if you use shelly 1 with a normal rocker switch, you'll obviously have the light switch the "wrong" way around when you control it over wifi, right?
#hardware-archived
kindred vale
hacked a cheap doorbell to use onvif , but will it pickup doorbell presses ?
supported_features: 2
condition of cam is "idle"
static verge
Bout to buy more Aqara temp/humidity sensors, and I had a thought, while im on Ali Express, is there anything else I could get? Any cheap stuff you guys like from there? 😀
ripe girder
i have a questin about zwave
is it better to get a zwave dongle or use a smartthings hub i have already
tidal grotto
Sell smartthings and get stick would be most people's opinion here
ripe girder
ok sounds good
cloud tulip
How do you guys use zigbee buttons with the "hold" option vs the "long-press" option
the 'hold' option gets triggered, then when i let go after holding the button the 'long-press' option gets triggered
tulip shard
Recommendation for single pole and dimmable switches that can be flashed?
Hello by the way
dense lintel
I'm having issues w/ integration of ruckus unleashed. When I enter the host, username/pass, the logs say that the login was incorrect. I have verified that my password is valid. Could this be related to the SSL cert ?
I'm extremely new to HA, but have a working knowledge of networking, linux, etc..
dapper swift
@tulip shard single pole?
elfin abyss
I think they mean with just a single button rather than on/off
winged knoll
Please read the channel topic 😉
bright jacinthBOT
young patio
Thank you 🙂
drifting grove
hello all, i have a question about honeywell hgi80 module discovery by Hassio on RPi4, could someone help me?
zealous dune
do you want someone to commit to helping you without knowing the question?
drifting grove
no! lol, but first, i would like to know if someone can help me before asking the question
zealous dune
see you have a problem then
because noone knows whether they can help you if they don't know the problem
drifting grove
I try to add a HGI80 to my configuration, but the module is not recognized
in dmesg, i see the usb enumeration but try to download firmware but failed
[474533.101225] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[474533.255347] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=10ac, idProduct=0102, bcdDevice= 1.01
[474533.255367] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[474533.255385] usb 1-1.3: Product: TUSB3410 Boot Device
[474533.255402] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
[474533.255418] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: TUSB3410
[474533.307281] usbcore: registered new interface driver ti_usb_3410_5052
[474533.307368] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for TI USB 3410 1 port adapter
[474533.307449] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for TI USB 5052 2 port adapter
[474533.307537] ti_usb_3410_5052 1-1.3:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected
[474533.307682] usb 1-1.3: Direct firmware load for ti_usb-v10ac-p0102.fw failed with error -2
[474533.307725] usb 1-1.3: Direct firmware load for ti_3410.fw failed with error -2
[474533.307737] usb 1-1.3: ti_download_firmware - firmware not found
[474533.307798] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 1-1.3:1.0 failed with error -2
i had the same issue when i tried Domoticz, but i resolved the issue by addinf ti_3410.fw directly in /lib/firmware
winged knoll
#330990055533576204 may know if it's possible
drifting grove
any idea?
winged knoll
Did you try asking in #330990055533576204 ?
On other install methods the solution is likely what you did for Domoticz, but HAOS is different
winged knoll
Well, yes it is ... but it's about recognition by the OS 😉
And if you're running #330990055533576204
Then, well, that comes with its own OS
drifting grove
yes, that's why i'm bit lost... I tried to add thefirmware, but as it' in a container, it's not persisted
thx for your advise 😉
dense lintel
Is there any way to use this for devices ? It's connected to my harmony remote.. https://support.myharmony.com/en-cz/home-hub-extender
elfin abyss
I'm debating what I should get for smartifying my light switches, I have no neutral and currently have simple on/off rocker switches
thinking of going with either the shelly 1L (with the neutral bypass) or the shelly dimmer
or a zigbee no neutral switch (maybe an aqara one)
shelly seems like the way to go though for simplicity, just need to make sure I'm not missing anything and that I can actually use it
shelly 1L should work but the dimmer 2 might be good for a few extra quid and the ability to dim, as long as I can actually use it
wraith rampart
hello all -- is there a way to forcibly remove a device that keeps showing up?
i have a failed motion sensor that i removed from Zwave but the device itself lingers
it shows (Device unavailable)
so i can't remove it..
bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
That'd be a question for not this channel 😉
nova kayak
Hi, Not sure if this is the right channel. I have a Garage door added to my configuration.yaml file. It is a "cover" and im having a bit of trouble with an automation. I want it to do something while "opening" but it seems like the polling rate is not catching it every time. I tired to add scan_interval: 5 to the config.yaml but that does not seem to make a difference. Anyone know how to make HA check the status of the door/cover more often?
winged knoll
Well, it depends on the #integrations-archived you're using - but you should read the channel topic 😉
tired comet
So not sure if this is the right spot to post this but... I want to purchase Home Assistant Blue but they are sold out, so I want to buy the components and assemble myself. I found everything but the 128GB eMMC storage. Where can I find/buy that with same specs as home assistant blue? Thanks.
winged knoll
Where in the world are you?
tired comet
USA
young atlas
What wireless router works well with HA? Do you use DDRT?
bright jacinthBOT
young atlas
Yep.
neat frost
is it possible to mass-assign devices to an area rather than one by one?
I have 278 devices to assign 😄
winged knoll
No (but also see the channel topic)
neat frost
alright (and alright)
eternal egret
Hi 🙂 I found the rhasspy addon for HA. I'm running Homeassistant_os (64bit) on an rpi4. I connected a Jabra 510 via USB.
Supervisor => System/Hardware shows the device as input and audio device. However, in the addon Config there are 2 dropdowns. both don't give me the device. What am I doing wrong here? The Device should be recognised because in this Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=279&v=uHFhqV2MFcg it is visible.
Do I have to enable something?
winged knoll
Probably worth asking in #add-ons-archived
eternal egret
I know, but first I want to make sure that when a device is recognized by Supervisor/System/Hardware that I should be able to pass this device into an add-on? Nothing else is needed?
winged knoll
No idea, that's a thing only the #add-ons-archived folks could answer
bright jacinthBOT
eternal egret
ok, thanks!
grizzled ridge
Hi Guys,
I have 3 gateways connected to HA:
2x DGNWG02LM (works fine)
1x ZhWG11LM (aqara, HomeKit compatibile) ringtones don't work
I've installed an old mi home apk.
I was able to get KEYs for DGNWG02LM (hidden menu),
but there was nothing for ZhWG11LM.
Using a "modified" mi home apk I was able to get 32 letters token for ZhWG11LM.
I also soldered RX, TX, GND to ZhWG11LM.
I was not able to run "pm-set network.open_pf 3" command;
I changed root password and now I have ssh access to ZhWG11LM.
Is there any way to force ZhWG11LM playing ringtones?
Thanks for any help.
port 9898 is closed
there is a command get_did when connected through serial port, there are 2 KEYS but they don't work
fair ridge
How do I rename devices? I can only rename entities??
winged knoll
Please read the channel topic 😉
fair ridge
oops sorry
winged knoll
No worries
young atlas
#integrations-archived I think
mortal ridge
<#672220541343760384> I think
Should I move this to integrations ?
young atlas
Likely yes. Double check the channel descriptions when you’re unsure. Will help so you don’t get anybody being Sarcastic with you.
If you’re on mobile you can tap the room name to view description
keen crow
Have you experienced any hiccups with 433mhz devices? my doors sensors are missing approximately 1 signal in 15 (i'm using digoo sensor with sonoff bridge (tasmota)
edgy fog
I have one set of horizontal blinds I'd like to automate, just open/close, not raise/lower. They have a pull cord. Can someone suggest a kit/device to control it? I'm in the US, prefer zwave (could go with zigbee), plug-in or solar rather than battery.
drifting grove
Guys .. Need a help. Trying to flash porticsh.. getting 209 error; tasmota.bin flashed 9.2.0
Any clue?
Missed to mention , this is for the sonof EF Bridge
RF
twilit quartz
Suggestions on a good speaker set? I'm looking to have maybe 2 of them, one in each room and be able to play music via HA.
Country: USA
Budget: Nothing ridiculous
Protocols: Bluetooth & WiFi
Features: Be able to play music via HA
bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
Or the #diy-archived channel here
winged knoll
Suggestions on a good speaker set? I'm looking to have maybe 2 of them, one in e...
No Bluetooth, but Sonos (or the Ikea Symfonisk version) is worth a look
ember blaze
@drifting grove - how far through the guide have you gotten?
@drifting grove https://tasmota.github.io/docs/devices/Sonoff-RF-Bridge-433/
@drifting grove I've literally just done this
drifting grove
@ember blaze i flashed TASMOTA few times just to be sure .. but I cannot completely flash Porticsh
It beeps few times and suddenly shows it has failed with error code 209
Did soldering as well on the pins
Ver 1.0
ember blaze
@drifting grove how are you powering the bridge - usb on the computer or a wall wart
drifting grove
That’s USB .. That’s the only option I guess 😕
Through powered usb hub
Connected to my MAC
ember blaze
Ok
i flashed Tasmota
then set device to 25 in the templates
then removed the rx and tx pins on the ftdi and used that to power it
drifting grove
Yes .. all that’s good; but when I proceed to flash the .hex I get this error.. Flashing tasmota works fine
drifting grove
then removed the rx and tx pins on the ftdi and used that to power it
Ok I’ll try it tonight
ember blaze
switch the switch to on and only have the 3v3 and ground connected
ember blaze
there is a Uart from the esp to the 433 micro controller and its on the same port as the external USB connector
make sure the switch is on as that powers up the 433 micro controller
and good luck
dim jasper
just moved some ikea bulbs and remotes from the tradfri bridge to the sonoff bridge and i'm loving how responsive everything is. getting to use those 5 button remotes is fantastic. the only issue i'm running into is the color temperature slider on the bulbs seems to be lost.
i've been searching forums and have seen mention of it but it seems a little obscure
dim jasper
I was tired of nursing the ikea bridge along and made a random purchase one night of the sonoff zigbee hub. It's been pretty fun so far. I think it was $18 so it was under the threshold for fun spending.
i probably need to figure out how the firmware updates work over zha and do that. i replaced most of my dozen ikea bulbs with hue in the last year due to the bridge not working and these bulbs have just been sitting on the shelf
i don't know how i manage to operate power tools. just noticed there is a #zigbee-archived. LOL
frosty spruce
anyone using a S0-pulse counter?
