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rare hollow May 21, 2020, 5:30 PM

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Or maybe there is some kind of module/device which is supported by HA already?

fringe moon May 21, 2020, 5:50 PM

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What AC is it?

hot dew May 21, 2020, 8:43 PM

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I have two life360 trackers in a group. Is there a reason why when one person is "away", the group is also "away"? I don't have "all" set as true or false. Shouldn't the default be "home" as long as one person is "home"?

lyric flare May 22, 2020, 5:54 AM

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anyone else find the ios companion app glitchy since 110?

winged knoll May 22, 2020, 6:19 AM

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#ios_and_mac-archived would be the place to ask @lyric flare 😉

fringe moon May 22, 2020, 7:04 AM

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@hot dew have you set the all option or not? That will define the behaviour

rare hollow May 22, 2020, 7:25 AM

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What AC is it?
@fringe moon Pitsos. Belongs to Bosch Siemens. I have some pictures of the PCB

fringe moon May 22, 2020, 7:26 AM

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Interesting, I have a Samsung with an optional WiFi, just wanted to know if it was that haha

rare hollow May 22, 2020, 7:29 AM

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Any idea how to use an ESP8266 to replace it? I have I think 4 of those A/Cs here 😉

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Or how to reverse engineer it?

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Another idee is to use the usual IR thing with tasmota

fringe moon May 22, 2020, 7:33 AM

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No idea, would have to see how it is attached etc, I use IR with a broadlink and smartir for my dumb AC, to build something the guys over at #diy-archived might know more

rare hollow May 22, 2020, 7:35 AM

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Ok, will annoy them :D

I found some github project for Hisense but yeah, not Pitsos 😉

kindred pivot May 22, 2020, 8:30 AM

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homeassistant.exceptions.HomeAssistantError: Entity id already exists: binary_sensor.switch_location_hallway. Platform xiaomi_aqara does not generate unique IDs
Any idea how I can fix this?

hot dew May 22, 2020, 10:12 AM

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@fringe moon "all" isn't currently set but setting it to true or false doesn't seem to help.

soft lion May 22, 2020, 10:15 AM

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Hi Guys .. I have a Sonoff TH16 with a DS18B20 sensor setup using eWeLink, but I can not find it in HA .. is there something I have to do special for HA to find it?

zealous dune May 22, 2020, 10:16 AM

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did you set up the sonoff integration?

soft lion May 22, 2020, 10:17 AM

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No, I have tried to search for the integration in Supervisor, but no luck .. figured that it was buildin in the new HA

zealous dune May 22, 2020, 10:18 AM

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have you tried googling it instead of figuring?

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https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN

winged knoll May 22, 2020, 10:19 AM

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Also, integrations won't be found in the Supervisor

soft lion May 22, 2020, 10:19 AM

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Yes, but did not find anything usefull .. but let me try again 😉

hushed moth May 22, 2020, 12:54 PM

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I've a tasmota device with power monitoring. On the tasmota interface it updates very fast but in HA it does not. The sensor is still at 51 watts but that changed to 0 like 2 minutes ago on the tasmota interface. Does someone know what's going wrong? I wan't very fast updates so I can detect my tv is on and so change sources and stuff.

zealous dune May 22, 2020, 12:55 PM

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teleperiod

hushed moth May 22, 2020, 12:55 PM

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is that an option in the console?

zealous dune May 22, 2020, 12:56 PM

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the manul will tell you https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Home-Assistant/#power-monitoring

hushed moth May 22, 2020, 12:56 PM

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thx!

soft lion May 22, 2020, 1:48 PM

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Question .. Do I need to flash my Sonoff TH16 with DS18B20 with Tasmota to show temperature in HA even when I have the SonOff integration installed from AlexxIT?

zealous dune May 22, 2020, 2:01 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

fringe moon May 22, 2020, 4:44 PM

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I'd go tasmota or esphome over any other integrations tbh

blissful comet May 22, 2020, 5:01 PM

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I have a rpi zero that is connected to a rpi cam with MotionEye installed. Does anyone know how I can trigger a snapshot when the door opens?

drifting grove May 22, 2020, 8:20 PM

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Any idea why since .109 locks show up as two devices in HomeKit?

bright jacinthBOT May 22, 2020, 8:36 PM

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@high rune posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/g6Nvw94ccS/

winged knoll May 22, 2020, 8:37 PM

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~codewall @high rune

bright jacinthBOT May 22, 2020, 8:37 PM

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@high rune Rule #6: Please do not post codewalls (longer than 15 lines) - use sites such as https://hasteb.in/, https://paste.ubuntu.com/, or others.

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high rune May 22, 2020, 8:39 PM

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Good evening/day/morning..
If I want to display a attribute on device as a sensor, e.g. I have a switch that is pulling power usage data.
How would I go about creating a sensor of that data.
power 6330.98
current 27.81
voltage 227.95

winged knoll May 22, 2020, 8:42 PM

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Template sensor - https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template

misty sparrow May 22, 2020, 9:21 PM

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Hey good afternoon! have anyona had success flashing the following with tasmota?https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083LJZGFK/?coliid=I1P9F0QPXV84P5&colid=1033RZ2LTFOYQ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

keen ingot May 23, 2020, 12:33 AM

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Anybody have a Nortek Linear GD00Z-4 garage door opener? I've successfully paired it but all it seems to have available is a binary sensor.

winged knoll May 23, 2020, 8:23 AM

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Might want to ask in #zwave-archived about Z-Wave devices @keen ingot

spark dune May 23, 2020, 9:00 AM

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anyone using a Symfony Hub? My hub always goes to unavailable and comes back to "off" (which is the state i want) for 1-2 hours during the night for whatever reason.. but most of the time i cant use it, unless i unplug the hub, plug it back in and then it works again for some hours.. It always works with the harmony app, so it cant be a problem with the hub

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i tried the latest stable version and also the beta

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i already bought a smart powerplug to "reboot" the harmony hub once it becomes unavailable in homeassistant, but thats not the right way

white hemlock May 23, 2020, 11:23 AM

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include: entities: - sensor.smart_plug_bed_amps - sensor.smart_plug_bed_watts - sensor.smart_plug_bed_total_kwh - sensor.smart_plug_bed_volts - sensor.smart_plug_bed_today_kwh - sensor.smart_plug_bed_watts

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any way of passing everything from smart_plug_bed to influxdb rather than specifying everything manually?

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there's switch.smart_plug_bed but that doesn't seem to pull anything through

gritty zinc May 23, 2020, 11:55 AM

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I'm not aware of any way to glob entities for that purpose. Also, since you're asking about the integration and it's nothing to do with devices, #integrations-archived is a safer bet for help 😉

white hemlock May 23, 2020, 12:01 PM

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haha, sorry. it was a 50/50 toss-up between here and integrations

ashen tartan May 23, 2020, 6:23 PM

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Just got a WyzeSense starter kit. I already have a Wyze Cam Pan, and I’d rather not use the last USB port on my Synology NAS yet. The instructions for integrating the Wyze Sense sensors is a bit ambiguous— can it work with the bridge attached to the cam, or does it have to be attached to the HA host device?

bright jacinthBOT May 23, 2020, 6:32 PM

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@open socket posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/STtH5QJnZ9/

open socket May 23, 2020, 6:33 PM

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lol, now my question is gone also. Anyone a suggestion how I can update a current_temperature by hand instead of the plugin?

winged knoll May 23, 2020, 6:34 PM

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~codewall @open socket

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winged knoll May 23, 2020, 6:35 PM

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What do you mean? What are you trying to do?

open socket May 23, 2020, 6:37 PM

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The current_temperature is set by my AC plug-in but it is not working well. False data is provided. My Xiaomi sensor is giving the correct value so the idea was simple: if Xiaomi has a new temp than update the current_temperature 🙂

winged knoll May 23, 2020, 6:38 PM

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Short answer, no. Long answer, https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/generic_thermostat/ would allow you to do that, but it'll be ugly

open socket May 23, 2020, 6:39 PM

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Hmmmm that’s not the answer I was hoping for 😦 but hey, no is an answer already 😃

winged knoll May 23, 2020, 7:56 PM

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Have a look in devtools -> States and see 😉

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#zigbee-archived can help further though

glossy prism May 23, 2020, 8:51 PM

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@ashen tartan needs to be plugged into the host

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Step three: https://github.com/kevinvincent/ha-wyzesense/blob/master/README.md#installation-hacs---highly-recommended

undone mulch May 23, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Any idea how to use an ESP8266 to replace it? I have I think 4 of those A/Cs here 😉
@rare hollow did you check esphome - meanwhile almost of all my DIY stuff is base on esphome

midnight jolt May 23, 2020, 9:34 PM

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Not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask. I'm having some difficulty finding good sources because of the name. I'm working on a friend's setup and he's got some TCP Connected or "Connected by TCP" bulbs that are paperweights because of the company shutting down the API. I've been able to find some stuff that works with them outside of HA, but wondering if anyone here is familiar with them and whether there's some good documentation on making them discoverable by HA, either through firmware flash or really any method?

fringe moon May 23, 2020, 9:38 PM

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@midnight jolt probably tuya based, try tuya convert

midnight jolt May 23, 2020, 9:39 PM

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I'll look into that, thank you!

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Looks like this brand uses 6LowPAN, which I've never heard of, but seems to be similar to zigbee and requires a gateway. Don't think I'll be making these work.

fringe moon May 23, 2020, 9:54 PM

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https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/low-power-wireless-6lowpan-ieee802154-and-raspberry-pi

acoustic drum May 23, 2020, 10:09 PM

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Hi, I have 'Slide' curtains. However, they show up as blinds in Google Home. I would like to let them appear as curtains instead of blinds. The device_class is set to cover --> curtain already. Can I fix this?

undone moon May 24, 2020, 12:05 AM

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hm, Im thinking between lg and sony bravia tv's

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it seems to me that lg(webOS) has such plenty functionalities

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and bravia doesnt seem to have it such variarty?

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I mean lg > sony when it comes to richhiness of integration

lone summit May 24, 2020, 12:16 AM

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I have several X10 switches which I can control using mochad from the Overview page as a switch. I am trying to write an automation for one of the switches but I need a device id for that and it looks like it does not have one. Can I assign a device id? How would I do that?

misty sparrow May 24, 2020, 2:13 AM

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Hey everyone hope all are well! Im trying to add my lutro casetta switches to HA but cannot understand the doc: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/lutron_caseta/

snow mantle May 24, 2020, 2:13 AM

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is there a way to change a switch into a light without restarting HA? or at least make a switch also visible as a light?

bright jacinthBOT May 24, 2020, 2:16 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.switch/

glossy prism May 24, 2020, 2:16 AM

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Not without a restart though

snow mantle May 24, 2020, 2:17 AM

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how about without editing a yaml file then? is there a ui way to do this? because if I later rename the entity_id in the ui this would stop working

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wonder if this is something that could be done via appdaemon

glossy prism May 24, 2020, 2:19 AM

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Nope (to the first one)

snow mantle May 24, 2020, 2:20 AM

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I have the same problem with light groups.. hope eventually all that moves to the ui

glossy prism May 24, 2020, 2:23 AM

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I mean, how often are you changing entity IDs?

snow mantle May 24, 2020, 2:23 AM

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not often, but when I do I'm unlikely to remember that I also need to edit the config file

glossy prism May 24, 2020, 2:23 AM

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Ah gotcha

snow mantle May 24, 2020, 2:25 AM

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would be nice if changing something in one place would propagate that change everywhere else that's linked. don't know what the plans for the future are for that sort of thing

rare hollow May 24, 2020, 5:57 AM

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@rare hollow did you check esphome - meanwhile almost of all my DIY stuff is base on esphome
@undone mulch Nope, only tasmota + HA so far. But a device for Haier A/C (I think) was based on ESPHome, too... So maybe I really need to check it out. Need to read about ESPHome a bit I think... 😉

worldly kelp May 24, 2020, 6:00 AM

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Hi I wanted to ask a question. I have smart shades that are on this vertilux WiFi hub. Any way to integrate in HA?

acoustic drum May 24, 2020, 7:07 AM

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Hi, I have 'Slide' curtains. However, they show up as blinds in Google Home. I would like to let them appear as curtains instead of blinds. The device_class is set to cover --> curtain already. Can I fix this?

hollow roost May 24, 2020, 8:05 AM

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anyone know how to fix broadlink issue when upgrade Home assistant 0.110

hushed vale May 24, 2020, 8:15 AM

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"Hi,my google cast speaker and chromecast no longer recognised by HA, I've done restarts, cache clearing etc, how can I bring them back, I get this when i try to add in integrations : "äborted, no google cast devices found in network"

acoustic drum May 24, 2020, 8:17 AM

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Broadlink issue should be fixed in the next update I believe

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There is already a fix, just not released yet

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Assuming your talking about the storage issue?

wet stratus May 24, 2020, 12:37 PM

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hello, not sure if this is the right channel but here goes: I have a 'dumb' central fan that I want to make smart. It operates on 50v so a sonoff or shelly wont work because they require at least 110v input. Any suggestions on how I can make a smart switch of this?

cunning cypress May 24, 2020, 12:50 PM

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What is everyone using for blind motor/control?

humble lion May 24, 2020, 1:23 PM

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@cunning cypress i use fibaro Zwave for blind, i really like the fact that i can ask for any % with auto calibration

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does anyone have Nanoleaf connectivity issue ?

