is there a way to "own" the tp-link Kasa wi-fi plug with something like tasmota?
#hardware-archived
vapid fjord
glossy prism
Don't think so, but you can just block internet access for it on your router since it's controlled locally (that's what I do)
vapid fjord
dagger...thanks
frank bramble
Anybody knows how to implement a simple ESP8266 push button to ESPHOME?
winged knoll
There's an ESPHome Discord that may be able to help you
frank bramble
Thanks
lyric shoal
Hey all, i'm new here and new to hassio! Have tried to get Hassio working with my TAS (sonoff units) but can't get them seen in HASSIO. From the mosquitto log I can se the devices connect but don't show up in HA devices....
I have tried almost everything i can find on the net
Lates i have reinstalled HA
1582297598: New connection from 172.30.32.1 on port 1883.
[INFO] found homeassistant on local database
1582297599: New client connected from 172.30.32.1 as auto-24762073-B4E5-1246-1DBC-6A84466F5272 (p2, c1, k60, u'homeassistant').
1582297600: New connection from 192.168.2.91 on port 1883.
[INFO] found mqtt on Home Assistant
1582297602: New client connected from 192.168.2.91 as DVES_152977 (p2, c1, k30, u'mqtt').
[16:06:35] INFO: Setup mosquitto configuration
[16:06:35] WARNING: SSL not enabled - No valid certs found!
[16:06:35] INFO: No local user available
[16:06:35] INFO: Initialize Hass.io Add-on services
[16:06:35] INFO: Initialize Home Assistant discovery
[16:06:35] INFO: Start Mosquitto daemon
glossy prism
@lyric shoal check for them at developer tools > states
lyric shoal
@glossy prism - can't see them there
coarse fiber
Hello guys! I'm looking for a smart relay with the possibility of being controlled by an external switch. I first had a look at sonoff mini but it only has 1 channel and I need 2. Then I checked this one https://www.gearbest.com/smart-home-controls/pp_3008671395852703.html and it looks nice, but there are so little reviews online and I'm wondering if there's something better. Thanks!
stray nimbus
two minis?
fluid lotus
hy, can somebody help me with tuya dimmers local control?
i have configured it with localtuya component, but with this it is only a switch....
marsh sail
fluid lotus
i have already read that, im in the same shoes, i want to conrol them locally, tha cloud component is toot slow
fluid lotus
yep, that works with tuya devices with esp module, unfortunately mine has something else (idk exactly the type)
crude creek
So I have got myself my first smart lamps. I bought the IKEA "starter kit" that contains 3 lamps and 1 remote. These are pre-paired and meshed with each other it seems? Now, I have bought a zigbee2mqtt device. Do I need to pair with every one of these devices with my raspberry and the usb stick? Or can I just pair with the remote and will the rest come in automatically?
Problem is that my pi has a 0,5m power cord, and the lamps are mounted in the roof.
marsh sail
@crude creek even more work: you need to reset them all too.
@fluid lotus sorry :( my advice ran out
Anyone knows a device which has USB power that can be switched off within ha?
I have a dumb usb ledstrip I want to turn on and off
crude creek
@marsh sail so you mean I have to get a really long power cord for my raspberry?
marsh sail
You don't need them that close
My deconz stick detects stuff over two rooms away, just takes a bit longer. No clue with zigbee2mqtt
crude creek
I thought you needed them like 5cm close, for some kind of pairing mode
crude creek
Ah, but that is done by just cutting the power to them 6 times, I think.?
marsh sail
Yes
And your remote has something else probably
My experience just goes with deconz and how ikea reacts
crude creek
Now, OK so I have paired the first device with the zigbee2mqtt. I took the remote, and it shows up in the logs of zigbee2mqtt addon. zigbee2mqtt:info 2020-02-21 19:32:46: Successfully configured '0x680ae2fffe836023' great. whats the next step? Should it show up somewhere in home assistant?
marsh sail
@crude creek no clue from here, I only used deconz. try #zigbee-archived
cedar venture
@coarse fiber I've been looking at relays yesterday too. Have you looked at the Shelly 2? Its been recommended a lot to me, and has 2 channels
but not entirely sure why you need 2 channels, rather than just using 2 Sonoffs?
coarse fiber
@cedar venture my bathroom has 2 different lights, and my switch has 2 channels. I could use 2 minis but it would end up occupying more space
cedar venture
ok fair enough 🙂
coarse fiber
Shelly 2 looks nice though, I'll do some more research on it
cedar venture
ah wait, I remember why I ruled shelly out for myself. Its wifi not zigbee
coarse fiber
yeah, I also prefer zigbee instead of wifi, I need one router to expand signal. Aqara one would do it, have you checked it already?
cedar venture
I didnt look too much into it, as it was not listed on Amazon
Ive settled for some Sonos BASICZBR3's and a higher wattage version, both zigbee, but only one channel
coarse fiber
I would use those without any problem, but I need the device to fit into my junction box
2 Sonoff would fill up the whole space
cedar venture
ah yeah, mine are mostly to go into ceiling recess, so Im not limited for space
for extractor fans
coarse fiber
now that you're talking about ceiling, I think I have some space on my bathroom ceiling as well. I'll look into it. Maybe add 2 sonoff minis
turbid canopy
Can you nest light groups? i.e., have an "all lights" group including a "living room lights" group, rather than listing the lights individually?
sudden verge
I am new to HA, install on a pi. It recognized my Google HA and my Android tv. I have lumiman light bulbs (wifi) and ge light (Bluetooth) how do I integrate to HA?
cedar venture
@turbid canopy yes just add a group: section to configuration.yaml
nevermind, misread 😄
obtuse cloak
Is there a way to add a template binary sensor to an existing device?
@turbid canopy yes you can do that, just list the child group as an entity of the mother group
snow cove
Thinking this might not be the right channel for this question so i apologize in advance. Long story short, a recent update (either HA or the Arubas themselves since they both happened around the same time) broke connectivity to my Aruba APs. I've been digging for days and cannot seem to figure out how to enable some form of debugging.. or something... to give me a breadcrumb as to why I am getting "Unexpected response from router" and "Error setting up platform legacy".
Is this an integration issue or device issue?
I'm not particularly attached to using the embedded aruba platform.. If there is another way (MQTT?), I'm game for trying. 👍
Any ideas where I could start looking?
runic drift
@snow cove you said the router itself had an update? the integration requires telnet to be enabled, maybe during the update that was turned off?
snow cove
That was what I was originally thinking.. let me check that again.
telnet was definitely off. Grr. just reenabled it and restarted HASS. Here's to hoping it works 🤞
dang it... that wasn't it. Same two errors in the log file.
(SyncWorker_19) [homeassistant.components.aruba.device_tracker] Unexpected response from router
I wonder if the commands changed which broke the integration.
runic drift
maybe restart the router after making sure the telnet is turned on then restart HA
snow cove
Not quite knowing how the platform works, I'm guessing it is simply logging in, running a command, and scraping the results.
Oh, I tested telnet to make sure it worked first. 🙂
turbid canopy
weren't groups (aside from light groups) deprecated?
glossy prism
No
The auto-generated groups were removed and some configuration options for groups that only applied to the deprecated States UI were removed
bleak elm
so for clarification around groups in general, they're not going anywhere, right?
haughty shuttle
Here's an upgrade for your HA.
crude creek
I'm looking to replace my regular spots in my bathroom. But I see they have mr16 plugs.
Are most smart spots nowadays gu10?
It looks like it's not too hard to remove the 12v transformator and put in a gu10 plug instead.
glossy prism
@bleak elm yeah, I can't imagine they'd ever remove them entirely. I don't know why there's so much confusion and 
about groups going away entirely lol
raw spade
Why is it my sonoff seem to go to sleep? I ask Alexa to turn on or off a light and it says its not available. If I ask again 9/10 shes then completes the action. Sometimes it takes more attempts. Any ideas?
lost matrix
Hey there, is this the right channel to ask about problems with media controls not working on google home? :)
winged knoll
It's a good enough place to start
lost matrix
Okay, so.. I recently switched from spotify to youtube music and since then the media controls don't work anymore, I can still change volume but next/previous track doesn't work anymore.. No error in the logs, when I click the button just nothing happens (it works with the google home app or voice commands). Is this a known issue? I didn't find anything googleing
turbid canopy
So it appears the logbook/history tracks whether lights are on/off but doesn’t have specifics like brightness. Is there any way to log that? I’m trying to troubleshoot some weird behavior with my lights
winged knoll
Use a logfile notifier you can record anything you want
lost matrix
@winged knoll Did you mean me or him?
lost matrix
Nobody knows :D
I don't understand this bug, it worked with Spotify but not with YT Music.. Although it's the same in the google home app, I thought home assistant would trigger the same command as the app does but it seems like it doesn't 🤔
crisp trellis
Can you replace a zha device without changing all associated automation and scripts? Want to replace a lightbulb that is referred to as device in all related places.
haughty shuttle
just name the new one with the same entity_id, boom.
anyone notice the new hue bulbs abruptly turn off instead of sort of fading out?
I got some newer models that run newer firmware.
I thought there was a setting for that but I can't find one in the hue app.
crisp trellis
Can you use a transition value?
haughty shuttle
you can use a transition value with any light that dims afaik
its just turning it on or off slowly
crisp trellis
I meant with your new bulbs? Not a great fix, but setting brightness to 0 with a transition: 10...?
haughty shuttle
oh
when I turn it off? I could.
