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pulsar mauve
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@drifting grove if you get the pops working I would love to know. Mine have been sitting in a drawer some where since I made the switch to HA.

drifting grove
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@pulsar mauve what are you using instead?

pulsar mauve
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At the moment I have my hue dimmer switches and a lutron connected remote paired to ZHA. I’m also considering the new sonoff zigbee button which would be more similar to the pop. I’m figuring I would use the buttons for my bedside lamps.

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@drifting grove

drifting grove
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thanks

cerulean path
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I am trying to customize the names of my devices and I am getting this error with the below configuration. I have no idea what is causing it, and I have looked at the documentation and forum posts about customization and this error, seems to be common to other misconfigurations.

Error: extra keys not allowed @ data['customize']['sonoff01']

configuration.yml:

homeassistant:
  customize: !include customize.yaml```

customize.yaml:
```yml
sonoff01:
  friendly_name: 'Bedroom Fan'```
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I can't get any more basic than this and I can't figure out why it is saying there is extra data

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To answer my own question: sonoff01 was not the correct ID to use in customize.yml, I discovered this after changing the name in the switch.yml file and the error not changing.

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Now I am trying to figure out how to explicitly set the switch.mqtt_switch2 id to something I control. Any help is appreciated πŸ™‚

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I have set unique_id and name, neither change it. entity_id is not valid for mqtt_switch apparently

winged knoll
cerulean path
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Got it, so if I can not use unique_id, how can I rename these switches? I can use customize.yml to change the name, but that is not helpful when setting up automations and such:

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Oh, I cant upload screenshots

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

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cerulean path
winged knoll
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Which suggests you didn't set the name in the switch definition

cerulean path
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Let me try setting the name again, but I had that originally and didn't seem to work. Maybe it was because I was messing with converting to YAML anchors. Let me test again

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Set the name and it only changed the display name. In fact it overwrites my customize.yml entry

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switches.yml

  - unique_id: sonoff01
    name: sonoff01
    state_topic: "sonoff01/stat/POWER"
    command_topic: "sonoff01/cmnd/POWER"
    availability_topic: "sonoff01/tele/LWT"
    <<: &sonoff
      platform: mqtt
      payload_available: "Online"
      payload_not_available: "Offline"
      optimistic: false
      qos: 1```
winged knoll
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Well, unique_id is doing you nothing πŸ˜‰

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That indenting looks... very broken though

cerulean path
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The indenting is like that for the YAML anchor, I can double check but I don't think that is the issue here

winged knoll
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Did you run a command line config check?

cerulean path
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Not command line, using the Configuration validation in server controls through the UI

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Also when I remove the extra indent for the anchor section, HA complains that the YML is not valid.

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

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cerulean path
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Ok, command line says the same thing (other than a warning about using base_url). I added name and removed unique_id and now it is working correctly, other than having the old switches still there somehow...

winged knoll
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You should fix that warning before it becomes an error πŸ˜‰

cerulean path
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I will once I figured out the switches for sure.

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Any idea why the old switches are still there?

winged knoll
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No idea personally

cerulean path
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weird, ill do some research, thanks for your help Tinkerer

analog forge
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Any one have idea how to make button for back home that make few automatics?

winged knoll
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Physical button, or thing in the UI?

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You could use any number of devices for the physical button, but if you already have Zigbee then the Xiaomi button is an easy choice

analog forge
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Can you please share any examples code for this?

civic kraken
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Pick a preferred device and check the documentation

heady sable
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Hey, I'm writing this thing for uni, can anybody give me an example where a smart device is no longer smart because the company that supplied it no longer supports it?

zealous dune
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iris products

heady sable
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Thanks πŸ‘

harsh portal
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@heady sable if you go listen to the ha podcast, for about the last year of episodes, at the very beginning they list the things that like that over the previous couple of weeks...

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*very beginning of each episode

heady sable
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Noddo, just a quick question, do you thinking using blockchain for IoT data interaction is possible or the obvious immutable, identifiable privacy violations make it useless?

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There's a couple solutions, off chain storage (lose all the benefits of decentralization and transparency), encryption (hard to get right, tomorrow's tech will defeat it and everybody has the data) ..

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Seems like attempting to trust shitting IoT service provided silos is the only way to go, but when they go down its game over..

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Actually, Open source with the ability to change backend provider seems like the best method.

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E.g., home assistant \o/

slender saddle
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I'm having an issue pairing a device - specifically a vizio smart tv. When I get to the screen on HASS asking for the pin displayed on the TV, the TV just shows a screen talking about Air Play and no code is ever displayed.

rigid onyx
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Has anyone noticed an issue with the Kasa smart switches, and the devices going to "Unavailable" lately? I've changed my devices to static IPs and removed discovery, and after doing that I restarted HA. They were visible for a split second, then became unavailable again quickly. I can get to them through the Kasa App. Quite frustrating... (apologies if this is the wrong channel for this question)

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When I reload the Integration they will randomly be available (but not consistent between devices) for a few seconds, then back as unavilable.

drifting grove
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hello , i search info on Espeasy / mqtt et HA ...

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I can not correctly order an espeay and mqtt. When I click on the switch, it immediately goes back to off.

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Under mosquitto, I see the order but not the return with "State"

runic drift
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@rigid onyx make sure you don't have an IP conflict issue. If you are using DHCP with reservations then it's easily overlooked to assign something the same IP as something else on the network was already assigned.

sweet pond
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Anyone looked at the Nanoleaf remote? Looks like fun, but it's bluetooth and not zigbee unfortunately. Not sure how easy it would be to integrate with HA... but the Xiaomi Cube is slow and unresponsive at times that it would be fun to find an alternative "cube" remote

bright jacinthBOT
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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)
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wheat pendant
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So Im heavily invested into the Ring eco-system, with the alarm being the most recent addition. However, I can't help but think 30quid per contact sensor is a bit much, considering I require 12-15 sensors to cover all necessary doors/windows. I am based in the UK, and am looking for the cheapest, but still reliable, contact/door sensors that are Zigbee compatible/HA compatible (I have a Zigbee network with Conbee). Thanks!

winged knoll
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Xiaomi ones, they're about Β£7 each

wheat pendant
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@winged knoll Where are you finding them for that price lol?

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Do I have to use Zigbee2MQTT or can I pair directly into a Zigbee network with Phoscon/Deconz?

winged knoll
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AliExpress πŸ˜‰

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And you can use them with deCONZ I'm sure, but the deCONZ Discord (or #zigbee-archived will be able to confirm)

zealous dune
wheat pendant
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Annoying the ring ones are so pricey, will have to ingrate these into the ring ecosystem manually...

warm crow
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Hey everyone, I've stumbled across this HA thing in the web right now and I've a question what kind of devices it is capable of controlling, what connections and on which level?
Is this the tool I should use if I have a network of sensors & devices all wired over twisted pair ? no wireless stuff.
And if this tool doesn't support some device, or doesn't support a device for a level required can I still write my own code?

winged knoll
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There's also a massive list of custom components (components are just the old name for integrations), and you can absolutely write your own

weak belfry
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Not sure this is the right channel, but I am looking for a little bit of Home assistant/Z wave trouble shooting support. I have two Schlage z wave compatible locks paired with Homekit through HA. Everything was working flawlessly until I started a HA cloud trial and connected my Amazon Alexa device. Since then I can only control light switches/ or plugs. I Tried to delete the cloud account and disconnect the Amazon echo, I even rebooted my HA. What happens is I will hit Lock or Unlock and it will notify me that it locked or unlocked, but the physical locks don't do anything.

gloomy spoke
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They should be completely unrelated. But better to post about Zwave in #zwave-archived

drifting grove
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Not sure if this is the correct spot to ask but Is there a way to mount a remote linux smb share using hassio? I'm looking to setup a media folder from my external server but the shell command doesn't seem to be working. https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/8YyxsVPjbV/

gloomy sequoia
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so seems even with the innovelli red, with no neutral wire, you need a bypass wired in if you want to disable to relay πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ

drifting grove
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ah ok I actually got it working I just need to have it run that command on startup

twilit relic
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my smartthings integration is showing "ghost" devices. they don't have entities, so I can't actually remove them. they do not exist in my native Smarthings App.... should i just ignore them? do i need to update the webhook or something?

wraith portal
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Hey I’m looking at the the nortek usb zigbee z wave all in one for my setup (in the US) and stumbled upon some people saying the device is discontinued. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Is there any other recommended zigbee a wave combo usb device people recommend? I just don’t wanna build my set up around a discontinued device

gloomy sequoia
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idk if it's discontinued but I just got one yesterday

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haven't even set anything up with it yet lol

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anybody using the lutron aurora with zha? I had tried them with a philips hub but found that you can't set them up without actually having hue bulbs πŸ€”

winged knoll
rocky idol
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Has anyone else see this?

winged knoll
rocky idol
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Opps. I thought i WAS over there. sorry πŸ™‚

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wrong channel

gloomy sequoia
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anybody wired one of the aeotec bypass things?

winged knoll
hushed herald
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Hi everyone!

I have a ESP32-POE with 12 zones binary sensors and I'm trying to figure out how I can have each entity configured into their own area. Seems like it's not really supported so I'm wondering if anyone found a hack that allows that.

Thanks

rotund dragon
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Can anyone share how they are integrating Wyze Cams into the HA setup?

glossy prism
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RTSP firmware, or the custom dafang firmware with RTSP (which is what i use)

runic drift
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surprised no one has written a p2p integration for wyze like how tinycam does it

glossy prism
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🀏

rotund dragon
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So I found the RSTP firmware on Wyze Cam's site. I also have the motioneye addon in HA. But I am not seeing any clear guides or instruction son how to integrate with motioneye in HA or HA directly.

glossy prism
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.generic_ip_camera is one way

bright jacinthBOT
rotund dragon
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is this the direct way to install camera's? Is this the best way to integrate 4 cameras?

glossy prism
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it's a way to get camera streams in home assistant

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not sure if it's the "best" way

broken fern
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Is there a commercially available "smart thermostat" that doesn't require a cloud polling/push integration?

glossy prism
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there is at least one zwave option

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you can also connect the ecobee thermostat to home assistant via homekit controller for local control (albeit with limited functionality)

quick bridge
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Are there any miflora users online?

