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fringe moon
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Yeah that's an american thing

paper swan
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They also get built in wall as well

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My buddy in europe was just talking about his the other day

fringe moon
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I've been to 16 countries atleast, only country I've seen it in is america

winged knoll
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If it has an IR remote, you can use Broadlink or similar

paper swan
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Ok nice, I'll look into that. Thanks.

fringe moon
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This is the one I associate with it though

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from the 32nd floor of a new york highrise

paper swan
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Yeah, those are the huge death traps for sure

winged knoll
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I've seen similar to the first picture, but only in the US

paper swan
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And they used to be fire hazards as well

fringe moon
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yup, never seen it in another country

paper swan
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Most of Europe has switched to mini-splits but those are still way more expensive to install

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But have also seem them in use often in central america, especially in hotels.

fringe moon
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still americas

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🤣

paper swan
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Add the s and it solves all problems!

drifting grove
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@winged knoll Do you have experience with the Broadlink devices?

winged knoll
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NOpe

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But, you can just ask questions without tagging folks 😉

drifting grove
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Hmm.. I've seen them mentioned a few times on reddit. I just saw you mentioned them, so that's why. I've got a mini split and was looking for something. The Amazon reviews indicate the Broadlink app requires you to share all your contacts/call data and stuff like that to configure the device.

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Seems sketch

winged knoll
drifting grove
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I saw that, but wouldn't you need the app to configure it or learn the codes? I was trying to figure that out. The integrations page mentions commands and also code sequences. So wasn't sure how that worked to learn the commands and so on. The Sensibo device also looks good, but that looks like it works through their API, so internet based. Meh. Also sort of expensive.

winged knoll
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I haven't read the docs, but there's a large history of posts on the forum, plus a history here

rich rapids
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Does anyone have recommendations for smart locks that can fit a deadbolt? Looking for Zigbee around $150-200 max, cheaper is fine. Ideally I want it to have Bluetooth le and unlock when we get close to it, but that’s not super important. I’m in the US as well

winged knoll
misty wraith
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Can't support Amazon Alexa (Fire TV Cube) devices without an AWS Dev acct?

orchid fog
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Phillips Hue motion sensor question - I have mine connected to my ConBee II and motion itself is instantly detected (changing the binary sensor to on), however it then takes ~2 minutes before the sensor changes to off (even though motion hasn’t happened for a while). Is there a way to get the sensor to fire / update once motion is no longer detected? I know it’ll have an impact on the battery life, but I’m happy to take the hit!

manic tide
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Hey everyone, setting up HA for the first time. It's a been a fun but steep learning curve. I'm trying to make a scene that will turn the lights on in my bedroom and lounge room to cool white and max brightness. It works for the lounge room but for the bedroom, it goes to max brightness then dims itself and im not sure why. Any ideas?

static horizon
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Anyone have a shelly dimmer 2? I set mine up and the switch is working fine, but if I turn the light on and it is dimmed, it automatically turns off after a couple of minutes. Seems to stay on if it's at 100%

static horizon
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Scratch that: it turns off automatically even if at 100%

peak talon
peak talon
# paper swan And they used to be fire hazards as well

Wish to differ. Infact they are more efficient as there is practically no conduit between condenser and evaporator. They look ugly in current modern sense. But if tucked away properly without looking like a window is sacrificed, they work quite well - noisy? Definitely

peak talon
orchid fog
silver vessel
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Is anyone using an Amazon Fire HD as a Dashboard Display? If so, how's the performance, espacially in regards to lovelace in Fully Kiosk and stuff? I haven't found any 2020 articles on this, sadly. :/

winged knoll
silver vessel
raw gorge
zealous dune
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you don't need but its a proven device

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how long of a strip is it

fringe moon
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I'm currently using a wemos d1 mini + level shifter for my 200 ws2811

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adding a few hundred more this week

raw gorge
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its just 100 LEDs max

ruby flare
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I need sth. like a small LED diode or even better a switch with a built-in LED diode. I want the diode to light up when a certain entity is enabled and the diode to turn off when the entity is disabled. Does anyone know a device I can buy for that? Preferably a switch with a built-in LED diode that can be controlled via HA

drifting grove
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How to set up a connection SOnoff Tasmota device to Hassio(Im using MQTT) when both are in different location?

strange swan
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Hi guys anyone with tasmota knowledge ? I've built a garagedoor opener with a wemos as generic with a mosfet to drive an open/close relay. Problem is it opens the garagedoor on reboot/power cycle. I've tried messing with poweronstate etc, but no luck

winged knoll
bright jacinthBOT
strange swan
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@winged knoll tnx - will post there 🙂

zealous dune
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to make it short, there is no solution its a hardware issue

civic kraken
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Google Nest Hub prices are getting pretty low now. How is the audio on that? Would there be better options for a google cast display?

fringe moon
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I have one in the kitchen

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it is good enough for me

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and you can bluetooth an external speaker to it

drifting grove
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they're okay but the microphone gets mucky if its in the kitchen

civic kraken
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Do either of you have the mini and how does the sound/mic compare to that one?

fringe moon
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better

drifting grove
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i don't, i have the older one

fringe moon
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but the new mini is better than the old mini

civic kraken
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I have the old mini

fringe moon
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I would say old mini -> new mini -> home hub -> ikea symfonisk in my experience

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just wish the ikea had a mic

civic kraken
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oh cool, then that's good enough for my use

winged knoll
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The small Home Hub is ok for audio, the larger one is a bit better. Both are better than the mini 🤣

fallow hemlock
west pasture
winged knoll
wraith rampart
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is there a way to convert an entity I have already into a binary sensor? I have an entity that's part of a motion switch and I'd like to use it for motion sensing with my alarm

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it shows up as sensor.kitchen_led_motion_switch_burglar -- and when there's motion, the value switches from 0 to 8

winged knoll
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Yes

fringe moon
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A template sensor 🤔

winged knoll
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That particular thing is covered in the Z-Wave docs too 😉

fringe moon
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Or probably even easier

winged knoll
fringe moon
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🤣

winged knoll
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Also...

bright jacinthBOT
wraith rampart
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thanks Tinkerer 🙂

winged knoll
undone moon
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anybody uses klf200?

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from velux for rollershutters and communication over io?

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It wont hook up on my LAN network from some reason..

modest bramble
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Any recommendations on robotic vacuums?

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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modest bramble
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Heh, I'm in the US, and looking for any recommendations at all. :P

winged knoll
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So, sky is the limit for price then?

modest bramble
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At this point yup.

fringe moon
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Roborock 4 lyfe

modest bramble
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@fringe moon Do you have wood floors or cement floors?

fringe moon
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Concrete floors wtf 👀

main crater
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I love my Roborock S5. Use it mainly on carpet

fringe moon
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Wood floors here, and linoleum

modest bramble
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Whoops, I mean concrete.

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I live in a loft/warehouse space, my floors are polished concrete.

fringe moon
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That sounds cold

modest bramble
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Oh cool, there are robotic vacuums that both mop and vacuum now.

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The last time I looked at robotic vacuums it was when the first Roombas came out.

fringe moon
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Yeah even my S4 does that

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Never used the mop though

tepid heart
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"Mop" is more like "smear the grime around".

tawny holly
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Hey everyone, does anyone have recommendations for Zigbee (ZHA) compatible scene controller / remote? I am based in Czech Republic and would like to replace current dumb light switches with it and have them control smart lightbulbs via HA. Ideal functions - on, off, dimming

twilit quartz
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Or a better question, are there ways to monitor HVAC power consumption with ESP8266?

plain marlin
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Hi All. What are my options for remote media player? Kodi and Plex the best available?

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I'd like something where I can direct the audio from one player to another ideally. No idea how. UPNP maybe

drifting grove
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its 4am i just want to get the order done and go to sleep xd

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led strips are regular 5050 rgb strips currently with a control box and a shitty remote

compact flume
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Should work fine with the fluxled/magiclight component yes

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All the magichome app ones should

flat linden
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Does anyone have any recommendations for some good home assistant compatible switches? I'm currently using Wemos but they have been really tempremental recently and keep dropping off my WiFi and refusing to reconnect.

fringe moon
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anything zigbee will be great

kindred vale
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anyone here using localtuya custom addon ?

fringe moon
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I just flash my tuya devices 🤷

ruby flare
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I need sth. like a small LED diode or even better a switch with a built-in LED diode. I want the diode to light up when a certain entity is enabled and the diode to turn off when the entity is disabled. Does anyone know a device I can buy for that? Preferably a switch with a built-in LED diode that can be controlled via HA

fringe moon
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ANYTHING can do that

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as long as it is in HA

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either prebuilt or self built

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What I would do is print and solder something myself, but off the top of my head I can't think of any prebuilt that is "small"

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but again, depends on your definition of it

ruby flare
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@fringe moon Yes, I think this will have to be the first DIY electronic project I will have to do in my life 🙂

fringe moon
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Should be very easy with an esp01 and a diode

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and a cardboard housing

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if you don't have 3d printer

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🤣

static horizon
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Anyone know of a light switch (preferably not requiring the cloud) that supports 3 way but doesn't need to be at the switch directly connected to the light and doesn't require 'auxiliary' switches?

proper pawn
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anyone recommend decent bluetooth adaptor - not running HA through pi but old PC.

