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slim lagoon
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Can you check the production date on it? Should be on the label somewhere. From what I saw, as long as the production date isn't greater than 2019, it should be able to be flashed back to stock, but then don't set it up in the roborock/mi app.

fringe moon
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It was purchased in mid 2019, but I can check, also, factory reset works fine, and she starts yelling at me in Chinese, so I'm guessing it is old firmware, but the error is the same even with the 3.5.6 I was running before or the factory reset version whatever that is

slim lagoon
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Hmmmm... Yeah, that error means that the OTA channel isn't being provided via the stock firmware 😦 I'm not 100% certain it will work with your model.

fringe moon
gentle fossil
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hypfer is also sometimes on this discord.

mossy pumice
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what are some good thermostats that i can get on the cheap(er) side

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)
Command '.what' was invoked by: Tinkerer
mossy pumice
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im in the United States. i need two, and im ready to drop around ~US$200. i could care less about the protocols, as long as it can power itself from the C wire im good

jade jolt
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I never saw the need for an interactable thermostat if using HA

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when you can just do it in HA interface

dim crystal
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Hi all

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I have a Sonoff SV that I use to open my front gate motor over MQTT (Tasmota). I'm struggling to figure out how how to get the MQTT state to change when I open the gate with the old school remote

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What I'm aiming to do is switch on the outside lights when I open the gate (not via MQTT)

dusty rain
dim crystal
dusty rain
dim crystal
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Is that hard to do?

dusty rain
dim crystal
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I'm assuming it's the same idea for a gate?

dusty rain
dim crystal
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Ok I guess I better get googling then

dusty rain
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You could also just get a standalone door/window contact sensor

foggy gust
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I want to get started on Smart HOme, any good that i can buy from Aliexpress that works good with HA?

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I know there is prob alot, but any good recommendations would be great

cedar panther
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@cerulean crater i've built custom esphome thermostats with home assistant global temperature control. next project is esphome vents for my fresh air system that use servos. I already prewired every vent with low voltage wiring. it sound like what you need 😉

winged knoll
heady hedge
heady hedge
fringe moon
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Would say I have 2017 hardware @slim lagoon

slim lagoon
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To be fair, it took me like 4 tries to get mine back to the "true" initial firmware.

fringe moon
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That's the one I did

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I only did it once though

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I'll try a few more times

slim lagoon
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Yeah, try it again. If it takes less than 10 minutes to restore, it didn't work. LOL

fringe moon
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Since she started taking Chinese

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I was expecting it to have worked

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🤣

slim lagoon
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You understood what she was saying though, right? 😉

fringe moon
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Yes, overlord, I will comply

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Must kill family

slim lagoon
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lol

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Ha... mine has the Glados voice pack and she DOES want to kill us.

fringe moon
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I'm
.. afraid... I can't do that
.. Dave

slim lagoon
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damnit

fringe moon
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Every reset takes about 5 minutes it seems

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Which seems normal according to the videos on YouTube

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Doing it for the fourth time now

slim lagoon
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You should be hearing "Restoring the initial version. It will take about five minutes. Please wait patient" if it kicks off correctly.

fringe moon
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Well

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If I understood chinese

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Sure

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She says something

slim lagoon
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It shouldn't in Chinese... unless you bought the Chinese version. Mine came from Amazon, so it's default is en-us.

fringe moon
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Well, mine came from chyyyna

slim lagoon
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LMAO

fringe moon
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well, connected it to the mihome app after the factory reset

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says the firmware is 3.3.9_001518

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which appears to be 2018

slim lagoon
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Shit. No. Stop that. DON'T connect it to the mihome app.

fringe moon
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🤣

slim lagoon
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Once you do that, it borks the process. After you restore the initial firmware, connect to the AP it creates from your computer (laptop, whatever) and then flash valetudo on it. 😄

fringe moon
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yes I did that

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and that doesn't work

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that is what I've done for the last few days

slim lagoon
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Ok, let me check that version... It should be fine, but I want to make extra sure.

fringe moon
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It is a 2018 firmware it seems, asks me to upgrade to 3.3.9_001886

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which is a 2019 firmware

slim lagoon
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Hmmmm, and you're sure the token is correct, right? It changes every time you restore the vacuum.

fringe moon
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Well yes, because she doesn't even respond if the token is wrong

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then nothing actually happens

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with the right token, she says something in chinese and the error appears

slim lagoon
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I couldn't do it with XVacuum... because iPhone.

fringe moon
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well

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I've used that one too 😉

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and mirobo

slim lagoon
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You have messed up hardware. LOL I just walked through it on mine... worked perfectly on the first try. Yours is... broken. Or stubborn. Yeah, let's go with stubborn.

fringe moon
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I'll try updating to the 2019 firmware

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then retry mirobo

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😄

slim lagoon
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Oh man... it's going to be a day, isn't it? 😉

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I guess it's good I have a light work day today... heh

fringe moon
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Now, when you are used to work on servers that can take up to 23 hours to reboot

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you have patience

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well, the xiaomi home update fails too

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might be because it is below 20% battery right now, and not in a dock

slim lagoon
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Yeah, it has to be 50% minimum and on a dock.

fringe moon
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Proliants ? HP-UX ? 😉

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Those don't match

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unless you have that internal version 11iv1.7

slim lagoon
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Wasn't the 9000 series the basis for the Proliants? It's been a LONG time (like, late 90s).

fringe moon
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Nah

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The proliants came from Compaq

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The netservers were a seperate division inside HP too

slim lagoon
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Ahhhhh, ok. So, it was the old 9000 series then. I always say Proliant because no one remembers the 9000 series.

fringe moon
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I still maintain the 9000s

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😄

slim lagoon
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To be fair, I was also never a huge HP fan either. Now, old Dell Poweredge servers? Oh, those things were fantastic.

fringe moon
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Never worked on the 1000s or 3000s though

slim lagoon
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NO SHIT?!

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Yeah, those were way before my time. I started in IT in 95 as a junior tech for Informix.

fringe moon
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I deployed a system that runs informix recently

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A superdome Flex system

slim lagoon
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Eh, Informix today is SO much better than it was in the 90s. I was around for the IBM buyout and holy crap that sucked.

fringe moon
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There are still HP A-series servers out there I come across, and L-series, and some RP8xxx and RP4xxx

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But most are itanium thankfully

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I DOCKED IT

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AND IT TAKES THE VALETUDO

slim lagoon
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OMFG... are you serious?! (regarding valetudo, not the ancient HP servers 😉 )

fringe moon
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BOTH

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😄

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It was never stated anywhere it had to be docked

slim lagoon
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LMAO... just LMAO...

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You're awesome... and I hate you all at the same time 😉 (kidding, of course)

winged knoll
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That's how everybody feels 🤣

fringe moon
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Watch it, or I'll run OpenVMS on this Itanium

winged knoll
slim lagoon
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Don't you threaten me with a good time! lol

fringe moon
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What do you mean ? I thought you all loved me unconditionally

slim lagoon
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LOL... except when you don't dock your vacuum. 😉

ember shell
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Can anyone tell me how to get the status LEDs on the Sonoff Bridge to work with Tasmota flashed? I miss the blue and green lights

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
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Have you asked on their Discord?

ember shell
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Which Discord?

winged knoll
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Tasmota's

ember shell
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Oh didn't know there was one. Will check there thanks.

edgy fog
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I may have to replace my water heater, and I wonder if anyone has used the interface to the Rheem "smart" heaters and does it work ok?

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And who is going to tell me I asked in the wrong channel? 🙂

gloomy spoke
naive mulch
restive nymph
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Hi there. I got myself a m.2 coral a few days ago. But after following the guide on coral.ai I just cant manage to detect the module on linux. After messing around for two nights, I ordered a second one, assuming that my first one was broken. But unfortunately I am still stuck on the same step (2a - step 5: shows nothing after typing "lspci -nn |grep 089a"). Maybe someone had the same problem first and had it solves somehow?

drifting grove
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Has anyone done a count of the number of devices supported by HA and the number of contributors or frankly any other metric such as these?

restive nymph
twilit falcon
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Using wled around my TV the top set or 1st set of leds went out....so I bought a new roll and cut the 1st piece to length to replace.....but It still doesn't work...I hooked everything up the same not sure whats going on

pine apex
lament sand
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Hello guys, I'm new here. I'm thinking about to swap my garage door controller into a homekit switch. I've searched a lot of related discussions on goole, but I can't find out if I can remotely control homekit accessories outside my home network (like LTE mobile network) without a homekit hub ( like homepod mini) connected to WiFi.

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Does anyone actually know about this?

gloomy spoke
lament sand
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Since Apple official "strongly" mention that we can only remote control homekit accessories via a hub

gloomy spoke
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You want to be able to add an accessory to the Home app and control it remotely through the app?