bright jacinthBOT
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Don't ask to ask, just ask your question. Then people can answer when they're around.

When you do ask a question, try to provide as much background detail as possible. Ask yourself these questions first so that others don't have to:

  1. What version of the Home Assistant are you running? (remember, last isn't a version)
  2. What exactly are you trying to do that won't work?
  3. Is the problem uniform or erratic?
  4. What's the exact error message?
  5. When did it arise?
  6. What exactly don't you "get"?
  7. Can you share sample code, ideally with line errors where the error occurs?
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drifting grove
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does anybody else have issues with the xiaomi gateway hub V1 losing connection when on a different VLAN from ha host?

fringe moon
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Makes sense

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It uses multicast

drifting grove
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but I have the avahi daemon running on my pfsense box and it's connects fine for about 2 hours then just goes unavailable..

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I reboot HA and it's up again for another two hours or so lol

fringe moon
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Multicast is fickle

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And something you don't want to interfere with unless you know what you are doing

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Xiaomi probably doesn't count on it being routed either

drifting grove
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yeah I'm thinking I'm going to have to move my host back to that VLAN for it to work which sucks.. 😦

fringe moon
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Or move to another platform

wraith portal
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Hey, just wondering from earlier if anyone had recommendations for a zigbee/z wave usb dongle. If not I may just go with the nortek

winged knoll
bright jacinthBOT
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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 (and Discord server). It can run in an add-on, in a Docker container, or natively. Only the ConBee range of sticks and RaspBee GPIO boards are support. 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. The EmberZNet based sticks are recommended, but there are other options. 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, in a Docker container, and natively, with no native UI. It uses MQTT for control and configuration, but there are third party UIs. It supports mostly TI based sticks, with the Zig-Ah-Zig-Ah! and Slaesh's sticks being recommended. 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.

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worn meadow
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Anyone have a recommendation on an inexpensive energy monitoring plug that plays nicely with home assistant?

zealous dune
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what is plays nicely and what communication type?

bright jacinthBOT
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@worn meadow 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)
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worn meadow
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Something where I can easily track per day or per hour usage. US, ideally under $20 a plug, wifi or zigbee. mostly want power monitoring.

runic drift
zealous dune
runic drift
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those are not us plugs lol

zealous dune
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look harder

runic drift
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oh i guess some are

zealous dune
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its easy to dismiss things on first glance

fringe moon
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πŸ‡³ 🧊

rotund burrow
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anyone running one of these wifi color smart bulbs from GE w/ hass?

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nevermind, these aren't actually wifi enabled

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I was using lifx but they're expensive and getting difficult to find around, anyone recommend a good alternative? zwave/zigbee is ok too

gloomy sequoia
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i like my teckin color bulbs which are wifi

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run through smart life/tuya originally, but work well with the tuya-custom HACS integration

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tbf they worked fine with the standard tuya integration, but had no color controls

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tuya-custom fixes that

rotund burrow
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sweet those are very reasonably priced with respect to the alternatives, I'll have to give them a shot

runic drift
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at 8 bucks a bulb with rgbcww that can be locally controlled those are a nice deal

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probably be flashed to tasmota too

pulsar skiff
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switch:
  - platform: command_line
    switches:
      workstation_screens:
        command_on: "/usr/bin/caffeinate -u -t 2"
        command_off: "/usr/bin/pmset displaysleepnow"
        friendly_name: Screen
      dirac_minidsp:
        command_on: "/usr/local/bin/minidsp dirac enable"
        command_off: "/usr/local/bin/minidsp dirac disable"
        friendly_name: Dirac Live Processing

I am somewhat befuddled. The first command switch works perfectly but the second results in a "command failed" error. Home Assistant is running under OS X.

glossy prism
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probably be flashed to tasmota too
@runic drift maybe. That OEM has supposedly been switching to non-ESP chips

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Which means you're SOL

runic drift
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knockoffs that use the tuya app are likely still the esp

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atleast that what it seemed like between some digi and other vvideos i seen

glossy prism
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i just mean specifically teckin

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others are too though

gloomy sequoia
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@ji@runic drift "locally controlled"? I'd guess only with tasmota

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unless you mean something different than I think

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HA has to talk to them through tuya

glossy prism
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that being said, i've had good luck tuya-converting a lot of the off-brands

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and serial flashing stuff that can't be TC'd

runic drift
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doesn't the intergration use a rest api?

gloomy sequoia
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I might just buy merkury ones next πŸ˜…

runic drift
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and yes tasmota/esphome would be 100% local

gloomy sequoia
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@runic drift hmm, not sure. I had originally added them with the standard tuya integration

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and then removed them from that, installed tuya-custom and went from there

glossy prism
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tuya smart is cloud polling @runic drift

gloomy sequoia
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also set them up as tuya-custom lights in my configuration.yaml in order to force color picker

runic drift
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simple test, block a bulb from the interwebs and see if you can still control it

gloomy sequoia
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yeah, no

runic drift
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oh is it?

gloomy sequoia
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yep

runic drift
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that sucks

gloomy sequoia
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still considering a tasmota flash on them

glossy prism
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do it

runic drift
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I would do my magic home ones but not sure how to remove the bulb part without breaking or messing it up lol

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the vvideos i've seen all look like pray and twist lol

gloomy sequoia
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^

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also just not quite ready to go there

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feel like if I do that, I'll end up flashing every damn thing lol

glossy prism
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but...it's fun tho.

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you might be able to tuya-convert whatever tuya stuff you already have

gloomy sequoia
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lol

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possible

opal pebble
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looking for help with an Aeotec ZStick gen5. not trying to interupt your convo here, new to the Discord so don't know if this is the proper channel.

glossy prism
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also you're good, there's really no interrupting

gloomy sequoia
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biggest benefit of tasmota ends up being that nothing goes through another server?

glossy prism
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well, and full local control

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and lots of customization capability

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you can even run timers/schedules on the device itself without the need for home assistant

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tasmota devices can also talk to each other

gloomy sequoia
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hmm

glossy prism
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doit

gloomy sequoia
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but not gonna unlock some killer new feature my bulbs don't already have will it?

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they're lights lol

glossy prism
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nah

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local control is great though

gloomy sequoia
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btw does effect: colorloop only work on specific bulbs?

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wasn't doing it on mine

glossy prism
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it's a function of the integration and device itself

gloomy sequoia
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local control meaning that (in my case) i wouldn't be talking to tuya servers for everything

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anything in that regard for wyze devices?

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I did find one that seems to do that for the sensors but not one for bulbs/plugs yet

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got them integrated, but not local

glossy prism
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nah, not that i've seen

runic drift
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wyze is kind of dumb or liars. they claim all of their devices are local only with the one exception of an initial login verification yet they won't just give people full local option. I somewhat maybe see the camera aspect but nothing else

gloomy sequoia
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that's that one I'm using for my stuff currently

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but not fully local obv

runic drift
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how not? it's using an unofficial api, that should work with no internet access

gloomy sequoia
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hmm, I'll try it but I don't think so

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again, isn't that an API to wyze?

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or does he mean an API to the device?

runic drift
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it read like it imitates the wyze app to the device

gloomy sequoia
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hmm, maybe so

wheat pendant
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Morning all, any UK users here who have a working smart switch (i.e. wall embedded light switch) that doesn't require a neutral wire?

winged knoll
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Dimmers can do that, by letting a small amount of power trickle to the light

wheat pendant
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How do you mean?

winged knoll
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With a switch, it cuts the power, so without a neutral there's no power to the switch any more

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With a dimmer, it can reduce the power to just enough to keep the dimmer alive, while hopefully not lighting up the bulb

wheat pendant
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Hopefully! πŸ™‚

winged knoll
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That's why dimmer bypass modules exist πŸ˜‰

wheat pendant
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This is getting all very complicated lol!

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No electrician <--

winged knoll
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Good news, the Vesternet guides are pretty good

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Of course, messing about with 240V isn't something you should do until you understand what's going on πŸ˜‰

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(also not an electrician, also have messed about with 240V, may have tripped a few breakers/blown a few fuses/spot welded a few things that shouldn't have been)

fringe moon
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Mmmm spot welding my fingers

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🚬

winged knoll
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240V shorts are ... interesting things

wheat pendant
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Lol

fringe moon
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I started messing with it 25 years ago, I'm still alive, no permanent damage I swear

wheat pendant
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Hahaha

fringe moon
winged knoll
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Well, if it works after you turn the power back on, the charring can be ignored, no?

fringe moon
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Just silence the lambs Clarice

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Ignore the screams

thin otter
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Could I use a reed switch in a Zooz Z-wave plus Multirelay?

fringe moon
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Trying out two new brands today, one ZigBee cct and one WiFi rgb

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$13 for the former and $15 for the latter

zealous dune
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which ones

fringe moon
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Since this channel is no longer pictures 🀒

winged knoll
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Namron Wiz 🀣

fringe moon
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🀏

last jackal
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have anyone complete installing aqara V2 which have port 9898 close and open it using usb port?

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I'm using CH34 FTDi without any luck

fringe moon
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I've seen many people do it

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There is a ton of guides and videos out there

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But I just turned off my gateway and moved everything to zigbee2mqtt, not looking back

last jackal
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I did manage to soldier and connect to the USB, however upon connecting I just got blank terminal

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nothing being shown.. so I cant open the 9898 port

fringe moon
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Are you sure you have soldered everything correctly?

last jackal
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@fringe moon somehow the guide showing to cross TX and RX which shown nothing but otherwise its is easy... and it work now.. thanks

fringe moon
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Usually you have to cross tx and Rx in a connection

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To make two devices talk directly

cursive palm
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Hello, i just ad a zigbee gate on sonoff, i must reset HA to get info about it ?

sleek parrot
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Hi guys what is best zigbee motions sensor which reports as much as possible? I have Ikea but it reports every 3 minutes which is too much.