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https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/CCG3mZD5xp/

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it reply 1 time out of 10, i can't ping it reliably ... and that on the same network.
I juste did a hard reset to see if it help ... it didn't

cunning cypress May 24, 2020, 1:43 PM

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@humble lion Thank you. How do they work? / attach? I had been looking at soma/brunt. Etc.

humble lion May 24, 2020, 1:44 PM

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oh, sorry your looking to motorise blind that arent ... i though you where looking to contole motorized blind :(

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the fibaro are good for this because it can control both high and incline (for Venetian blind ), but it's juste a module with you connect to the motor wire...

fleet heart May 24, 2020, 2:31 PM

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Question .. Do I need to flash my Sonoff TH16 with DS18B20 with Tasmota to show temperature in HA even when I have the SonOff integration installed from AlexxIT?
@soft lion Sonoff TH with sensors supported
https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN/issues/110

zealous dune May 24, 2020, 2:31 PM

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the man himself! how's the camera support these days?

fleet heart May 24, 2020, 2:32 PM

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PTZ supported. Now working on something else

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https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN#sonoff-gk-200mp2-b-camera

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Someone please help this guy. I don't know what he wants from me :)
https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN/issues/114

winged knoll May 24, 2020, 3:08 PM

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They want you to read their mind 🤔

glossy prism May 24, 2020, 3:19 PM

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I don't even understand what they're asking for to begin with but maybe that's because I'm not familiar with the integration

burnt fox May 24, 2020, 5:04 PM

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Hey, i'm thinking of switching from hue bulb to the ikea one, but reading up on it it seems as if it only supports 3 color temperatures. Is that correct or can you set it to any value as you can with hue?

fringe moon May 24, 2020, 5:08 PM

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@burnt fox it has a scale

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Not just three values

burnt fox May 24, 2020, 5:09 PM

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cool, thanks
i was assuming that but it is nice to have it confirmed

fringe moon May 24, 2020, 5:18 PM

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I have a few of them

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haha

bright jacinthBOT May 24, 2020, 5:18 PM

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You can find his config lurking in the darkness.

burnt fox May 24, 2020, 5:20 PM

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lol

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ye, i already have your config from some time ago
helped with some stuff 👌

tender aurora May 24, 2020, 6:37 PM

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anyone gotten wanscam camera working with h-a?

winged knoll May 24, 2020, 6:37 PM

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Assuming you've searched the post history, I'd ask in #cameras-archived

zenith parrot May 24, 2020, 11:00 PM

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I don’t suppose anyone has done anything with decoding the ThermoWorks Smoke X wireless protocol to pull it into HA? It’s 915MHz but I bet it’s not just ASK like the last thing I looked into!

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 12:24 AM

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Hello, someone could help me with a sonoff mini flashed with tasmota? It can't connect to mosquitto..

bold roost May 25, 2020, 3:36 AM

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Guys i got a step up convertor for one of my device, is it ok to leave it on 24/7?

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:30 AM

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@fiery rain do you have others connected?

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@bold roost it is hard to say without knowing the ratings and the load your device is putting on it - I always oversize my step up by a factor of two and monitor the temp of them when running

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:32 AM

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@clear plover thanks for the reply. It was my first attempt to integrate something to home assistant besides my router that automatically showed up in the upnp

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:33 AM

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@fiery rain can you see if the mqtt server is up and running howhave you set it up is it part of hass.io or stand alone?

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:34 AM

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I was able to connect it later. My laptop with ubuntu running hassio in virtual box was connected in a secondary router. I switched it to my main router and it connected instantly. But now I can't make it work with Homekit module. It tries to pair and then it fails

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thanks for the help anyway @clear plover . Do you know where I could get help for the HomeKit module integration?

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:37 AM

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@fiery rain sound like you have either firewall setting stopping traffic from jumping across networks or there is no physical link, I have never used homekit as made a decision to be tasmota only

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:38 AM

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before I paired any devices, I could add the homekit bridge to my iphone home app

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but now it wont add. It tries to pair and in the end, it fails.

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how do you integrate with ios without homekit?

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:39 AM

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@fiery rain sorry I have no experience of homekit maybe DrZzs may be able to help

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or his server on here

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:40 AM

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no problem! I tried getting help there too. Not much success.. But I will keep trying

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:41 AM

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time of day makes a big difference I am in UK and find responce can be sparse however if I go online US evening get far more help

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:42 AM

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quick question. How to you control your tasmota devices with a iphone, for exemple? Without needing to go to the main page for home assistant or the ip page for the device

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time of day makes a big difference I am in UK and find responce can be sparse however if I go online US evening get far more help
@clear plover makes sense.. I live in brazil, but I will try again later

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:46 AM

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I use automations which control them so for example outside lights come on if I am heading back to home and it is dark and then they turn off after 30 mins of being home - you can also use actionable notifications but not got that sorted yet as I have been of net for a few months as my father was terminally ill but have more free time now. Digiblur and DrZzs have a good video on how to set them up.

bold roost May 25, 2020, 5:46 AM

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@clear plover so i got this 1000w rice cooker. My step up converter is 2000w

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Now the rice cooker is a smart ricecooker hence why its 24/7 on lol

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It doesn't cook all the time

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Im just wondering if its safe to leave power on when its idling

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:47 AM

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@bold roost if you run that while around and all stays cool you should be good for 24/7 just make sure it does not overheat as some Chinese units over egg their capability

bold roost May 25, 2020, 5:48 AM

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Thanks ill put a smart switch just in case

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:48 AM

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when in stand by it should be good as no current flowing or minimal

bold roost May 25, 2020, 5:49 AM

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Wonder how it impact my electricity bill

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:49 AM

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I would as why waist even a small amount of energy when its not being used

bold roost May 25, 2020, 5:49 AM

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I dont have anything to measure

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:49 AM

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sounds like all should be good

fiery rain May 25, 2020, 5:50 AM

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I use automations which control them so for example outside lights come on if I am heading back to home and it is dark and then they turn off after 30 mins of being home - you can also use actionable notifications but not got that sorted yet as I have been of net for a few months as my father was terminally ill but have more free time now. Digiblur and DrZzs have a good video on how to set them up.
got it. Yeah.. I want to control lights without a specific time, so I think I will need the HomeKit. I will keep looking! Thanks for the help

clear plover May 25, 2020, 5:51 AM

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welcomw and good luck

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 8:01 AM

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I'd ask in #integrations-archived @unreal berry - and provide the output of a command line config check

bright jacinthBOT May 25, 2020, 8:01 AM

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Always run the configuration check command when you make changes. Don't trust the UI check - it misses some problems.

unreal berry May 25, 2020, 8:04 AM

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Thanks @winged knoll

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:06 AM

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Anyone know of a Zigbee motion detector that can use line voltage? EU purchase if possible. I can always use the many battery-powered versions out there but I'd rather not have to change batteries if I don't need to. I found a Z-wave line voltage motion detector but my Google-Fu is failing me at the moment on Zigbee. I could just make a small power supply for one and wire it to the battery terminals.

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 9:06 AM

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I'd ask in #zigbee-archived

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:07 AM

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BUt it's a device question! 😉 OK, good point.

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 9:08 AM

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It is, but there's a more specific channel so you'll have more luck there 😉

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:08 AM

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Not sure if you're on the Facebook HA group but I gave you props in my garage controller post

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 9:08 AM

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I'm not, I don't really use FB 😄

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Thanks though

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:09 AM

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I'm old, and I have old friends 😄

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:14 AM

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Are you suggesting that only old people use Facebook? I thought I was still young 😦

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Not sure if you're on the Facebook HA group but I gave you props in my garage controller post
@teal glade That's a decent writeup. Have you considering putting it up on something like hackaday.io for more people to find? I only ask because Facebook's algorithms make it really hard to find anything, whereas those sites are easy to search and will appear in Google results 🙂

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:23 AM

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Are you suggesting that only old people use Facebook? I thought I was still young 😦
@gritty zinc I totally am! 😄 Kids these days wouldn't use it, there are cooler platforms that their grandparents aren't using to share pictures of their gardening.

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:24 AM

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I have never had facebook thankfully 🤣

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:25 AM

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34 here and still using it. Even if the 'good old days' of it being an invite-only networking tool were better than the stupid memes and spam that dominate it now.

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:25 AM

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As for hackaday.io. I've never heard of it until now. I didn't think it was so special as I mostly followed two YouTube videos and then asked Tinkerer 3000 questions.

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:25 AM

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You youngster!

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:25 AM

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I don't think I see many gardens though. Mostly what people ate for breakfast... 😐

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hackaday is great. It's one of those sites you'll come across when you Google obscure projects. People do write-ups of exactly the kind of stuff you just did, Bigfork.

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:26 AM

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What about github?

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More for code I suppose

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:26 AM

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Maybe your stuff is fairly specific to certain equipment, maybe it's not. Either way, it could help people figure out their problems or inspire them to create something.

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GitHub can be okay for pages but it's not where I'd go for a tutorial. Your call though.

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Entirely up to you whether you want to put any more effort into sharing or not, you're not obliged 😄

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:29 AM

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Well, the write up is about done. I think to be complete I should add the config and Lovelace YAML. I'll check out hackaday, looks like a fun place to get some mroe ideas myself.

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The funny part is that my garage isn't even here yet. It gets delivered in a month or so. I know what garage door opener is coming so I looked up the user manual for that and figured out what I needed. Watch them deliver something totally different! 😄

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:32 AM

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I need to remake my garage controller

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It is currently just wires connected to a buck and ESP and relay and sensors, I should get it on a protoboard 🤣

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:37 AM

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Sounds finished to me! 😄

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:37 AM

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yeah, especially with that 230-5v buck 🤣

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 9:37 AM

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I don't see the problem. Just don't touch it with wet hands.

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:37 AM

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Noted! uses wet feet

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:40 AM

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I had an Electrical Engineering professor (who taught the class for the Mechanical Engineers, dumbed down a bit I suppose). He said, "if you're ever dumb enough to check line voltage by licking your fingers and touching the wires, at least use two fingers on the same hand!"

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:42 AM

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I had a teacher in analogue electronics 20 years ago who was one of the countries best in his field, he still made us lick our fingers and sit with a variac and test how far we could go (on one hand) 🤣

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:42 AM

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And going back to the age comments earlier, my only formal training in a programming language was Fortran-77. The "77" is significant 😄

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:43 AM

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Hey, I'm turning 36 in little over a week, my wife says I'm closer to 90 though

teal glade May 25, 2020, 9:44 AM

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To be fair, Fortran-90 was out by that point but my school hadn't bothered to upgrade. Thanks for the "OK Boomer" 😄 🤣

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 9:44 AM

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I'm not judging, my desk in engineering school had a floppy copy of Turbo-Pascal in it

peak talon May 25, 2020, 11:02 AM

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I have a 386 vacuum packed. one day I am going to sell it as antic! bids anyone?

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 11:02 AM

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I'll raise you my IBM PS\1

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The 286 one

peak talon May 25, 2020, 11:03 AM

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still had that 8086 with me sometime back. think its still back in india rotting in dust! still remember that register programming

gritty zinc May 25, 2020, 11:07 AM

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I definitely feel young now 😄

fringe moon May 25, 2020, 11:08 AM

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well, you are a whole 1 year younger than me atleast 🤣

teal glade May 25, 2020, 11:10 AM

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BBC Acorn Electron with the cassette player to load the programs

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32k of RAM 😄

teal glade May 25, 2020, 1:27 PM

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@teal glade That's a decent writeup. Have you considering putting it up on something like hackaday.io for more people to find? I only ask because Facebook's algorithms make it really hard to find anything, whereas those sites are easy to search and will appear in Google results 🙂
@gritty zinc https://hackaday.io/project/171932-wi-fi-garage-door-opener-for-home-automation

sullen iris May 25, 2020, 2:45 PM

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Hello, Not sure if this is the channel for this question. I just found out my place has 2-wire electrical system. Replacing the whole system is on my list to do but its pretty expensive. Can I use smart plugs and switches with a 2-wire.

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 2:45 PM

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Switches/dimmers yes - if they're designed for two wire setups

sullen iris May 25, 2020, 2:46 PM

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how about outlets ?

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 2:46 PM

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No idea, that'll depend in part on where in the world you are I suspect 🤷

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I'd be surprised though

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Two wire devices normally leave a small amount of current flowing, so they're still "on"

fiery sonnet May 25, 2020, 2:47 PM

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Having an issue trying to get a smoke/co detector to show up in homekit, it shows up fine in HA but for some reason its not making it over to HomeKit. Everything else i add in HA shows up fine. Any ideas ? its a First Alert Smoke Co Combo, Zwave.

sullen iris May 25, 2020, 2:49 PM

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@winged knoll yeah I will have to see. Thank you again for everything.

smoky perch May 25, 2020, 2:55 PM

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My outlets recently lost connection with IFTTT thru smart life, so I tried the Brilliant app workaround, but they still don’t show up in IFTTT, any ideas?

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 2:55 PM

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IFTTT.... 🤢

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Weren't they the lot that said they were pulling IFTTT support?

smoky perch May 25, 2020, 3:00 PM

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Tuya or whatever pulled IFTTT support I think (even tho my light strip and outdoor dimmer outlet still work with smart life), and I found a workaround by setting them up with the Brilliant app instead, but they still don’t show up in IFTTT

fiery sonnet May 25, 2020, 3:01 PM

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no ideas on the zwave smoke into homekit via HA ?

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 3:02 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homekit#disable-auto-start maybe

fiery sonnet May 25, 2020, 3:03 PM

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interesting , ill give that a try

smoky perch May 25, 2020, 3:06 PM

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Had to resort to using Alexa routines to make my outlets work even tho I don’t own one lol

mortal ridge May 25, 2020, 4:32 PM

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Has anyone already worked with MQTT Cover and the automatic discovery?