visual cloud
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Tis the season... anyone have a recommendation for individually addressable 12v RGB outdoor strips? I've built a few indoor ones using 5050 strips and arduinos, but looking for something more robust for outdoors.

fringe moon
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Ws2811 string LEDs is what I use @visual cloud

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At 5v

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But both exist

visual cloud
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do you have any long runs? i had to inject power every 10ft or so on my indoor 5v strips

fringe moon
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I inject at both ends , 200 LEDs currently, 10 meters roughly

winged knoll
fringe moon
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Probably more come think of it, since I have to axxoitfor the length of wire to and from enda

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So... 15 metres

earnest dove
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Hello I have bought a few shelly's to turn on and off my lights, wich works perfectly. But when I use my pushbuttons, the state of the shelly does not update on home assistant, so when I turned the lights on using a pushbutton (wich is wired to the shelly (with stock firmware)), the shelly is still in an "off" state on home assistant. What am I doing wrong?

winged knoll
earnest dove
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Shelly Smart home (is what the big card on integration page says)

winged knoll
earnest dove
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Thank you!

slender bluff
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Does anyone know any good smoke detectors which can be used with Home Assistant?

kind spade
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I am looking to do a simple motion detection automation using a homeseer HSM200. I added it to my network and I think something is up with it's configuration. It shows up as a motion sensor but it won't detect any motion. Also in the Z-wave node management it shows alarm_level/type, burglar, luminance, sensor, sourcenodeid, temperature but only the sensor showes up with an entity_id. I have looked for a updated zwcfg but I can only find references to changing the color of the LED. I just want the motion sensor to work. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong?

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
kind spade
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Thanks I'll ask in there

little sentinel
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For Philips lightbulbs im using zigbee and conbee ii

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I'm right to assume it's bluetooth ones i want?

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not wifi?

fringe moon
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You are using zigbee, you are wondering if you should buy Bluetooth, which isn't zigbee, or WiFi which isn't zigbee

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🤔

little sentinel
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<_< Aren't Phillips Hue (Bluetooth or Wifi) ?

winged knoll
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Hue is traditionally Zigbee

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Some newer devices are Bluetooth

fringe moon
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Bluetooth and ZigBee

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I have one of those

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The filament one

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Only used Bluetooth to connect it to zigbee

violet ore
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Any recommendations for a device that can measure air quality? I am curious how well my air purifier works. 🙂
Country: US
Budget: prefer < $50, but willing to go more
Protocols: prefer z-wave as I use it now but comfortable with other options if local. Will accept cloud if necessary
Features: Just ability to measure the value of my new Bonevo air purifier.

bright jacinthBOT
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See the pinned messages

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little sentinel
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@winged knoll does that mean it doesn't matter bluetooth/wifi

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They're Zigbee compatible

graceful star
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hi there, how I can use nodemcu to flash my sonoff zigbee bridge?

little sentinel
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Right so my current phillips hue bulbs are Bluetooth... looking to buy more
I'm using ZHA with Conbee II

Can I get Bluetooth or WiFi phillips bulbs?

winged knoll
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Zha is ZigBee. Not WiFi. Not Bluetooth

graceful star
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can anyone helpme to understand what is wrong?

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sonoff bridge zigbee to mcu

viscid solar
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Shouldn't I be able to add several switches like this?

light:

  • platform: switch
    name: Toolshed Light Tube
    entity_id: switch.on_off_plug_in_unit_11

  • platform: switch
    name: Walkin Closet
    entity_id: switch.walkin_closet

main crater
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Hello! Has anyone had any success getting a Hatch Rest+ added to HA?

peak talon
winged knoll
little sentinel
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@winged knoll so my Philips Hue Bulbs
https://www.very.co.uk/philips-hue-bt-whitenbspb22-with-optional-extra-bulb/1600399528.prd?sku=sku21907267&cm_mmc=google-_-PLA+-+Generic-_-Home+%26+Furniture+-+Lighting-_-PRODUCT_GROUP_p33751595437_&utm_campaign=Generic_Home+%26+Furniture+-+Lighting&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=PRODUCT_GROUP&campaigntype=shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwf39BRCCARIsALXWETyGOiLmBup7qixm1jlVaLNnikRK6p3SaE1UGAXBsZznXQRchqMl-aoaAkdSEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
(sorry for long link)

It doesn't matter if they have WIFI Icon or Bluetooth Icon here they work with Zigbee regardless?

fringe moon
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They are BT and Zigbee

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There is no wifi icon there

winged knoll
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You know, you can shorten that URL by about two million characters 😉

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What else they can do is irrelevant as long as they're Zigbee

little sentinel
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haha sorry!
Some have wifi symbol there

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Right perfect

fringe moon
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Where ?

winged knoll
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Finding something that's WiFi and Zigbee is unlikely, given the interference fun

fringe moon
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BT and zigbee is that too tbh, but afaik they disable BT when connected to zigbee and disable zigbee when not connected to it

winged knoll
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Makes sense

fringe moon
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for poeple who don't want the hub they can do control via bt

little sentinel
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Ah right

fringe moon
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"For my one bedroom apartment in manhattan worth 900000000000 dollars I need a single smart bulb"

little sentinel
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So BT is most likely better?

fringe moon
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No

winged knoll
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WTF are you getting that idea from?

little sentinel
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"They disable BT when connected to zigbee"

winged knoll
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Because they use the same frequencies

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WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee - all 2.4 GHz

fringe moon
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ISM FUN TIMES

little sentinel
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Right perfect

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You two are perfect together

fringe moon
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That is why we are married

winged knoll
fringe moon
little sentinel
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hoping to get some at 3% off for black friday

fringe moon
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3% off

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that sounds like the horrible black friday we have in norway

little sentinel
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haha

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Well they say 80% off

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but when you look at price history

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its roughly about 5%

fringe moon
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exactly, although in the US it actually is 80% off sometimes

little sentinel
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Yeah US is crazy

fringe moon
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here they just up the prices two weeks before BF

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but I don't buy hue anyway, ikea tradfri 4 lyfe

little sentinel
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I think that's where the whole 'blackfriday' holiday came from?

fringe moon
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yes

little sentinel
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never used ikea ones

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I just want one Philips Colour for sons room

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but seems cheaper to buy 2 sometimes 😦

fringe moon
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it usually is

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the Philips RGB are better than the IKEA ones for sure, I only use CT bulbs

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and WS2812 for RGB

red salmon
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Hi! 👋
I'm thinking about buying some ESP32-CAM boards to monitor my house occasionally from remote. How reliable are these? I read somewhere that it could easily overheat and crash. Is that still true with new firmwares?

zealous dune
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they're not

fringe moon
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I have had one in my greenhouse taking pictures every 3 hours for.... 8 months

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running off solar power

zealous dune
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is it running as a streaming camera?

fringe moon
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nope, just when opened manually and when taking pictures 😉

zealous dune
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then its irrelevant

fringe moon
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Depends on his version of "monitor" 😉

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If just wanting to look at a stream every few hours, sure

red salmon
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Sorry, I had to go away for a sec.
Thanks, too bad. Then ESP stays as a multisensor node in my house, and I guess then I can just stay with the ESP8266 for that purpose which is cheaper anyway.

Any recommendations for a cheap camera alternative? I've seen a video today about the TP-Link Tapo C200 which is not that more expensive than a complete ESP32 CAM setup, and it can support RTSP, but it was not clear if it needs cloud connection to get to that point where it's able to supply RTSP. The reason I'm going the HA way is to avoid those conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50v11ib2XMQ

fringe moon
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I don't do indoor cameras, but I do $20-40 random chinese poe cameras outdoors

manic comet
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Does somebody have a good weather station that is avaiable in europe (ambient weather isn't) that doesn't need much yaml configuring from what i know weather wunderground isn't an option anymore i would like to have temp, precipitation, pressure, wind

fringe moon
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DIY is what I would say @manic comet I have a stupid 433 one now, replacing that with an esp32 device with a LCD touch screen, that will fetch data from my outdoor zigbee sensors both in greenhouse and on the wall outside, plus my indoor sensors and heatpumps

manic comet
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ok

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i can't find precipitation and wind sensors

fringe moon
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I don't use those, but they are easy to build

manic comet
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ok thx

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
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You're asking about how you use the device with HA 😉

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That makes it off topic in this channel - you'd be wanting to ask in #zwave-archived given that's a Z-Wave device

hidden willow
winged knoll
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No worries, we don't feed people to the animals on the first offence

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If we did, the animals would never be hungry and there'd be nobody here 😛

somber torrent
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can I somehow assign the entities of one device to different maps?

winged knoll
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Different maps?

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(and read the channel topics 😉 )

somber torrent
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i have a shelly2
this serves e.g. light living room and kitchen.
he has energy data for this, i.e. consumption.
now I want to switch the switches in the lovelace e.g. have light in the card and the energy consumption in card energy

winged knoll
somber torrent
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already clear but a few hints for sure .. is now a little different than fhem

polar juniper
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My electric company has really good prices on thermostats. Emerson Sensi touch, ecobee smartthermostat with voice, and nest learning thermostat. Any recommendations for integration with Home Assistant?

winged knoll
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Check the Integrations docs to see which are supported to begin with

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You want IoT Class: Local ideally

polar juniper
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None of the ones they offer are local I don't think. They all work with the cloud.

fringe moon
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Cloud 🤢

polar juniper
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so then what would be your recommended thermostat?

winged knoll
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Zigbee or Z-Wave if you can IMO

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Just ask all the people that couldn't use their Ring doorbell yesterday when AWS went down 😉

polar juniper
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looks at front porch in shame

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I have a z wave usb setup on my pi for hassio. But I haven't connected anything to it yet.