winged knoll
drifting grove
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Ho, i need some advice on what home automation products I should buy? Hopefully I found the right place. It is for radiator thermostats/windows contacts/room temp sensors initially. Currently I own eq3 Max! products. But these are discontinued. But they have a nice deal with 50% off Homematic IP, which is guaranteed to work till 2030. ...but what after that...SO I have 3 options: 1. keep my Max! products, flash the cube and try Home assistant (difficult, short on time at the moment, and I understand not al functions ork). 2. Accept the offer, buy Homematic IP stuff. And Time and maybe switch to home assistant in a few years (i expect all functionality is available in H ass.) Or 3. Switch to a different platform or components alltogether. What would you recommend?

bright jacinthBOT
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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)
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winged knoll
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I'd 100% suggest that you look at local first devices - things that support Zigbee or Z-Wave particularly

dreamy dirge
winged knoll
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#zwave-archived can help, but those states of zwave.WHATEVER are fine, you'll be looking for a sensor.WHATEVER_access_control or binary_sensor.WHATEVER entity

dreamy dirge
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yes - i can see the states - just that they dont change, i'll ask in zwave

undone moon
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Hello, can you suggest me which wifi energy monitor to buy?

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Maybe shelly4 or something similar?

queen umbra
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Does anyone else have issues with naming the device with the Android mobile app?

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when you change the name of the device in the mobile app it does not change in HA. Also when you change the name of the device it does not change for the automations

tall elbow
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Hello all. Long time no see. I'm trying to upgrade a non-branded dry electric underfloor heating thermostat to something connected/"smart"

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I put HIVE all through our house because at the time I thought it was the only "smart thermo" to meet the specific arrangement we had, but HIVE says it only supports "wet" underfloor systems

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But afaict, a thermostat is just an on-off switch for whatever it's connected to

winged knoll
tall elbow
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Nest seems to claim to support dry underfloor heating, so I'm drawing a blank as to why nest would but hive wouldn't

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anybody with any experience of this would be more than welcome to give me a pointer πŸ˜‚

queen umbra
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@winged knoll thanks I didnt scroll down enough to see that room

twilit mica
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Hey, does anyone here have a Sesame lock integrated into HA?

modern river
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Are there more options for affordable roller blinds than the Ikea (still too expensive somehow) blinds, or the blind motor AM43 (works but not best solution)?

silver vessel
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Good evening (at least in my timezone)
Anyone here who has some knowledge about the FireTV?
I'm trying to start the prime video app via adb which doesn't seem to work.
What I've tried so far:
adb shell am start -N com.amazon.firebat throws error: see (1 on paste)
With some debugging I found out, that the main intent of the app is com.amazon.firebat/.browse.BrowseActivity , but this throws see (2 on paste)

Calling netflix with adb shell monkey -p com.netflix.ninja 1 works, however it doesn't work with com.amazon.firebat
Paste: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/5bjjYNMTNQ/

I'm not a developer, much less an android one so I'm kinda at loss here.

twilit mica
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@silver vessel Where'd you get that / from? Package names can't have those.

silver vessel
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@twilit mica That's the main intent/activity that's used when the app is launched.

twilit mica
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The only symbol allowed in package names is a period

silver vessel
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At least that's what I figured from googling around. I have not used an android in years, and my android custom rom flashing days are looong gone, as well.
Given that it errors with "Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent " when starting without the Intent and "Permission Denial: starting Intent" when using the Intent, I figured I was on the right ways.

twilit mica
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I also read "There are no APIs or lookup URLs to find package names for Fire TV apps." so that sounds like a problem.

silver vessel
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Thanks, already saw that :)
Quoting from https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb.html#IntentSpec

-n component
    Specify the component name with package name prefix to create an explicit intent, such as com.example.app/.ExampleActivity.

Given that I am receiving a Permission Denial I'd strongly guess that amazon has put some restrictions in place to prevent this app from being startet.
This could be an android option as well, I have no Idea about that.

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The package name is correct.

twilit mica
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I don't own any Amazon devices, nor have experience with them. Somewhat because of these reasons. Best of luck to you

silver vessel
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Thanks for your help anyway, much appreciated!

sand crypt
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Hi! Is there something like an alias to devices or entities possible? I’d like to declare a switch as a light instead and also want to have more usable device names over the sometimes cryptic ones...

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winged knoll
rigid onyx
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Hi all - curious if you find that the Lutron Caseta PRO bridge is worth it over the standard. Currently, I have a URC remote but I'm not entirely sure how much I care about integrating it (the only feature I can really imagine is having the lights go on when I turn the system off for a home theater, but perhaps I'm lacking in creative thinking here). I was also looking into security systems that integrate with Alarm.com, but I'm not sure if I'd need that integration since I could presumably do it all from Home Assistant?

In addition, for those who have purchased it, where did you buy it? I've seen a few different links on Amazon from third parties, but can't seem to get a consistent price or comfort in knowing I'm not getting a knockoff. Haven't found it with any local retailers of Caseta Pro products...

sand crypt
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@winged knoll : "remember not to change the domain of the entity - the part before the ." - so not a solution in one of my examples. No solution here, no alias possible?

winged knoll
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That's the solution to your first example πŸ˜‰

sand crypt
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ah! thank you!

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so I can change an entity ID the same easy like the name? I simply change it in UI? Will all be changed in background thn automatically (as long as it was not manually scripted in some add-on)

winged knoll
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Well, it depends

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If you can't the UI will tell you

sand crypt
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I see

winged knoll
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It won't change it everywhere you wrote it though, you'll have to update scenes, automations, etc

sand crypt
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tried with one and see already: even in UI dashboards and so on, I have to adapt, so literally everywhere.... means think well about how to name it before you start integrations and usage like automations ...

winged knoll
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This is why I like working with the YAML - global search and replace is easy πŸ˜‰

sand crypt
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light switch helps for the name only but it generates no entity ID for the "virtual" light

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right?

winged knoll
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Wrong πŸ˜‰

sand crypt
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IΒ΄ll continue to check it out

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ah I see

snow stream
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I removed an ESPHome device from my integration, however the device is still showing up in my devices tab. shouldn't removing the device from the integration remove the device from HA as well?

rigid onyx
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Has anyone had luck solving the TP-Link Kasa switches going to "Unavailable"? I know that there is discussion about this on the Home Assistant community every now and then, but it has been a real issue lately. Tried everything: Static IPs, confirming no IP conflicts, turning off detection in the integration, manually adding the IPs to configuration.yaml. Despite all that, I get seemingly random "Unavailable" statuses for two of my three switches, despite a strong wifi connection where they're located.

runic drift
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@rigid onyx I don't think there is a one all solution. This has been brought up for quite some time. Some people like myself don't have the issue so it's harder to track down as to why

rigid onyx
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@runic drift Thanks. I'm testing the plugs in a different room to see if Wifi strength (even though it should be incredibly strong in the prior room) has any effect.

runic drift
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@rigid onyx did you go into the kasa app and set the devices as local only?

rigid onyx
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I didn't see an option for that... Let me check again!

runic drift
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maybe they changed it. use to be an option

rigid onyx
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Yeah I don't see anything letting me do that...

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May have been removed.

glossy prism
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It's not necessary anyway

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The integration is just in a poor state in some ways

runic drift
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yea but with local only it stopped sending it out only using the local rest

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might be why some don't havve issues while others do

glossy prism
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Could be. If you set the plugs up without signing in the app they'll be local only

runic drift
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I dunno, no idea what the default state is

glossy prism
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The integration is local polling

runic drift
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the option was under each individual device and since I don't have any plugged in atm I can't see what options it givves atm

glossy prism
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No clue, I unloaded most of my tplink stuff in favor of things I can flash tasmota on

runic drift
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wow they did remove that option.

glossy prism
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You could always just block its internet access on your router

runic drift
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well my plugs still have the old firmware, only the app was updated so pretty sure mine are still as they were but I am wondering if that is what's causing some people issues

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just found a post on the tp forums where they stated the optiion was removed in 2.9.0 and that the cloud setting is the default and no longer selectable

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this actually makes sense cause this was back in late Nov and I remember many people having this issue since. like those of us who bought the products and set the option to local before the changes got lucky

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all of this because some asshat couldn't figure out why he couldn't get alexa to work after setting his to local only

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@rigid onyx do you have an android phone or ios?

rigid onyx
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Android has the app but I have an iPhone as well

runic drift
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do you know how to side load apps on the android?

rigid onyx
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Yeah, I believe so

runic drift
rigid onyx
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Interesting idea! I'll give that a shot. I confirmed that distance to the router wasn't the issue πŸ˜…

runic drift
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if you get all figured out and it does solve your issue, report back. sure others would want to know if that fixes it or not.

rigid onyx
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Will do! And I was able to make them local by blocking the wifi, and the Kasa app now reflects that funny enough.

glossy prism
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Again though, the integration is local polling

runic drift
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the integration may not be the issue.

subtle flame
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Hello Community, Im not so familier with Light Smart devices, I have Sonoff Light Switches nearly everywhere, but I have a place ( Toilet ), where I would like to use smart light,but I cannot change the switch. I would like to use motion detector with some smart device what is controlling the light. I would not want to change the light itself. What is the best and easiest method to solve this issue? Thank you.

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A ventillator is also connected to the same switch with a cable, this is a one-way one gang switch. The Ventilator should also get power when motion is detected, like the light.

plush gulch
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Hello brain trust. Has anyone for sercomm icamera2 working with motion eye?

subtle flame
runic drift
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@subtle flame Because you cannot change the switch itself and the same switch also operates a vent fan your only option is something like a Shelly or Sonoff Mini that would be place behind the switch. Once the "switch" becomes "smart" you can use all sorts of things for motion sensing from RF/Zigbee/Zwave/WiFi motion sensors that you would tie into HA that would in return control the "smart switch"

subtle flame
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@runic drift The Video I sent is totally the same, so im not so stupid as I see πŸ˜„ Thanks for the hint, I have a Sonoff Mini what I never used at home, I'll do like this. πŸ™‚ your super.

brisk pulsar
zealous dune
haughty dove
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@rigid onyx Did you figure anything out? I just started having problems today with my TP-Link devices.