I have connected it to : /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Arduino_LLC_Arduino_Leonardo-if00
But how can I integrate it ? (there is a pulse counting on port 1
random cosmos
Can anybody recommend some cheap motion sensors I can use with HA?
smoky perch
Do tekkin outlets still no longer support IFTTT? Thought I heard something a while ago that tuya was working with IFTTT again, by my outlets don’t show. My outdoor outlet works tho (also thru smart life)
winged knoll
Can anybody recommend some cheap motion sensors I can use with HA?
Xiaomi Aqara ones are cheap, and work with all the #zigbee-archived options
random cosmos
Xiaomi Aqara ones are cheap, and work with all the <#551843655682490399> options
I have to have to buy a bride/gateway for those right?
winged knoll
Or a suitable Zigbee stick - see the pinned messages over there 😉
random cosmos
Thanks, that'll save some money.. btw i've never ordered from aliexpress, is the stuff on there safe/real, because everything there is so cheap..
and are those sensors good at not having any false positives
fringe moon
I have hundreds of orders there every year
Very little defective or lost parcels
1/100 perhaps
I have never had a false positive with that sensor either
@random cosmos
drifting grove
there is a Uart from the esp to the 433 micro controller and its on the same por...
Mate it did not worked .. it seems to be an issue
With Tasmota 9.2.0
I got this fixed by downloading to 8.4.0
And now it works..! Will open a bug report to git
gloomy sequoia
anybody know what is the expected effective range of the wyze sense v1s? I thought to put a motion one in my mailbox, but the state never updated... not sure if it was related, but I had also had issues with the wyzesense integration around the same time. wondering if it's worth trying with the wyzesense2mqtt image 🤔
mailbox is 30'-50' away, idk
through one wall from my bridge, but a metal mailbox though 😬
onyx dune
Hi all- (hope this is allowed. Posted to Reddit, but posting here before Ebay)
I moved and have a lot of windows/doors to cover that I couldn't do with Abode (moved to Ring)
Selling my Abode Security System (+ Motion + Glass + keypad + keyfob + 6 door/window sensors) DM me if you are interested
rustic elk
I need a recommendation on colored recessed bulbs that integrate well into HA. I'll have the circuit on a zwave switch, so I can figure out the autonation for making sure the light is on, but I'm struggling with the cost of hue plus the added complexity of the bridge. Thoughts on a cheaper/simpler solution?
static beacon
Do I need the gateway to get a Xiaomi roborock s5 max connected to home assistant? I read that the token can be extracted with an easy extractor exe file. But I need to login credentials of xiaomi. I installed the app and you can't get a step further if you don't connect the app to a Xiaomi bridge. So before I buy a roborock I want to know if I need a hub to set it up
pearl urchin
Merry christmas everyone. A quick question. I have bought 5 Philips Hue bulbs (no dimmer switch and no bridge) and hooked them up to deconz/phoscon via a ConBee 2. Now I need to reset on of the bulbs - how on earth to I do that without a bridge or a dimmerswitch?
fringe moon
@pearl urchin #zigbee-archived would know, but probably via the deconz software somehow
Also most ZigBee stuff supports reset by power cycling 6 times in a row
solar stirrup
@fringe moon Hue light bulbs do not support reset via power cycle, unfortunately.
@pearl urchin The bulbs should automatically go into pairing mode once they're removed from the bridge/coordinator. If they're no longer paired and removing them is not an option, unfortunately you'll need either a Hue Dimmer remote or a Lutron Connected Bulb remote to be able to reset them.
pearl urchin
Thanks guys, Ill try your way @solar stirrup
solar stirrup
@pearl urchin While it will work with a paired Hue Dimmer, I keep an unpaired Hue Dimmer in my "HA toolbox" specifically for resetting bulbs.
fringe moon
@solar stirrup oh right, that is why I keep that hue dimmer handy
I only have 3 hue bulbs
Everything else is tradfri
solar stirrup
The reason I don't like Tradfri is because they come back on to the last brightness when the power is restored.
If you setup your automations to turn on lights to 99%, you can detect when Hue bulbs are power-cycled as they come back at 100%. One use case for this would be to flip the wall switch to be able to disable the automatic lightning for 30-45 minutes.
fringe moon
Yeah, that is annoying, but with the.... 0.5 power outages we have per year
It's a not problem
And we don't use physical switches in this house anymore
Circadian lighting detects if a light switch is pressed on anyway, and adjust the light within a second
zealous dune
are they ethereal now 🤣
solar stirrup
Without any remotes, implementing the difference between 99% and 100% is a great way to trigger certain things in HA. Mind you, it's best for things that are not reliant on instant-feedback, which is why I use it for disabling motion sensors.
ember blaze
@PSMClick quite bizarre! , mine is 9.2.0 but... mine is a R2 bridge. Did you upgrade to 9.2.0 after?
odd reef
@solar stirrup that 99% thing is clever!
solar stirrup
Thank you. It works, but only in situations where it's okay for the the action to be delayed a slight amount (like disabling a bathroom motion sensor for a while). Hue bulbs do not send their status immediately upon power-up.
fringe moon
Noice, my Xiaomi Honeywell smoke detector arrived on Christmas eve
rustic elk
@solar stirrup are the hue bulbs worth the extra investment? I have some wifi lutrons that work well enough, but thinking color changers for the bedroom for... Reasons
fringe moon
I have 50+ tradfri bulbs, and 3-4 hue bulbs, one hue bulb has already died and the communication issues are mostly with hue from my experience
So I won't buy any more hue bulbs
I have a single RGB bulb though, that is... Not interesting for me, I use CT bulbs
rustic elk
@fringe moon Iiiinteresting. I usually use switches over smart-bulbs
personally. but that's just a preference thing
solar stirrup
<@284395792800677889> are the hue bulbs worth the extra investment? I have some ...
I personally think they are worth the money, but just know that they cannot do purple. 😮
rustic elk
WHAAAAAT
solar stirrup
I have 50+ tradfri bulbs, and 3-4 hue bulbs, one hue bulb has already died and t...
I've owned 150+ Hue devices over the past few years and have only ever had one Hue White bulb fail.
fringe moon
Really, probably a dud, still, I'm not paying 4x the price for the same functionality tbh
The only difference I notice with hue and tradfri is the hue goes 5% dimmer perhaps
Which is why I bought it for the bedroom
tall osprey
just moved over from original zwave to openzwave, all my GE fan control are showing up as light. Does anyone know how to change that to the right domain?
rustic elk
@tall osprey I've always recast them in configuration.yaml
tall osprey
what do you mean recast? like using template to change to something else?
rustic elk
Weeeelllll, here's what I did. I cannot unilaterally say this is the de-facto way to do it, but it would work
light:
- platform: group
name: Kitchen Lights
entities:- light.kitchen_1
- light.kitchen_2
I was grouping two lights under one 'light' entity, and called that entity "Kitchen Lights"
you could get rid of the platform bit, and leave the entities
tall osprey
in my case
fan:
- platform: group
name: Office Fan
entities:- light.office_fan
i'm not sure if i can mix that though
problem is, it should've been added as fan.office_fan instead of light.office_fan. Not sure what went wrong here. It was working fine in the orignial zwave integration.
rustic elk
I think you can probably do somethin like: fan:
name: Office Fan
entities_id: light.office_fan
I don't have any fans hooked up, lol I just use dumb-fans, and smart-switches
tall osprey
i'll give that a quick try
rustic elk
Does the fan integration give you something that light doesnt? like... speed?
or is it I\O?
tall osprey
low mid high
rustic elk
ahhh
My guess then, is that won't work, because zwave is reading it wrong, and won't push the low-mid-high variable to the fan controller
sour wing
Anyone here has experience with tuya-convert ? I have been trying to flash sonoff s31 power plug but I end up with "Device did not appear with the intermediate firmware" message at the end 😦
rich talon
Did you ever get an answer ????
dense lintel
Is it possible to use BLE on a bananpi m2+ for BLE Tracking?
upper yoke
are there any smart plant monitors other than xiaomi? not sure if xiaomi is "safe" since it comes from china etc. or if there's something better and more open in design while still capable.
fringe moon
are there any smart plant monitors other than xiaomi? not sure if xiaomi is "saf...
Since they aren't internet connected I'm curious what your definition of safe is, and what you think the Chinese are after by monitoring your plants
And DIY is always an option
peak talon
and spend time to know your router and network and make it "safe" - people often forget the elephant in the house!
fringe moon
Usually the people who are most scared of being hacked are the people who are least knowledgeable about networking and technology in my experience 🤷♂️
sour wing
Anyone here has experience with tuya-convert ? I have been trying to flash sonof...
Ping as I got no responses
fringe moon
I've used tuya convert on 6 plugs, all flawlessly, both running off a spare pi or my Chromebook as the host
sour wing
I've used tuya convert on 6 plugs, all flawlessly, both running off a spare pi o...
Not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried multiple times on Pi 3B. Tried both on Sonoff and BN-Link plugs.. I just saw online that newly manufactured BN-Link plugs have a firmware lock and can no longer be flashed.. Wondering if the same happened to Sonoff plug as well.. My Sonoff plugs show that they were manufactured just 2 months ago, so there is a possibility.. 😦
mortal spruce
Hi , I'm not sure if this is right channel but I've added some sensors to my sensors.