I don't care enough it doesn't bug me it was just something I observed.
so i just programmed a hue dimmer remote for the wife to control some stuff and now I wanna get a few more remotes, could just get some more hue dimmers but are there any other remotes you guys like that have good battery life? Maybe something that lets you use dimming with lights and stuff?
crisp trellis
It'd be interesting if after you use a transition value once, to see what it does next time you turn it off.
haughty shuttle
it would do the same thing
crisp trellis
I like HA Android app with home screen widgets for the WAF
haughty shuttle
yeah
I had to program this hue remote for the WAF when I automated the walk in closet light lol
I need some more remotes now
wondering if there's anything cool out there or if I should just get some more hue dimmer switches
crisp trellis
Tradfri Ikea two button switches with automations for multiple button presses was my solve. One down press turns off closest light. Another press checks that that light is off, and if it is, turns off next nearest light. Hold down press dims all lights on the floor.
haughty shuttle
heard tradfri switches have terrible battery life
that's an interested use of the button, I may steal that idea.
crisp trellis
When I was messing with it so to test automations yes, but based on last few weeks of usage, I should get 6 months out of it I think
crisp trellis
It has that as a state. On, off, long press on, long press off.
haughty shuttle
its funny, the hue remote has click and hold when I was pulling it in from the hue bridge, but it was un-usable, now that I have it connected to a zigbee dongle, there is no hold with the dimmer buttons
they both give state "step" and each one sends a different argument with it
bright is step, 0, dim is step, 1
so I'm not clever enough to figure out how to make that dim a light lol
crisp trellis
So the bridge was doing that math on the backend
haughty shuttle
yes
using the last sent time i'd say
because that's the only thing that changes between clicks
crisp trellis
Dim current minus one for each step down?
haughty shuttle
yeah
crisp trellis
Current brightness that is
haughty shuttle
I'm sure someone could make it work
that just ain't me. 🙂
I think I heard it was coming to HA anyways, who knows.
I bet some node-red wizardry could do it
crisp trellis
Look up using input numbers I think
haughty shuttle
part why I'm looking for another remote to play with, something that just works, I'm not a fan of the tradfri stuff though.
crisp trellis
I'm one hundred percent tradfrii, and very happy. Using hub
Not using hub. Meant husbzb-1
haughty shuttle
I'm an all hue house for my lights, and I've been very happy, I've never changed the batteries in that remote, yet.
the motion sensors are great too
very snappy, important for lights lol
hate being halfway into a room before the light comes on
crisp trellis
True. No motion control for me yet. Just time and sun position triggers so far.
haughty shuttle
I just started implementing it
I will probably not do the main living area since we are always in it, or the bedroom itself, but everywhere else is almost done
gotta do the front porch, which I will either use sun triggers for, or I might try the lux sensor
theirs seems to actually be pretty accurate, I have a bunch of multi sensors that do lux and they will say 0 when its plenty bright in the room, like wth
useless
if I do sun, I wanna try to use some kind of weather integration, one guy said he was doing that for when it gets stormy so the light comes on if its kinda dark out during the day.
crisp trellis
Was thinking about using an old Android phone for lux to try that out. Silly me bought LED light fixtures (no bulb) for everything outside last year though.
haughty shuttle
d'oh
crisp trellis
Yeah. Saved some pennies though I'm sure.
delicate jungle
Hi, can anyone help me with integrating a ZWave Thermostat? I am having trouble getting the Temperature Set function operate correctly. I have tried a few things suggested by various forum posts and github issues but nothing has resolved the problem so far. Please see this gist for an OpenZWave log output from the Timeout error I receive when trying to update the temoerature setpoint - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/benjmarshall/0367c2bd21e191d709174fcb73ebbf5d/raw/2ac639cd14e0ded98ca818ee732a7e6e527986d9/gistfile1.txt
winged knoll
#zwave-archived would be where to ask
delicate jungle
Thanks!
cedar venture
I added a bin collection custom component, which created an integration and a device. How can I delete the device, and then the integration? All I can do is disable the sensor entity, the delete button on the entity is greyed out
winged knoll
You'd have to remove the custom component first
Standard for #integrations-archived
cedar venture
ok, thanks
winged knoll
#integrations-archived would be where to ask for help on that
cedar venture
ok thankyou, deleted my msg just as you replied
haughty shuttle
What does a bin collection component do?
winged knoll
I'm pretty sure the docs for it will tell you 😉
haughty shuttle
Driving, maybe later, haha.
cedar venture
@haughty shuttle it was to tell me which color bins to put out for collection this week. We have green bins one week (general household waste), and grey bins the next (stuff for recycling)
but it didnt work how I wanted it to, and took an hour to repair the mess heh
maybe thats the garbage collection bit
crude creek
Any tips for a smart light to replace my old fluorescent lamp in the bathroom?
runic drift
@crude creek tube light?
crude creek
yes
runic drift
few companies like phillips makes smart tube lights but I would imagine they would be expensive. your cheapest route is to convert the light switch into a smart switch that controls the fixture
versed hawk
does anyone know what it means by " ‘remote’ domain" is that a section in home asssistant?
peak talon
did you see somewhere remote domain. Why do you ask?
timber skiff
Hi. How do you add devices to an area? In the Area registry it says you can do it from the device registry, but I dont see the option anywhere
crude creek
@timber skiff on device tab, click ⚙️ in top right
timber skiff
@crude creek cool, thanks! I was expecting to see the option along the Automations, Scenes and Scripts sections
crude creek
Can I see firmware of devices i put in home assistant? (via zigbee2mqtt)
glossy sage
Between hue, tradfri, tasmota flashable wifi devices, zigbee devices, etc etc, what have you had the best experience using with home assistant? I am considering mostly stuff like lightbulbs (what I've started with), temperature sensors, smart power measuring wall sockets, wall switches for lights, door open/close detectors, maybe some day automated blinds etc. Though, if I am missing other useful devices to add to my planning, please do tell!
My most important requirement is, ideally, I want nothing to ever be exposed to the internet, and work purely locally.
It seems voice assistants will be the one thing where I just have to break this rule, but everything else seems doable, just difficult to dig through all the details and figure out what's the best option.
peak talon
well by using Rhasspy voice Assistant, you still don't have to break your local rule. However, don't expect fluency as you get from Alexa or Google. However, for basic sentences and control of devices, it works beautifully. also support various languages and can do your own custom wake word...gone are the days of Jarvis!
winged knoll
#voice-assistants-archived can help with voice assistants 😉
quartz lodge
really that sounds kinda redundant
winged knoll
The duplicate department of redundancy ...
snow stream
Hey guys, looking for suggestions for a wall switch dimmer for LED fan lights that’s compatible with HA. Any product suggestions?
timid kettle
I have a light switch, just a single way simple on off
What's a good switch to replace so I can integrate with home assistant for easy routines? Also function the same as on off
Like if wife wanted to turn on she could flip the switch
haughty shuttle
Depends what you want to do
You could get a 1 button and toggle the light, or a 4 button and do lots of stuff
Do you want to be able to do dimming
timid kettle
It's for my 48" led tube lights; not sure I can dimm? Maybe if I could I would?
haughty shuttle
LED s should be able to dim
timid kettle
Any suggestions for a good device / platform to expand / scale if I like this one?
sharp heath
@timid kettle the led tube lights might be able to dim depending on the design. im a big fan of the leviton light switches. they offer both a normal toggle switch and a full dimmer switch.
runic drift
tube lights are not designed to dim. wasn't till not too long ago they even released led versions of those type of lights. if the led tub is driven by an actual ballast then dimming is not possible, if the led replacement tube also required the removal of the ballast and the tube itself says it's dimmable then you can
versed hawk
is there a way to have my Macbook as a device? I just want to be able to see its battery percentage
runic drift
@versed hawk you'll want to look up using MQTT with mac, there are several ways to achieve what your after and may even be something already made that just runs as a background service but most things use MQTT to send the information to HA.
versed hawk
@runic drift thanks. I have started the MQTT broker and added it to homeassisant.. how can I get the info from iit though?
hushed rivet
Can anyone recommend a zigbee doorsensor compatible with deconz? 🙂
runic drift
@versed hawk you'll have to look that up but I'm sure others have already set something up and posted about it. just break out the google fu.
versed hawk
@runic drift I can't see the battery state (im on 87%) and nothing reflects that. I had a google and come up with nothing eithere
runic drift
@versed hawk this took 10 seconds of googling lol https://youtu.be/FynPRIgDckg
grave phoenix
hi. I see supported_features: 2 for cameras. any idea what they may be?
btw brand new to discord
glossy prism
so that's called a bitfield, you'll have to look in the code to see what it means: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/camera/__init__.py#L75
that number is a sum of all the features it supports. looks like your camera supports streaming, but not on/off @grave phoenix
timid kettle
anyone have a good / great coffee machine integration going? looking at all the available ones and watching youtube reviews; all the amazon reviews scare me away from majority of them.
stone leaf
@hushed rivet, no, but yo can get a wyze sense starter kit that comes with the needed USB stick "hub", 2 door sensors, and a motion sensor all for $20. Additional door/window sensors are $20 for a 4 pack.
oblique bear
eventually i will get that wyze stuff for my parents lol
oblique bear
how stable has the wyze sensors been for everyone using them?
glossy prism
they've been great for me
i've been using the wyze sense custom component
so not the app. i don't even have one of the cameras actually
oblique bear
that great, does the author have plans to add it to HA? or too much reverse engineering to add it?
glossy prism
not really sure honestly. from what i read it definitely took some work to reverse engineer the communication protocol since it uses the bridge directly without needing the camera
so it's cool because it's local push
oblique bear
thats awesome!
if i didnt alredy have contact sensors everywhere i wouldve done that lol
i got all my Iris ones when lowes had crazy deals a few years back so they were $9 each lol
this is a much better deal even without a sale lol
glossy prism
yeah it's crazy. they even accidentally doubled one of my orders and told me to keep the extra when i contacted them (probably because i only ordered a contact sensor 4-pack)
oblique bear
wow thats chill....that company is really impressive
glossy prism
@round horizon any recommendation on natural gas sensors? preferably zigbee, z-wave ok too
i only found this one: https://directory.ifsecglobal.com/zigbee-zwave-smart-gas-detector-prod668354.html
Zigbee/Z-wave Smart Gas Detector
apparently it has both radios, according to that title
Zigbee/Z-wave/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/RF/IR Smart Gas Detector
round horizon
I haven’t seen many folks using gas sensor. I know it is available in the arduino kits and all. I only have smoke and fire sensors - those will alert you after the house has been burnt down successfully.
glossy prism
Process house_burn_down exited with error code 0.
