyone in the community ever attempted to packet sniff or reverse engineer the API traffic that Leeo devices used to send back up to their cloud service before it shut down?

low patrol Feb 12, 2020, 9:06 AM

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@pliant hornet Theres Danfoss. However they just announced that they are changing from zwave to zigbee, so now would probably be a terrible time to go for their offering. I'm personally using Netatmo and very happy with it. Several coworkers are using Tado and are happy with that 🙂

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I steered away from Tado because of their subscription thing. Didnt wanna pay 10-20kr every month 😛

pliant hornet Feb 12, 2020, 9:36 AM

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@low patrol I was also a bit put off by that subscription with Tado. Another small negative is that their valves don't have a child lock.. 😂
Looked at Danfoss. They seem rather bulky.

low patrol Feb 12, 2020, 9:50 AM

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Danfoss is not quite my taste either, but i havent seen any other... promising... projects for this. I've seen a 1-2 with zero reviews which leaves me skeptical. All that leaves, tado netatmo and danfoss. Danfoss says their new valves will 'probably' release in Q2, so yeah

pliant hornet Feb 12, 2020, 9:54 AM

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I'll wait and see that. We are just starting to look for stuff to replace our existing ones before the next season 🙂

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Thank you.

low patrol Feb 12, 2020, 9:57 AM

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Any time. I've recently begun this smart-home project myself. Let me know how it goes for ya 🙂

empty breach Feb 12, 2020, 10:21 AM

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I m looking at https://www.banggood.com/Yeelight-AC220-240V-5M-Smart-LED-Strip-Light-Driver-Works-With-Alexa-Apple-HomeKit-Xiaomi-Ecosystem-Product-p-1537063.html?rmmds=search&ID=6265290&cur_warehouse=CN . Is anyone using this with HA ?

rugged plume Feb 12, 2020, 3:22 PM

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Is anyone here using lolin d1 mini's in the UK? Where do you buy them from - i see alibaba used to sell them for <£2 but I can't find anywhere else that matches or even comes close to it. - I'm not just being tight over a few quid i'm looking to buy several 😄 ty

vernal arrow Feb 12, 2020, 3:24 PM

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I got the Wemos D1's for about 4 pounds from Ebay

rugged plume Feb 12, 2020, 3:27 PM

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what was your delivery time roughly if you remember?

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the ones on ebay i've seen that cheap aren't due to arrive till late march - may apparently. (and may come with a bonus free coronavirus)

vernal arrow Feb 12, 2020, 3:29 PM

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From memory it was 2-3 weeks, and I would be dousing them in Dettol

rugged plume Feb 12, 2020, 3:31 PM

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ok thanks

tough sentinel Feb 12, 2020, 6:13 PM

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does anyone have an ecovacs deebot? i have questions.

worldly agate Feb 12, 2020, 7:32 PM

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Anyone in here using Shelly Dimmers? I've currently got 2, but one thing i dislike is the way brightness works.. Its like from 0-100% less than 2 seconds, compared to a Fibaro Dimmer which goes slow but steady which is alot smoother

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Nvm... Maybe i should read the user guides sometimes before jumping the Gun, there is actually a Transition Time setting in the app

dull dagger Feb 12, 2020, 8:05 PM

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hi guys
i bought a shelly EM but isn´t apear voltage, energie etc, only can put the consuption, anyone have a idea what is wrong?

worldly agate Feb 12, 2020, 8:11 PM

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So the Shelly Dimmer settings through the app are buggy, the settings seems to be overriden by a physical switch compared to how it works with a Fibaro Dimmer

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:12 PM

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Anyone have any reccomendations of hardware sensors for toilet / bathroom sink usage?
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/water-usage-via-vibration-accelerometers/171308

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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what a crappy idea

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get it????????

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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😉

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Know of any ways to get it done?

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Flow meter?

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Don't want to pay $200

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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oof

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:15 PM

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Don't need that level of granularity

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I just need to know when a toilet flushes and when a bathroom sink is used

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I should be able to do that with vibration / accelerometers?

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:17 PM

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Pipe temperature sensor is £20, may work for a sink

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Water level sensor for the toilet?

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:18 PM

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I don't know if pipe temperature sensor would recognize washing hands with cold water

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:18 PM

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Yeah, would only work with the hot tap I suspect

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:19 PM

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I just need when a toilet is flushed.

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Figured I could use the same type of sensor for both toilet and sink

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:19 PM

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a count of flushes might be possible with a vibration sensor but water usage would be tricky

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Flow of water would exceed base-line, resting threshold

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That's all I would need

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Count of hand wash + count of toilet flush

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:20 PM

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could maybe wire up a contact sensor with the toilet lever

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:20 PM

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hmmmmm

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:20 PM

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something similar with the faucet but it wouldn't be pretty

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assuming you have a faucet with a single handle

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though that would be trickier

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:21 PM

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yeah idk if I like that

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Do you have a reccomendation for vibration sensors that I could tape to water pipes?

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I could write a python script to handle the counts

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:22 PM

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i think xiaomi makes some

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i've heard good things about xiaomi sensors but have no personal experience with them

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:23 PM

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I'm on Z-Wave rn 😦

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:23 PM

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come to the light

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ONE OF US

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:23 PM

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I plan on it for production version of this solution

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Just trying to prove out a concept right now

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Xiaomi stuff is soooo nice 😍

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Where in the world are you?

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

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any particular reason for wanting this info? just curious?

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Dallas, TX

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

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not making fun, i like stats about things too

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:24 PM

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No idea what you've got over there I'm afraid 😉

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:25 PM

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Don't want to disclose much but monitoring individuals

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Things like bathroom activities actually mean quite a lot

glossy prism Feb 12, 2020, 8:25 PM

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ah, understood.

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:25 PM

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I am actually leading with a solution more like this: https://github.com/FIGLAB/ubicoustics

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:25 PM

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Xiaomi kit is cheap and small

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:26 PM

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but if a microphone speaker + edge compute is too invasive when monitoring bathroom activities, I gotta fall back on vibration sensors + humidity sensors

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:27 PM

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I'd go for a water level/ultrasonic sensor for the toilet cistern

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:27 PM

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Link for water level sensor?

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:27 PM

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Sorry, they're mostly #diy-archived things

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I've also had no need for one, yet

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Humidity sensors are unlikely to be sensitive enough to react to tap use, vs shower use

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:28 PM

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Hmmmm going to google

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Yeah, only using humidity for shower

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That one is pretty widely accepted

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:29 PM

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That works well, I use one that way

snow stream Feb 12, 2020, 8:30 PM

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Could you possibly do a weight sensor for your soap dispenser? That way if they are washing their hands and use soap, you might be able to tell the difference in weight of the soap. Just a random thought.

runic drift Feb 12, 2020, 8:31 PM

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at some point if people knew about all these sensors it would raise a privacy concern as well as make people feel uncomfortable lol

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just fyi

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 8:32 PM

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They might not use soap though 🤢

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@runic drift Oh most definitely. Gonna need the individuals to sign off so I can keep the data.

steady hearth Feb 12, 2020, 8:49 PM

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would ultrasonic work with water/liquid?

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or just go through it to the bottom of the tank?

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oh they make them specifically for water

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https://www.massa.com/industrial/ultrasonic-sensors/pulstar/

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but that's ~$300. Would the $5 one I'm using in the garage work? 😛

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:53 PM

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Time to experiment 😉

snow stream Feb 12, 2020, 8:54 PM

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Better to experiment with $5 than $300. haha.

steady hearth Feb 12, 2020, 8:54 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tuTQ2e9_Qg that's the one

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and again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTmbWMSiwiQ

winged knoll Feb 12, 2020, 8:57 PM

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https://hackaday.com/2015/02/13/wireless-water-level-sensor-from-pvc-pipe/ if you want the DIY approach

summer idol Feb 12, 2020, 9:24 PM

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I think that will definitely solve my toilet flush UC

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Just found this link -- http://www.gcdataconcepts.com/toilet_flush.html

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Dude uses accelerometer + MATLAB to filter noise

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Also found an article where they use a vibration microphone to capture vibration in a noise frequency

tough wagon Feb 12, 2020, 9:30 PM

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Anyone know if there's a way to integrate cameras/devices that use the CloudEdge app? I've googled quite a bit and searched the forums without much luck

modern jewel Feb 13, 2020, 1:55 AM

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Hey does anyone know how to create a rgb scene with Smart Life (tuya) intergration?

So my plan is that at night time a motion sensor will trigger the lights and when the lights turn on I want them to change to red and at 1% brightness. Then once it is back to day again the operate as normal lights coming on at 100% brightness and white again. I can create scenes to do this but can only change the shade of white and not the colour but my lights are RGB. Then I do have control of the brightness too. If someone can help me getting full RGB control to automate scenes that would be amazing. Thanks in advance

jagged tinsel Feb 13, 2020, 9:02 AM

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Hi does anyone here run nodemcu/analogue moisture sensor/mqtt that successfuly displays accurate gauge represented data on their HA lovelace card. If so can you please share your yaml sorry to be to the point but have discussed this in serveral arenas and no one seems to be able to provide a solution. hopefully thanks in advance

fringe moon Feb 13, 2020, 9:41 AM

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I'm working on it for my greenhouse @jagged tinsel

dull niche Feb 13, 2020, 9:49 AM

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Is someone has bought the new Sonoff Micro ?
On every review videos, I haven't hear any sound during the switching of the device, can you confirm that ? If yes, I would be a good device, because they haven't used any relay which consume a lot of power compared to an ESP board. Maybe they used MOSFED to switch the 5VDC ?

jagged tinsel Feb 13, 2020, 12:05 PM

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@fringe moon I have everything working except the values represented in HA eg nodemcu gui moves from say 450 to 850 in glass of water to out. The HA gauge shows 96% no water to 45% in water.
this works for stabilty but not accuratevalue_template: "{{ value_json['ANALOG'].A0 /10 }}"
@tom_l gave me but it seems to through everything out on the gauge value_template: "{{ ( 236.4 - (states('sensor.garden_moisture2') | float *3 )) | round(0) }}"

delicate merlin Feb 13, 2020, 2:43 PM

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Hi, anyone did a integration with on HA with computherm q7 rf thermostat?

normal spire Feb 13, 2020, 5:41 PM

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interesting...woke up to two new sensors showing up in HA, and one is definitely from one of my google devices

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haven't touched a thing

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huh, apparently that's coming from my phone. am guessing the HA app now reports wifi signal strength and battery level

normal sequoia Feb 13, 2020, 6:54 PM

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HI, I'm banging my head against the wall... I'm unable to get a simple device arrive to homeassistant via MQTT (mosquitto broker in this case). I have several other sensors already working andI can't see why this one is not working. Any help debugging this issue would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to explain my setup: 1./ esp8266 sending via authenticted MQTT a message with topic home/lobby/esp8266/state, and payload { "voltage" : 0.0 ; "temperature" : 20.4 }. 2./ mosquitto_sub is able to see the message arriving to the broker, and also the MQTT listen feature in the dev tools in HA web page. 3/ in configuration.yaml, I have an entry, similar to other 4 devices already working (no autodiscovery):

- platform: mqtt
    name: "Exterior"
    device_class: temperature
    state_topic: "home/lobby/esp8266/state"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.temperature }}"
    unit_of_measurement: '°C'

,The other devices are working ok (they have different topics). When I query the sqlite database, I can't see anything with the entity_id='sensor.exterior' which is how the thing is supposed to be named. EVERYTHING is (seems) like the other devices, but this one refuses to work. Thanks for any insights on how to debug this issue.

