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neat frost
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is there a way to slowly increase brightness of a light, or should i change it -> delay -> change -> delay -> change, etc?

bright jacinthBOT
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The topic of this channel is:

Questions about a hardware device (not their #integrations-archived with HA, and not the thing that HA calls devices)? Someone might have the same device and be able to help you out! If you've got a Z-Wave or Zigbee devices, see #zwave-archived and #zigbee-archived, #cameras-archived for cameras, and #diy-archived for making your own stuff.

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winged knoll
vernal dock
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Hello, I'm looking for help with a Sonoff TH16 Switch with temperature sensor. Is this the correct channel for that?

winged knoll
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Depends on the question

vernal dock
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Well I have it already setup and can control the on/off part in HA, but I'm looking to display the temperature read out in a more visual way, but since it's a switch as well HA treats it as a switch. Would FrontEnd channel be a better spot to ask?

winged knoll
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Yes

vernal dock
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Thank you

fallow hemlock
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@raw gorge are the lights coming on at all?

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I had this happen to me once before, I needed to flash wled again. i believe WLED_0.11.1_ESP32.bin is the latest FW.

mighty magnet
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does anyone have a favorite Thermostat to connect to Homeassistant?

raw gorge
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@fallow hemlock thanks but I have already fixed the issue. The plug was installed on the wrong side of light chain (output side) and they are directional

sterile forge
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Sorry for the dumb question, but how would I publish a value to an MQTT topicfrom a raspberry pi zero w? I assume the model doesnt really matter as all rpis run raspbian

winged knoll
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Well, Pis run whatever you install on them ๐Ÿ˜‰

sterile forge
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well yeah, im more asking what do you actually use to publish a topic to the main mqtt server

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ah you mean the os

winged knoll
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You'd install some suitable MQTT client, including possibly mosquitto_pub

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all rpis run raspbian

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That's what you said ๐Ÿ˜‰

sterile forge
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yeah I meant more like compatibility wise, I'm well aware you can run pretty much any linux distro and android too on rpi

fringe moon
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I prefer not running a pi

winged knoll
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So, your chosen MQTT client, or library

fringe moon
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๐Ÿ˜›

sterile forge
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you know the board's name not its story

winged knoll
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There's no universal answer, since it depends on what you'll be using - if you're running a Python app already, use a Python library

sterile forge
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I'm running mosquitto from HA so I will be using their client as I assume thatll be easiest

winged knoll
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Well, easiest has nothing to do with the server end

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Easiest is about the client

sterile forge
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mosquitto has a very intuitive and easy to use server end, I assume they'll have a good client too, we'll see

winged knoll
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๐Ÿ˜‚

fringe moon
winged knoll
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mosquitto_pub isn't the ideal choice for a Python program ๐Ÿ˜‰

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But, you've given us zero information on the client side, so ... have fun storming the castle

sterile forge
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Well I'm not really sure what to provide lol, it's just an rpi zero w running raspbian lite with some random things like a thermistor or a photocell & a dht for humidity

I was thinking to just write those values for the sensors via json and send them over as mqtt values as I am already calculating everything on the rpizero end so I don't really want to use the libraries from remote_rpi_gpio as that would mean I'd have to calculate the values in that code, which is kinda redundant as I alreayd have it set up

winged knoll
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Well, if you're writing code, check for MQTT libraries

fringe moon
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Or just wait 2 weeks and order an ESP device today ๐Ÿ˜›

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then use esphome

sterile forge
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ehh yeah but I already use the rpi zero ws for room assistant so figured why not just keep everything in one place, but I do have an esp 8266 so I can try using that I guess

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What do you have against rpis btw?

winged knoll
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SD cards

sterile forge
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ah

fringe moon
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fickle power

sterile forge
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google recommended me an article about running it over usb tho

fringe moon
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and horrible performance overall

sterile forge
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Could you recommend some boards with better performance? I'd love to check out and experiment with other things too

winged knoll
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For low end stuff, like HA, performance can be ok TBH - I never had performance problems on my Pi3 install, just I/O problems

sterile forge
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Recently got into electronics and it's all amazing, as I come from a software background and I kept lacking the proper hardware to do things

winged knoll
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Pi4 + SSD is IMO actually a pretty solid low end platform

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Second hand/old laptop however is a few light years better than any Pi

forest yacht
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I've had some nice experience with a beaglebone (eMMC memory), but they are a bit more expensive

eager wolf
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hello, I'm looking for a TV style remote that I can integrate with HA

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preferably z wave or wifi

fringe moon
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I have higher standards than @winged knoll I preferably won't touch anything without dual power, dual socket and 64GB+ of memory ๐Ÿ˜›

winged knoll
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๐Ÿ˜›

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For work, I agree

fringe moon
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You differenciate ?

winged knoll
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For play.... I only have a single source of power in the house anyway ๐Ÿ˜„

forest yacht
fringe moon
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For everything

sterile forge
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64GB of RAM for a single thermistor

fringe moon
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ESP

sterile forge
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need that space

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save all the history of the thermistor in the ram for fast data access

fringe moon
forest yacht
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I really dislike EPSs, however, the new Risc-V version might change that

winged knoll
eager wolf
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yeah to replace my logitech harmony

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don't need an IR blaster

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i have a stationary one I can relay commands to

fringe moon
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I use the apple tv remote, it controls my TV, my apple tv apps and my reciever, not sure what I would need more buttons for

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and HA controls my lights based on what I am doing on the tv

eager wolf
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are you able to use HDMI CEC?

fringe moon
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yes

eager wolf
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because that's been a sticking point

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it just... doesn't work for me

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it worked fine for the first month I owned this tv then just stopped

fringe moon
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I have used CEC for.. over a decade without issues, on all my TVs and TV boxes (samsung and lg tvs) (roku, appletv boxes)

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onkyo and yamaha recievers

eager wolf
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I didn't change anything

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I even tried factory resetting ,different cables

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it just stopped working

bold mulch
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Anyone able to recommend a device that can push a physical button. I am based in Australia but open to ideas. We rent and AC unit has simple on off toggle I would like to integrate

eager wolf
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vizio e65 I think

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and a yamaha receiver

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but anyway

fringe moon
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try fiddling with your cec settings in all devices, on and off and see if something changes

eager wolf
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I'm just looking for a traditional remote with lots of buttons that can do stuff over wifi or zwave

winged knoll
eager wolf
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believe me, I tried everything

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it just doesn't work

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no CEC, no ARC

civic kraken
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wifi sounds like a nightmare for a battery run device

eager wolf
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i would prefer zwave

bold mulch
eager wolf
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but I can't find anything remotely close to what I want

winged knoll
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I'd expect you'd have more luck with Zigbee than Z-Wave

eager wolf
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hehe remotely

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the next best thing I can think of is a cheap tablet

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or old phone

fringe moon
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eh, I would just fix my cec issues ๐Ÿคฃ

eager wolf
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i wish I could

civic kraken
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physical keys are pretty great compared to just touch

eager wolf
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i tried everything there is to try

fringe moon
eager wolf
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it would be nice if logitech actually made harmony not bad

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then I could just get the higher end one with the hub

civic kraken
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What's so bad about harmony?

eager wolf
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software

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and support

civic kraken
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Oh okay

eager wolf
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haven't checked in a while but I don't think there's much in the way of 3rd party integration either

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hmm

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one option would be to just do an IR or RF remote to a hub, then relay from that to HA

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then I can just use a plain universal remote

civic kraken
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Or just any old remote and a IR receiver

eager wolf
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i'd need it to not use any signals that are being used by the actual devices

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and I might have issues with interference

fringe moon
eager wolf
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it's already starting to sound less of a good idea

civic kraken
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The IR codes between manufacturers shouldn't conflict at least in my experience

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I used a "sony" remote to control my PC for years with my Harmony

eager wolf
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hmm

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i wonder how hard it would be to DIY a remote

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I have a 3d printer

fringe moon
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pretty easy

eager wolf
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i think there's some z-wave arduino shields

fringe moon
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esp32 + protoboard + buttons

eager wolf
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i always get lost in the parts catalogs when I try to find good buttons for a remote

fringe moon
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I ordered a set of 200 microbuttons

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it was cheaper than 10 single ones

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and now I have multiple sizes

eager wolf
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i bet tayda has em

fringe moon
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long live aliexpress

eager wolf
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ooh

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tayda does have em

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and they have caps too

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well

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they have these

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which have a 7x7mm footprint

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they really don't need to be dpdt tho

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@fringe moon do you have a link to what you got or something similar?

fringe moon
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look at dat price @civic kraken

eager wolf
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damn

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only $7 shipped?

fringe moon
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I paid USD6.96 with shipping and norwegian import tax

eager wolf
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i bet I could 3d print caps with tpu

fringe moon
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arrived in 14 days

eager wolf
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might be tricky to do a cavity that small tho

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hmm

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any reason I shouldn't just use LoRa for this?