I added 4 new Hue motion sensors to my HA setup today (using Conbee / deConz). I added all 4 to deConz/Phoscon, but 2 of them are causing problems. Temperature and Lux is never reported, and motion detection seems intermittent. Anyone had similar issues? The motion sensors are all on the same firmware
@hushed rivet Ive got a SmartThings multi purpose door sensor arriving tmrw, for use with deConz. Ping me and ask how it went if you like. From what I understand the Aqara door sensors also work nicely, but are a big uglier imo
normal minnow
carpil, did you do the FW update of the hue motion sensors with them in their installed positions, or did you deploy them afterwards?
cedar venture
I didnt actually update the firmware, I just noticed they were all the same as the 2 I already had installed
(6 in total now)
could MQTT interfere with anything zigbee related? I think I may have setup MQTT inbetween adding the first 2 and last 2 motion sensors
normal minnow
I see. I was just wondering in case there was a clue.
I managed to jam all my Hue Zigbee stuff with an ancient USB Bluetooth dongle, by running a continuous scan on my Linux box.
cedar venture
hm
Its odd because I removed those 2 sensors from conBee, but HA still thinks its exposing them (so cant delete the devices)
normal minnow
Also, one Hue switch failed to update after trying for 3 days, until I changed the hub to operate on channel 20, then it finished in 45 mins.
cedar venture
maybe I just need to power cycle to usb key
update firmware, or just update status?
normal minnow
update fw, from new. even when sat right next to the hue hub.
cedar venture
heh odd
normal minnow
but then again 2.4GHz is pretty busy round here.
cedar venture
I havent even considered how Ill update Hue device firmwares on conbee
hopefully I dont have to remove it, add it to Hue bridge, and then re-pair it
but kinda suspect I will
normal minnow
as a radio ham, I have been known to run an 8W transmitter with a 60cm dish on 2.4GHz, but since I got all this Hue stuff, those days are long since gone
cedar venture
hehe cool
opal goblet
I am trying to add my plugs and bulbs but can not find how in home assistant anyone got and tricks or do I just need to flash all my things with taz
glossy prism
well... what plugs are they?
bright jacinthBOT
glossy prism
prdiction 
cedar venture
just edison bayonets
turbid crypt
hey quick question before I start down this hole, but can I have a switch and a lock with the same name? like... CAR
cedar venture
For display purposes? sure. HA is not using the name to communicate with the devices anyway
seems like it would be confusing in the UI though...
turbid crypt
So here's the thing
I need to both be able to turn the car on
and unlock the car
and it comes down to Nabucasa / Google Home
cedar venture
ok but you dont need tocall them the same to do that
turbid crypt
well I can unlock car doors and turn on car precondition
but what about "UNLOCK CAR"
and "TURN ON CAR"
glossy prism
you could set up a custom routine
cedar venture
I've only just signed up to HA Cloud, not used it yet. Wouldnt you just create an automation which affects both devics, and have HA Cloud call that?
cedar venture
I like it a lot more now I realise it doesnt listen as a server, but instead connects from inside to outside
turbid crypt
however for me, voice control is a huge thing
yeah and no open ports on your router is a nice thing
glossy prism
ehh i only have one open port... and it points to NGINX
turbid crypt
Well, I guess there's nothing to do but give it a try and see what happens
Yeah I have a VPN on my open port, but in the old days, I was an accident waiting to happen
cedar venture
but an open port is not necessary for HA Cloud right?
turbid crypt
Not supposed to need one, and so far, that's my experience
cedar venture
open as in port-forwarded, or exposed
turbid crypt
yeah that's right
turbid crypt
who has time for that 😛
Anyway, my stupid project is hooking up a spare car remote to an ESPhome, which so far works pretty well
so as I have one kid under each arm like surfboards I can say "OK Google UNlock car"
or better yet, one of them can do it so I'm not fumbling for keys while I'm trying to make the other one lunch
cedar venture
haha cool
turbid crypt
(the current Chevy integrations with Google Home are HORRIBLE not to mention run $40 a month)
cedar venture
ew
turbid crypt
pOwnStar
so instead of smasking my windows, somebody can yell from the sidewalk and break in to my car like that
cedar venture
yep, lots of creative ways for it to go wrong 😄
turbid crypt
Honestly I'd rather just move to the country so I didn't have to lock my car
cedar venture
but then youd have to suffer terrible broadband speeds
at least thats what its like here in UK
turbid crypt
I'll let everybody know how this little adventure of mine goes. Thus far, I have to treat everything from ESPhome as swittches, and I'm gonna have to stuff those in to a Template Lock because ESPhome doesn't do locks, and that doesn't look like it'll change any time soon
cedar venture
good luck 🙂
turbid crypt
Broadband is hit and miss up country in the USA, some places it's fabulous because there's nobody to share bandwidth for, and they just lay fat fiber everywhere
but thanks amigo, I appreciate the encouragement
cedar venture
Hi all, I have two stale devices appearing in HA. It thinks deConz is still exposing them, but they were already deleted from deConz. I also deleted all the entities which were marked as unavailable. restarted HA, restarted the entire VM (so deConz usb was power cycled). Im using the deConz add-on and so Phoscon GUI. How can I fix this mess?
turbid crypt
OK- Cloud integration is totally cool with two devices being named the same thing. I have a lock named car and a switch named car, and when I ask it to unlock car, it unlocks, and when I ask to turn it on, it triggers the preconditioning
steady hearth
@turbid crypt is this some remote starter kit you have?
turbid crypt
heh....yep
electric car
but yeah it's an ESP with a cheap ebay remote strapped to it
steady hearth
oh is this a volt? err...bolt?
turbid crypt
B-olt
steady hearth
that's what I meant 😛
turbid crypt
There's both - No confusion there
steady hearth
the LEAF connectEV service is terrible
I don't know if it's Nissan's servers or what
turbid crypt
dude, all vehicle's services are $hit
steady hearth
they give it to you free for 3 years...I'm just like "no way would I ever pay for this"
turbid crypt
same with Onstar
$18 remote, shove that in to a $6 Wemos, ESPhome, and duct tape it to the wall in the garage
I had dreams of using this ESP32 with a GSM radio on it that I have, but what's the point
turbid crypt
yeah I just need a more elegant and anonymous way of postying
it's super dumb but it just works
steady hearth
ah...i see now
turbid crypt
no feedback obviously
an OBD2 reader and a GSM and wifi connection with some magical integration would be amazing, but who's got time for that
but hacking the CAN bus is a whole thing I'm just not ready for
On the other hand, people sure would like a way to get douche-free control of their cars
gnight kittens
blazing roost
can anyone point me to a good zigbee or zwave device that works in Australia with HA?
versed hawk
is there a way to have my Macbook as a device? I just want to be able to see its battery percentage? I've tried glances and MQTT and both don't show battery life but shows CPU etc. which I don't need
drifting grove
Anyone here from uk or ireland that has a heating control unit that can do hot water or radiators seperately via the actuators. Im trying to replace my hot water/radiator controls. Supply comes from single water boiler and is controlled using 2 actuators, depending on if you want hot water or heat or both
I believe they call them 2 channel
golden cairn
My wake on lan component cant detect the state of the device, allthough I gave it the correct IP and MAC adress. Does anybody know a fix for this or have the same problem?
drifting grove
Hey everyone!
I'm one of the founders of Genki Instruments. Last fall we launched our first product to market. It is a wearable smart ring that allows musicians to add more human expression into their digital setups.