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hasty mason Feb 13, 2020, 7:34 PM

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Hello I have pir AM312 to my nodemcu with esphome configuration and everything works well but pir sensor keeps on changing its state even if Iam in front of it so can anyone help me with constant state if a person is in front of it . By any chance is there any configuration to change the sensitivity and presence detection?

round horizon Feb 13, 2020, 7:35 PM

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@hasty mason you can adjust the sensitivity on the sensor - playing around with it might help

tame kiln Feb 13, 2020, 10:35 PM

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This is not exactly HA related but is smart home releated - I am mildly new to smart home stuff but i'm now over 30 devices on my network and suffering from some major wifi congestion. I'm at the point now where even my chromecasts struggle to display the default screen.

I'm stull using an old Asus rt-n66u

Does anyone have recommendations on what kinda router I should get?

chilly pollen Feb 13, 2020, 10:42 PM

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how long does it usually take for aliexpress stores to ship stuff out? i ordered 1/25 and they havent shipped it still. first time using the site to get some stuff for my setup

tame kiln Feb 13, 2020, 10:44 PM

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I ordered a battery from them once and it took me about a month and a half to get it

tacit plinth Feb 13, 2020, 10:45 PM

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In the states, most stuff takes about 4 to 6 weeks

bleak elm Feb 13, 2020, 11:23 PM

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also depends on if it's "in stock" when ordered

austere herald Feb 13, 2020, 11:38 PM

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Is there a z wave USB that people have had good success with?

I think mine might be junk.

It's this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ826F8/

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:40 PM

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Looking for options to add some water sensors to the house, behind the toilets on the floor and under the kitchen sink, are there any decent battery powered options?

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Also want a smart smoke detector, also battery powered, maybe zwave?

glossy prism Feb 13, 2020, 11:46 PM

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@austere herald i'm using that one with no issues lol

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@haughty shuttle i like my smartthings water leak sensors. they have contacts on the top and bottom which is nice. zigbee, around $18

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i also have the ZCOMBO z-wave smoke alarm

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:49 PM

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@glossy prism water sensors working well with home assistant I assume?

glossy prism Feb 13, 2020, 11:49 PM

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yessir

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i have them connected via ZHA

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four of them

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:49 PM

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is it this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KMHXFAI/?coliid=I1RYCVAAH33XPA&colid=269Z3N7U2YWVE&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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ZHA?

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which zigbee controller are you using?

glossy prism Feb 13, 2020, 11:50 PM

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the one SometimesiCode linked above

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US only

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evidently YMMV lol

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:51 PM

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Well I'm in the US so

austere herald Feb 13, 2020, 11:51 PM

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@glossy prism Man, for me it seems to lose connectivity unless I reboot the server everyday

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:51 PM

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I mean if you're using it have you had any problems?

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oh hell with that

austere herald Feb 13, 2020, 11:51 PM

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Or something, the automations stop firing

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:52 PM

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yeah I'll keep looking for something known to be reliable

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@glossy prism hows the battery life on the smoke detector?

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I may just get some aeotec water censors, their zwave controller has been rock solid

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dunno if they are battery though

glossy prism Feb 13, 2020, 11:53 PM

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They're probably gonna be pricey

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There are also a lot of people using that controller with no issues but it's up to you

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I haven't had any issues

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@austere herald that's weird...any errors in the log?

austere herald Feb 13, 2020, 11:55 PM

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I can't get to it now but I'll check in a bit and see

haughty shuttle Feb 13, 2020, 11:57 PM

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on amazon people said they don't work with that xiomi stuff, which might be nice to be able to get into

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 12:00 AM

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I've got two xiaomi weather sensors

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Not sure about the others though

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 12:02 AM

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Did you have to do any weird flashing stuff

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I think they can just be used as is now?

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 12:06 AM

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Wut?

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You only need to flash a stick if you want to use z2m

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 12:20 AM

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z2m?

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I dunno, I watch people get these cheap chinese sensors and have to flash them to use them with home assistant

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 12:35 AM

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Most of the good quality sensors are cheap enough these days, and no reason to go further down on cheapness. I went that route years ago when these devices are not that common - these days I don’t see a value in diy or find really cheap stuff. Benefits aren’t that great to be honest.

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 12:47 AM

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@haughty shuttle oh, you might be thinking of tuya-convert, which is for wifi-based devices

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 12:56 AM

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Yes that

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@round horizon what's your recommended smoke detector and water sensor? I think I'm gonna get the smoke detector I saw on Amazon, the aoetec water sensors have mixed reviews.

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 12:59 AM

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cough smartthings water sensors cough

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:00 AM

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Ah yes

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I'll look those up

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:00 AM

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Aeotec sensors are good. They require some sort of gateway. That failed on me though! Xiaomi sensors are good.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:01 AM

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https://www.smartthings.com/products/smartthings-water-leak-sensor ?

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I have an aotec zstick

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:01 AM

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I have more xiaomi sensors than z-wave and I am slowly moving away from a-wave.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:01 AM

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been working awesome

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https://www.xiaomitoday.com/xiaomi-aqara-smart-water-sensor-now-available-for-8-99/ ?

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:03 AM

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Yes. They are great!

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:06 AM

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so it's regular wifi?

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do I need to flash it or anything

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why is it only $10 lol

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$19 on amazon heh

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is smart things zwave?

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:12 AM

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The xiaomi are zigbee. Not wifi. They need a gateway.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:13 AM

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I mean this https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-GP-U999SJVLCAA-Smart-things-Sensor/dp/B07F951JDP/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1EWXI1Y5I2D6S&keywords=smartthings%2Bwater%2Bsensor&qid=1581642490&sprefix=smart%2Bthings%2Bwa%2Ctools%2C167&sr=8-4&th=1

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:13 AM

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You need xiaomi Aqara gateway for the water sensor to work.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:13 AM

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damn

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then integrate that with HA

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:13 AM

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Ok. I don’t know much about smart things. I don’t use it.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:14 AM

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ah haha I thought thats the one you like

round horizon Feb 14, 2020, 1:14 AM

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I like xiaomi stuff.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:14 AM

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looks to be zwave https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/204392790-Z-Wave-General-Info

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"Please note, there are two versions of the hub: v1 and v2. v1 can be used with Home Assistant without any problems, however, v2 might be less straight forward when it comes to enabling the local API, and might even require you to open up your device in order to do so. Xiaomi has suggested this is in the pipeline."

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haha

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SmartThings is integrated into Home Assistant through the SmartThings Cloud API. SmartThings is integrated into Home Assistant through the SmartThings Cloud API.

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nope, no thanks

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 1:54 AM

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The smartthings sensors are Zigbee @haughty shuttle

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 1:55 AM

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Ahh

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But will the hub you get now be v2 lol

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 1:56 AM

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Oh. Don't buy the smartthings hub

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I'm not recommending that

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That's why I mentioned I'm using the sensors with my Zigbee stick and ZHA

covert knot Feb 14, 2020, 2:10 AM

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Is anyone addressing the issue with BLE devices like Mi Flora? Since 103.x it’s been broken - almost 3 months.

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 2:17 AM

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ahh so you CAN use them with a zigbee stick

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I'll at them tomrrow, maybe order one and a sensor to tinker with

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https://www.amazon.com/GoControl-CECOMINOD016164-HUSBZB-1-USB-Hub/dp/B01GJ826F8/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=HUSBZB-1&qid=1581646756&sr=8-3

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in the zha known working list

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and does zwave 🤔

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 2:21 AM

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That's the one I have and that SometimesiCode mentioned earlier

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 2:23 AM

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nice

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yeah people say it works great with HA

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are you using the zwave side too?

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would be cool to only need one dongle

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I have a hue hub, I wonder if they would intefear with each other.

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I know hue is zigbee

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Are you doing this trick to keep it from doing weird stuff?

zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-0658_0200-if00

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mine would bounce between ttyACM0 and ttyACM1 til I did that.

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oh wait, it says I can connect my hue bulbs to the dongle, nice.

austere herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:45 AM

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@haughty shuttle I did kind of the opposite, I created a sym link /Dev/ttyusb.zwave. yours is probably better.

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Can having your Wi-Fi router next to your Z-Wave dongle cause issues?

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 2:47 AM

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I also had to black list the driver in modprobe, my host OS kept trying to take control lol

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If I was to switch to a new zwave controller would I have to totally redo my zwave stuff? That would be annoying.

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I'd probably just use the zigbee part.

austere herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:49 AM

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@haughty shuttle how could you tell modprobe was doing that?

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 2:50 AM

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Because that's why handles drivers in Linux

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The zstick kept vanishing from home assistant

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Like wtf Fu host OS

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Once I did that and the other thing never had another problem

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I run HA in virtual box

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Works awesome

austere herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:52 AM

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Gotcha, that's interesting

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@haughty shuttle I don't suppose you have a command/guide handy for that?

