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little sparrow
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the nearest thing would be those internet controlled light panels, but i really want something much much smaller

indigo herald
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like a night light plugged into a sonoff plug or ikea TRÅDFRI plug.

winged knoll
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WLED would do it, and there's ESP boards with some LEDs

upper yoke
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i'm just looking to power the coral stick and/or SSD by a dedicated power source. apparently using the SSD and the coral stick together doesn't work without a powered hub because the pi can't provide enough juice by itself.

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i'm fine using the dedicated psu wall wart for the pi. i just keep reading horror story reviews of hubs that have fried people's peripherals and i don't know what to get.

subtle pawn
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Hi everyone. Total newbie here. I installed HA because I would like to automate my Toshiba heatpumps and my projector (a Panasonic PT-AT6000). None of these devices are controllable by ethernet today, so I assume a remote-control that HA can manage by WiFi is the right way to go? Is the "BroadLink - RM4 Pro" a remote that you would recommend? Alternatives?

winged knoll
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If those are IR controllable, then yes that'll work

subtle pawn
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upper yoke
# subtle pawn Hi everyone. Total newbie here. I installed HA because I would like to automate ...

its my favorite gadget to go with HAS. i think when you start the setup using the broadlink mobile app (to connect it to your home wifi), you have to stop at a certain point so that it doesn't connect to broadlink's cloud. then you'll be able to use it locally. if you connect to the cloud then it won't work with HAS and you'll have to factory restore it and start over. last i checked this wasn't noted in any of the HAS documentation.

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i use mine to automate turning on my tv, changing channels on my cable box, audio receiver, turning on and off my air conditioner with IR, etc. it's a nice inexpensive little peripheral.

subtle pawn
summer vine
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Are there any hardware recommendation guides for new users

undone haven
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Check the pinned messages @summer vine , and ask in here. Hardware is such a wide range depending on protocols and your availability

smoky perch
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I need a smart outlet that will let me run automations based on the power going thru it. US market, would prefer it to be slightly cheaper, but doesn’t really matter too much if it works.

dusky blade
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hi!

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what's the "best" motion sensors on the market?
ik it would probably be smh DIY but for battery powered ones?
I have trouble finding any good comparison except for the "Automate Your Life!" YT channel

bright jacinthBOT
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There is no universal best anything. There's always trade-offs, you need to explain:

  • Your priorities/desired features
  • Where in the world you are
  • Your budget
  • Any protocols that you'd prefer (eg Zigbee) or want to avoid (eg Zigbee)
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dusky blade
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I would prefer Zigbee and smh with low cooldown time

winged knoll
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Then Hue

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Or a hacked Xiaomi Aqara one

dusky blade
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I only have 1 tradfri and it's... meh... it does the job for some rooms

winged knoll
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Hue is the gold standard for Zigbee, a hacked Aqara motion sensor is a pretty good alternative

dusky blade
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does the Aquara hack not kill the small battery to soon? 5seconds looks pretty wild.

winged knoll
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Apparently not, all the articles mention battery life of over a year

dusky blade
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I saw a video of Hue sensor in HA but the response was very laggy compared to Aquara.
I suspect it was because reviewer used it through Hue hub. I plan to use Combee 2 stick. Is it really problematic or the review was misleading?

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"laggy" - response time between movement detection and entity change

winged knoll
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Yeah, if you're using the Hue hub then traditionally life sucked

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TBH the Conbee is only a great choice for deCONZ. If you're going to use ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT (see #zigbee-archived) then there's better choices

dusky blade
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I tested all few months ago and ZHA experience wasn't bad. Z2M on the other hand was infidelity still experimental 😉

winged knoll
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Eh, I've had no issues with it over the last couple of years

dusky blade
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but on Combee?

winged knoll
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Well, no, but no sane person uses a Conbee with anything other than deCONZ

dusky blade
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lol... I bough it exclusively as my first stick coz I though it would support more then one solution

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anyway, thanks for the tip... I was already setting my mind between Aqara and Hue.

fresh cobalt
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Does anyone have a favorite cheap ESP8266-based 120V/US light switch module? Preferably one that's fairly easy to crack open and flash Tasmota onto?

indigo herald
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The aqura PIR's last 2 years +, the batteries may not last as long if they not near a powered hop. What is the aqura hack? They connect to deconz out of the box. Do you have to change the firmware for other hubs?

dusky blade
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wonder about battery life after the mod

indigo herald
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Never had any issue with the delay. Lights come on within the first step into the room. That's aqura PIR and aqura wall switches. RaspBee V1 with deconz. There is a small delay though, but under the time taken for a step.

dusky blade
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I was worried with the delay for Hue sensor, Aquara one looks snappy.

winged knoll
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The real delay with it comes from the old Hue integration

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The new one is now Local Push and no longer painfully slow

timid ore
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what vacuum cleaner robots you got?