We already have a few Home Assistant users interested in integrating the device into their setups. We've made a small API available for testing. If you're interested, you can check out the documentation here: https://www.notion.so/genkiinstruments/Wave-API-8a91bd3553ee4529878342dec477d93f.
sudden verge
Hello to all new on home automation. I have this lumiman model LM610. How do I know if I can flash it? Also have 2 RGB light bulbs some manufacturer don't have model right now, also want to know if I can flash them. I am also starting using HA so I will reserve questions for another time. Thank you
zealous dune
if you have the device then just attempt to tuya convert it and you will know
sand mason
asked in lounge but also wanna ask here, anyone known roughly how many lumens in a Govee light strip?
zealous dune
don't even know what that is... any links?
zealous dune
18w led strip should be around 1450lm on brightest white
sand mason
so it's basically the exact same brightness (50lm more technically) than a £80 LIFX Z???
civic kraken
It says it uses 5050 leds. Not sure how many per meter.
zealous dune
theoretically
sand mason
5050 is a format Im pretty sure...
it has either 150 or 300 leds, I believe 150 on this model
civic kraken
Ah, yes I know but I can see how I put it weirdly 🙂
zealous dune
judging from the pic its 30 per meter so no that bright
18w is power for the entire 5m strip
civic kraken
But you can probably find 5050 specs and calculate the theoretical brightness. You can find those led strips from China for very cheap if you want to go with a more #diy-archived route
sand mason
its 5m so it's its probably 30/m or maybe 60/m on the 300-led model
I like at least some sort of customer protection lol
zealous dune
yep and with led strips brightness varies depending on color used
sand mason
AliExpress is a bit dodgy with buyer protection
civic kraken
also depending on your usage, I would recommend a RGBW strip instead of a RGB strip
sand mason
blue / purplish / red and neon-like colours
civic kraken
Few hundred orders from Ali here with no issues whatsoever and customer protection has been flawless 🤷
Obviously you get what you pay for and there's tons of counterfeit stuff too to avoid
sand mason
I plan to stick 3m (roughly) on the underside of my bed
And another 2m on the underside of my desk
also @civic kraken I believe that's RGBW
on the screenshot the colour palette has a white setting
civic kraken
you can make "white" with RGB but it's just not good enough for any proper use
For accent colors regular RGB strips are fine if you don't want to use them in white. 30 led/m might be a bit sparse though if it's close to the floor and you'll end up seeing each individual led light cone. Not necessarily a bad thing though, depends on what look you're going for
sand mason
I don't mind not having top range stuff considering this is just fancy bedroom lighting
I actually won't need to use white, probably
zealous dune
then there's no need to overthink the brightness
sand mason
Because if I want to light the whole room up I have a LIFX A60
@zealous dune Oh I know, I'm just comparing because I couldn't find any figures on the page and it kind of triggered my little statistic-loving brain
Wanted to compare it against the super expensive LIFX Z
civic kraken
For the price difference it'll certainly be worse, but the standard 5050 led strips are just fine and bright enough for that type of use. I'd probably go with 60led/m though with RGB (more for RGBW)
pure saffron
sand mason
they do make a 60/m version but its BT only not wifi
oblique bear
wow Wyze Lock requires the wyze lock gateway
damn
they wyze investing deep into hubs
one for contact/motion and now a separate one for the lock
civic kraken
You can buy a wifi controller separately and then whatever strip you want. It really depends on what you want to do. I have some strips running from MiLight controllers and some from NodeMCU boards
zealous dune
controller, strip and power supply
sand mason
if I have a strip running under my bed and a strip under my desk, do those need 2 separate power supplies
or are they connectable to the same psu
civic kraken
You can wire multiple strips to one as long as you have enough amperage
sand mason
oki
are 1-2m 5050 connectors a thing?
bc my desk and bed are quite far
but I can cleanly hide a cable running along the wall
wait will they be independent or seen as the same device
civic kraken
Controller is the device
sand mason
Because I'd prefer to have desk lights separate from the bed lights
civic kraken
you can have one power supply and two controllers if you want it to work like that. Or just two PSUs and two controllers if it's easier that way
sand mason
hmm
is it possible to buy a controller for a brand specific model?
because that Govee is 5m
and it just so happens, my bed is exactly 3m (2m x 1m) and my desk is exactly 2m so it would be logistically quite nice
zealous dune
controllers are interchangeable depending on the connection type
sand mason
so all 5050 leds will use the same controller type?
civic kraken
no, it's just the shape of the actual led module
sand mason
oh
zealous dune
if its a RGB(WW) strip you can technically use it with any controller
civic kraken
If you need to cut the stuff you'll have to grab your solder iron most likely
zealous dune
sand mason
so what are 5050 connectors for
heavy nebula
@oblique bear a separate gateway for lock?
oblique bear
yea look at the wyze lock site from the video
civic kraken
Which connectors Zoe? There are some standard connectors for 3-, 4- and 5-pin led strips. The 5m rolls usually have one connector at each end
heavy nebula
or use the other gateway
oblique bear
the keypad seems to be separate lol
this is just the lock part on the inside lol
interesting
heavy nebula
given that their camera and sensors are so well priced, the lock seems expensive
oblique bear
really? i thought it was cheap
heavy nebula
or may be I have me reference wrong
heavy nebula
there are some August locks for around 100
quite honestly, I have not done a lot of research on smart locks
oblique bear
i think at the time I got mine august was iOS only or something....i just went zwave due to the amount of control you get
started with smartthings and it was so limiting with what it supported and HA allowed me to do everything i wanted
my goal for the smart lock was to be the alarm entry point
we only lock the door from the outside when we want to arm the alarm...otherwise the door just auto locks after 3 minutes of no activity
oblique bear
yea state is good
knowing if the door was locked or unlocked with a code is great too
being able to distinguish between electronic, code entered or manual is what i like
heavy nebula
something on my Amazon list for Black Friday 😉
oblique bear
the battery on my schlage is really good too....goes over 1 year easy
heavy nebula
1 year is pretty good. Although come to think of it...locks are not doing any battery intensive stuff (unlike cameras)
oblique bear
i wonder how long until theres a custom component for that wyze lock
my parents may like it because it only replaces 1/2 of the lock so you can keep the outside looking the same
heavy nebula
I am sure it will be there soon
we should first get the wyze sense into the core
it has been running as a custom component for a while
oblique bear
yea i was gonna get that for my parents when i eventually get HA setup there
sand mason
@civic kraken I believe it's a 3-pin
a closeup of the Govee photo on Amazon shows an R pin, G pin and B pin
fallow minnow
Hello sir
I have some questions I’m buy 2 of these
MJ-ST01
Can these 2 connect together?
winged knoll
oblique bear
@heavy nebula are you already using wyze sense?
heavy nebula
I am...
glossy prism
I am...
runic drift
I aren't...
oblique bear
nice....pretty stable? was just checking out some of hte open issues on github
glossy prism
no issues here
heavy nebula
no issues here as well (after I got it working)
drifting grove
Hello everyone. I have a problem. I use sonoff devices with the latest tasmota software 8.1.0 and some devices(Rf bridge,sonoff basic,sonoff mini) are constantly rebooting every 20 minutes or so with restart reason Exception. I tried everything I found online. Flashed again after erasing flash memory, different releases of bin files, changed wifi access point, left the configuration totaly default except the wifi. Nothing worked. Any more ideas?
cedar venture
Hi all, I want to mount a door sensor to my automated garage door, but due to the door design, its difficult to mount it anywhere when the door is closed. So now Im thinking of mounting the sensor so the two parts come together when the door is open, rather than when it is closed. How could I invert the open/closed logic of the sensor in HA, to account for this?
bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
Use one of those to invert the logic
cedar venture
perfect, thankyou
do you think this would affect the battery life of the sensor, or just pretty much the same?
winged knoll
It'll make no difference
cedar venture
awesome
sand mason
Possible to get (preferably super cheap) "buttons"/light switches specially made for smart bulbs?
Ones that send a command like "power_on" or "power_off" rather than the usual kind which toggle the physical circuit
I'm kind of habitually used to flipping it on and off
civic kraken
There are wireless buttons from Xiaomi for example (Zigbee)
or you can replace the original switches with smart ones but that's not a great idea with smart bulbs
oblique bear
yea most people opt for either or wehn it comes to smart bulbs or smart switches....buttons would be best if you use smart lights and want to prevent using the light switch
azure frigate
Hi everyone. In need to control temperature in the house via HA. Should I get a wifi enabled AC or a device like Sensibo? Any recommendations?
sand mason
The problem I have currently is I'm completely on Wi-Fi
I guess I should invest in a Zigbee hub of sorts
Is a SmartThings Hub v2 okay? I understand that we're on v3 now...?
sand mason
Oh it's more I'm on such a budget I can't afford most hubs and bridges
winged knoll
A USB stick will be a lot cheaper than a hub 😉
azure frigate
Whats the problem with wifi? These devices dont use much of your wifi bandwidth. Unless you running wifi cameras too.
sand mason
so "LIFX light for £31" is a lot more appealing than "Hue for £60+£40 hub"
winged knoll
Or, £5 for a USB stick
azure frigate
Yeah Im using a Nortek USB. Does zwave and zigbee
azure frigate
Im in south africa. If i can get it. You can too 😋
sand mason
oop??
winged knoll
Buy a US stick, you have to also buy US devices 😉
That... doesn't work too well when you plug a 110V device into 240V
sand mason
I have (access to) a converter
The kind that actually kicks down the voltage too
But anyway -
winged knoll
Yeah, but you still then (of you go Z-Wave) have to buy only US devices
sand mason
Is there any point in a ST Hub?
winged knoll
No
winged knoll
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/smartthings/
IoT class: Cloud Push
Because marketing
Just because there's an integration, doesn't mean it's a smart choice
sand mason
so ST is still cloud-reliant?