I think I may need to do that too, though I'm using docker

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 3:02 AM

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I'm not near a computer now but you just have to figure it what the driver is called, the file is I think In /etc/modprobe.d I forgot if that was the file or a folder with the file inside of it, open the config file and comment out the driver. The ID for the zstick will be in USB/serial/by-id probably the only thing with USB in the name

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@glossy prism if I replace my zstick will HA just reconnect to all my stuff or would I have to re pair everything?

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 3:23 AM

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You'll have to re-pair everything

plain spruce Feb 14, 2020, 3:47 AM

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Howdy

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I have a Aeon bulb that used to be on.a different gateway which died

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how do the heck I unpair it without a gateway or at least reset it so I can use it on the HA

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also I have a second Aeon bulb that wasn't used it and I sucessfully pair it but I can't get it back to cold white color and when it comes on it dim on. not instant on or off

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just dim on then dim off

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I tried the off on 6 times method but still doesn't reset it

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everyone sleeoing or a bot 🙂

austere herald Feb 14, 2020, 3:58 AM

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Is there a way to tell in HA if a zwave device acts as a repeater?

plain spruce Feb 14, 2020, 4:16 AM

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does HA discover wifi color bulbs?

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 7:06 AM

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Look at the zwave. entity for the capability routing. The Z-Wave docs explain a bit more, but see the #zwave-archived channel if you've got more questions

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Indeed, #zwave-archived is the channel for Z-Wave questions...

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:00 AM

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Hi guys Having trouble adding the deConz as a Integration

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 11:38 AM

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#zigbee-archived is likely the best place for help, if you explain "trouble"

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:42 AM

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Yeah right derp can’t get it to connect to Hassos host name is defined as 127.0.0.1 port is default. It can find the auth key.

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 11:44 AM

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Probably 127.0.0.1 is the problem

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Try the LAN IP instead

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#add-ons-archived can help with add-on configuration

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:46 AM

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Hmm how do I get the ip of the ConBee 2 usb dongle ? The iFrame in Hassos have no ip defined

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 11:46 AM

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The IP of your HA host

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USB devices generally aren't known for having network interfaces 😉

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:48 AM

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So 127.0.0.1 = local host which is the rPi with the usb stick ? But I can try the ip it should be the same thou.

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 11:49 AM

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127.0.0.1 has a special meaning

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Each Docker container is effectively a separate computer

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Docker?

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 11:50 AM

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Yes, that's underneath the hood on Hass.io/Home Assistant

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See the top pinned message in #330944238910963714

terse plaza Feb 14, 2020, 11:52 AM

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@winged knoll will try thanks.

grizzled fern Feb 14, 2020, 2:30 PM

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Hi, I have a question regarding the Lenovo Smart Display 7", is this one supported by HA?

https://www.lenovo.com/dk/da/smart-display/

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 2:50 PM

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It's a Google Assistant device, so yes

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I have the 10" version

grizzled fern Feb 14, 2020, 2:53 PM

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Cool! I just read in the forums that it's not possible to view lovelace from it. How do you use it?

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 2:54 PM

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I just use it for Google Assistant and view cameras

grizzled fern Feb 14, 2020, 2:54 PM

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Is it possible to view lovelace from it?

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I would love to use the Google Assistant with it, but as well view my lovelace

winged knoll Feb 14, 2020, 3:02 PM

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🤷

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I mean, in theory yes, I've never really tried though

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 3:02 PM

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FWIW i'm able to cast lovelace to all my cast devices that have a display

hollow night Feb 14, 2020, 3:03 PM

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hi there people

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Alfawise V8S

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i bought this vaccum for the price with mopa

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seems very nice

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anyone tried to integrate this one with HA ?

grizzled fern Feb 14, 2020, 3:06 PM

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I think I will give a try. How do you cast love to your GA devices @glossy prism ?

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 3:11 PM

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using the cast.show_lovelace_view service

grizzled fern Feb 14, 2020, 3:13 PM

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Awesome, thx!

hard tinsel Feb 14, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Is there any way to get the echo to use a phrase like "Alexa, make a coffee" to turn on a switch? I know you can do "trigger make a coffee" with IFTTT, or "Turn on the kettle" but... I'm being picky

reef cedar Feb 14, 2020, 5:30 PM

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Can anyone confirm if the Fibaro Button is working properly with HA? Found some older topics with a lot of issues? Thanks!

tacit plinth Feb 14, 2020, 5:59 PM

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@hard tinsel Yes, just make a routine

haughty shuttle Feb 14, 2020, 6:17 PM

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Does tradefi stuff work with any zigbee dongle? can I paid it to my hue hub? https://www.amazon.com/IKEA-203-478-30-Trådfri-Wireless-Dimmer/dp/B07KM9ZC2Z/ref=asc_df_B07KM9ZC2Z/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309793588525&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17371189758186649386&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011482&hvtargid=pla-579963353480&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60862048759&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=309793588525&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17371189758186649386&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011482&hvtargid=pla-579963353480

tacit plinth Feb 14, 2020, 6:28 PM

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https://zigbee.blakadder.com/remotes.html

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That one you linked doesn't work with ZHA, I don't believe --- or it's picky

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https://github.com/dmulcahey/zha-device-handlers/issues/191

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should be working, somebody asked about it yesterday

hard tinsel Feb 14, 2020, 6:31 PM

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@tacit plinth oh thanks, never noticed that, solved my problem 🙂

vocal chasm Feb 14, 2020, 9:27 PM

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Has anyone experienced an issue with Wifi / Battery entities not showing up if a device is removed > re-added to Home Assistant? It'll still function, just won't load those entities 🤔

slim glacier Feb 14, 2020, 9:40 PM

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hi

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https://p-261de4.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/bLum8Rrb/Screenshot+2020-02-14+at+23.39.44+Non-Retina.jpg?v=8a744d2a2a1fa27b423ca0dc5cbb348f

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I have this wall of error

glossy prism Feb 14, 2020, 9:41 PM

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correction, you have a wall of warnings 😛

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not as bad as errors

slim glacier Feb 14, 2020, 9:42 PM

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corect 🙂

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it happened after updating to latest

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I understand is a device that does not find somemthing... 🙂

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https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/21462

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I have no smartthing devices tho

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how could I find out what produces that?

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it fills my logs 🙂

vocal chasm Feb 14, 2020, 10:05 PM

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Fixed the issue, even if you uninstall the app from your phone it doesn't seem to clear the data so that conflicts with Home Assistant. Clear Cache + Data + Uninstall Beta if you're in that and it'll resolve it. or at least it did for me 🤷

timid acorn Feb 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

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Best place to ask about adding a device in esphome?

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:30 AM

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hi guys, I'm trying to use the developer tools services for the first time and I'm confused as to what to enter.
I have a broadlink rm mini3 setup, which is working (I have some codes in there learned from the broadlink manager).
but one code the broadlink manager won't capture so I wanted to try the HA learn service
I hve this in configuration.yaml, which works fine

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switch rm_mini1:
  - platform: broadlink
    host: 192.168.88.6
    mac: 'B4:43:0D:D5:90:3F'
    type: rm_mini
    timeout:10
    switches:
      lounge_onkyo: 
        friendly_name: "Lounge AV"
        command_on: 'JgBwAAA...'
        command_off: 'JgBwAAA...'

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now, in HA I selected service broadlink.learn
in service data I put host: 192.168.88.6

then I call service. nothing happens.
can anyone correct me on the right way to do this?

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:35 AM

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@drifting grove this part might be of help: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/broadlink#how-to-obtain-irrf-packets

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u should get a persistent notification when its successful....if you dont see one check HA logs

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:37 AM

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@oblique bear thanks, I'm just reading that. the one thing different there is in service data it says to put "host": "my ip"

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ie, with the quotes, whereas I had no quotes

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:37 AM

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that will make a difference

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:37 AM

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but when i put the quotes in, service data goes red

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:37 AM

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u probably got a error log if the service call failed

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are you entering it as json or yaml?

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:38 AM

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im putting exactly this

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"host": "192.168.88.6"

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does it need brackets or something ?

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:39 AM

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remove quotes from host

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:39 AM

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ok.

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my HA is restarting... will try in a minute

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have you used the rm mini?

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:41 AM

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i havent, i personally use harmony hubs

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i got 2 but i run extensions to do IR things

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:42 AM

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ok, no worries, mine is working generally ok, but there is one wierd thing that happens, but probably a question for an experienced broadlink person

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@oblique bear I put this now in service data

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host: "192.168.88.6"

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it still highlights it as red

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:53 AM

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is the call service button enabled?

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:54 AM

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yes it is and it does seem to work, despite being red

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:54 AM

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thats the just the editor showing its in quotes 🙂

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the call service button being enabled tells you the format is correct

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:54 AM

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ok. now where does the captured code go?

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i thought it went to .storage but nothing there

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:55 AM

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check your persistent notification

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:55 AM

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my what now?

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oh i see it

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:55 AM

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🙂

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its also an entity in the states panel

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:56 AM

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cool. now to try the code that didnt work in broadlink manager and see if this service gets it

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damn, same problem

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something peculiar with this remote or the broadlink it seems

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@oblique bear thanks for the help anyway, at least the service is working 🙂

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:58 AM

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np

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when i had to teach the harmony hub IR commands i remember having to ponit the remote in certain ways until it actually registered

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had to be like inches away from an angle lol

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:59 AM

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its a little different. I have a remote for the TV motorised mount

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 1:59 AM

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hmm maybe try the service again and see if the code changes?

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:59 AM

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to use the remembered positions you have to press 1 then OK

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but the service is saying no signal received

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and that is the same thing that seems to happen using broadlink manager

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 2:00 AM

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so maybe u need ot do 2 commands? i know in harmony i can set that

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hopefuly someone else who uses broadlink can help

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 2:01 AM

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yeah hopefully. is this the best channel for broadlink or is there another?