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I can pair HomeKit devices to HA and then control those devices through HA from wherever I am

lament sand
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So HA allows me to remotely controll competible homekit devices paired in HomeKit APP via whatever network i'm using. Great!
I can finally get rid of those stupid manual remote controls that don't work from time to time.

gloomy spoke
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HA acts as the controller, so you pair them with HA, not through the app

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And then HA can control them

lament sand
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That means I should use HA APP instead of HomeKit APP?

gloomy spoke
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HA will see them when you initiate pairing and you can add them in HA. Then you can add cards in the Lovelace UI to control them or through automations, etc

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Then maybe you can expose the devices from HA to HomeKit via the HomeKit integration

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Haven’t looked at it to closely

lament sand
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If it is able to trigger HA Companion APP to control devices through Siri, It won't be necessary for me to control devices through HomeKit APP.
Well, I'll still try that if HomeKit integration can be done.

gloomy spoke
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You can check out the iOS app docs for that

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I was able to add a HomeKit device to HA and then add that same device to the Home app via HA

lament sand
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There's another way to make it, iOS Workflow. But it needs HA APP adaption.

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Whatever, thank you. I'm gonna get a busy weekend.

dense wyvern
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Can you use the IKEA tradfri dimmer (the rotating one with no buttons) and ZHA?

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My dimmer connects to ZHA but the sensor it creates only displays the dimmers battery %

fringe moon
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My wife saw a smart lock on sale called "easyaccess" and said who tf would buy a lock called easyaccess

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🤣

heady hedge
fringe moon
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Integration you mean

heady hedge
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Yes - via HACS

slender viper
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is it possible that my brand new pi keeps crashing like every 1-2 days?
The Log file of HomeAssistant doesnt show anything related to the crash, and i cant SSH onto the Raspi. only a full restart gets it going again

fringe moon
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Ask in your installation channel

dim spire
fringe moon
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Reading logs is probably a good idea

slim lagoon
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@dim spire The Canakit is the official power supply... Granted, you may just have one that is going south or the power block on the Pi might be. Did you check the voltage on your rPi?

dim spire
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Plus it only happens when no one is home

fringe moon
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What does the console show then?

dim spire
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Last time it showed pyipp updating (uninstalled the ipp)

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But the final line is always a bunch of squares

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Idk if that's my log viewer tho

fringe moon
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What is the installation method?

dim spire
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Os

fringe moon
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Then I have no idea how to troubleshoot it

dim spire
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Yeah. I'm considering moving over to docker

fringe moon
dim spire
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But like my add-ons rn

dim spire
fringe moon
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Add-ons are just docker containers with unicorn poop on them

dim spire
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Should I maybe just move over to docker?

fringe moon
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No disadvantages

slim lagoon
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That's a loaded question. People like me like Container because I know how to manage Docker and containers. Container doesn't support "add-ons" in the sense that OS/Supervised does.

fringe moon
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Only advantages

dim spire
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Well then. Guess I'll try to figure out that next week

fringe moon
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Learning possibilities, flexibility, freedom

dim spire
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I'm new to docker, how hard is it to figure out?

winged knoll
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Do you know Linux/Unix at all?

dim spire
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I use Linux with Windows, so yes a little

winged knoll
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Then not terribly hard

dim spire
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👍

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The one thing I'm concerned abt is node Red and moving my flows over

winged knoll
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There's always a learning curve, but once you discover Docker Compose the curve gets flattened a bit

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Well, you can still install NR in Docker, and copy the config - #node-red-archived would know more

dim spire
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Awesome. Well I guess I know what I'm doing next week

slim lagoon
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node-red is just literally rsync'ing your flows.json file over to the new container (or you can also run it bare-metal).

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@dim spire reach out to me over on #node-red-archived when you're ready and I can walk you through it.

dim spire
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Thanks a ton :)

slim lagoon
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Anytime!

dim spire
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Last question, can I just restore from a backup?

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When moving over?

slim lagoon
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Ish? Not exaclty.

winged knoll
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Restore HA? Not quite

fringe moon
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Call on me anytime you need someone to be condesending and push you to find the answers yourself, I'm great at that 🤣

winged knoll
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But you can copy your entire config folder over

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That is in the snapshot file

slim lagoon
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LOL yet we all still appreciate you @fringe moon 😉

dim spire
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The only things I would be loosing there would be add-ons ig

winged knoll
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Sure, but you then run the equivalent container image

dim spire
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Right

slim lagoon
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But, remember, add-ons are just containers with unicorn poop (as @fringe moon said lol)

dim spire
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Well I'm looking forward to doing that, hopefully it will solve my issued once and for all

dim spire
slim lagoon
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You won't have the same "Oh, just click on this in the sidebar and boom, there it is".

dim spire
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Like I can manage them through docker on the cli

winged knoll
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Yup

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With Docker Compose

slim lagoon
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Yeah, but they are containers with special sauce for creating the UI in HA itself.

dim spire
winged knoll
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Compose is great, because it turns your Docker command line into a config file, making life easier all the time 😄

slim lagoon
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So, node-red shows up in the sidebar and in the UI in HA. node-red in a container is accessible from http://[ip]:1880.

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And so much what @winged knoll said. Compose is a GOD SEND.

winged knoll
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Doubly so because you can back it up, and when you restore after a problem you've got everything

dim spire
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Okay. I have to go, but I'll probably have problems on Tuesday so I'll ask here lol

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Thanks for the advice :))

slim lagoon
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Well, as long as you remember to also backup your container mount points as well (ask me how I know lol)

winged knoll
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That's why I put everything under /data and back up /data - can't miss anything

dim spire
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Obviously I'll make a snapshot before I do docker so I can always just go back to HA os

slim lagoon
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/srv is mine.

fringe moon
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Tuesday you say

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Thank goodness I'm out of town

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🤣

azure elm
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Hey I can’t find better server for this so I want to ask here

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Fresh Debian 10 installation with gnome and it stops doing anything except blinking this little underscore on screen

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Oh god I can’t send pic

winged knoll
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  1. Pick a random Discord
  2. Ask an off topic question
  3. ???
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There's a load of better ones, including various Home Lab type Discords

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Hell, there's Debian centric forums

azure elm
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Ok I’ll try to search thx

azure elm
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Oh I just figured out. For someone who ever has this problem: I switched to tty3 and back to tty1 and it worked.

ember cargo
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hi im planning out my home assistant build currently and live in the US. I wanted to know what indoor home security cameras do y'all recommend? I currently have some Wyze cams

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i plan on getting a ubiquiti network setup as well so if you recommend those cameras i can get those as well

fringe moon
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I have two rules

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No indoor cameras is one of them

ember cargo
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oh im just very paranoid

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i usually have my current Wyze cam to turn on past midnight-ish so when im asleep it'll record anything happening, or automate it so if I leave a specific area it'll turn on

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for HA do I just get a raspberry pi and plug into my network? are there any accessories or cases that you guys recommend?

winged knoll
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Well, that's the basic minimum (worst) choice

fringe moon
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Ha itself isn't an NVR

winged knoll
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You want as atx hinted, to run a proper NVR though - Frigate, MotionEye, BlueIris etc

ember cargo
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"i know some of those words"

winged knoll
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Doing motion (or object) detection on a Pi is ... unlikely 😄

ember cargo
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haha

fringe moon
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Coral helps too

winged knoll
ember cargo
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will do!

fringe moon
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I'm damn impressed by it

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Still need a little tweaking

undone haven
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Is that coral?

fringe moon
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Coral + frigate + ha + telegram

undone haven
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And coral is hardware, yes,

winged knoll
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Yes

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It's a magic processing board/stick

undone haven
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Yes, been thinking of getting one

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Still only does object recognition not facial recognition correct

fringe moon
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Afaik, i only do object

winged knoll
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Well, the board does whatever...

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You can use various other integrations that do facial recognition though

fringe moon
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Need to play with that

winged knoll
fringe moon
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My fat Face is easy to spot

gloomy spoke
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Balloon, 95%

fringe moon
narrow anvil
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Question about Philips Hue: I have a box that says "smart wifi" does this bulb still use zigbee or am I about to buy the wrong thing?

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Note: I am not using the Hue hub. I figure its some dumb marketing thing but I just want to be sure they haven't switched anything.

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Wait, its not a hue, made tor something called Wiz... Nevermind.

fringe moon
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Wiz is a company Philips acquired

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I have a bulb, rgbcct

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It is great

slim lagoon
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Wiz is the Philips brand of WiFi lights and they are great lights. There's a custom integration for HA as well.