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current thermostat I have is zwave. But its connected to ADT.

orchid scroll
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wow ... just came in here to ask about thermostats 🙂

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Amazon UK have a BF deal on the Wiser starter kits ... £80 for the dual zone kit instead of £165 ... I've got a pathalogical aversion to cloud based systems but if I understand it right the Wiser stuff still works even if the Hub can't talk to the cloud.

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seems like a fantastic deal.

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but I was also looking at something like the bht-3000 using Wifi or the bht-002 using zigbee

little sentinel
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Does anyone have the Amazon Echo "All new Echo" apparently its got Zigbee built in.. would like to know what that entails

dawn narwhal
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Anyone have recommendation on leak detectors? Was originally looking at fibaro but it doesn't seem to have great reviews lately. I don't have bigger and prefer zwave. Aeotec seems hit or miss too. They're all $60 it seems.

fair basin
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Whats the best ESP with 3/4G support to integrate with Home Assistant? Looking to build a remote home assistant at a remote house to monitor the site, look to turn on irrigation, camera, alarm. Any advice on what type brand ESP32?

fringe moon
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You should buy a 4g router that supports vpn

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Then connect any devices to that

little sentinel
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I've got a tumble dryer
That's connected to WiFi (hoover) dynamic next with one touch

Any one had any luck in adding this to home assistant?

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Dryer is called: Dynamic Next DXOC10TCEB 10kg Load Aquavision Condenser Tumble Dryer With One Touch

drifting grove
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Does it have its own app, or online API somewhere?

drifting grove
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Has anyone installed a Plant Zigbee Sensor that they like and would recommend to use please?

winged knoll
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If you're after Zigbee specific stuff, have a look at the #zigbee-archived channel's pinned messages 😉

drifting grove
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🤦

winged knoll
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It requires scrolling down, many folks don't make it beyond this section

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Hell, some folks don't make it as far as this

stable canopy
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Does anyone know what smart outlets plugs are still working with Tuya convert? Or a way to find out before buying? I'm looking for outlet plugs with Power monitoring.

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I just bought some smart blubs, same brand and model I had bought 8 months ago and they were no long able to use tuya convert.

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I don't want to open these outlets to try and solder connectors to flash them.

gaunt bear
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What are everyone’s thoughts on smart switches? Inovelli? GE? Honeywell? Caseta? Others?

spiral tinsel
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What do I do about the extractor fan switches for my bathrooms? Is there a swap in replacement?
Also, the big heavy 40amp electric shower switch, anything I can swap in there or would I need to have a contactor installed for it?

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I’m based in the UK btw

daring yacht
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Hello there, Somebody update the Shellys to 1.9.0? It not work i think so.. (shellyforhass addon)

winged knoll
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Is that a question about the Shelly not working, or about it not working with HA?

daring yacht
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In HA. But now i restart HA and it working again... Strange...

manic comet
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does someone in europe have a weather station if yes please send which i would like to have as many as possible sensors

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by europe i mean not ambient weather

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i found it selling but 280euros shipping

fringe moon
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DIY I still say 🧙

pallid osprey
fringe moon
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Ooof that price

solemn carbon
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What can I use for garage door opener?

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Think most the answers are on youtube

fringe moon
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I use a wemos d1 mini with a reed sensor and relay hat

solemn carbon
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Okay

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Modifying a sonoff looks fine

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Not gonna attach a pi to my garage door lol

manic comet
manic comet
fringe moon
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I use AccuWeather for that

pallid osprey
pallid osprey
manic comet
fringe moon
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🤔

wise kindle
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Hi, can anyone recommend a smart switch? Single switch, dimmable is preferred. I have a ground wire, I can do wifi or zwave.

little sentinel
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Wow anyone seen the Switch bots?

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They looks fancy

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I wonder if they're Zigbee Compatiable

quaint lance
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I hope this must be the channel I should ask , I am planning to order Roborock s6 pure(still going through few points whether or not). I tried to look on reddit,youtube and community whether anyone has rooted and used this for local and integrated with HA with no fuss.

Any recommendations and your insights pls?

winged knoll
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Search the history here 😉

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It's a pretty regular topic

quaint lance
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oh sure, and u mean abt vaccumcleaner or rooting?

winged knoll
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Either 😉

quaint lance
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https://i.imgur.com/UXizcf8.png

well I am looking for s6 pure in specific , as with what I see the process is diff for each model. I don't find anyone discussed abt it here

tawny fox
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homeassistant seems to have bluetooth integration but searches for what hardware dongle to use (i'm in supervised install mode) don't yield any useful results. Any recommendations/guides?

nocturne olive
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Outdoor Christmas lights question --

We have standard holiday lights and are exploring hardware options to control our outdoor lights remotely.

Right now we have HA running on a Raspberry Pi inside the house, no WiFi or Bluetooth currently. Planning to add one or both capabilities to that Pi anyway, and also get more Raspberry Pis gradually for around the house.

Any recommendations for devices to bridge standard non-smart outdoor lights to Home Assistant?

undone haven
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How complex are you looking to get. Are you happy with everything just turning on at the same time?

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Also

bright jacinthBOT
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Not every entity in your system is associated with a Device. If you want to see everything, look under Developer Tools then States or in the Entities menu under Configuration.

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undone haven
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Ignore 👆

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

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
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nocturne olive
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USA, Budget under $100, Bluetooth preferred

undone haven
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I do that with zwave outlets.

undone haven
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Not sure if that fits your bill but there are many different outlet/plug options

tight rune
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Is there any way to simulate binary_sensor status change?

fringe moon
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If you need to test anything just make a flippy boy

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Not sure if I am perhaps mixing up some terminology here, but I think what I am looking for is the ability to create a custom device. I have some deCONZ events from a physical device I am using as automation triggers, setting off scenes. However that is one automation per event for this device - the whole set duplicated per copy of that device. Optimally I would like to be able to have Home Assistant aggregate those events into a single entry - (a device - I think?) - allowing me to just create one of those per physical device, perhaps specifying its unique ID, with all the event handlers ready to hook up. Am I way off here?

ashen ether
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Quick question, does the Yale assure lock work with HA? I see its wifi, do I need to get anything else to integrate it to HA?

heavy oracle
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Afternoon all, the wife has got me doing the christmas decorations, how wonderful (sarcasm) so in order to make it something more enjoyable I wanted to geek it up just a bit 😄 I usually plug the 2 sets of outdoor lights and Christmas lights into a timer plug and that was my "automation" of the past. Now I'd like to plug them into a WiFi 4-gang socket, and individually turn on and off each of the devices as needed over Wifi/App/HA. Any suggestions on such a WiFi 4-Gang Socket that is HA compatible?

modest ivy
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Anyone know of recessed led downlighting with high CRI (90+, so not Hue or DALS) that can do variable color temperature? Ideally over zigbee or zwave

empty scaffold
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Hmm, I moved from 0.114 to 0.118 and now my light-groups.yaml won't include properly. Did anything break in relation to that?

fringe moon
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Did you read all the release notes?

empty scaffold
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Didn't really see anything

wheat basalt
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Xiaomi temperature monitors not refreshing
I have three temp/humidity sensors that I have connected to a deCONZ USB stick in my raspberry. Previously I had HA core installed and it all worked fine and I could see the sensors updating in the dashboard. Then I managed to break my HA install and decided to use the docker version instead and now the sensors won't update in the dashboard.

  • The sensors show up in the Phoscon web app and refresh instantly there when there are changes

  • When I remove and re-add the deCONZ integration, the sensors are added correctly with their CURRENT state but won't update after that

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

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winged knoll
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See if that finds anything

little sentinel
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Can i get alexa to interact with home assistant? for free?

winged knoll
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🤦

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Did you even try putting alexa into the Integrations search box on the HA site?

little sentinel
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yeah just bought cloud haha

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fuck manual set up and time wasting on my day off

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Apparently if you do it all 'manually' you need to sort out Lambda nonsense

modest bramble
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I want to mount kind of set of lights above my front door so when I leave I can get a quick status update on things like current air quality conditions, will it rain today, the charging state of my car, etc. So I'm looking for something small that has 3-10 small RGB LEDs that can be used as status lights?

winged knoll
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Sounds like a case for WLED or similar with a digital LED strip/block

modest bramble
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I figured a DIY solution was going to be the main option. Was hoping someone would have just made contained product already.

civic kraken
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Don't be too afraid of diy these days. It mostly means connecting a few wires and uploading the firmware

winged knoll
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Heck,with WLED you can buy pre-built units you connect the LEDs to

modest bramble
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Oh I'm absolutely not afraid, it's more of a question of time :P

fringe moon
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I just built a wled Christmas window light in 5 minutes

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🤣

hushed moth
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Does someone here have experience with the switchbot curtain & HA? For 80 euro's it's not a bad deal to automate my blinds on a rod. Sadly there doesn't seem to be a direct way to integrate it currently.

winged knoll
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No way...

sand pier
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Does anyone own Tradfri and Hue lights? I can't find a comparison online of specifically the white ambiance ones for each brand (blue to orange only not the colour bulbs). Wondering which one is best, the pricing is very similar.

viscid solar
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does anyone have a logic reason i cant find a newly added switch, that DOES appear as entities both as "light" and "switch", but i cant find them in node red?

torpid tangle
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anyone have suggestions for an outdoor (par38) RGB bulb? preferably zwave, but would do wifi

low solstice
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@sand pier i do not have tradfri experience but my experience with philips hue has been exceptional for 6+ years

modest bramble
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Is this the right channel to ask about power monitoring/metering?

low solstice
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This is the channel to ask about devices so

modest bramble
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Does anyone do power monitoring for the whole house? If so what sort of sensors do you use?

low solstice
modest bramble
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Thanks.

modest bramble
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@low solstice Is that something you use?