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would be a lot cheaper than a z-wave transceiver

fringe moon
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lora makes no sense for a remote tbh

eager wolf
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sure

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but the transceivers are cheap

fringe moon
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you want to use lora for... 2-10km applications

eager wolf
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compared to zwave anyway

fringe moon
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I'm still gonna say, fix your CEC issues, and drop harmony overall ๐Ÿคฃ

eager wolf
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lol like I said

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can't fix the CEC issues

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just straight up doesn't work

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i've tried everything short of different hardware

sterile forge
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what are you having cec issues with? TV?

eager wolf
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hold up lemme get model numbers

sterile forge
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So an arduino nano seems to have a 3.3v pin, so if I solder that to my 3.3v wifi module and then solder tx rx and ground I should technically be good to go? ๐Ÿค”

eager wolf
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vizio e65-e0 and yamaha rx-v383

sterile forge
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the wifi module is some random one I coincidentally also got from aliexpress lol

eager wolf
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neither of them have ever been connected to wifi

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CEC/ARC worked fine out of the box after initial setup for like a month

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then it just randomly quit working and nothing I've tried has fixed it

sterile forge
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This might sound dumb but have you tried factory resetting everything? I had the same issue and after a lot of headache and some factory resets I fixed it

eager wolf
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tried messing with all the settings, factory resetting, and different cables

sterile forge
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different hardware tho so might be different issue

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ah

eager wolf
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it doesn't even detect the device when I try to enable CEC

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and being a regular consumer product, there's basically no way to easily debug it

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maybe just regular non-lora radio transceiver

queen shard
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hi guys. should I get the Sonoff Basic R3 or the R2 is the same?

fringe moon
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I'm guessing the R3 has an extra digit in the name

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The popular smart switch Sonoff Basic from ITEAD has recently become available in a new version. The Sonoff Basic R3 is the successor of the trusted Sonoff Basic R2. Both externally and internally, changes have been made compared to the previous version.

zealous dune
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get neither ๐Ÿ˜„

forest yacht
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Get neither -> what do you suggest

dull trail
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are your entities named after your ha username? i added 2 iphones and they all are named after my name

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is there a way to rename them without creating a new user

winged knoll
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ISTR they're named after the name of the device you add

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For instance, one of my devices is called Nexus so I have entities with that in it.

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However.... not for this channel ๐Ÿ˜‰

zealous dune
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@forest yacht sonoff mini would be a better choice

spring canopy
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I'm about to setup HA on my NUC and am getting confused with recent updates what is best for me. I'd like to use my NUC as a NAS along with HA, does that mean I should skip HA OS and install Debian?

bright jacinthBOT
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Not sure which install you're using? If you have system_health enabled you can check Configuration -> Info, or see the following.

  • If you bought the Home Assistant Blue, you're using HassOS, flashed an image, or booted a VM with an image you're using #330990055533576204

  • If you installed Linux and then ran a script to install HA and have add-ons then you have #330944238910963714

  • If you're running docker commands or use a Docker manager and have no add-ons then you have #449717345808547842

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winged knoll
spring canopy
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Ok thanks, so I think I'd be best suited installing FreeNAS and using a VM if I understand

winged knoll
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And the dev is pretty active there

spring canopy
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I forgot FreeNAS doesn't support Wifi. I think I'm headed to openmediavault. Are you familiar if there is a plugin for it?

winged knoll
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No idea I'm afraid... but servers should always be wired ๐Ÿ˜‰

spring canopy
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Haha most definitely

drifting grove
open estuary
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Unique_id issue for the Yamaha RX-V573 cannot change or update it from the GUI when u edit the customized yaml - it fails again with the unique_id error can anyone helphelp? HA installed on Windows 10.

bright jacinthBOT
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@open estuary Please see the faq entry about that message.

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winged knoll
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Though, questions about integrations don't go here - read the channel topic ๐Ÿ˜‰

white badge
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I have teckin sp 10 smart plug was trying to flash it with custom fw using tuya convert but it did not work. Any recommendations ?

zealous dune
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Get a preflashed one

winged knoll
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Abandon Wifi and go Zigbee/Z-Wave?

neon breach
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zealous dune
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zealous dune
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never tried

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I am using esphome in ha for my wemos d1 minis and so far i like it. That is why i was asking

neon breach
white badge
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Thanks guys for the help

real fractal
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so if i make a light group and sync it to google assistant its not assigned to a room, which makes it confused about using it as a short cut to use the group to turn on and off via voice commands

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but you cant seem to assign groups to areas in hassio

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what am i missing here?

languid girder
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Best remote in the UK for scene, automation control etc?

sterile forge
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someone here was asking about roborock s6maxv and mi home, it wasn't there at the time but now the device is available in mi home, just got one, and I see its token in the modified mi apk

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so it should be possible to add it to HA

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Just saying in case anyone here had one and was using it via the roborock app instead, as the app changes the token

winged knoll
warm musk
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Any recommendations on a video doorbell? Am in an apartment, so it'd have to be powered via POE due to power outlet layout. Found some threads that are a bit old on the forum, curious if there's any fresher recommendations.

lusty sundial
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any recommendations for a zigbee switch that either covers or replaced existing switches? i currently have a zigbee stick + raspberry pi and ikea bulbs that im going to try setting up when i move tomorrow and looking for solutions so that people can have the ease of just hitting a switch but not get cut out of the system because a switch is flipped.

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planning on running z2m. and would smart bulbs be the way to go in a light fixture or is that considered not the best practice of smart home stuff?

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im in the US ๐Ÿ™‚

winged knoll
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It has a list of hardware in the pinned messages

drifting grove
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With a motion os camera, does it interact well with on/off service calls?

winged knoll
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What do you mean by motion os camera?

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Do you mean MotionEye?

drifting grove
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yea but does it play nice with ha

winged knoll
drifting grove
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:) didn't even notice that was there, ty.
ty :) i'm working on some custom curtain openers, any suggestions as to what the best way to do that would be

thorn gorge
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Hi all! I don't know if this is the right place but anyway:
Do you think is possible to build a custom speaker and publish it to Google home (via nabu casa) to be managed via voice command?
Afaik if the device appears in google home should be manageable via Google Assistant

winged knoll
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Whether you could use Google with it... not so sure, I've never tried to use Google to play media over my HA connected media players

thorn gorge
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I'll try there then

astral cairn
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Not sure if right channel. But do i have to install noobs OS before installing Home Assistans? I'm using respberry pi 3.

drifting grove
astral cairn
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Thanks!

fringe moon
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What on earth is noobs os wtf

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Oh a packaged nonsense

drifting grove
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anyone have problems with their xiamoi motion sensor going unavailable? I just installed one last night, worked great until about 6 this morning and then became unavailable.

fringe moon
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No mine have been running for almost two years

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Most of their life on my zigbee2mqtt network

errant blade
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Does anyone know of a WiFi consumer thermostat that plays nice with HA that doesn't require connection to THEIR service/cloud?

drifting grove
fringe moon
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No idea, I left all my hubs behind and everything runs on zigbee2mqtt with a cc1352 flawlessly

drifting grove
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whats the principle diff between z2m and zha?

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can I just drop zha and fire up z2mqtt?

fringe moon
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And repair all devices

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If you have a supported coordinator

solid grotto
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I added a MQTT Sensor and later I removed it but it still shows up in the entity list, it is removed from my config file, but it apperas in core.entity_registry and it have state restored: true, how to get that deleted?

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Newer mind, I just deleted it from the entity list ๐Ÿ™‚ and now it seems to be gone

zealous dune
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Is it really that simple?

ashen apex
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Looking at building a load cell sensor for my bed, but the bed itself is super heavy (likely 100+kg with the mattress). Load cells I can find only seem to record up to 50kg, so the 200kg across the 4 cells will easily be reached with both of us on the bed. Is there any real issue with going above the rated weight limit? Or will I just register as both in bed when it caps out?

open estuary
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Is there any doco to edit the config file - to update a device_id

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For example I want to edit the device if for media devices - Yamaha.

ashen apex
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Did you set it up through the Integrations page? Or manually via config file?

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If you did it through the integration panel, just go configuration -> Integrations -> Click on the entities under the grouped Yamaha integration -> Click on each entity and rename as necessary.

shut topaz
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did anyone use hdmi cec to control tv berfore?

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i read the document before but its too complicated for me( a new ha user).

raw shoal
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uh oh, my air conditioners have disappeared ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

queen shard
zealous dune
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  1. it has switch inputs 2. its smaller 3. memory isn't relevant here
queen shard
remote sedge
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hi all, i'm looking for a Zwave pad controller for my alarm. Any idea?

winged knoll
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The #zwave-archived channel can help more, if you answer the usual questions ๐Ÿ˜‰

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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remote sedge
mortal spruce
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I'm looking for a power monitoring eu plug that is fairly accurate, i hear the blitz wolf zigbee one is off by up to 15%, but i have no idea if it's even possible get more accurate, i'd prefer a zigbee solution but bt/wifi is fine if no zigbee accurate zigbee ones exist
I'll be buying in the Netherlands

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I have a denver tuya power strip, it's not esp based, reports total usage and not per plug, and i don't know how accurate it is

winged knoll
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There's a stack of options in the list in the #zigbee-archived channel's pinned messages

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I quite like the Salus SP600 I've got, but there's plenty more

mortal spruce
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If you mean the supported devices list for zigbee2mqtt then it didn't help me find accuracy information between models

indigo iron
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Hi everyone

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Does anyone here have experience integrating EVL4 with HA?

winged knoll
indigo iron
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Ok thank you

winged knoll
tough vessel
hexed turtle
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Is it possible to connect wireless door lock to be controlled by home assistant?

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And is there any specific addon that makes it easier to control lock and unclock?

mental patio
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fast presence detector ? (eu 230V version)

civic kraken
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Does anyone know cheap (under 100โ‚ฌ) wind speed sensors? Zigbee or wifi

grand basalt
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trying to intregrate smartthings ... any one have luck ?

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drifting grove
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Hey Guys, i've got a Warema blind.
But i failed to integrate it. Already searched for it... Anyone an Idea?

hexed turtle
grand basalt
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587

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4587

olive mason
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I'm looking to get a dehumidifier. Anyone know if there are any that work well with home assistant?

lusty sundial
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anyone have any router recommendations for running a moderate amount of things?

grand basalt
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4\5

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54

cedar venture
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Anyone using a Hive central heating system, with individual thermos on each radiator? Just looking for feedback on Hive, as Im about to get my whole system replaced

cerulean crater
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Is it possible to hook your Hue Bridge directly to your homeassistant Pi?