dire geyser
rigid onyx
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@haughty dove I'm going to test out the forced localization for another day or so. I see that one of the plugs went to unavailable for about 30 seconds last night, but the others were solid so far. However, my issues seemed more sporadic, which is why I'm not calling it just yet.

drifting grove
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Anyone knows what "configuring weekly schedules is not possible" (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/maxcube/) exactly means? Not being able to configure the max-propriatary schedules on the Max! cube via Home assistant? or not being able to configure schedules in Home assistant at all?

gloomy sequoia
rigid onyx
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What motion cameras have you found work well, including with HA? We inherited some Ring cameras with our house and they're absolute garbage.

winged knoll
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I prefer to separate things out - cameras, with separate motion/object detection

narrow elk
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this is probably a dumb/simple question...but how can I create a switch to enable a mode? It won't be attached to a device or anything. Just for an automation to check "If Switch = true (do this)"

gloomy spoke
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a Template Switch

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or really an input_boolean

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the first is something that you define to do something if it's turned on or off (and provides a current status), the second is a boolean variable of sorts that you can turn on or off to control some other behavior

narrow elk
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kk. I'll do some digging for an example

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ty

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narrow elk
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oh. this is easy. ty

rigid onyx
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@winged knoll - any favorite devices?

winged knoll
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Yes

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Whether they're an option on your part of the planet is anybody's guess, but HikVision are good - #cameras-archived can advise more

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wanton crow
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I've got a couple of Dahua cameras that work pretty well

winged knoll
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For motion detection, I like MotionEye, but there's a whole host of options.
For object detection, Doods, which uses TensorFlow, but again there's options

plain sable
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Is the ring.com API returning 503 for anyone else?

jagged mason
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Can someone assist me with seeing the Input state of my Shelly 1? I only see 1 entity and it appears to be the relay command. I added the device by discovery page

slender saddle
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How can I setup a camera to appear in HASS?
As in, what should I load onto a RPi Zero W with a camera capable of Infrared at night that HASS can see?

winged knoll
slender saddle
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thanks, ill take a look

twilit relic
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i lost track of my question here, but a couple days ago I think I asked if there was a way to remove "ghost" devices from SmartThings? The entities were removed, but the devices are still there and offer no way to remove (in the UI)

runic drift
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@twilit relic I don't have SmartThings but you talking about stuff you had setup in a SmartThings hub?

twilit relic
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yeah - i had linked Hue and another service inside the ST app

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then i added to HA

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then I removed those linked services in ST

runic drift
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did you restart HA?

twilit relic
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oh, a million times. that was last week

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they appear in the devices tab, but not in the entities tab

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the don't appear on my default lovelace UI

runic drift
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@twilit relic did you remove the smartthings integration?

high oar
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Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone might be familiar with config for pfsense to allow smartthings integration without using nebucasa and wouldn't mind me picking at their brain / screaming frantically while running in circles

twilit relic
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no i kept it

runic drift
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@twilit relic remove it

twilit relic
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then re add it?

runic drift
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sure

twilit relic
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i can just update all my scripts and stuff with the new device ids, right?

runic drift
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@twilit relic always

twilit relic
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good. so it's not like iOS HK where doing this would wipe out all automations and scenes involving those devices

runic drift
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no it only removes the integration

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make sure you restart after removing it

twilit relic
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ok. restarting now...

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they are gone

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adding integration back in. it involves a webhook i think - i remember this being annoying

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ugh it's all busted

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damnit

runic drift
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I looked at the intergrations page, does look like a pain, but that was the only way to get them out lol

rigid onyx
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For (including @haughty dove ) who were curious if forcing the TP-Link Kasa smart switches into local mode helped anything... I recently had to restart HA and it seemed to place one of my switches back to being "Unavailable". Reloading the integration seemed to fix that. I'm not sure if it's temporary or whatnot, but I have noticed before that when I restart HA it will often result in 1+ of my switches being "Unavailable."

frozen musk
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Has anyone managed to root their Mi 1C Robot Vacuum Mop?

sweet pond
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Does anyone know if the Aqara Cube and the Aqara Cube with Homekit support are two different revisions or the same?

gray heart
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I need a 3 phase controller to control my heating in my house, any suggestion? Preferrably WiFi connected

cosmic lake
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Hi, I’m not completely clear on this. On https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/ it says that for an 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 Model B a 64-bit image is required. Does this mean that you can’t have GPIO support with the 8GB model, and that you need the 4GB model or lower with the 32-bit Hassio image to be able to use GPIO?

fringe moon
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well, you can't use more than 4GB RAM with a 32bit image, I have no idea if the 8GB version is supported with the 32bit image

cosmic lake
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The 8GB image only comes in a 64-bit image. I’ll go to β€œhome-assistant_os. Thanks!

haughty dove
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@rigid onyx Good to know, thanks! How do you force localization for the devices?

ashen sail
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Hey, not sure if this is the place to ask, but does anyone know if I can control Phillips Hue bluetooth bulbs from HA through an Echo Dot?

rigid onyx
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@haughty dove thorough the router settings. I have a nest mesh router and Google wifi lets you force localization through the Family Mode settings.

haughty dove
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@rigid onyx Thanks. Doesn't seem to work for me. All my devices are still unavailable after several restarts (with local network only).

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I get this error on startup:

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rigid onyx
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Hmm I won't be one able to help much with the coding (unfortunately have 0 experience with it!). I did make set discovery to false and added the IP addresses in configuration.yaml, but no clue if that helped anything

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And did you try reloading the integration?

rigid onyx
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@haughty dove restarting HA seems to create the issue for me whereas reloading the integration has helped resolve the issue.

haughty dove
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@rigid onyx how do you reload? I've see the option sometimes, but not currently.

rigid onyx
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@haughty dove on the integrations page, click the three little dots next to the TP Link integration and it should appear there

haughty dove
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yeah, that's normally were I see it, but it's not there right now...

verbal heath
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for motion sensors and window door sensor what is better? wifi like wyze or zigbee? I am debating what to put that would integrate nicely and can create automations that is the biggest setback with wyze

glossy prism
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Wyze sense isn't WiFi, it's proprietary 915Mhz that requires their bridge. There's a custom component for it that operates completely locally, or wyzesense2mqtt which is also local

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I like the wyze sense stuff I have. It's cheap and works well. I also have Zigbee stuff though

haughty dove
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@rigid onyx And now, after yet another restart (but no reload) they're showing up again....this is so bizarre πŸ˜‚

verbal heath
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Wyze sense isn't WiFi, it's proprietary 915Mhz that requires their bridge. There's a custom component for it that operates completely locally, or wyzesense2mqtt which is also local
@glossy prism Is it hard to setup the mqtt stuff? what do you like better? Trying to figure out what to buy 😦

rigid onyx
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I just bought the wyze starter set and plan to do the custom component as I feel too dumb to handle the mqtt stuff.

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@haughty dove how bizarre! Let us know how things progress. I turned on an alert if mine goes unavailable for a minute or more

verbal heath
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I just bought the wyze starter set and plan to do the custom component as I feel too dumb to handle the mqtt stuff.
@rigid onyx Custom component?

rigid onyx
glossy prism
verbal heath
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thanks guys πŸ™‚ I will check it out

drifting grove
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Has anyone heard of a way to determine daylight/night based on the picture from a camera? I'd like to turn on lights in the house based on sunlight outside, and I don't want to just use sunrise/sunset because it doesnt account for cloudy days.

I feel like there must be a way to determine light levels based on my outdoor camera

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I'm specifically talking about a Wyze Cam and I don't believe there's any metadata stored about whether the IR light is on or off like other IP cameras

winged knoll
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Light sensors are cheap πŸ˜‰

drifting grove
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Yeah, I thought about getting one of these. My home assistant only has a z-wave dongle right now, so i'd need to buy a separate zigbee one for this sensor

verbal heath
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Yeah, I thought about getting one of these. My home assistant only has a z-wave dongle right now, so i'd need to buy a separate zigbee one for this sensor
@drifting grove why does it need a separate sensor?

drifting grove
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@drifting grove why does it need a separate sensor?
@verbal heath My RPi has this connected - https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zst10-s2-stick.html. It only supports Z-Wave so I'd need a separate USB stick that supports Zigbee in order to use the Xiaomi sensors

verbal heath
drifting grove
verbal heath
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@verbal heath INTERESTING...
@drifting grove that is why I could not decide if going with zigbee motion or wyze

glossy prism
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That's one of the least powerful Zigbee sticks FYI

verbal heath
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That's one of the least powerful Zigbee sticks FYI
@glossy prism so not good?

drifting grove
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That's one of the least powerful Zigbee sticks FYI
@glossy prism welp, it did seem too good to be true

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i might just bite the bullet and get the conbee

zealous dune
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how big is your area for zigbee sensors?

drifting grove
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2000 sqft house but im building from scratch so i wont have a ton to start out with

zealous dune
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yeah, definitely avoid that puny stick >D

drifting grove
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haha alright

verbal heath
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good to know

compact ridge
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Were there any breaking changes to MQTT recently? HA doesn't seem to be reading my state_topic, so my MQTT lights toggle on, but then the switch flips off since its not optimistic. My config hasn't change but I did to a recent update.

scenic plaza
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im wanting to setup my washing machine to alert me when it has finished a cycle. I was thinking about using a power meter to do this.
What power meter integrates with home assistant the best/easiest ?

gloomy spoke
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there are several Z-Wave options if you have an existing Z-Wave network

scenic plaza
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yea i have a few z-wave devices

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forgot to say im in the uk

gloomy spoke
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yeah, you did πŸ™‚

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then you're on your own

scenic plaza
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lol sorry

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blissful crane
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What is the cheapest single (or multi) socket switch that is compatible with home-assistant?

gloomy spoke
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see bot message

blissful crane
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USA
Cheapest possible
Whatever works over WIFI w/ home-assistant
single (or multi) smart socket

gloomy sequoia
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@blissful crane probably wyze plugs

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there's those

tawny umbra
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hy! i need help with sonoff rf bridge with esphome. it is working, but i cant pairing nothing....

runic drift
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@tawny umbra welcome to the club lol

red sonnet
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Why does Home assistant still not support Siren ?