oblique bear
yup
sand mason
:big_thonk:
winged knoll
Hence, go direct
oblique bear
i came from ST and the difference was huge in terms of device responsiveness
sand mason
so would a "ZigBee USB" (i can't find any thus far) plugged into an rPi2 running the Hass image be sufficient?
oblique bear
went from pushing a button and waiting a few seconds to pushing the button and having something happen before you blink
winged knoll
Yes
But, as I've said more than once, see #zigbee-archived for that 😉
I even tagged you and got the bot to post a bunch of useful data
sand mason
oh yes sorry didn't see the tag
ocean lance
Hi - any ideas why powering off my samsung tv doesnt work ? it can recognize the power status, i can turn on but not turn off. not with the hdmi switch function and not with the standby0 cec client? thats my output: https://pastebin.com/diRc7zJH
ocean lance
Im a little bit frustrated, seems like no support here in discord. too bad it would be a so good smart home solution.
oblique bear
@ocean lance try to have some patience.....not everyone is always online and not everyone uses the same integration someone will get to you
which integration are you using with the TV? https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/samsungtv/
manic rampart
and what model samsung?
ocean lance
ue40c5100qwxzg
oblique bear
and you are using the samsungtv integration? If you are then I don't see your device supported in this list: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/samsungtv/#supported-models
ocean lance
no, i use the hdmi_cec function
oblique bear
I am not very familiar with that integration but it seems not all devices support going into standby mode: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/hdmi_cec/#standby
all i can personally recommend is going through the integration page to make sure you didnt miss a step or anything
manic rampart
I dont think a device will trun the tv off. Usually the other way around. For example, if i select dvd as the souce on the TV it will turn on the dvd. But ti wont turn the tv off if it turn off tv.
peak talon
or just hack yourself a esp-01 with a IR transmitter and place it infront of the tv
oblique bear
IMO when it comes to entertainment devices....harmony hub FTW
i know others like broadlink but the remote for harmony is really good....and the integration is awesome with HA as you can control each device independently
pliant hornet
Hey! Do anyone have any clear winner between Netatmo and Tado for radiator valves? I can get 5 tado for 31% off, which seems pretty neat.
glossy prism
@ocean lance along with what @oblique bear said...this is free support
manic rampart
@ocean lance is it connected to your lan? If so, try https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl or https://gist.github.com/YuukanOO/00b5edefd0446af43f9abfe23fc1a86d
oblique bear
@pliant hornet try looking on github at open issues for both....shoudl give you a good idea of waht to expect
pliant hornet
Home Assistant github? Thanks, good idea.
oblique bear
you can make your life easier by looking at the filters: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/labels
pliant hornet
Yeah, using that 🙂
drifting grove
Hi guys anyone gone through a NodeMCU ESP32S-WROOM board with ESPHome not connecting to WiFi anymore with "Auth Expired" errors????? Going crazy to understand why it does this with my normal home AP but does connect without problems to a WiFi extender (another SSID)
civic kraken
My router (Netgear) hates ESP devices as well. Refuses to connect to the main network but connects fine to the guest network on the same router, lol
I never could figure out what the problem is but it has something to do with the that library (correct term?) that esphome and lots of others use for login. With other code I've had no issues with esp devices
oblique bear
migrating from netgear to unifi was one of the best networking decisions i made in this house
civic kraken
The weird thing is that it works pretty much perfectly once the devices do connect. There's sometimes some issues with reconnects but stability, speed etc are all top notch
pliant hornet
I replaced my ISP's Sagemcom with a Linksys WRT1900ac, the wifi got worse.. I'm surprised.
UniFi seems rather expensive :/
oblique bear
pretty much all my networking issues disappeared when i upgraded
yea its pricey but for a reason
consumer routers suck once you get over 20 concurrent connections
my old netgear would crash when i opened up a few camera streams at once
it just couldnt handle the load at all
pliant hornet
I guess I'll have to look at it..
oblique bear
the real issue for us nerds is the concurrent connections....consumer routers simply cant go over a certain number even though WiFi itself allows it
one thing you can do to lighten the load is another AP
I have over 60 devices and 2 APs to ensure i have coverage everywhere
civic kraken
my Cisco router/modem from the ISP started dying after ~10 wifi devices. This Netgear handles the less than 20 devices that I have just fine though
pliant hornet
I'm just surprised that the Linksys performs worse than my ISP's router..
civic kraken
there's probably something wrong with the settings too in that case
oblique bear
yea but its also ISP router which should never be used 😛
drifting grove
Hello, is it possible to run home assistant on raspberry pi zero (without wifi) + usb wifi adapter? I tried to configure wifi with wpa_supplicant.conf and /CONFIG/network/my-network but no success - black image on hdmi, device not connected to wifi. Any hints, how to debug?
glossy prism
Maybe, but it's not recommended to run home assistant on anything older than a pi 2
And even a pi 2 won't be the greatest
drifting grove
@glossy prism I know, it is the only device which I have currently - I want to test HASS before buing pi3 or pi4
winged knoll
Test it on a VM, you'll get a better experience
However, #672217570283094017 or #330944238910963714 would be the right place to ask for help, depending on how you installed
glacial sleet
If I plan on only running HA/Core on the device do I really need anything more than a pi4? I know a lot recommend getting a NUC but I don't plan on running anything else on it. Will I notice any latency for routines running?
If I decide to do a media server or something I would get a dedicated server for that.
glossy prism
I run HA Core on my pi 3B+ with an SSD without any issues
I'm also running some other services on it too (NGINX, Xbox rest server, APCUPSD, etc.)
glacial sleet
@glossy prism would you suggest using a SSD over an SD card? I assume I would just get a USB connected external SSD?
glossy prism
Absolutely. USB boot isn't supported on the 4 yet though
glacial sleet
I mean I didn't think HA/core was a big installation so it wouldn't need a lot of room
glossy prism
You could boot from SD and have the filesystem on the SSD, but that requires some tweaking
SSD for reliability, not necessarily storage space
glacial sleet
Ahh that makes sense
any specific SSD that works better? or more recommended?
never bought an external SSD
glossy prism
I have a few of the PNY 120GB ones. They're like $15-20 (I'm in the US)
oblique bear
yea those are great if you dont need mch space
glacial sleet
Im in the US as well
@glossy prism i looked the PNY up and it seems to be an Internal. Do I need to get an enclosure or did i find the wrong thing?
glacial sleet
no worries....Best Buy has it for @24.99 right now
oblique bear
you can make any internal drive external and vice versa 🙂
glacial sleet
do they make a case that would house the SSD and the pi4?
probably wishful thinking but doesnt hurt to ask
otherwise i was looking at the Cana case unless there are better suggestions for HA
oblique bear
if you have a 3d printer you could print one 😛
glacial sleet
i remember seeing the file for a HA themed Pi4 case,,,but doubt it would house a SSD as wel
but sadly i dont own a 3d printer, do you?
oblique bear
i do lol...its perfect for things like this...you can even build your own files if u cant find it
glacial sleet
maybe i could talk you into "printing" me the case,...LOL
oblique bear
lol
glossy prism
lol ||but really||
glacial sleet
hey we are all friends here and dont friends help friends out....;-)
oblique bear
yea but that involves leaving my house 😛 found the STL you want https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3974307
glacial sleet
nice...what do you think?
and technically you dont have to leave....print the enclosure, schedule pickup from USPS and you never have to really leave your house
azure frigate
Anyone successfully manage to get the new Wyze lock working with Home assistant?
oblique bear
@glacial sleet really trying to talk me into it huh 😂
@civic kraken
oops sorry dude not sre how that happened 😦
@azure frigate there was some chatter about it in #zigbee-archived but dont think anyone got it yet to try it...may need to wait a few weeks ot see what the word is
glacial sleet
@oblique bear not really I was kidding tbh...i wouldnt mind having it but i can figure something out if need be
serene edge
Hi, does anyone have an idea how exactly I have to change my tado config to get the sensors working again? After 0.106 they disappeared...
oblique bear
@serene edge the sensor entity ID's changed per the breaking change
they are still there jsut a different name
haughty shuttle
any good APs that don't rely on cloud garbage or have the other annoying quirks that unifi has? I'm so aggravated with this thing I just want to sell it.
oblique bear
@haughty shuttle no cloud involved with unifi unless u need cloud key...you can still host the controller yourself
thats what i do
haughty shuttle
when I set up the controller it acted like it wanted an account so I made one on their website
I found this /tmp/system.cfg looks like it has all of the settings
haughty shuttle
I wonder if I can copy that and then if it doesn't work when I reset it, upload it
I wonder if I can make a new account that is local only
oblique bear
you should be able to restore it
haughty shuttle
the AP?
if it doesn't connect to the controller, I won't have wireless to use the app
but I will be able to SSH into it
I gave it a DHCP reservation
I swear last time I tried this it didn't work and i had to redo the standalone
oblique bear
hmm i think when i set mine up i first installed the software and set it up
i login with the admin account which is the local account
i thought it was pretty nifty with how it found the AP and walked me through the setup
was much easier than i anticipated
haughty shuttle
yeah
when I first did this I just used the android app
and did standalone
so the AP is currently standalone
now i'm trying to use the HA addon
oblique bear
oh i set mine up using the desktop
haughty shuttle
I got it
I found "forget" in the android app
then ran the inform command and it showed up in the controlller
halfreakinlujah lol
oblique bear
🎉
haughty shuttle
Anyone use their firewall?