However adding them causes my other sensors to disappear
The code for the disappearing sensors is ```sensor:
Xiaomi humidifier
- platform: template
sensors:
xiaomi_humidifier_temp:
friendly_name: "Temperature"
value_template: "{{ state_attr('fan.xiaomi_miio_device', 'temperature') }}"
unit_of_measurement: "°C"
device_class: "temperature"
xiaomi_humidifier_humidity:
friendly_name: "Humidity"
value_template: "{{ state_attr('fan.xiaomi_miio_device', 'humidity') }}"
unit_of_measurement: "%"
device_class: "humidity"
Can someone tell me what's wrong here and why these sensors no longer appear when I add these other sensors
Here's en excerpt from the other sensor ```# sensors/heatpump.yaml
- platform: luxtronik
scan_interval: 60
sensors:-
group: calculations
id: ID_WEB_Temperatur_TVL
friendly_name: Temperatuur Aanvoer -
group: calculations
id: ID_WEB_Temperatur_TRL
friendly_name: Temperatuur Retour -
group:```
-
Is it the lack of a group?
mortal spruce
Yeah the log says nothing
Only talks about heartbeats
Unless the hacs luxtronic integration is causing it
mortal spruce
I had to remove the first sensor:
keen crow
hey guys, anyone knows this thing?
"Xiaomi Mi Pocket Photo Print"
seems like it requires some cloud service stuff on the phone and i wonder if i can integrate it somehow into HA
autumn isle
Hi!
Hope this is the right channel for my question...
Does anybody know if there is a way to set max level in HA or the esp-yaml for a Quinled Quad?
I want to set min/max levels for the dimmer channel but HA needs to show the levels as 0-100%....
So 0% in HA needs to be 15% and 100% in HA needs to be 65% on the quinled quad.
I love these boards already! Have built a Digiuno for our christmas tree! 🤓
candid eagle
Hey guys, I have Xiaomi Yeelight 650 YLXD02YL which is dimmable through remote. I'm looking to buy some smart dimmer which could be integrated with hass. Does anyone have any recommendations or is this even possible? The original smart switch from Xiaomi YLKG08YL does not have support yet
ruby flare
Is there any battery operated home assistant compatible switch that I can use for automations?
deft wedge
Hi guys, I've asked in integrations as well, but I think everyone over there is dead :p
but I've been struggling with adding ewelink devices to my hass. I've look up you have the peterbunga file or the alex thingie files, tried both. and I'm not getting any devices in my hassio. I'm getting quite desperate now
winged knoll
Odd that on Christmas day few people respond 🤔
Lots of people will be taking the time with food family I suspect
fringe moon
Food? I can has more?
winged knoll
Only if you didn't eat it all yesterday. Gotta remember to pace yourself...
fringe moon
no
oak saddle
Hi Matthijs, did you get any solution to this as I am looking as well for an answer?
winged knoll
Sounds like you want to be asking in #integrations-archived - read the channel topic 😉
lilac urchin
If this is the wrong channel please give me directions.
What's a recommended and tried smoke alarm/fire alarm that is possible to integrate to HA? I got all major technology as zwave & zigbee et.al so that's not a concern. Its rather a great safety product I'm looking for.
bright jacinthBOT
inland yacht
can anyone recommend a good smart socket? I have one annoying device in my roof that makes lots of noise, and I would like to set up a schedule for it to be on, I'm worried about the signal getting there, I'm in Mexico, I'm looking for any protocol, anything that isn't overly expensive should be fine if it works nicely
fringe moon
@lilac urchin I'm testing out the Xiaomi Honeywell one right now
rain burrow
Is there a wifi smart plug that works with home assistant out of the box and doesn’t talk to a cloud? I have an outlet that’s behind a concrete wall that gets wifi but not zwave/zigbee signal
fringe moon
Anything flashed with tasmota
And just put two ZigBee outlets on either side of the wall
rain burrow
Time to learn how to flash... thanks
hushed otter
Does anyone know to remove a device I'm not having any luck after putting the controller into exclusion mode, excluding the device and then adding the controller back to my pi
limber ember
the first radiator is via Tuya - when I turn it off via google home it doesn't turn off in HA UI it still shows that it's on
that kind of radiator doesn't work at all and i have it connected via Tuya Local from HACS it will help me to fix one of it
undone haven
@hushed otter , #zigbee-archived or #zwave-archived but if it is a zwave exclusion, you need to include and exclude while the stick is connected to your hass instance
versed sonnet
Anyone have the sonoff Zigbee Bridge? Do you use zha or zigbee2tasmota (mqtt) on it?
Reason I ask is because I had to take down my HA instance the other day while moving, when I booked it back up about 2 weeks later I had to reconnect sensors and lights. Wondering if zigbee2tasmota would be more long term or easier to deal with in terms of resetting HA and starting from scratch
cosmic girder
does that zigbee/zwave stuff work so great? everywhere i look i see people complaining about it
why do so many people use it?
fringe moon
Both are great technologies in the hands of a lot of people who don't understand it
@versed sonnet I have no issues taking stuff offline for weeks and then bringing them back online with zigbee2mqtt
Individual devices
versed sonnet
Hmm ok maybe I'll flash it with zigbee2tasmota, I don't have a lot of experience with mqtt but I think that ha has a built in integration right?
fringe moon
Ha supports mqtt yes
versed sonnet
I'm running container though, do I need to install anything else? Does ha act as a broker?
cosmic girder
no youll have to install a mqtt broker
versed sonnet
Ok cool, I'll try it out and see where it takes me! Thanks!
raw shoal
please point me elsewhere if I'm in the wrong place, I have a sony tv, an older model that just isn't as automation friendly, but I can control it with a tasmota-ir device and can probe port 52323 to see if it's 'smarts' have booted. I've started writing a tool that simply shows 'false' or 'true' if the tv is 'off' or 'on' - is it simpler to hook this up via mqtt and accept cmnd to turn it on, and respond with a tele to say it's on or off? or some hybrid method (takes around 12 seconds for the thing to go from false to true)
fringe moon
Or just attach a smart plug that will update the power draw instantaneously
wet agate
Or just attach a smart plug that will update the power draw instantaneously
...you just converted me from "power monitoring smart plugs are meh" to "I need many of these things"
wet agate
I have a couple sonoff wifi ones on the way, but they don't do power monitoring because "why would I need that"
raw shoal
I don't mind the 12 second update, just looking at how to integrate/combine the two whether it'd be better to hide the ir in my app and do it via mqtt, or some other method. I'm not looking to drop $30 on a smart plug today
(I mostly use it to turn off the tv, the tv turns on whenever you chromecast anything to it anyway)
wet agate
sorry if wrong channel, but are there recommendations for budget smartbulbs that work well with hass? looking around I see tons of warnings of new firmware that doesn't allow many of them to be flashed?
versed sonnet
Oh anyone have a diy way to push a button? It's a small clicky type button on the back of a TV
fringe moon
@wet agate tradfri
wet agate
I'm okay with soldering wires to flash, if I don't have to physically break the bulb to do it (I think most are glued closed?)
raw shoal
@versed sonnet I used to use 3 servo motors to press the 3 power buttons on the back of my dells (pita things would turn all the way off)
fringe moon
@versed sonnet probably easy with some soldering and esp, or just a small servo pushing it
sharp imp
Hi everyone, new around here so please let me know if this is the wrong or against the rules. Could anyone help me understand if what I’m trying to accomplish makes sense? My main goal is to try and use inovelli red switches to control my hue lights because I can turn of power relay easily. My whole ecosystem is apple with HA on a pi. I’d like to use HomeKit for everything. From what I understand I can add the switch to HA using z wave, then use HomeKit plugin to push it to HomeKit and control the clicking actions inside HomeKit itself? (My hue lights are already connected to HomeKit) thanks in advance!
raw shoal
heh and it looks like the power monitoring plugs that I can get 'cheap' (change from $30) have had tuya-convert borked on them due to newer firmware versions
wet agate
<@275689564503277569> tradfri
huh, looks officially supported even? ikea says they can't send me any though 😕
raw shoal
power monitor switches? I welcome you to australia where the things are either not in stock, expensive, or not compatible, or all 3
fringe moon
No, tradfri bulbs 😂
I'll stay out of the wasteland that is Australia thank you, no death wish as of now, and I like to diy
raw shoal
oh lol, all my lights are dynalite - which is something else I have to sort out (hass is inconsistently aware of the state of lights)
my old crt tv was fantastic at this, you could detect a leakage voltage on the digital audio output
fringe moon
😂
wet agate
I think I only have 12-15 lightbulbs in my entire apartment, and that is including the overuse of them in the vanities
short furnace
Hello, looking for zigbee device that will receive signal from my wired doorbell (230v) and transfer it over zigbee
Any ideas?
winged knoll
See #zigbee-archived
Also, that doorbell isn't 230V at the bell, just at the transformer 😉
fringe moon
Well, just replace the doorbell with a ZigBee switch, or build a DIY doorbell from your current doorbell with an esp is what I would say
winged knoll
ISTR somebody slapped a Xiaomi door/window sensor in a bell box, where the magnet would trigger it
fringe moon
short furnace
Maybe if bell button wouldnt be smaller than magnet sensor that would be a thing XD
winged knoll
Not the button, the box with the bell in it 🤣
short furnace
Ill check that if aliexpress sensors will arrive 
fringe moon
I order a few hundred orders every year, I would say 1-2 aren't delivered every year
So I guess they will
short furnace
Maybe SONOFF BASICZBR3 would do a good job?
winged knoll
For what?
You should read up on how the doorbell works 😉
It's not 230V to the button, or the bell itself
polar tiger
Hi! I'm new on the server and on all the home assistant thing (I setup my Home Assistant like yesterday)
I want to use sonoff with tasmota like the video
I'm canadian so I checked on my amazon and I find those tool, do you think it will fit?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B078W5L8W1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_N4i6FbGN43W1W
(I already have an Arduino Uno)
rare seal
I have an oldschool doorbell, electronic chime but a normal button... hooked up a NodeMCU and a sound sensor to make it smart through HA ...