I have there a problem. Anybody know how to fix it?
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/35194#issuecomment-633633382

bright jacinthBOT May 25, 2020, 5:20 PM

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@rustic briar posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Gc8fvcGRVf/

rustic briar May 25, 2020, 5:21 PM

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wait pls remove that i found a channel called #cameras-archived

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 5:23 PM

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~codewall @rustic briar

bright jacinthBOT May 25, 2020, 5:23 PM

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@rustic briar Rule #6: Please do not post codewalls (longer than 15 lines) - use sites such as https://hasteb.in/, https://paste.ubuntu.com/, or others.

Please take the time now to review all of the rules and references in #rules.

vestal hazel May 25, 2020, 5:47 PM

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I have an esp8266 which controls relay board(8 relays) connected through ds2408(1-wire i/o extender), every 5 seconds the device sends the state_topic, but I have noticed that sometimes when automated script sent the command to switch relay and by network issue the command was not received by device,and in the next 5 seconds the device will send a new state which will have an old status, thus the automated command was not applied. This is very rare case but unfortunately it happens.. Could you please advise how to avoid such situations ?

naive basin May 25, 2020, 8:34 PM

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Does anyone know how to completely reset a conbee 2 (deconz addon). If I uninstall it, then reinstall it, all my old groups are still there.

winged knoll May 25, 2020, 8:38 PM

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#zigbee-archived would

south storm May 25, 2020, 11:30 PM

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Hi guys. Loving Home Assistant. I'm using Siri to control my heat pump air conditioner - when I ask it to 'Heat the room to 23º" it puts the AC on 'Auto' mode - it's currently winter here and I want it to only heat, not to cool when it goes over the set point. Is there a way to do that?

gentle fulcrum May 26, 2020, 4:37 AM

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well bugger, searching back and it seems a few others have had issues with Google cast (Mini's, in my case) going Unavailable... can't seem to find a solution though?

gentle fulcrum May 26, 2020, 5:46 AM

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deleted the integration and now it won't find any of the devices. mDNS is on.

winged knoll May 26, 2020, 6:20 AM

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@gentle fulcrum How did you install HA? I know many folks using #330944238910963714 have had issues if they're using a VM 🤷

gentle fulcrum May 26, 2020, 7:18 AM

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Yeah, supervised on ubuntu.

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Hadn't noticed it wasn't working until today though (finally got weber igrill MQTT working and wanted TTS meat temps!) so not sure how long it's been cactus for. Spotify ios app working fine which is all we use generally.

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might restore a snapshot tomorrow - ive got low n slow beef brisket cooking and don't want to lose the temps today lol

wooden bridge May 26, 2020, 12:05 PM

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Hi, im trying to compile a TTGO camera ESPHome script. When i compile it crashes on this line. Has anyone seen this before? INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/ttgocamera.yaml...
INFO Detected timezone 'GMT' with UTC offset 0 and daylight savings time from 28 March 01:00:00 to 31 October 02:00:00
INFO Generating C++ source...
INFO Compiling app...
INFO Running: platformio run -d /config/esphome/doorbell
Processing doorbell (board: esp-wrover-kit; framework: arduino; platform: espressif32@1.11.0)

Error: Could not load broken JSON: /root/.platformio/packages/toolchain-xtensa32/package.json

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Thanks

bright jacinthBOT May 26, 2020, 12:05 PM

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ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32. You can find their documentation here, and get help here in the #diy-archived channel. They have their own Discord server too.

winged knoll May 26, 2020, 12:06 PM

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I'd ask on their discord ☝️

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:05 PM

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What is peoples verdicts on RF solutions? I have a fan that I want to use... only requirement is google home

winged knoll May 26, 2020, 1:06 PM

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Depends on what you mean by RF

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Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, WiFi, those are all RF 😉

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If you mean the uni-directional stuff that uses 433 MHz (typically)... 👎

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:08 PM

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Hmm fair enough 😛

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let me check

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:08 PM

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The only RF solution I have, and will likely ever have, is a monitor for a cheap RF doorbell.

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433MHz RF = bad

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:09 PM

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https://www.meaco.com/cooling/meacofan-1056-air-circulator

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It has a remote, and I just am assuming its RF as I don't know anything on the subject

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:11 PM

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Maybe even IR. Looks like the plastic moulding on the front would lend itself well to conceal an IR receiver.

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For a device where the remote is intended to be used in the same room, I'd wager IR over RF.

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:12 PM

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ahh gotcha, It does need to be pointed for it to work so definitly IR

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power on and off won't turn on to previous state either so can't utiize that 😛

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how do IR hubs work, do they need to be in direct line of site I assume

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:16 PM

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As you've just pointed out, the receiver needs to be able to 'see' the remote. 😉

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Position it somewhere in the room where it's got clear line of sight to all devices it'll interact with.

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:17 PM

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do IR devices have to be compatible with the hub or is everything compatible?

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:17 PM

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Alternatively, some clever use of mirrors will deal with corners 😉

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I've never worked with them but I believe they follow the same principle as 433MHz RF devices. The remote will be pre-programmed with a bunch of codes, and the receiver can understand those codes. If you're going to use a hub, it needs to be one that can be 'taught' those codes.

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:18 PM

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from my bried research most reccomend Broadlink devices?

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:19 PM

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I've seen them mentioned a ton, so that's probably a safe bet. I think there's a native HA integration for them too.

bright jacinthBOT May 26, 2020, 1:19 PM

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

gritty zinc May 26, 2020, 1:19 PM

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Neat. That command does what I thought it does 😄

tidal grotto May 26, 2020, 1:21 PM

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Thanks, Been thinking of buying this sort of device for curiosity anyway 🙂

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amazon return it if it don't work

heady swan May 26, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Hi 😉
Someone would have implemented a mailbox sensor ?
I'm looking for a sensor which send a notification to HA when a mail is posted in the box
but the problem is the distance
There is around 50m, with obstacles

analog niche May 26, 2020, 3:38 PM

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@heady swan If you want to go into over-engineering mode, this is a great thread... https://discourse.superhouse.tv/t/a-new-item-to-automate-the-mailbox/245/36 😋 A long range 433MHz "door switch" is the simple solution. Something like https://www.paradox.com/Products/default.asp?CATID=4&SUBCATID=47 You can get hundreds of meters with a long range module like this... https://www.seeedstudio.com/2KM-Long-Range-RF-link-kits-with-encoder-and-decoder-p-321.html

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:48 PM

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Hopefully this is a right place to ask. I'm looking to replace my xiaomi/aqara gateway because it works pretty poorly with hass ime. What's a simple to use device I could replace it with ? mostly want to use it with some xiaomi sensors and ikea power plugs

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:49 PM

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what is simple for you?

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:49 PM

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not having to solder, 3D print something, etc

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something I could just use with homeassistant

heady swan May 26, 2020, 3:50 PM

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@analog niche Thanks ! But... is it easy to integrate on HA ? (i'm a newbee 😆)

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:50 PM

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@drifting grove i guess deconz ConBee2 stick or HUBZB1

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:50 PM

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thanks i'll look those up

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:51 PM

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

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here's a plethora of options

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:51 PM

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thanks

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with something like that I can use the xiaomi sensors and stuff like ikea plugs right ?

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:52 PM

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mroe or less... xiaomi is not exactly 100% reliable in all zigbee networks

uneven pendant May 26, 2020, 3:52 PM

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Whats everyones thoughts on SD Cards? Ive just ordered a Sandisk Micro SD upon realising none of my cards are actually "A2" Spec. I take it thats what could be causing some delays pushing commands to devices?

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:52 PM

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ok, for now I only have one sensor so maybe I should go look elsewhere entirely and give up on their stuff

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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possibly, i personally have quite a few of them and everything is working fine with a v2 gateway for over 2 years

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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it worked great for months, but now HA just loses the gateway all the time

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:53 PM

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but if you're just starting you should look for zigbee 3.0 gear which should technically be more compatible and easier to use

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:54 PM

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sometimes the xiaomi app doesn't even see the gateway, somtimes it does, I can't make any sense of it

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k thanks

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:54 PM

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probably networking issue

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:54 PM

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I use a ubiquiti AP and it's like 3m from the gateway :/

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:55 PM

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doesnt mean there's no issues

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:55 PM

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what kind of issue could it be ?

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neighbors are all super far away, can't even see their networks

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:55 PM

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not a signal quality issue, a networking issue, netowrking has many layers

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:55 PM

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the wifi is working great, it's just the xiaomi gateway that is driving me insane :p

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:56 PM

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did you assign a fixed ip to your gateway?

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:56 PM

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yes I have the mac and fixed ip set in HA config

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:57 PM

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thats not at all what i asked

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 3:57 PM

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the answer is yes

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should have added a "and"

zealous dune May 26, 2020, 3:57 PM

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that should cover most of usual problems

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for more debuggin you need to follow networking logs to see what happens when it drops from HA

thin niche May 26, 2020, 3:59 PM

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I don't suppose anyone know's what the names are for the HDMI sources on android tv?

I can call media_player.select_source with 'Plex' or 'Netflix', but I can't seem to work out how to select HDMI1 etc.

fringe moon May 26, 2020, 4:23 PM

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@drifting grove time to move to something else it seems haha I can say my Xiaomi stuff works nicely on zigbee2mqtt

rocky charm May 26, 2020, 6:11 PM

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I'm trying to change my door sensor icon to be a closed door when the sensor is off and an open door icon when the sensor is tripped. Every time I add customize to my configuration.yaml I get an invalid config that the component customize cannot be found

winged knoll May 26, 2020, 6:33 PM

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Because it goes under homeassistant:

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/basic/#customize

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 6:52 PM

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Is there a way of finding out which device/service this refers to: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection.140580048669008

drifting grove May 26, 2020, 7:34 PM

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yeah I think so too @fringe moon , also I'd rather use a gateway/stick that wasn't made by a huge chinese corp anyway, so if it doesn't even work anymore I might as well change

rich burrow May 26, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Here's a weird one. I cannot for the life of me get bluetooth to work in a VM. It full-stop refuses to recognize either of the USB BT modules I install. They pass into VirtualBox just fine, but hassio won't show them in devices, despite console recognizing them by name.

My issue is communicating with the limited BLE switch solutions I have (Switchmate). When run on an rpi, bluetooth just works correctly.

In the past, I've used an rpi zero with a separate instance and a custom component called remote_homeassistant -- is that still probably the best way to go about it? The switches DO get imported into my hassio install, but if there's a known-good way to get Bluetooth in a VM I'm not aware of, I'm all ears.

fringe moon May 26, 2020, 10:05 PM

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Virtualbox is a horrible hypervisor and usb passthrough is magic at best in most hypervisors @rich burrow

rich burrow May 26, 2020, 10:06 PM

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It's worked "okay" for most of the time I've had it. I just recently retired my z-stick in favor of SmartThings v3 (I know, I know, but it's SUCH a solid z-wave hub), and had few issues with communication.

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It does passthrough and the filters work like they're supposed to. Like I said, hassio does recognize in console that they're USB BT modules. I just get no interface with them.

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If remote_homeassistant is still the kind of "preferred' method to close this loophole, I'm okay with it for now. It's just slightly fiddly and requires me to babysit it, as HA on a PiZW is a terrible experience, all things considered and all deference to the devs who made it possible.

fringe moon May 26, 2020, 10:13 PM

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Is there any reason you can't use something like an esp32 with esphome to communicate with the ble device ? Then get that into ha?

rich burrow May 26, 2020, 10:16 PM

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I did think of that, but I'm not familiar enough with the commands the switches are looking for, and switchmate.py already works in homeassistant without much issue, provided again there's an interface.

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My thought is, why re-invent the wheel, when an esp32 and esphome may require just as much space and power as a pizerow to get the same effect?

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The kicker is the smartthings v3 hub has a disabled bluetooth radio on board.

drifting zenith May 27, 2020, 1:24 AM

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Good afternoon. I am moving my devices to home assistant. I was using wink, went to smartthings last week - had an network outage where they sugested I reset my hub and start over, and now using HA
I have the norton go controler usb zigbee/zwave stick and it is working pretty well.
If I do snapshots and back up my files, will it restore the devices my stick is decting?

noble prairie May 27, 2020, 2:18 AM

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Hrm, strange. I'm reading that a remotec zrc-90 is uspported out of box in HA, but when i add mine, it just shows up as unknown device

plush flicker May 27, 2020, 3:37 AM

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Hello all. I have a device that is bluetooth only and I can connect it to my iphone for control of it. I would like to connect it to Hassio and control it from there. Would someone be kind enough to point me it a direction to start working on this please? ESP32 or some other type of device to get it into HA? Thanks for your help.

drifting zenith May 27, 2020, 4:20 AM

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i think the forums may be better place to ask questions

velvet sedge May 27, 2020, 4:28 AM

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I am after some help with a foscam IP camera. I had it working under lovelace so that clicking on the live camera feed would open a larger viewing window. I have since tried successfully using a picture elements card that supports panning and tilting. Can I have both? If not can I have two elements on lovelace, one with the ability to pan and tilt the camera and another where clicking on the live camera image pops open a larger image?

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At them moment i have 'more-info' set on the picture as the tap command, and this opens a window for the foscam camera that has a 'preload stream' option unticked and a viewing window (very small) and it sits with the looping indicator showing it is trying to load something but never shows any video

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:13 AM

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Anyone suggest a device that will flash. something small would be great

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:30 AM

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A lightbulb?

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:31 AM

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Honestly anything. i know i could do a light bulb but i would just be replacing a smart light that doesn't have flash for one that does.

bright jacinthBOT May 27, 2020, 6:31 AM

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The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy, both on the part of people asking for help, and on the part of those providing help.
The problem occurs when people get stuck on what they believe is the solution and are unable to step back and explain the issue in full.