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I get confused about which channels to use for what

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 2:01 AM

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probably best in here i think...u can try the community forums too

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 2:01 AM

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yep ok, will do thanks

oblique bear Feb 15, 2020, 2:02 AM

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that way ti doesnt get lost in the chat lol

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 2:02 AM

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yes i know what you mean

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thanks for the advice

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:16 PM

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Can you use your phone as a media player?

drifting grove Feb 15, 2020, 1:42 PM

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I have an iphone

cold abyss Feb 15, 2020, 3:31 PM

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Good morning. I'm adding CentraLite 3326-L (Iris Motion v2) via ZHA. It seemingly pairs ok, but then goes unavailable.

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I have ConBee radio

mental whale Feb 15, 2020, 7:08 PM

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hi I have a question on connection my led strip with my nodemcu, I have everything setup and I can control it on my HA, but I dont believe that the strip is full brightness van I set it to be, because the only voltage output on the nodemcu is 3.3v and the strip is 5v

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I dont have a voltage adapter but I have a arduino uno with a 5v output can I somehow use that? i have cables for both usb connection and for the 12v power connection

cold abyss Feb 15, 2020, 7:24 PM

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Trying to added 3326-L via dCONZ now, with no results. It adds straight away to ST and HE.

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:06 PM

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Hello, I have two tastmota RGBW lights, which I have configured with mqtt into HA. Now I need to figure an easy way to the light to a "warm" light

mental whale Feb 15, 2020, 8:06 PM

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hello

zealous dune Feb 15, 2020, 8:07 PM

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@timid heron easy way? is the white slider not enough?

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:07 PM

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no, is very "cold" light

zealous dune Feb 15, 2020, 8:07 PM

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on an rgbw strip you can't choose the white color, you get what you bought

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:08 PM

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its a GU10 light, but okay

zealous dune Feb 15, 2020, 8:08 PM

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same difference

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:09 PM

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I just need to find a more cozy light

zealous dune Feb 15, 2020, 8:09 PM

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you can use white blend mode inside tasmota which will mix the white with RGB colors so you can get a warmer white using a mix of rgb and white channel

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https://tasmota.github.io/docs/#/Lights?id=white-blend-mode

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:09 PM

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Already on that page 🙂

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maybe its just look very cold, because I have a very varm light just next to it

timid heron Feb 15, 2020, 8:34 PM

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Thanks, I got a better light now 🙂

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A bit funny, that they are turned on ~1 sec after the power has been removed.

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I also brought some Teckin bulbs I havent got tastmota firmware on yet, they say "color temperature: 2800-6200k + rgb"

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so they might be easier to get a warm light

cold abyss Feb 15, 2020, 11:55 PM

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Well, tried dCONZ, didn't work at all with the 3326-L. Went back to ZHA and they started working. So hurrah!

austere herald Feb 16, 2020, 3:00 AM

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Has anyone tried this z-wave outlet, and/or would you recommend a particular z-wave outlet? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QYYCXXJ/

bleak elm Feb 16, 2020, 3:18 AM

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I have an IQ Qolsys outlet dimmer (QZ2140-840).. It works fine for me.. on amazon it comes up "Dragon Tech PD-100". Not sure I'd "recommend" it, but it does work for the 3mo i've used it

austere herald Feb 16, 2020, 3:50 AM

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I'd like one with a ground, but the price on that is nice. I saw one for $17

naive sable Feb 16, 2020, 4:03 AM

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Is there a way to delete an entity completely, without having to restart Home Assistant?

Scenario: Mucking around with a new device in ESPHome. Now have the device right, and want to clear out all of the old sensors in HA and just re-add the whole thing cleanly. I delete the integration, but then I have to restart HA before I re-add it, otherwise entity names collide and I get _2 on the end of them.

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 7:51 AM

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Hi guys, i have hassio on esxi vm i atatched a new vmdk for space. how can i successfully mount ? like where are the locations of the dev and what tools can i uses in hassio to do this 🙂 thank you

winged knoll Feb 16, 2020, 8:58 AM

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#330944238910963714 would be where to ask @dull pendant

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 9:55 AM

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@winged knoll sorry mate but no one replied 😦

winged knoll Feb 16, 2020, 9:55 AM

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It's still the only place to ask 😉

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 9:55 AM

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Gotcha

winged knoll Feb 16, 2020, 9:55 AM

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You want to know about HassOS and ~~hass.io~~ Home Assistant, that's the channel

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 9:56 AM

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100% agree with you sorry about that

winged knoll Feb 16, 2020, 9:56 AM

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No worries

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 9:56 AM

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cheers

winged knoll Feb 16, 2020, 9:58 AM

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It's not uncommon for questions not to get an answer quickly - if you post when nobody's around who knows it'll eventually vanish from view. Reposting in the same channel a few hours later is reasonable.

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If a few bumps like that fail, a forum post sometimes gets more attention

dull pendant Feb 16, 2020, 10:00 AM

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Yes, i understand and agree with you. Hope we all will remind this ourselves 🙂

undone vessel Feb 16, 2020, 10:21 AM

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Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me a hand trying to figure out how to set up the power monitoring on a TP-Link switch. I'm having a hard time with it in the configuration.yaml I've copied the template and edited the sensors from the Hass How to page for kasa. But it keeps throwing errors in the config.

peak talon Feb 16, 2020, 10:49 AM

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show us the errors

undone vessel Feb 16, 2020, 11:00 AM

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equests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response'))
2020-02-16 18:59:31 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.hassio] Invalid config for [sensor.template]: invalid slug Outside_Kasa_amps (try outside_kasa_amps) for dictionary value @ data['sensors']. Got OrderedDict([('Outside_Kasa_amps', OrderedDict([('friendly_name_template', '{{ states.switch.Outside_Kasa.name}} Current'), ('value_template', '{{ states.Outside_Kasa.attributes["current_a"] | float }}'), ('unit_of_measurement', 'A')])), ('Outside_Kasa_watts', OrderedDict([('friendly_name_template', '{{ states.Outside_Kasa.name}} Current Consumption'), ('value_template', '{{ states.switch.Outside_Kasa.attributes["current_power_w"] | float }}'), ('unit_of_measurement', 'W')])), ('Outside_Kasa_.... (See ?, line ?).

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when in the config editor it has the green tick saying the config is fine tho.

peak talon Feb 16, 2020, 11:25 AM

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okay wait for someone to answer. the UI config sometimes does not catch all, need to run the command line one

drifting grove Feb 16, 2020, 11:37 AM

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Who has a fireangel with z-wave setup and can help me to set one up almost no info on the web

undone vessel Feb 16, 2020, 11:38 AM

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okay wait for someone to answer. the UI config sometimes does not catch all, need to run the command line one
@peak talon No Worries. 🙂

peak talon Feb 16, 2020, 11:48 AM

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Have you started from basic config with like 1 entity and 1 ip address?

undone vessel Feb 16, 2020, 12:12 PM

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Have you started from basic config with like 1 entity and 1 ip address?
@peak talon The device is auto added from the tp link addon. I did also try it as well with a manual switch with the IP address. Did not seem to make any difference.

glossy prism Feb 16, 2020, 1:47 PM

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@undone vessel you have Outside_Kasa_amps: as the identifier for the template sensor you're setting up, but you can't have capital letters there. Change it to outside_kasa_amps: (the error message you posted also suggests this)

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 3:05 PM

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I have an nodemcu connected to an 144led strip ws2812b, using Wled. I want to add an extra power supplie because when I amp up the power limit in LED PREFRENCES I can go above 2.5A on a nodemcu and it keeps getting brighter! I dont think thats good to have for a long time but I like the brightness, anyone an idea of how to help me?

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also when changing the brightness in wled or HA it doesn't change above 30%

burnt hollow Feb 16, 2020, 3:10 PM

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Hey guyss do u know any water resistant motion sensors? Perferably using zigbee

violet zephyr Feb 16, 2020, 3:20 PM

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I updated homeassistant to latest, not been updating for couple of months. And I lost every device that were connected via deconz. I managed to get the lights back via fiddling. Some more fiddling and found sensors and switches. But my previous automation scripts are not working. So, the switches and sensors do nothing...

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@burnt hollow I have Philips outdoor motion sensor in sauna. Been working few months now, so no long term knowledge. Humid environment...

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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Hi guy. I'm somewhat new to HA. I'm able to get a few device in to HA, but I run in some trouble with mqtt. When I toggle the switch it only stay on for a few seconds and no command is send to the shelly. Any help would be approciated

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 3:42 PM

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@velvet socket I am also fairly new to HA but I had problem with my dht11 sensors, but fixed it just by checking/fixing the wires

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maybe it helps idk

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 3:43 PM

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@mental whale, it's not the wiring. From the app or the website I can switch them on off

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 3:44 PM

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oh

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xd

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what are you switching?

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 3:48 PM

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I'm using a PlugS to control a koffieheater (sheduled time) but I still have other divices to integrate. But if I can't get to work with one, ...

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 3:49 PM

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Nederlands?

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Yep, from belgium

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 3:51 PM

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Xd nice I thought so because of Koffieheater

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Anyways I can't find your product online but it doesn't matter because I'm kinda new and probably can't help you

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Sry

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 3:54 PM

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de link naar de shelly plug, https://shelly.cloud/shelly-plug-s/

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vergelijkbaar met de sonoff, maar meestal iets kleiner

haughty shuttle Feb 16, 2020, 4:25 PM

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is this the place to ask about controlling TVs with home assistant?

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 4:31 PM

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@mental whale, mijn probleem met mqtt is opgelost, een fout in het topic. ik had shelly getyped ipv shellies. De RGB heb ik ondertussen oon werkend. Nu rustig verder doen en uittesten hoe ik alles kan uitlezen. Want sommige van de shelly-devices kunnen het vermogen meten. Ik heb er hier een klaar liggen om de elektriche verwarming in het oog te houden op defecte weerstanden.

mental whale Feb 16, 2020, 5:16 PM

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@velvet socket klinkt gaaf! succes met je projecten

velvet socket Feb 16, 2020, 5:17 PM

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thx

glossy prism Feb 16, 2020, 5:20 PM

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@haughty shuttle possibly, what's the question?

haughty shuttle Feb 16, 2020, 5:23 PM

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sorry, got sucked into something.