Just some tinkering to get the threshold sound level OK and ducttape it together.
drifting grove
Has anyone tried the "Brilliant" switches?? They're very expensive. I'm thinking about putting together something similar with a low end Android phone and a 3D printed wall plate. Anyone else tried something similar?
kindred vale
got myself the new chromecastfor christmas , but it doesnt have the "play" , "idle" or "paused" states , wanna integrate them in my cinema lights integration ... anyone know a workaround ?
merry gorge
@kindred vale it should have. I have my chromecast integrated within HA as well
kindred vale
@merry gorge and thats the new type chromecast ?
merry gorge
Oh they release a new version? Mines like 1 or 2 years old
fallen moss
Hi, I'm new to HASS and I've a problem wih my Gosund P1 (tasmota). I have three of them with different Names and I can find them on the devices and entity-tabs in HASS. But they are all "connected" so each other. E.g. the power values are all the same and if i toggle one plug, the plug on all devices are toggling. (sorry for my bad english)
zealous dune
what are the topics on those three devices?
fallen moss
they are all the same.
winged knoll
There's your problem 😉
fallen moss
%prefix/tasmota/
winged knoll
They need their own topics, so they know which messages are for them
The Tasmota Discord, or #diy-archived here, can likely sort you out
bright jacinthBOT
fallen moss
okay, that wasn't a problem at iobroker 😉
fierce scarab
Can anyone help with this: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/uk-light-wall-switches-with-dimming/260487
drifting grove
Any one got tuya motion sensors find there is too long of a delay of motion being detected and the corresponding coming on?
drifting grove
Bestlymood Smart ZigBee PIR Motion Sensor Support Tuya Smart Life APP IFTTT for Amazon Echo 2Nd Plus Work with Tuya Platform Hub https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083FFRZ3T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_S5o6Fb5ATK96T
kindred vale
its the tuya device , very slow
drifting grove
Ive got those, they work 100% of the time but the red light will flash 5 times before sending the signal to the light
Ive got them top and bottom of the stairs and if u walk up quick the bottom light will come on after youve gone up the stairs
@kindred vale any recommendations on zibee lights/motion sensors?
winged knoll
See #zigbee-archived 😉
kindred vale
only experienced the tuya one , but its wifi based(cloud) so expect lagg
ordered #zigbee-archived
drifting grove
Yeah thats the problem. Theyre good just slow 😦
kindred vale
aqara motion seems to be good
mental grove
Which devices show under "Map -> People -> (Me) -> "Pick device to track" ? I only devices with "device_tracker"
I only see my Unifi APs and Security Gateway
winged vigil
Hello. Is there a way to create a custom device config? I have Aqara sensors and these are configured manually as mqtt devices. I would like to define a sensor device with Temperature, Humidity, BatteryPercentage,Pressure and Last Seen as its entities or have I got these concepts wrong?
winged knoll
You want to read the channel topic 😉
That said, you can't do that - of course if you're using Zigbee2MQTT just use MQTT Discovery
winged vigil
I did. I thought this was the right channel for "devices". Using Tasmota Sonoff zbBridge (Z2M is not an option)
bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
You can't create HA's "devices" like that - the #integrations-archived has to do it
winged vigil
Oh I see. I thought you'd be able to define a device and assign entities to it in a yaml file. Thanks for your help and apologies for posting in the wrong channel
winged knoll
No worries
Sadly, no. Maybe some day somebody will create an integration to do that, but really you need https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Zigbee/ to support MQTT Discovery
modest bramble
Is the Sonoff RF Bridge basically what everyone recommends for getting HA to talk 433MHz?
crystal parcel
Hi. I have an ios app that controls my hue lights and devices (iconnecthue) and it has trigger functionality for multiple presses of the same button on a dimmer switch if pressed within a short period. So you press once, get scene 1, press again, get scene two, press a third time, get scene 3. Is such a thing able to be replicated with ha?
deft wedge
anyone ever had the following issue? I reflashed a device to tasmota, last tile I changed settings it took hours before I could use the UI again, now I had to change the mqtt settings , it's been half an hours again ..
still can't access it
errant void
Has anybody tried flashing tasmota on the Wyze WLPA19 smart bulb? I've got the bulb disassembled and the 3.3V, TXD, RXT, and GRD pads exposed, but it keeps timing out waiting for packet header. Usually there is a GPI0 pin to ground on these ESP chips, but it is not obvious to me where that is. Thanks for any help!
ruby harbor
Is the Merkury Innovations 75 watt light bulb safe to put on the network or is there something I should be aware of?
covert jolt
@kindred vale the "Google TV" Chromecast thing is just rebranded "Android TV", so try that integration
valid spindle
Anyone have any experiences to share about Smart plug with energy meters showing wacky information?
In my case I have one that shows a roughly 10 volts less on voltage (verified by multi-meter measurements) as well as 2x-3x the wattage and current that I'd expect from the equipment that it was hooked up to.
I have 4 of these, and just the one is acting up
zealous dune
it's not calibrated correctly
valid spindle
That would have to be done on the plug though, right?
Not anything that could be done in HA`?
valid spindle
I did find some report intervals that were off, compared to the rest of my plugs (through ozw-admin) so I will leave it on for a bit and see if the voltage increases after 3600 seconds
Telldus doesn't seem to be all that forthcoming with firmware updates unless you join their eco-system, so hope this works :S
fringe moon
Telldus is the last hub I have left, just because of 433
It's dying within January
That is for sure
valid spindle
What's 433 like?
Lots of cheap plugs and stuff for that
cosmic girder
found it to be quite annoying. Especialy as it provides no feedback. had previously used that as the plugs are dirt cheap and i already used some of them with their remotes before i started using homeassiatnt.
switches all plugs for wifi ones. I still have the sonof rf bridge connected for using some of the 433mhz remotes i have
-s+d
especialy if your allready using zigbee/zwave/wifi based things id not add 433 mhz to the mix
valid spindle
Sounds about right
glad dust
Has anyone got an EverBlu Cyble attached to their water meter? I’d quite like to read it but it’s not supported by RTL AMR. Wondering if it’s a lost cause or if I can actually sniff it
main sphinx
Sorry just landed here helping some friends setup and was kind of desperate
Thanks for your help
winged knoll
No worries
rain burrow
Is it possible to make one of those DIY esp RGB led strip setups everyone recommends without soldering? I may be the guy that just needs to pay full price...
winged knoll
I'm pretty sure various folks sell pre-built boards for that, like DrZzs
#diy-archived can likely make other suggestions
deft wedge
anyone have any experience with tasmota?
I was able to flash my tuya devices with a pi remotely, it works! yay me. I was able to get 1 device on my mqtt, but the 2nd one is not showing up in my device list
altough when I open my logs I can see it sent something
zealous dune
what device list?
deft wedge
the devices you have linked inyour hassio..
gloomy sequoia
any good spot temperature sensors? I'm thinking of something like a k-probe, but a device for that?
dense lintel
Anyone installed an ext ant on their CC2531, or purchased one w/ an ext ant on it ? I wanted to ask some questions about it. I completed the install on mine, but just wanted to get some additional info about toning after.
No matter where I touch on the 3 leads, it tones. Is that correct ?
dense lintel
@fringe moon yea, when I use my DMM all points tone. Can you send me some pix of your install ? I cut the traces like the site told me to do, etc.
winged knoll
More a topic for #diy-archived really
burnt mist
Any one offer any assistance getting a Sonoff SNZB-01 switch working?
I've paired it in Deconz, restarted HA and see it under devices, however when I go to Dev Tools > Events and start listening for events (tried with * and zha_event) no events are fired
burnt mist
ok after several re attempts and pairing and restarts of HA (oh and I quick restart / update of the Deconz container)I've finally got the events firing and have managed to use this in an automation
mortal spruce
Does anyone know how I can read the data from an uponor c-33 thermal valve controller?
I found intergrations for the newer models that are smart enabled, and i also found custom pcb's for controlling the room sensors, but i couldn't find anything about the actual controller
fringe moon
Probably possible through some #diy-archived and esphome
mortal spruce
Thanks asking there
sly owl
Are there plug-in dimmer devices that work with the IKEA hub? The plug-in one IKEA makes is only on/off.
mortal spruce
Are there plug-in dimmer devices that work with the IKEA hub? The plug-in one IK...
In theory any zigbee plug in dimmer should work
winged knoll
Just depends on where in the world you live...
mortal spruce
Are there plug-in dimmer devices that work with the IKEA hub? The plug-in one IK...
I found this, idk about international availability, AduroSmart ERIA® Zigbee 3.0
It says this model is specifically for the dutch market
But other markets, like belgium do exist
winged knoll
Worth looking at the pinned messages in #zigbee-archived for lists of hardware - they're not for the Tradfri hub, but still
sly owl
Thanks guys.
potent lodge
Hello guys. Does anyone use plant entity in homekit or anyone know how to send multisensor entity to homekit?
graceful star
does any one use power with EU socket with zha ?! if yes, what is the brand and model
fringe moon
#zigbee-archived might know, I won't touch zha
short aspen
I have some cold and warm LED strips and want to get them setup in HA as a light bulb with color temperature. Is it possible to use Tasmota for this?
fringe moon
Without knowing what strips, who knows
short aspen
It's just normal stupid strips, hooked up via MOSFET's using PWM in Tasmota.
slim scarab
I have a handful of EFUN smart outlets (SH331) flashed with ESPHome and they like to reboot about 4AM every day. Which I was living with, but the one that has the family computer plugged into it just rebooted while my wife was working, so it has become a more urgent issue. Anyone else have outlets/plugs or this particular one and experience the same issue?
valid spindle
Moved from zigbee:
I just had a jolly good time installing a zigbee dimmer for my kitchen counter halogen lights.
Any downside to not adjusting the potentiometres for minimum/maximum dim?
Things seem to work well now, and knowing me I'll make a mockery of it some how
short aspen
@fringe moon So how do I configure it so it shows up as a color temp device?
slim scarab
oh neat...the TV EFUN outlet just rebooted about 14 minutes after the computer one.
winged knoll
Does ESPHome support any logging?
slim scarab
@winged knoll Good question. I can see logs realtime, probably need to look into if I can export them off so they aren't lost. I will look into that.
hearty anvil
it does through mqtt
slim scarab
ahh...I haven't setup anything mqtt yet
valid spindle
Moved from zigbee:
I just had a jolly good time installing a zigbee dimmer for m...
Ended up adjusting them.