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somehow i missed the trend

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3y ago the Xiaomi's were quite pupular

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iRobot Roomba s9+ ?

dusky blade
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idk, they still seam popular and does well in tests (S7, S6 MaxV).
But rooting them and installing alt. soft. become harder and some folks takes that as a requirement for complete cloudless control.

timid ore
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I might be one of these folks 😛

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Roborock S6 Pure / P5           Yes (Q2/2020)     Yes     
Roborock S6 MaxV / T7 Pro     Yes (Q2/2020)     No public root - Method requires the usage of 0-
Roborock T7     Yes (Q2/2020)     Yes (same as S5E, but requires different firmware.)     Yes

strange that the T7 is rootable again...

dusky blade
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yes, but not ik it requires teardown to root the device before alt. soft can be installed according to rooting instructions

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possible just harder

timid ore
smoky perch
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will any outlet with energy monitoring capabilities be able to run automations based on its consumption?

winged knoll
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The outlet won't

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Home Assistant however... yes that will

smoky perch
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thats what i meant lol. cause i was gonna get a Kasa outlet that can monitor consumption but they flat out say it cant be used to automate, but just wanted to double check that HA would be able to use that value and automate

winged knoll
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If the data is in HA you can use it

cloud tulip
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i updated my conbee II stick today and now it is showing as not connected in deconz/phoscon - anything i can do?

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running HA OS on Pi4

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deCONZ logs keep saying "failed to reconnect to network"

earnest shadow
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hey all what are you using for IR illumination outdoors? Looking for something to supplement my security cameras, I saw LIFX do a dual purpose bulb but it doesn't seem well suited for outdoor applications.

undone haven
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Put good bulbs in all your porch/exterior lights….have you tried that

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I just put good bulbs in all my porch lights. Plenty of light. No need for IR

soft notch
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any recommendations for keyless entry? i was looking at igloohome but not sure what the most HA-friendly ones are

earnest shadow
soft notch
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yeah absolutely not

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@earnest shadow i bought a few IR cannons off amazon, let me get you the link

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it's way better because then the bugs don't gather around your cameras

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there are plenty more like this, light bars etc

earnest shadow
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i live in suburbia too so a setup in which my whole yard is lit up is not particularly polite for neighbours and also makes my place stand out 😄

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cheers @soft notch !

soft notch
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sure thing, good luck!

undone haven
winged knoll
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Light, pointy hedging (options vary according to your location), and generally making it not attractive

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We planted roses, hawthorn, and pyracantha around the perimeter of the bottom half of our last garden. Looked pretty, smelled nice in the spring and summer, and nothing came through there ever again

rough cairn
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It seems like most zigbee repeaters are afterthought plugs in smart plugs and light bulbs...I am installing new plugs and lighting and looking for powered repeaters any suggestions? for example - a wall plug that has a repeater in it, not the wall wart retrofit plug.

terse lantern
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sly spindle
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How to monitor CO2, VOC, temperature, humidity, pressure, dust, light, smoke, motion in a room ?

I know there are consumer products that monitor these things, but I don't want to buy separate devices to track these values.

So I am looking for a DIY solution to have these sensors in a single enclosure.

After doing some initial research, I found out this can be done with an ESP32 controller / ESPhome / home assistant.

I have no clue to start with all this... if someone more experienced is willing to lend a helping hand please?

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winged knoll
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Stop flooding the channel

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The bot cleans up your mess, the link is available to everybody

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The short answer is that there is a #diy-archived channel that can help you, assuming you don't keep ignoring the rules

stable ginkgo
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I have coral dual edge TPU which is m.2 e key and my hardware supports m key. Is there an addapter for this?