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I have 2 smart TVs, one shows up and everything, I added the media player card to lovelace but there's not really any controls there.

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it has a username and password that I configured on the TV and in HA

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how do you control these things, do I need a special lovelace card like I do for the roku?

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it's one of these https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/aquostv/

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the docs don't really tell you anything lol

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I never did see anything pop up on the TV.

When the TV is first connected, you will need to accept Home Assistant on the TV to allow communication.

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my password has an * on each end and I quoted it in the config, that should work right? "password"

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oope

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"*password*"

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that's not the actual password of course

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actuall I thin its working, I still can only change inputs and volume control lol

hasty mason Feb 16, 2020, 7:03 PM

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@haughty shuttle did u find solution? even i am facing the same issue with my samsung tv . HA notification is appearing on my notifications when i click configure it shows error occurred . any solution for this?

haughty shuttle Feb 16, 2020, 7:04 PM

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well something changed in the way they do it so I followed this: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/samsungtv/

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however, its not responding to any commands.

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my other TV which is a Sharp Aquos is doing a little better, I can turn it off, change the volume and stuff, didn't try a lot else.

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I honestly only need to be able to turn them on and off, control volume in the livingroom and switch inputs, we stream everything on roku's.

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funny thing is when I hit the power button on my roku remote it turns the livingroom tv off, I think that must be a function running through the HDMI or something.

smoky goblet Feb 16, 2020, 8:05 PM

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so i think this might be just a misunderstanding of the terminology, but i got my router (Linksys) to track my "devices". it seems to work, in that my history has been populated with everything that has been connected to my network.

however, these are all "entities" as far as i can tell (at least that's how they're listed in the configuration area. is this how these should be visible? and quite flatly then, what's the difference between entity and device?

undone vessel Feb 16, 2020, 8:13 PM

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@undone vessel you have Outside_Kasa_amps: as the identifier for the template sensor you're setting up, but you can't have capital letters there. Change it to outside_kasa_amps: (the error message you posted also suggests this)
@glossy prism thanks. :) I'll give this a go and see if it changes anything

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@glossy prism I believe sir you have fixed my many hours of frustration! 😄
You are a saint!

haughty shuttle Feb 16, 2020, 9:50 PM

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I wanna put a smart bulb outside the front door, any fairly cheap ones out there that can take being outside? it would have a glass dome over it and be under a roof.

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also a cheap battery powered motion sensor that just does motion so it lasts a while would be a bonus.

haughty shuttle Feb 16, 2020, 11:23 PM

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Does anyone use the hue motion sensor? Does it show up in home assistant when connected to the hue hub and if not, can it be paired with a zigbee dongle?

glossy prism Feb 16, 2020, 11:37 PM

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It does show up

glossy prism Feb 17, 2020, 12:01 AM

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But yes, it can also be paired with a Zigbee dongle

haughty shuttle Feb 17, 2020, 1:09 AM

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nice

foggy gust Feb 17, 2020, 10:25 AM

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does anyone know if its possible to control the lights with an universial ir hub that i connect to my HA? I have an Ir remote today to control my lights

void hollow Feb 17, 2020, 10:26 AM

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It annoys me to no end that esphome can't cope with rgb+w lights

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They're presented as two separate lights in HA

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Wait I think they've updated it

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Yes

peak talon Feb 17, 2020, 12:30 PM

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@foggy gust broadlink

foggy gust Feb 17, 2020, 12:31 PM

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Yeah nevermind that, it was not an IR remote it was the rf one :p

peak talon Feb 17, 2020, 12:34 PM

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Broadlink does rf also, but not that 2.4ghz you are looking for. In case we are talkimg about the same dimmer

void hollow Feb 17, 2020, 12:36 PM

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Nope I'm still right. Esphome and rgbw lights are a hot mess

empty nacelle Feb 17, 2020, 1:45 PM

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@void hollow use wled

void hollow Feb 17, 2020, 1:46 PM

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These are tuya bulbs

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Would that work

empty nacelle Feb 17, 2020, 1:46 PM

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Tuya >> tasmota

upper elbow Feb 17, 2020, 3:10 PM

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Is there any home assistant integrated wifi thermostat that can work on the lan network?

past carbon Feb 17, 2020, 3:26 PM

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Is there a ring or google nest like doorbell that doesn't need a cloud service that works well with HA?

vital sentinel Feb 17, 2020, 5:49 PM

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I hear Doorbird is pretty good...

worldly agate Feb 17, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Question, is there a tool to export a list of all your entities from your HA install?

winged knoll Feb 17, 2020, 7:08 PM

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You could use https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-cli

worldly agate Feb 17, 2020, 7:10 PM

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{{ states.switch|map(attribute='entity_id')|join(', ') }}

worked great for it aswell :)

void hollow Feb 17, 2020, 10:13 PM

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@empty nacelle what do you mean tuya >> tasmota

thorny summit Feb 17, 2020, 10:42 PM

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Tuya covert probably

empty nacelle Feb 17, 2020, 10:55 PM

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Yes. Flash tasmota

haughty shuttle Feb 17, 2020, 11:23 PM

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Where do I get tasmota devices

candid hatch Feb 17, 2020, 11:40 PM

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Greetings all. I am trying to integrate my Samsung Smarthings hub and all the devices within HASS, and am struggling to enable https on the raspberry Pi. Watching this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvQ8x_iTNE ) I’ve gotten all the way to 4:57, where he logs into the raspberry Pi via Putty, and I am stumped. I know the public IP address of my router, and the internal IP address of my Pi, but I can’t figure out how to connect to it and login (I obviously have no idea how to use Putty.

tawdry pine Feb 18, 2020, 12:20 AM

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Not sure if this is the right spot but seemed the best for now. I have suddenly been getting a lot of errors stating that most of my devices are taking more than 10 (or 60) seconds to respond. HA has been running incredibly slow since this started and has sometimes been completely unresponsive, to the point that I was unable to log into HA for most of the day. After several additional resets I was finally able to get back in. I disabled most of the entities that were showing in the log, but it seems to be happening on the majority of them as the log is filling up again with other entities that I did not disable. No changes made to config. Seems to have started after going to 105 (currently on 105.4). Not sure where to begin on this...

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 12:36 AM

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@tawdry pine the devices taking more than 10 seconds is something many are experiencing while annoying it doesn't appear to really impact anything I have found yet. As for the other issue of slowness and unresponsive that seems unrelated.

tawdry pine Feb 18, 2020, 12:44 AM

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@runic drift it started running extremely slow around the same time I noticed the logs filling with this error. Could be coincidence but the timing is suspect to me. RPi monitoring shows low resource use as well. Restarts seem to make it run a little more quickly for about 45 mins and then its back to sloooow

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although I am seeing some zigpy errors as well now too

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 12:53 AM

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@tawdry pine obviously nothing is universal so I can't promise you that everything isn't unrelated but between what I have read and my own experience the slow loading ect is unrelated because i don't have that but I get the flood of the 10 second logs as well. You may be experiencing the beginnings of an sdcard failure with that.

tawdry pine Feb 18, 2020, 12:59 AM

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@runic drift that's been rolling around in the back of my mind actually about the SD card failure. Was hoping to get more than 2 months from a card. I guess I could throw in another card and restore to test?

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 1:25 AM

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@tawdry pine yea you can always test it that way. trick to make the sdcards last longer is to exclude a bunch of stuff from the recorder in HA to reduce the read/write frequency

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 1:41 AM

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Or USB boot from an SSD if you're not on a pi4

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(even then you can use a workaround to boot from the SD but have the filesystem on the SSD)

tawdry pine Feb 18, 2020, 2:00 AM

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Deleted the DB and it's sped up as fast as I've ever seen it go. DB was about 331mb. Will definitely be looking at SSD

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 2:02 AM

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331 MB is pretty small tbh, but glad you got it working again

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Should check to see if you have any "database disk image is malformed" errors if you suspect it's the db

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 2:07 AM

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Tediore malformed

crude kettle Feb 18, 2020, 2:34 AM

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Hey folks, HA newbie here. I've just enabled the LIFX integration and it's discovered all my bulbs, but it didn't ask me where to put them (like the Hue one did). Is there any way to trigger that? The manual process is lots of clicking per device and I have over 60 of them.

versed hawk Feb 18, 2020, 7:22 AM

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Is there a way to put a "device" in an "area" I can only seem to put "Integrations" in Areas

worldly berry Feb 18, 2020, 10:59 AM

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Hi guys, I am looking for how to connect the Home-Assistant to a smart devices from multiple brands like Xiaomi and LG
I want to ask, I need to own every brands hub to control the devices?
For example, we have 2 devices from Xiaomi and 2 devices from LG, We need 1 LG hub and 1 Xiaomi hub?

peak talon Feb 18, 2020, 12:55 PM

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with HA you do not. but check the https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ for the devices you plan to buy

west rain Feb 18, 2020, 1:56 PM

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anyone aware of a way to take an auto discovered mqtt device and change it from switch to sensor? (or do i have to un-discover it, and manually add via config files?)

narrow pike Feb 18, 2020, 2:45 PM

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Anyone here uses the Lutron Hub? I added it and managed to link it (I can control the dimmer switches).
However they ONLY appear as an entity, not a device: only the hub appears as a device. Is there a way for me to make the dimmer switches a device? (so I can use them in scenes and other stuff)

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I'm new here, so in order to prevent an XY problem: I am trying to set automations which control the lights at a certain time. I want to say "if the light is on, set brightness to X. If it is off, don't do anything". Checking the automations section, it seems you can only check the "state" of a "device", not an "entity". Is there a way to do this with just entities?

dry river Feb 18, 2020, 3:32 PM

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Hoping someone can help me here - I’m in Taiwan and looking for a smart light switch I can replace with this - https://imgur.com/HHBWkBq

tacit plinth Feb 18, 2020, 3:34 PM

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@narrow pike You should be able do to automation state checks against entities

manic sapphire Feb 18, 2020, 3:36 PM

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Hi! Does anyone know the chip used by this: https://www.amazon.com/Outlet-Required-Gosund-Upgraded-Version/dp/B07GRLQV47

narrow pike Feb 18, 2020, 3:38 PM

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Duh! I was under the "Device" tab, not the "state" tab. Sorry, thanks @tacit plinth

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So is there a reason the dimmer switches aren't considered a "device"? Is it cuz of HASS can't connect to them directly? (it must connect via the hub)

tacit plinth Feb 18, 2020, 3:40 PM

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https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/device_registry_index.html

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Yes, that''s generally right -- in a very rough sense, it's the physical device or software system that HA is talking to directly

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But not having a device won't limit you in any way with your Lutron hub

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Also good to read - https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/architecture_entities.html

narrow pike Feb 18, 2020, 3:42 PM

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I see. Thanks!

tacit plinth Feb 18, 2020, 3:49 PM

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@manic sapphire Looks like a ESP8266 - https://templates.blakadder.com/gosund_WP5.html

peak talon Feb 18, 2020, 3:51 PM

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whenever the site says Tuya or Smart LIfe app, they are most likely Tuya firmware and you can flash them - unless they are super new (heard that tuya is moving to different chip)

worldly berry Feb 18, 2020, 3:56 PM

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Hi guys, I have watched the videos in Aqara.com about how to connect Aqara Hub, But I do not know how the hub will connect to WiFi network without password? Is there anyone know how it will be connect?