Nothing to see here
quasi lantern
Hi all, has anyone had success using an ir blaster to control panasonic air conditioners ?
civic kraken
Why specifically those devices?
quasi lantern
That is what I have to work on and I believe the panasonic codes are a bit tricky.
civic kraken
Oh, okay. I have no panasonic devices to test out, but with some of these it may be possible to find the hex codes if you have hard time teaching the codes
versed edge
Is it possible to specify the names for ZHA devices in YAML? I'm coming from zigbee2mqtt, and really don't want to have to rename everything once joined. Also, if I lose my database, I'd prefer to have a hard copy version of the device names on a file I can check into git, like zigbee2mqtt
winged knoll
See #zigbee-archived @versed edge 😉
left merlin
Hey everybody,
does anybody have a nice (and chep) alternative to the "Fritz AVM 440" Room Thermostat?
The Thermostat on my Heater is located very Bad. Either its cold as F**k or i am Burning in Hell.
crystal parcel
Hi, whats the defacto power monitor these days for measuring a single device? I have some kasa tplink switches but they are a little bulky for my new requirement. Is there anything that isn’t a pass through plug and plays nicely with HA?
sand cosmos
Hi, I have a small question. If I buy an USB-RJ-45 extender and on the other side I plug a Conbee II, you think it will have the power to activate and use the device?
valid spindle
I don't know.. specs at https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2/techspec say it needs 5V, so I guess it depends on the voltage drop?
That said, I didn't even know the extender existed before you mentioned it, so obviously I want someone to try, for science
sand cosmos
my idea was to put a powerline and to have the zigbee device connected, as BT on the rasp it's working fine and inside range, but zigbee not, so a second module I think it can help
and I think this system it's the easiest solution, because the other idea was to have a second rasp, but for what I read, I have not seen any possibility to have it with the same HA
fringe moon
Or just buy a proper zigbee coordinator, my cc1352 can cover my whole house all three floors
🐔
With the built in antenna
winged knoll
If you need it remote, use Zigbee2MQTT and run that remotely 😉
winged knoll
He didn't mention it was a doll's house 😂
valid spindle
But I want to see the USB-RJ45-extender setup 😢
fringe moon
Usb over Ethernet is pretty common in enterprise environments with licencing dongles
sand cosmos
But I want to see the USB-RJ45-extender setup 😢
for my current setup I think it's the easiest way, but I have doubts about the power to run the adaptor
valid spindle
Yeah, just joking around. In all seriousness I'd say the odds aren't that great 😄
Though nothing would please me more if someone tried it and made it work...
In the interest of bringing wonder to the world
winged knoll
I'm pretty sure a few #zwave-archived folks have done that - it's largely not magic
sand cosmos
the think is that if it's working, my second test will be to have a second USB with extended BT to check if both devices work
fringe moon
If it uses Poe there would be no issues atleast as that can supply a lot more than the usb stick will pull
sand cosmos
just my ideas to play around
sand cosmos
If it uses Poe there would be no issues atleast as that can supply a lot more th...
I'm hoping on that, but not 100% sure. So wanted to ask if anyone was doing it and know if it was working or not
valid spindle
I'm pretty sure a few <#332357267364249621> folks have done that - it's largely ...
The one extender-product I found was rated for 40 meters. I wouldn't think they went that far, right?
Oh, well if it's PoE then sure. The only product I found was vague on specifics
sand cosmos
A little bit, as it's to connect the other side of the house, as it's very large side to side
winged knoll
Unless your house is over a mile or so, a single Zigbee mesh will be fine for coverage
sand cosmos
I think my issue is that the walls are very thick (old house)
and if I put the device near the rasp it works, but where it should be, not
So I think it's a coverage issue
haughty folio
hello. Im trying to get these lights to work with hassio and they don't come up in devices or integrations. am i doing something wrong? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GFZ8TYB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
haughty folio
idk if this is what you are looking for but this is what i use to automate my led lights that are meant to be controlled with an ir remote https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E20VQD8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
sharp nexus
so this might be a dumb question as i am just getting started. i can use home assistant to add more smarts to these automation devices. i really like the lutron caseta stuff as the switches and the smart app can control the devices. my question is is there something like the lutron that i can have plugged into my network and not on wifi to use the home assistant? i am planning on running it in a docker container in its own VLAN with a separate wifi network for all of the devices
i guess the TL;DR is there a device like the lutron caseta that can be plugged in to the network and not run over wifi.
sand cosmos
hello. Im trying to get these lights to work with hassio and they don't come up ...
seems they are working with Smart Life, have you added in there? Is the integration of Smart Life seeing them?
I think this question is more related to integration, than devices
valid spindle
i guess the TL;DR is there a device like the lutron caseta that can be plugged i...
If the plan is to connect various devices to HA by way of WiFi, a good strategy is to choose devices with API's that HA can use, generally stuff with integrations (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/, #integrations-archived ).
Going down that route, HA would be your Caseta.
Which is to say, I am not really sure I understand what you are asking for.
Something "like" Lutron Caseta, except connected with a LAN cable?
winged knoll
hello. Im trying to get these lights to work with hassio and they don't come up ...
"Works with ..." typically means they have a cloud service, and means nothing for being able to connect them to Home Assistant.
winged knoll
so this might be a dumb question as i am just getting started. i can use home a...
The answer answer is, yes, start with https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ 😉
The longer answer is that you can keep using the Lutron (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/lutron_caseta/) and just add more smarts using HA, and more devices of other brands
keen crow
hi. anyone has the AQARA OPPLE wall switches? by default they work horizontally (oof) can the front plate be turned around 90º or do i have to turn the backplate (which would display the aqara logo sideways)?
zealous dune
you have to rotate the backplate since the backplate has a divot that fits the switch
keen crow
well. that and the bad battery placement kinda ruins it then 😦
i am seeing some nice looking "Lonsonho" ones on aliexpress... i am just confused about the little LED they have.. .if that's permanently on, the battery is gonna last a week tops
zealous dune
yes they probably designed it that way
keen crow
@zealous dune
could you help me a sec?
https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Lonsonho_TS0043.html
i am comparing that one (3 gang) to the 2 gang ....
it sais "supports battery & action" and on aliexpress reviews some ppl complain they have only been able to get 1 button to work...
would it say something else on the compatible list for each button?
zealous dune
better trust the aliexpress people
keen crow
really? ok
zealous dune
they sound very knowledgable
keen crow
however the aliexpress comment might be outdated and the quirck updated, right?
zealous dune
it doesnt work with what exactly?
zealous dune
not everyone uses ZHA
keen crow
but i do
i cant do research stuff based on what other random people has. i have to research based on what i have/need?!
winged knoll
You could open a post on the forum
Ask people who use ZHA what their experiences have been
You could check the issues lists to see what's been reported
You could even ask in the #zigbee-archived channel 😉
keen crow
what forum? i thought thats what this channel was for 🤷
graceful star
I do too @keen crow
keen crow
yeah.. question started about one thing and deviated to another... ill go #zigbee-archived
ruby flare
whats the best hardware to run home assistant on if your budget is up to $200? I think my HA is outgrowing my Pi 4 slowly...
winged knoll
Pi4 + SSD is pretty beefy
If you've outgrown that then have a look at the Blue/oDroid N2
Or, any second hand PC/laptop from the last decade
ruby flare
Thanks! Unfortunately I'm too late for the limited home assistant blue odroid, sold out everywhere in europe now
zealous dune
get the nonlimited n2 then
winged knoll
I run HA on a 7 year old (to me) laptop, it's barely ticking over
ruby flare
sure, but the case was pretty nice 🙂
winged knoll
If you can see the case, you're doing server wrong 😛
ruby flare
Actually my Pi's CPU almost never gets used more than 20% but I have some latency critical automations on my HA (doorbell sound e.g.) and I have a feeling the more automations I have added over time, the longer it takes my pi4 to execute them
low solstice
What amount of ram does it have?
ruby flare
4gb and there's always 60% free memory available
winged knoll
The Pi4 is pretty capable TBH, it's got more CPU power than some low end PCs
Hell, I had a couple of thousand automations on a Pi3 and no performance issues
low solstice
I run HA in a VM /shrug
zealous dune
you could get an H2+ 😄
ruby flare
yes I'm just taking a look at odroid devices
zealous dune
HA 1.3% CPU use 😁 on a J3445
winged knoll
TBH, at this point you're chasing a problem that doesn't exist, but it's your money 😂
zealous dune
its called preemptive solutions 🤣
ruby flare
blakadder, exactly 😛
winged knoll
Eh, if you're under 50% of the system's capacity there's no point in caring
ruby flare
and if i wouldnt be so late it would also be: supporting the great HA team and buying their branded hardware
low solstice
Have a Nest Learning Thermostat gen 3, just woke up at 4am to a freezing room because none of the 3 temperature sensors are connected...removing batteries from the temp sensors and waiting did nothing, taking the sensor to stand right in front of the thermostat did nothing. Only troubleshooting i can find is to hail mary completely reset my Nest situation and configure it all again...
winged knoll
Good luck
low solstice
I have a feeling it may be headed the direction of rip and replace
winged knoll
Tales like these are why I've still not jumped to a smart thermostat
low solstice
The thermostat still works the same as a normal one would
master bedroom is usually just ~8° cooler than the thermostat
winged knoll
8C cooler, or 8F cooler 😂
winged knoll
Not so bad 😄
low solstice
idk 67F vs 59F is quite the difference.