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And derp... what @fringe moon said. 😉

narrow anvil
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I want to keep everything local and not do any cloud stuff. I already skipped buying bulbs and checked out to do a bit more research.

fringe moon
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It is local

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Just wifi

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I have 60+ ZigBee bulbs, but came across the Wiz and bought it

slim lagoon
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ish. They do reach out over TLS to MQTT (*.mqtt.wiz.world) and they also reach out to a NTP (ntp.wiz.world) server as well. However, they do work locally over UDP (and really well, I have to add). I have 57 of them. 😄

fringe moon
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57

slim lagoon
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Yeah

fringe moon
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I have blocked it in my firewall anyway if I recall correctly 🤣

slim lagoon
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I swapped out nearly every Zigbee bulb I had. I only have like 3 Ikea Drivers and 4 Hue bulbs left

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Yeah, you can block those calls easily enough.

narrow anvil
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Hue isn't being replaced right?

fringe moon
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I do that by default for any devices I see no need for reaching out

slim lagoon
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Not at all. These are them basically getting into the WiFi market.

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I just make sure to inform people that they do want to reach outside of the local network... Full disclosure and all that.

fringe moon
narrow anvil
rose lodge
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Hmm, anyone know a zigbee based coffee maker?

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Would love something out of the box I can kick off in the morning.

fringe moon
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never seen that, there are tons of wifi ones I've seen

flint stag
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Concerning zigbee vs WiFi, would you guys stick to Zigbee or WiFi for smartplugs / relays ?
I use both ZHA as ESPhome...

fringe moon
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I use zigbee for all my bulbs, and some of my sockets, and most of my switches

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I use wifi for most of my plugs and diy projects

flint stag
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@fringe moon so you also use both for plugs... you see any advantages in one or the other ?
And what wifi plugs you use that are easy flashable ?

fringe moon
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I use tasmota for my stuff, some flashed via tuya-convert

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some I've just opened and attached a serial port to

flint stag
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I'm on ESPhome... But seems difficult to find plugs that you can easily open...

fringe moon
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I've never had issues opening a plug

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I have atleast 7 different models

flint stag
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I had a Blizwolf that was glued together...

fringe moon
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I have two different blitzwolf

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shp6 and 7 I think it is

flint stag
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yep

fringe moon
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both I've opened and flashed via serial

flint stag
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seems they are making it more difficult...

fringe moon
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try turning your shp6 upside down

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look inside the hole in the bottom

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there is a hidden screw

flint stag
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I know... not any more 😉

fringe moon
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oh wtf

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mine aren't that old

fossil oasis
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Hey! I have a question. I am running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 4b. Is it recommended to use a fan for heat control? I didn't find anything regarding this topic... Thanks 🙂

fringe moon
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the rpi4 does get hot, I've seen users recommend atleast a heatsink

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but no idea

fossil oasis
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okay, i have those3 installed. But the sound of the fan is kind of annoying. Any idea how i can make it more quiet?

fringe moon
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No idea, I deal with rack-servers and don't care about sound levels 😄

fossil oasis
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Haha okay, i understand xD

flint stag
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@fossil oasis better fan. Lot of Chines fans ar loud...

fossil oasis
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okay, thanks!

gloomy nacelle
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Does someone know do aqara temp sensors work with old aqara hubs?

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And those work with HA? Because I think tuya temp sensors dont work (pls correct me if there is a way to get it working)? What is good alternative temp sensor that works well and is possible to use even in power outages (so can reconnect).

winged knoll
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They work fine if you use ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT, or deCONZ - can't speak for the Aqara hub though

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None of these will buffer readings though, if you have an extended power outage you'll not know what the readings were while the power was out

gloomy nacelle
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so this looking thing works with those zha, zigbee2mqtt and others?

gloomy nacelle
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@winged knoll sorry but were you talking about tuya or aqara sensors? I dont see tuya temperature & humidity sensor listed in zigbee2mqtt site but it still works?

winged knoll
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Aqara

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Tuya... no idea, wouldn't touch them

fallow hound
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Anyone experienced with

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raspberry pi can help me with installing mqtt-io?

winged knoll
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I'm sure if you explain the problem/errors/etc then when somebody is around they can help

fallow hound
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the problem is getting at the config.yaml

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the description says to [python3 -m mqtt_io config.yml] after installing

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i get:
[
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
"main", mod_spec)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mqtt_io/main.py", line 85, in <module>
main()
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mqtt_io/main.py", line 52, in main
config = load_main_config(args.config)
File "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mqtt_io/config/init.py", line 175, in load_main_config
with open(path, "r") as stream:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'config.yml'
]

winged knoll
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Well, that works if config.yaml is in the current directory

fallow hound
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yeah

winged knoll
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If it isn't, it'll throw that error

fallow hound
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that's what im thinking. im not a programmer by nature so ive been looking around to find it either in my raspberry and on the git-hub

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i have the correct python running aswell

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the initial install: {pip3 install mqtt-io} went correct as well

winged knoll
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Did you actually create a config file?

fallow hound
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Ok, it crossed my mind i maybe needed to make it myself. but where?

winged knoll
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Wherever you want... it doesn't matter

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Just ensure it's somewhere you remember, that you're backing up

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I'd also strongly recommend you keep it well away from any Home Assistant config

fallow hound
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Thank you very much, im new in home assistant and RPI

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It is run from another Raspberry, so what do you mean with the last part?

winged knoll
#

then you already keep it well away 😉

fallow hound
#

So it conflicts with HA if its run from the same device?

winged knoll
#

It shouldn't...

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The challenge will be if you ask both to use the GPIO or put the config files for both in the same folder

fallow hound
#

Ok i get that. So YAML==YML ?

winged knoll
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File extensions are for humans - doesn't matter what you call it really

fallow hound
#

pi@raspberrypi:~/shared/PI-MQTT $ python3 -m mqtt_io config.yml i get the same error after making a config.yaml and copy-pasting an example

winged knoll
#

ls -l config.yml

fallow hound
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ls: cannot access 'config.yml': No such file or directory

winged knoll
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There you go 😉

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Either:

  1. It's not there
  2. You didn't call it config.yml
fallow hound
#

but when i navigat to the directory i find my config.extention

winged knoll
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YML != yml

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ls -l|grep -i config.yml

fallow hound
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-rwxrw-rw- 1 pi pi 900 Apr 25 15:34 Config.yml

winged knoll
#

There you go, you called it something else 😉

#

Computer systems are case sensitive - Windows is the exception (well, as far as humans are concerned)

#

C != c

fallow hound
#

I made it in Code and the dropped in my shared samba folder...

#

HAHAHA

#

I've been stuck on this all day..

#

it even has capital letters in the visual Code ui when choosing an extention

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And yes i get that the C bust be c

#

Thanks very much for helping me out

fallow hound
#

21-04-25 14:14:59 INFO (MainThread) [supervisor.auth] Successful login for 'homeassistantmqtt' OH GOD YES!

stuck nest
#

New to Home Assistant. I got a test deployment set up on a spare laptop, just to see what integrations exist, what I'm able to easily plug and play, etc.

I've discovered that my Samsung SmartThings probably won't work without some significant messing around, and my GoSund light switches don't seem to be supported without some complicated looking flashing (https://community.home-assistant.io/t/gosund-ks-602s-date-code-12-2020-in-wall-switch-instructions/300580)

My question is, I'm willing to buy new switches, and also have an interest in some smart bulbs, open/close sensors, and temperature sensors. Is there a shortlist of "community favorite" items? Stuff that should Just Work(tm)?

fringe moon
#

Ikea tradfri bulbs, Xiaomi bulbs and strips, Xiaomi door sensors, Xiaomi temperature sensors, Xiaomi motion sensors, any tuya based switches can usually be flashed with local control, and DIY stuff built with wemos d1 mini or esp32 dev boards

winged knoll
#

Zigbee is affordable and has a large list of options

stuck nest
fringe moon
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All of those are local

stuck nest
#

Perfect. Thank you!

fringe moon
stuck nest
#

Roger, thanks!

fringe moon
stuck nest
#

"esp"?

fringe moon
#

Small Chinese programmable chips

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Wemos d1 mini, esp32 devboard etc

gloomy spoke
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Extra Sensory Perception

stuck nest
#

gotcha. Thanks!