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Or maybe some way to use it over USB?

feral scaffold
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Is it possible to setup double click action with kasa light switches?

winged knoll
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It'll be fine there

elfin oriole
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Can I ask for help with Broadlink RM4 mini independant from Home Assistant or can someone point me to a discord that deals with it?

winged knoll
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weak belfry
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I have wifi, zwave, and zigbee. No preference really.

wheat sierra
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Hi all, I have 2 Forest Shuttle motors for curtains, these can be triggered through RFXCom, and that works! But, now I am struggling to get the "eventcode" in HA.. as when I try standard event-codes, it just don't work....any clue?

civic kraken
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@weak belfry , you don't necessarily have to buy a set like that. It might make more sense to find a controller for the standard you want and buy the amount of strip that you need separately. Also the type of strip will depend a lot on your use. The one you have is RGB which if fine for cool lighting effects, but for main lighting you'd want RGBW or RGBCCT which come with white leds too

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#diy-archived is a good option as well and regardless of the controller you choose, diy or not, it's probably the better channel to ask about the led strips if you plan on buying them individually

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In short my recommendation would be DIY with WLED. Cheap, easy and easily modifiable/expandable

weak belfry
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thank you 🙂

warm arrow
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I am waiting on my HASS ODROID box to arrive soon. I'm wondering about connecting things that normally have some sort of hub, for example Ikea and Lutron smart items like lights and switches. Does the HASS box eliminate the need for all the third party hubs, or do I still need one of these hubs per product?

winged knoll
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Depends...

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Ikea for instance uses #zigbee-archived so you can use your choice of Zigbee integration

warm arrow
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OK, so I was planning on getting a zipbee usb stick with mtqq for zigbee. does that replace the ikea zigbee hub requirement?

winged knoll
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Yes

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(as will other things, with a little effort)

warm arrow
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great! i was thinking of the electrolama

winged knoll
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Good choice

warm arrow
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(i added myself to the waitlist since my odroid box is also not shipped yet)

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thanks for the info! i'm sure i'll be back with more questions.

slate stream
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i just received an cc2652P2 usb stick with Z-stack 3 firmware already on it. my homelab ID it as QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter.

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is this plug n play after i pass it to HA VM?

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or do i need hardcore terminal stuff first?

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thank you!

zealous dune
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what's hardcore terminal stuff?

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if its passed through to the VM properly you can simply use it using its port

slate stream
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good question. More or less sift through tutorials online to get it going 😉

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thats my way of getting stuff done lol

slate stream
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ok another: how can I gracefully transfer all my zigbee devices to the new usb stick? Also ZHA. do manually type in ALL entities again? or are they picked up?

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/dev/serial/by-id/usb-1a86_USB2.0-Serial-if00-port0```
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its found by HA

midnight steeple
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I need to get some smoke detectors / alarms, any recomendations that integrate well

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ideally zigbee / non-cloud

zealous dune
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With those requirements any zigbee smoke sensor would work

violet belfry
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I am looking for a good Wifi White Bulb LED E27 for my new outside door lights, no fancy colours just bright ones any recommendations? Would prefer vintage looking ones if they are bright enough

eager rivet
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are you supposed to add dimmer switches as a light instead of a switch?

winged knoll
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The switch #integrations-archived are on/off, light integrations have brightness levels, or colours, or colour temperature

eager rivet
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thats why I am confused I guess I need to install a switch as a light. I haven't put it in the wall yet so just thinking ahead.

winged knoll
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The integration handles that, you don't

eager rivet
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I have a tuya dimmer, guess we'll see how it shows up when I add it to the integrations

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would be a bummer if I can't control the dimmer setting

winged knoll
eternal mason
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Anyone here using Ubiquiti hardware? I found an IoT Optimization option, but curious if anyone has tried it

potent patio
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Hello Everyone. This is my first time here. I would llike to please seek help. I currently have Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and I had difficulty trying to install Home Assistant for the past 3 days. I even tried previous version and let it run for an hour and still no avail. I even double checked with time zone which seems to be the most common issue. Is there any other solutions I can try for? Thank you kinds regards.

eternal mason
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Maybe try redownloading your system image for the install? Just a guess

gloomy spoke
potent patio
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Did and left it. I wasn't sure on which is proper channel o ask for help

potent patio
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Also. I'm a little confused on instructions on how to install zwave hardware onto Raspberry Pi 3. Could you please point me in the right direction? Before I consider buying hubiuitat

gloomy spoke
upper stream
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Does anyone know a good way to track if someone is in a backyard? I want the light to turn on and stay on while im walking my dogs but my yard is like 100 feet by 100 feet

deft marten
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So, I have a Smart remote from Sevenhugs. Unfortunately it recently discontinued. And Sevenhugs is currently looking into possibly open sourcing the project. Maybe, if even possible, the HA team would be interested in contacting them? To see if something could be arranged?

upper stream
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That would be great, if they took over the project and made it really compatible with home assistant..

deft marten
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Technically it should be possible as the entire remote works locally already anyway and it has rest support. But the biggest hurdle would be the manufacturing and taking over the entire project and stuff.

potent patio
upper stream
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I’ve been looking for a touchscreen remote like that actually but none of them are any good

deft marten
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I mean, HA is an open source platform. I don't really seem them doing this for money reasons.

midnight steeple
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Anyone had success with the telldus motion sensor? Mostly unusable so far https://i.imgur.com/IuwqUVF.png. Does not detect much, and when it does it sometimes remains "detected" for hours.