My office is also typically 11 hotter than the bedroom and the server room....well....
winged knoll
Yeah, but 20C or 12C....
low solstice
I know it's a bigger gap in celsius, doesn't change the fact
winged knoll
Chilly is chilly for sure, but it's cold vs icicles 😛
low solstice
Just had to set the thermostat 8 degrees higher
winged knoll
This is why you need a temperature sensor HA can monitor, so you can get an alert when the Nest is broken 🤣
low solstice
Yeah Nest was here before HA
I also wanted a system that could work independently of a virtual machine...had more faith in an internal ecosystem than external integrations
My Nest integration experience has been....bad.
low solstice
Chatted with Google support, just hold down the thermostat face for 10 seconds to reboot it (not in their troubleshooting docs) and now they're connected
fucking dumb
oh and Google won't expose temp sensors via the API so HA integration can't see the sensors, nor tell when they're dead
rotund dragon
anyone else having issues with a Aquara humidity sensor not staying online. I currently have it paired with a zwave /zigbee stick. I have two of them but only one seems to be struggling to stay online. One of the devices is on the same floor as the HA host and the other is upstairs maybe about 25 feet away.
zealous dune
Shouldn't you be asking if someone managed to solve that issue instead? People having the same problem as you likely don't have a solution
rotund dragon
Okay fair , but you assume that I know that others are having the same issue.
So has anyone found a solution to the aquara humidity sensor going offline consistently ?🙂😉
undone haven
Which one is struggling to stay online?
olive helm
Hey guys. i have just bought a huawei 3531 gsm modem for my home assistant, but how do i enable the modem in HA
devout quartz
I'd like to get fan speed control for both some 12v fans in a server rack AND (seperately) a 120V box fan, are there proven favorites for such things?
fringe moon
Esp devices and some DIY will probably do that easily
rotund dragon
@undone haven the one that is furthest from the hub. Just came over from the zigbee channel and the recommendation is that I may need a repeater upstairs as well. So I am looking at the TRADFRI Control outlet.
fringe moon
Just add bulbs or sockets and expand the mesh
And use a coordinator with a proper signal strength
rotund dragon
@fringe moon what devices are you referencing when you say coordinator? Are we talking about the hub or stick that I use?
fringe moon
Yes
rotund dragon
I am currently using this stick HUSBZB-1
winged knoll
Coordinator refers to the #zigbee-archived or #zwave-archived coordinator - the hub, stick, GPIO hat, whatever
rotund dragon
Pivoting to a new issue. I am looking to automate the rooms in my house and for certain things to happen based on occupancy. I have read that motion sensors may not be the most reliable as they lack sensitivity in detecting slight movements. What are others using for occupancy detection in bathrooms/bedrooms and other ears of the home where one might be for a while, but only making slight movements?
sharp nexus
The answer answer is, yes, start with <https://www.home-assistant.io/integration...
i was looking there and there are a boat load. was looking for a short circuit if you will. i think i'm going to just go with SHelly devices for right now, and then get some devices that i can flash with tasmota
i've been googling for MQTT devices as well but can't seem to find any....
low solstice
@rotund dragon the issue of presence detection is a common one and there are many solutions to it. There are some PIR sensors, BLE beacons, I've seen it attempted using APs, NFC/RFID
Bill Gates does it with RFID tags
no matter what it's a fairly big time investment to tune and it hurts you mentally and sometimes financially
I gave up on it and just have buttons
rotund dragon
yea I am learning that the solution is not very clear cut at all. So some of the approaches that you mentioned require that the person has some sort of device on their person that let's the room know that they are currently there (BLE Beacons/ RFID and NFC). Motion sensor are in my opinion the most ideal appraoch as they don't require a change or update in configuration each time someone comes to the house or leaves. , But what I have read so far points to only the ecobee remote sensor have the true ability to work as occupancy sensors. The only draw back if the price. they are fairly expensive and for 10 rooms that is a pretty penny.
sharp nexus
hey do any of y'all know of any PoE lighting?
fringe moon
That sounds incredibly... Strange
sharp nexus
yeah, i dont think i want to do zigbee for these 24 rooms. really wish i could get philips and those lot to contact be back
undone haven
@rotund dragon , exactly what I was going to suggest.
rotund dragon
are your referencing the zigbee repeater?
undone haven
Yes sir
rotund dragon
awesome
twilit quartz
Has anyone figured out a way to monitor the water usage directly from the water meter? I have a smart meter from consumersenergy
rotund dragon
Does anyone here use the ecobee remote sensor for room occupancy detection ?
misty hazel
I have a tuya smart alarm on 433 MHz is it possible to add this to HA with the local key?
gloomy sequoia
@misty hazel ask over in #integrations-archived, but if it isn't wifi, I don't think it'll work with localtuya... I could be wrong
misty hazel
<@429021745253580802> ask over in <#672220541343760384>, but if it isn't wifi, I...
It’s on WiFi the another sensor like a doorbell
gloomy sequoia
ah then maybe, have you tried localtuya? were you able to get the local key from tuya-cli, or the website, even?
fleet grotto
Anyone know how to see when a google home is activated and deactivated? below is an example:
Example:
Music is jamming relatively loud.
I say "Hey google, set a timer for 15 minutes" (the second the google home is activated from hereing the "hey google" activation word, Home Assistant can receive a trigger and turn down the volume to everything.)
Google responds with "Ok, a timer has been set for 15 minutes" (the volume is down, so I can clearly hear that google heard my command and responded. Google then automatically turns back off (Home assistant sees this, returning volume to previous setting)
undone haven
ashen apex
Anyone know how to see when a google home is activated and deactivated? below is...
If you look at the later entries in this forum thread https://community.home-assistant.io/t/solution-to-track-your-google-home-alarms-and-timers-and-trigger-different-home-assistant-events/ you will see that the HA team are hard at work on getting the Google Home Local API/integrations working. From what I can tell, this should give you entities/sensors based on GH stuff. There's also other solutions in that thread for doing exactly what you're asking for - none of them appear easy 😛
red frigate
Any recommended humidifiers? Doesn't need its own hygrometer. The options seem very sparse
I could do it with a smart plug, but considering the room loses humidity quickly, it will just turn on and off continuously.
lusty plank
Good day, Where is the best place to get Tasmota help? I cannot seem to stop it from triggering my relay on a restart? tried all the PowerStates according to the docs
fringe moon
#diy-archived or the tasmota discord
bright jacinthBOT
lusty plank
I managed to fix the Tasmota side. WHo knew that you should not use GPIO16(D0) on the NodeMCU for relays :), now just need to figure out why it toggles when I connect Home assistant to it with MQTT.
Seems HomeAssistant send an empty payload via MQTT to it "cmnd/voogie_relay_gd03/POWER = "
frozen cape
I have a hue bridge and am looking to get into the motion sensor life, are there any cheaper compatible sensors other than the hue?
fringe moon
Yes
Xiaomi
Do you have any other zigbee hubs? Like tradfri? I would recommend consolidation and moving to a shared platform with zigbee2mqtt, that way the Xiaomi motion sensors can use the hue bulbs as routers
#zigbee-archived has more
median horizon
I have 3x TP link HS100(UK) switches, and 2 of them have in the last 24 hours stopped working with HA. The one device that is hardware 1.0 is still working, whilst the 2 not working are hardware 2.1. TP link support have told me that V2 uk devices still have local control support, so any ideas what is going on?
fringe moon
Tplink doesn't upgrade firmware automatically atleast
It is a manual process
So unless you did something there, it is unlikely
Have you locked the device ips with DHCP reservations? Have you tried rebooting the plug? Have you tried rebooting HA? Reading the log?
median horizon
Hi @fringe moon yes I have tried all of those, and can see in the Logs that only 1 of the 3 switches is discovered by HA, although all three are listed under the Devices
fringe moon
And it responds to ping via the same IP you added it with?
Have you tried removing and adding it?
median horizon
Strange, couple more restarts and it is back.!
fringe moon
So, either a component issue or a network issue
median horizon
Will keep an eye in it, did not see this issue with the older switch (v1.0)
hollow pine
hello, anyone in here have any experience with WS2812B Led strips and esp8266 wemos d1 mini boards?
zealous dune
any experience?
hollow pine
I am trying to set one up but I am getting very weird results
the LEDs light up but some are very bright and the wrong color and they don't turn off properly
zealous dune
in my experience you followed the wrong tutorial
hollow pine
I am trying to power just 10 of them with the D1 mini by itself
zealous dune
thats a symptom of data line voltage being wrong
hollow pine
I am thinking that the wemos probably doesn't have enough power to supply to the leds by itself
zealous dune
also a possibility
fringe moon
Either off computer usb, or mobile charger
fringe moon
Never had issues with small projects
Really not much can go wrong, usb power in, 5v,gnd,d4 out
hollow pine
yeah, that is what I have setup as well.
light:
- platform: fastled_clockless
chipset: WS2812B
num_leds: 3
rgb_order: GRB
name: "LED Test"
pin: D4
does your config look something like that?
I just cut down my test strip to see if 3 leds worked better than 10
fringe moon
I use wled for most, I have one esphome light
Let me see the config
This is running off a standard phone charger, but I have connected the LEDs and esp32 to the power source directly
hollow pine
oh ok, so you are not "powering" the led strip from the di mini directly
fringe moon
Not that one
I do that in all my WLED setups
With wemos d1
Except the 800 outdoor led one....
That has two power supplies
zealous dune
if you want to power directly nodemcu has a better voltage regulator and can handle a small amount of led's
hollow pine
oh, interesting. I have one of those I can try.
fringe moon
I've had no issues with the wemos one atleast @zealous dune
hollow pine
I am going to try the nodemcuv2 really quick
civic kraken
There's still no good replacement for Chromecast audio is there? Not easy to get those anymore it seems...
fringe moon
Well, you can get them for the same price as a 3090 I guess
I did think about getting a regular Chromecast for my old reciever upstairs to make it a smart audio destination
civic kraken
I have one connected to my receiver but the Audio just seems so much better for most uses that is sucks they aren't really available
Doesn't even make that annoying noise when you send TTS to it
crude musk
Hey, how can I add a device to my lovelace dashboard that doesn't have an entity?
winged knoll
That'd be a topic for #frontend-archived - but you can't
bright jacinthBOT
drifting grove
Having probs with my argon one install and ha
Anyone know what’s missing
winged knoll
Having probs with my argon one install and ha
Anyone know what’s missing
Well, you'd be wanting to ask in #integrations-archived - please read the topics 😉
However, I'd say it relates to your install method
drifting grove
Thanks @winged knoll one day I will post in the right place.