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Man. This is a lot to take in 🙂

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I appreciate your time.

winged knoll
#

You're barely at the tip of the iceberg ablobjoy

fringe moon
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Scraping the top 10%

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Tbh

stuck nest
#

lol. Ok. So, if it says it uses a Zigbee connector, it should work, and HA serves as a "Zigbee hub", right?

fringe moon
#

If you have a ZigBee coordinator and software to use it yes

stuck nest
#

hmm. Ok. I don't recognize those terms, so I'll assume I don't have it.

fringe moon
#

You definitely don't then

stuck nest
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lol

fringe moon
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Have more info

stuck nest
#

I'll review that channel, and then look for better options after breakfast. Thank you for your time, all!

soft lake
#

Hello, not to slightly reopen an age old debate that’s done to death, however, buying a new house that will have an outbuilding, maybe.... 30m from the back wall of the house. I’d quite like the outbuilding to be linked into my main home assistant instance for things like contact sensors, temp sensors etc... long term, there will be an Ethernet line out to the outbuilding. What’s my best bet in terms of sensors and integrating any system into home assistant? Is it simply z wave vs zigbee? Z wave maybe because of additional range (?). Or could I stick a pi out in the outbuilding to act as a home assistant slave/sensor/controller that collects data/controls stuff from my main HA instance? Thinking longer term that outbuilding is likely to become some form of office situation that it would be good to be able to fully automate from the central instance (I.e. on weekdays home assistant wakes me up at time x, knows that I’m working that day, checks the temp in the office and turns on the heating appropriately.) what’s my options here?

winged knoll
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Stick a Pi out there running Zigbee2MQTT IMO. It can use a different topic to any Z2M install in your main house.

soft lake
#

Different ‘topic’?

winged knoll
#

MQTT topic - Zigbee2MQTT uses MQTT to communicate with HA

#

So, one instance would use zigbee2mqtt the other might use zigbee2office or whale

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I ran with two Z2M installs for a while, while I migrated away from the terrible (but cheap) CC2531 coordinator

soft lake
#

Interesting, and presumably if I want to control stuff on there, it’d all be fine providing it was zigbee.

winged knoll
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Yup

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It'll show up in HA just as everything in the main house does

#

All you need is some form of network (wired being better than WiFi) connectivity out there

soft lake
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Yeah, the intention would be to have a wired network out there (possibly hosting some wireless devices connected or an AP) but linked back to the central hub. This seems like the best option though. Helpful as always. I’ll just have to give a think to whether there’s anything out there that zigbee can’t do 😂

winged knoll
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I don't think there's a fully automated Zigbee coffee machine yet 🤔

soft lake
#

Haha, I guess worst case with the AP out there, if I set it up right anything on the WiFi would be on the same system so I could do some fun stuff with ESPHome

#

Maybe that’s how you get the coffee machine

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Also this definitely makes zigbee the winner because I don’t think there’s a z wave equivalent 😂😂

stuck nest
#

Ok. Spent much of the afternoon reading more. it looks like Aqara a specific brand (maybe re-brand?) of Xiaomi stuff that atxbyea mentioned.

Looking on Amazon, it says a Aqara Hub is required. If I follow, I can avoid that need by getting a Zigbee controller of my own, right?

terse pumice
#

Yup. The same goes for IKEA zigbee products.

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And many many more :D

stuck nest
#

ok. Thanks! And tangentally, Kasa's tp-link seems to be cheaper, but i'm guessing that they don't work locally with HA, and have to use the cloud, right?

stuck nest
#

What's the general recommendation regarding Raspberry Pi's storage - I know ultimately, I think I've heard that ultimately, I'll want to go an SSD, but is I know I've seen (but now can't find) a recommendation for a certain type of SD Card.

I'm interested in running a docker'd instance of HA and probaby PiHole

rose lodge
#

Hmm, so wifi enabled coffee makers. Anyone have suggestion of one to use with HA?
Reqs are:

  • Non-cloud enabled/local only
  • Won't cost an arm and two legs
tardy wing
#

hi, any suggestions for an absolute beginner for under $200? i know next to nothing about small electronics so im kinda out of my depth on this, but don't wanna drop $500 on a Nuc if i don't have to

undone haven
#

Sure, with a good power supply. If you are just starting out, that is not a bad option. If you think you are going to be into home automation for the long run, any old laptop or desktop will also do. You will quickly outgrow the raspi with anything that is resource intensive. Many people run home assistant on a raspi though

tardy wing
#

do you not need any specific hardware to support Z-wave/zigbee devices?

#

like a bluetooth adapter, but for z-wave/zigbee?

lethal hamlet
#

Anybody have any recommendations for outdoor light dimmers that integrate well with HA? I wasn't having much luck finding ones that have eap8266 modules inside.

#

@tardy wing afaik folks usually have a bridge widget on their network

tardy wing
#

that makes sense, im just confused on why it's not mentioned at all in the get started tutorial? i assumed that support was pretty essential, but maybe not?

#

without it, wouldn't only wifi-connected devices work?

#

I assume my Phillips hue hub would connect and my Google devices, but e.g. z-wave enabled light bulbs wouldn't?

gentle fossil
#

zigbee and zwave use different frequencies

#

hue is zigbee, you can use a dedicated zigbee stick to control your hue devices and many more directly

tardy wing
#

you're saying, control my Hue lights w/o the phillips hub?

gentle fossil
#

yes

tardy wing
#

in the mean time, will HA be able to connect to my Hue bridge and control the lights through it for now?

gentle fossil
#

yes. but you will run into zigbee devices which your hue hub won‘t like.

tardy wing
#

ahh okay, so the Hue bridge acts as just like a zigbee bridge essentially?

gentle fossil
#

and instead of having 6 different bridges for every manufacturer you just need 1 stick

gentle fossil
tardy wing
#

interestinggggg, i am learning a lot. thanks for all the help

lethal hamlet
#

I kind of wish someone would make an SDR transmitter that would make us protocol and frequency agnostic.

#

Like I have a Lutron bridge and it's kind of annoying to have that box kicking around.

heady hedge
tidal grotto
#

I like to use Hue Bridge and a zigbee stick, not like the hue hub is expensive second hand

onyx charm
jovial pulsar
#

If I had to venture a guess: CC2652

winged knoll
#

ZZH in particular

onyx charm
winged knoll
#

Zig A Zig Ah

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(aka ZZH)

#

There's a pinned message in #zigbee-archived listing where to buy various CC2652 based boards/sticks

onyx charm
#

hmm much to read

#

from the comparison there the electrolama is slightly more wall penetrating than the sleahs one.. dont know if the difference is mentionable and if one of them has better advantages over the other except for max range?

winged knoll
#

The differences are insignificant - make your purchase choice based on where you live (that is, can you buy and avoid customs fees) and how willing you are to put up with the seller failing to communicate

onyx charm
#

yeh, read that. pretty worrying but i have alot of patience to start with.. am hounsing the CC2531 for 4 yrs now 🙂

ionic folio
#

any recommendations on power monitoring for a USB port? I have both zwave and zigbee, so any of those or wifi... Looking to tracking the power usage from a USB device (a pump)

tepid heart
distant rune
#

Hi, I only have a Pi Model B+ V1.2, can Home Assistant be installed on it? The instructions only have flash URLs to Pi 3 or 4...

winged knoll
#

It's technically possible

#

Just like it's technically possible to tow a caravan with a moped...

fair ridge
#

As far as I read the sensor is well supported with esphome. So the values are going from the device to esphome and from there to home assistant. But I don't undestand why I need esphome for that. Can I connect the devices directly to my raspberry bluetooth without esphome or for what is esphome needed?

narrow anvil
#

Hello, I just installed a Raspbee2 on my rasberry pi and setup deconz, running Raspbian with HA on docker and I am trying to get it connected through the ZHA integration but I keep getting "failed to connect" when connecting to the device path '/dev/ttyS0' which is listed in deconz. Any advice?

#

Huh, I am getting an integration detection for deconz... I wish to use ZHA... I'm not the most sure what I am doing here.

ashen spire
stuck nest
#

I started to get into it, and realized that I don't actually have too many SThings anymore - most were left at my old house (door sensors and light switches). I have a TV, soundbar, and fridge right now, and using the SThing hub as a... well, a hub, for a few other items, like the gosund light switches and such

sage lichen
#

I purchase a 12v dimabale non addressable led strip any recommendation on a controller?

#

I'm just looking to dim them

heady hedge
narrow anvil
winged knoll
narrow anvil
#

Thank you!

sand pier
inner cape
#

Anyone got suggestions for a all in one motion/temp/ambient light sensor? New house build.

slim lagoon
#

Hue motion sensor.

#

(imho)

timid ore
#

I guess something wired would be neater when youre building something anyway.
But yea, Zigbee could work well.

winged knoll
#

Aeotec do a Z-Wave one that can be USB powered that does motion/light/temperature, and Fibaro do a battery powered one that's really rather good

#

I've got a Terncy (Zigbee) one on order to try out, should have it in the next month or so 😄

inner cape
#

I'll get a hue one and trial it for a bit

gloomy trellis
#

I'm fairly new to HA with only a couple smart home appliances so far. I've heard Thread is the next big thing, should I prioritize trying to find Thread-enabled devices going forward?

winged knoll
#

No

#

Yes, you'll find people here and elsewhere saying it's the Next Thing but go try to find an integration for HA... or devices

lusty sundial
#

anyone have a good doorbell camera/door lock combo recommendations? i have zigbee2mqtt or i guess wifi currently.

limpid bramble
#

Can someone suggest to me a good locally controlled US compatible thermostat?