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Similar experience with the window sensors, I've not managed to get that reliably working at all so far.

sick mica
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Is there any zigbee devices that I could up to an existing door intercom to detect when someone rings from the front door so I can open the door?
A bonus would be something that I can also speak to them with, I know the zigbee connection cannot handle audio but something networked via ethernet or wifi also works as long as the device is not cloud connected or relies on another server to get it going.

young pelican
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uh.. banging my head trying to get this ESP32 to "see" my "Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC"

winged knoll
young pelican
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Sweet, will take it over there

naive basin
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Hi! Has anyone bought any leak sensors in the US recently? I have a bunch of Aqara Zigbee sensors that never stay connected. Both the Dome Z-Wave and the Aeotec Sensors are unavailable. Any other options around that price point?

edgy fog
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I have an Ecolink Flood/Freeze sensor that seems to work fine. It's zwave.

amber gate
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Hi. Would this be best place to ask about router problems? Any1 experience with Zyxel Multy X? Im running HA on virtual box and having issues resolving static local ip for HA

winged knoll
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Generally you don't resolve an IP

amber gate
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Probably language barrrier 🙂

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But how should I think about it

winged knoll
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Well, you connect to an IP

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Which should just work, unless you're doing some weird thing with VLANs or multiple subnets

amber gate
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I think both host machine for virtual box and the linux running HA shared 192.168.212.55 - however I accidentally rebooted the host and then HA got 192.168.212.56 . Problem is I have to port forward to a machine in the Zyxel router, but the virtual box (and ip 192.168.212.56) is not showing there, so I cannot port forward to it either

winged knoll
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Ok, so it's just a problem with port forwarding

amber gate
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yes I guess so 🙂

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is it possible to use software port forward to fix this perhaps?

winged knoll
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I'd try their forums, see if they can help there

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Pretty stupid it won't just let you enter an IP

amber gate
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its app controlled and theres no web interface so I seem stuck actually

amber gate
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I think I tricked the **** router. I made a port forward rule using the hosts IP. Then changed the IP of the host. Then in HA settings changed the IP to static, using the old host IP. The router does not recognize the host has changed IP, so the rule still works, and HA now has fixed IP that works with the port forward. ludicrous but hopefully now set in stone 🤓

austere flare
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anyone use the Envisalink EVL-4EZR, have a few questions to ask.. like do all sensors show up individually in HA and can you create manage zones via software somehow?

north trellis
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I have a spare MacBook Pro 2011, I’m using with Ubuntu and docker with HA containerized. I would like a supervised version. What do you suggest? Should I install OS, a VM, core or continue this way?

gloomy spoke
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Your best option that supports the Supervisor is a VM and HAOS

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Whether you want to install some other version is up to you

north trellis
tired whale
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For running HA? A VM on a server is less likely to crap out. RPis run on a microSD card, and those don't have particularly great write endurance

drifting grove
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Someone running it on a synology nas ds212+?

fresh cobalt
# terse lantern So I have two related questions. 1. Does Tuya Convert still work? 2. If it does...

Tuya_convert does work (I used it a week or so ago) BUT only on devices with older, unpatched Tuya firmware, generally made before the first half of 2020. Later devices need to be opened and the firmware flashed serially. Tuya has also been releasing non-ESP8266-based devices as well, and these will not work with Tasmota at all. Unfortunately, beyond searching to see if someone else has made a particular device work, or buying one and cracking it open yourself, there's really not much way to know.

fervent birch
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anybody on here know how to troubleshoot errors with USB Zigbee\Zwave controllers?

winged knoll
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if you head over there and ask the actual question, maybe somebody can help

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

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

  1. What version of the Home Assistant are you running? (remember, last isn't a version)
  2. What exactly are you trying to do that won't work?
  3. Is the problem uniform or erratic?
  4. What's the exact error message?
  5. When did it arise?
  6. What exactly don't you "get"?
  7. Can you share sample code, ideally with line errors where the error occurs?
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fervent birch
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so i know its a USB Zwave controller, but the error i find in dmesg is "ttyUSB0: failed set request 0x0 status: -32"
and on the next line cp210x_open - unable to enable UART

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shoudl i still go talk to them about this 🙂 this is over my head

winged knoll
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Sure, if you can also tell them where the error is coming from, and how you run HA

fervent birch
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ok, il try them. thanks for the help

eternal mason
timid ore
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Father's and mother's - you got a decent Babyphone you trust?

drifting grove
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some solution for rflink utf-8 problem?