I want to get rid of my current one
If it's all nice GUI like the controller I'm in
drifting grove
So hard to determine where to post here lol
So slim to none you'll actually get your questions answered too
Oh well, realized I'd rather just go figure the shit out myself than try and wait for someone here.
glossy prism
well this is free support by volunteers, so...
@drifting grove wait. you only asked a single question and it was about a specific smart plug lol...no guarantee someone else on this server has that smart plug or was even around at that time. anyway, since it says it uses the smart life app, there's a decent chance it's ESP8266 based and could be flashed with tasmota or something. probably better off asking in the tasmota or esphome discord servers if you can't find anything on it yourself
marsh sail
Anyone has advice for great zigbee or RFlink weather sensors for outside?
sand mason
is there any real purpose to an Echo Flex if a Dot 2G is cheaper?
timid kettle
to flex on the h8r's?
flat pewter
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is there an easy way to move devices/sensors/integrations (whatever they are called) to an area?
oblique bear
@flat pewter go to devices screen, select the device in question, click on the cog wheel at top right corner to update the area
flat pewter
@oblique bear that's what I'm doing, but I removed and added my deconz integration (stupid), 70ish devices to do...
oblique bear
youll need to use the UI
flat pewter
@tall tiger ok thx, I'll spend all afternoon 😄
oblique bear
poor dshanske 😛
flat pewter
oopz ^^
sour stone
how is it possible to play mp3 file on Raspi 3 audio jack
marsh sail
@flat pewter i feel your pain :p
@sour stone need to have a addon for that. i know Spotify connect can expose the pi as a speaker
sour stone
Is there an addon other than spotify. I just want to play an mp3 when an event triggers. i have platform: mpd with local ip port but it shows unavailable. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
glossy prism
you can reference an mp3 in a media_player.play_media service call
sour stone
i have tried that but think that since the media player is showing unavailable it is not working. mp3 works fine when accessing it through browser
glossy prism
well yeah, if home assistant can't talk to the media player then that would be an issue. how do you have the media player integrated into home assistant?
sour stone
- platform: mpd
host: 192.168.0.251```this is the local ip for the pi
this is in my hardware
audio:
0:
name: bcm2835_alsa - bcm2835 ALSA
type: ALSA
devices:
[object Object]
[object Object]
[object Object]
manic rampart
does mpd work by itself outside of HA?
sour stone
@manic rampart how do i test this
glossy prism
that integration communicates with a machine that has MPD (https://www.musicpd.org/download.html) installed on it
manic rampart
glossy prism
so if it's not installed on your pi you can't reference your pi's IP in the integration config
however, i found this: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/pi-audio-component/17266/6
sour stone
is there a better way than MPD
manic rampart
right, first things first.. make sure your media player, mpd or vlc works on the PI. then configre in HA
haughty shuttle
Does anyone know the approx throughput of the WAN port on a netgate pfsense box with IDS/IPS turned on? specificially the SG-1100 or the SG-3100.
tacit plinth
Anybody remember the tasmota command to send power monitoring telemetery data more often? (default is 5 min)
urban orbit
Does anyone know if the Broadlink RM Mini 3 is supported by HASS? I'm trying to configure the Switch but I can't for the life of me get the "learn" switch to appear...
And I've read some forum entries about a Chinese firmware which is neither supported by HASS nor by the Broadlink Manager for Windows
So I'm questioning if I made the right purchase...
glossy prism
i have one working with home assistant but the broadlink.learn command doesn't work unless you make a tweak to the integration's code
broadlink.send works fine either way
urban orbit
Well I can't grab commands as it is right now so only having send won't help much 😄
glossy prism
you can use the broadlink CLI to grab the codes or make the tweak to the integration's code and run it as a custom component
urban orbit
Also is it just me or is this whole integration into HASS still a heavy "work in progress"? A lot of stuff seems to have changed, some said "rm3_mini" worked for them as a type but for me it just complains about it not being supported.
glossy prism
well home assistant itself is a work in progress 😛
urban orbit
Well so far it worked nicely for me, never ran into an issue that I wasn't able to solve (except Lovelace design issues haha) but this just seems to be in its really early stages
Also I'm really surprised that while the Broadlink IR devices seem to be popular amongst Home Assistant people no one has written an "easy to use" AddOn yet to grab and implement codes. Normally there's an AddOn for every other single thing haha :D
Wish I could code then I'd make one 🙂
glossy prism
well the broadlink.learn service is supposed to do that
and again, i've got it working with what i described above
lemme find the tweak
winged knoll
Is there an open issue?
urban orbit
Someone already made an issue as far as I read on the Community forum
glossy prism
there is, yeah. that's where i found the tweak
urban orbit
Also would that mean that the tweak would get overwritten with every HA update?
winged knoll
Until somebody submits a PR that gets merged
glossy prism
not if you run it as a custom component
urban orbit
I should really get into programming heh, I already know so many projects with improvements that just a few people need but I'd be happy to do so
Hope that the custom_component won't break HA in the future tho 😄
glossy prism
here's a link to the tweak that i used: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/23566#issuecomment-537078825
urban orbit
Hm... How can I put that into a custom component tho?
glossy prism
you could always just delete the custom component version if it does. when you copy the files for a built-in integration and put it in your custom_components folder, home assistant uses the custom_component version
of course, your custom component won't receive updates that the stock integration does unless you copy the files again
urban orbit
I think I'll just use the official app for now and integrate it with Alexa that way heh...
I honestly don't want to screw around with any HA files or implement hacky workarounds 
And since the Broadlink integration seems to be fairly new waiting is probably the better option
glossy prism
fair enough. again, you're not messing with the built-in files, you're just making a copy of the relevant folder from here, making the necessary tweaks, and putting it in your custom_components folder: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/tree/dev/homeassistant/components
urban orbit
Yeah I know but then it won't automatically update
glossy prism
or grab the codes using the broadlink CLI
urban orbit
I don't even get a "send" command
Oh wait since I don't have any switches yet, yeah
Hm...
I could try that maybe
Is the Broadlink CLI the Python script? Saw it earlier.
glossy prism
urban orbit
Now onto trying this with my more than lackluster Python skills 😄
glossy prism
ehh that's why there's the CLI. no python experience necessary
sudo pip install broadlink (might want to do that in a venv), then clone the python-broadlink repo and run the commands from there
urban orbit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'device' object has no attribute 'enter_learning'```Huh...
glossy prism
try using the CLI
urban orbit
That is the CLI one
glossy prism
you're in the python shell
urban orbit
Wait, what do you mean then?
urban orbit
Wait... Is that only for Linux?
glossy prism
yeah
urban orbit
damn
glossy prism
there's the broadlink manager program for windows that has a GUI
urban orbit
Yeah but it says my device isn't recognized
glossy prism
O
urban orbit
Found device : Unknown [10.0.0.19]
Writing compatible device not detected!```weird
urban orbit
Apparently there's a Chinese and another firmware version for the RM Mini 3
And the Chinese one isn't supported as far as I read
glossy prism
ah
glossy prism
also... 10.0.0.0/24 gang
glossy prism
i actually switched from 192.168.87.0/24 to that
urban orbit
Weird that you choose that to begin with haha
glossy prism
yes, my router's default is 192.168.87.0...
glossy prism
ah interesting
urban orbit
Oh... It just happens to look like an ESP but it's not really one. https://fccid.io/2ATEV-BL3332-P/User-Manual/user-manual-4544709
It's Broadlinks own WiFi "with storage" chip solution
glossy sage
For power monitoring smart plugs, do you recommend these teckin wifi plugs? Or would you recommend another wifi/zigbee plug?
NL/EU
left haven
hello, I have problems with my broadlink SC1 , after latest hassio upgrade to 0.106.0 all my broadlink switches are no longer working. did anyone encounter this issue? I have around 8 switches working normally before the upgrade.
any solution for this?
they are configure as sp2
unique goblet
Hello. How to use local media player in HA with HassOS?
Ive tried vlc media player but inthink hassos does not have the vlc libs.
vivid rain
I’ve been able to get amazon echo’s Plex and Apple Music working on mine as a media player
unique goblet
Yes i have google home in my home
But at office i do not have any external media
Only local Volumio
But it does not play well tts...
vivid rain
I have not had any luck with remote media playing like that
unique goblet
@urban orbit i have 2 that replaced the chip with wemos with tasmota.
Thats why i want local media so i can play tts locally in speakers...
naive spade
Has anybody been able to add Lutron Caseta occupancy sensors as devices yet? I have all my caseta devices in and working but just added the new occ sensors to the system and restarted home assistant but they don’t show up anywhere.
sand mason
Does this look good to people who know more about LED strips?
specifically the "RGBW 60 Leds" option, "Wi-Fi" and "5M Non Waterproof" settings
they mean to say 30led/m and 60led/m
winged knoll
What do you want for your LEDs?
If you want them for "main" lighting at all, look at CCT (adjustable between cold to warm white) or RGB-CCT if you also want colours
After that 30 to 144 LED/m comes down to how bright you want, and where they'll be placed
fleet seal
Hi guys, so if I have a led-strip that is ir-controlled today, but I want to "attach" it to my up-and-coming HomeAssistent using z-wave. What device would I need that connects to the z-wave hub and lets me manipulate it in Home Assistant? Hope this is'nt a stupid question as I am trying to figure out how all this works.