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I cant get it to connect normally and am about to give up

winged knoll
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Physically? No

daring elm
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I'm looking for recommendations for plug-in dimmers. Z-wave or wi-fi. Right now I've got a couple of Jasco PD300Z-02s and I don't like that they have almost no configuration options. Can't even set dimming speed.

fringe moon
wise kindle
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@daring elm you could check out Shelly relays and just wire it into an extension cord.

onyx dune
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Running my HA server on an RP4, moved it from an RP3.
Any suggestions for what to use the old RP3 for?

I was going to use it + a screen for a control panel, but the RP3 started to overheat... and i dont really need a control panel.

crimson wadi
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Hi everyone, I have a question: I have a rest sensor that gets data from a json. The values are numbers but they are not presented as a graph. Does anyone know, how to fix this?

fringe moon
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@onyx dune they are great for teaching primary school kids code

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That's about the only good purpose of a pi I can think of

onyx dune
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well, dang

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besides of course being your location for your hasss install. ๐Ÿ™‚

fringe moon
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I would never

onyx dune
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and not time for the kiddo to learn coding

fringe moon
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So no

onyx dune
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are you one of those nuc people!

fringe moon
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Nope

onyx dune
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if i had to do it all over again, i would nuc

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but i did the pi and thats whats working

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VM on somewhere else?

fringe moon
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Nope

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๐Ÿ‘€

onyx dune
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old laptop

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magic cloud unicorn?>

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well, if someone comes up with an idea for what i can do with a RP3, let me know!

fringe moon
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I started out on a VM on esxi on a bl460cg7 with 24c/192g/10g, moved to a 4c/12g/1g docker host, then to a freebsd jail on a r510 with 24c/128g/10g and now running on the docker host again, it will either move to a k3s container on the r510 or a k8s container on a dl380gen9, not sure yet @onyx dune

onyx dune
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things for drew to research!

fringe moon
cedar venture
minor tinsel
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in case anyone else also wants to know, i have now tried this myself and it works perfectly

shadow quartz
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anyone have experience with switching from smart things to zwave stick and could point me at some guide? I have a lot of smartthings devices like 40+ and want to switch but feeling a little overwhelmed at the process of moving things over.

cedar venture
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no but I had quite a lot of Hue devices on my Hue bridge, and moved to Conbee II key instead

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no problems really you just have to be systematic about moving one device at a time, and updating the frontend and automations etc

crimson wadi
shadow quartz
cedar venture
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I didnt hit the Hue Bridge limit for devices, but from what Ive heard Conbee will handle more devices than Hue Bridge will. It also handles most SmartThings and Xiara devcies etc. Theres some caveats though..

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Devices need support adding, and whilst it already supports nearly all popular Hue/SmartThings etc, new devices need a little time to add support for

shadow quartz
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does it do zwave or just zigbee

cedar venture
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Other problem is, I have not yet found a way to upgrade device firmwares using Conbee, I think the proprietary protocol refers to this, so you have to pair it back with your Hue bridge to upgrade firmware (only applies to Hue devices though)

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personally im happy with it, Im not trying to keep firmware upgraded unless I hit a problem anyway

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just zigbee I think. But then I also thought SmartThings used ZWave, and it supports those so not sure

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anything listed here is supported

shadow quartz
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smarthings hub does both zigbee and zwave but I thought most smart things devices were zwave

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I think it might only support older smart things devices

cedar venture
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Ive got a SmartThings presence sensor (for doors). I think thats the only device I have which is potentially ZWave

shadow quartz
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actually looks like my smartthings devices connect to both zwave and zigbee

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they must have both antennas in there

cedar venture
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really dont know, sorry. Not sure if they need a diff antenna even, or its just a different comms protocol

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worst case get a Conbee key and a ZWave key, itd still be better than a whole bunch of vendor hubs

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Samsung SmartThings devices (Outlets and Motion, Multipurpose, Arrival, and Water Leak Sensors) contain ZigBee chips to receive and provide information. Other devices compatible with SmartThings might have either a Z-Wave or ZigBee chip.

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you're right though, does need diff antenna apparently

trail crag
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anyone had issues with Hue Motion sensors and zigbee2mqtt?

I've just swapped my integration from hub to z2mqtt, and 5/6 motion sensors are fine, but one refuses to post updates

cedar venture
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same firmware versions?

trail crag
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I believe so, yes

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mqtt isn't flagging it for an update at least

cedar venture
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I dont use mqtt yet

trail crag
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I've tried connecting it back to hue, then back to mqtt

cedar venture
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so might be a known problem atm

trail crag
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oh goodie ๐Ÿ˜ฆ looks like firmware issue

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on the controller

cedar venture
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the controller being?

trail crag
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sorry - missed this - the controller is slaesh's CC2652RB stick

fringe moon
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@trail crag log an issue with koenkk, he is very quick to fix issues if possible

trail crag
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Given it's working on the other 5 sensors - I've just opened an RMA with amazon - if it still happens with the new sensor I'll chase him some more - thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

fringe moon
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Noice CatBoppin

trail crag
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I updated to his develop firmware, but that issue is slightly different - that's talking about devices disconnecting after a while - mine simply wouldn't connect

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worked on the hue hub

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ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

fringe moon
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It should be good then

trail crag
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converted everything except the dimmers over to mqtt tonight - hoping the pi zero is enough grunt to run that + monitor

fringe moon
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Probably, although I run mine in a rpi3, reluctantly ๐Ÿคข

trail crag
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all my 1/2/3 and 4s are at work locked down by covid ๐Ÿ˜‚ so had to buy a few zeros ๐Ÿ˜„

fringe moon
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I have standards JodieScronch

fossil crest
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are there any good BLE Beacons out there? i found Gigaset G-tag Beacon and Tile - my favorite is the Tile Slim
but the Tile Slim have just the integrated battery - no change / recharge possible?.
and i dont know if these beacons "just work" or if they need the app and / or any kind of activation...
i just want to use them with esphome for a 2nd factor to my PIR sensors per room (actually having multible PIR sensors per room).

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any recommendations?

fringe moon
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I would use other logic tbh, and perhaps Bayesian

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What kind of rooms? And why won't pir be enough?

fossil crest
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for example my kitchen. ~3 meters wide, 5 meters long.
one pir next to the door to cover the first meters. next near the stove and workplace (dunno Arbeitsplatte. :D) and one at the end aof the room - near the table.

but the problem is that if i sit there to eat i dont trigger any of them (the sensor is behind me and cant really be placed at an other location) - increasing the timer would work but is more a workaround then a solution.
i try to get rid of any light switch.

fringe moon
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Thats a poor PIR though, my kitchen is roughly the same size and the pir i have from 1990 converted to esp connected can easily see the whole room, but stationary is worse, depends on the sensitivity, the one in my office will see me all day even if I'm sitting in meetings, so even quite stationary with 5m timeout it never turns off the light

fossil crest
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okay. so u would say one across the length and not 3 per with would be better - if the PIR is capable?

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this way it can see my arms mooing while eating - hopefully.
from my back is this not possible. ๐Ÿ˜„

prisma delta
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Greetings ๐Ÿ™‚

magic vale
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Hi all! I need your advice! I have Sony 65xh9505 and i'd like to setup an ambilight to work with every kind of signal on it,such as Netflix dolby vision, torrents, YouTube, games etc. What is the Best solution for this? Raspberry pi? Are there any all in one divices just to plug and play? Im noob in electronics. Thank you!

prisma delta
# prisma delta Greetings ๐Ÿ™‚

What I'm particularly interested in is whether this can connect to zigbee directly (e.g. with an electrolama zigbee usb adapter) instead of running this through cloud

oak gate
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Hi there all, I am using a RPI and want to use the GPIO, I see that when I activate the "switch" the GPIO goes up, but the voltage goes to 3.3v (Understandably), does anyone know how to make it so that it just closes to ground and not 3.3v. i.e closes the circut.

ashen steppe
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So @oak gate you want it to close a contact? Like a relay contact?

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Or do you want to invert the logic?

oak gate
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Hi Chris, inverting as far as I am aware will just change when it is high vs low. my goal is that hi = GPIO is grounded and low = no continuity. Currently, hi = 3.3v.

narrow pike
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Hey there! I have a nodemcu connected to a ccs811 sensor and running esphome. However something odd is happening: it seems the eco and tvoc rise and fall at the same time no matter the time. Anyone seen this? Seems like I'm doing something wrong. https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/fdyYumZlOJlh

winged grail
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Does anyone have any facts is Ikea is launching a new E27 RGBW bulb in nesr future, and if so, what are the new specs? Hopefully better luminance at least? In Finland the old(?) 600 lumen version is tagged as discontinued, thatโ€™s why I thought they are upgrading this.

fringe moon
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The 1000lm CT bulbs are great

frosty monolith
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SD card died on my Rasberry Pi4 HA setup. I have logs and database running and would like to continue doing such write-heavy in the future too. Is there any long lasting media to use?

winged knoll
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SSD

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Failing that an Industrial SD card

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Failing that the mid-ground would be the likes of the WD Purple range, ones designed for dashcams

frosty monolith
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Thanks, Iโ€™ll look into that option

pale vessel
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Hi all I have a bunch of zwave & zigbee (oh the zigbee!) devices from smartthings I'd like to transition to HA. What's the current preferred zigbee/zwave hardware? I don't mind buying 2 usb sticks but if there's combo hardware that works well I'd appreciate a reccomendation for that. Thanks.

winged knoll
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I'd personally suggest you go separate, but where in the world you live matters ๐Ÿ˜‰

pearl pollen
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I haven't messed with the zigbee stuff yet as I just recently started transitioning from wifi switches, but I picked up this stick based on recommendations on the wiki/several other sites, which has both chips in it. It shows up as 2 usb devices in Hassio, but so far it's working great
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GJ826F8/

bright jacinthBOT
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Hass.io was the old name for the appliance like install option, that uses Docker. It is now simply called Home Assistant OS (see #330990055533576204).