tawny umbra
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@runic drift show nothing in log. i try dw2-rf and simple 433 switches...

red sonnet
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i have this one to neo coolcam siren does work in tuya but not in HA

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Or do you have to make your own siren with a power plug etc ?

runic drift
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@tawny umbra nothing is "simple" when it comes to that bridge. the trans/receiver is a strict 433mhz like 433.9 or something. and even tho through various mods it's ability is limited

fringe moon
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You are better off with a ESP device + 433 hardware and openmqttgateway

tawny umbra
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@runic drift ok...but is works with tasmota fine....

runic drift
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oh yea it works great with some deices no matter what firmware you use

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if the device claims 433MHz but is something like 433.2 or whatever, it immediatly becomes a coin toss

tawny umbra
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sollution? flash back tasmota or espeasy?

runic drift
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you modded it right to get the esphome? or did they release a version that don't require that

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if you hadn't modded the bridge there is a Portisch firmware you can flash onto the whatever-its-called that may benefit you. last I checked they did some real improvements with that

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showing me code won't help anything

fringe moon
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still need to hardware mod it to flash portisch

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if memory serves right

runic drift
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plus your password and such is on there, you should remove it

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winged knoll
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I can delete the message in the channel, I can't do anything about the Paste itself

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This yet another reason for not posting code walls...

runic drift
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still need to hardware mod it to flash portisch
@fringe moon i thought the portisch didn't use the mod because the mod bypasses that chip and you flash that chip with portish

fringe moon
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don't remember, I gave up on that project

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haven't touched it in 6 months or so

tawny umbra
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@runic drift okay. and how can i upload with esphome?

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runic drift
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@tawny umbra google sonoff rf bridge portisch. there are tons of guides and videos showing how to do it

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if you already moded the board you may not be able to do it

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thank goodness it was cheap amirite

zealous dune
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what is the mod on the board?

runic drift
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i waited like 4 months to get mine and it only works with one rf button i have lol

tawny umbra
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@runic drift 4 month?? nice πŸ˜„

fringe moon
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wiring some stuff to an IC and add some resistors

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last I checked

runic drift
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the board has a 8266 and a emb for decode/encode of the signals. one mod bypasses that emb and uses the 8266 to do the decoding etc

fringe moon
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and cutting paths

runic drift
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while the portisch uses that emb

zealous dune
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that's all reversible

runic drift
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uh i guess

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repairing scratched pathing is technically repairable lol

fringe moon
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I just dremeled the paths

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🀣

runic drift
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lmao

zealous dune
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that's a way to do it

fringe moon
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I don't do stuff half assed

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like @runic drift

runic drift
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I used a screwdriver and the grooves are deep lol

fringe moon
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πŸ’‹

runic drift
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nothing a big solder ball couldn't fix i suppose

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sad thing is @fringe moon has like 3 of them lmao

fringe moon
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I do

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One I broke in anger

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one is modded

runic drift
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lol

fringe moon
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and one is in a box still

runic drift
fringe moon
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I should send it to that angry man @zealous dune

zealous dune
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i tend to avoid ancient technology

fringe moon
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🀣

runic drift
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here garage sales can land you alot of rf stuff for cheap which is what I was hoping for

fringe moon
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Though X10 was the cool hip stuff in modern america

scenic plaza
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Im wanting a device for my TV that can feedback what its playing to home assistant and allow me to pause, play and change the input. The main things i will be watching are Plex, netflix and youtube.

I was looking into a harmony elite but idk if this will do what im wanting

runic drift
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most android t devices can do that

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like a shield or something

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not sure if roku's can, not tried changing t inputsd

scenic plaza
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I was looking at a Shield TV pro but everywhere i looked complained it was really hard to get working in HA

runic drift
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I don't have one but there are a few in here who do and not heard any complaints

zealous dune
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"hard" is a relative term

haughty dove
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@rigid onyx So far so good, except with forced localization, my devices no longer work with Alexa. I guess I have to choose my battles πŸ˜†

scenic plaza
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The main thing i want to do is use my google home voice assistant to turn on the bedroom TV, open Plex turn the lights on and change them to red at 60% brightness, then close the curtains.
My lights are on the Smart life app and ill look into buying something to automate the curtains.

I was thinking a logitech harmony elite to turn the TV on and then swap to an nvidia shield TV pro and open plex. Is that possible ?

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Whatd be even more usefull is then i could use my google home to "play the next episode" and itll play the next plex episode after the one i have just watched

fringe moon
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Voice assistant 🀒

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it's so unnatural to me

scenic plaza
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really ? i find it so useful

fringe moon
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don't know if it is a language thing or generational thing

scenic plaza
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maybe

scenic plaza
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Any idea if that’s possible ?

fringe moon
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Anything is possible tbh

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as long as the entity is reachable by voice

scenic plaza
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Do you know if the nvidia shield would report back to home assistant what it’s playing on Plex ?

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That’s the problem I have with my chromecast ultra it doesn’t show what’s playing, if I use the app integration for Plex on HA and choose the chromecast I don’t get the options like I do with a browser (play, pause, browse media)

gloomy sequoia
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I'd really like that same thing for... anything playing on shield

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I can see that "netflix" is on... but what?

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@scenic plaza harmony elite is even overkill if that's ALL you're looking to do

scenic plaza
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Ye exactly, I’m guessing you have a shield

gloomy sequoia
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I do

scenic plaza
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And it doesn’t show you what it’s playing on HA ?

gloomy sequoia
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and a harmony companion+hub

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not the elite

scenic plaza
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Like Plex

gloomy sequoia
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right

scenic plaza
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Oof

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I guess I’ll have to look into other devices then, maybe a roku streaming stick +

gloomy sequoia
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tbf I still think the shield is probably best thing you could get for streaming

scenic plaza
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Plus I guess I could stream my PC to it

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Have you tried to see if you can see what Plex is playing from the shield ?

gloomy sequoia
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I haven't, but I could give it a whirl

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I know it doesn't show for Netflix or kodi

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and spotify only shows if I cast to it

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not of I start something on the shield in the spotify app

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i have a feeling casting to it would show more info tbh

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but that's kinda inconvenient most of the time imo

scenic plaza
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Ye that sucks 😦

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Do you use Plex ?

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It uses its own integration and that can then tie into the device it’s streaming from Plex, it shows what’s playing and media controls but for only supported devices. Unfortunately I can’t find a list of supported devices πŸ˜‚

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I’d really appreciate it if you could add the Plex integration into your HA and then download the Plex app onto the Shield to see if you get media controls. And what’s playing

gloomy sequoia
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yeah i'll give it a go in a bit here

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i'm starting down the tasmota road lol

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with that being said, if i flash tasmota and then install the mqtt integration, do my lights just work?

glossy prism
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with mqtt discovery, basically

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also

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doit

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you have to set up a template in tasmota though

gloomy sequoia
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pairing now

scenic plaza
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I might buy the shield and give it a go

gloomy sequoia
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"device did not appear with the intermediate firmware"

glossy prism
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😬

gloomy sequoia
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does that mean this bulb isn't compatible?

glossy prism
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most likely, check the logs in the scripts folder for anything like SSL_DECRYPTION_FAILED_OR_BAD_RECORD_MAC

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or references to the device not having an ESP chip

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was it in EZ pairing (fast blinking) mode?

gloomy sequoia
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most likely, check the logs in the scripts folder for anything like SSL_DECRYPTION_FAILED_OR_BAD_RECORD_MAC
@glossy prism in the psk log, yes

glossy prism
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yep, incompatible with tuya-convert unfortunately. if it's an ESP chip you could serial flash it though

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some of the devices that have an ESP chip were patched with later firmware updates, but ESP chips can always be serial flashed

gloomy sequoia
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nah lol

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maaaybe one of these days

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well, that's bum

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but i'll live

glossy prism
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yeah bulbs are generally more difficult to serial flash than other devices

scenic plaza
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@gloomy sequoia what model and year Shield do you have ?

neon hemlock
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@scenic plaza what's the question about the Shield and Plex? if you can control & see what's playing?

scenic plaza
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Yea so I have a chromecast and when I have Plex running on it I can’t play/pause/ see what’s playing with the default media viewer card
I then installed the Plex integration and I chose the chromecast I was watching Plex on and I can see the name of the series but I can’t play/pause/change series or movie using the Plex card

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So I was wanting a new device that lets me do all of those
See what’s playing
Play / pause
Choose what to play with the integrated media browser

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Although the controls I had for my iOS Plex player are no longer there today 🀨

gloomy sequoia
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i have the 2017 base model, not pro

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i'm guessing that's a limitation on the integration

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if it works with the default card

neon hemlock
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sorry, got pulled away

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the Plex integration supports all of the official Plex clients, but the limitation on controls are actually usually related to networking

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the plex client on shield works fine for controlling & seeing what's playing

scenic plaza
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Oh right, the TV and chromecast that don’t show the media controls are on the same local network as the home assistant server

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And that’s probably why I don’t have the controls for my phone as I’m remote at the moment

neon hemlock
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with one "bug" right now that it may not report playback if you start playback from HA

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if the Plex client & server (not HA) are on the same network then the Plex server will be able to "see" the client. this will let HA control it

scenic plaza
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Ohhhhhh

neon hemlock
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what HA version are you on? newer versions have more ways to find the clients

scenic plaza
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The chromecast is on a different vlan to the Plex server

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But the firewall isn’t blocking anything from reaching each vlan

neon hemlock
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and the chromecast is a special case right now. it loads a lightweight Plex "app" when it's playing media but I don't believe it's expected to be controllable

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(i don't use CC myself)

scenic plaza
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Ahh ok, so if I bought a shield pro it should show controls ?

neon hemlock
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but the Shield has a full Plex client that is definitely controllable

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i'm looking into making the Plex integration work with chromecast devices, but no promises or ETAs

scenic plaza
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Now the question is do I buy a shield 2015 for Β£125 or a pro 2019 for Β£180
Or do I get a roku stick +

neon hemlock
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most problems with Plex client controls come down to networking setups

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Plex discovery uses a UDP broadcast by default which doesn't cross VLANs

scenic plaza
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The vlans don’t have traffic blocking between each other currently though

neon hemlock
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doesn't matter, UDP broadcast doesn't cross subnets unless you help it

scenic plaza
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Ahh... my Plex server is on vlan100 and IoT is vlan200...
what’s the easiest/best way to fix it ?