So in other words, I am looking for a missing link that allows me to control a diy rgb led-strip from my homeAssistant 🙂
sand mason
@winged knoll think complementary lighting towards a LIFX A60
sand mason
if the A60 (which is 1,100lm anyway) isn't on, the strip probably won't be either
so they're just complementary bed and under-desk lighting for an already above average brightness smart bulb
fleet seal
Thanks tinkerer, I will try over there.
winged knoll
There's a mountain of it depends but 30 LED/m is "background", 60 LED/m is "area" and 144 LED/m is "bright"
But also, if you can see the strip, 144 LED/m looks much better
sand mason
they'll both be hidden(ish)
one section is going under (and around?) a bed and the other is going on the underside and back of a desk
winged knoll
Then IMO 60 LED/m or 30 LED/m
sand mason
the 60 is only like £3 more on ax so I might get that one
I just care about if it's integratable into HA to be honest lol
winged knoll
That's more about how you chose to connect it 😉
sand mason
But if it says wifi/app controlled and they directly market it as Alexa compat then I should be fine
winged knoll
🤣
Good luck
Alexa compatible means exactly that, and no more
You need to find out if they're supported by any of the available APIs that HA can use, or can be flashed with something
sand mason
it uses the Magic Home wifi thingy
I'm not sure of the name but apparently many 5050 leds use that controller
winged knoll
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/flux_led/ then, probably
Not totally 💩 but... there's a reason my controller is sat in a drawer
I went with https://char.gd/blog/2018/building-better-cheaper-philips-hue-led-strips instead
zealous dune
your easiest course of action would probably be buying a yeelight led strip
winged knoll
Those are fine, not terribly bright, and sometimes stop responding, but they work "well enough"
zealous dune
atleast the integration works without extra hardware
zealous dune
not to mention controllers dying frequently
winged knoll
That said,the Zigbee route has worked absolutely solidly for me, at the cost of a Zigbee dongle, and a few dozen sensors, sockets, and so on that I then bought because I now could...
zealous dune
yes that would be the next step
sand mason
I mean to be fair I only need Alexa integration
HA would just be convenient to group the strips to the main light
also alas, Yeelight is £40
winged knoll
If you don't integrate it with HA you'll regret it later
Splitting control of your house will frustrate you
sand mason
its only my bedroom, not the whole house as I still live with my parents
so at least that much
quartz lodge
esp8266 $5 psu (depends on led requiment) and esppixelstick firmware and done
oblique bear
guess im going to home depot today
pliant hornet
Not sure where the best place to ask this is.. But I just replaced my ISP router with a Linksys WRT1900AC in an attempt to fix wifi issues. The Linksys performs worse though, as it is rather old I guess.
So now I am looking at UniFi. My question is, what is the minimum I need to set up 2 APs. I gather that I can run the controller on my Pi through HA?
Do I need to run Ethernet to the APs or do they work in a mesh?
winged knoll
The UniFi ones are intended for wired "backhaul", the Amplifi ones support wireless
pliant hornet
Okay. Wiring them probably isn't a problem, since they can be mounted on the ceiling.
Guess it's just price..
1 USG. 1 x 8 port USW and 2 x UAP-AC Lite is what I looked at for starters.
That should give me 5 ports on the USW and two ports on the USG to use for whatever else..
whole orbit
Alright...I've had it with the WyzeSense integration. Works for awhile then fails. Suggestions on better motion and contact sensors?
drifting grove
So i purchased some Xiaomi door sensors and trying to connect them to smarthings / google assistent but it seems the device handlers are out of date? or i am doing something wrong, would someone able to point me to the right direction :D ?
winged knoll
Support with SmartThings itself is beyond this Discord - try their forum
Once you've got them connected to ST, we can help with the HA <> Google part of it
drifting grove
Fair, otherwise ill just toss em haha my brain, trying to get them to work for 2hrs close to done, might aswell buy already integrated ones, thx anyway.
glossy prism
correction: once you've got them connected to ST we can tell you to throw out the ST hub and buy a zigbee stick
winged knoll
Just switch to one of the direct #zigbee-archived integrations
timber sonnet
anyone here using https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tradfri-signal-repeater-30400407/?
glossy prism
Yeah I am with ZHA
floral scaffold
Hi guys, I've got a few Teckin SP23s off of Amazon recently hoping they can be flashed with Tuya. Does anyone have any of these?
Github entry seems to relate to older versions but new ones may not be flashed I understand
pliant hornet
Is anyone here using the Roborock S5 with the newest firmware, 2008?
I would like to know how I can get coordinates for spots and zones, since we cannot use FloleVac.. :(
tacit plinth
@pliant hornet you can use the xiaomi vac lovelace card to get cordss
crimson shadow
Anyone got any preferences on LED controllers for WS2812b strips?
atomic seal
hello, anyone using hue outdoor motion sensor ??
winged knoll
@crimson shadow I'd try in #diy-archived
crimson shadow
Thanks @winged knoll
pliant hornet
@tacit plinth how do I do that? The calibration step says to use FloleVac, iirc.
dusk cape
i just started with HA a few days ago, added my Harmony Hub via configuration.yaml as it was not automatically discoverd.
I've added Homekit in the configuration.yaml also so i can control the Harmony Hub via Homekit but the only thing i see in Homekit is "Harmony" where i can toggle ON/OFF but i cannot choose a Harmony Activity. How do i do that? Already found this topic but do lack some knowledge to implement it: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/homekit-new-options-tv-source/98912
oblique bear
@dusk cape you will need to create template switches based on each activity to achieve that....i am doing this myself too.
theres some docs on how template switches work
and here is my live example: https://github.com/dshokouhi/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/master/switches.yaml#L131
dusk cape
thanks for the github! im still in a really learning phase 🙂
value_template: "{{ is_state_attr('remote.harmony_hub_bedroom', 'current_activity', 'Bedroom SHIELD TV') }}"
means that its checking if the current_activity is not already 'Bedroom SHIELD TV' right?
cerulean trail
it will be True if the attribute is Bedroom SHIELD TV
dusk cape
when "true" it wont do anything right? or does it turn off? if you check the example on his github
cerulean trail
A value template does not do anything
winged knoll
Only automations do anything
The linked example uses the templates to define when the switch will show on or off
tacit plinth
bright jacinthBOT
dusk cape
is that correct? as it creates new "switch" it should pop-up automatically on Homekit right?
winged knoll
~rule6 @dusk cape
bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
Whether it shows automatically on Home Kit 🤷
dusk cape
i've added include_domains -switches, it pop-upped automaticall in Homekit
sorry for my pretty noobish questions, just started yesterday and i think im already on the right path but still need to learn a lot
split goblet
Maybe this is a better place for my question:
HA complains about an "Invalid config for [device_tracker.ping]" recently... what did change here? how can I fix that?
winged knoll
Sounds like a topic for #integrations-archived - when you're over there share your config
(and yes, things changed in 0.106 ISTR)
manic owl
is there somewhere i can get assistance with a vera controller?
winged knoll
The controller itself, or #integrations-archived with regards to HA
cerulean trail
local doctor office?
manic owl
the controller itself, it connects to internet, dashboard loads, but under devices it says the device failed to configure .. so i'm not sure whts going on
winged knoll
We can't help with Vera - don't they have their own forum?
manic owl
yes, but everyone here is better. lol
im a homelab guy, just getting into home automation stuff
wicked palm
hey. I'm trying to get https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cast/#home-assistant-cast to work - is this the place to ask?
Never mind, just found this: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/32370
stray nimbus
dunno but it works here
wicked palm
just read that you may need to define cors_allowed_origins: https://cast.home-assistant.io .I'll try that. Didn't work. I think I'll wait 'til it works for the other guys that experience the same error.
astral igloo
I just some Merkuy Contact Sensors at Walmart. I was able to get them into the Tuya App, but is there a way to get them seen by HA?
winged knoll
astral igloo
Doesn't look like the tuya component supports the sensors yet.
drifting grove
Hi All. I have a Sonoff TH16 running Tasmota, with a temperature sensor:DS18B20. I have added the Sonoff to my Homeassistant configuration.yaml:
sensor:
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: 'tasmotaDVES_689B2D/tele/'
icon: mdi:thermometer-lines
name: 'T-Ext'
unit_of_measurement: '°C'
value_template: '{{ value_json["DS18B20"]["Temperature"] }}'
Within Home Assistant, in the device, i can see the Temperature correctly. However, in the home page the icon of the sensor doesnt state the temperature. what am I missing?
winged knoll
That sounds like a display issue, which #frontend-archived can help with
dusk cape
Does anyone have an Enigma2 box? My Enigma2 mediabox crashes when i enable it in HA. a couple of seconds after i add the following in the configuration.yaml the box crashes and shows the "VU+" bootlogo.
media_player:
- platform: enigma2
host: 192.168.192.6
crude creek
Yo guys, any underfloor heater controllers that speak Zigbee?
zealous dune
https://zigbee.blakadder.com/hvac.html there's gotta be some here
zealous dune
nope
winged knoll
#zigbee-archived is likely a good place to ask though
haughty shuttle
anyone use something like this to tell when the dryer is done? https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15269
runic drift
not sure how that would work since it sounds to only sends a signal upon vibration detection not suggesting it's a constant signal.
oblique bear
i think energy meters are the way to go for those types of appliances
haughty shuttle
well the issue is its 220, so what kinda meter could you use for that?
oblique bear
hmm
runic drift
@haughty shuttle you would use something like this https://www.seeedstudio.com/Non-invasive-AC-Current-Sensor-100A-ma-p-547.html with an rpi or ardinuo or even a nodemcu ect
haughty shuttle
heeyyy
you can just put that right around the power cord?
or can it read through the insulation
runic drift
look up digiblurr yt videos, he shows it in action
round horizon
@haughty shuttle you could use a vibration sensor to detect when the drier is done. people have used xiaomi vibration sensor
or check amps to accurately detect if the dryer is running or not
wanton linden
Hi all - can anyone recommend a good IR blaster that is programmable? I.e. I would like to record a sequence using the existing remote, and then get that to play back?