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:31 AM

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What is your goal here?

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:32 AM

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I want to be able to setup a automation that alerts me when my garage door is opening

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:32 AM

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Ah, you're looking for a light effect embedded in the light...

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:32 AM

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My plan was to use my lights. They do not support flashing command

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yes basically

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:34 AM

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Not sure then, the only things I know of that support that are things like the Yeelight range, and WLED

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WLED is for digital strips, and Yeelight do analogue strips (amongst other things)

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:36 AM

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ok

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i might have to find another way to being notified

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:39 AM

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If you've got Google Home/Alexa/Sonos/etc then TTS (voice notifications) is easy enough

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A smart LED strip can be hidden from direct view too, it just needs power. If you're using WLED then you can make it any size you want

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:41 AM

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The alexa i did think about but if i have my headphones on I wanted something visual. I might look into the Wled

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 6:44 AM

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https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/ and they have their own Discord too

split pumice May 27, 2020, 6:48 AM

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Yeah i just googled and they were the first to show up

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 6:59 AM

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amazfit gtr watch, 60 days battery life for me, I get notifications, vibrates ;D

dreamy mango May 27, 2020, 8:50 AM

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Hello everyone,
I am currently tryinig to find a cheap solution to monitor the temperature in my living room.
Since I have an Android TV box in this room, I was thinking about plugging a USB thermostat in it.
Yet, I have no clue if this could work. What are your thoughts?
Are there some specific models or brands you would recommend or advise to stay away from?

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 8:51 AM

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Why not just go with Zigbee and a Xiaomi Aqara temperature sensor?

dreamy mango May 27, 2020, 8:53 AM

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I am not familiar at all with Zigbee. To be honest, I am very very new to domotics in general.
I would prefer to have something that does not require any cloud connection but I am unsure whether Zigbee would fulfill this wish.

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 8:54 AM

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#zigbee-archived (see the channel) is purely local

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Add a USB stick, and away you go

dreamy mango May 27, 2020, 8:54 AM

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That sounds awesome thank you very much

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 8:54 AM

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It also means you're not sticking the sensor right by a source of heat 😉

dreamy mango May 27, 2020, 8:55 AM

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Yes of course I would need the sensor to be away from any computer/radiator/fridge etc. in the room!

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I am going to try and learn a bit more about Zigbee and will definitely go and ask questions in the dedicated channel, thank you people!

bright jacinthBOT May 27, 2020, 8:58 AM

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

deCONZ is relatively stable and mature with its own UI. It can run in an add-on, in a Docker container, or natively. Known working devices are documented, and how to request support for a new device is documented too (you can't add unsupported devices yourself).

zha is actively developed as part of Home Assistant Core, using the zigpy stack, the UI also being part of Home Assistant. There is no list of supported devices, as any standards compliant device should work. Devices that require extra support are listed, and adding unsupported devices is documented (you can't add unsupported devices yourself).

Zigbee2MQTT is very actively developed and can run in an add-on for Hass.io, in a Docker container, and natively, with no native UI. It uses MQTT for control and configuration, but there are third party UIs. The known working devices are well documented (which usually includes how to pair them so you don't have to find the manual), and adding unsupported devices is also documented.

spring roost May 27, 2020, 1:51 PM

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is there a way to hide devices/entities so that lists are not so overwhelming? Is only a problem where you discover things rather than configure them, I just assume there will be more of this in the future vs the hand Yaml.

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 1:53 PM

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Sure, in the #frontend-archived just take control

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dotsvertical -> Take control

spring roost May 27, 2020, 2:03 PM

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where are the three dots? I've discovered things can have a hidden tag. Just not finding where I can do that in the UI.

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 2:15 PM

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Top right corner of the UI

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See #frontend-archived

zenith parrot May 27, 2020, 3:08 PM

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what are people using to set up Bluetooth beacons?

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 3:23 PM

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Scan for beacons with HA, scan for beacons with their phone, or the actual beacons?

zenith parrot May 27, 2020, 3:25 PM

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the latter

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to place in the house

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like hardware/software

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 3:26 PM

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Chipolo beacons are cheap and work

zenith parrot May 27, 2020, 3:26 PM

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though I guess I’m also interested in whether people have been successful running monitor.sh with a less powerful thing than a Pi Zero W, like some ESP board

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I’ll look into that, thanks!

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 3:27 PM

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Well, monitor requires a bunch of things that may not exist on ESP... if you can run Linux with mosquitto though

zenith parrot May 27, 2020, 3:32 PM

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yeah, I guess it would be a port rather than really running monitor.sh

daring yacht May 27, 2020, 4:41 PM

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Hello there, somebody knows what entity and what value mean the "alarm" state on Fibaro CO Sensor (Zwave)? I would like to use it a automation. https://i.imgur.com/DA4MRzg.png

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 4:42 PM

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See #zwave-archived and https://home-assistant.io/docs/z-wave/entities/

daring yacht May 27, 2020, 4:47 PM

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@winged knoll my alarm type is "0" but the documentation say the corect value is "2"

winged knoll May 27, 2020, 4:50 PM

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See #zwave-archived

analog dust May 27, 2020, 5:44 PM

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hi there anyone using WLED's ?

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 5:47 PM

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I take it when someone says yes, there'll be a follow-up question. Can we skip ahead to that part?

analog dust May 27, 2020, 5:52 PM

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🙂 i was looking for a way to set the preset from node red, but just found the wled doc in HA that that option is not available

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so i just looked beyond my nose and found out a http command is also available in WLED, so just giving a http command from node red, bypassing HA

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Yeah, from the little I've experimented with WLED, the HTTP commands seem way easier to work with.

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You get to set effects/speeds/colours/etc all in a single command.

analog dust May 27, 2020, 5:57 PM

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yep tried a wled palette in nodeRed, but thats outdated and buggy

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 5:57 PM

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Oh... and if you're interested, the MQTT interface is basically just another way to send the HTTP commands. So if you have other things communicating via MQTT, that's another nice way to feed commands to it.

analog dust May 27, 2020, 5:58 PM

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yeah i have some sonoff & shelly's through MQTT, but this seems a bit easier to setup then mqtt, and wled docs say: "The MQTT implementation is currently being restructured to provide a better experience for users of Home Assistant and other automation software. "

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 5:59 PM

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I saw that. I took that as a warning that future updates may introduce breaking changes. I'm happy to keep the version I have installed already.

analog dust May 27, 2020, 6:00 PM

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at least the stupid 'running 'red light under the dishwasher is gone and replaced by a shimmering blue WLED strip:)

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Oh, nice idea!

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I'd put an LED strip under the dishwasher but I don't think it'd stay attached to her feet long...

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Bought this - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000201716852.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.55a64c4dqT9vDG

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Works great with Phillips hue app, although home assistant color picker does not work, it can only do on/off, color picker don't do anything

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:34 PM

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If they're 5050, shouldn't that mean you can throw away the controller and attach an ESP instead?

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:40 PM

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I bought it for the controller lol

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:40 PM

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😮

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:40 PM

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I ain't into flashing

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:41 PM

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Get atxbyea to do it for you. I think his life mission is to get as many ESP's into projects as possible 😄

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:41 PM

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Don't you need a rasberry pi to do that?

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:42 PM

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To flash an ESP? Nah. I got a cheap (£3) USB to serial adapter and some jumper cables, and flashed mine from my PC.

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Some don't even need the adapter stuff if they have onboard USB connections.

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:43 PM

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that first sentence too much to disect

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😄

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is'nt jumpers just for winter?

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:43 PM

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Jumper cable = connector cable. Usually not intended for permanent things where you're going to solder.

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Sell em predone on ebay 😛

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 7:44 PM

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The ESPs? The thing is, they're versatile. Everyone wants to do something different with them.

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Like... you could wire one up inside your coffee machine to make it smart. I just do flashy LEDs.

keen ingot May 27, 2020, 7:45 PM

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Anybody know of a water/leak sensor that has a "sensor cord" similar to the Eve or Flo sensors (but actually usable via zwave/zigbee/etc and not locked to BLE or Wifi operation?)

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 7:46 PM

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hive maybe

pearl ruin May 27, 2020, 8:27 PM

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any suggestions for a good weight scale that is easy to integrate into HA (local control preferable)? thanks!

tidal grotto May 27, 2020, 8:33 PM

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what is the end goal @pearl ruin ?

gritty zinc May 27, 2020, 8:35 PM

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120lb

pearl ruin May 27, 2020, 9:41 PM

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@tidal grotto - end goal is to record people's weight on a daily basis and track it over time

finite pulsar May 27, 2020, 10:39 PM

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@pearl ruin I have done it with a Xiaomi Miscale and openmqttgateway running on ESP32. I use intervals defined in home assistant to differentiate between different family members

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Influxdb is handy for graphs over the long term

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I use a time window to discard measurements taken at the “wrong” times

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Total cost less than 30 euros I think

keen ingot May 28, 2020, 4:34 AM

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Cool I didn't even think about integrating my scale stuff.

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Looks like there's an existing Withings integration

misty sparrow May 28, 2020, 5:40 AM

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anyone had any luck setting up : https://www.amazon.com/Aqara-REQUIRES-Automation-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B081ZQWX1F?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1

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also, can you use HA with two zigbee adapters?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 6:17 AM

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Not zha, but two deCONZ probably, or two Zigbee2MQTT installs certainly. Or a mix and match. #zigbee-archived can help more

misty sparrow May 28, 2020, 6:33 AM

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ok

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thank you!

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 8:03 AM

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@pearl ruin not sure there is going to be something with HA here but xiaomi scales do this with the app, it adds the data to whoever's fine is closest so each person needs it setup on there phone and have it near them

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 9:55 AM

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Tinkerer - This came yesterday - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000201621618.html

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Plugged into 5M of CCT Led, and added to the Hue Bridge no issues, all controls via hue working great. Google home also controlling great, then controll via HA is not working, on/off works no problem, but changing color does not work, I then reset them and connected to Deconz again connected straight away no issues, and the on/off and colors work fine, into HA and it works fine for colors, so looks like this route does not work with the Hue HA integration.

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:01 AM

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Well, good to know they work directly with a Zigbee controller

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:01 AM

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pretty impressed for £10

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will be changing the DC power they sent, so light and is using 2.7 watts when off lol

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Can you tell me the diffrence in these two LED types? - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000201716852.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.47a24c4dDcoseA and these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000210392450.html?spm=2114.12010610.8148356.9.357113930yRVQU

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:04 AM

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Beyond what you too can read there... 🤷

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One is 90 LED/m, one is 60 LED/m

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That's likely the biggest difference, in actual use

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:05 AM

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what does this mean 😄

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more bright i spose?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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More light, and smoother light

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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saturated?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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The more LEDs you have in a given distance the smoother the light source is

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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ah gotcha more of the same color

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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Think about your strip. If you have one LED a meter you have a few point sources

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:06 AM

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if spaces the color will go dimmer with distants

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:07 AM

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If you have 144 LED/m then you have what looks like a single continuous source

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:07 AM

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gotcha 🙂

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:08 AM

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https://quinled.info/2018/09/19/30-vs-60-vs-90-vs-144-leds-m/

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:08 AM

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If I am searching for strips for this do I need to type RGBW CCT or just RGBW?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:08 AM

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Depends on what you want them for 😉

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RGB is fine for effects, but CCT if you want tuneable white (warm to cool)

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:09 AM

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these leds have more pins then my other leds strips so just compatible really

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Color: RGBCCT Controller

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:10 AM

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The only reason you'd not buy CCT would be if you were buying a digital LED strip since those rarely have CCT

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:11 AM

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Because the controller has 6 pins I need ones that are CCT ?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:11 AM

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It's easier to match controllers and strips

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You don't have to though

tidal grotto May 28, 2020, 10:12 AM

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does it matter what pins you plug them into?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 10:12 AM

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Yes

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If you plug the green LED connector into the red LED line... that's not going to give you what you expect

fossil vapor May 28, 2020, 11:36 AM

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I'm looking for wifi relays with >=4 channels each with switch input (I'd connect each to a push button). A recommendation is appreciated!

fringe moon May 28, 2020, 4:06 PM

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WiFi relay with push button, don't think I've seen that

gritty zinc May 28, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Gotta be able to hack one together with an ESP though, right?

fringe moon May 28, 2020, 4:33 PM

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angryboi

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Actually

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Yes

humble lion May 28, 2020, 5:40 PM

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Hello :)
I'm having issue with one sensor history...
When i try to show it (from the entity or in an history card) the web page load forever, until i get a banner asking to kill the web page...

what can i do ? purge the history ? is this a known bug that happend sometime ?

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 5:44 PM

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Sounds more like an #integrations-archived topic than a device...

humble lion May 28, 2020, 5:45 PM

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then zwave ? because it's a zwave plug, but the issue is really in the history only

winged knoll May 28, 2020, 5:46 PM

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The device itself has nothing to do with HA's UI 😉

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 5:55 PM

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Hello, currently new to HA, and im looking to try and setup a RGB light strip. Any recommendations? I have a USB zwave/zigbee adapter but nothing like a hue hub. I purchased a set of Sylvania light strips not knowing they need a special light hub such as theirs or the phillips one

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 5:55 PM

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what kind of USB adapter do you have?

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 5:56 PM

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Nortek

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 5:56 PM

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you can use that with ZHA in HA and Sylvania strips should be compatible

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 5:57 PM

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that's what I thought buy maybe I'm not setting it up right, when I go to add a ZHA device it does not find them.