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Also wondering if anyone uses Sense and what they thing of that product.

low solstice
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I am waiting to install it

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@modest bramble can you link to Sense?

modest bramble
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It's a very cloud based device, but it offers some logic to relate voltage usage to specific devies.

low solstice
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Seems very pricey and cloud attached

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This community typically seeks to maintain everything locally but I'm sure someone has used it being that there's an integration

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That guy looks like he actually integrated it pretty nicely

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You may have actually made my interests change up, we shall see.

modest bramble
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Yeah, I'm regretting throwing so much money into TP-Link Kasa gear.

low solstice
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I have two of their smart plugs still because they were given free, there are much more expensive paths you could have gone down heh

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At least the Kasa gear is possible to use locally

modest bramble
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They're rolling out a firmware update that's closing off the local API, hence why I'm regretting it now.

low solstice
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oh

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well that's good to know I have been swapping outlets with Z-Wave ones anyway

modest bramble
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Looking at tasmota's list of supported hardware. Trying to decide if I want to go zigbee or wifi.

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Or zwave I guess.

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I only have 1 zwave device, which is a Schlage deadbolt, and then about a dozen zigbee things around my place talking to a VeraPlus hub which I hope to replace soon with a USB dongle.

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I have around 30 Philips Hue lights talking to a Hue bridge, not sure if I want to move that over to the zigbee dongle too, I honestly like the Philips Hue app's UI a lot more than anything else I've run into for Home Assistant (and I'm honestly super sad about that).

low solstice
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The Hue integration in Home Assistant is great imo, the only thing I miss is the widgets available for Hue.

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i submitted a feature request to add some of the nice features to HomeAssistant

modest bramble
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Rad.

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@sand pier Running IKEA units only here - mostly the 1000 lumen cold-to-warm ones, some 500 lumen rgb, an LED strip, some relays, and dimmer switches. Very happy with all of it - bulbs installed in all manner & size lamps. Though their hub was somewhat underwhelming, so I replaced it with the conbee 2.

fringe moon
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All the propitary systems are rubbish imo, which is why my Xiaomi gateway, hue bridge and tradfri hub are all in a box

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Long live zigbee2mqtt ;-)

weary tangle
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does anyone have an idea for something that can tell when i have gone to bed? preferably zigbee

fringe moon
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Depends a lot on you

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Do you plug in your phone when you go to bed?

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Do you turn off a light?

weary tangle
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yeee i plug in phone 😄 thank you that actually solves it. I have one problem though, my phone DOES not like to update home assistant with its status (iphone)

fringe moon
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Can't help with that, don't use the companion app or iPhone ;-)

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But there are other options, like with Android I can use an app to send a webhook when I'm plugged in

weary tangle
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im using official home assistant app

fringe moon
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Or just use a power metering plug in the wall

weary tangle
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ohh

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Yea i think power plug might be the best then

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well actually when its fully charged the lights shouldnt go on either :x

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i must investigate some, thank you

tawdry ocean
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I have the same question as David, but reading my charging state won't work for me because while I do plug my phone it when I go to bed, I also sometimes plug my phone in really late at night before bed, which will execute false positives in terms of automation...

weary tangle
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Ideally a zigbee pressure pad in the mattress would be best i think but i havent find any

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motion sensor wont cover it since bed times wary to much

winged knoll
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You need to basically follow the logic chain of what you do that HA can detect

tawdry ocean
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I think a combination of charging phone state, timeframe, and pressure pad would work...does anyone have any recommendations for really cheap pressure pads?

winged knoll
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There's a stack of DIY options you can find via google

tawdry ocean
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cool thanks

weary tangle
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Also I guess it works to say "hey google bedtime" and this triggers a sequence that dims light and after 10 minutes turn of my lights

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i have to give some thought

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OR you can do:

if clock is later than 21:00
AND
if motion sensor bathroom is active
THEN 
motion sensor bedroom AND door closed bedroom
WITHIN
timeframe 10 minutes 
=
turn of lights
slender bluff
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Hi

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I am looking for a homeassistant compartible weather station.. as far as i know Wunderground integrations does not work anymore... is there an alternative?

fringe moon
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AccuWeather?

little sentinel
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Fgs bought these last night don't think they're compatible with zha

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Any advice?

winged knoll
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winter shuttle
scenic idol
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Hi, I just got the Sonoff TH16 switch, I tested it once before (without the Ewelink app) by pushing the button and I got it to supply power to my 12v power supply. Now I configured the Ewelink app to add it to HomeAssistant but when I push the button (in the app or physically in the switch) the switch just shows a red LED and beeps. Tried google already but could not find anything related. Also Sonoff FAQ and troubleshooting don't mention what the red LED means.

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And as an answer to myself: The Sonoff TH16 does not beep. The beep came from my 12V power supply and it was telling me that it had short circuited 😄

patent burrow
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Hello not sure if this is the correct place
But someone know a digital indor and outdoor temperature humidity sensor that can be integrated with HA?
Not expensive
That I could find at amazon UK

fringe moon
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A lot

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Many 433, probably atleast one ZigBee and one zwave and some wifi

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The 433 I'm still using was $10

patent burrow
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@fringe moon you are talking to me?
If yes what model you have for 433 I guess I will need also a 433 reader!

fringe moon
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I would not recommend 433 atleast

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But they are cheap

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It's a Nexa outdoor indoor sensor

patent burrow
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Can be zigbee

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Just need simple

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To be *

hushed moth
civic kraken
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What type of sensor? My bed sensor stopped working for some reason and I need to fix it at some point. Some of the most useful automations for me were related to that...

hushed moth
mortal minnow
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can someone wholeheartedly recommend motion detectors for outdoors? We went through so many by now, none convince. Z-Wave Philio were unreliable at best and had little viewing distance. Hue seems to have good reliability for signals but also unusable viewing distance. tried some others on the RF standard which were just garbage all together

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I dont care about the platform as long as I get a "motion detected" in HA

fringe moon
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Under roof? I would have no problems recommending Xiaomi ones

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I use their buttons and temperature sensors outdoors

mortal minnow
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buttons?

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do you have a link_

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?

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and under roof means they cant deal with water? Some of them I can place water safe yes, but not all

fringe moon
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NOK 100.96 12%OFF | 100% Original Aqara Human Body Sensor via Android IOS Smart Body Movement Motion Sensor Zigbee Connection For xiaomi Mi home App
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqoKDID

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They are meant for indoor use

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I use a temperature outside on my wall and in my greenhouse, in -35-+35c

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And I use the one click button as my doorbell in the same temperatures

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All under roof

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I've used the motion sensor outdoors for Halloween too, but only for short periods

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What is your use case though? I currently use my outdoor Poe cameras for motion detection on my front and rear porch, that triggers image processing but could be used for anything ha controls

modest bramble
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The one aqara temp sensor I used outside got weird after a month. It gets stuck sending the same temp value after a few days. I can pull battery and it'll start working again for a few more days but then get into the same state again.

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I had it in the shade and away from any rain.

fringe moon
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Had no issues with using these outdoor for almost two years

modest bramble
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The other aqara I've got indoors is fine.

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That's cool.

fringe moon
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It gets up to 40+ in the greenhouse

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In summer

modest bramble
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I think if I do it again I'm going to plastidip it or something.

mortal minnow
upper yoke
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what's the best IR receiver/transmitter with home assistant integration?

rigid briar
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Hey, can somebody tell me their expexrience with Ledvance Smart+ RGBW E27 Bulbs (the Zigbee ones) please? I'm thinking about replacing my WiFi bulbs, which are acting up too much.

winged knoll
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Well, you want experiences with a thing that's a Zigbee device 😉

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See also the channel topic, since I guess you missed it

low solstice
fair sedge
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what are some good/inexpensive light switches folks are using that does 3-way and works well with Z2M?

winged knoll
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The #zigbee-archived channel has pinned messages for known working devices, and is a better place to ask questions about Zigbee

upper yoke
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@low solstice is bond omni directional or single? I kinda want something with 360 beam OR ability to attach multiple external ir sensor wires (does this exist?) so I can point them at two different devices on opposite sides of my room

fringe moon
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My broadlink was $14 and covers my whole upstairs living room

upper yoke
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which broadlink model do I want?

simple swallow
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do you need RF443 ?

upper yoke
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what's that?