Command '~hassio' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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Well, it's a reasonable option if you live in USA, Canada, or a few other countries

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That and you want to use zha only for your Zigbee

reef hornet
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Trying to add an MQTT temp/humidity sensor but not having much luck. MQTT Explorer can see the topic : https://i.imgur.com/k0mp7xp.png and here's what I tried to add:

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Outdoor Temperature"
    state_topic: "rtl_433/cba70ce2a24f/devices/Acurite-Tower/A/4131"
    unit_of_measurement: 'ยฐC'
    value_template: "{{ value_json.temperature_C }}"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Outdoor Humidity"
    state_topic: "rtl_433/cba70ce2a24f/devices/Acurite-Tower/A/4131"
    unit_of_measurement: '%'
    value_template: "{{ value_json.humidity }}"
zealous dune
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all those are under their own topic not inside a json

winged knoll
reef hornet
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Oh, right, so just reference the topic and that's it?

reef hornet
ashen apex
errant blade
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What are people using for leak/flood sensors in HA?

stone mountain
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has anyone created their own MQTT discovery device? I've having a heck of a time finding the syntax I need to get it to recognize my device as a device and not an entity

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I've got the JSON working for everything, e.g. {"name":"Guest Room Blinds","~":"homeassistant/cover/guestRoomBlinds","command_topic":"~/position/set",...} etc, but it's just the indented device map part I can't seem to find documentation on

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whereas in like a YAML config file it would just be device: then newline and an indent for name

zealous dune
stone mountain
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oh awesome, there it is in the middle, thanks!

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thought I tried that but I might have been missing the square brackets inside the extra curly braces

zealous dune
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that's why i prefer converting yaml to json

stone mountain
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yeah, hadn't considered that

stone mountain
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hmm, don't suppose you're familiar with ArduinoJSON syntax?

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having trouble getting the brackets on the outside of the quotes

kindred vale
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anyone know of a good OBD2 scanner that integrates into HA ?

fringe moon
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What on earth would be the usecase for that?

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Torque has an integration istr though

prisma delta
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Morning (or what applies) - is there a way to clearly identify / reference products that are on Ali Express? The titles are very long and I'm not seeing model numbers or IDs assigned to many of these, nonetheless they seem to be exactly the same hardware. For example:

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they look the same from the outside, but obviously the goal would be to ID the model itself, e.g. know one would buy the same circuit board

fringe moon
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All those are the same product in the end usually

#

An esp chip inside, that you can easily convert to tasmota

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Same Chinese company makes them for all the subvendors

prisma delta
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that's what I'm hoping for ๐Ÿ˜„

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but I don't think I'm gonna Tasmota them

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I've got one of these that talks to the "Lama" ๐Ÿ˜„

fringe moon
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So you want to rely on an unstable Chinese cloud service?

prisma delta
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Nah, turns out the Lama sees them just fine (zigbee3)

fringe moon
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But none of those devices are zigbee

prisma delta
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they say they are, and well, the look they are

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I've got the lonsonho one, that's definitely connected via ZZH

fringe moon
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Oh, I only looked at two of them, that said wifi

drifting grove
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hello ppl! i am looking for ideas: i would like to set up all my home lighting to be controlled via home assistant. i have the zigbee2mqtt integrations and i am leaning in that direction. my question is: what is a good combination of devices that gives me bulbs with different white light warmth and switches to control them? i seem to end in a loop in my searches where i can set-up a switch for on-off, then once the bulb(s) are on, they get paired, discovered, nd can be controlled. this does not seem very efficient. thank you for your suggestions!

prisma delta
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it calls itself TS0011
by _TYZB01_xfpdrwvc

fringe moon
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The ZigBee ones will be fine then

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Atleast with zigbee2mqtt it will be easy to support any device

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@drifting grove I use 95% tradfri CT bulbs, cheap, work and easily accessible

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Adaptive lighting controls thems throughout the day

prisma delta
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I don't really feel like hacking Tasmota into 30 light switches - I mean: I'm sure I can figure it out, but sounds like two days with a soldering iron (assimg all goes well) - not something that makes me wanna live one more day ๐Ÿ˜„

fringe moon
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And adjusts brightness and colours all day

drifting grove
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@fringe moon so instead of a "switch" on the wall, i would install a "remote control"? that way the bulbs always have power, and they are controlled over the radio remote, rather than cutting their power off and on? (i have the basic tafdri led module + remote and i paired like charm)

fringe moon
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I do that yes

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We don't use switches in this house anymore

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All bulbs are controlled directly

drifting grove
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ok thank you that seemed to me the only way. i could not find a device that would be connect to the electricity and act as remote. only cutting power on/off

prisma delta
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@fringe moon how's that for the consideration of selling your house one day?

fringe moon
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Easy, install the old bulbs and everything is back to normal

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The switches are still there, just not used

prisma delta
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so you do have the switches still, you just don't use them?

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ah ok

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that's one of my design troubles I'm trying to get my head around

fringe moon
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Yep, door sensors and motion sensors and room activity controls the lights

prisma delta
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some of that works on my end too, but there are caveats to that

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for example: on movement I switch the lights on for let's say 5 mins (this is limited by light level in the room, but that is irrelevant). The point is: when I work (sitting in front of the computer pretty much all day), I don't trigger the motion sensor every 5 minutes, so lights just go off at which point I need to move to go back on

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obviously the missing bit is a "presence" or "activity" sensing of some kind

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(the same applies when I set it to an hour, that doesn't matter :D)

drifting grove
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i don't control lights with the movement sensor, so far i integrated a "scene" that switches the status of 2 devices (1 smart plug mapped as desk bulb and a smart bulb on a floor lamp) so that when i am in a meeting, it switches the light on the back off and the one in front of me on when i am on meetings.

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similarly, if while you work you have a 3rd device that can provide a status, you can integrate that status into overriding the motion sensor.

prisma delta
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there's a bunch of devices claim "preflashed tasmota" - that a real thing?

zealous dune
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nah its fake news

gloomy sequoia
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well guys, I'm thinking at least one of my wyze sense sensors has finally given up the ghost... looking for recs on both motion and contact sensors, in US, and preferably same brand, but not totally necessary if there's good reason

sterile forge
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hey, im using a PL2303 USB-TTL on an adafruit huzzah esp8266, it doesnt have a usb port on it so i just soldered pins and I'm testing out with female-female connectors, problem is it won't establish a serial communication, I've seen some people online had the same issue, but they fixed it and never said how they did so, figured maybe someone here knew

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could I possibly have burnt something while soldering the pins?

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The board itself turns on, it passes on power, i've tested every pin and it's working in terms of passing down electricity, but can't establish a serial communication to upload anything

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even a simple blink sketch

winged knoll
sterile forge
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ah thanks

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sorry for constantly asking in the wrong places lol

bitter furnace
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Hey guys,
I've created some scenes and am now looking to transition between them. The problem is, I have some different lights. Some IKEA Tradfri, some Shelly and generic Zigbee lights. They all behave differently on the transition attribute, some take that value as seconds, some as milliseconds. I was wondering if anyone found a solution to that?

neon dune
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Heyhey everyone, hope this is the right channel to ask about this:
Super new to Home Assisstant, I was on Hue + G Home before.
I'm running a RPi4 + Conbee II and was able to add my bulbs and switches, also have G home and alexa setup so voice commands also work.
so far so good. I do also have a couple of smart outlets, that connect via WiFi to my Google Home, is there any way to integrate them into Home Assisstant natively or to discover them on there through my G Home? I'm basically trying to connect them to a couple zigbee switches that are running through the conbee stick and are setuzp through Phoscon. Any help/ideas would be appreciated

Edit: The Outlets are Klas Remo btw, but I also have other WiFi devices I'd like to have in HA natively

winged knoll
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Not through GHome,no

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Google, and Alexa, don't expose any connected devices

neon dune
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Trying to get away from Ghome if possible

winged knoll
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Generally WiFi is a NO

neon dune
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so basically best would be to exchange the WiFi devices I have for Zigbee ones to also go through Conbee?

winged knoll
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Yes

neon dune
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okay, that's what my preliminary google search also mostly yielded but I wanted to ask directly, just to be sure and before exchanging everything, thanks a lot ๐Ÿ‘

winged knoll
gloomy sequoia
#

anybody here have the aqara motion and/or door sensors that could give a review/rec? I'm thinking it's time to move on from wyze sense as I've had a couple apparently die this week ๐Ÿ˜ซ those look like the most "attractive" ones, but I also don't really know who else makes good ones

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I really liked the wyze sense... but seems they're not a good option going forward because of their MAC issue

winged knoll
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Door sensors are great

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Motion sensors are ok

terse field
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Hi! I'm not sure if it's right place to ask it but i have a problem with my Zigbee Aqara temperatre/humidity/preassure sensors in HA.

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Or rather, they work perfectly in HA, shows value, can be used in all kinds of automation. The problem is whit their integration in google home.

winged knoll
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Well, how are the connected to Google Home?