#

We are moving into a new house and I am buying mostly new smart home stuff

wooden compass
#

Does someone has a recommendation for a WiFi EU Smart Plug which gives me the power consumption?

fringe moon
#

Blitzwolf has been good for me

indigo idol
#

Also thinking about replacing our Ecobees. We got a 4 and a 3 lite.
They are nice and all, but the integration is cloud poll, sometimes ecobee's server is cranky.

sterile coyote
#

Bit of a random one, is it possible to have a smart wall switch, either wired or wireless that will control a smart bulb in the ceiling. So for example have a smart bulb eg philips hue that I can turn off and on from HA but also have a wall switch that can turn it off and on, change colours on so many presses etc. I thought a wall switch but surely that will just power it off and on like a dumb switch?

slim lagoon
#

Totally possible.

sterile coyote
#

Do you just wire the light to be permanently on?

slim lagoon
#

Yup! Or, you could put a Shelly in as well that will regulate.

zealous dune
#

depending on the firmware used you can have a wall switch wired to the bulb and make it fall back to regular power cutting if your wifi craps out

vapid bough
#

Anyone got any good recommendations for a robomop?

#

Apparently I’m either dumb when it comes to google Fu, or they’re not well loved/used

slim lagoon
#

Roborock S5. Does pretty well on my hardwood floors.

#

Plus, can be flashed to Valetudo pretty easily.

vapid bough
#

Integrates well with ha? Ooooooh what’s valetudo? (Runs to google)

#

OMG

#

I love this!

slim lagoon
#

Yup! Plus, MQTT.

vapid bough
#

I hate cloud anything (except nabu casa ❤️❤️)

slim lagoon
#

The S6 is also supposed to be pretty good as well, but I think there are issues with flashing it. The S5 has an older firmware that's easy to flash.

vapid bough
#

Trying to do all local wifi or zigbee so yea.

slim lagoon
zealous dune
#

good price

slim lagoon
#

Seriously... I might actually pick one up at that price... not that I hate my S5 at all.

vapid bough
#

Oh wow. That is perfect! I have a s3 on my first floor that does it’s job well enough, but I could pick this up for my other two floors! Do the vacuum on the 3rd floor, and both in 2nd

#

Thanks a ton @slim lagoon!

#

Ordered it

slim lagoon
#

Anytime! Enjoy!

sterile coyote
slim lagoon
#

As I understand it, the Shelly allows for gating the electricity flow without having to wire the light to be permanently, thus giving you the ability to use a "normal" switch. Granted, I've never done it, but I've talked to a few people that have.

floral pollen
sterile coyote
slate cipher
stuck nest
#

If I am no longer interested in using a SmartThings hub, is it possible to integrate the SmartThings things (plugs, sensors, etc) with HomeAssistant as zigbee (or some other protocol) entities?

weary rose
slim lagoon
small mortar
#

I've currently got a z-wave stick, a couple of door sensors and a siren. Getting more door/window sensors for z-wave though seems really expensive. I'm thinking of moving to zigbee with a CC2531 stick and zigbee2MQTT and maybe Aqara sensors from Aliexpress. Is that generally a better route to go down? I know zwave is lower frequency so has more range, but I could put some routers about the house

slim lagoon
small mortar
#

And they seem to be a lot cheaper!

#

for the price of 1 zwave door sensor it looks like I could get 4 zigbee ones

winged knoll
#

Yes 😄

#

That's what got me into Zigbee when I already have Z-Wave

small mortar
#

I assume if you get a CR2531 in router mode, you can just plug it into a USB charger? it doesn't need to be connected to a pc

winged knoll
#

20 x £10 or 20 x £40... wasn't really a hard choice

small mortar
#

🙂 exactly!

#

I've got a lot of doors/windows

winged knoll
#

Yup, and that's before you throw in motion/light/temperature/etc

small mortar
#

yeah

#

hmm looks like it's a month wait for those Aqara ones from China, so might just get a single Sonoff one from amazon to go with the CC2531 stick so I can do some testing 🙂

winged knoll
#

The CC2531 is only good for testing

#

The Sonoff sensors have had a lot of pretty negative reviews

small mortar
#

why wouldn't I use the CC2531 permanently?

bright jacinthBOT
#

The CC2531 and CC2530 sticks are cheap for a reason. They're fine for testing, but do yourself a favour and buy something better.

Command '~cc253x' was invoked by: Tinkerer
zealous dune
#

the contact one is kinda ok 😛

winged knoll
#

They're ancient, slow, limited, and utterly crappy

zealous dune
#

if you like changing batteries

winged knoll
#

Oh, and they're limited to Zigbee 1.2, so they have a limited future

slim lagoon
#

LOL ALL OF THIS ^^^

winged knoll
#

Buy something CC2652 based

small mortar
#

is all of that about the Sonoff or the CC2531?

#

🙂

slim lagoon
#

Both

winged knoll
#

CC2531 particularly

zealous dune
#

bit of both

winged knoll
#

The Sonoffs are just nasty

small mortar
#

ahhh

zealous dune
#

not to mention shoddy build quality

small mortar
#

what's a better zigbee hub to go for then?

winged knoll
slim lagoon
#

Sonoffs for WiFi devices are OK. ESP8266/ESP32 boards are good boards... But, their Zigbee gear is pretty much trash.

winged knoll
#

There's a list of places to buy those CC2652 boards/sticks pinned in #zigbee-archived

zealous dune
#

the BASICZBR3 is nice because of custom firmware

#

Lidl and Aldi gateways might also be an option

coral rivet
#

speaking of sonoff, door sensor got stuck open.. need to try to reset but it wasn't there for too long really..

winged knoll
small mortar
#

I guess I was hoping to get something ready to go

winged knoll
#

Buy a decent stick and you don't have to replace it in 3 months

#

Adapters based on the CC2530 or CC2531 chip are not powerful and not recommended for networks larger than 20 devices.

small mortar
#

I guess I could search for pre-flashed CC2652 options

winged knoll
#

Flashing them is trivial - no hardware required

small mortar
#

oh cool

winged knoll
small mortar
#

Yeah I'm taking a look

#

looks like there's 3 different integration options as well 😄

winged knoll
#

Two good choices, plus deCONZ 😛

slim lagoon
#

LOL

small mortar
#

Hah

#

hmm every stick I've clicked on so far is out of stock

winged knoll
#

Both Tube and the ZZH come back in stock regularly

small mortar
#

I'll keep an eye out then

winged knoll
#

And Tube's USB one is in stock - just

slim lagoon
small mortar
#

Prefer a UK shipped one if I can. looks like that's only just out of stock 'Sold out since Apr 27, 2021'

#

so maybe it'll be back in soon

jade jolt
#

hmm philips dimmer switch repeatedly fires off long press, but doesnt for on long press

zealous dune
fringe moon
#

🤏

#

that is tiny

#

and beats any pi or odroid shit

zealous dune
#

very strong for the size

#

and great io's

fringe moon
#

atx approved

zealous dune
#

i guess that's a thing now

fringe moon
prisma delta
#

can someone recommend a no potential no/nc/comm relay to use for shutter control? Something off cloud would be nice

prisma spruce
#

I am getting back into HA again. I bought a conbee II in 2019. Is it the same hardware?

winged knoll
#

If you're thinking of using that for ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT there are better options

prisma spruce
#

@winged knoll whate better options? Getting back into this

winged knoll
#

Any CC2652 based board @prisma spruce - see the pinned messages in #zigbee-archived

plain wharf
#

All my Samsung ST motion sensors refuse to eat any battery (or tell they do). All remain on 100%. Is this a common problem with HASS or my setup?

winged knoll
#

HA sees whatever ST reports

plain wharf
#

No, nothing else. And I get that HA shows what it gets, guess my woe was if anyone else see the same with these sensors...

#

is it possible to reset a sensor without wrecking the automations it is used within?

gloomy spoke
#

what do you mean by "reset"?

winged knoll
#

Take the battery out?

gloomy spoke
#

any sort of reset should make no difference to automations as long as the name doesn't change

#

or if the device ID changes, if you're using that. depends on the ST integration

plain wharf
#

ok, great. I don't really suspect the battery yet, but will try changing it despite. The reset was a for the wild chance it would start report battery drain again

#

They are connected through a deCONZ...

gloomy spoke
#

you can rename an entity to fix a naming problem, but if it assigns a new device_id, you may need to revist any automations

plain wharf
#

probably counts as integration... sorry

#

Thanks Tinkerer, lifting the battery did the trick 🙂

winged knoll
crimson cedar
#

Would it be possible to run my android phone as dashboard for home assistant without the battery inside.

#

Battery's really old and I don't trust it anymore.

gloomy spoke
#

Depends on your device. Does it run without a battery?

#

HA isn’t really a consideration

tropic dune
#

Does an ESP8285 go in programming mode before flashing?