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opal pumice
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Does anyone know of a tutorial/article that goes over how to add bluetooth to Home Assistant? I'm currently running on hardware with no bluetooth antenna but have a couple pi zero's, is it possible to integrate them to then discover other bluetooth devices? My end goal is to add devices like switchbot for which I currently cannot communicate with.

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I've searched like crazy and think i'm getting close but still have come up empty handed.

winged knoll
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There's not really any direct way. You have to have those remote devices use MQTT or some other way of interacting with HA.

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I know some folks use ESP devices for that, #diy-archived could help there

opal pumice
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Thanks, that's not what I wanted to hear but i'll accept it 😂 . I'll look into the MQTT route, thanks.

winged knoll
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The other option would be a supported USB Bluetooth adapter 😄

opal pumice
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Oh I thought I couldn't use those either

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I'll search for list of supported devices then, thanks!

winged knoll
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The channel for your install method will be able to help

opal prism
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hi all! i've some problems with a homematic thermostat. the first one works like a charm, the second one is online, but lacks the "_temperature" entitie. (it seems absolutely ok in my raspberrymatic) a friend of mine has the exact same problem, we believe it stopped a few weeks ago.

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opal prism
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i will move, thanks 🙂 but no errors so far

midnight steeple
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I've got a nexa door bell that I connected to telldus. I can push the button and see an action in telldus, but that action is never mirrored to HA. I can fully control Telldus from HA though. All other sensors are registered correctly from Telldus, temps, weather station etc. Any ideas?

humble vapor
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Does anyone have recommendations for variable color temperature bulbs that can be run fully local? Got some Feit/Tuya bulbs today at Costco, but it looks like the model I got doesn't use esp8266 anymore or has newer firmware that isn't flashable.

winged knoll
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Lidl's Tradfri (Zigbee) bulbs are quite good

daring sleet
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hi all can you use a esp8266ex with home assistant or is it only a esp8266

winged knoll
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Well, you don't use it directly with HA anyway, so ... sure you can

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It'll publish to MQTT, or some other integration, and #diy-archived can help you more there