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Are you connecting them to HA and HA to Google, or to the Xiaomi hub and then that to Google?

terse field
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Whenever i ask google home about temperature in a room it always said that that sensor is off, and then it would still say the temperature. Strane, but I could live with it. Now swedish version of Google assistent seem to get "smart" about it and doesn't say anything other than the sensor is of. Kind of logical, not to say value of sensor that is off.

winged knoll
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That's expected, that's how Google handles it

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It's a Google thing, not an HA thing

terse field
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But they are NOT off. Still works when i ask in english, but since the names of the rooms are in swedish the mix of languages makes it difficult to understand for my google homes.

winged knoll
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Because Google is assuming the device is a thermostat ๐Ÿ˜‰

terse field
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They are connected with Nabu Casa.

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I agree, seems logical to not tell tmperature if sensor is of.

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Byt WHY is te sensor off in google, when it works perfectly in HA?

winged knoll
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Because that's how Google does it

terse field
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OK.

winged knoll
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It assumes they're thermostats, and you can't change that

terse field
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Any way of telling google that's NOT a termostat? ๐Ÿ™‚

winged knoll
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No

terse field
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Guess not then. Well, it used to work before, untill swedish google assistant started to get "smart" about it. Before it said sensor is off, and still told the temperature. Like it still does in english version. I guess there is no way of fixing that, other than trying to talk to google about it? Which I guess there is a small chance of achieving anything? ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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I'll guess I'll have to stick to asking about the temperature in mixed english (for the question) and swedish (for the name of the room) and hope that my home minis understand me. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Or just check the temperature on my mobile, like som kind of caveman. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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At least I know that's not a problem with some setting on my end.

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Thanks for the info, @winged knoll .

somber folio
#

If I wanted to monitor the door on a litter tray, to count how many times cats have been in, whats the cheapest sensor that would do the job (battery powered if possible).

fringe moon
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Regular door sensor would probably do it

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In your technology of choice

abstract latch
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@somber folio not battery powered but cheap: you can get magnetic switches and hook them up to a GPIO pin on a raspberry pi you might already have

fringe moon
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Or just use an esp device instead of a pi like sane people ๐Ÿ˜œ

somber folio
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Anything that will work over Bluetooth?

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I don't have zwave or anything

weary tangle
#

I notice the aqara temperature sensor in my shed uses so much more battery than my others. The temperature is not low but im suspecting it could be because it has to transmit signals stronger, could it be the case? Zigbee protocol

gloomy sequoia
#

@winged knoll would you recommend zigbee sensors overall? so far the only zigbee sensors I have are the aqara temp ones

bright jacinthBOT
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Tinkerer is away for 9m 7s with a message :point_right: LMD unit initialising. Please wait...

summer idol
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Have a device that is not Zigbee (is WiFi) but needs to be deployed

Can anyone recommend a manufacturer that does a cheap WiFi AP that I could plug into an outlet?

mental moth
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How do I change the area of a device? I have moved a device from the living room to the kitchen

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Found it, it was the gear icon in the upper right on the device info page

high yarrow
#

Anyone have a suggestion for a smart outlet? Looks like there isn't a big difference between zwave and some other smart devices. I had a GE zwave one that died (home assistant says so), but I also have tp link devices and hue devices. Anyone have any good experience with something?

modern wind
#

Do "covers" still need a yaml setup, with the newest update, but with 8.3.1 Tasmota firmware?

somber folio
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Is there a device that can trigger a wireless thermostat relay that runs on 868mhz? Its a honeywell brand, I don't know what protocol it uses

gloomy sequoia
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@high yarrow I like my wyze ones, but they are a bit too tall to get two in a double gang socket

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I think gosund makes one that's a bit shorter for that

fringe moon
weary tangle
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Ok ok. I will investigate if I can make it update me less frequent

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Also I do have a zigbee signal repeater there, is there a way to force it to go through this instead of itself pushing a strong signal?

fringe moon
fringe moon
weary tangle
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oh ok good point thanks will try that

winged knoll
static beacon
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I have a xiaomi smart plug that counts the power consumption. atm it is at 17 kWh. is there a way to reset this value? which is a state in home assistant? is it as easy as giving it a new state?

winged knoll
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Depends on whether the plug itself reports that, and which integration in HA you're using

static beacon
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it indeed reports the state itself. i connected the zigbee smartplug with conbee

winged knoll
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Well, that's the USB stick you used, not the integration ๐Ÿ˜‰

static beacon
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im sorry using deconz add on. and running deconz not within HA but from windows

winged knoll
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So, deCONZ is your integration then ๐Ÿ˜‰

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You'd want to check deCONZ (add-on and integration) to see if there's options - #zigbee-archived can possibly help

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There may not be any options though

static beacon
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Ok thanks. just to be sure. if i only use the addon from deconz and connect to it from out side HA still means i use the integration? which isnt installed

winged knoll
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Well, no, but at that point I'm not sure why you're asking about it in the HA Discord...

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If it's purely a deCONZ play, you should ask on their server

static beacon
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Well maybe some one wanted to do this too in the past and found a solution. I guess i want to let HA do it. or else it would be as easy as yanking the plug out of the outlet and reset it that way

craggy plover
#

i think i have enough projects on the list right now to fill those slow days at the (home) office: hacking the canbus of my heating, add functions that were forgotten by xiaomi for the vacuum, spending another 1k on smarthome stuff.
speaking of which... i've been hacking the canbus of my BMW using an arduino due and mcp + tja canbus transceiverto control an odroid n2 via idrive interface. How would i do this properly with my heating in terms of data transmission in both directions between heating and HA? which standard would you recommend? i would also need a proper dongle for this to work and since I'm on a VM environment i would have to route this dongle to the VM (which means migration from hyper-v to virtual box or VMware of course)

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currently everything runs on homematic at my place ....

winged knoll
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MQTT is the go-to for IOT

craggy plover
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okay... this way i won't even need to migrate... noice

tough vessel
# ashen apex ~15x the price per cell is not really the answer I was looking for. Thanks thoug...

Sorry, I had no clue what price range you were in... I knew I had used way bigger cells in an industrial environment many years ago (actually 1000Kg or so), and just posted the first link that I found for an apparently suitable cell. I did not even intend to recommend one in particular. Here is one with a relatively lower price (again, not a recommendation): https://ww.aliexpress.com/item/4000675062928.html
Or maybe you can balance your total weight among two or three of the less capable cells... but then the electronics gets a bit trickier I guess.

tough sparrow
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Hi.
I would like to monitor power consumption of several devices in my house. So I'm looking for some recommendations on plugs/sockets with power monitoring (EU style, 16A).
Ideally ESP based and flashable OTA to Tasmota or ESPHome (e.g. tuya convert).
I looked at Tasmota compatibility list at https://templates.blakadder.com/plug.html and cannot really figure out what to buy. For many tuya based plugs there are warnings that either the latest firmware blocks OTA, or they are not based on ESP any more.
Any hints?
Thanks a lot!

zealous dune
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get the preflashed one, its a known entity

tough sparrow
zealous dune
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athom=chinese, delock=european

#

so you mostly pay for EU conformity and warranty

tough sparrow
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OK, I will try a delock. Thanks ๐Ÿ™
So there is no reliable source for OTA flashable tuya based plugs, depends if you get old stock or new stuff, correct?

gloomy sequoia
#

I need some help tracking down the cause of lights coming on randomly on their own ๐Ÿค”

I have two sengled (zigbee) bulbs, paired to an hzusbz-1 stick, using zha. both are bound with a lutron aurora for control.

this issue started with the bulb in my daughter's room (well say bulb A), and seemingly completely at random, the light would just come on. it would only happen at night, but didn't happen every night, nor ever at the same time or interval between. sometimes this would happen once, many times, or not at all in any given night. usually it would come on, I'd turn it off quickly, and then a minute or so (but sometimes shorter or longer, or not at all, again) it would come on again.

last night, this started happening with the light in my bedroom (call this bulb B). I'm going to attach a screenshot of the history panel for this light, so you guys can see what I mean... but how can I actually go figuring out WHY this is happening?

I do have these lights set up with the "adaptive lighting" integration, but I also have all of my other lights set up with that (these are my only two zigbee bulbs, the rest are wifi), and none of my wifi bulbs have ever exhibited this behavior.

it seems to me that the answer is to look at the log, but as the issue happens seemingly completely at random, I'm not sure that leaving zha debug logs on ALL the time until it happens again may not be my "best" course of action ๐Ÿ˜… even then, I wouldn't know what to look for... the lights have never lost connection, and turning them off works via any method (google home, HA control, or with the lutron switch) immediately afterwards, with no "interruption" of regular function.

I've brought this up in the past when it was only bulb A acting up (to pretty much no response ๐Ÿ˜…) but now it's happening with bulb B as well... and we're all beginning to get a bit miffed. how can I find/fix this issue? has anyone ever had anything like this happen before?

winged knoll
gloomy sequoia
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Holy wall of text Batman!

gloomy sequoia
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in the screenshot of bulb B, I've marked when the last time I manually turned the light off, before this behavior started, and the last time I manually turned it on. all others are randomly happening, and I can't track then down.

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well, i'm hoping to give as much info as possible and actually get some help with this

winged knoll
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If you're gonna flood the channel (cough rules cough) then it's likely too long for chat ๐Ÿ˜‰

gloomy sequoia
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most annoying thing in my home atm

winged knoll
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A forum post would be better

gloomy sequoia
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alright great

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i'll do that

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would you be interested in at least glancing at it?