Happy New Year
heavy oracle
I have a switch bot that turns my heating on or off by pressing a button. There is no way to determine the current state of the physical switch, but there is a LED light that indicates when it is ON. Does such a device exist that can read/detect the LED light as being on or off? An LED sensor of some kind?
winged knoll
There's probably a bunch of #diy-archived solutions for that, using an ESP and some hackery
heavy oracle
Thanks, I'll jump in #diy-archived and ask
tepid sandal
I am looking to get a bunch of switches (~10-15) was about to get TP Kasa ones but i see they recently broke the integration. Does anyone have other recs for ones that have easy integration? Or do you trust TP to put it back and keep it there now? If this is the wrong channel sorry new here
winged knoll
Zigbee FTW
tepid sandal
i didnt see a lot of zigbee light switches. which do you have?
civic kraken
Check the topic in #zigbee-archived blakadder has an excellent list of devices to go through
finite perch
I have a switch bot that turns my heating on or off by pressing a button. There...
Tibber has something similar to read power consumption as some energymeters are blinking for each kWh. Not sure if there is something ready to use on the market tho.
graceful star
hi, i did receive it today
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ACStHj
and it works amazly xD
with zha
tepid sandal
hmm i was thinking more light switch replacements
winged knoll
There's a stack of them there in those hardware lists
heavy oracle
Tibber has something similar to read power consumption as some energymeters are ...
Thanks for your response. That maybe an over engineered solution for my needs. But it sounds like a ESP board with a sensor would do the trick.
clever mango
Anybody want a GlobalCache iTach IP2IR or WF2IR? WF2IR is new in box, looks like I took the IP2IR out of the box, just pay shipping
stray stream
Woops, thank you @winged knoll ! Thank you for the reminder!
drifting grove
Hi guys, need some advice here..
I've tried a couple of mesh wifi systems and they both brought problems. I tried the Tenda Nova mw6 and the tp-link deco M9.. Does anyone know of a stable mesh wifi system good for around 50 devices? reasonably priced please..
200€ tops if possible
fringe moon
I use Linksys velop
Only mesh system that supported bridge mode and mesh at the same time
When I bought it
winged knoll
The Asus ZenWiFi ones support that, though the wired backhaul was a clusterfrack so I just run mine as two standalone APs
fringe moon
Yeah, I only have one wired, and disabled backhaul over powerline
I haven't touched the config since I installed them
drifting grove
I have very little knownledge about the router terminology so..
the only thing I can tell you is that I have a Vodafone router I can't get rid of cause they won't tell me the PPPoe or whatever
civic kraken
oof
drifting grove
I bought a M9, disabled wifi in the vodafone router, connected the M9 to one of the ethernet ports of the Vodafone router, turned on DHCP in vodafone router, cause otherwise the M9 was getting no internet and set M9 to router mode
it works really well, the only issue is every now and then a device will loose signal for a minute or so.. it's not that bad, but it's been 4 days since I purchased it and I'm already feeling it
any suggestion are appreciated on setup or device
I don't want to set the mesh to AP cause I tried it and my vodafone router collapses with that many clients
@fringe moon how many clients do you reguarly have? which linksys model do you have?
fringe moon
Variable, more in summer due to plant sensors
Somewhere between 30-60
Velop 1200 I believe
drifting grove
thanks
and what would be the best setup given my situation?
vodafone router I can't get rid of + deco M9
sour stone
i was using mpd with mopidy installed to play a mp3 file on the audio jack on a RPi4. This used to work as expected until an update about a month ago. Any assistance to get this working again greatly appreciated.
Not sure if this is a bug or no longer supported
feral trail
rf bridge
winged knoll
i was using mpd with mopidy installed to play a mp3 file on the audio jack on a ...
Please read the channel topic 😉 You wanted to ask in #integrations-archived
raw spade
Hi all
I added the mqtt integration which picked a sonoff up running tasmota with mqtt setup, I then found Tasmota integration and that added all my other sonoffs which hadn't yet had mqtt setup.
So now I have like 6 tasmota sonoffs under the Tasmota integration and one stray device under mqtt integration.
How can I reset the one mqtt device and allow tasmota integration to take care of it?
winged knoll
Please also read the channel topic 😉
Questions about #integrations-archived belong in the #integrations-archived channel
raw spade
my bad, sorry.
rain burrow
Anyone know about LED strips? I’m trying to find the right one: outdoor, addressable, 24v, 32ft/5M, able to be plugged into one of the RGBGenie Z-wave controllers/powermodules. Found one on Ali express recommended on the HA forums, but it’s 5V so I’m not sure if that works with a 24v power source.
winged knoll
It'll work ... very briefly
5V strips require a 5V supply, and need power injection very regularly
DrZzs Discord has a whole section on LED lighting where folks can help https://discord.me/drzzs
rain burrow
Thanks!
fringe moon
I am missing one power injection on my outdoor lights, gotta order some made to fit cables for next year
winged knoll
Please read the channel topic 😉
drifting robin
winged knoll
Nobody reads 😉
trail crag
Does anyone have recommendations for a good battery-powered contact-sensor that works with HA? I've got Tado, a Phillips Hub, and Wifi currently - so ideally it wouldn't require another hub
trail crag
sounds like it needs an aquara hub?
trail crag
Sad to report, our postal service has suspended postal exchange with the UK and I am unable to send you a package. Hope you find a good replacement.
😢
winged knoll
Royal Mail is a cluster frack
fringe moon
What in tarnation
trail crag
and that was russia 😂
fringe moon
Best regards a guy who did 25 orders from AliExpress last week
trail crag
italian's are also out of stock
trail crag
was trying to avoid the places that charge me more in customs/fees than I pay on the products 😂
I had my mother send an old pfSense router over from australia, that I originally purchased in switzerland - they were going for £15 on ebay at the time
customs wanted £20 import tax + fees 🤦
winged knoll
🤣
trail crag
but back to original question - was hoping there was an option while I was waiting for zigbee2mqtt to become reliably available again
winged knoll
fringe moon
Long live cc1352p2 though @trail crag unorthodox shape but was three day shipping from Houston and reasonable shipping
trail crag
saw those 😂
was going for something a touch more compact 😛
we'll see how slaesh goes
slow cipher
My C340 is on the slow boat from China. I'm using https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN and was able to grab the device key of my Sonoff S31 by connecting to the device's WiFi SSID in pairing mode. However, I assume you shouldn't even need to register the device in ewelink app at all if you can configure the WiFi info for the device to connect to right? I can't seem to find how to do this though. Is registering the device in the App required or is there a way to provision the WiFi network without the app?
sharp imp
Is there a notion of a device being unavailable? I have some outlets that have been unplugged for a while but still show up as “on”
Used HomeKit controller to add them for reference
winged knoll
That'd be a question for #integrations-archived - see the channel topic here 😉
sharp imp
Thanks, didn’t know if it was an overall home assistant limitation or not
vocal tinsel
any help on renaming entities?
main crater
Does anyone have a preference on the brand of smart bulbs you use? Would like to look into some white bulbs for circadian lighting in my common areas. Any suggestions?
south flicker
Have a look at the TP-Link series light switches....
They are pretty sweet and on sale these days.
Normally, your looking at 20-30 a bulb for smart lights. Or, 20-30 per switch. Gets significantly cheaper!
But if you really want bulbs, I prefer Phillips Hue. The TP-Link switches use "TP-Link Kasa" which is an integration available in HA (I am using both in my house).
HS-200
though if you want to be able to dim, perhaps look at HS220
main crater
I do love the TP-Link switches, but I don’t think you can manage the color temperature via switches, right? I think that needs to be done by the bulb.
I had something like this in mind: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/circadian-lighting-custom-component/61246
mortal torrent
what is the best way to create a touch screen panel for HA? I am using a hassos vm
frigid dove
I'm trying to figure out the best way to connect Tasmota devices in HA
glossy prism
I have an MQTT broker, but it's just installed on the host. I run HA Container so I don't have add-ons
glossy prism
Yeah, just connect HA to it and you're good
frigid dove
Ok thank you
frigid dove
what is the best way to create a touch screen panel for HA? I am using a hassos ...
A lot of people use wall mounted tablets
If you have a touch screen google cast device you can use Home Assistant cast but it's not perfect (like Google Nest Hub)
glossy prism
You can also use the new tasmota integration if your Tasmota devices are running 9.0 or newer, but IMO there's no real incentive to use that over HA autodiscovery (SO19 1 in the Tasmota console)
willow timber
I use bboth tasmota and esphome
frigid dove
Ok I didn't know that integration existed
willow timber
tasmota if I don't need to do anything fancy for something like a relay
also tasmota flashes on all types of random things nicely
frigid dove
I'm probably going to use relays and sensors (temperature, humidity, light, motion, etc)
Right now I am mostly using ESPHome for relays
willow timber
for the really weird things I just use arduino and mqtt 😛
right now I am adding a brightness control to a 7 segment display for 0 reasons
frigid dove
What is required to control the brightness of things?
I noticed that for some reason I can control the LED brightness on my Sonoff 4ch switch
I'm guessing it just limits the current or something but how do I implement that on ESP8266/32
willow timber
I am just using the library and passing the mqtt info correctly to it
ESPHome isn't really setup nicely for what I am doing
frigid dove
But doesn't it require some hardware to do that
willow timber
I can use a mqtt text sensor for things but it is just more starightfoward for me to code it
frigid dove
Or does your display have it already
glossy prism
ESP8266 supports software PWM on all digital pins
willow timber
^
frigid dove
Oh I didn't know that
Thanks for telling me that
I assume it is because the led is configured as a light entity in ESPHome config
willow timber
I just have an 8266 directly to a 7 segment
for you, yeah
I wonder why this mqtt feels slow
hrmm
ahh, I know what is going on. I am guessing some of the shit I am calling doesn't go into effect until the other jazz happens
so it seems slow
glossy prism
no u
willow timber
:P, found it doc'd
//! The setting takes effect when a command is given to change the data being
//! displayed.
brightness and on/off doesn't go into effect until you display something lol
so I have to tell it to display something to turn it off
mortal torrent
A lot of people use wall mounted tablets
How does HA display on wall mounted tablet?
willow timber
that is built into like every android device if you go into developer options
mortal torrent
Probably HA app would work great too
willow timber
'just have to tap the build number over and over until it says it is unlocked
willow timber
If you go into your chrome options, you can click "add to homescreen" and get a special icon on your launcher for it
it will launch it in a more full-screen mode
people also like to use kiosk mode under your user options
I don't have one myself but I think that is what I'd do. let me know what tablet you go with
kiosk mode might bbe made up in my head, I don't see it
"Always hide the sidebar"
there it is
mortal torrent
people also like to use kiosk mode under your user options
Is this an option in the tablet?
willow timber
just a bbrowser setting
mortal torrent
Cool
mortal torrent
I don't have one myself but I think that is what I'd do. let me know what tablet...