#

GPIO0 -> GND? Like esp8266?

winged knoll
indigo bramble
#

anyone tips about how to keep my homeassistant server laptop backlight off, right now im just using setterm —blank force but is there a better solution?

fringe moon
#

Turning off the monitor close lid feature

#

And close the lid

frozen arrow
#

don't necessarily advise that, as some laptops rely on lid open for cooling performance. Mine needs the lid open or the fans are constantly on loud

#

I just used the debian power management and turned off hibernation/sleep or whatever it was called and left the display to power down

fringe moon
#

I have run i7 laptops for years with high load on my desk 24\7

grave prairie
#

Hello all. Can someone please guide me to the correct link/procedure? I have a D1 mini, Relay and reed switch. I have already flashed tasmota. Home assistant can see it. That all works fine but I need to understand how to connect the reed switch and then how to configure it in home assistant as garage door opener with status

winged knoll
#

#diy-archived would be the place for help with the physical assembly/Tasmota side - including having Tasmota report it as a cover

grave prairie
vocal crest
#

Can Zigbee in wall switches work when I have two physical switches controlling the same light?

winged knoll
#

They'll work, but you won't know the state of the light if they're wired in a multi-way setup

coral rivet
#

I guess you could do the math? If both are OFF or both are ON then light is off, otherwise light is on - some template in between?

winged knoll
#

You could, but IMO it'd be far better to fit one smart switch/control module

drifting grove
#

When buying light fixtures, is there anything I should look out for in particular to make sure it'll work with dimmable lights and dimming light fixtures?

frozen arrow
#

if you disable sleep mode

fringe moon
#

thank goodness I only get the good stuff then 😄

frozen arrow
#

it certainly helps if you aren't buying knackered old ones off FB marketplace like me 🙂

fringe moon
#

hehe, no I haven't paid for my own systems for.... well 20 years, employers have paid so I nag for the good stuff

#

currently I have a Zbook studio G3, waiting for my Zbook g7 fury to arrive

frozen arrow
#

oh those are nice

#

probably more powerful than all my computers put together

#

😛

fringe moon
#

yeah, my g3 has 48GB RAM

#

and 2x NVMe

#

Will probably upgrade the G7 to 64GB and 2 new NVMe when I get it

#

still waiting for a Skylake 512GB system to drop down into my garage

#

🕰️

tepid sable
#

I had come across an article somewhere that home assistant blue is installed on an soc similar to the raspberry pi but more powerful.
does anyone here know what that soc was?
Also is it legal to create my diy version of home assistant blue using that soc?
Don't want to accidentally pirate it....

#

Ok nvm found it,
It was on the site itself...

fringe moon
#

SoC

#

🤢

drifting grove
#

Hi guys, is anyone in the position to comment on possible switch to a full Unify network? Currently running Synology router plus a couple of synology AP

winged knoll
#

What's the question?

drifting grove
#

Well is Unifi so better than anything else as people say?

gentle fossil
#

I disagree

drifting grove
#

What do u mean?

winged knoll
#

There is no "best" anything

#

Unifi is nominally "prosumer" - it's aimed at the high end of the consumer market

#

You pay more, you get a whizzy UI, and maybe you get more (or not)

tepid sable
# fringe moon SoC

Is it called something else?
I'm a noob so I wouldn't know the proper term...

winged knoll
#

More his take on low end systems...

onyx charm
#

if i would trip over my money everytime i would walk out the door and i feel really uncomfortable of where to keep all that paper i would throw it at unifi products all the way.. like Tinkerer says.. whizzy UI (like that). but i dont think the performance/stability is any better than other respected brands that cost half

winged knoll
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Personally the only thing it has going for it is the integrated UI across the range

fringe moon
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Unifi also has a shitshow of problems recently, I wouldn't touch them with a five foot pole before, now I won't even be in the same room if I can help it

onyx charm
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guys, got another question again..: a few yrs ago tasmota had a buttonpress code in its firmware.. you could press the toggle button 5 times and it would reboot and launch the wifi-manager. now i cant find that documentation anymore and need it. did they remove it from the firmware ?

winged knoll
winged knoll
onyx charm
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damn, i searched for tasmota channel few times before posting

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aah its on another discord server

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hmm, i want to join that anyway

fringe moon
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Or just told customers their products will be bricked if upgraded

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It is indeed the apple of networking

slim lagoon
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What's sad is that I really like my Unifi gear... but with all the crap they have pulled lately, as soon as I have a decent replacement, eBay is going to have a lot of listings from me.

drifting grove
#

Ok so I think I will stay with synology: at the moment didn’t need anything fancy, just missing ability of creating VLANs

fringe moon
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That is pretty impressive since vlaning has been possible on mostly anything midrange since the mid 00s

slim lagoon
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@fringe moon When is Aruba coming out with a decent firewall/gateway that does SFP+? 😉 lol

fringe moon
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Then again, I've never seen Synology networking gear

drifting grove
fringe moon
#

@slim lagoon eh, buy a shitty Palo instead

slim lagoon
#

LMAO

fringe moon
drifting grove
fringe moon
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I've ran Cisco / procurve since 2005, 3com before that, I've missed a lot, thankfully

slim lagoon
#

I really think I'm going to just go with opnSense again.

fringe moon
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Opnsense is great

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Pfsense has become a shitshow

drifting grove
#

What you guys suggest as networking gear?

onyx charm
#

@drifting grove do you have synology network gear, or do u use your nas as virtual switch ?

drifting grove
#

So network gear

slim lagoon
fringe moon
#

If you just need gigabit any Cisco 2xxx/3xxx or procurve 2xxx+ with gigabit since 2006 and newer will suffice for most users

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They are $30 on ebay

onyx charm
#

i ordered a mini-pc with 8 ports ont it to install opnsense/untangle. the acces points will be TP-link omada stuff

fringe moon
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I run a 40Gbit core cluster so I'm not something to aspire to 🤣

drifting grove
#

I need very stable wifi, router side I do not need anything super fancy

onyx charm
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gives the potential of 8 vlans (have 1 24ports gigaswitch besides is)

fringe moon
#

My Linksys velop mesh points have been solid

slim lagoon
fringe moon
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Paid $250 for 3 access points

winged knoll
#

I've got some Asus ZenWiFi units - they're good, but do have some bugs

fringe moon
#

5900AF-48G-4XG-2QSFP

onyx charm
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i thought i didnt need anything fancy router wise. but after few yrs of growing network i discovered the ISP delivered modem hasnt enough ram for optimal switching capabilities

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so nice when the modem crashes on low mem and the home network falls apart

fringe moon
#

I haven't used an ISP router since.... 2000

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Then only barely

slim lagoon
#

I can kill any consumer equipment within a few days with my current network.

fringe moon
#

Ipchains -smoothwall - pfsense - opnsense

onyx charm
#

i wanted untangle on my new ordered switch. but its gonna be pricy i think. going for opnsense

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i like the fance UI of untangle.. just like unifi

drifting grove
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What is untangle?

slim lagoon
fringe moon
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I ran untangle for 9 months

slim lagoon
#

Lots of pretty graphs and charts and metrics and such. But, also with a killer featureset.

fringe moon
#

It was horrible compared to *sense

slim lagoon
#

I haven't run it, but I've always been tempted.

fringe moon
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I wanted to test something else

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I was dissatisfied

slim lagoon
#

I heard that it hard rather poor support for 802.1ad and VLANs were a bit finicky to pass downstream.

fringe moon
#

It was cumbersome

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So many clicks to do trivial things

slim lagoon
#

Yeah, F that.

#

I have enough clicky-clicky in my life already. lol

onyx charm
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well.. opnsense is free, tingletangle not.. so i will never find out lol

#

the router-pc already costed 180

drifting grove
#

Can you run opnsense on a virtual machine under proxmox?

gentle fossil
#

yes

onyx charm
drifting grove
#

Cool, I could try that and set my current synology router in AP mode

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Does opnsense worth the time to spend on it?

slim lagoon
#

Oh hell yes

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opnsense is fantastic.

fringe moon
#

I did run pfsense virtualized for a year

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Other than that I've only had physical routers for the last 20 years

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I prefer it being outside the rest of my environment

slim lagoon
#

I ran opnSense on a Dell Optiplex 9020 with 32gb RAM and internal SSD. I actually still have that box sitting in my cabinet. opnSense ran amazingly well on it.

fringe moon
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I had pfsense running on a dual pentium 3 with SCSI drives at some point, an old server i picked up from the local health services, it had a hostname sticker on it which stated viagra

drifting grove
#

I have a fanless i5-9600TE with 32gb ram running only frigate and home assistant...plenty of spare power

fringe moon
#

32gb ram? What is this? Notebooks? NM3_DogDancingRGB

drifting grove
slim lagoon
#

Eh, I wouldn't run your router with your other ha stuff. If that box goes down because of a frigate/ha problem, so does your routing unless you have another router higher up in the topology..

fringe moon
# drifting grove 🤣

You think I'm joking, but my laptop supports up to 64GB and I've worked on multi TB memory systems for a decade 🤣

gentle fossil
#

since when do vms take down hosts?

drifting grove
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Mmmm it will run on a separate VM, isn’t it?

slim lagoon
drifting grove
gentle fossil
#

mhmmm websockets with 512gb ram

drifting grove
#

WS I mean workstations

slim lagoon
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LMAO

gentle fossil
#

chrome: heavy breathing

drifting grove
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Ahah

slim lagoon
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Nope. That's still not enough RAM for Chrome.