buoyant plume
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Agent registered
[bluetooth]# list
``` Why isn't the default raspberry BT controller not active?
winged knoll
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Are you running the Home Assistant OS install image?

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If not, how are you running HA?

buoyant plume
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I am - but that's a Pi 400

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I reported that as a bug. Maybe we are not having the most recent Firmware Images. Pi 400 (which is now 12+ months old) brought some updates.

winged knoll
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Then #330990055533576204 has some pinned images that'll help. If you ran that command in an SSH session or any other add-on then you're not necessarily running it somewhere that has access to the Bluetooth hardware

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That add-on is yet another Docker container

buoyant plume
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Not in docker

winged knoll
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🤔

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If you're using HAOS you are using Docker

buoyant plume
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But i "ran" that command not via ssh - I ran that from the Shell Alt+F2

winged knoll
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dull bramble
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I am considering buying a new NUC 11 (Tiger Lake) to migrate my current Pi3B+ HAOS install too. Wondering if the i3 with 16g and a 1TB NVME is enough or should I spend up on the i5? I've got about 80 devices and 15 active automatons at the moment. I'd like to integrate my UniFi Protect Cameras as streams. Any thoughts?

winged knoll
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If you want to do any motion/object detection, more power is good

dull bramble
# winged knoll If you want to do any motion/object detection, more power is good

I have mostly G4 cameras, and motion / object detection can be defined between them and the Instance of Protect. I'm not sure if those detection's can trigger actions within HA. Or if I need to do the Stream detection directly within HA. If so, anyone had any experience with dropping a Coral AI TensorFlow Accelerator unit in the E Key slot of a NUC?

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But it sounds like your vote is to get the i5 at a minimum.

winged knoll
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Nobody ever complained about having too much power...

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The Unifi integrations may support motion triggers, dunno, haven't looked 😄

dull bramble
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Except your wife when she see's the extra hardware. 😉

winged knoll
tired whale
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Unifi Protect integration has motion sensor

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it's not processed by HA

spare barn
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Has anyone got a sensor on the interconnect wire between their fire alarms so HA can notify you when they are triggering?
I imagine you should be able to use standard detectors in Australia because they are required to interconnect where there is multiple, so you just need to add your non-detector to the end of the circuit where it's out of the way.

  • Which country you're in: Australia
  • What your budget is: all options
  • What protocols you prefer: open to all
  • Any features you want: just to alarm in HA when the alarms sound
dull bramble
spare barn
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I see. I may do some digging and give it a try.
I imagine I could tie that in with a security system if I had one and have one of the sensor loops dedicated to it. I'm not in the fire/security side of our company haha

dull bramble
spare barn
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you're awesome. I'm doing TAFE from home and slacking over this kinda info

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except ours are 240v Active, Neutral, Earth, and then one extra interconnect but from this concept I can figure out what ours do

dull bramble
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Ya, that's just a different rectifier. The rest should be the same. The smoke detectors are all based around 9v DC backup power pretty much worldwide.

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Now I almost wish I hadn't gone with Nest Wireless Detectors years ago. Kinda got me wanting to dig into this.

spare barn
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I am thinking of how to help everyone have smarter homes in both new and existing installations without it impacting current AS compliant safety systems

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y'know, like we can have alerts on our phone when cameras detect people on the doorstep or if a gate or door stays open

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mostly me tho

dull bramble
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There is definitely a market. Nest proved that. But adding an alert into HA would be one hell of a lot cheaper than putting in all new NEST detectors. At 100 a pop, and current regs saying you must have one in every bedroom and every hall. It gets expensive fast.

spare barn
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yeah for sure

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I started learning the various levels of HAB, be it pre-made hubs, HA, etc because some of my family, bosses, and customers have CBUS and it's prohibitively expensive and the business model of people who install and maintain it don't agree with me

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so I am making my house have more features than that for way less

dull bramble
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Love the concept. I'm up to two houses doing HA now. My Parents and mine. We replaced the system they had from the big local security company and were paying over $70 USD a month for in service fees. Just about paid for the entire expense of the system in a 16 months. And that does include cellular backup via a Unifi U-LTE adapter.

spare barn
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when I bought my house it had a decades old security system where the wires had been cut out of the controller, which was above the oven tower I took out of my kitchen. I didn't even try to resurrect it but I left the strobe box on the outside of the house.
I was going to try retrofit it or at least make it look legit

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security isn't that big an issue in my suburb; but I still know where all my heavy housework tools are due to things I hear about the previous occupants

arctic obsidian
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Not sure this is the right room, but I'm having trouble with Enbrighten Zigbee Smart Light Switch. I can pair it to Home Assistant ZHA, but the device is not responding to any commands? How can I debug the issue. I'm pretty new to HA

gloomy spoke
arctic obsidian
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Sorry, this is the wrong room, I'm deleting this message and posting it in #zigbee-archived

vague tartan
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Opinion? Blue for loving room to run ha, and a mini pic in the rack handling frigate etc, or one or one machine running everything. From wgat I understand it doesn’t need to be nuc anymore. Suggestion, g1o i7+, 32gb+, bt5 pref external antenna, m2 slot. Compiter product suggestion are welcome ! 🙂

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And the host pref nvidia cuda cores

buoyant plume
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I got a post-corona NUC i5. A lot of people did home schooling / home office and now they sell the systems

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the only thing that might need replacement/upgrade is the m.2 /ssd

vague tartan
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Problem with nuc is the barebone price