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is that 2.4ghz rf remote signals?

simple swallow
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nah its more for remote control outlets and some fans

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443 mhz

upper yoke
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I only need ir. I just want to control my tv, denon avr and Comcast box.

simple swallow
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so the smaller Broadlink Mini will do

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theres a newer model RM4 mini supports BroadLink HTS2 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Cable seems to be even cheaper currently offering the same features as the RM3 Mini

upper yoke
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can I record my own ir signals and capture the raw data and view it and play it back?

simple swallow
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through HA yeah thats how I implemented control for the TV

upper yoke
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I want to see what the button codes for the Amazon and netflix buttons on my lgtv remote look like.

simple swallow
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if will spit out a string but whether thats anything useful outside the device itself I dunno

upper yoke
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does the mini shoot an ir beam in every direction or just a single direction?

simple swallow
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360 afaik

fringe moon
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360 yes

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And good bounce

upper yoke
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is there any sort of diy wifi remote that would interface with the mini or ha? like physical buttons instead of an app

fringe moon
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Anything you can see from ha can be a remote

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So you can make anything you want

upper yoke
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out of what tho

winged knoll
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I use a Zigbee button from Xiaomi

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And some Z-Wave remotes

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Oh, and a Hue "light" switch

upper yoke
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you can use a hue remote in HA to perform functions outside of the hue bridge?

winged knoll
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Sure

upper yoke
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I don't know what zigbee is

winged knoll
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Zigbee is a radio protocol, that the Hue hub uses

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And a whole massive world of other things

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Wikipedia can tell you a lot

upper yoke
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so if I set up a ha server on a pi..how would I interface it with zigbee? or make it zigbee functional

winged knoll
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You'd start by heading over to the #zigbee-archived channel and looking at the pinned messages there

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If that doesn't answer the question, or you want more detail, ask over there

sand pier
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Do people generally find Hue and Tradfri bulbs are bright enough for daily use? In my office I only have 1 artificial light source so the brightness is important to me.

winged knoll
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They do a range of bulbs with different lumen ratings

sand pier
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Cheers, I saw that mentioned but finding that brighter bulbs come with the trade off of having less controls for their colour range. Should mention I'm particularly interested in the orange to blue colour temperature ones.

proper pawn
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is there anyway of resetting rf bridge with tasmota - tried reset button, tried flashing it again - wifi settings got screwed up and can't access the device.

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
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Have you tried on their Discord?

proper pawn
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didn't know they had one - thanks

fringe moon
sand pier
fringe moon
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Mostly IKEA CT bulbs

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Some odd 50ish of those

sand pier
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CT?

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oh colour temp?

fringe moon
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Colour temperature

sand pier
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Thank you

fringe moon
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They are controlled by circadian lighting

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Between 70 - 1% brightness throughout the day

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And temperature based on sun

sand pier
# fringe moon They are controlled by circadian lighting

I'd like to set up something like that. You know how the "white spectrum" bulbs have 3 different colours, are you limited to those temperature presets or can you choose any colour in between to allow for a smooth transition?

fringe moon
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Any colour

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That the bulb supports

sand pier
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Damn that changes everything then, I was literally only looking at Hue because I thought I could pick any colour in a temperature range but if you can do that with Ikea too and not be limited to their 3 presets then that would be amazing

winged knoll
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There's also the bulbs that Lidl are about to release - it'll be interesting to see how those do

fringe moon
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Ikea bulbs are 1/4 of hue so

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Only place I use hue is in the bedroom

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Because they go 10% lower than IKEA roughly

sand pier
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Thank you! I wish I'd known this earlier, guess I'm going to Ikea when lockdown ends then 😄

I saw those Lidl bulbs on Reddit, so cheap! I might get a few things.

fringe moon
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Just order pickup from Ikea, or delivery smart

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And move to zigbee2mqtt instead of the tradfri hub

sand pier
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I've checked a few times and delivery has been pretty bad for dates, no collection options either, I can get it delivered to a DPD pick-up so maybe I'll do that.

I've got a Conbee 2 so I won't buy a tradfri hub 🙂 do you use the tradfri remotes?

fringe moon
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Nope

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Or

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One

sand pier
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What do you use if you don't mind me asking?

fringe moon
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Automations

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🤣

sand pier
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Haha no physical switches?!

fringe moon
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Just... Two

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One to wake and sleep the house because of a two year old, and one in the guest bedroom

sand pier
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Wow, ha! Might take me a while to get to that point.

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Do you have any info on your setup online anywhere?

fringe moon
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Anything else happens via door sensors, time of day, motion sensors and the occasional voice

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I loathe voice though

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My setup is pretty tame

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You should see tinkerers

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🤣

sand pier
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Show us what ya got @winged knoll 😂

bright jacinthBOT
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Tinkerer is away for 6m 43s with a message :point_right: I find your lack of reading disappointing

sand pier
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I probably need a tame setup to get me started!

drifting grove
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Anyone know if the Sonoff Basic RF can pair with the TuyaSmart app instead of the eWeLink app? If so, which device should I select? I tried several, and got nowhere. TIA>

bright jacinthBOT
zealous dune
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definitely not

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any device with Tuya logo works with the app

shy cairn
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So, I have an
AEON Labs ZW122 Water Sensor 6
but when I look at devices, I also have a (2) version. Is this normal? I've been trying to remove the node to try and attach it again, but there only appears 1 node for the water sensor and I can't seem to remove it.
Thoughts?
I would post a screenshot, but I guess discord does not allow it. If screenshots are needed, I can provide them.

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Though looking at the (2), it looks like that is dedicated to alarm while the other is dedicated for sensors, which I find odd why it would be separate

low solstice
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@upper yoke my bond just blasts IR in every direction from the top of the unit

gaunt bear
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Anyone here have experience with Caseta? I don’t know if I need to pro or Normal bridge? I see references to telnet via the pro bridge but don’t really get what that is or if it is old info

small owl
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Is anyone here using yeelights? I have a couple, and neither of them is very reliable. they sometimes flicker, and frequently become unresponsive. all my other integrations are money, but i am starting to hate these things

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i'd happily replace them if there are other recommendations for dimmable wifi-controllable bulb. don't even need the RGB

ripe pond
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@gaunt bear I don’t have one but I’ve done reading and talked to people who have them. You do need the pro bridge for the local telnet control.

fringe moon
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@small owl I have had three for 2 years, had no issues

ruby flare
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I need sth. like a small LED diode or even better a switch with a built-in LED diode. I want the diode to light up when a certain entity is enabled and the diode to turn off when the entity is disabled. Looks like there is no device that is able to do this so I will need to start bulding sth. on my own, does anyone have any idea what components I need, etc.?

fringe moon
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Why not use a smart bulb ?

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I have atleast 3 in every room of the house for example

ruby flare
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@fringe moon the smart bulb will be too bright, it's all for a very small appartment 😉

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basically the led should just show if a HA automation is switched on or off for the doorbel to ring or not. A LED-Strip would be fine but I couldn't find any LED-Strips that are HA controllable and can be cut to 1-2cm length

winged knoll
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You can cut most strips really far down, but sounds like a case for WLED

ruby flare
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I really couldn't find any strips that can be cut shorter than 20cm, do you have any link maybe?

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otherwise thanks for the keyword, WLED showed a lot of results to start with on google 👍

winged knoll
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I bought an analogue strip (to connect to a controller) that can be cut every three LEDs - about 10cm

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I know there's plenty of others that can be cut every LED

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Some time on Ali would find them, but WLED is likely easier

fringe moon
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A single ws2812 pixel would probably suffice

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With a esp01

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And a 3d printed case or a cardboard case

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🤣

winged knoll
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I've seen a few requests for LED indicators like this, with no more than half a dozen LEDs

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There's likely a market for that 😄

ruby flare
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Please let me be the first beta-tester 😛

fringe moon
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I have a 3d printer and too much esp and ws strips

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I should open an Etsy shop

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🤔

daring yacht
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Hello there, Today i got my OpenTherm gateway. (NodoShop) My question is how to set this parameter?

otgw_mode: OpenTherm Gateway operating mode.

If i read, that two mode, Gateway and Monitor. I only want to use monitor mode, ony want to see the sensor values, not want to set anything (read only mode)

Sec. question. Somebody use OT gateway with Tado thermostat? It working well together?

faint wave
gentle fossil
faint wave
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that looks rather small, 10x10 cm

peak talon
gentle fossil
peak talon
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well if you are not into DIY than yes

gentle fossil
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well I am into DIY but for some reason everything I touch with displays is incompatible at one point or the other... I'm haunted

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say if I want to get a driver for that oled display... I promise you I pick the one out of 100 which is not working with that exact panel

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oh and a oled display doesn't feature 1CMx1CM pixels I believe 😛

fringe moon
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I would say a ws2812 strip and a 3dprinter will get you far

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🤣

gentle fossil
fringe moon
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DAS EBAY

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KENNST DU NICHT DER ALIEXPRESS

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😦

torpid tangle
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@modest bramble are you having problems with the kasa? I use the LB230s throughout the house and love them.

gentle fossil
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pakken trenger 3 uker for å nå Østerrike igjen
for is norwegian? google translate ftw

torpid tangle
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@fair sedge Look Inovelli. They work great paired with an aux.

fair sedge
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@torpid tangle thanks, i was under the impression Inovelli are zwave and does not work with Z2M

torpid tangle
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@fair sedge yes.. sorry.. skipped the zig mention. yes, they are zwave, sorry.. I moved to all zwave pretty much outside of wi-fi.

fair sedge
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makes sense, probably get there one day. but since i have a bunch of aqara battery sensors around i need a way to extend the network/repeat. i've just ordered some inexpensive aqara light switches that does repeating so maybe those will do the trick. not sure about build quality and longevitiy - guess it should be good for near term as a POC for now.

torpid tangle
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@fair sedge my approach on zw several years back.. Use a Vera just for it, and a houdini access point.

modest bramble
torpid tangle
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@modest bramble Thank you! I've been running another hack that works ok. I am about 95% all local now. Will try this out.

modest bramble
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@torpid tangle Yeah I'm looking to switch over to Sonoff with the Tasmota firmware, and a few Shellys. I've got like 10something Kasa smart plugs and switches around the house.

torpid tangle
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@modest bramble only 1 plug controlling some Costco bistro lights, other than that, all LB230s and 130s. You dont happen to have any experience with par38 (outdoor floods) that are RGB do you? All my switches are Inovelli or GE. Thanks again for the local detailing blog.

modest bramble
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No. However I did just buy one of these for a project...