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BUT... can you run Crysis on those workstations... that's the real question 😉

fringe moon
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20k cores you say, i expanded a cluster with 12500 cores the other day

drifting grove
fringe moon
#

🤣

gentle fossil
#

I run Pi's with a whopping 4Gigs of Ram

fringe moon
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🤢

gentle fossil
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oh and they are QUAD core

slim lagoon
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Ew.

gentle fossil
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can you believe it? 4 Cores!

slim lagoon
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You're um, pushing the boundaries there sir.

gentle fossil
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they are monster machines!

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1.4 Giga_hurtz_

slim lagoon
gentle fossil
#

I even have a Pi with 512 MeGAbYtES ram in use

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that champ runs 700 mhz

drifting grove
#

I will try opnsense on a spare N4100 with 4gbyte of ram and 128gb sata ssd @fringe moon do you feel good with this?

fringe moon
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That will do fine

slim lagoon
fringe moon
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I run it on a j1900 with 4GB ram and a 60GB ssd

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And it routes 500/500 fine

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Plus five internal vlans

gentle fossil
#

Oh I have a cluster too, but those are not that fancy

drifting grove
fringe moon
#

Sure

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My ping is great

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So is my pong

drifting grove
#

Does opnsense support VPN as well?

slim lagoon
#

Yeah

fringe moon
#

Wireguard

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Doit

drifting grove
#

Wireguard?

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Ah ok it is a vpn sw

winged knoll
#

Yes, modern VPN option, not old and slow 😛

fringe moon
#

It's fricking amazing

indigo idol
#

Is anyone using zwave/zigbee dongle remotely from HA instance?
I bought my first zwave/zigbee dongle today, but my HA instance location isn't ideal (it's in closet).
So I'm thinking using a RPi at an ideal location to plug in the dongle, wondering if it HA can communicate with a remote zwave/zigbee dongle.

winged knoll
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Yes

indigo idol
#

Thanks, let me check them out, may have follow up questions.

topaz light
#

hello im looking at getting one of the usb flashers not sure if any are better then others. does anyone have a recommendation on which ones they like?

winged knoll
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USB flashers for what?

topaz light
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the dlashers for the chips on the switches and such to be able to flash new firmware.

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flashers

winged knoll
topaz light
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like this one

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ok thank you

tribal trail
#

I'm thinking #the-water-cooler, but does anyone have a suggestion of room to ask about esphome in?

onyx charm
#

i would suggest integrations.. but im no expert in that matter hahaha

winged knoll
drifting grove
#

Does anybody use a sonoff ZB switch ? I can't manage to make it work

modern holly
#

So everyone is saying the cheep CC2531 sticks are crap. Mine has stopped working after 3 months. But I cant wee a quility suggestion. Any ideas?

winged knoll
versed helm
atomic hearth
#

Hello! Can anyone recommend a 24V DC power supply (UK) for the Sonoff 4ch pro r3?

#

I’m looking to use it to run 24V rain bird solenoids

rancid swallow
#

Hello all,
I am trying to setup a **esp8266 with a WS2812B.
I flashed the esp with WLED and connected to the WIFI network and HA.
The esp works if I connect it alone to the power source (web page available).
However if I make the connection with the strip, esp and power source, ** the strip does not light and not even the esp is working (cant connect to IP)
If I disconnect the data cable from the strip, the esp works.
...
I tried 2 different power sources 5V/8A and 5V/50A and 2 strips 150/300 leds.
...
The wiring is like here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvtxwK3jRk) and is the same on the led specs... the only 2 things that made me worried are that on the strip specs is saying 2.5m long (but ppl on Amazon say is working with 5m) and thge fact that I see on Wled page some setting for the strip tha I did not change ..
...
ESP: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B074Q2WM1Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
WS2812B (with mini USB): https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07TMLXWF2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Wires: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01JD5WCG2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Power 250: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07Y32NSQG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Power 50: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B083QN65BB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any idea what could be wrong ?
Thank you!

midnight ibex
#

hey guys,
I just installed a shelly device.
As far as I know there is an offical and an unoffical solutions for using it with HA.
Is there anyone who has experience with both? Which one should I use? I am trying to save some time. 🙂

rocky lodge
#

Hey just did this the other day!

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Anybody have recs on 3 way light switches? I have 6 all over my house. US standard 110V. Dimmer is a plus, but looking in a budget. Shelly doesn't work too well for 3 ways....

glossy bone
#

Hello everyone,
Iam looking for a devive that connects 7 "hardware Buttons" of my corridoor in a way that i can de/activate the Philips Hue light Bulbs per Software and per "Hardware" btw im german so i use 230V

wicked vale
#

@glossy bone I use Ikea Tradfri shortcut buttons to do that. I have it connected via a ZZH and ZHA.

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They only cost £6 each as well and can be picked up in any Ikea store I guess

fringe moon
#

What in tarnation

glossy bone
tall canopy
#

Guys could anyone recommend a WiFi plug or something similar that would work as a siren?

cinder shoal
#

hey all, i got an esp-8266 wifi relay board.. having trouble getting smartconfig to pass it my wifi credentials.. tried a few different 'smartconfig' apps. is this method just outdated?

mystic dagger
#

Ok, anyone have a good recommendation for a fan controller? Need on/off for the whole house fan. It has a 315 or something like that mhz rf remote right now.

#

oh, and I just got my odroid n2+ ha box today.

#

I should add I have the zwave/zigbee usb stick but am not opposed to using wifi.

brazen turret
#

oh man, Samsung is so terrible. I bought a 32" Frame TV to use an info display mounted to my wall. It's advertised to work in portrait mode and comes with portrait mode mounting & stand options. When it detect it's in portrait mode it takes the input signal and forces it into landscape in the center of the screen. Ugh.

fringe moon
#

@cinder shoal flash it with tasmota or esphome, if you have access to serial ports it is a 3 minute job

cinder shoal
hardy flicker
#

I would like to run my HA on Proxmox.
I have question. I installed proxmox on my SSD, and now fail to reboot to windows 10 from that drive.
When I reboot the computer ( from the SSD) and wish to go back to regular windows. It doesn't work! It brings up Proxmox again.
Was it a mistake to dedicate the "main" drive for the Proxmox installation?? What did I do wrong and how can I retrieve??

fringe moon
#

You probably overwrote everything

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As expected

#

Dual booting is.... Something we did in the 90s and 00s, it makes no sense anymore with the abundance of computers

hardy flicker
#

Just so I understand the nature of things clearly.
If I install Proxmox on say, an old computer. it is basically "sacrificing" the computer to run Proxmox only?

#

#2. is their any way to return to the situation before installing Proxmox? Or do I have to format the disk?

fringe moon
#

Yes, no, reinstall

hardy flicker
#

Thank you

fringe moon
#

Also it makes no sense to waste an SSD for the boot drive of proxmox, ESXi, Truenas or similar

#

Unless it is 2x60GB drives or something

onyx charm
#

yesterday my zigbee network was down

#

after alot of fiddling around i noticed the light on the cc2531 dongle was off

#

i tried all ports, but the green light wouldnt lid

#

tried to connect the dongle to my NAS, wich is mounted next to the Blue, and the dongle came up again

#

now i have Z2M in a docker on the nas, after repairing alle Z nodes everything is fine again.. but are my USB ports of the blue dead ?

#

with 'lsusb -t' there are 2 usb controllers shown

#

if i connect something to the ports and look in dmesg, nothing pops up

#

is it possible those ports are sleeping ?

#

and i need to power them up somehow ?

fringe moon
#

@onyx charm sounds like a question for #330990055533576204 , many of us have no knowledge of the blue nor haos

primal wren
#

what are some good switches for Tuya Color bulbs?