buoyant plume
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yes get a used one

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there isn't much that can be broken

civic kraken
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My dad had both of his NUCs die, but generally yeah used ones are great

little pewter
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I'm having issues with my ConBee II after updating to core-2021.7.3. I had the same problem with core-2021.7.2 and just rolled back (hoping 7.3 would correct). After the update, when I go to Integrations, I see this error under the ConBee II:

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Retrying setup: [Errno 2] could not open port /dev/serial/by-id/usb-dresden_elektronik_ingenieurtechnik_GmbH_ConBee_II_DE2437121-if00: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

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When this happened on 7.2, I restarted the VM, rebooted the physical box. Nothing seemed to fix it. Any thoughts? I'm running a Hassio VM on an UNRaid box.

winged knoll
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The #zigbee-archived channel would be a better place, but if you run HAOS check the Supervisor's hardware menu

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It's entirely possible the stick is no longer being passed to your VM for some reason

little pewter
half cosmos
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Anyone have a recommendation for door locks? I am currently looking at the U-Bolt Pro, but ive heard some mixed things about it. I would also prefer something that uses zigbee or zwave as I do feel more secure with it and doesn't bog down the wifi as much.

steel lion
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The Abus HomeTec Pro door locks use ZWave. Dont know if theyre available where you live.

half cosmos
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It doesn't appear so. At least in an easy manner, can't find any local stores or online stores that have them.

winged knoll
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Where in the world are you?

half cosmos
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US - Washington

winged knoll
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The #zwave-archived channel has a bunch of folks who use Z-Wave locks, and are in the USA - if you search the channel history there you should find a bunch of good examples

half cosmos
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Thanks I will check it out, and I am not locked to zwave, I have both set up so either would work.

winged knoll
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#zigbee-archived may know about Zigbee locks, and there are pinned messages there with lists of known working hardware

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I don't remember anybody talking about them, but ... don't rely on my memory 😄

half cosmos
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haha no worries, I will check out each channel individually and see if I can find anything. Buying my first house and excited to be able to get some updated hardware 🙂

muted fable
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Is the Raspberry PI 4b 4GB good enough for home assistant?

winged knoll
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The Pi3 is... excluding using SD cards

muted fable
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Oh well, then I think 4 is going to work...

winged knoll
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It'll be fine, on an SSD

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On an SD card expect that to die suddenly after some random period of time - weeks to years

muted fable
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What ssd speed should i go for?

winged knoll
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Well, that's a question that's more suited to your installation method channel, since there's other factors at play

muted fable
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Minimum that works well?

winged knoll
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Any SSD will "work" - whether it works with your install method... that's the question

muted fable
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OS

winged knoll
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So, ask over there 😉

muted fable
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Thanks! I'm really excited to start using home assistant.

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  • What your budget is
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pine needle
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Tp link if your in the US

winged knoll
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Ikea Tradfri if you're pretty much anywhere

pine needle
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Yeah that too

pearl ruin
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If I want to upgrade from a Raspberry Pi 4, what would people recommend as a more stable hardware platform that supports homeassistant_os for about the same cost factor?

winged knoll
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There's nothing at the same price point

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A second hand NUC or laptop - from the last 8 or so years - would be close though

pearl ruin
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What about Odroid?

winged knoll
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Sure, it's a step up, not as much as a NUC/laptop though

pearl ruin
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thanks!

gloomy spoke
lament bridge
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I have a somewhat related question: currently on a RPi4 and bought an nVME drive and enclosure for it. Installed HassOS to encounter the usual problems I didn't know of at the time. Looking to install Raspian or the like and run Container. Is it a big step down to no longer have add-ons and supervisor? I feel like I use supervisor a lot to just no longer have it

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To clarify, I had to plug my drive into the USB 2.0 port to work, and any reboot prioritized my ConBee II stick in the boot sequence. It would appear that installing Raspian would eliminate both of those issues

undone haven
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Anything you can do with add-ons you can do with either a docker container or manual install. It just isn’t clickity-click work. You will also find, that when you move away from the OS install, you aren’t as limited with things you can do. The docker install is super easy and one of the preferred methods. Just might take you a little while to figure out the rest.

lament bridge
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Yeah, it did look pretty easy. Thanks!

primal wren
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stupid question

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so ... with all the work that it took to add all these lightbulbs to my HA

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Is there a way to automatically "swap" bulbs?

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So if one goes in the trash because it has gone bad... is there an automated way to swap a bulb in such a way that you don't have to do a whole bunch of reconfiguration?

ember shell
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Take a backup of the configs for all. Then restore that when you're setting up a new one.

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Will take all the same entity IDs and everything.

tepid heart
winged knoll
mortal spruce
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Does anyone know if the YLFD001, Yeelight Smart DC Inverter Fan Light S2001 is or can be controlled through home assistant?

hollow flare
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have anyone managed to get still image url off TP link Tapo cameras?

gentle yew
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Hi, is it possible to run Home Assistant as a VM in Hyper-V, but have USB Bluetooth and Zigbee dongles plugged into RaspberryPi elsewehre in home, and relay it to HA server using IP?