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or is that a no go as well?

zealous dune
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nice essay

gloomy sequoia
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i just spent like half an hour typing that out lmao

zealous dune
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have you tried disabling adaptive lighting and see if it still happens?

winged knoll
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Also, you missed detailing what integrations are in use, or at least I couldn't see it, other than zha

gloomy sequoia
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i can do that and leave it off until i don't think it's happening anymore, but i have absolutely no way to predict whether or not it "should" be happening or not

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my whole integration list, you mean?

zealous dune
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well it is the greatest suspect in your novel

winged knoll
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At the very least the ones that are relevant

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Logbook matters too

gloomy sequoia
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these bulbs are integrated via zha, and they are worked on by adaptive lighting. i'm not sure what else would be relevant

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ah, also... can i disable an integration (adaptive lighting) without just removing it?

winged knoll
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No

gloomy sequoia
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i did attach an imgur link to my history graph, which shows exactly the same as my logbook

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except the logbook says "home assistant cloud" instead of "service light.turn_off"

winged knoll
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Turned on means that something else did that

gloomy sequoia
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like a ghost? lmao

winged knoll
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Well, it happened outside of HA

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HA cloud means, I think, the actual cloud service - but I know that there's at least one misleading message

gloomy sequoia
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yes, so this is what i need to figure out

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WHAT is the something else

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"outside of HA" means probably not adaptive lighting, i would think

winged knoll
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Yes

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It means that HA detected the change, rather than it requesting it

gloomy sequoia
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turning a light on via google home, does show as "turned on by home assistant cloud"

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i've removed these lights from my adaptive lighting setup for now, but this whole thing sounds to me like it's not an issue with that

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and i have eight other bulbs (wifi) using that integration, and none of them do this that i'm aware of

fringe moon
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Change the IP of the device

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What happens

gloomy sequoia
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i'm not sure... how can i do that with a zigbee device?

fringe moon
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Oh, I thought they all were WiFi

gloomy sequoia
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no

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in fact, the only lights that are exhibiting this behavior are zigbee

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my wifi ones are fine

fringe moon
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Change the name of it, and or remove it from the zigbee group then

gloomy sequoia
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the device name?

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also, afaik i havent added them to any groups

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they're each in different rooms, bound directly to a single lutron aurora each

fringe moon
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That sounds like your outside device

gloomy sequoia
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the lutron?

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is there any way i can verify whether or not that is happening?

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and why would this only be happening at night?

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it does not happen during the day, ever, as far as i'm aware

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zigbees triggered from outside ... humm..sounds like something is misbehaving outside of your visual spectrum. I mean it would be perfectly possible to jam this zigbee protocol? Maybe a hacker is preparing for blinking lights world edition? ๐Ÿค”

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i know @marsh lichen has messed with auroras, but not sure if he's ever had this issue. i do know that he says they can by "sleepy", which i've noticed. sometimes i need to double click the aurora for a reaction, but that's not what happening here afaik

gloomy sequoia
winged knoll
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replay attacks of some sort...i think i've read something about that but no idea if this is feasable at all

gloomy sequoia
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where would i be able to see successful login attempts?

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in case someone has logged in without me knowing

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i'm skeptical of that, but i suppose it's possible

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i don't know many of my neighbors VERY well, but the ones i do... don't seem at all like hackers lmao

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and i'm pretty certain none of them know either my duckdns address or wifi password

craggy plover
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yeah I mean the chances are very low but not completely unrealistic

gloomy sequoia
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so i'm basically down to... ghosts or hackers ๐Ÿคฃ

winged knoll
gloomy sequoia
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or possibly these lutron auroroa dimmers

fringe moon
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I'm still betting on the lutrons

gloomy sequoia
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would you have any idea how to diagnose that properly?

fringe moon
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Remove one, see what happens

gloomy sequoia
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and... just wait

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like i said, this happens COMPLETELY at random

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not every night, sometimes once, sometimes mroe

fringe moon
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So you could get lucky you say

gloomy sequoia
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but those are the main control for those lights...

fringe moon
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Physical control of lights ๐Ÿคข

gloomy sequoia
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so removing one until something happens or doesn't happen just means that light is unusable for however long it takes

gloomy sequoia
fringe moon
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Only ones are the zigbee bedside switches, everything else in my house is automatic

gloomy sequoia
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fair enough

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i'm not quite there yet

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and i typically don't want my bedroom lights to come on automatically, especially not at 3am lmao

craggy plover
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one thing i have learned is that when something is occuring completely random it might have to do with electrical components degrading. it might occur every time the voltage of your home is fluctuating in such a way that the device soft reboots without noticing

fringe moon
gloomy sequoia
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right, makes sense

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until i can get them to not turn on unpredictbably, i'm not too keen on trying to predict when theyll come on

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@craggy plover how could i diagnose that?

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also, these bulbs and auroras are less than six months old, i'd hope they themselves aren't going bad

craggy plover
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well... if you don't monitor the live input to your distribution board you're out of luck in that case.

gloomy sequoia
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my home is quite old (not really sure), but i don't really have any way of checking the voltage given to each light directly

gloomy sequoia
craggy plover
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most of the power supplies to be found on such bulbs are very simple capacitor dropper type of supplies and i can tell you these capacitors are wearing out fast if they are cheap.

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but for now i would recommend the other steps mentioned before going full whack on the electrical stuff

gloomy sequoia
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disable adaptive lighting and the lutron aurora

craggy plover
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don't change two things at once though

gloomy sequoia
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leaving my light basically unusable for an indeterminate amount of time, until either something happens or doesn't...

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ok i've disabled adaptive lighting for those two bulbs and we'll see what happens

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i guess

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not like i have any way of knowing if that fixes it

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since if they DON'T turn on randomly, that could just be a normal night of "abnormal" behavior

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in which they didn't decide to randomly come on that night

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hmm, doesn't seem like they have the same pack i got before though. it was a two pack with no hub

craggy plover
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just to give you an idea what a power supply has to deal with, here's a screenshot of my HP server PSUs voltage: https://imgur.com/a/fX8n3dQ

gloomy sequoia
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seems they're having similar issues apparently

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similar

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they're seeing it happen almost immediately after turning the light off

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happened last night after the light being off for two hours or so

craggy plover
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looks similar indeed but no one says anything about random stuff happening

gloomy sequoia
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right

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only immediately after the light goes off

craggy plover
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random stuff is very hard to diagnose ....prepare for some unbelievable discoveries along the process ๐Ÿ˜„

gloomy sequoia
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i guess i'm just gonna wait and see what happens with adaptive lighting disabled. i also commented on the issue, so i'll just take the lashings from my wife until it's fixed lmao

craggy plover
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hehe...

gloomy sequoia
craggy plover
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no these supplies are rated from 110v upwards so no problem there but these are very sophisticated switch mode supplies but your standard capacitor dropper supply might black out if it drops below a certain voltage or shifts in frequencies even

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i mean those tiny little appliances like bulbs have a very low stand-by current so chances are again very low that a faulty PSU might cause this

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but on the other hand we don't know how easily affected the circuitry is by sudden shifts in supply. a short dip might reset the controller and bam - light's on

fringe moon
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I'm still putting money on the lutron JodieScronch

craggy plover
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again - very unlikely ... just going through all the possibilities even if they are most likely unrealistic

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and i say it's a ghost in the shell :ee:

gloomy sequoia
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@fringe moon how about this... I'll watch zha_event with an automation so I can see if any are being fired when I don't expect?

fringe moon
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If you are using device binding I'm pretty sure zha has no idea about it

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Not sure

gloomy sequoia
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hmm, ok

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so there would likely be no way to diagnose the lutron as the cause, without removing it from the system entirely and hoping that fixes something?

fringe moon
gloomy sequoia
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gotcha

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well thanks for all you guys help ๐Ÿ˜… hopefully I can get to the bottom of it sooner rather than later lol

gloomy sequoia
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lol I just had another idea: automate that if the light comes on while we're asleep, turn it back off ๐Ÿ˜…

craggy plover
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that's what i call a band-aid ๐Ÿ˜„

gloomy sequoia
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yep lolol

reef hornet
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Is there a way in the sensor: to specify some math to decode a sensor value? My sensor broadcasts a number that I need to do some math on to actually get the kWh decoded.

winged knoll
pearl verge
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Anyone know of ways to control bluetooth lights through HA? Picked up a cheap light bar at walmart to check out since it looked like it used the smart life app... But it's bluetooth only lol

fringe moon
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What is the model?

pearl verge
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Uuuh good question

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I'll look for a number

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It's a Tzumi light bar

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Tzumi 6788-2 I believe

stone mountain
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I'm trying to set up a cover as a device, but it keeps showing up as an entity

pearl verge
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At least that's what is on the box

fringe moon
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That looks like an ir remote @pearl verge

stone mountain
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I realize this may not matter for functionality, but am I correct in that devices are supposed to be made up of one or more entities?

winged knoll
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Yes

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You cannot create them

stone mountain
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and is the benefit to having a device solely hierarchical?

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or do they behave differently?

winged knoll
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The only benefit is for the automation UI

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Underneath, it's all events and entity states

pearl verge
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Oh, so it is, I hadn't gotten the remote out yet lol

stone mountain
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what about with the nabu casa to google home?

winged knoll
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No different

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It's all entities

stone mountain
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so that's just covers vs lights

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the covers just show up with no controls in google home

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background: I'm automating some blinds with a microcontreoller that is making them available under MQTT discovery

winged knoll
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pearl verge
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How difficult is it to get stuff controlled by IR in HA? Might be something I explore if it's not really difficult or expensive

stone mountain
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I mean with ESPhome easy supposedly

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I looked into it but was already mostly done with my program from scratch

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looks pretty user friendly trhough

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but so when my device is discovered, according to the documentation I can have it show up as a device, and it's not working

winged knoll
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Nothing to do with this channel @stone mountain ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Read the topic ๐Ÿ˜‰

stone mountain
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making a device??

winged knoll
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Questions about a hardware device (not their #integrations-archived with HA, and not the thing that HA calls devices)?