Probably cheap Lenovo
willow timber
I was playing with the casting setup today but sadly it doesn't work with the live cams card 😦
it would be perfect for me, otherwise
willow timber
prepare your wallet
mortal torrent
Ah
willow timber
harj, there is an android app too by the way, it is just that anything with a browser will work
okay, I have automated my 7 segment display to be on/off depending if I am awake 😛
drifting grove
When creating light groups - and other types of groups - i can use the group platform, or the groups.yaml. Is there a preferred method? the former creates lights while the latter creates group entities - perhaps a significant difference?
glossy prism
Light groups create a light entity that behaves like any other light but controls all lights in the group as one
It also gives you all the capabilities that the lights support (such as color, brightness, etc.)
Groups are on/off
drifting grove
thanks that makes sense
livid aurora
hey so i had a logitech harmony device configured however i removed the integration and restarted, i'm still getting errors in my logs about it - any idea on how to fix?
red frigate
What's the error log read
keen zealot
any recommendations for a good outdoor contact sensor that can handle high heat
bright jacinthBOT
keen zealot
looking for a gate sensor but it gets up to 120 here
winged knoll
120 Celcius? Sheesh
graceful star
this will work with zha?
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9hASnP
glossy prism
Says Zigbee 3.0 so probably a good chance
fringe moon
bold portal
Anyone using a Nvidia Jetson Nano with a PI/NUC? I have a NUC and have added some machine learning stuff to my system (using DOODS with Tensorflow) at the moment and my CPU usage spikes to 100% when it processes an image...Was thinking about either adding something like the Nvidia Jetson Nano or just upgrading to an i5 or i7 NUC (currently have a low budget celeron CPU)
bold portal
Yeah just reading about the coral now actually!
I think the coral makes the most sense if I keep the usage the same...but might just upgrade to a better NUC as I want to do a few other things like run an android emulator to use the old google home presence detection integration...
winged knoll
Coral will give you a way better performance boost though
All that load that Doods/TF put on the CPU? Gone
raven heart
Hi everybody, any suggestions for a individually addressable ZigBee LED light strip? I have the LIFX ones but they have unreliable connectivity and im sick of it.
winged knoll
I'm pretty sure there's not any of those, but #zigbee-archived has pinned messages that include lists of known working hardware
For those, personally I'd suggest looking at WLED
raven heart
Cool thanks
I'm surprised there is not something like this on the market, even by a hobbyist
raven heart
The Phillips hue ones I think only do one color, the LIFX ones are just unreliable...
winged knoll
Most LEDs are single colour/analogue
raven heart
Wow now I want that Twinkly christmas tree lol
graceful star
hey, what do you think about this mino pc to work with promox and ha?^
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9ypiIt
it looks cool for a nice price
fringe moon
It was even worse than i thought
winged knoll
It's not the slowest I've seen asked about
Somebody asked about a single thread low power 32 bit CPU recently, with a CPU Mark around 120
fringe moon
winged knoll
It's technically better
zealous dune
you should stop looking for computers on aliexpress 😄
winged knoll
There's plenty of good ones there, but you have to know what you're doing
fringe moon
Yeah, lots of great single purpose ones too, I've been very happy with mine as an opnsense router
civic kraken
Keep in mind that they might get taxed on the border too when you order stuff like that from Ali. It usually makes it far less interesting for people like me unfortunate enough to live in a country with 24% VAT
civic kraken
I've never used the app myself but it doesn't do that for me on PC 🤔
civic kraken
Maybe it's some norwegian thing, but it definitely doesn't for us
fringe moon
Yes it came into law here
civic kraken
I guess that explains it. I'm surprised they didn't just stop delivering to Norway
zealous dune
fortunately aliexpress, like many others, doesn't know my country is in the EU 😛
fringe moon
Before that I have never had tax on an AliExpress item
Even my roborock was tax free
civic kraken
Most of the big stuff that we've ordered there has hit the customs. Only one phone didn't
Stuff like watches etc not, even when their price is much higher. It seems to be about what catches their eye at the customs
zealous dune
they mostly hold heavier and bigger packages in my country
foggy plover
So I recently ordered some zwave smoke detectors from First Alert. I've been unable to get them to pair with home assistant at all. I click add node and put the batteries in while holding the test button but nothing ever shows up in the node list. Am I missing something. I haven't done much with zwave before but I remember it kinda being a pain in the past.
mortal torrent
I want to use tensor flow and lpr. Which one is better, zone minder or blue iris?
stoic frost
@mortal torrent
I tested a bunch of different NVR solutions about a year ago. Zone Minder worked well but required a lot more configuration than I was willing to devote my time to. Blue Iris was up and running in an evening. Of course, fine tuned over time. Only caveat is it runs on Windows. IMO, Blue Iris is worth spending the ~$50 or whatever it costs.
Have it running on a 6th gen i5, more than enough for 3x 1080 cameras and 1x 4k with motion detection running on all 4.
As well, it integrates very easily with HA
Has anyone tried the Ecosmart A19 zigbee bulbs from HomeDepot? I have some lights on pull strings in the basement that I'd like to do on the cheap because basement. $10 for a 2 pack is hard to pass up.
mortal torrent
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I tested a bunch of different NVR solutions about a year...
Did you try LPR by any chance?
mortal torrent
I probably be running it on unraid on ryzen. Would any generic 4k (eg: reolink) do motion detection?
stoic frost
I do all the motion detection in blue iris itself rather than in the camera and my 4k camera is reolink
so, yes
they have a trial
download it and give it a go
stoic frost
you need a processor with quick sync video or you will need to use an nvidia gpu
$100 craigslist special does the trick, i think quick sync started in 3rd gen i5's and i7's, could be wrong but you should be able to find a 6th gen i5 dell optiplex or something like that for $100 to $150 now. Slap whatever drives you intend to use in there and your set
and if you are using unraid, i believe you can only pass the gpu through to 1 VM? so that leaves the ryzen CPU which doesn't have quick sync or adding another GPU. Get the craigslist computer and call it a day
And then I find this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homedefense/comments/hunpab/blue_iris_and_amd_apu_performance/
i guess go for it with the trial, see what happens
wise knoll
hello together, has anybody of you success to add Apple Airport Express to HomeAssistant? I like to see if any music is played and if not, trigger power off for the amp.
but at the moment, i dont get Airport Express into HomeAssistant 😦 Perhaps anybody has an idea or tip for me 🙂
thx in advance
winged knoll
When you say add what do you mean?
Also, that's really a topic for #integrations-archived 😉
wise knoll
oh my fault..
i thought integration would be right, because apple tv is also a integration. Much to learn i have ;)
The target would be, to see if my wife or son play music via airplay2 and if not trigger a power plug to turn of the amp in the cabinet after 1 hour.
i am so stupid, i tought i am in integration.. but its devices.. time for bed 😦
narrow lily
I am slowly replacing our ordinary light bulbs with smart light, but I am faced with a conundrum which I would like your take on.
The current light switches installed in our walls cut off the power supply to our lights rendering the smart functionality in the lights useless. I have considered to replace our switches in the house with smart contacts so they don't cut off the power to lights but simply sends a signal to the lights that they needs to be toggled. I am a bit hesitant on that solution, because it means I need to rely 100% on my smart solution. If my raspberry pi (host of my HA installation) goes down, I will not be able to control the lights in my house anymore.
How are you tackling this? I know a solution is to use both a smart switch and a physical switch but that I believe is a bit messy and visitors would surely mess it up.
winged knoll
The simple solution is smart switches with dumb bulbs
The complex solution is smart bulbs and smart switches, both either Zigbee or Z-Wave, so that the switches can directly control the bulbs
narrow lily
With the simple solution, that means you wouldn't be able to use bulbs what variable settings such as brightness or color temperature?
Wouldn't the complex solution still be 100% dependent on HA? Or does there exist smart switches that can "toggle" between smart toggling and mechanical toggling?
winged knoll
No, if you use Binding (Zigbee) or Association (Z-Wave) switches (and other things) can directly control lights (and other things)
I have a Z-Wave remote that directly controls a Z-Wave socket. The same socket can also be controlled by HA
narrow lily
Do you have a link to such a socket? I can't contemplate such a solution yet.
narrow lily
Lights in our house don't use such sockets. The mechanical light switches are installed in the walls and the wiring is hidden behind the walls and goes from the wall to the ceiling to where the light socket is installed.
winged knoll
Well, oddly enough, you never said where in the world you are - and you never asked where I was 😉
I'd be more than a little shocked if your lights used the UK mains socket connectors
You'd replace the light switch with a smart one, or fit a module behind it, but you'd need to match the protocol used by your lights
And you didn't say anything about those either 😉
narrow lily
Yeah true, it didn't cross my mind that different parts of the world use different approaches for light installation :)
Currently I am using IKEA lightbulbs and using the Zigbee protocol. I am from Denmark so our light switches commonly look something like this: https://imgur.com/tJRUla3
graceful star
does anyone get one of this? to give me the signature in zha
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9jLjct
please
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winged knoll
Yeah true, it didn't cross my mind that different parts of the world use differe...
Then, I'd ask in the #zigbee-archived channel for suggestions - and have a look at the pinned messages there
drifting grove
Hi all, I keep getting random media_player, light, and sensor entites showing up in 2 different HA builds... I've searched for HA random device... no idea how to even phrase this.