neon hemlock
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depends on your router

scenic plaza
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Edge router lite

neon hemlock
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that makes it easy πŸ˜‰

scenic plaza
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Good πŸ˜‚

neon hemlock
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there's probably other solutions available, too

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you need to relay UDP ports 32410, 32412-32414 between the subnets

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but

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this probably won't solve your chromecast issue. it should for the iOS one

scenic plaza
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Ok the IOS is on WiFi on my unifi ap LR

neon hemlock
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what HA version are you on?

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this may not be necessary if you're on something recent

scenic plaza
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0.115.2

neon hemlock
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hmm, that has one of the newer lookup methods

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it's never controllable?

scenic plaza
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Like I say my IOS was controllable last night

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But not now but I’m not on my local lan

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When I get home I’ll see if it’s controllable, if it is I’m guessing my shield/roku would be if I bought one ?

neon hemlock
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oh, HA needs to be able to reach the client

scenic plaza
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When I get home I’ll see if it’s controllable, if it is I’m guessing my shield/roku would be if I bought one ?
@scenic plaza

neon hemlock
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as of now you can't control remote clients

scenic plaza
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That’s fine, I’ll see if it works when I’m home (technically locally but over a vlan)

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So the reason it didn’t show for the chromecast but it did show for the iPhone is because it’s not supported on chromecast

neon hemlock
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there's also a plex.scan_for_clients service you can use to force a scan for connectable clients

scenic plaza
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It discovered the clients just no controls for the chromecast

neon hemlock
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yeah, but it does show what it's playing, right?

scenic plaza
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Errr yea I believe it did

neon hemlock
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that's expected behavior for now

scenic plaza
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Ok thanks !
I’ll update you if it works with my iPhone, and if it does I’m guessing the roku or the shield pro would allow me to play pause and select media

neon hemlock
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yep

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with that one exception for the shield (and other androidtv devices) where if you start playback from HA, the shield doesn't report its playback progress

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i hope that's fixed on plex's side soon

scenic plaza
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Ahh that’s annoying lol

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If that’s a Plex problem like you say hopefully it gets fixed

neon hemlock
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it also affects their native clients in a restricted network

scenic plaza
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I’m wanting to setup a full home theatre with a projector when I move into my house, would you recommend the shield pro 2019 or just a roku stock +
The main reason I thought shield was to stream my PC but my desk will be fairly close to the projector so I could run a 10m HDMI instead

arctic nova
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Hey all! I'm trying to set up a single binary sensor that is true when it's "late". This will be used in automation triggers to automatically turn off lights. Here is my current code:

binary_sensor:
 - platform: template
   sensors:
     is_late:
       friendly_name: It is Late
       # this expression will be true from midnight until the sun crosses -4deg just before sunrise
       # the hour < 12 condition is there to ensure it doesn't go true again after sunset
       value_template: >-
         {{
           now().hour|int < 12
           and
           state_attr('sun.sun', 'elevation')|float < -3    
         }}```
But this is just sitting at false.  Any idea what's wrong?  My understanding is that now() might lag a bit (a few minutes) but should generally work.  Thanks!
peak talon
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use the developer tools -> template to test out

neon hemlock
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@scenic plaza i only have experience with the 2017 shield and it's been able to play anything i throw at it

scenic plaza
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Ok thanks I’ll keep reading up on them πŸ™‚

rigid onyx
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@haughty dove How odd! I think I can still control with Google Assistant, but maybe because I have HA integrated in it (rather than going through the TP-Link integration)...

arctic nova
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use the developer tools -> template to test out
@peak talon Thank you! I wasn't familiar with that tool. Super useful. As you probably knew, a template with now() will only get updated based on the other sensors. Using states('sensor.time') instead should work. For those that are curious, the full template is now:

            strptime(states('sensor.time'), '%H:%M').hour|int < 12
            and
            state_attr('sun.sun', 'elevation')|float < -3    
          }}```
gloomy spoke
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sun.sun would have caused the template to be reevaluated too, but only when the state or the attributes change (such as the elevation)

wide sleet
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anyone using geofence features from HA on their iphone? I have one iphone that often reports the wrong location of the user when looking at the HA Map but location services on the phone is set to always on and if I check the device's location on apple maps, it shows the correct place

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I'm trying to get some automation working based on location but that phone shows incorrectly the location it's in

gloomy spoke
mental bone
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Any examples of how to create a virtual device in which all state changed are triggered from a button push. What I'm trying to do is create a device which tracks baby feeds. So the default state is not feeding, but then I can toggle it to feeding and then toggle back to not feeding.

runic drift
mental bone
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does it work with variables for the state? because i don't have any other entity to use

runic drift
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@mental bone you don't have to use an entity, once you create it it becomes a virtual switch that just outputs whatever state you want

mental bone
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i was just fiddling with
switch:

  • platform: template
    switches:
    baby_feeding:
    variables:
    val: "not feeding"
    value_template: "{{ val }}"
    turn_on: '{% set val = "feeding" %}'
    turn_off: '{% set val = "not feeding" %}'
    (i have not tried it yet, but sure it won't work; still trying to figure out syntax), however input booleans seem like a simpler solution
runic drift
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you can create an input bool straight from the UI, but the state will only show as on/off

mental bone
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ahhh, so feeding and not feeding aren't availalble, just on/off

runic drift
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well you could use the bool to trigger the on and off then use a template binary sensor to output the state from feeding/not feeding based on the bools state

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depends how complicated you really wanna get lol

mental bone
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thank you for you quick responses; you have given me what i need, unfortunetly, i'm out of time for tonight.

stuck cosmos
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not sure this si the right spot to ask this but seemed relevant enough to me. Been thinking about how I can handle my automations and such a little better and I have a google home in my bedroom of course and was wondering if i can use routines with it to turn on an input boolean in home assistant to kick my automation flow into gear. or for that matter do the routines even work on things like that or just phones? also can have different bedtime routines for different speakers?

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don't wanna mess with it physically on the app right now just because i'm afraid of waking everyone up haha. quiet time for me

runic drift
stuck cosmos
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no that aspect i've had for ages thanks to nabu, i mean like routines on the google devices themselves. i've never used them and was curious how to use them couple with home assistant. currently i've got an input boolean exposed to google assistant called 'Chris Bedtime' that i turn on when i go to bed, and wanna just use routine to handle that instead. but i need to know if each person with their voice mathcp rofile can have their own. I guess i'll just have to wait till later and mess with it

fast bane
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anyone own yeelights do they occasionally just stop working over wifi?

fringe moon
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Only if they stop trying to reconnect to WiFi after a power outage and my router is slower than usual to boot

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Mine have worked non stop for over a year

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Except after some power outages

fast bane
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Mine seem to have issues after internet outages

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or likewise power outage

winged knoll
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Mine have been blocked from the Internet since about a month after I installed them πŸ˜„

fast bane
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Mine are on a custom IoT VLAN but still have internet access

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I don't care if they phone home as long as they stay away from my LAN

fringe moon
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🀏

fast bane
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?

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runic drift
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@brisk pulsar don't write an email. just post your question simply and to the point

fringe moon
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🀫

brisk pulsar
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I try to explain my issue with details since I have struggling with it for several hours already.

arctic sable
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Hi all

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Is there any way to cleanup devices from the UI?

fringe moon
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Depends on what you mean by clean up

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And what devices

arctic sable
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Devices that are inaccessible in some way

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For instance, I changed my phone but gave it the same name

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now there are two, and one is invalid

fringe moon
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So configuration ,- devices

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Delete the device?

runic drift
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were these added via the HA app on the phone?

brittle grotto
#

Hi guys, I have a question about hue lights. How would I go about getting my switches to control the lights in home assistant but also if hass is down how would I get it to revert back to using the hue bridge

winged knoll
gentle fossil
#

do alcaline batteries live longer or why do my motion sensors recommend them this hard over lipo?

winged knoll
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They'll be recommended because they're designed for them, and so can report battery life accurately

mild talon
#

I have 2 rgb floodlights flashed with Tasmota - what's the best way to sync them when calling "effect: 2" on them both at the same time?

rancid canyon
#

Hello! How can i use device manufacturer/model/and area in node-red?

winged knoll
gloomy spoke
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channel fight

kindred pivot
#

Any idea why my xiaomi switch wont work after an upgrade from 111.4 to 115.6? It says: last_action: null

kindred pivot
#

no one experiencing the same problem the last half year on Google 😦

full rain
#

Since the Google Home integration is now gone, are there any other devices (aside from the Pi based servers themselves) that can be used for BTLE presence detection, that are inexpensive enough to be added on a per room basis?

fast bane
#

I am really sick of my Zigbee Osram Lightify bulbs disconnecting and playing up.

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ANy recommendation for B22/E27 Light Bulbs with good Hass integration, reliable and decent LAN control

buoyant wyvern
#

ZOOZ zen21 switch not updating state on manual change. Anytime I shut off the light manually it doesn't update the state.

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Anyone have any troubleshooting tips for this?

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Nevermind I need to learn to read documentation COMPLETELY

fringe moon
#

@kindred pivot sounds like #zigbee-archived and you should mention what platform you use, I have no issues with zigbee2mqtt

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@full rain monitor is used by some, and esphome should work too

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@fast bane all ZigBee is local, and it is probably your coordinator rather than the bulb

winged knoll
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Osram bulbs are PoS

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This is (relatively) well known, but not shouted about - you just have to know to search first (I found out the hard way too, never buying another Osram)

fast bane
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Yeah agreed

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esp with Osram Routers and Xiaomi Devices

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network is unstable

fringe moon
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Xiaomi gateway? πŸ™…

winged knoll
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Even direct, mine didn't work reliably

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Then one day it fell off the mesh and refused to re-join or reset

fringe moon
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I don't think I've ever seen a Osram here

winged knoll
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You had one job

fringe moon
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I've looked

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I wanted to try them

fast bane
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Exact same exp. just randomly drops off

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and one refuses to rejoin

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Anyway bought a LIFX

fringe moon
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Meh, wifi

fast bane
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(supporting guy who made company down the road from me)

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yeah not sussed on wifi but have dedicated AP

fringe moon
#

ZigBee master race

fast bane
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Find me an Aussie zigbee manufacturer I can support πŸ˜›

fringe moon
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I support products that work 🀏

fast bane
#

fark my rain sensor has failed, hail is entering my house 😲

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Rain Sensor water_leak "Dry" -liar

fringe moon
#

Aussie enough for you?