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I have yet to open the box and see how hackable they are.

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I would like to do energy/power monitoring of all of my home through something like hardware for openerngymonitor, but also monitoring individual devices (i.e .washing machine) through a smart plug with power monitoring (like a Sonoff S31 with Tasmota). Is that all omsething openenergymonitor takes care off (I'm assuming through sifting what energy data is dumped into MQTT), or would this be something I would need to ziptie together in Home Assistant?

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Basically I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around what functions openenergymonitor provides.

torpid tangle
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@modest bramble yep, i saw those.. trying to utilize my existing uplight sockets or I would try them as well.

near crystal
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Does anyone know if there is some central list of smart outlets that are Tasmota flashable? I've gone through three different types that should work but they don't. I am either trying to flash them wrong or they have the new firmware preventing the, from being flashed

foggy tapir
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Does anyone know whats inside an indoor philips hue motion sensor? is it just a PIR ?

tawdry ocean
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Has anyone had success with getting the broadlink RM4 Pro to learn RF commands? I can't get it to work...only IR

maiden silo
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Hey, folks! I've been reading up on this and I'm pretty confident of the answer, but I wanted to make absolutely sure. My HA installation runs on a Pi. I've got some Hue bulbs hooked up to a Hue Bridge. I was recently gifted some Mi.Light b4 wall panel switches for 2.4g zigbee devices. Is there any way to get the Mi.Light switches to to see the Hue bridge and bulbs to control them, or do I need to get a zigbee adapter for the Pi and move the Hue bulbs over to Zigbee?

glad dust
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Anyone know if there’s a good source of Mi Floras right now? I’ve seen people get them for $5 a pop before

brazen swallow
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Can someone recommend me a nice zigbee remote to control my lights? Something I can control the color with

zealous dune
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@glad dust those are most likely fake ones

brazen swallow
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Thanks!

peak talon
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I like this one ikea Model E1744. You will need to tweak you automation to handle though. But the feel of this is quite good

brazen swallow
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Well the visually appealing ones don’t come cheap, 60€ for the Namron one

fringe moon
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I have two of those, but I hate the design 🤣

peak talon
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I thought those are the most smoothest one. The Dimmer one is harsh (relatively and with less actions)

fringe moon
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the dimmer is quite useless, but I bought a few for $3 each

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might use them for something

peak talon
fringe moon
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ikea 🤢

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I don't use many buttons tbh, I have... three in the whole house

peak talon
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I see. I have plenty now. With little kids, have given them to control switches in their room, etc but am making custom ones now with cc2531/cc2530 and Ptvo's firmware ;-)

brazen swallow
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Always having to keep the home assistant app or to talk to your google assistant to control your light gets a bit old, I’d prefer controling lights with a remote

fringe moon
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I only have the buttons to keep the house sleeping at night, because our bedtimes are variable

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I have programmed a xiaomi cube for my daughter, she loves that one

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@brazen swallow my lights turn on and off automatically, and adjust throughout the day as needed

peak talon
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Yeah that cube is terrific! Have 3 - 2 for actual use. 1 for what we call e-dice! ;-)

brazen swallow
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I only setup automatic lights for my toilet, I don’t like that for the rest of my appartment

fringe moon
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I'm planning on building two ESP-based lamps for the grand parents, and pair them with 2 xiaomi cubes, so my daughter can change the lights at her grandparents house 3000km away @peak talon just need a few hours to make my mqtt avaliable via https

brazen swallow
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Well, and for my entrance as well to be able to see when I have my hands full with groceries

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The cube seems fun actually

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and it’s cheap

peak talon
peak talon
fringe moon
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hah, love it

brazen swallow
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I’ll take the cube for another usage (to be defined 😄 ) but I’ve selected a variety of remotes from the link blakadder gave me

gloomy gulch
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Hi, I do have a question about robot vaccums... do lenovo x1 robot work with HA ?

winged knoll
gloomy gulch
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thx :) sadly they are not on the list

winged knoll
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Then not with an official integration

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There may be a custom one, but a quick Google didn't find me any

gloomy gulch
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mhmm, I'am looking to one - but ecovacs, xiaomi or roomba - tottaly new for this :)

winged knoll
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The good news is that there's a search feature here, and a lot of historical chat about Vacuums

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That should get you to a starting point

gloomy gulch
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I will take a deep dive into that part :3

odd merlin
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Hi! hope this is the right channel. Yesterday i moved my home assisstant from my raspberry pi 3 to a VM on my unraid server, most of the things are working, but not my conbee stick nor my rf link. I dont see any errors that HA doesnt find the 2 usb devices in my logs, but in phoscon the conbee stick comes up as not connected and I cant turn on/off my 433mhz stuff.

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If someone can point me in the right direction I appreciate it

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☝️ It's down to how you connect the USB devices, and that's install method specific

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50 lines... just a tiny bit over the 15 line limit

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Oops

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🤨

odd merlin
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My bad

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Oops is 16 ... more than three times is .... more than ooops 😉

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You didn't even have to paste it - you could have read it

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Was thinking "the more information the better"

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Next time, think rules

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😉

odd merlin
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my inner rebel is acting out

winged knoll
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That's ok, my not-so-inner BOFH can act out 😛

odd merlin
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😮

fringe moon
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Can I be the PFT ?

winged knoll
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Well, I suppose you're not a youth any more 😛

fringe moon
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😦

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rubber_duck 🇺

winged knoll
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😂

odd merlin
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when i check the hadware info I get /dev/ttyS0-3 and I get /dev/bus/usb/001/001 , ->004

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When i unplug them as they are now I get an error in the logs, so I guess they are plugged in the right "port"

fringe moon
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that's a weird way of enumerating USB devices

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locking them to the port 🤔

odd merlin
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havnt done any deepdive in unriad, so I dont know why they print them like that

winged knoll
odd merlin
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guess i see you there 😉

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static beacon
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Does anyone know if there are smart grounding circuit breakers. So that I can program that when my smoke detectors go off the power is cut from the whole house

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Or from the part where the smoke comes from

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I could use the aqara T1 switches and put them behind every wall outlet and turn them off. But I want to do this at the core so when these switches start burning or smoking these are turned off as wel

fringe moon
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There are smart circuit breakers yes

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I've seen multiple over the years

tepid heart
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Look up shunt trips.

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You have to manually reset the CB though.

static beacon
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Thanks for the tip I'll look into that

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I have another question. I have a google home speaker now and I'm programming it to play sounds and say stuff using the tts integration. It works but I experienced that it has a terrible lag because the speaker needs to be turned on first everytime I use it after some time. Are the smart speakers that work with home assistant that are always on so to speak

fringe moon
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there is 1 second lag here

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with google home

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because I don't use cache I have that 1 second to generate the mp3

static beacon
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The speaker goes into standby

fringe moon
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none of mine do that

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I have 2 mini + 1 hub + ikea symfonisk

static beacon
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Ok so maybe it's a setting I need to change

fringe moon
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they all react within a second

static beacon
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I first heard the start sound of the speaker and after a few seconds its giving sound. So I need to change that it doesn't go into standby

fringe moon
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that is probably more likely to be a timeout somewhere

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because if you hear the sound that means HA has told it to do something

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it's waiting for whatever it is supposed to do

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try disabling cache in tts and see if that makes a difference

static beacon
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Well. We listen allot of radio. And when we pause it and it takes 15 minutes or so to turn it back on I see in home assistant that it's turned off

fringe moon
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and be sure you can access your externally facing url via https internally

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all my stuff is instantanious with google home 🤷 no idea what your network is doing

static beacon
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It's not the network everything is rock solid and fast but the google speaker is turned off after some time and it needs to boot up before a sound will play. Saying hey google is instant always so that's the strange thing

fringe moon
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never seen that

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I've had my devices for close to two years

kindred vale
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can anyone recommend a good Lux sensor ? have my lights in an automation at certain elevation --> turn on , but it gets cloudy sometimes ?

safe blade
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Hello everyone! I just bought a ttgo t-camera plus that i would like to use as a digital peephole replacement. anyone who got the mjpeg stream and display working together? Thank you!

drifting grove
drifting grove
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does anyone have a curtain opener/closer that works with ha?