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 4:29 PM

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@worldly berry i believe you need to use the aqara app to connect it to your network before you can use it

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aqara app meaning Mi Home app

peak talon Feb 18, 2020, 4:46 PM

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@worldly berry you might want to read this if it covers, there seems to be 2 version of hubs https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/xiaomi_aqara ?

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also tells you which are supported / unsupported - like this gateway is not supported lumi.gateway.aqhm01

manic sapphire Feb 18, 2020, 7:39 PM

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@tacit plinth thanks. I'm pretty new to this, so probably a silly question: can I flash tasmota on that device?

tacit plinth Feb 18, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Yes, definitely. But the real question should be can you do it over the air or do you have to open it up?

manic sapphire Feb 18, 2020, 7:48 PM

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Yes, I meant that lol

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Will research a little bit as I have tons of these

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:02 PM

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Can anyone recommend a zwave button for a doorbell?

I tried the smartthings zigbee button but I can never seem to get the button presses to trigger an automation.

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I can get the temp and battery level though 🤦‍♂️

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:04 PM

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i have two of those buttons connected via ZHA and use them for automations. you have to listen for a button press event if device automations aren't working/available

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:05 PM

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Do you need a smarthings hub for that? I tried listening for the even with the dev tools but never saw it

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Do you know offhand what event it is? Maybe I was listening for the wrong one

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:05 PM

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nope. connected via ZHA using a zigbee dongle

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what zigbee integration are you using?

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zha, deconz, or zigbee2mqtt?

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i know with zha you listen for zha_event

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:06 PM

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I'm not sure, I just enabled it through the config with esp as the option

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:06 PM

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then probably zha, but go to Configuration in the sidebar

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and go to the bottom

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Okay

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Actually I can't get to it atm

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but I can try tonight

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For whatever reason my VPN is acting up

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:08 PM

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ok, go there and if you see ZHA then you're using ZHA. then you just need to listen for zha_event when pressing the button to capture the info you need to use in an automation trigger

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:08 PM

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Gotcha, okay I'll try that

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Thanks 🙂

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I was irritated because it's a very nice looking button, lol

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:12 PM

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yeah i like mine. my fiancee and i have them on our nightstands to trigger "good night" automations

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:12 PM

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Oh that's a great idea

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My wife would love having something to turn off all the lights/etc. when she gets into bed

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 10:13 PM

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i'm actually pretty impressed with the smartthings devices. not the hub of course (cloud based 🤢) but the devices are very nice. i have two of the buttons and four of the water leak sensors connected to ZHA

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yep, it's nice. check out button_1.yaml and button_2.yaml here if you wanna see what mine do: https://github.com/Tediore/My-HASS-config/tree/master/packages/devices

austere herald Feb 18, 2020, 10:14 PM

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Cool I'll take a look

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:31 PM

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Just got my Aqara door sensors delivered. They are super cute and significantly smaller compared to those other door sensors.

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:32 PM

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GWdogawooPhotoblob

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:41 PM

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yea they are pretty impressive too...i have 2 on our catio and they survived the rain lol

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:42 PM

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Pictures of said catio pls

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:44 PM

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@glossy prism https://imgur.com/a/QwbE7gj

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havent done much but add shelves with carpet for a bunch of scratching posts but the cats love it...ended up adding the aqara door sensors to yell at us when we leave the door open so a cat doesnt escape lol

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:45 PM

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uh how does that tv survive? lol

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:46 PM

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we have outdoor rated covers for them

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the tv's are not special outdoor only either they are just a normal 32"

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:47 PM

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yea those marked for outdoor ect are a waste of money lol

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:47 PM

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well certain ones are worth it especially when hit by direct sunlight

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:47 PM

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but usually if exposed like that condensation kills them

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:47 PM

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we ended up putting a cover over the catio which helps a lil bit but infrared doesnt work well during the day lol

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:47 PM

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THE CAT'S GONNA GET OUT!!!!

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:48 PM

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but yea i thought they wouldnt last long either but i forgot a few times and the covers showed their worth

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:50 PM

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is that metal screen or that plastic stuff?

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:51 PM

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chicken wire lol

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:51 PM

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I need to replace some window screens due to outdoor cats scratching it trying to get at my cats, never tried the plastic stuff that's "suppose" to be something cats can't claw through yet

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oh wow

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that will hold up well lol

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:51 PM

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it took myself, my dad and his friend 1.5 days to put together....had to make a mad dash before my son was born lol

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:52 PM

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It took me solid 15 min to find the entity id of the newly added device. I have way too many devices and it is confusing as hell! 🤣

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:52 PM

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yea our cats fuck up our screens too...i had to go with something sturdy cuz we have a german shepherd lol

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:52 PM

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Let the man enjoy his catio, damn

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Also we should go to #the-water-cooler lol

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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yea our cats fuck up our screens too...i had to go with something sturdy cuz we have a german shepherd lol

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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chicken wire is strong stuff and it will last

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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It took me solid 15 min to find the entity id of the newly added device. I have way too many devices and it is confusing as hell! 🤣

runic drift Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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whoa repeats lol

oblique bear Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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binary_sensor.door_sensor134343423

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ok discord is off today lol

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:53 PM

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897 entities... Yikes!!!

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Something wrong with discord.

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After I type, it shows as gray for like a minute and then I see multiple posts. Discord is having troubles today

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:54 PM

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Yup

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:55 PM

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Never heard of catio, sounds fun!

glossy prism Feb 18, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Let the man enjoy his catio, damn

round horizon Feb 18, 2020, 11:58 PM

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@oblique bear watch don’t f*** with cats on Netflix.

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897 entities... Yikes!!!

oblique bear Feb 19, 2020, 12:00 AM

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binary_sensor.door_sensor134343423

round horizon Feb 19, 2020, 12:01 AM

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@oblique bear watch don’t f*** with cats on Netflix.

oblique bear Feb 19, 2020, 12:01 AM

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i am not repeating myself 😛

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 12:02 AM

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Yup

round horizon Feb 19, 2020, 12:03 AM

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@oblique bear watch don’t f*** with cats on Netflix.

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 12:04 AM

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Yup

runic drift Feb 19, 2020, 12:05 AM

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if that has anything to do with killing cats, then no thanks

round horizon Feb 19, 2020, 12:06 AM

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lol

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Never heard of catio, sounds fun!

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@oblique bear watch don’t f*** with cats on Netflix.

clear bay Feb 19, 2020, 1:14 AM

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😞 https://imgur.com/yShG0Sf

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hecking Nest

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 1:15 AM

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GWnekomakiAngeryBOYE

vital sentinel Feb 19, 2020, 4:48 AM

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@round horizon 897 and you just now are getting into Xiaomi? 🙂 ...I thought I had a lot at 417!

versed hawk Feb 19, 2020, 5:41 AM

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Is there a way to put a "device" in an "area" I can only seem to put "Integrations" in Areas

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 7:45 AM

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Configuration -> Devices -> Select device -> (top right) @versed hawk

versed hawk Feb 19, 2020, 8:04 AM

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@winged knoll I just noticed my devices are on the overview page but not in devices. I've had to add them into the config

bright jacinthBOT Feb 19, 2020, 8:04 AM

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The Devices and Entities views under Configuration don't show every entity in your system. If you want to see everything, look under Developer Tools then States.

versed hawk Feb 19, 2020, 8:04 AM

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is there a way to add areas to those sort of devices?

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 8:05 AM

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Nope 😉

versed hawk Feb 19, 2020, 8:05 AM

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ahh thats a shame - feels like an easy thing in my mind

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 8:06 AM

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I'm sure it will be, when somebody updates the integration to support the entity registry 😉

versed hawk Feb 19, 2020, 8:06 AM

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ahh that would almost be too easy 😉

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 1:03 PM

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😉 😉

round horizon Feb 19, 2020, 1:12 PM

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@vital sentinel I have had xiaomi cubes and motion sensors. Door sensors are something I just ordered. I also ordered buttons that haven’t arrived yet.

oblique bear Feb 19, 2020, 4:43 PM

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xiaomi buttons are awesome, i always get a request from teh wife to add more lol

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 4:58 PM

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hey guys, do u know any good homeassistant compatable waterproof Motion sensors?

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Outdoor ones? Hue do one

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:05 PM

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then i also need the hub right?

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 5:11 PM

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or a zigbee stick

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:12 PM

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owh? yeah i dont now if the range is going to be close enough

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I have some other XIAOMI zigbee products in between them, but i dont think they will repeat the phillips messages

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 5:13 PM

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if they're mains powered, maybe

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:13 PM

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they are not, Why whould that matter?