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 5:57 PM

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it should find something, are you following pairing instructions?

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 5:59 PM

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It didnt really come with any, at least not how to set them in pairing mode. They really only tell you how to connect it to their own hub

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 6:00 PM

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that is the pairing mode

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 6:00 PM

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didnt elaborate well, their instructions tell you to get to the app, however app wants a QR code from their own hub

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 6:02 PM

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"instructions" 😄

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 6:02 PM

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pretty much my thoughts. Like usually i can get this by dumb luck of pressing random buttons. No such thing this time.

zealous dune May 28, 2020, 6:03 PM

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luckily there is THE INTERNET: https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-re-pair-osram-lightify-flex-strip/78551

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 6:05 PM

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@zealous dune ur the man

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going to run with this for a bit thx

edgy condor May 28, 2020, 7:29 PM

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okay so after a bit more of a dive online, I do have it in pairing mode as it blinks a blue, red, green as I plug it in according to this

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSSGNWXoZc

wooden bridge May 28, 2020, 10:04 PM

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Has anyone used a sound to light module with a rib strip light? Magic Home App allows you to listen to the music and the lights react. Is this possible at all? TIA

gritty zinc May 28, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Do you mean something like this? https://github.com/ahodges9/LedFx

white hemlock May 28, 2020, 11:04 PM

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Anything that can measure room temperature/humidity/air quality that doesn't need a hub? Something a bit like this would be great https://www.amazon.co.uk/Temperature-Real-Time-Historical-Thermometers-Hygrometer/dp/B07SB2C327

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or a wall-mounted display that has the date/time/temp I can hook up to HA

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Network or wireless, not bluetooth

velvet sedge May 29, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Any pointers please on how to change a switch to a light as a device. These are sonoff single channel devices. I have one set up many years ago showing as a light, so when you switch it, it goes yellow in Lovelace. All other lights are 'switches' so you get no status even though MQTT is of course telling HA it is ON

surreal remnant May 29, 2020, 4:11 AM

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anyone been able to use the Sonoff RF Bridge with HA?

nova sphinx May 29, 2020, 6:12 AM

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I am using a RF Bridge with HA.

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with Tasmota firmware.

gritty zinc May 29, 2020, 7:59 AM

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Any pointers please on how to change a switch to a light as a device. These are sonoff single channel devices. I have one set up many years ago showing as a light, so when you switch it, it goes yellow in Lovelace. All other lights are 'switches' so you get no status even though MQTT is of course telling HA it is ON
@velvet sedge Did you Google this? First result for 'home assistant switch to light': https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.switch/

warm granite May 29, 2020, 10:12 AM

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@surreal remnant - Use tasmota and its fairly easy

graceful star May 29, 2020, 10:49 AM

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ãny way to add Cloud Intellegence smart Light to HA ?

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Fcmila Smart WIFIDownlight APP Control

opaque sentinel May 29, 2020, 12:37 PM

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Hi all, someone expert of NodeMCU, MX-RM-5V RF Receiver and alarm systems with rolling codes?

sullen iris May 29, 2020, 1:17 PM

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What is the best RGB LED light that is really bright you would recommend that works out of the box with HA?

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 1:26 PM

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Works out of the box means WiFi, which tends to rule out "best" 😉

bright jacinthBOT May 29, 2020, 1:26 PM

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

Which country you're in
What your budget is
What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

sullen iris May 29, 2020, 1:31 PM

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OH USA, price is not an issue. WiFi and bright as hell on all colors.

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RGB

opaque sentinel May 29, 2020, 2:28 PM

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I use teckin lights - They are made from Tuya Company (Teckin is Tuya) and they integrate with HA via Tuya integration

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They are very bright with white color

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with RGB, the best brightness I've ever seen

bright jacinthBOT May 29, 2020, 3:08 PM

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Ready to use custom firmware for Sonoff Devices

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

Discord:
https://discord.gg/Ks2Kzd4

opaque sentinel May 29, 2020, 3:12 PM

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Any expert of RF receivers 433 MHz?

gritty zinc May 29, 2020, 3:36 PM

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Just ask your question, stefano

bright jacinthBOT May 29, 2020, 3:39 PM

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@opaque sentinel posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/KN2wbHT36x/

opaque sentinel May 29, 2020, 3:40 PM

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I've tested the RF receiver with the sensor of the central alarm: Silentron SilenyaPhone Top - Not working. I used:

MX-RM-5v
NodeMCU Amica 12F
I tested it with:
Remote control - Silentron 5423P
PIR sensors of the Silentron SilenyaPhone Top
Contact sensors of the Silentron SilenyaPhone Top
I don't receive any of those signals...
If I use another NodeMCU with XY-FST sender, I can send codes, and the receiver can read them properly.
What is wrong? The sensors and the alarm system is working with 433 Mhz... maybe a different modulation?
I also tested it with the remote control that I have for the automatic gate, but I cannot read the code transmitted 😦

cobalt root May 29, 2020, 4:10 PM

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I recently upgraded and I think I may have this problem due to that upgrade:

2020-05-28 15:02:03 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.media_player] The samsungtv platform for the media_player integration does not support platform setup. Please remove it from your config.

Can someone tell me if media_player no longer allows 'platform: samsungtv'

foggy pecan May 29, 2020, 4:10 PM

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it does not

safe shore May 29, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Anyone added a Zooz power strip? According to Zooz, I should have Zwave control over all 5 outlets individually. After adding it, I only have 1 device listed as a switch and it shuts all 5 off.

foggy pecan May 29, 2020, 4:11 PM

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#zwave-archived @safe shore

safe shore May 29, 2020, 4:12 PM

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Thank you. Wasn't sure if it was better in devices or there.

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 4:31 PM

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binary_sensor: - platform: mqtt name: "door sensor" state_topic: "RFBridge/Door1" availability_topic: "RF/tele/LWT" qos: 1 payload_on: "ON" payload_off: "OFF" device_class: door payload_available: "Online" payload_not_available: "Offline"
When I got the the entities tab in the UI I the checkmark on the left is grayed out and I says "This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI." Can someone kind enough explain to me what the issue is

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:34 PM

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There is no issue, you simply can't change the entity_id

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 4:36 PM

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my question is then, how do I view the door sensor status I've created?

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I've created the rule in tasmota on RFreceived#data=4A93B9 do backlog publish2 RFBridge/Door1 ON; ruletimer1 5 endon on rules#timer=1 do publish2 RFbridge/Door1 OFF endon and it seems to be working on that end

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:38 PM

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Look in devtools -> States or configuration -> Entities

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 4:41 PM

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Do I need to create a template to be able to see it in overview?

iron arch May 29, 2020, 4:42 PM

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I recently added 8 Xiaomi Window Sensors through Zigbee2mqtt and Mosquitto. I sucsessfully renamed 7 of them and they also automaticly renamed the Entitys. Just the 8th didnt. So i thought well maybe Delete it and redetect it so it will work but now the Zigbee2mqtt still sees the Sensor but i cant see it in my MQTT Broker... is there a way to "restore" Devices after deletion?

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:44 PM

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To see it in the Overview @wise oyster just add it to your #frontend-archived

graceful star May 29, 2020, 4:45 PM

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Anyway to control lights from Cloud Assistant ? how or Fcmila lights

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:45 PM

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I'm guessing you've searched the forum and tried Google?

iron arch May 29, 2020, 4:46 PM

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@winged knoll baba or me?

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:46 PM

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Baba

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For yours, I've seen others report similar problems, I've no idea if/how they resolved it 🤷

iron arch May 29, 2020, 4:47 PM

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if i would know the file where the "deleted" devices are stored you could just remove it from there

winged knoll May 29, 2020, 4:48 PM

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That's probably in the entity registry (.storage/core.entity_registry)

iron arch May 29, 2020, 4:54 PM

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Deleted decides are in there as well? Because I could find all not deleted there but not the deleted one

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 5:11 PM

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thanks for the help @winged knoll

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I'm running into the issue where my sensor is not turning off after the tasmota device is sending its turn off payload

zealous dune May 29, 2020, 5:14 PM

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are the two payloads identical?

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 5:16 PM

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09:15:45 RUL: RFRECEIVED#DATA=4A93B9 performs "backlog publish2 RFBridge/Door1 ON; ruletimer1 1" 09:15:45 MQT: RFBridge/Door1 = ON (retained) 09:15:45 MQT: RF/stat/RESULT = {"T1":1,"T2":0,"T3":0,"T4":0,"T5":0,"T6":0,"T7":0,"T8":0} 09:15:47 RUL: RULES#TIMER=1 performs "publish2 RFbridge/Door1 OFF" 09:15:47 MQT: RFbridge/Door1 = OFF (retained)

zealous dune May 29, 2020, 5:17 PM

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and what's the off payload in yaml?

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 5:18 PM

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payload_off: "OFF"

zealous dune May 29, 2020, 5:18 PM

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check state topic, they're case sensitive

wise oyster May 29, 2020, 5:19 PM

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you're right

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thank you that fixed it @zealous dune

raven condor May 29, 2020, 5:50 PM

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Here's a silly question. One of my lamp (ikea tradfri) works correctly when i use the HA UI. But, it shows as "Not Responding" on my Google Assistant and I can't control it via voice. What would be the best way to troubleshoot this?

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I've resynced my devices too

bold portal May 29, 2020, 8:08 PM

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Any recommendations for a pool cleaning robot with HA integration?

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Also looking for a water temp sensor

lusty idol May 29, 2020, 9:03 PM

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(Just moved from #the-water-cooler) is it easy to integrating a i2c 16x2 display with hassio? i am thinking of getting one to display some data from a webhook or a webrequest with node-red

iron arch May 30, 2020, 8:51 AM

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Hey as read above i just installed 8 xiaomi Sensors. But they are now all showing as door icons in my home assistant. Is there a way to change the icon to a window and still keep the animation of open and closed?

winged knoll May 30, 2020, 8:52 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/

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Set the device_class to window ☝️

tidal grotto May 30, 2020, 8:57 AM

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broadlink mini 3 or 4c? - IR

open socket May 30, 2020, 10:40 AM

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Is there any logic in the configuration.yaml build?

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https://pastebin.com/XUJcq0uJ

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This config build is showing the DSMR data and a working camera but no data from the afvalinfo plugin. When I put the dsmr_reader config above the afvalinfo plugin i don't see any DSMR data but I see the afvalinfo entities

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What ever I'm trying I cannot get it work both. And I don't know know which plugin is creating the issue.

fervent parcel May 30, 2020, 10:53 AM

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Does anyone have anyone have any good recommendations for some good door sensors that work really well with HA

gritty zinc May 30, 2020, 11:23 AM

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The Xiaomi Aqara contact sensors get recommended often. Cheap, reliable, and integrate well.

sterile lynx May 30, 2020, 12:00 PM

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I've tested the RF receiver with the sensor of the central alarm: Silentron SilenyaPhone Top - Not working. I used:

MX-RM-5v

NodeMCU Amica 12F
I tested it with:

Remote control - Silentron 5423P

PIR sensors of the Silentron SilenyaPhone Top

Contact sensors of the Silentron SilenyaPhone Top
I don't receive any of those signals...
If I use another NodeMCU with XY-FST sender, I can send codes, and the receiver can read them properly.
What is wrong? The sensors and the alarm system is working with 433 Mhz... maybe a different modulation?
I also tested it with the remote control that I have for the automatic gate, but I cannot read the code transmitted 😦
@opaque sentinel did you check if your receiver is matched to your devices frequency wise? 315Mhz vs. 433Mhz

wanton aurora May 30, 2020, 3:20 PM

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If I want to ditch a 3-way light switch and replace it with a "switch" that is wifi and communicates on MQTT, what's the cheapest and highest WAF thing to do?

winged knoll May 30, 2020, 3:21 PM

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Sonoff (optionally flashed with Tasmota) behind the existing switch so that nothing looks different

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Optionally put the Sonoff between the existing wiring and the light, so that the switches all control the Sonoff, and the Sonoff controls the light

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 3:22 PM

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Shelly1 can deal with an existing 3 way installation

wanton aurora May 30, 2020, 3:23 PM

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My goal is to convert the main light switch to a single pole, and then use the other switch just to communicate to turn the light on and off from the main switch.

gritty zinc May 30, 2020, 3:35 PM

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Since you're asking about electrics that need to integrate with existing wiring, where are you?

wanton aurora May 30, 2020, 3:39 PM

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Country? US. My plan is to use a wink relay, which doesn't work with 3 way switches. I want to convert it to single pole, and use the other light switch as a basic automation switch.

gritty zinc May 30, 2020, 3:41 PM

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I'm not familiar with US wiring. Do you have a neutral wire to light switches?

wanton aurora May 30, 2020, 3:41 PM

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Yes

gritty zinc May 30, 2020, 3:42 PM

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Then I'm with the others. Sonoff Mini or a Shelly behind the dumb switch.

wanton aurora May 30, 2020, 3:44 PM

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That sounds like the way to go. I have Shelly devices already and am installing a dimmer and 2.5 today as well. The electrician's failed to label any of the rooms at my panel, so first step is to find and label rooms accordingly.

quick cypress May 30, 2020, 4:09 PM

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Anyone using tasmota auto auto discovery for a sonoff device?

gritty zinc May 30, 2020, 4:19 PM

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Many people... but that's not the question you want help with.

nova vortex May 30, 2020, 5:36 PM

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is it possible to rename a device? and all of the entities under it?