fast bane
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AC/DC is aussie tmuk

opaque halo
#

i have an old usb-adapter ive been using to flash my sonoff stuff long time ago. i havent modified it and there is nothing that tells what wire is gnd r/tx and v, is there any way to figure that out?

fringe moon
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That sounds strange

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opaque halo
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i forceopened the case and on the board there was ofc labels. still cant access my sonoff rf bridge over serial to get portisch in there. think im done with hacking tasmota into sonoffstuff as it never works. πŸ™‚ is there another better way to controll wall outlets and get temperature readings from different places in house

fringe moon
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With 433?

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Openmqttgateway with the correct 433 transmitters and receivers

inner wasp
#

i am trying to tasmotize a Magic Home enabled LED controller but the pin outs on my new one are different. My question is which one is GPIO 0 please. there is a pad marked "EN". is this another nomclmenture for gpio 0.

fringe moon
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I think @glossy prism did that the other day

drifting grove
#

time to hook up the mi air purifier 3H I just got

glossy prism
fringe moon
#

πŸ§™

inner wasp
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I have a pic of mine. How do I add a pic,anyone please?

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inner wasp
fringe moon
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Well, you have tx and rx and gnd and 3v

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Do you need anything else?

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En port to ground sets it in flash mode if memory serves right

inner wasp
#

ah so en port is equivilent to Gpoi 0 then? correct.?

fringe moon
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Not really

#

It's Chip_Enable

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Should be documented somewhere

inner wasp
#

UK thanks VM.

glossy prism
#

@inner wasp if that doesn't work let's see the other side of the board

inner wasp
glossy prism
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@inner wasp anything printed on the square chip in the middle?

inner wasp
wraith portal
#

I think I may be having a problem with home kit controller using a Sensi thermostat. Does anyone have a Sensi thermostat paired with the HomeKit controller? I can set the hvac mode to heat_cool, but then I can’t set the max and min temp. I have been able to control the thermostat in some ways, such as I can set one temp if it is in either hvac heat or hvac cool mode (but not a min or max)

night herald
#

Hey Guys, first time posting here, my have 3 shitty smart bulbs, flashed with tasmota, and my #1 complaint is that they turn ON when they reconnect to the AP.
This means that if my wife or baby are sleeping, and I have moment to myself to update/reboot my AP or something, this will enevidably turn on my 3 shitty bulbs.

How do I stop this?

winged knoll
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There's a setting in Tasmota for that

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night herald
#

@winged knoll I'm hoping! what is it? and does it work for WIFI reconnect? or just power restore?

winged knoll
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I don't use Tasmota... πŸ˜‰

#

I just know that there's settings for that, maybe Power Retain, but they have their own Discord and lots of docs ...

zealous dune
#

heretic!

#

@night herald look for poweronstate command

little sentinel
#

In uk its quite difficult to find a 4 gang extension cable

winged knoll
#

I like my "just works" Z-Wave and Zigbee

little sentinel
#

Any one ever used a 4 gang extension one a smart plug?

winged knoll
night herald
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ok, so poweronstate was on 3 (last saved power state) I changed it to 0

#

BUT, the bulbs always has power.. the issue is when it reconnects to WIFI when the AP is done rebooting.

winged knoll
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I'd ask on the Tasmota Discord πŸ˜‰

little sentinel
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Thanks @winged knoll

night herald
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will do

little sentinel
#

I want it for Xmas lights and since all would be coming on together I should be able to plug extension into plug

modest bramble
#

I've got a bunch of Centralite Micro Motion sensors that stop updating my Vera hub after a couple of days, need the battery pulled to start talking to Vera again. Anyone recommend any better mortion sensors that are Zigbee or Z-Wave?

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winged knoll
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For Z-Wave, the Fibaro and Aeotec multi-sensors are great

modest bramble
#

And yes I've replaced the battery and re added the thing a million times.

winged knoll
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For Zigbee, the Hue ones are apparently the gold standard, but expensive. Xiaomi are cheap and work "mostly well enough"

modest bramble
#

Yeah, I was getting the Centralite ones for $15 a pop off ebay new.

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I bought a Xiaomi motion sensor but couldn't get my Vera hub to pair with it.

#

What are you using to talk with Zigbee devices?

hasty mason
#

What’s the best video door bell which can integrate to HA ? Anyone using with facial recognition?

undone haven
#

I like nest. Ring sucks. But I also have a nest dev account. There is this though
https://cattux.ca/badnest
Others will prob disagree with a nest recommendation but I really like both my nest hello and nest thermostats.

rancid canyon
#

Does Zigbee remotes allow simultenous button clicks?

modest otter
#

I like nest. Ring sucks. But I also have a nest dev account. There is this though
https://cattux.ca/badnest
Others will prob disagree with a nest recommendation but I really like both my nest hello and nest thermostats.
@undone haven

that works fine with Nest hello?

undone haven
#

I don’t use badnest so I do not know. If you look at the link it has config options for cameras πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

slender saddle
#

hey, i'm having trouble with reliability with a couple of ESP's I have. They keep getting disconnected and I have to go an unplug them and replug them back in to get working, and sometimes I have to do that multiple times. Is there any way to have better reliability with them?

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I'm using ESPHome to control them.

gloomy spoke
#

Wifi is not super-reliable on the 8266 boards and disconnects/reconnects periodically. Mine always reconnect, though

slender saddle
#

mine doesn't, is there a way to make it attempta reconnect? At the moment it doesn't even show the fallback hotspot however

#

Even then, sometimes in ESPHome it'll still show up as online but I can't control it

gloomy spoke
#

I didn't have to do anything other than giving them static IPs

slender saddle
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i just did

heavy oracle
#

@undone haven

that works fine with Nest hello?
@modest otter yep, badnest works with the nest hello doorbell

sleek wolf
#

Has anyone here been able to setup user code management for Yale Lock (YRD210, YRD 226) via zha?

#

I know these capabilites exist while using it with zwave.

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There's an open discussion available here I see, but no further references

winged knoll
heavy oracle
#

does such a device exist that is a physical light switch that can integrate into HA as a switch, but most importantly, the physical switching on and off in person will not cut the power to the switch. i.e if someone switches off the light by hand.... it is still possible for HA to turn it back on?

cosmic girder
#

use some smartswitch with builtin relay?

undone haven
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There are multiple different brands of zwave switches that work exactly as you described. I don’t do zigbee but guessing there are multiple different brands of zigbee devices that work as you describe also.

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All my zwave switches use a neutral wire to maintain power to the device so the zwave radio is always on.

cosmic girder
#

yep or theres also wifi ones like the sonoff touch

heavy oracle
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ohh, sounds like there are loads of options. Would I be correct in saying that the ONLY way to achieve this is if i have a neutral wire?

undone haven
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I believe inovelli zwave switches have the ability to work without a neutral wire

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But you lose some of the functionality

keen ermine
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Hey, do somebody have had trouble with RF 443mhz Switches? I wanted to use RF with HA and the original Remote. So if somebody presses button on remote HA will register it and mark it accrodingly. This my code: https://pastebin.com/UJGufka6
It works somehow, but state gets to off everytime i click on turn on

gentle fossil
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I found 433 to be very funky in mixing up commands, there's no error correction implemented

keen ermine
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but, it i click on switch state should set to active/true/turn_on and when i get recieved the same code again, and i set it again to active/true/turn_on it should stay?

keen ermine
undone haven
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Don’t use images to post code @keen ermine, use a pastebin or hastebin

bright jacinthBOT
keen ermine
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@undone haven i know, i wanted to show error message as well

undone haven
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Much better, you should also be able to copy paste error messages

twilit relic
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do i really need the SwitchBot Hub Plus to put my switchbot on the network?

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i don't need an IR blaster, which seems to be what this hub thing is (as well as "enabling wifi access for switchbots")

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seems like a really awkward bundle

verbal heath
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do you guys have any sonoff mini or shelly switches installed instead of light smart switches?

rigid onyx
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After playing around with my TP Kasa plugs, I've noticed a consistent result: When I restart HA, one of the three plugs is unavailable 100% of the time. When I reload the integration, it becomes available alongside the other two. Any thoughts on how to prevent this from happening? I tested this out with the plug close to and far from my router, with no difference in result. Should I delete the device from the Kasa app and re-sync it there?

twilit relic
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ok so both the Pro and Mini Switchbot hubs have IR blasting in them... neat, I guess, although I'll never need that with the harmony hub i already own

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my Pi4 is too far away to use direct bluetooth. maybe a bluetooth range extender on the Pi4 would be cheaper?

glossy prism
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@rigid onyx are you using discovery or manual config for it?

rigid onyx
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Manual. I believe I have discovery turned off and just added the IP addresses to configuration.yaml

grand basalt
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Does anyone happen to know with the inovelli fan/light switch can you control 2 fans simultaneously with the same switch? Wasnt sure how this would work - we have 2 fans on our patio wired to the same switch and I'd like to be able to control them with this one switch. https://inovelli.com/red-series-fan-light-switch-z-wave/

gentle eagle
twilit relic
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any SwitchBot peeps here?

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or FingerBot for that matter. Both seem to use bluetooth and/or a cloud hub api.