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 5:14 PM

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battery-powered devices don't act as repeaters

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 5:14 PM

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See #zigbee-archived for more information on how Zigbee works

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:15 PM

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well the xiaomi aquara do

winged knoll Feb 19, 2020, 5:15 PM

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Battery powered ones don't

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:15 PM

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Ah alright

glossy prism Feb 19, 2020, 5:15 PM

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otherwise the batteries would drain super quickly

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because they'd never go to sleep, and from repeating the messages

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 5:17 PM

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yeah true, but the strange part is that i had a sensor that was not working because it was to far apart of the Zigbee stick, but after placing a door sensor in between they worked

normal spire Feb 19, 2020, 7:13 PM

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does anyone else's lohas bulbs run surprisingly hot? seems like it's coming more from the board inside than from the leds

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all it's running is the neutered tasmota image provided in tuya-convert

waxen zenith Feb 19, 2020, 7:16 PM

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I've attached my p1 usb cable to my RPi to read my DSMR, whats the easiest way to check on what port it is connected?
lsusb doesnt seem to give me the info i need.

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It doesnt show any info/device connected

waxen zenith Feb 19, 2020, 7:53 PM

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The cable works directly on my laptop, but it won't get seen in the HA terminal

waxen zenith Feb 19, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Got it working

civic atlas Feb 19, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Hey guys, i already have a hue/ikea zigbee... i want to buy some xiaomi sensors, do i need their zigbee hub too?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aqara-Smart-Temperature-Humidity-Sensor-ZigBee-Wifi-Wireless-Work-With-Xiaomi-HU/184029349152?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item2ad9010520:m:mCwyfnYS4oSAT1U0erYJEUA&enc=AQAEAAACUBPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qWSQ417rM2L1%2F%2FveWxpCGIWHAlBRd64YZI5k2dhhnsptnljdb9ZerCVRdbh38yOdpOSNj%2FWUjeI8wjNay2MfyWV6d%2BBdyVID103OK52L7D9%2FBEE8DK3B0PgnW9ZySISv4i4H5XZdT1kRWbqVJZts36q1OLr%2FlWG%2BwCTdoIgCJtEcIYjICV1I3tmI6AzkDW6gknvhU%2FBC4FksX8C7mRbP0sUM5yXLW%2FJO1GzJyJB624EqC1cJc%2FuhC25FQ%2BX5bxpvgV8TWqZBb7wSTM%2FfnDNCs0FtazQDJJ9KG6muDTAHBoSscQSHQRhGZFaodiZSisGQuimZt11guJkmsMpl6JIaNCrNCoIiuxAVqZdScZucs8mpUq7sOiVgH2hRMJ7V0d1GqY3iRrdynie668mNxZgdHzbGPE%2BQy4u8EPeX7YkszQmMy%2FlG5Ts35qDYplzc19Lbmpj7mkLBwgxsI22IbT4uEh481s5UO9j35C2Qo8nM5qPamfmp4gz%2FvQFEuAzRk%2FvsaeBqD47RQTt3rlR4c8tMfLxUgxeSMNsOE1nqqElRwlPPs4EwAwb2%2B46arz9TxeMPPQuYq%2BV7VW6iWrBPmW8XOo74F96eSYKficfKPUh9Ey6llbAiMlKWU70LV2sSVMqOHiI3kupep7Hs68xROnMA%2FViMfzE5y1agcF0G9YJ5Oo4hOPlfqunlvGw%2FHvXSDIvSEGLa95f78I2rSJuC7YIn3R22B0knKV8lIf%2FHfz5t0Hpo6Q9LIbi4DjKFCCmVDghRTQ%3D&checksum=1840293491528f19c5366e964c61bc0b59fa6d2d79b5

plucky coral Feb 19, 2020, 8:29 PM

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Anyone using the Sonoff IW100?

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 8:32 PM

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looking for some slimline zigbee door sensors, any suggestions?

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@civic atlas you could look into a Conbee II key. That acts as a Hue hub, aswell as a bunch of other hubs including Xiaomi

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I just set mine up today, about ready to pull the plug on my Hue bridge

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https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dresden-elektronik-BN-600107-ConBee-II/dp/B07PZ7ZHG5?sa-no-redirect=1

civic atlas Feb 19, 2020, 8:35 PM

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I already have the ikea/hue hubs, dont want to add another zigbee to my network. Do you think the sensors would work with one of my hubs?

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 8:36 PM

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not sure, but I suspect not

civic atlas Feb 19, 2020, 8:36 PM

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gotcha

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 8:36 PM

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the reason I bought a Conbee is because Im tired of buying new hubs and bridges, and just want one device to link them all to

civic atlas Feb 19, 2020, 8:36 PM

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i dont want to get another hub....

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i wanted to use the conbee, but everything is working perfctely with my hubs that i'm afraid of changing everything

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 8:37 PM

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yeah I understand. Its just a usb key, but its not ideal for everyone

burnt hollow Feb 19, 2020, 8:37 PM

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^^

civic atlas Feb 19, 2020, 8:37 PM

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i know

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 8:38 PM

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they created zigbee for open interoperability, but then all these vendors go and layer all their proprietary crap on top of it anyway 😆

quaint cloak Feb 19, 2020, 9:14 PM

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When adding new devices through deCONZ, what do I need to restart for the devices to show up in HA?

cedar venture Feb 19, 2020, 9:20 PM

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I think theres some config you can muck about with, but I had problems until I just restarted all of HA

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I think the 'config' I was referring to was calling service 'deconz.device_refresh'

clear bay Feb 19, 2020, 10:47 PM

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Might anyone be able to help with my Nest thermostat no longer connecting to HA? Or am I just borked because of Google.

austere herald Feb 20, 2020, 12:11 AM

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@glossy prism For the usb zwave/zigbee hub we both got what option am I supposed to pick for the radio type?

ezsp, xbee, deconz or zigate?

How would I know that?

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Oh nm I think I found it... ezsp it says https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/

little sentinel Feb 20, 2020, 7:27 AM

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Well this is dissapointing bought an ip camera last year before getting into home assistant and now it cant be used for home assistant 😦

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because it doesn't use mjpeg

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:29 AM

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it doesnt offer RTSP or HTTP?

little sentinel Feb 20, 2020, 7:29 AM

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i mean when i plug it in i can go to website

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http://192.1.68.1.44 which is an Ip camera url

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but i can't view camera there as it requires flash in browser

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:30 AM

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what camera is it?

little sentinel Feb 20, 2020, 7:30 AM

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One sec

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B073GQ8T2L/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:30 AM

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https://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Iegeek

little sentinel Feb 20, 2020, 7:30 AM

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Nice little camera, can use HiCamPro to view its content

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:30 AM

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should be helpful to get it to work in HA

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you can use camera.generic if you get a JPG and/or RTSP URL

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test the JPG URL in a browser to make sure u get a snapshot and then test RTSP in something like VLC

little sentinel Feb 20, 2020, 7:35 AM

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okay than

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so apparently:
rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.55/11 is my url

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so ill see if i can test it thanks a lot

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wow works in vlc

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@oblique bear
can you help me with this issue?

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Streaming Enabled
    still_image_url: http://192.168.1.12/jpg/image.jpg
    stream_source: rtsp://admin@admin@192.168.1.12:674/11

it just shows whitebox but when i click on it i get live feed.. can i display live feed without clicking on it?

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ugh so silly!

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Camera View (Optional) set to live

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mindblown

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:46 AM

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By default it should show a snapshot every 10 seconds. Are you sure the http url is correct? I would imagine it would need the username and password like the rtsp url has

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Anyways more of a convo for #cameras-archived lol

drifting grove Feb 20, 2020, 3:05 PM

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hi there after it worked this morning now an ESPHome ESP32-NodeMCU board does not connect to my wifi AP anymore with following error: [16:03:08][I][wifi:193]: WiFi Connecting to 'rjanet'...
[16:03:10][W][wifi_esp32:336]: Event: Disconnected ssid='rjanet' bssid=94:91:7F:6A:09:63 reason='Auth Expired'
[16:03:10][W][wifi:451]: Error while connecting to network.
[16:03:10][W][wifi:488]: Restarting WiFi adapter...

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tried rebooting the router/AP but no changes, rebooting the NodeMCU but no changes

sullen gyro Feb 20, 2020, 3:27 PM

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can I show a temperature from the external DHT11 sensor on the climate widget?

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i have
temperature_state_topic: "tele/office-ac/temperature/get"

but seems I need temperature_state_data_template to extract data from json

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and as well I have a sensor.office_temperature sensor entity

manic rampart Feb 20, 2020, 3:38 PM

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@sullen gyro I'm shoing it on a sensor card. sensor is conected to an 8266 running tasmota

sullen gyro Feb 20, 2020, 3:41 PM

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@manic rampart yeh, thats an option, but I wanted to save some space 🙂

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climate card showing AC temp twice, so looks like a sweet spot 😄

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funny, but one DHT11 died after 3 minutes of being used

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luckily i got 10 of those

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i wonder if thats due me not using a resistor

manic rampart Feb 20, 2020, 4:00 PM

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im not using one.. been runng a month or so on my desk. Considering taping it to the aquarium. We'll find out how waterproof they are! lol

sullen gyro Feb 20, 2020, 4:40 PM

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lol

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anybody is using ifan03? it seems they dont have any free gpios

smoky goblet Feb 20, 2020, 6:25 PM

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Maybe a dumb question, but how can I determine if a 'random' product uses zigbee/zwave? Is it going to always be listed as a major feature for the device? Is trying to shop cheap off aliexpress a terrible idea in general when searching for 'smart' products?

zealous dune Feb 20, 2020, 6:27 PM

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zwave and zigbee devices should be cleary labelled or come with a warning that they require a gateway for use. chopping of aliexpress is okay if you know what you're looking for

jade walrus Feb 20, 2020, 6:32 PM

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Is it possible to delete the entities/device for an MQTT auto-discovered device?

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 6:41 PM

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publish a blank payload to the topic and make sure the retain flag is enabled

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 7:15 PM

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is there a way to run a DHT 22 to a nodemcu without any resistors or anything, just plug in and copy the code snippits and go?