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I know how to rename the entities individually but hoping I can get change the device name and then automagically have its 8 entities update

winged knoll May 30, 2020, 5:38 PM

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I think if you rename the device (and haven't renamed any of the entities) that'll happen

nova vortex May 30, 2020, 5:41 PM

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it does! I was prompted if I wanted to do it

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just didn't see where to rename on device page but did once you said you could

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not very observant, this one

winged knoll May 30, 2020, 5:43 PM

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Everything is obvious in hindsight...

radiant ledge May 30, 2020, 6:59 PM

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Can anybody recommend a good ip camera which can be used with HA and motioneye?

bright jacinthBOT May 30, 2020, 7:00 PM

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

Which country you're in
What your budget is
What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

winged knoll May 30, 2020, 7:00 PM

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See the history in #cameras-archived too though 😉

spark glade May 30, 2020, 7:39 PM

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Does anyone use rtl_433 for data from their weather station? I only get like one or two readings then it stops finding them

dapper wing May 30, 2020, 9:58 PM

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Does anyone have any idea why I can't get wyzesense.scan to show up in services, both after installing it with HACS or manually?

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I'm running HA in an unraid VM, and I think I have the device passed through successfully as the light has turned blue.

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Has anyone found a good standalone button device? Using them for a few lights, more specifically in the kids rooms. I have couple of the Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Wireless Switch Smart Remote One Key Control and they are garbage as they force hold the last button press..

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 10:03 PM

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round or square one?

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:03 PM

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the square with rounded corners

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 10:04 PM

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ah... i have round ones, they're awesome

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:04 PM

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latest model i think

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let me check online real quick

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 10:04 PM

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here's a list to peruse if you're looking for some https://zigbee.blakadder.com/remotes.html

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:04 PM

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This is exactly what I was looking for.. thanks! Let me check to make sure we have different models

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so yours is an exact circle right?

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 10:05 PM

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https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Xiaomi_WXKG01LM.html this guy

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:06 PM

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yepp, you have the other

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it doesn't hold last button press?

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say i click once, i will have to "hold" or "double" click for it to accept a single click again

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really annoying

zealous dune May 30, 2020, 10:07 PM

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maybe it depends on your zigbee gateway too

modest dawn May 30, 2020, 10:07 PM

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im using the HUSBZB-1

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ill do some digging.. haven't messed with them for a while as they caused a headache. thanks again for the response and the list!

peak talon May 31, 2020, 12:31 AM

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As Blakadder indicated, this product is just simplistic and awesome - has so many actions - <https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Xiaomi_WXKG01LM.html > . The other fancy one I like is the Cube https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Xiaomi_MFKZQ01LM.html I have 3 now and 1 is literally made it as a Dice which when rolled displays the dice number and plays a custom made "snake and ladders" 🙂 a great time with family! in these times

whole stag May 31, 2020, 7:18 AM

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I'm just moving my Tasmota Sonoff sensors from using json value template to the state_attr value template. Problem I am getting is that the the HA is not pickling up the values for temp, humidity and dew point.

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platform: template
sensors:
temperature_aquarium:
friendly_name: 'Temperature Aquarium'
unit_of_measurement: '°C'
value_template: "{{ state_attr('switch.castel_5478CE', 'temperature') }}"

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The unit is a Sonoff TH16 with Tasmotoa 8.2. I the logs I see the state_attr calls but they have no values.

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 7:56 AM

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Do those templates work in devtools -> Templates?

whole stag May 31, 2020, 8:00 AM

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@winged knoll Good point ... no they don't. It gives: value_template: "None"

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 8:01 AM

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There you go 😉

whole stag May 31, 2020, 8:02 AM

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mindblown

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 8:02 AM

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Either you've got a typo in the entity_id, or the attribute, or one doesn't exist

whole stag May 31, 2020, 8:03 AM

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Cheers, figuring out what I've messed up somewhere as looking at the docs the syntax and layout is good. Just needed confirmation I wasn't stare crazy after 2.5 months of lock down

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 8:03 AM

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I think we all are...

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I'll give you one hint though... that entity_id is wrong 😉

tidal grotto May 31, 2020, 8:42 AM

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ill do some digging.. haven't messed with them for a while as they caused a headache. thanks again for the response and the list!
@modest dawn sounds like the way it integrated it doesn't support that rather then the device itself

whole stag May 31, 2020, 9:07 AM

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I'll give you one hint though... that entity_id is wrong 😉
@winged knoll You got me ... I've run out of ideas 😦

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 9:16 AM

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Seriously, your entity_id

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Go look in devtools -> States

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/yaml/#upper-and-lower-case

whole stag May 31, 2020, 12:31 PM

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@winged knoll I see what you are saying. I have upper case in other files hence the error. However, on correction still not data coming thru the sensor entity. So, I must have something more basic incorrect somewhere. Will go at it again tomorrow. The json method works but throws a >255 character error periodically. Same with a Sonoff/Tasmota S21 socket I have. Again, thanks for the patience and direction. 🙂

jovial sierra May 31, 2020, 2:27 PM

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Hi! What is the current best solution for power monitoring of a house? I'd like something with 4 clip on sensors.

fringe moon May 31, 2020, 2:41 PM

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Just the whole house usage?

bright jacinthBOT May 31, 2020, 2:42 PM

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

Which country you're in
What your budget is
What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

fringe moon May 31, 2020, 2:42 PM

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What country are you in? For Norway all our power metres have a HAN port we can monitor with a serial port

jovial sierra May 31, 2020, 2:44 PM

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I'm in South Africa, so not only are our distribution boards dumb, but it's also hard to get things into the country easily. But yes, I'd like to measure the house and some individual circuits.

cerulean trail May 31, 2020, 2:44 PM

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The HAN port is a hun, sooo...

bold roost May 31, 2020, 2:52 PM

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Hey guys i got 2 different sensor giving me 2 different values for luminosity

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how do you normalise both of them?

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they are currently in different spots

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could it be they are on differnt scale?

winged knoll May 31, 2020, 2:53 PM

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Or different sensitivities

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Or many other things

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Start by placing them together

hot sun May 31, 2020, 10:51 PM

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Hi! What is the current best solution for power monitoring of a house? I'd like something with 4 clip on sensors.
@jovial sierra for something out of the box without any major config maybe look at Shelly's new device (think it's called Shelly 3M)

hearty ocean May 31, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Is there a way to remove devices installed by automatic "auto discovery" that are no longer being used?

modest dawn Jun 1, 2020, 5:06 AM

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@modest dawn sounds like the way it integrated it doesn't support that rather then the device itself
@tidal grotto Are you referring to how I integrated the button within my HA as my problem, not the device?

tidal grotto Jun 1, 2020, 7:20 AM

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@tidal grotto Are you referring to how I integrated the button within my HA as my problem, not the device?
@modest dawn yes, what gateway are you using?

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Lol> Is there a way to remove devices installed by automatic "auto discovery" that are no longer being used?
@hearty ocean can disable them which hides them

blazing moon Jun 1, 2020, 10:15 AM

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Hi Guys, I am new to the subject and searched a few hours but didn't find anything for this device. Could you helpe me how to add this sensor ? Thanks in advance.

https://www.zemismart.com/tuya-zigbee-temperature-and-humidity-sensor-with-lcd-screen-display-works-with-amazon-google-home-assistant-p0286.html

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 10:17 AM

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It's a #zigbee-archived device. You're better off asking there.

winged knoll Jun 1, 2020, 10:17 AM

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Looks like a #zigbee-archived device

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Damn, too slow 😄

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 10:18 AM

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😉

blazing moon Jun 1, 2020, 10:28 AM

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Yes thanks @gritty zinc @winged knoll it is a #zigbee-archived device. Okay I will ask there

soft harness Jun 1, 2020, 10:33 AM

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Hi. I just installed Home Assistant on my Raspberry Pi and have a few questions. I have 23 WeMo devices in my home and when adding the WeMo integration it detects 13 devices and 23 entities. What I don't quite understand is that out of the 19 light switches I have, 13 have a entity domain of light and, 6 have entity domain of switch. I don't see any correlation between some of the switches having a different domain and I'm not sure if I need to be worried about any of this but their icons are showing up wrong in the UI.

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 10:35 AM

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.light.switch @soft harness

bright jacinthBOT Jun 1, 2020, 10:35 AM

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@soft harness https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light.switch/

soft harness Jun 1, 2020, 10:37 AM

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I just can't wrap my brain as to why two physical light switches, one of them is detected as a switch and the other is detected as a light, they are identical

winged knoll Jun 1, 2020, 10:37 AM

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Apparently not

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If they were identical they'd appear the same in HA

cerulean trail Jun 1, 2020, 10:38 AM

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Light (Belkin WeMo LED lights and Smart Dimmer Switch)
Switch (Belkin WeMo Switches and includes support for WeMo enabled Mr. Coffee smart coffee makers.)

winged knoll Jun 1, 2020, 10:39 AM

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Generally - switch = on/off; light = dimming

soft harness Jun 1, 2020, 10:39 AM

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some of my dimmers are switches in HA

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23 WeMo devices, 4 of them are on/off, 19 are all definitely light switches to control my lights

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ok well maybe it's making a bit more sense now

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Thanks for clearing it up, somehow I thought I had dimmers as switches but only dimmers are being detected as light domain and anything that is on/off is a switch domain

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 10:55 AM

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Think of it this way: a switch might be connected to a light, but it could be connected to anything. HA just sees a switch and doesn't know there's a bulb on that circuit 🙂

zealous dune Jun 1, 2020, 10:56 AM

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so much for smart 😀

soft harness Jun 1, 2020, 10:58 AM

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Understood... like one of my switches controls a fan in the bathroom (the one in the ceiling)

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Aaaah, all is sorted out 🙂

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Thanks guys

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 7:24 PM

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anybody here have a nanoleaf ?

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Are you conducting a survey on ownership or do you have a problem you want help with?

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 7:45 PM

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i have a probleme, but usealy if i juste throw a textwall about it, i have to do it again later because no-one connected at the time have it :(

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i just try to limit flood

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 7:49 PM

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https://dontasktoask.com/

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If you don't form a proper question now, no-one will answer 😉 Put some effort in if you want other people to make an effort too.

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 7:51 PM

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I'm having network issue with both of my nanoleaf aura. they connect just find on the wifi but from time to time they will start flapping, replying to only 10-50% of the ping, and beeing unresponsive in HA.
Does anyone have the same issue ?

stone minnow Jun 1, 2020, 8:00 PM

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looking for a recommendation to replace this hog (US, zig/wave are both fine): https://imgur.com/a/uzmLHAj

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wiring diagram: https://imgur.com/a/jFl0Nwv

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i haven't looked to see how it's wired up specifically, but i have access to both the box (obv) and the fan

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 8:06 PM

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first time i see a fan controler with a wire per speed 🤔

winged knoll Jun 1, 2020, 8:07 PM

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Yeah, you'll likely need to replace both the controller and the motor unit

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 8:08 PM

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or you can diy it... but i will take some work (esp, 3 relay, a dial and 3 led)

foggy pecan Jun 1, 2020, 8:09 PM

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if "com" is the source voltage and it passes the voltage via com through the selected speed line to the motor, you could probably bypass all that and take the supply and pass it through a standard fan controller to just the high phase. let the controller handle the speeds from there

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if it "switches" between the lines

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but if it turns on multiple, that'll get annoying

stone minnow Jun 1, 2020, 8:15 PM

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sounds like it'll be easier to replace the entire fan

humble lion Jun 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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if phnx solution work it would be simple, but if it don't be sure the fan controler you can can be use with a new fan to. Those a to expensive if you can't return them

gritty zinc Jun 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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Plus... you get a new fan!

foggy pecan Jun 1, 2020, 8:27 PM

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is this like some industrial grade thing?

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or just old?

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😛

stone minnow Jun 1, 2020, 8:27 PM

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'89

velvet parcel Jun 1, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Can anybody recommend a good weather station to use with the RF Bridge?

zealous dune Jun 1, 2020, 9:03 PM

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if you mean Sonoff RF Bridge then none

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 9:51 PM

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is there an update interval to poll sonoff temp sensors more often than ~5min

nova sphinx Jun 1, 2020, 9:58 PM

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I just had a look and I can see what you meen with regards to the 5 minutes, but I presume this is a home assistant history/recorder thing rather than the Sonoff temp sensor. My temp sensor sends MQTT updates every other second.

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 9:59 PM

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are you sending the readings to a data base?

nova sphinx Jun 1, 2020, 10:00 PM

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no, I just have a default setup.

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 10:02 PM

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Why are you sending it so frequently? Genuine questions not trying to be rude

nova sphinx Jun 1, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Tasmota MQTT is doing it by default.

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 10:04 PM

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Oh gotcha

nova sphinx Jun 1, 2020, 10:06 PM

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Just checked again, its sending an MQTT Status10 update every 8 seconds. Not something I specified.

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Status10 is my temperature sensor information.

zealous dune Jun 1, 2020, 10:53 PM

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@wise oyster teleperiod

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 10:53 PM

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ty

zealous dune Jun 1, 2020, 10:54 PM

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its default is 300, lowest you can go is 10... thats seconds

wise oyster Jun 1, 2020, 10:57 PM

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Yeah I found the command thank you

regal plover Jun 2, 2020, 12:31 AM

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Hey guys

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Got a beginners question and I can't seem to figure it out.

Trying to create a sensor from the humidity reading from my sonoff switch. Dev is working on a fix for this but in the meantime I'm basically trying to take the reading from that entity and create a new sensor with just that value

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Should I add a sensor in config file and have a value-template or any other way

gloomy spoke Jun 2, 2020, 12:50 AM

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you're trying to extract an attribute from an existing entity?