hybrid parrot
harsh portal
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Ok. So my wife accidentally left our deep freeze open and ruined about $750 worth of food :/ I want to put a temperature sensor in the freezer. What's the best one to get.

fringe moon
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I use a 433mhz nexa one in my big freezer (I have five) but I'm gonna move it to a diy wifi one probably that can monitor all of them

harsh portal
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I'd prefer 802.11 I think over 433mhz....I don't have anything to read the 433 atm

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battery life is my biggest concern

fringe moon
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if you have a freezer

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you have power

drifting grove
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technically speaking a freezer works on a vacuum so you don't need to power it all the time

fringe moon
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in an ideal world, under perfect circumstances yes

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for a given period of time

drifting grove
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until you open the lid/door

fringe moon
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eh, most freezers seals get less usable over time, and people never change them

drifting grove
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oh, i always do

fringe moon
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I've never heard of a person who has done it.... in my entire close to 40 years on earth 😛

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until today

drifting grove
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well, when you sell the things i guess you get used to doing it

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drifting grove
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ah ty :)

harsh portal
fringe moon
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You use a temperature probe

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On a wire

harsh portal
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I dont want to do that. the wife could accidentally pull the wire out, the wire could get cut or 100 other things...I want the sensor in the freezer.

fringe moon
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That's a you problem though

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The norm is to use a temperature sensor with a probe

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Because the freezer is a Faraday cage mostly

harsh portal
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my wife leaving the freezer open and ruining $750 is the same "you" problem

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I'm not worried about the wifi signal strength, there is an AP in the garage almost directly above it...Pretty sure it'll be strong enough, just looking for a recommendation for a wifi temp sensor with good battery life

fringe moon
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WiFi and battery life usually aren't in the same sentence

winged knoll
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Well, they are

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usually with the word terrible in there

tacit plinth
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Just got some GoSund WP6 on advice of @glossy prism 🙂

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Tediore is away for 11d 3h 39m 23s with a message :point_right: 🤏

tacit plinth
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No love yet on tuya-convert, smart config gets sent over and device clicks but doesn't seem processed intermediate firmware

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Wondering if they also closed their ota hole like all other tuya stuff

tacit plinth
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Got it, was flashing via docker -- had to shut down other containers on ports 443 and 1883

queen reef
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Any suggestions for outdoor lighting like these that work with HA? US $8.80 21%OFF | 220V RGB LED Spotlight 10W 30W 50W Waterproof RGB Floodlight Reflector Projector with Remote Control for Outdoor Lighting
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq2Fr8z

fathom lagoon
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Hello, newbie here, trying to get my enphase into home assistant. I updated the yaml but don't see anything new states. Do I need to reboot after modifying the config.yaml?

winged knoll
viral girder
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Hey, could anyone help me out for a second? I just installed an Inovelli "LZW30-SN Switch Red Series" z-wave light switch (using OpenZWave) and it mostly works, except that I can't control it from HA. It reports energy usage and on/off state (it shows on/off depending on what I physically set the switch to) except I cannot change that state remotely from HA.

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if I turn it off in a dashboard, it just does nothing and the switch goes back on.

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But if I turn it off using the switch on the wall, it will instantly update as off in the dashboard

gloomy spoke
viral girder
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aight thanks

unborn tapir
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Anyone ever got a yamaha YAS-109 soundbar working in Home Assistant?

cerulean jasper
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what zigbee/z-wave thermostat with good HA integration are folks using?

ember wing
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Individually addressable LED light bulb (3 wire, not strip), can I cut the line at any point, or do the lines have to stay in tact? I'm finishing up christmas light display and don't want to cut if it will ruin, but if I can, I'll end up with just perfect length.

gleaming ravine
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Let me know if you want some more detail. I bought them. For commercial use and liked them enough to buy more for random home use.

nimble pecan
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Anyone around that has reflashed the sonoff rf bridge? I flashed the Portisch firmware as well but I dont think it can pick up my fan remote.

nimble pecan
forest zenith
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having an odd problem, i recently redid my router/IP addresses incl yeelight lightbulbs. I made some changes to the IP addresses and updated those in the configuration.yaml.

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The weird thing is that all the lights are showing up and are set to the new IP addresses but some of the lights are responding inside of HASS with the old IP addresses.

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Is there another place IP addresses are stored other than the configuration.yaml?

fringe moon
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Depends on how you did it, the UI config stores stuff where you aren't supposed to touch it @forest zenith

blissful lagoon
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Anyone pulling data from their lora device through the things network to HA? I've followed the one page tutorial but am getting RAW data vs sensor measurements on my end. Can anyone help me with this?

fringe moon
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I'm thinking about it, but I haven't got that far yet

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and I haven't seen anyone else talk about LoRA yet

rain apex
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I don't know exactly where this question fits, but I have 5 pin LED strip lights and i need an adapter so i can connect led wire to the led lights

winged knoll
rain apex
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ah sorry

winged knoll
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Folks will need pictures

static beacon
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@hybrid parrot you have a good point there. But I hope that cutting of the power in time will result in no real fire at all

reef ledge
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Is there a way to clear the history for an entity? I have a motion sensor that flapped on/off for a few hours and now loading its history is very slow...

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I fixed the sensor, but would like to remove all the old, incorrect values as well

winged knoll
static beacon
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Integrations? This is removing data out of the database using purge I guess?

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winged knoll
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So... questions about HA's integrations is off topic here, and history of an entity is certainly integration related 😉

fringe lily
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Hello, i want to send sms with ma key 4G huawey and i install SMS notifications via GSM-modem on my hass.io, but in the tutorial he say : Set this content in file udev\10-gsm-modem.rules

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I don't find the udev folder in hass.io

winged knoll
fringe lily
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oh sorry

polar blade
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Anyone have good recommends device MQTT Wlan, what i can use drive CCT led strip?

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fringe moon
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MQTT WLAN 🤔

polar blade
scarlet jewel
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Is there a way to connect the ikea smart dimmer to the hue hub? Or is it technically not possible?
Everything i found talks about connecting it to the hue hub & then to the light but thats not my use case. I wanna trigger automations/different scenes with it

fringe moon
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I would suggest you take a look at the topic over at #zigbee-archived and start thinking about moving away from propitary hubs if you are doing multiple vendors @scarlet jewel

scarlet jewel
cerulean hearth
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Hi fellow Home Assistanters!

I recently noticed that my Hue bulbs show a rather strange turn-on behavior. However I'm not sure if I just didn't notice it before or if it was introduced in a recent HA version.

Let's say I turn off a light that was set to 100% brightness, just blue. Then I send a light.turn_on command to that light with 1% brightness, just red.
What I then notice is that the light will turn on to a quite bright blue (but just for a split second), before then moving on to a dimmed down red.

Some background info, of relevant: I'm on the most recent HA version, using the Hue Integration and my lights are connected to several Hue Bridges.

Is this just me or is this behavior to be expected?

fringe moon
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lights connected to several bridges 🤔

civic kraken
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I don't have Hue specifically but similar "weird" issues happen with some of my MQTT lights teteroon

molten thistle
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@cerulean hearth I have a similar issue: two bulbs specifically that if they were last set to 30% brightness, they will start at 100% and then go to 30%. This lights are in a corridor and they behave like a flash grenade 🙂

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the weird thing is that I am 90% sure that those bulbs were updated before being linked to HA

cerulean hearth
cerulean hearth
cerulean hearth
cerulean hearth
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I just tested this by moving a bulb to my Deconz Network. It is the same behavior there. So this seems bulb-related in some way

fringe moon
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@molten thistle why not update them after adding them to HA ? or does your Zigbee integration not support firmware upgrades ? if so you should leave it behind

sour rain
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Hello Guys - i am bit noob here learning more and more and digging into this whole good stuff!!
so i have linked my smart life app all devices scenes showed etc. one of the devices i deleted from the devices list, now the same deivce i can get it back on Tuya integration.
PS: I have deleted the tuya integration and reinstalled it - also did delete the device from smart life app and also installed it again - did do Server Restarts multiple times
It is Plug ( if this is important by any chance )

winged knoll
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sour rain
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thank you!

cold bay
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Can anyone recommend a tablet that has a a vidabox mount and (preferably) a working lineageos rom (not necessarily official)? Going by official images I've only really been able to narrow it down to an S5e, but that seems like it may be overkill.

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sorry, new to all this 🙂

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New is a good time to read the #rules 😉

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(and all the channel topics, so you know when you're in the right place)

woven pollen
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roger that. thanks 🙂

harsh portal
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are there any premade devices i can replace the physical switch in my ceiling fan that controls direction? Would like to control the fan direction based on heating or cooling

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winged knoll
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YOURLOCALIP would be the actual IP 😉

timid kettle
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IP of the robot? or home assistant

winged knoll
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HA

timid kettle
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so i'm good there.

winged knoll
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Not with what you shared

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timid kettle
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sorry I pasted the repo information cause I had questions regarding the code. am I able to post an image?