I have seen the broadlink mini 3 but I don't know much about what is available for this kind of device. If anyone has a good (and cheap!) recommendation it would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
round horizon
this is the right channel for this question @wanton linden
it is Sunday night, a little slow. You may want to try again when there is more activity sometime later if you dont get timely response
wanton linden
Thanks @round horizon 🙂
glossy prism
I like my broadlink RM mini but I've been seeing people having issues getting it integrated lately so YMMV
peak talon
@wanton linden if you can do some soldering, you can solder a ir led to esp-01. Makes a very handy and small contraption
civic kraken
Broadlink mini works exactly like that and I've been very happy with mine for years now. It's very powerful too compared to most remotes. But if Tediore is right about those issues, you should probably check that out first
glass pumice
Good morning all. I have a dumb bell (with electro magnet) which id like to receive notifications when its pressed since the chime is not heard in some rooms at home. Would this work if i connect the current switch to s1 , s2? https://sonoff.tech/product/wifi-diy-smart-switches/sonoff-mini
haughty shuttle
Is the broadlink mini a remote? The hue dimmer remote is annoying me, sometimes the light just goes red when you press the button and it does nothing.
tacit plinth
@glass pumice if you have zigbee, you can get a $5 sage doorbell sensor from ebay
glass pumice
@tacit plinth thanks but I don't have ZigBee... Any idea if the sonoff will be any good for me
tacit plinth
Do you know the specs of your transformer? In the US its typically 24v DC
rotund dragon
Morning guys, anyone know how I can have 2 rainbird controllers on my system, separate IPs but only one set of valves show up. No errors in config , they just don't show. last week @empty nacelle mentioned to me that I may need to add it as a custom component, but honestly I have no idea what that means.
Anyone care to help me sort this out?
marsh sail
@rotund dragon i told you bout the custom component aswel 😄
@rotund dragon what you should do, is copy the full code of the current addon, just rename it. So you have 2 of them
rotund dragon
Hey Mimiix , yea you did mention it to me as well . I may be a bit slow at grasping what you mean. this - host: 192.168.1.10 password: 8346 trigger_time: 360 is the only code that I have . Are you saying that rather than call it rainbird: to change that to maybe sprinkler:?
wanton linden
@peak talon Yep thanks - was thinking of that - I have an M5Stick-C that I was going to use but I can't find a decent firmware
@glass pumice You should only need some kind of relay - @tacit plinth is correct - you need to know what kind of current you need to sink through the switch
tacit plinth
but I mis-stated -- 16 to 24V AC in the US, not DC
glass pumice
Here we have UK type (Malta). I'll check again I thinks it's 12v
wanton linden
So I dont really know what is available for that kinda of thing as I would generally just hack it together
easiest way would be to run the bell from a 9v battery
should still work - it's only a solenoid
In fact - I have one I think....
haha yep found it - if you are talking about the classic actual bell with a little hammer in it - they can run on 2 D cells
Since I had one handy - I tried it on my bench supply for you - at 3v it will make a ding with about 0.2 amps
@civic kraken So I can record a sequence to the Broadcom Mini and then schedule that to replay? If so that is perfect 🙂 Any demo I have seen only shows basic stuff .... I should RTFM I suppose....
rotund dragon
@marsh sail so I tried just changing the component name from rainbird to sprinkler and that did not work. Where would I find the current code residing? I found this dochttp://pydoc.net/homeassistant/0.61.0/homeassistant.components.rainbird/ , but not sure if that is the python code I need?
Do I just create the folder in custom component and provide it a name sprinkler and then create a file within that folder and call it sprinkler 8346?
wanton linden
Hi Tmidi - I know nothing about Rainbird, but, I am a developer - so what the OP seems to be saying by custom component, I think is what you have attempted to do
so if you have the logs from that session - that is what people need to see
Often when trying to rename something, it is easy to miss one spot where you wouldn't think it would be 🙂
Logs are the key - so if you post them here I can look for you 🙂
As far as I understand - you are trying to aggregate two rainbird instances into one - or at least sum their values
FWIW.... 99% of the time, if you are struggling against how it wants to work, it's easier to change how you interpret the data - so the real problem may be.... why do you want to do it that way?
rotund dragon
Hi @wanton linden , thanks for wading in on this. So What I am trying to do in integrate 2 rain bird controllers in my system. What I tried to do was just change the component name in my config file from rainbird: to sprinkler:. lol that only produced and integration error. I have no error logs concerning this component.
Your last statement is pretty true, I am learning that as I go.
wanton linden
So what you want really is sprinkler1 and sprinkler2 right? I don't think you should need two controllers to do that..... But hey I am a noob at this stuff so I would listen to others first :)
One thing I would do is - get your logs working - it's the only way to find out problems without just guessing. Measure, test, measure, repeat, fix/go mad 😛
rotund dragon
- host: 192.168.1.12
password: 8348
trigger_time: 360
- host: 192.168.1.10
password: 8346
trigger_time: 360
```so my logs work ....I think as I am getting error for other issues. just nothing for the second rainbird system. It seems from what I have read that the way to add a custom component is via a python file. I did find one , but before I go pressing buttons and making changes I want to be sure that I have a good understanding of how to do it and what to expect.
wanton linden
Ok so you can ping the second system ok? And if you swap them over - does the samne one work?
If you get what I mean there.....
so ping it to make sure the IP is there
swap them to confirm it is not an issue with the unit
then if all that works - it is because the message is only routed to one unit - then you know what the python should do 🙂
and anyway - why SHOULD it route to one or the other? Is the action the same?
rotund dragon
So the IP is there, units are working correctly. HA has all the valves for the first controller showing up as switch.sprinkler 1-6 and irrigation_group1. the second unit does not show any switches at all, but it does show up as an irrigation_group2 just no switches.
Actually I don't know what to do with the python file. I was hoping if that is the key to making this work that someone could tell me how to go abut creating the custom component.
wanton linden
so
rainbird:
- host: 192.168.1.12
password: 8348
trigger_time: 360
sprinkler:
- host: 192.168.1.10
password: 8346
trigger_time: 360
you have done that right?
right ok I think I get it
so the config for Rainbird only accepts one host, that is why you need two, or you need to modify rainbird to accept two - but, someone must have done this already - it can't be this difficult?
rotund dragon
Sprinkler: give an integration error
wanton linden
so from the python you sent - if this is the controller you are currently using
in your logsd you should see a line
_LOGGER.debug("Rain Bird Controller set to: %s", server)
drifting grove
2
rotund dragon
That python I posted I found on a HA site
wanton linden
post the actual error you get if you can
rotund dragon
I don't know how to find my own python setup
wanton linden
What are you running the server on - a pi?
rotund dragon
linux VM
wanton linden
ok then you just need to ssh into that
rotund dragon
```Component error: sprinkler - Integration 'sprinkler' not found````
wanton linden
right so Rainbird is an Integration
if you put Rainbird instead of sprinkler what happens?
i.e. you have 2 rainbird sections
rotund dragon
rainbird:```cool ok
soooooooo
the name identifies the module too
kinda sucks as the IP is different , but anyway
so yea - it looks like if you rename the rainbird integration and re-import it as sprikler integration - then it will know it is different
wanton linden
lol at a total guess
and I just guessed at this ... but should be reasonably close and you will see in the logs what fails
bright jacinthBOT
wanton linden
CONF_HOST is what really should distinguish between the two - not sure why it relies on the name
rotund dragon
referencing my earlier post would this```Do I just create the folder in custom component and provide it a name
sprinkler
and then create a file within that folder and call it
sprinkler 8346``` be the proper step the create the custom component
wanton linden
it depends how this is stored really - as I said I am a noob at this and just guessing
DATA_RAINBIRD_SPRINKLER = 'rainbird_sprinkler'
DOMAIN = 'rainbird_sprinkler'
these lines will probably define how it is routed
rotund dragon
so that would be where i change the name?
wanton linden
so maybe just copy the original and renbame the folder and it may pick up a diff name - dunno - the code I gave was for a component that does the same thing but is a tottally new component
so for the code I sent - you should call the folder rainbird_sprinkler
rotund dragon
got it and the file rainbird_sprinkler?
wanton linden
yup
no idea if it will work.... so if you are going to ruin the weed crop be careful 🙂
rotund dragon
lol
wanton linden
oh and your config should be rainbird_sprinkler too obviously
rotund dragon
Component error: rainbird_sprinkler - Integration 'rainbird_sprinkler' not found.
wanton linden
hmm - did the integration module load?
basically - rainbird is a name - which is linked to the integration, as far as I see it
rotund dragon
should I not add rainbird_sprinkler to the config file till after i restart with the new python file?
wanton linden
but maybe I am giving you really bad advice - I think this might belong on the diy chan ? or you may get better advice there