#

Preferably, battery operated, and portable

#

I have the Feit Electric bulbs I got from Costco

onyx charm
#

the tuya bulbs are controlled via home assistant ?

primal wren
#

They can be

#

But they aren't the best choice IMHO

onyx charm
#

if bulbs are controlled via home assistant, than you are not limited trough any brand for the switches

#

but its gonna be an effort to find some battery operated i think

primal wren
#

I know im not limited

#

but I just want a recommendation of a switch that works very easily and well with home assistant

onyx charm
#

i use the zigbee dimmers from moes home

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they have a nice rotary control.. but its only on/off + dimming

#

no warm/cold or color control

#

ohw wait. its not battery controlled

steep badge
#

does anyone know any smart plugs that still work with tuya-convert ota?

fringe moon
#

Old stock

#

Other than that, just crack them open and flash tasmota

tepid sable
#

Hi @fringe moon,
In this comment you had said that at the price of a pi4 you could get a lot more.
Could you recommend some other small computers that I could buy at that price?
Sorry, I know that this is a relly old comment.

fringe moon
#

Well, a ton of minicomputers from AliExpress

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And a lot of different used nucs and laptops

winged knoll
fringe moon
ripe girder
#

hey all, i have a quick question. im creating a new automation (actually my first) where if all my cabinets and doors in my RV are closed it will turn on a light a let me start my RV.
so ive got zwave sensors on all my cabanites and outside doors so all of those are conditions. and im thinking of a relay on my starter trigger wire to allow the starter to be activated.
of course ill have a bypass switch just in case
but would i use a transistor or something to see when my key is in the ignition as a trigger to check everything?

winged knoll
#

Could you not use a relay on the accessory position?

grim shuttle
#

you could also just check everything whenever a door/cabinet's state changes

winged knoll
#

If the driver's seat belt has a sensor you could also work with that

ripe girder
#

its to old for that haha

winged knoll
#

Accessory power is probably the simplest then

ripe girder
#

but i could have the ignition as a condition too that way itll only light when all are met

#

dont really have accessory power accesable

#

cuz any accessory such as cig lighter is routed to the battery on this

winged knoll
#

How old is this thing 😛

ripe girder
#

77

winged knoll
#

My car from around then had switched accessory power

foggy pecan
#

tap the power feed from the radio

winged knoll
#

Pretty sure the radio had a feed

ripe girder
#

yeah but this was built so the radio and everything is routed though a seperate accesory switch even radio so you can listen while parked

winged knoll
#

Is there any feed from the ignition that would indicate a key is in then?

ripe girder
#

yeah thats what i ment originally a feed off the ignition key wire

foggy pecan
#

could tap from the fuel pump feed

ripe girder
#

yes but the ignition only primes the pump for 2 seconds before shutting it off and waiting so thats not the most reliable

foggy pecan
#

add an in-line cap?

winged knoll
#

Does the ignition switch have an accessory position?

#

If so, even if inconvenient that's likely to be the best option

ripe girder
#

i have access to the ignition wire i just dont really know how i would tell a 5v device that its triggered other then a little transistor

winged knoll
#

#diy-archived would be the place that could help with that if you're stuck

#

I'd be pretty sure an ESP could handle it

foggy pecan
#

fuel pump is probably your best bet. you can logic around the prime stage vs operating

ripe girder
#

yeah im gonna use an esp for all of it

#

no fuel pump wouldnt work cuz it only sends a signal again once you start turning the engine over

#

i just gotta tap into the ignition and tell the esps pin that its on thats the easiest

foggy pecan
#

you might have to go straight to the key position switch then

ripe girder
#

thats what i was thinking thats not to big of a deal tho

#

thanks guys i needed to talk though it haha

copper dragon
#

Hi! Newby here, coming from OH.

I've installed HA, and done the initial configuration through the UI to get Mosquitto, MQTT, and my Tasmota Sonoff devices added, all through the UI.

I'm now trying to change the defaulted type of "switch" to "light" for these devices. From what I understand, I need to do this in the configuration.yaml file, but I do not see any of the devices listed there. Am I correct to assume that devices added through the UI are no present in the yaml file?

If so, do I just add them as needed to the yaml file, and they will be replaced, or do I first need to remove the UI added ones?

Thanks in advance!

winged knoll
#

Correct, but you can't change them in HA

#

You may be able to change them in Tasmota, but in HA you'd wrap the existing entity with a light.switch

copper dragon
#

So delete first?

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
#

You can change how the upstream service reports it - sometimes - or you can wrap it with another #integrations-archived to create a linked entity in the domain you want

copper dragon
#

That's gone a bit over my head :S

Will try research a bit more.

winged knoll
#

Basically, once it's in HA you can't change whether it's a light, or a switch, or a whale

#

You either change it upstream (eg in Tasmota), or in HA you wrap it in a pretty disguise so it can pretend that it's also a switch, or light, or a petunia

copper dragon
#

When you say change it in Tasmota, do you mean on the device's Tasmota firmware?

#

What confuses me is this:

Tasmota Lights will be added as Home Assistant light entities. Single channel Dimmers, RGB lights, RGB lights with Color Temperature control and RGB lights with White control are supported.

But they were all added as switches, not lights

winged knoll
#

Then that's a thing you change in the Tasmota firmware

#

Here you can get help in the #diy-archived channel, or ask on the Tasmota Discord

bright jacinthBOT
winged knoll
#

Right now your device is claiming to be a switch

#

(based on what you said)

copper dragon
#

Ok, thanks. Will check on the Tasmota Discord.

unique comet
#

Can anyone recommend some video doorbell that integrates with HA and can be used in EU houses. (Dutch)

copper dragon
# copper dragon What confuses me is this: ``` Tasmota Lights will be added as Home Assistant li...

For anyone wondering in future about this, in my head, I had considered these devices (Sonoff Touch Light Switches) as lights, but they are correctly actually Switches. But, for those that want them to be recognised as lights (which they control) in HA, this was the solution:

Supported Entities~
Relays as switch entities. With SetOption30 1 all relays on the device will be added as light entities instead

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Home-Assistant/

proud island
#

I've posted this to the Tasmota discord, but as the ultimate objective is to get garage door notifications through HA, I am going to ask here also. I have a wemos d1 mini with Tasmota 9.4(sensor) on it, which I have wired up a reed/hall sensor to D4 and configured D4 as Switch1. The console is showing the switch as "on" but I can't seem to get any further. The hall sensor is this one: https://www.jaycar.com.au/medias/sys_master/images/images/9485753778206/XC4434-dataSheetMain.pdf

Problems:

  • it doesn't sense the removal of the magnet
  • it doesn't show the door sensor object in home assistant.
lone fable
#

Hi, I am looking to create new AC wiring and with that centralize the smart light switches too. I would like to have wired wall switches. I am looking for devices like the shelly 1 on DIN rails, preferably handling more than 1 output. So something like a mix of Sonoff 4ch + shelly 1. What do you recommend?

slate cipher
#

any recommendations for door bells? battery powered is a must, camera is a nice to have.

cloud hull
#

Heya! Is there a way to get a usb powered wled strip that doesn't require soldering? preferably from Aliexpress/banggood/something similar

gentle fossil
#

usb powered? that thing better be short

cloud hull
slate cipher
#

Google media bias lights @cloud hull

prisma spruce
#

I am getting back into HA and had some newbie questions. I have a raspberry pi 4 with Conbee II. I want to start adding lights and switches. I do have a couple of Wzye and Hue bulb. If wifi goes out light will not be accessible? Should I go with switch like Z-wave like Inovelli? I am set on using Conbee II if there is a better solutions?

gentle fossil
prisma spruce
#

@gentle fossil can explain server with zigbee? I am just starting off with HA

gentle fossil
#

zigbee != wifi

prisma spruce
#

ah !

gentle fossil
#

its just the same freqency

prisma spruce
#

so go zigbee light switches

gentle fossil
#

yes, zigbee and zwave coordinators each have their frequency and own networks.
you can use both simultaneous but each one needs its own coordinator (router in network terms but anything power connected can be a router in z/world)

prisma spruce
#

does it matter if i go zigbee or zwave for light switches?

#

and what is everyone using for lightbulbs. hue is expensive

gentle fossil
prisma spruce
#

@gentle fossil thank you for your help

sour blaze
#

Hello all, new here. Is this the right channel to ask about Thermostats?

gloomy spoke
#

which one to buy? Or how to integrate one?

#

or just yapping about thermostats?

sour blaze
#

I am replacing 4 tstats and wanting general advise right now

bright jacinthBOT
#

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
sour blaze
#

US, $100-$200 per tstat, I like Zwave but open to other protocols if they can work well without phoning home. A feature that I am interested in is the ability to add a sensor and the tstat can use that information to keep different areas cool. I bought 4x Honeywell Pro Zwave tstats but I am debating on whether the Ecobee lite 3 would be better for me. I am a privacy oriented person so I would want to firewall the ecobee off so it cant go out on the internet. I also want to know if the Honeywell Pro Zwave can receive firmware updates? If so how?

#

I have never used Home Assistant before but I am planning to spin up a proxmox VM soon to try it out

winged knoll
#

Anything Zigbee or Z-Wave is local only by default, so you'd be safe there

sour blaze
#

do you know if the zwave devices like the Honeywell can receive firmware updates?

winged knoll
#

The #zwave-archived channel would know, I think the new integration has some support for that, but I could be wrong

sour blaze
#

@winged knoll do you have a smart tstat? if so what do you use?

winged knoll
#

I don't

stone bolt
#

Hi all, is it possible to expand (not replace) storage on an rPi running HA using usb? The purpose of this is to use the files function as a temporary local cloud, if there are better solutions.

polar girder
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Does anyone have the CPU model number of the Amcrest doorbell handy? I can't find many teardowns online with a clear picture

muted wren
winged knoll
winged knoll
stone bolt
toxic dirge
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i got one of these guys, doesnt seem to be updating?

winged knoll
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And which of the many integrations are you using?