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if you want to talk about the Nabu Casa cloud service, that's #cloud-archived

stone mountain
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wait, maybe I'm not being clear

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there is no integration here

winged knoll
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Well, you're wandering all over the shop ๐Ÿ˜„

stone mountain
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I have a microcontroller device that is being autodioscovered

winged knoll
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If it's being auto discovered by HA, then there's an integration

stone mountain
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oh, so MQTT is my integration?

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got it

winged knoll
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Look at the URL you posted ๐Ÿ˜‰

stone mountain
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so cover is the integration?

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I thought cover was an entity

winged knoll
stone mountain
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this taxonomy really needs to be update on the documentation sites, lol

fringe moon
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@pearl verge easy

winged knoll
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It's an integration, the URL says so ๐Ÿ˜‰

fringe moon
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Either with an esp and ir transmitter or via a broadlink device

pearl verge
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I'll have to look into it. Can you do it with any remote? I've got a little HDMI splitter that's controlled with a remote, would be sick to automate that too

stone mountain
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I'd look into ESPHome

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it's a very easy starter

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and they have IR, RF, along with just about everything else

fringe moon
pearl verge
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Sounds exactly like what I want

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I'll definitely check it out

stone mountain
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you can get a nodeMCU for like $4 on amazon, and ir receivers or transmitters will be dirt cheap. The alternative is a broadlink like atxbyea siad

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there's your hardware discussion, @winged knoll

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I helped

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lol

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thanks for the advice, I'll go check in intergrations

warm cove
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Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to use iPad first generation as a Display screen to show Dashboard for homeassistant ?

winged knoll
zenith wedge
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I'm still new here, and don't know what channels to talk in yet, my apologies if this is wrong. I'm looking at some advise, or pros and cons on choosing zwave, or zigbee light switches

winged knoll
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Z-Wave - costs more, likely to "just work", the mesh is generally slower
Zigbee - costs less, more likely to require some effort, the mesh is generally faster

zenith wedge
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excellent. i have noticed that my zwave motion sensor works better than my zigbee light bulbs. but those are the only two things i presently have in my house that talk over zwave or zigbee

winged knoll
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The health of your mesh is the key thing - either will perform poorly with a weak/broken mesh

keen zealot
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What do you prefer @winged knoll

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Zwave or zigbee

winged knoll
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Yes

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I prefer both

keen zealot
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Haha

winged knoll
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And that I can configure and control the devices

keen zealot
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Dude I love those

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I saw those on your page. I donโ€™t know if we can get them here in the states

winged knoll
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ISTR you can

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But yeah, I have both, and I love both for different reasons

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Zigbee makes scale affordable, Z-Wave brings quality

high yarrow
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does anyone have a good suggestion for a smart wall receptacle? I'm looking for the in the wall kind, not a plug in.

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had a ge zwave one go bad and need replacing

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could go with the same thing, but obviously not thrilled it broke

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  • What your budget is
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high yarrow
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Sure, I'm in USA, budget is <$50, protocol I'm open to, and features just need smart turn on/off don't need anything crazy like dimming or power monitoring

full latch
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How about a Shelly1 or Shelly 1PM?

somber folio
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Is there a wireless relay box that's compatible with HA for central heating? I don't need hive or anything like that

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I'm going to use temperature data from other devices to decide if to turn the heating on

winged knoll
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Many

exotic wraith
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i guess any of them

winged knoll
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Shelly, Sonoff, Zigbee options, Z-Wave options, probably a few hundred other things

exotic wraith
winged knoll
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Windows, doors, anywhere that you don't want to see them

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So, I have them on all the external doors. They're invisible

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Nobody will knock them off, they're not something can mess with

exotic wraith
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what are your low temps in winter?

winged knoll
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-10 ish

exotic wraith
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i have concerns in northern WI

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F?

winged knoll
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Nah

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C

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Like most of the world, we've moved on ๐Ÿ˜›

exotic wraith
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ah, yeah i'd easily be below their recommended threshold, making the inbuilt battery not so desireable

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haha, i wish

winged knoll
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TBH, only if your door frame gets that cold

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I'd expect it to sit around the mid point of the outdoor and indoor temperature

fringe moon
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๐Ÿค

light oriole
winged knoll
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I've got some Fibaro sensors that have a claimed minimum operating temperature of 0C, and they sit on a metal door that'll drop to -10C, they've always worked fine

amber briar
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Hello everyone. I look for a small device for my keychain I dot care if zwave or zigbee. can someone suggest me something? In germany

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exotic wraith
cold valley
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Anyone have any recommendations on a Smoke/Fire detector compatible with Z2M? there seems to be many but im not familiar with any of the brand names so not sure whats good or bad here.

winged knoll
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The #zigbee-archived channel may be better able to answer that - if you say where in the world you live ๐Ÿ˜‰

deep moon
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Hi, newbie to Home Automation here. I bought myself a zwave.me usb (ZMEEUZB1) and a Heat IT Z-temp 2 as well as a bunch of Fibaro switches to practice/fiddle around with before mounting everything in my new home (in a few months).
Country: Netherlands (EU), Budget: N/A to the question. Protocols: Z-wave, Features: N/A
I got the HeatIT to connect and show Humidity and Temperature (with its built in 900s refresh interval). However, this device should be a thermostat, but even after enabling the functionality (hold center button for 10 sec) succesfully, I do not see any way to read or use these values in HASS. Where do I go from here to figure out what went wrong?
p.s. if this is not the right channel for this, please point me in the right direction.

winged knoll
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(see the channel topic ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

deep moon
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Thanks for the pointer, are you referring to something specific in the channel topic?

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deep moon
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Oh derp

winged knoll
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๐Ÿ˜„

deep moon
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I thought you meant the other channel's topic.

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_>

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Cheers

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That's ok, we know reading is hard ๐Ÿ˜›

cold valley
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I tried the other channel and no one said anything.

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winged knoll
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You also forgot to tell anybody where in the world you live ๐Ÿ˜‰

cold valley
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Well i just figured i would try both channels since they both seem relevent.

deep moon
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I love these bots.

winged knoll
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But, the channel is noisy, try when it's quieter and remember to tell people your planet country

slow python
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Good afternoon! I had my ha instance, running on a pi4 stop today for no apparent reason. power cycle fixed it. my best guess is microSd card is dying. This is the second time in 2 days. Anything else likely to die on the pi4? no power issues (nothing else died)

winged knoll
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SD cards die

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Of course, it may not be that which is causing your problems

slow python
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Yep, that is why it is my best guess. I wasn't sure if I could tell for sure though

winged knoll
slow python
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the pi was still on when i checked the device. - oh intersting.

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good to know. i'll keep updating frequently and hope it stops. I ordered a new card to restore onto and check.

winged knoll
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Having a keyboard and monitor connected before it fails would allow you to find out what's doing on

slow python
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๐Ÿ‘

winged knoll
copper wyvern
slow python
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Yeah, i do have video hookup on it, but it isn't in the best place to have a monitor hooked to it. Thanks for the info!

winged knoll
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The problem with #330990055533576204 is that if the monitor isn't connected on boot, it won't work later shrug

willow timber
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I think I enabled hotplug to fix that but those nerds will know

warm cove
warm cove
willow timber
gloomy sequoia
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ah yeah

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I was here this morning talking about my issue, I'll take it to zigbee

somber folio
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Can you get energy data from smartlife switches that support monitoring?

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Aka tuya

zenith wedge
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So, it seems that a lot of the decent zigbee bulbs are moving to wifi + properitary app. (Sengled / sylvania) I'm only finding shady looking things for bulb replacements.. what do you all use?

willow timber
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zigbee

wise kindle
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Hey guys, I'm a little confused with the wiring diagrams of the Shelly 1 in a way 3 circuit. I have a dedicated hot wire going into my lead that's not part of the switch. I also have a dedicated neutral for the Shelly. I have the hot from the switch in the on position going to the Input and the output going to the bulb. Do I need to have the off position wire going to the SW terminal or can I leave that terminal empty?

gloomy sequoia
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anyone here have experience with lutron auroras besides tube?

gloomy sequoia
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so apparently one of my lutrons has lost the ability to dim the lights

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nothing happens when I spin it

drifting grove
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Hin guys, do you know of any device like the Broadlkink that can learn and send Bluetooth commands?

drifting grove
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I believe there's something similar beyond NR, look for tuyalocalapi or something like that

timid heron
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I am planning to put Fibaro Dimmer 2 (or maybe Shelly's) at the Attic where my switch and lighting wires goes to. But I am concerned if the temperature could be a problem. ITs working temperature says from 0-35C and the temperature here in Denmark could go down below -10C and at the attic the temperature could go as high as 50C.

gloomy sequoia
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luckily, since adaptive lighting isn't... adapting (lol), they have turned "on", but with 1% brightness

fringe moon
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I get paid to make guesses and fix stuff that noone else understands, I'm right...most quite often very often sometimes

gloomy sequoia
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I didn't doubt your input, just was skeptical of seeing the symptom so quickly

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@marsh lichen is the only one I know of that's used these, but not sure if he's seen similar behavior ๐Ÿ˜…

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it is incredibly odd to me that it only seems to happen at night though ๐Ÿค”

fringe moon
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well, they are dimmers right ? temperature fluxuations make them creak and move a 1\16 inch (jesus inches are horrible for measurement), presto your light is on

gloomy sequoia
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think so? tonight's when I'll know for sure if that's what it is: I've got that automation to let me know if an event fires

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I've only noticed it so far when we mess with them but if I get one overnight I'll know for sure

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and it's not like my temps in my house are varying wildly that I know of lol

fringe moon
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๐Ÿคท

willow timber
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Well we use metric quite a bit, just not Celsius, lol

gloomy sequoia
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righto

fringe moon
willow timber
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Did you just try to tenor me

fringe moon
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damn tenor let me down

languid karma
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Hi, I have an issue with customization which seems to just not works. I am now trying to only customize one entity without splitting conf just in case but the customized entity does not show up.
I did set it this way:

homeassistant:
  customize:
    cover.shelly_shsw_25_10521cf992b1:
      friendly_name: Volet roulant salle ร  manger

cover.shelly_.... is there but the friendly_name. Am i missing something ?

winged knoll
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After you did that did you:

  1. Reload core (if you do it in the UI you don't need to)
  2. Wait for the entity to change state
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Oh, and the YAML above means you can't use the UI to customise ๐Ÿค”

languid karma
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Yes, I don't use UI. I just want better naming for my automations / be able to change a device with another and just change the customization naming to make things easier

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hmm ok it seems to works in fact, it just change the name in entities but not in devices. So will customize fit my needs to switch one device with another easily ?