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This shows an example of that: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/

modest dawn Jun 2, 2020, 1:16 AM

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@modest dawn yes, what gateway are you using?
@tidal grotto I am currently using ZHA to pick up the Aqara buttons. Tell me this is wrong please 😄

dawn elbow Jun 2, 2020, 5:13 AM

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Hi folks, relative newbie here. I’ve been hooking up the core code in node red and yaml to control about 30 Shelly devices and 30 wyze devices. It’s all working well

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All are off cloud using mqtt and assigned ips, etc. I’m very happy with the functionality so far

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My next set of devices all communicate via canbus

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And I’m lost on how to go about that. I did purchase the pican3 hat, but am now realizing I may have to start over with a full raspbian install for this

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Any ideas? Anybody already do something with canbus?

spare mulch Jun 2, 2020, 6:30 AM

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Hi guys. I got electrical shutters/blinds on the outside of the windows. Currently controlled by a button on the wall like any other light switch that I have to hold in either up or down until in the position I want it. I want to automate this. What should I look for and if anyone here is happy with what they already have of you can give me suggestions. I see a lot online but the prices vary a lot. Both keeping the buttons as they are and install something behind them or replacing the wall mounted buttons with something else is ok with me. Just need help with what I should be looking for, pros and cons etc. I really appreciate the help, thanks in advance

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 6:33 AM

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Have a look at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations#cover

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 6:41 AM

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@dawn elbow https://community.home-assistant.io/t/canopen-can-bus-for-home-automation-a-good-idea-or-not/54799

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Might be relevant

regal plover Jun 2, 2020, 7:46 AM

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you're trying to extract an attribute from an existing entity?
@gloomy spoke
Thanks. I've tried a value template but can't get it to work. Switch name is "switch.sonoff_th16" and the attribute is "humidity". I've tried {{ states.switch.sonoff_th16.humidity | float }} any ideas?

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 8:11 AM

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{{ states.switch.sonoff_th16.attributes.humidity | float }} ?

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@regal plover

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 8:12 AM

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{{ state_attr('switch.sonoff_th16','humidity') | float }}

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😛

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 8:12 AM

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angryboi

regal plover Jun 2, 2020, 8:12 AM

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Lemme give that a shot

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 8:13 AM

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I think mine will work too

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 8:13 AM

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Both work

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 8:13 AM

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Mr o lah lah!

regal plover Jun 2, 2020, 8:23 AM

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Works to create a new entity. So win over here!

But trying to create a guage in Lovelace and using value template gives me errors

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 8:27 AM

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That's... wonderfully vague

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Lovelace cards don't support templates, but without actual details, you're on your own 😉

regal plover Jun 2, 2020, 8:37 AM

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Lovelace cards don't support templates
@winged knoll
Aaaaah! Then @fringe moon & @winged knoll I owe you a beer

sharp fjord Jun 2, 2020, 11:14 AM

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Hi, is it possible for a Sonoff t2uk flashed with Tasmota 8.3.1 to dim the relay controlled light? If so what MQTT command is it... Thanks 🤞

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 11:14 AM

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relays don't do dimming

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for dimming you need.... dimmers

sharp fjord Jun 2, 2020, 11:15 AM

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That’s what I have come to the conclusion... thought there was a way with the original Sonoff app to do dimming, but never used one that way...

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 11:16 AM

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thinking something does a thing usually ends up as wishful thinking

sharp fjord Jun 2, 2020, 11:16 AM

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Yeap... 😂

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Just spent a few hours issuing MQTT commands in the hope... 😬

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Guess that renders the relay outputs as pretty useless now...

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Guess I need to put some d1 minis behind each switch?

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:45 PM

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anyone have any idea if SONOFF ZBBridge will work if blocked from the cloud?

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 12:46 PM

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probably, but why not use something open like a CC2531 \ CC1352 etc instead ?

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Nice discussion here it seems btw https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/8197

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 12:48 PM

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it's a work in progress

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:49 PM

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one hub, instead of a pi and a stick that could have issue

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my use case is door sensors only

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Don't need the flexibility later

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 12:50 PM

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I've had Z2M going for over a year, no issues with "the stick"

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:51 PM

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Still need a pi and the stick total cost for that is like 30-60 usd?

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 12:52 PM

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how are you running HA?

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:54 PM

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I am running deconz on my host ha machine yes no need for extra pi, but i'd like seperate as I use my host machine for tinkering for other things

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also just looking at options for family members who just need door sensors 🙂

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 12:54 PM

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if you run an MQTT server you can make a Zigbee2Tasmota gateway

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:55 PM

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I'm not that deep yet

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 12:55 PM

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Zigbee2Tasmota you say

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I need to read up on this

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 12:55 PM

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then you cannot avoid the cloud

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 12:55 PM

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more then anything I like just buying these sort of things to see the pro's and cons then sell on

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Interesting, though Z2T is probably not interesting to me as I run the CC1352 🤔

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 12:57 PM

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Absolutely most compact option would be a Pi with a Raspbee hat, running either deCONZ or just direct with zha

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 12:57 PM

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its exactly for i don't want to buy a pi target demographic 😄

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 12:58 PM

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I like it @zealous dune

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Great entry point to Zigbee, in terms of size

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:01 PM

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what do you think the end goal will look like, a single purchasable hub and plugs in and any zigbee 3.0 device connects to it? and how would that hub be likley to maintain support for all platforms 😛

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 1:04 PM

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Purchasable BeakerPlsNo Makable CatHeartEyes

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:05 PM

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😄 probs always be that here I spose

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 1:08 PM

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technically you can get that already but its called "raspberry pi + hat"

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:10 PM

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thats two seperate things and requires fair bit of setup 🙂 + psu + case + sd card

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If hue did door sensors I would be pretty content to just use the hue hub as I don't have need for above the v2 limit

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 1:14 PM

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I hate the hubs, as such I killed all of them

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I want one mesh

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not four

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:18 PM

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I haven't tried to do the steps to connect HA to google home yet

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Looks bit dauntiny

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 1:19 PM

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I just do it through nabu casa

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flawless

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:21 PM

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don't want to build out on reliance to £5 per month, happy to donate though

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Are zigbee 3.0 devices going to work on the sticks you lot are running currently?

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 1:23 PM

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On the new zig-a-zig-ah! it will

glossy prism Jun 2, 2020, 1:23 PM

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Manual Google Assistant setup isn't bad, it's just a bunch of steps. Can be done in 10-15 min

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 1:23 PM

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(as in, in Zigbee 3.0 mode)

tidal grotto Jun 2, 2020, 1:25 PM

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all my lighting/buttons and plug sockets are hue and get exposed to google home for free through hue, switching to deconz full time would require doing manual setup and fingers crossed it works flawelessly for as long as the hue would

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I have 6 months till I decide what I do long term (moving out when market settles) but I think I will get a pi to run the stick on seperate to host and see how that goes

drifting grove Jun 2, 2020, 2:36 PM

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Hello
I use the new Xiaomi multiple gateway with Hassio. It is working fine, but the Aqara motion sensor report only the motion and doesn't report the illuminance.
Could you help me please?

oblique bear Jun 2, 2020, 3:49 PM

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@drifting grove not all aqara motion sensors have the illumination and the ones that do only report illumination when they report motion

drifting grove Jun 2, 2020, 3:51 PM

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@oblique bear I have the version of illumination. So not Mi motion sensor but also Aqara motion sensor which can measure the illumination. I see in the app, but not in hassio.

oblique bear Jun 2, 2020, 3:52 PM

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then yea i have one like that too it only reports illumination with motion

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so it wasnt reliable

drifting grove Jun 2, 2020, 3:55 PM

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That was reliable and very nice with older gateway. But with this new multiple gateway and homekit doesn't

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 4:38 PM

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@oblique bear did you try the 5 second hack?

oblique bear Jun 2, 2020, 4:38 PM

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naw

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i didnt want to modify the hardware

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 4:39 PM

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I'm going to try with the one in my office

oblique bear Jun 2, 2020, 4:41 PM

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personally if i wanted a super accurate motion sensor id put one on an esp

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 4:42 PM

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ZigBee > WiFi haha

drifting grove Jun 2, 2020, 4:45 PM

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@fringe moon what deos the 5 second hack mean?

gritty zinc Jun 2, 2020, 4:48 PM

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There's a hardware hack for some of those devices that might let it report more frequently.

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Anywhere up to 5 seconds.

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I've seen reports that it doesn't always work.

fringe moon Jun 2, 2020, 5:00 PM

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Really

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Now I want to try more

gritty zinc Jun 2, 2020, 5:08 PM

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Why stop at 'super accurate motion sensors' when you could just have a camera with computer vision?

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If you're using WiFi, you're going to be running on mains power anyway, right?

spice bloom Jun 2, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Is there a way to generate push notifications without having home assistant installed on the device?

glossy prism Jun 2, 2020, 6:10 PM

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#integrations-archived question, but yes, there are quite a few notification options

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 6:15 PM

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Also...

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~crosspost @spice bloom - there was no need to post there here, in #android-archived and #ios_and_mac-archived

bright jacinthBOT Jun 2, 2020, 6:15 PM

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@spice bloom Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond.

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 7:14 PM

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hi guys,... I am playing with MQTT stuff,.. and the developer=> MQTT debugging stuff,.. I can toggle a relay on a remote sonoff with the following,.. 'diyhouse/LtLounge2x/cmnd/POWER', and a payload of 'toggle'... but I have failed to listen on the correct topic name,.. I have tried numerous combinations,.. but I have yet to hit the right one,.. can anyone enlighten me pls,.. Many tx

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:15 PM

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replace cmnd with stat

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 7:16 PM

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yep that the 'cookie',.. tx guys...

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can I use 'tele',.. somehow to get the json data reported back at all..? I 'assumed' I could replace cmnd, stat, with tele,.. NOP!!

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:24 PM

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tele is for telemetry data sent periodically

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 7:30 PM

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humm,.. ok can I display the json info,.. as it shows on the docs info page for HA,.. https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Home-Assistant/#disabling or do I have the wrong end of the stick again,...

gritty zinc Jun 2, 2020, 7:32 PM

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What are you trying to do?

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:37 PM

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anybody have some recommendation for a smart water valve? compatible with homeassistant?
I look at the Eve Aqua but it's BLE only

winged knoll Jun 2, 2020, 7:38 PM

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https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/TS0001.html?

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:38 PM

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any wifi valve with esphome?

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 7:39 PM

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trying set up a sonoff dual manually... and trying to see MQTT stuff for a sonoff basic ,.. and apply to a dual,.. well that's the plan...

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:39 PM

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just use https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Home-Assistant/#switches the Multiple switch template

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:41 PM

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@winged knoll hmm might work but too much fiddling with eu / gardena plugs I believe.. thanks anyways

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:42 PM

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https://templates.blakadder.com/irrigation_timer_BQ05.html ???

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:45 PM

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@zealous dune so I should set schedules with a arduino to turn on / off on button press? I think it might be easier to create a Homekit / BLE proxy with the Eve Aqua 😛

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:46 PM

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what?

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:48 PM

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how do you control this? with a arduino? what do you mean with flashing?

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:48 PM

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its an esp8266 device, works with Tuya app

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you can control it with Tuya integration if you don't mind the chinese cloudiness

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:49 PM

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uh oh nogo, I stay far away from cloud
unfortunately I also don't have experience with ESP, will take a look at it

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the template is everything I need to flash on the esp then right?

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 7:54 PM

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no just the configuration of pins, you need tuya-convert to flash or serial flash

gentle fossil Jun 2, 2020, 7:55 PM

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phew that's a lot of unknowns for me

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I think I will just take a regular 220v valve with NC, a raspberry and a relay

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 8:00 PM

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I was planning to use the template for a double device,.. I was looking at making a single work first,.. ( still learning,... just little steps as they say )

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 8:03 PM

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but single cannot work if yo're using a double switch device

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 8:10 PM

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sorry didnt say,.. but have single device and a double device...

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 8:10 PM

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then both should work

frosty saffron Jun 2, 2020, 9:04 PM

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...got them all working now.. yippee,... just about to make a snapshot ,.. . and figure out where it goes...

fleet grotto Jun 2, 2020, 9:34 PM

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Has anoyone been able to get an Ipad2 to work with Home Assistant? It's locked out from updates and I have no way of interface with HA. It hangs on "initializing" when trying to view from a browser, and the app is "imcompatable with this ipad".

surreal remnant Jun 2, 2020, 10:16 PM

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anyone know if this will work HA?
https://www.jaycar.co.nz/wi-fi-universal-smart-remote/p/AR1974

gritty zinc Jun 2, 2020, 10:21 PM

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Googling 'home assistant jaycar' doesn't give any useful results, so it's unlikely.

surreal remnant Jun 2, 2020, 10:38 PM

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

zealous dune Jun 2, 2020, 10:41 PM

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It will not work as is

surreal remnant Jun 2, 2020, 10:43 PM

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ok

haughty shuttle Jun 3, 2020, 12:24 AM

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looking for a heat gun, anyone use these? or have a suggestion with more variety of tips?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BVEI40Q/?coliid=I6VGVC478YGKE&colid=269Z3N7U2YWVE&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

undone haven Jun 3, 2020, 1:24 AM

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@haughty shuttle , what are you trying to do

haughty shuttle Jun 3, 2020, 1:39 AM

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various, smd components reflow, heat shrink tubing, whatever.

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 6:43 AM

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Is this the right channel to ask about a hacked Wink relay? As in - I have it set up and hooked to my MQTT broker, now I'm trying to figure out how to program the buttons properly in HA.

winged knoll Jun 3, 2020, 6:47 AM

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Possibly, we'll know as you explain more 😉

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 6:59 AM

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Ok cool. It was a toss up between here and #automations-archived ,

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So I've got my Wink relay all set up. MSQTT sees it. In my config.yaml I have:

bright jacinthBOT Jun 3, 2020, 7:00 AM

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Please use https://paste.ubuntu.com/ or https://www.hastebin.com/ to share code or logs.