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Don't share code as images though 😉

timid kettle
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lines in question are 12 / 17

winged knoll
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Looks ok, according to the repo

timid kettle
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yeah it's odd because it' pulls all the right information; but my card on HA doesn't want to display anything.

winged knoll
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Does the URL work in a browser?

timid kettle
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404 error

winged knoll
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That's your problem then 😉

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Does that file exist in /config/www/?

timid kettle
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it's labeled

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live_map.pngROSIE_liveMap.png

winged knoll
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🤔

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You need to change what it calls the file when it creates it, or change the path in the URL

timid kettle
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@winged knoll thanks mate; that was it

narrow dune
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Hey everyone! New to HomeAssistant here... I'm trying to get my Schlage Sense locks to show up... if they are added to HomeKit can you do it? Or do I need the WiFi adapter?

drifting grove
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HA will usually tell you if it can see them

narrow dune
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It cannot see them right now...

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but I can control them through the Home app on my iPhones

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I think that the HomeKit Controller integration can't directly control things via bluetooth? is that correct?

drifting grove
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it can sometimes

winged knoll
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Also...

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narrow dune
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@winged knoll thanks!

worthy matrix
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has anyone looked into local control of myq garage doors?

dark wyvern
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Is zigbee generally quicker than zwave? Trying to figure out how the aqara Hub is so quick on motion detection, zwave seems about a half second slower using the aeotec stick 5

fair sedge
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is there any secret to pairing Aqara Single rocker light switch with zigbee2mqtt? followed the instructions and pressed the top of the rocker 3 times, got the flashing pairing light but then nothing. Z2M is in pairing mode. I was able to pair a Kwikset door lock but not this aqara switch. anyone had success with these?

wet horizon
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@dark wyvern someone else might be able to give a better answer but generally, yeah, zwave uses a longer wavelength (in the MHz) which allows it to reach greater distance and go through objects better, but can't handle as many devices and is generally less responsive than the higher wavelength for zigbee (2.5GHz)

upper yoke
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what are some examples of HA integration devices i can put into my pi2 as a GPIO plug in?

unreal tundra
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I’m a little confused. Do I need to change my 3-way, tasmotized, light switch for use with automations? Is is currently coming in as a light and not a switch.

spice forge
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Can someone help me figure out how to install a zha quirk? I am able to ensure my zigbee is working but want to install a quirk?

winged knoll
autumn horizon
silk gazelle
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Folks, I've stuck the colorloop effect on one of my strip lights...and it won't turn off. It feels like I'm in a 90's rave. Help!

sterile forge
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How'd you get it stuck? In HA or in its proprietary app?

silk gazelle
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On the UI

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I was showing a colleague the wonderful life of HA

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And stuck the effect on...and it's now been going since.

jovial pulsar
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Always worked for me to turn the light off and on again.

sterile forge
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have you tried restarting ha? it usually fixes weird issues for me. I'd also unplug the device for a bit or reset it at worst, it will really depend on what device it is

silk gazelle
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Ok, I'll power cycle the strip

sterile forge
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some manufacturers that make their own apps have options to reset to default light settings

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which is why i asked if it had a proprietary app

silk gazelle
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HA was restarted a few times last night so I've tried that

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Ok, tried in the hue app to no avail, I'll crawl under the desk and power cycle

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Heroes. You've fixed it. Thanks very much.

sterile forge
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❤️ yay

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happy to see it works

silk gazelle
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Now Todo some work.../look at the fancy hue dimmer integration. 😂

burnt mist
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I'm looking to start expanding my ha to controlling more than just my Philips hue lights, and with Christmas coming up I decided being able to control the Tree lights would be a good start. To that end I need a smart plug compatible with HA. I did some googling and saw the TP-Link HS100 mentioned a few times but they seem to be £36 on Amazon at the moment (can get for £20 on eBay).
As those threads were a bit old I was wondering if any one, UKers in particular, can confirm if that's still the go to plug?

fringe moon
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Twinkly are great @burnt mist

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or DIY WS2811 are also an option

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but if you just want a smart plug, there are.... hundreds of options

burnt mist
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I want one that can be controlled from within HA, beyond that I have no real needs (the idea only came up 20 minutes ago), I assume but just to clarify you mean the TP-Link ones by "Twinkly" 😄

fringe moon
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Nope

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I mean Twinkly

winged knoll
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Google Twinkly lights

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😉

burnt mist
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Ah, looks like a US brand.

fringe moon
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In a global market 🤔

winged knoll
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I can buy them here, when they're in stock anyway

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All I can get right now are the AWW versions or the short RGB version - but I'm kinda wanting the RGBW ones

burnt mist
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They do look cool but I think for the moment I would rather stick with a plug so I can make other uses of it after Christmas

fringe moon
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then your options are unlimited

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frankly

burnt mist
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surely not that will work with HA though?

fringe moon
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there are atleast 500 different plugs that will work with HA just out of the box

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then probably 2000 more with a few more steps

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see what kind of "smart" plugs is avaliable in whatever shop you have

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then take a look at "integrations" or even google the name of the plug to see how it is controlled

burnt mist
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I've googled "home assistant smart plugs uk" and pretty much the only ones mentioned in the discussions that come up are the same TP Link ones

winged knoll
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Zigbee

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Z-Wave

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And more

fringe moon
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none of that was any of what I said

winged knoll
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take your pick

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Heck, pick your #zigbee-archived integration (well, Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA), your choice of (supported) Zigbee stick and buy one of the Zigbee plugs from Lidl

burnt mist
fringe moon
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that one will probably be tuya

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which will use a cloud integration by default

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which is meh

burnt mist
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oh

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still at the price might be a starting point until I can research more and find some decent ones.

winged knoll
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If you go Zigbee then:

  1. It's always local
  2. The world is pretty much your oyster
burnt mist
winged knoll
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So...

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Read the message I wrote

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Don't use the hub

fleet light
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What is a good like wifi remote for hass? something that i can click a button to call entities

fringe moon
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anything you build yourself tbh

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although wifi is.. not great for battery life

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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fringe moon
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zigbee or zwave are probably better options though

fleet light
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Do i need to get a zigbee or zwave bridge then+

winged knoll
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I've found the Xiaomi Aqara "button" works really well (Zigbee)

burnt mist
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am I going to be able to get a zigbee stick working with HA running in a docker container, which is itself running inside a VM on Proxmox, would be several layers of device pass through

winged knoll
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Yes

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You won't be the first to do exactly that

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This is all significantly easier than rocket science

fleet light
fringe moon
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it's not a great idea with multiple layers of virtiulization, but it works, most of the time

fleet light
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Does zigbe stick work well inside normal docker container?

lavish raptor
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Does anyone have a recommendation on hardware for an rpi to send and receive RF signals?

fleet light
fringe moon
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@lavish raptor I would reccomend moving to another protocol 😉

fleet light
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but thats in the dyi category, If not the broalink rm

lavish raptor
fringe moon
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yeah I'm not gonna touch that with a five foot pole, but I've seen people who do Wifi based for that

bright jacinthBOT
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@fleet light 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. As of 1.15 has a native UI, and it also uses MQTT for control and configuration. 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.

Command '.zigbee' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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Pick your integration, pick your stick next 😉

fleet light
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havent turned mine on for a while

fleet light
keen crow
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hey guys. after +-1 week of being outside (not in the rain, not in direct sunlight) on my balcony without a problem, my sonoff temp/humi sensor this morning suddenly reports 82% battery (was 100% all this week and the device and battery are new)
can this be because last night was a bit colder than other days/nights? (minimum of +6ºC)

burnt mist
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Cancelled the order for TECKIN plugs in favour of picking up some of the Lidl ones on Sunday, also managed to grab a ConBee2 stick for £38 on Amazon which should be here the then as well. Sucks that I'm in work on Sunday so will have to wait to set it all up but hey

lavish raptor
winged knoll
worthy matrix
harsh portal
tacit hinge
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hello, i have a vacuum cleaner that is on WIFI and also connected to my smart life app that doesn't show up on HA although my other devices are showing, manufacturer: amarey a900, is there a way to add it to HA?

winged knoll
tacit hinge
plucky valley
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Hey folks - long story short I had been just starting to get into some Home Assistant stuff but then had a house fire, so I'm rebuilding and trying to figure out some best-practices stuff as we rebuild. One of the things I'm trying to figure out is door sensors; previously I had been angling toward using ~433 MHz door sensors and using a SDR to listen to the events and tie that in... But now that i'm sort of back at a blank slate, I'd love to know how you-all would address that need

wind vale
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@plucky valley I know it is too late now, how about an alarm system with smoke detectors in every room. Like a 1864 or such. An envisalink (I think they are called), pulls all zones into HA, so you could use their 868Mhz door sensors, or wired if you wanted.

plucky valley
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I'll go research Envisalink's ecosystem and sensors, thank you

wind vale
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It would be dscs sensors. For the 1864 (power series)

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DSC or Tyco. Also called Teletec in Sweden

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Also. Just an example. There are millions of solutions. But if you are already considering an alarm, and smoke alarms, might as well kill another bird with the same stone

steel temple
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anyone know if you can pair a Lidl motion sensor directly to a bulb, without a hub? Not really HA related, just that I received my lidl stuff but am still waiting on a zigbee stick to arrive 😛

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i know with ikea stuff it's possible...

golden cairn
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How can you configure multiple ping based presence detections? So far i have gotten an entity called hostname to show up with this yaml: device_tracker:

  • platform: ping
    hosts:
    hostname: 192.168.2.102 #Phone
winged knoll
golden cairn
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Ok, didnt know if it counte as an Integration or as a device, since you ping devices. Sorry

winged knoll
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Do read the channel topics 😉

steel temple
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thanks