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I need to build a decent humidity sensor for the bathroom and I don't solder, or have stuff to solder.

oblique bear Feb 20, 2020, 7:25 PM

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use a ESP32 that already has pins soldered, find a DHT22 with the pins already soldered, then just buy the necessary dupont cables....then all u need to do is plug it all in and you can use esphome to create the code quickly and flash

spiral finch Feb 20, 2020, 7:59 PM

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Can I add Ikea Trädfri lights to HA via my Hue Lights Hub ?

manic rampart Feb 20, 2020, 8:41 PM

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@haughty shuttle diito @oblique bear except I used tasmota. simple

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 8:43 PM

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tasmota isn't for esp's is it?

runic drift Feb 20, 2020, 8:45 PM

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yes it is

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 8:46 PM

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oh wait I was mixing it up with the nodemcu

runic drift Feb 20, 2020, 8:46 PM

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which is still an esp lol

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 8:46 PM

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well, there you go, I don't do this stuff sue me 😛

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whats the pros and cons of the esp32 vs the nodemcu 68whatever

runic drift Feb 20, 2020, 8:47 PM

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yup, you'll be showering in the dark

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 8:47 PM

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har har

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right now I just over-ride the motion control but it would be nice to have it just work

manic rampart Feb 20, 2020, 8:51 PM

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@haughty shuttle the node32 has more pins you can use and costs more. So if you were buildling a multisensor box you may want that. 1 or 2, any of the smaller ones would do. The names are very confusing.. 8266.. node mcu.. esp.. google away 🙂

haughty shuttle Feb 20, 2020, 9:01 PM

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I mean the 8266 is cheap enough and I think you can do 5 sensors on it? That would be fine, then I need a DHT that I can just plug in, and a few cables that will just plug onto the pins.

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getting my feet wet, solder? maybe down the line lol

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I can zip tie it up and usb to wall adapter it in and go to town

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if I love it maybe I try to get fancy later

manic rampart Feb 20, 2020, 9:06 PM

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yup.. go for it! function over form! 😉

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mines just plugged into a breadboard and using jumper wires. probably leave that way. Less unsoldering when i tire of it 🙂

plain pawn Feb 20, 2020, 10:30 PM

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I was really excited about getting into the ikea trafagdi bulbs

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but I'm learning ikea doesn't really have them available

brazen bloom Feb 20, 2020, 10:57 PM

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haven't had much success finding the answer. I have an iPhone with HA app installed. I want to be able to track the location for automations.
I have seen this
device_tracker:

platform: netgear

is there a certain "- platform:" I should use for iPhone? Just trying to figure out what if anything needs to be added to the config file. I already have ios: in the file

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also have mobile_app: in the config file

peak talon Feb 20, 2020, 11:42 PM

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the device should have been detected. Have you checked developer -> states of the available Device_tracker entities

brazen bloom Feb 21, 2020, 12:02 AM

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device_tracker entity is there so having the app installed, ios and mobile_app in the config is all I need?

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I was using this iPhone Device Tracker
A custom component for Home Assistant to detect iPhones connected to local LAN, even if the phone is in deep sleep.

but I have read that in the newer version of HA the known_devices.yaml file is no longer used

I'm running version Home Assistant 0.105.5

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the iPhone device tracker integration placed the devices in the known_devices.yaml file

oblique bear Feb 21, 2020, 12:14 AM

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@brazen bloom #ios_and_mac-archived should be of help since you want the device tracker from the iOS app

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:21 AM

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have an old clothes dryer, no smarts. is a standard 110v American outlet. i want a smart plug to sit between the outlet and the plug, monitor the electricity in real time, to help HASS know whether or not the dryer is currently running or if it has finished. needs to support relatively high amp draw. looking for something with simple wifi connection. any recommendations?

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 1:30 AM

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@faint vector that really depends on how much current your dryer pulls.

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:31 AM

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yeah i know that's important, but i also don't have any equipment here to measure the amp draw. i'd be willing to spend a little extra to err on the side of caution and get something that handles a pretty big draw.

glossy prism Feb 21, 2020, 1:32 AM

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What's the label on it say?

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:32 AM

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oh that's a good point

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 1:32 AM

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should be a label on the dryer that tells you or you can evven look it up

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:34 AM

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oh, LOL, it's a gas dryer, so it only pulls 6 Amps, according to the sticker

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 1:37 AM

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well most smart plugs in the US can handle up to 15amps so you should be good

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:38 AM

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do they pretty much all report instant draw compatible to HA? goal is to know pretty quickly when it is finished.

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 1:42 AM

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So most these days can work with HA one way or the other, some out of box while others may need a little more work to get working. If your wanting ease I still think the TP-Link ones seem to work without issue. Sonoff branded ones will work.

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Walmart sells some kind of branded ones that can work but those will have to be flashed with custom firmware which requires an extra thing to buy.

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cost vs ease of use can be a rabbit hole when it comes to these kinds of things lol

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:47 AM

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yeah looking for ease of use probably.

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actually a lot of these are physically real fat and block the other outlet in a 2-outlet box

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 1:50 AM

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the tp ones. i think they make one where it only takes up a single outlet space

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don't remember the number

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 1:55 AM

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

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looks like only the HS110 reports power draw

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and it covers the other outlet

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HS105 and 103 don't cover the other outlet but don't report power draw

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

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this is the only other brand that seems to explicitly list monitoring in the integration docs

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tplink/
https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-HS110-Monitoring-Required-Assistant/dp/B0178IC5ZY/
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/vesync/
https://smile.amazon.com/Etekcity-Voltson-Outlet-Monitoring-Required/dp/B01M3MYIFS/
So looks like this HS110 TP Link or this Etekcity VeSync are the only ones that report electricity flow out of the box to HASS.

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both seem likely to block the other outlet, VeSync maybe a little less likely

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will probably try the VeSync i guess

rotund dragon Feb 21, 2020, 3:22 AM

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hey guys, I have a sharp TV that has roku built in. I have added it to my config with these to setups rest_command: tv_power: url: 'http://192.168.1.27:8060/keypress/Power' method: 'post' and ```wake_on_lan: # enables wake_on_lan domain

platform: wake_on_lan
mac_address: '00:F4:8D:3F:32:CA'
name: tv_wol```, that said I am able to see it in developer >state, but it's unavailable. the only time the state changes is when I manual turn the TV on.

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Does the wake on lan require me to create a button for it to function?

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should I also add sharp to my config file since the tv is a sharp?

vital sentinel Feb 21, 2020, 4:49 AM

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@round horizon I was just giving you grief, old friend... The xiaomi buttons are very nice. I've replaced nearly all of my amazon dash buttons with them

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@runic drift @faint vector I agree 100% the TP-Link plugs are very easy and super reliable too. Occasionally, the ones I have that are capable of reporting power usage will miss a few polls but that is about it. No flashing needed. HS-105's are great for size; the HS-110's do power monitoring but are big and bulky so you need 1' whips

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 5:01 AM

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I went with the Etekcity VeSync, it was half the price $10 vs $23, and seemed less likely to block the other outlet in the panel.

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But if it gives me any grief I will certainly just return it and try the TP-Link HS-110.

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 5:03 AM

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never heard of it

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 5:05 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/vesync/
https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Voltson-Outlet-Monitoring-Required/dp/B01M3MYIFS/

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 5:06 AM

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ew 10amp

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gl with that lol

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 5:09 AM

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whats wrong with that

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 5:14 AM

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well your going to put a 6amp dryer on a 10amp relay. doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for any kind of spikes or anything

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not to mention, sometimes you get what you pay for lol

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something like this would still be cheaper and a little better imo https://www.amazon.com/Sonoff-Compatible-Assistant-Supporting-Required/dp/B07YXVWC3Y

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then use it in HA with an integration like this https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN

peak talon Feb 21, 2020, 5:35 AM

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Agree on the above, don't mess with non standard stuff with high enerygy usage. Those 10a ones are good for charging devices, use for TV, media players

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I havw these UK BSD29 which i use everywhere. When they die, they just kill the fuse within so no output. Pretty handy. Very stable when it works and with right calibration report accurate stats

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However, super simple to flash and sell at around $7

faint vector Feb 21, 2020, 5:45 AM

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good call on the amps, i switched it for the HS-110

copper plank Feb 21, 2020, 9:31 AM

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Goodmorning!

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Anyone here has a ''switchbot'' ?

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i have a question about this product... This is working with HA, and appears as a switch. When you toggle it it wil toggle the switch from the device. However, is it possible to have a long_press like 2 seconds ?

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 9:53 AM

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@copper plank not from within HA if it's predefined as a switch

copper plank Feb 21, 2020, 9:53 AM

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hmmmm

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oke to bad

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The problem that my remote device has a button which needs to be pressed for 1.5 / 2 seconds to activate the device

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 10:02 AM

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so when you flip the switch in HA the arm goes then immediately resets? unless there is some kind of setting for that in the integration or built into the device i'm not sure how you would overcome that.

copper plank Feb 21, 2020, 10:03 AM

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I havent bought it yet. So i am not sure about it. But i saw an YT video from a guy who can set this up in the app by Switchbot itself.

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But ofcourse, I want to do this with HA haha

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https://youtu.be/niWO2kcgj-8?t=571

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 10:04 AM

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did you look to see if HA has an integration for it? cause unless it has something like MQTT or something universal that HA can use you may have a tricky time with it

copper plank Feb 21, 2020, 10:05 AM

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yes HA has intergration for it: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot/

runic drift Feb 21, 2020, 10:05 AM

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ok

drifting grove Feb 21, 2020, 11:38 AM

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I have set up the DeConz integration

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But it is not finding my lights

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I'm using the Conbee II

winged knoll Feb 21, 2020, 11:42 AM

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#zigbee-archived is likely the best place to get help

marsh sail Feb 21, 2020, 11:47 AM

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Or the deconz discord 🙂

wet juniper Feb 21, 2020, 12:01 PM

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Has anyone tried to integrate the Xiaomi AC Companion (lumi.acpartner.mcn02)? It seems https://github.com/syssi/xiaomi_airconditioningcompanion has not supported it yet. Any other way to do this?

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The issue https://github.com/syssi/xiaomi_airconditioningcompanion/issues/61 has been opened for months now, does it mean this device can't be supported?

peak talon Feb 21, 2020, 12:14 PM

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switch bot Button Presser - what a hilarious stuff 🙂

#hardware-archived

Example configuration.yaml entries