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 7:00 AM

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https://hastebin.com/ibotaqihec.cpp

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I do not want the switches to operate the payload that is wired to them. I want the upper switch to toggle the light on my Zigbee fan controller, and the bottom to control the fan speed. I'm tackling the top first.

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I wrote the following automations:

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https://hastebin.com/pudodatubu.bash

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However nothing happens when I hit the switch.

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Looking at configuration -> automations, I can see that the "Living Room Relay Light On" is executed when I hit the button, but nothing happens.

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I get the following in the log:

bright jacinthBOT Jun 3, 2020, 7:04 AM

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To test an automation there's three stages you can follow. Testing the action, the condition and action, and the whole automation:

Use Developer tools ()-> States to find the automation, click and then push Execute
Use Developer tools -> Services and call automation.trigger on the automation with skip_condition: false
Use Developer tools -> States to find the trigger entity, click the name, then change the state (at the top) to something that'll trigger the automation before pushing Set State

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 7:04 AM

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https://hastebin.com/wofazavuha.css

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One sec will try that

winged knoll Jun 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Though, I'm not sure why you're using an MQTT trigger when you've got an entity you can use the state of 🤷

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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I'm a straight newbie and trying to cobble together stuff that I'm reading as I go

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Trying to learn by doing

gritty zinc Jun 3, 2020, 7:05 AM

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Keep it simple, then 🙂

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MQTT is fairly technical. Use the entity 🙂

winged knoll Jun 3, 2020, 7:07 AM

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This all would be more on topic in #automations-archived too, but 🤷

ashen tartan Jun 3, 2020, 7:07 AM

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I'll move over there

drifting grove Jun 3, 2020, 9:19 AM

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Hello.
Maybe someone can help me with a wifi card. After connecting the card I have the message:
r8188eu 1-1.2: 1.0: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi / rtl8188eufw.bin failed with error -2
r8188eu 1-1.2: 1.0: Firmware rtlwifi / rtl8188eufw.bin not available

I downloaded the rtl8188eufw.bin file, but I don't know where and how to upload it.

please help

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:31 AM

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Tasmota IR blaster...anybody have experience?

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:34 AM

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nope, I got a tuya one and are about to install tasmota on it

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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Yeah, that's where mine came from.

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Was tuya, now tasmota

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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oh ok. just bought it a few hours ago

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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Make sure you set the template

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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where?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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it's in the config, under other config

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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on the web interface?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:35 AM

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yep

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same with all tasmota devices post-flash

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:36 AM

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booting up my raspberry pi now

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:36 AM

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i have like 4 running most of the time. Can't believe they ::just:: came out with the 8gb

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:37 AM

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yeah, is it necessary?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:37 AM

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uh, yeah

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:37 AM

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you booting off usb?

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I am running HA off my home PC in hyper-v

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:37 AM

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nope. was unaware that was a thing until today lol

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blech

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:37 AM

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yeah it would help with corupt sd cards

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:38 AM

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i migrated to btrfs, but that turned out to be a bad idea so far. Corrupt b-tree

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sdcard should be fine, it's not that old and it's a samsung

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:38 AM

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the guy that got me into HA just this week had so many problems with them

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he went to NUC

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hence I didn't even bother with the PI

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:39 AM

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price difference tho

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:39 AM

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Hyper-V for me is free

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my home pc always on

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leave my raspberry pi for something else

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:40 AM

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so is xen...and it's a baremetal hypervisor, rhel based

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idk, anything is better than vmware for home stuff

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:40 AM

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no idea, i had both runnign ubuntu fine in the past

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:40 AM

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xcp can cluster, natively, and without a heavy management agent

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:40 AM

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just dont turn off your pc haha

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:40 AM

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which one?

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:41 AM

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vmware and hyper-v

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on my home pc

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your cluster your pi now?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:42 AM

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i mean which pc? full on three machine cluster, 10gbe, 2 hosts with a xeon X5670 / 24gb ram and one with a pair of xeon 2630-v2s with 80gb

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Pi's are nice for out of band stuff. Serial attached to COM1, console redirection

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:44 AM

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thats too complex for my needs :p

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how do i put this IR into pairing mode?

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the reset button at the bottom?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 11:48 AM

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probs

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depends on the model

ember oriole Jun 3, 2020, 11:52 AM

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ok if i dont set the template and set the wifi setting

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what happens?

onyx crescent Jun 3, 2020, 12:02 PM

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Won't be able to hit anything

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What model did you get?

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If you search tasmota's crowdsourced wiki you should be able to find it

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My advice, as far as automations and what i've figured out so far, just use mqtt.publish

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like the service

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here

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alias: AC.Power
description: ''
trigger: []
condition: []
action:
- data:
  payload: '{"Protocol":"NEC","Bits":32,"Data":"0x01FE39C6","DataLSB":"0x807F9C63","Repeat":0}'
  topic: cmnd/DVES_7950C0_fb/IRSend
  service: mqtt.publish

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like that

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under automations

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I gotta go to work. Feel free to pm

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olive elm Jun 3, 2020, 12:17 PM

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Im looking for a sensor that can track my garage door if it's open or not

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I have full power access to it so doesn't need to be battery powered, any ideas

winged knoll Jun 3, 2020, 12:19 PM

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Any form of door/window sensor

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The Xiaomi Zigbee ones are cheap and effective

cobalt root Jun 3, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Anyone using rtlamr for reading power meters using rtlsdr?

smoky perch Jun 3, 2020, 5:28 PM

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does the workaround for tuya smart outlets using the Brilliant app still work?

iron pier Jun 3, 2020, 5:58 PM

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Has anyone got a way to connect a Davis Weather vantage vue? I would like to data log the weather at my house. I would like to get the data from the display or even the raw data from the wireless signal. #davisweather

nimble lion Jun 3, 2020, 6:26 PM

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I have so many Device Tracker entities and not sure why.. for things that don't help tracking presence like my laptop, my HDMI switcher (which is network connected), etc.

it may be because I stupidly enabled the Unifi integration and then realized how bad of a mistake that was since it's not super helpful for presence as I expected.

What's the best way to mass remove all the device tracker entiteis created? Tell me it' snot hiding one by one?

gritty zinc Jun 3, 2020, 6:27 PM

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We could tell you that but we'd be lying

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I guess you could restore a backup from before you added them all...

tawny dome Jun 3, 2020, 9:16 PM

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Is there a way to pull the energy monitoring stats from a tp link hs110 smart plug ?

gritty zinc Jun 3, 2020, 9:20 PM

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The documentation suggests you need to use a template sensor.

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

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There's a section further down that explains how: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tplink/#extracting-energy-sensor-data

tawny dome Jun 3, 2020, 9:23 PM

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Very interesting, cheers @gritty zinc

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Now I just need something to do with the readings

gritty zinc Jun 3, 2020, 9:24 PM

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You might find this one helpful then:

bright jacinthBOT Jun 3, 2020, 9:24 PM

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

gritty zinc Jun 3, 2020, 9:25 PM

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There's other stuff you might want to try in terms of visualising it. For that, ask over at #frontend-archived

wise oyster Jun 3, 2020, 9:50 PM

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Are there any GPIOS available on the sonoff R3 to solder another input

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or is that only for basic R1

tidal grotto Jun 3, 2020, 10:48 PM

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anyway to extra consumption from tuya smart plugs?

peak junco Jun 3, 2020, 11:23 PM

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in my known devices section, i see so many devices. also i see my neigbours TV too. i deleted them from known devices. but they still exist in entities. i think they are all bluetooth devices. is this common?

ashen tartan Jun 4, 2020, 12:08 AM

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Is it possible to have the GoControl thermostat operate off the reading from a different temp sensor?

vast cliff Jun 4, 2020, 1:48 AM

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Question for someone familiar with installing light switches: do I need to break the tabs off of my switch that's in a 3 gang box if the other switches are standard switches, not dimmers?

foggy pecan Jun 4, 2020, 2:28 AM

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the tabs are heatsinks. keep them if you can

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if you're talking the GE guys, i fit a fan controller, a dumb switch and a dimmer in a 3 gang

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its a tight fit but it works well

vast cliff Jun 4, 2020, 2:40 AM

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awesome thanks

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my next challenge is figuring out which wire is the line and which is the load... the switch I took out didn't seem to have them labeled (edit: nvm it's labeled in the manual for that switch). one looks blacker than the other but i don't have a multimeter to check :/

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ok i'm pretty sure the blacker one is the is from the panel (line), because the other switches have wires connected to it, whereas the dark gray one is in tubing with the netural/etc

swift scarab Jun 4, 2020, 5:54 AM

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Anyone else noticed that Buienradar devices stopped updating yesterday? API change?

dire berry Jun 4, 2020, 6:12 AM

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are there any IR gurus here? I cant get my IR sensor to work on my PI

regal plover Jun 4, 2020, 8:32 AM

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Got a challenging question. I have a humidifier connected to a switch. Im already automating this to turn on/off based on another sensor.
The humidifier has a water reserve for 7 hours of on time. Ultimately I want to add all of the humidifier's ON time and know when I have to refill the humidifier.

Anyone here tackle something similar?

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 8:35 AM

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Somebody asked about that before, in the last month or so, but https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/history_stats/ may help

regal plover Jun 4, 2020, 9:23 AM

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Thx @winged knoll yea I'm playing around with that and let's see. Really don't get the difference between recorder and history tho. I'll keep testing, my main issue is getting this to report when 7 hours approaches and resetting the timer once I've refilled the water :/

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 9:26 AM

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You may want to search the Discord server, as I said somebody else tackled this recently

regal plover Jun 4, 2020, 9:31 AM

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Will do

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 9:32 AM

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I think they ended up simply tracking the on time with an input_number and automations

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 10:12 AM

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Hi all, is there a way to alter the payload from a MQTT switch, as when I operatic in Lovelace it’s not doing what I want - hope this makes sense 😬

zealous dune Jun 4, 2020, 10:12 AM

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its more how you configured the mqtt switch in HA than changing payloads from the switch itself

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 10:13 AM

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Auto discovered...

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:13 AM

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What's the actual problem

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 10:14 AM

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Have mode red doing stuff with it fine, it’s just when the Lovelace switch is operated it does so et else...

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Have a Sonoff t2 2 hand, flashed with tasmota 8.3.1, relays disconnected

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Set up node red for single press, double etc

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When I operate the Lovelace switch, it turns on the relay... ie POWER2. would like it to be SINGLE

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can see this from the debug info

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:16 AM

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Then... you need to define an MQTT switch that does that

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Tell Tasmota not to use discovery, configure it manually, job done 😉

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 10:18 AM

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Am new to this, so not sure how... hence the auto discovery, was hoping that I could edit a config file somewhere 🤞

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 10:18 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.mqtt/

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:18 AM

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Auto-discovery can't be edited

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 10:18 AM

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Ok thanks will have a read on that link 👍

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 10:47 AM

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@wispy pollen posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Z5zmz35Z9J/

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:47 AM

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apologies for the long post above ^^

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example of the output if the box is on : 'CH_STATUS 0103 LOCAL'

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empty string if 'off'

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

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~codewall @wispy pollen

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

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wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

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@winged knoll sorry, I started typing before I realised

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

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😄

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Well, at least you didn't post a 100+ line piece of code to the channel, like some have done... 😉

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:54 AM

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🙂

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moves fingers back from CMD+V

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:55 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/command_line/ uses the returned string

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So, we kind of need to see the config and what you get back from nc

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:55 AM

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@winged knoll yes - that value would actually be fine, but it doesn't seem to assign the value consistently.

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 10:55 AM

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If you're having problems with your updates to your configuration:

Check the troubleshooting steps
Check your log file - remembering you may need to set logger to info or debug
Explain what the problem you're having is - sharing configuration, errors, and logs

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:55 AM

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I can run on command line, pipe to file etc. consistently within the container

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:56 AM

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See the second bullet there - there's often key data in the log

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:56 AM

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I checked the log too - no errors or anything 🙂

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 10:56 AM

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Is logger set to info?

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 10:56 AM

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I will check the settings though

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ok, having the integration enabled would be a start 🙂

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@winged knoll output is simply 2020-06-04 12:07:44 DEBUG (SyncWorker_5) [homeassistant.components.command_line.sensor] Running command: nc -w 1 <ip> 31339 2>&1

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 11:08 AM

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Discord isn't like IRC, you don't have to tag people on every response. Keep in mind that every time you tag somebody, they get a notification ping. That can very quickly become annoying and people may block you.

winged knoll Jun 4, 2020, 11:09 AM

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Well, if there's no error, maybe it's fine 🤷

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What does your sensor look like though?

wispy pollen Jun 4, 2020, 11:20 AM

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Unfortunately, the value is empty 🤷‍♂️

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😦

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it is strange because sometimes the value is populated but most of the time it is not

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 12:04 PM

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Please help, what am i doing wrong?

bright jacinthBOT Jun 4, 2020, 12:04 PM

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@sharp fjord posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/5MDFVFFtvh/

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 12:05 PM

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first 27 lines are my configuration.yaml file, line 29-41 are from check home assistant configuration

zealous dune Jun 4, 2020, 12:10 PM

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you indentation is wrong

sharp fjord Jun 4, 2020, 12:12 PM

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how do i find out what it should be? please

zealous dune Jun 4, 2020, 12:12 PM

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by learning the yaml structure