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Can't tell from HA forums/docs if the cloud APIs are supported (I know direct BT works with Switchbot)

drifting grove
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I have a #zwave-archived vera controller and it seems to integrate well, BUT I have an ID 164 that is a aotech receptacle switch. It shows up as a switch even thought I have it set at a light in the vera integration. I don't mind it being a switch - but in the lovelace it shows up in a switch group, not in the bedroom area where I want it. I cannot find a way to assign it to an area. Any suggestions?

heady surge
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Hi, I want to create a sunrise scene with Yeelights but unfortunately I don’t know how to do it.

winged knoll
cerulean path
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I am trying to rename a sensor to be sensor.sonoff01.today, so I used the below configuration in my sensors.yml file:

# 
# SONOFF 01
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "sonoff01.today"```
But it is renaming it as `sensor.sonoff01_today`. Can I not name things with additional periods?
winged knoll
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No

cerulean path
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Darn, that is unfortunate. Thanks Tinkerer for your help again

cerulean path
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If I wanted to store a state of something.. ie "TV is On/off" or config value is true/false, would making a template switch be the best way to do that?

gentle fossil
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a boolean would make sense, the input helper is your friend!

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
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There's also things like input_select and more

cerulean path
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ah input_boolean is an option, I thought I would have to make drop downs of true/false

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Thanks, let me experiment with this πŸ™‚

winged dust
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Evening people, speak to me about thermostats and boiler control! I need to ditch Tado (issue with the internet bridge since I got it, TADO have agreed to a refund) I'm UK based. Anyone have any experience of opentherm diy solutions?

gentle fossil
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I only do heating valves with a relay board, what is your plan?

winged dust
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Don't have a plan per se. I was trialling using the Tado as a dumb on and off for heating in conjunction with 3rd party TRVs, it was working alright but the Drayton TRVs via Zigbee2Mqtt isn't great. I guess ideally I want individual room control.

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After the problems I've had with Tado I want something that doesn't rely on the cloud. Although I used the homekit support it would stop working when the internet bridge stopped working so it was as good as being fully cloud based.

gentle fossil
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don't know about zigbee TRVs I just use 230v ones connected to a relay board controlled with a old pi - no cloud anywhere near and still controllable with homekit remotely

winged knoll
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Zigbee or Z-Wave are also options, those are always purely local

winged dust
half meadow
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Is it a standard protocol behind the app?

winged knoll
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Generally speaking, Bluetooth isn't well supported

half meadow
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πŸ€”

winged knoll
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Bluetooth is also a protocol, like WiFi is a protocol, it's just a carrier...

half meadow
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Cheers, i an trying to find a cheap cloudless solution for rgbw garden spot lights

winged knoll
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Zigbee πŸ˜‰

half meadow
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I gathered bluetoorh would be hit and miss

winged knoll
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Well, mostly miss, with the very occasional near miss

half meadow
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🀣

winged dust
winged knoll
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Pretty sure there's some Hue spots if you want expensive but nice, or other brands if you want affordable and fine

half meadow
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Hue?!! Wash your mouth out with soap and water πŸ˜‹πŸ˜›

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J/k πŸ˜…

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Cheers I'll have a look at the blackadder link

winged dust
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I can't vouch for any zigbee lights other than Hue and Tradfri, I use Zigbee2mqtt and the hue lights have been flawless

half meadow
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I did find some nice solution using tuya but they have clamped down and toyaconvert no longer works

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It was the novostella 2x20w wifi floodlights

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Had to send them back, only way to get to the esp8266 was to smash the glass

winged dust
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I got stung with power sockets, bought a heap in an amazon sale only to find out they moved away from esp8266.

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"As of 20 September 2020 this device cannot be flashed with tuya-convert." oh not so good =[

half meadow
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@winged knoll I may give innr another go cheers, i did send one of their bulbs back

bright jacinthBOT
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Tinkerer is away for 6m 16s with a message :point_right: It's smaller on the outside πŸ€”

half meadow
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@winged dust Doh!

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The other solution I can think of is to run wled and connect it to something like οΏ‘7.96 | 3W high power led WS2811 controlled RGB flood light;addressable;IP66
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msG32Q7

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Sigh... copy/pasta fail

plucky brook
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Hey, anyone use Lenovo m93p with i5 + proxmox + ha or similar setup?

opal rock
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Hey Everyone, I need some help with the Monoprice Z-Wave PIR Motion sensor, trying to update the Sensitivity and Re-Trigger wait time using the Node Configuration Options. Each time I save it seems to go back to default values. The logs show no errors. Any ideas?

gloomy sequoia
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router recs anyone? I'm currently using my ISP router, and am in ~1500sqft

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would love a rec that would work/adapt well in a larger place (just in case)

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but would like to stay under $200

runic drift
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@gloomy sequoia what country?

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saying $ doesn't necessarily mean US lol

gloomy spoke
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Freedom Bucks

gloomy sequoia
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US

runic drift
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RT series from Asus or Nighthawk from Netgear are some solid choices

wild carbon
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hey guys, there are a lot of smart sockets available, I wonder if there is some smart ethernet outlet available as well? I want to replace the ethernet sockets in my kids rooms with smart ethernet sockets so I can remote turn off/on their internet access

winged knoll
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Well, no, but yes, that's called a managed switch πŸ˜‰

runic drift
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why not block it from the router?

wild carbon
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our router is one from the isp and doesn't allow such things πŸ˜’

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the options are very limited with it πŸ˜’

winged knoll
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Buy a switch...

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You can manage all sorts of stuff there, or replace the router and do it there

runic drift
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then make it smart with a switchbot.. i'll stop now

subtle flame
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Hello Community, I have a Camera what is always going down by itself, and cannot reach it anymore. I would like to use some smart device at home, if I cut a USB mini cable, can I connect this to Sonoff Basic, or I have to buy Sonoff Micro? Thank you!

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That USB mini going from Camera to USB Adapter.

fringe moon
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What camera? Connected how?

subtle flame
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I have these devices.

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I would like to turn on and off from HA.

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I think I cannot put USB mini wires into Sonoff Basic, it will only work with L & N cables.

zealous dune
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you need a sonoff that supports low voltage not the basic or mini

runic drift
drifting grove
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is it a known issue that in the new release most sensors are broken?

subtle flame
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@runic drift thanks that was my fear πŸ˜„

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DC5V-1A (Via MicroUSB), looks good for Micro Usb Sonoff. Thanks.

winged knoll
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@drifting grove Well, no, and that's a bit vague

drifting grove
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Well, to go more in detail, i have mqtt sensors and wirelesstag integration that are offline. twitch is also broken, corona integration same, .. some others (also mqtt work fine)

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ah and also solaredge

bright jacinthBOT
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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
Command '~troubleshooting' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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The log file will have information you need

dusk sonnet
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hi, is there any switch working via serial port?

fringe moon
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Probably a plethora

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Gotta be more specific

dusk sonnet
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have an aten hdmi matrix that i would like to set input and outputs via serial. commands work via ser2net and putty raw connection

fringe moon
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Probably doable via esphome then

dusk sonnet
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not possible to just send a raw command to spesific ip ?

fringe moon
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Probably, but why waste a whole computer for such a task?

dusk sonnet
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ser2net is running on the raspberry that runs HA

wild carbon
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@runic drift actually, that might work πŸ˜„

twilit relic
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is it possible to get the status of a running light effect?

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does it appear in states?

glossy prism
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It might be an attribute of the light

twilit relic
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ah yes. light.hyperion.attributes.effect = 'Blue mood blobs'

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second q: do scenes have a state?

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i see scening does that mean it's... doing the scene?

winged knoll
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No

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Scenes are always in that state, because they just set a bunch of things to a specific state, and they're done

twilit relic
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ok, thanks for confirming.

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in iOS you can toggle scenes on/off. it was confusing me

twilit relic
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Alexa routines also seem to have a state for scenes

winged knoll
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Possibly they make the dangerous assumption that nothing else can change those devices...

twilit relic
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⚠️

twilit relic
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i think it's just a UI/UX affordance. it reads the state of all the involved devices (at least in homekit), and if they all match the scene criteria, it lights the scene up

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there isn't an actual "state" - just "oh, look - everything you've turned on/off matches this scene, so let's light up the scene"

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although when you turn "off" a homekit scene, I think it might invert the states of all devices...

inner ice
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Hello, Is there a compatibility matrix so to speak as to what devices are more compatible than others, easier to use, or anything like this?

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I am looking for light bulbs or strips that are the easiest to integrate while easily creating automation. I am not looking to spend a ton.

winged knoll
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Zigbee is always an affordable option, and being local is relatively easy to integrate

twilit falcon
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just got a ESP8266 what firmware do i need to upload for it to work with home assistant?

gloomy spoke
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ESPHome

glossy prism
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Or Tasmota

twilit falcon
gloomy spoke
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or the addon, if you're running Supervised

rigid onyx
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Does anyone have a Wyze Sense Motion Detector that has a battery showing above 100%?

gloomy spoke
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or whatever the heck you do for Tasmota πŸ™‚

rigid onyx
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Got mine + two door sensors in the mail yesterday. Door sensors showing 93 and 91% or so, and this is showing 103!

twilit falcon
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i am running supervised so ill look for the addon

glossy prism
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If you haven't checked out tasmota you should @gloomy spoke

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It's nice. You don't need to define a custom binary to upload, you flash a generic image and can change settings/functionality in the web server it exposes

gloomy spoke
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I have an extra NodeMCU or 2 lying around

glossy prism
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It's great. More flexible than ESPHome IMO

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Oh and tasmota devices can talk to each other without needing home assistant

twilit falcon
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mmm maybe ill check it out too im brand new to ESP

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does the addon flash firmware?

crystal marlin
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A bunch of my IKEA Tradfri devices has been duplicated. One device has entities and scenes. The other has automations. Everything still seems to work...

Is this a common issue? Can I merge them somehow?

crystal marlin
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Can I delete devices somehow? πŸ€”

twilit falcon
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yes i think its under the config screen

winged knoll
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configuration -> Entities -> Disable

twilit falcon
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tab next to integrations sorry im not at home

crystal marlin
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configuration -> Entities -> Disable
@winged knoll That's entities, not Devices?

winged knoll
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You can't disable devices, only try to delete them