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I mean, can i call the customized entity in my automations ?

winged knoll
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No

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The friendly_name is for you, the human

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You can name everything repz if you want

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Won't break anything but you

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You have to change the entity_id - that's the only thing HA cares about

languid karma
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hmm alright, is there any way to do it then ?

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oh ok

winged knoll
languid karma
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ok i missed the entity_id part, thanks

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hI don't find the customized entity_id in the entities menu

winged knoll
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Did you read the docs I linked?

languid karma
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Yes but the doc only says you can edit entity_id through UI. Is it it ?

winged knoll
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Correct

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And only for some entities

languid karma
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Why ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

winged knoll
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Because it's editing the Entity Registry

languid karma
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๐Ÿ˜ฆ

winged knoll
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This is a database that maps the unique identifier to the entity id

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Otherwise, how the heck is it going to know that switch.repz is now switch.whale - how can it tell what used to be what?

languid karma
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yes i get it but thought it would create a duplicate entity with the customized name

winged knoll
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No

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That way leads madness

languid karma
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would just works as an alias

winged knoll
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Well, if you want to do that there's template integrations ๐Ÿ˜‰

languid karma
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well yes but I'd need to map each state of objects or is there a builtin way to map an object to another ?

winged knoll
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No

languid karma
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x)

still coral
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Hello everyone! I am not really proficient with Discord. I have bought a Odroid Blue Limited Edition that I cannot make work. Where could I get some support? Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

winged knoll
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The answer is in the channel topic ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Almost all channels have topics that provide handy links and tells you what's on topic. There's also pinned messages with useful nuggets of information.

still coral
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Thank you, I will check that!

winged knoll
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You'll find both of those at the top of the window on the desktop app/browser interface, and via the people icon on the top right of the mobile UI

bright jacinthBOT
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@livid aurora Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond.

Command '~crosspost' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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The channel you first posted in has a list of known working hardware ๐Ÿ˜‰

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And yes, you could, but they'd all be the same colour

livid aurora
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Iโ€™m just about to delete the post there

winged knoll
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Well, you're asking about Zigbee, that's the right channel ๐Ÿ˜‰

livid aurora
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Well itโ€™s more device related hence the move ๐Ÿ™‚

bright jacinthBOT
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The topic of this channel is:

Questions about a hardware device (not their #integrations-archived with HA, and not the thing that HA calls devices)? Someone might have the same device and be able to help you out! If you've got a Z-Wave or Zigbee devices, see #zwave-archived and #zigbee-archived, #cameras-archived for cameras, and #diy-archived for making your own stuff.

Problems with the Blue? See #330990055533576204

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

Command '.topic' was invoked by: Tinkerer
winged knoll
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You're explicitly asking about Zigbee, which has it's own channel ๐Ÿ˜‰

livid aurora
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Ok would you like me to move it back?

winged knoll
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Yes ๐Ÿ˜‰

nova ruin
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hello team, i have a question i have a doorbell that sends commands by RFXCOM when i discover it. It gives me an AC device. Anybody how i can trigger the doorbell button from Kaku (coco) in Ha?

somber folio
drifting grove
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stock firmware

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no opening devices, no flashing

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as long as your device natively supports power monitoring

fringe moon
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stock tuya firmware ๐Ÿคข

buoyant snow
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Every-single-time I restart HA my yeelights fall off of a cliff into a bottomless dark pit. They are writting into my configuration.yaml and all have static IP addresses. Anyone know a way out of this or at this point is it worth me just returning the yee and picking up a different brand? "Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
12:05:43 โ€“ bootstrap.py (WARNING) - message first occurred at 11:59:43 and shows up 7 times"

fringe moon
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no problems here

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I have 2 bulb yeelights and 1 LED strip

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been working for close to two years

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IP reservations used as always

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configured in yaml

buoyant snow
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I've changed from a pi to a VM (clean rebuild) and the issue was the same across both instances. Running a unifi network that shows the devices have a decent connection etc.

fringe moon
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have you "secured" your network in any way ?

short furnace
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Only way to change motion sensor duration on aqara is hardware mod?soldiering 2 pins, or is there way to change settings

fringe moon
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no

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the solder takes 3 minutes at worst

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and works quite nicely tbh

short furnace
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Thx :)

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I need to get my solder back then ๐Ÿคฃ

fringe moon
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If you don't have one I can recommend the TS100

buoyant snow
fringe moon
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so you only have one network, and HA and all devices reside on that network ? then it should be fine tbh, unless you accesspoints are doing something funny

buoyant snow
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Yep. Just one network. Really nothing crazy here. I can toggle the lights in the app right now but the integration fails to set up in HA each time.

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Logger: homeassistant.bootstrap
Source: bootstrap.py:394
First occurred: 11:59:43 (24 occurrences)
Last logged: 12:22:43

Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight

cobalt cipher
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Hi, Im looking for a good keypad for my alarm system, any recommendations?

fringe moon
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how are you running HA @buoyant snow ?

buoyant snow
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I moved from a Pi3 to a VM in virtualbox on a mac mini. 8GB of ram and 4 cores. (it's totally overkill bit it wasn't doing anything else!)

bright jacinthBOT
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@cobalt cipher 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)
Command '~what' was invoked by: Tinkerer
fringe moon
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what VM ? HAOS ? native container ? supervised ?

buoyant snow
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I've got about 30 devices connected to it. Ikea blinds / Dyson fans / Nest cameras & heating etc - no issues after a reboot

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yep - sorry. HAOS

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imported the vdi straight into virtualbox

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It's been running great. Super fast. Zero other issues

fringe moon
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should be good then if that VM is running with a bridged adapter

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๐Ÿคท

buoyant snow
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It sure does

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Logger: homeassistant.bootstrap
Source: bootstrap.py:394
First occurred: 11:59:43 (31 occurrences)
Last logged: 12:29:43

Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight

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These just continue to fail to set up

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and never get there

fringe moon
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not that I would recommend running that way

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have you tried disabling LAN access ?

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and renabling it ?

buoyant snow
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For the yeelights themselves? Yep

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The most successful way I find is to power the lights off for over an hour, let the integration fully fail and then power them back on. Usually an overnight job. but doesn't always do the trick.

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What yeelight bulbs do you have? Mine are LED Bulb 1S

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colour4

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color*

fringe moon
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2x color2 and 1x strip1

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configured via yaml like this

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yeelight:
  devices:
    192.168.1.81:
      name: "Loft Taklys 1"
      model: color2
    192.168.1.82:
      name: "Loft Taklys 2"
      model: color2
    192.168.1.83:
      name: "Soverom Hodegavel"
      model: strip1
bright jacinthBOT
buoyant snow
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Yep - nothing else fancy here. I realllly like them. I just want them to work ๐Ÿ˜ข ๐Ÿ˜…

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2021-01-19 12:00:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:01:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:02:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:03:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setup timed out for stage 2 - moving forward
2021-01-19 12:03:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:04:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:05:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:06:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:07:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:08:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Setup timed out for bootstrap - moving forward
2021-01-19 12:08:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:09:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:10:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:11:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight
2021-01-19 12:12:43 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Waiting on integrations to complete setup: yeelight

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The logs offer nothing useful either ๐Ÿ˜ซ

gloomy sequoia
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@fringe moon so here's a wrinkle:

I turned my bedroom light off from my phone just as I laid down last night (around 11pm). the light "turned on" at around 1230am... but I didn't get a notification of zha_event (any time the knob is manipulated) until about 230am ๐Ÿค”

fringe moon
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๐Ÿคท

spring ridge
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Hi, guys! As pointed by @winged knoll I am writing here also. I need a WiFi wall switch that requires no neutral and that can be put into some kind of privacy-oriented mode (like LAN/DIY mode). Afaik Sonoff T4 works without neutral, but flashing with ESPHome or Tasmota is not really working for this model, or it is messing the touch button. Is there any Smart Switch requiring no neutral that works fine and privacy-oriented with HA?

winged knoll
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Please answer the questions in the pinned message ๐Ÿ˜‰

spring ridge
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Oh, sorry! First time here, and newbie using Discord. Looking for a Smart Switch in Eastern Europe, Romania, no budget limit, easy to install, privacy-oriented mode compatible or flash-able, requiring no neutral and working fine with HA. ๐Ÿ™‚