gloomy spoke
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Sure

gentle yew
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I want to run HA as a VM on my server but it's far away from all devices I want to connect to, and it's not possible to passthrough devices to VM on Hyper-V anyway

gentle yew
gloomy spoke
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zwave_js and zigbee2MQTT

gentle yew
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And what is univeraly good zigbee adapter I should buy for this purpose? I had my eyes on ConBee II but looks like support for zigbee2MQTT is still experimental for this dongle

winged knoll
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Your options will vary according to where in the world you are, and what's in stock this month

steel lion
gentle yew
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Ok so I've read a bit about it and here is my understadning, so I install zigbee2MQTT on Pi, connect dongle to it, and that picks up Zigbee adapter like CC2652 and translates it to MQTT protocol. I then install zigbee2mqtt on home assistant and it should be able to see the remote adapter over IP, right?

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Also, I understand that Slaesh's CC2652RB stick works as both Zigbee and bluetooth dongle, right??

winged knoll
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Yeah, but ordering from him is hit and miss

stable gulch
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What hardware would u guys consider making blinds “smart”?

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Found some stuff but these companies arent manufacturing these motors anymore, I do probably need something like this: https://youtu.be/hO1oq957PQQ

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Its not a rotary mechanism or stick, you can only tilt using 2 cords

spare barn
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I think the two cords might wrap around a little spool in the top part, and you can still install exactly what you linked. Unfortunately you may need to wait for someone else who knows what actual product to recommend if you aren't big on buying a kit without confirmation

steel lion
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Didn’t IKEA bring out smart blinds last year? Maybe those are something for you.

drifting grove
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Just burnt a sonoff s26 while trying to flash tasmota. Feel like an idiot. At least I managed 4/5 of them

timid scaffold
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Hey everyone! Looking to step up from a RPi 3B that I started with into something a bit more powerful and with more reliable storage. Not sure if the right way to go is some kind of used SFF PC or a RPi4 w/NVMe, or something else. Right now I'm just using HASS with integrations but want to get into node-red. I don't have a home lab anymore, so I'll have to buy something.
Country: USA
Budget: Whatever makes sense, within reason ($500 is probably a bit excessive)
Protocols: N/A, provided the device has USB for one of the Zigbee + zwave sticks
Features: Relatively quiet (no 1U servers)

winged knoll
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Any 64 bit Intel compatible system from the last decade will do - such as an old laptop

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Second hand SFF systems are also a good choice

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(and many many others in the channel history)

timid scaffold
bleak mauve
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Does anyone know if there’s still a long wait when ordering an HA blue in the US? Thinking of ordering one but don’t want to wait a long time to receive it.

vocal depot
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Any recommendations on a zigbee usb gateway?

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I'm looking at the ConBee II The Universal Zigbee USB Gateway

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but there is no "this is the one I would buy"

dull bramble
vocal depot
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It doesn't have to be cheap, it just has to work.

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Have you found this to be pretty consistent?

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I already have a zstick so I'm not sure I need it to do the zwave plus stuff, but I guess I don't have to use that portion of it if I don't want to.

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I went ahead and ordered it. Looks like it'll be here today since it was in stock in a nearby warehouse.

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Thank you for the recommendation.

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I have a gocontrol zwave garage door opener that stopped working out of the blue a couple of years ago.

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Have you guys had issues with these as well?

foggy pecan
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i've had mine for a few years now and it is still going strong

vocal depot
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I was using smartthings before

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Maybe I'll try setting it up in HA

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it's still on the ceiling of my garage. lol

dull bramble
foggy pecan
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i have heard complaints that those fail. i've been lucky though

vocal depot
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I'm going to try setting it up right now, wish me luck!

vocal depot
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@dull bramble Do you get "This entity is not currently available." on all of your garage door entities?

boreal oar
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I'm looking at getting light switches, but just read something that if your HA goes down, they won't work as a dumb switch. Is this accurate? Is it the case with some switches but not others?

winged knoll
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Smart switches will work locally just fine

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That's kinda the point of them, you can automate them, or operate them manually

boreal oar
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okay good!

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Innovelli seems highly recommended due to lots of extra features

winged knoll
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Now, if you want the switch to operate something that's not wired to it, that's where it becomes more complicated

boreal oar
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No, I wouldn't expect that if the system's down, and wouldn't set anything up like that if it were important enough hat I couldn't handle it not working if the system was down

winged knoll
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Z-Wave can use Association for that, and Zigbee has binding

boreal oar
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As long as it works as a dumb switch in an outage, I'm okay

winged knoll
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They will, as long as they're wired to the lights

boreal oar
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I'm considering it for a bathroom fan - turn on when humidty sensor says so, turn on if temperature is above 23C, otherwise act as dumb switch

winged knoll
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Absolutely fine for that, or any lighting, etc

boreal oar
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Question then, if the switch is physically in the off position, HA triggers it to turn on, and then someone switches it to On physically, after the HA trigger runs out and signals to turn off, will it stay on or off

winged knoll
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Smart switches don't really link the switch position to on or off

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The switch is basically a toggle

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Just like if you've got a multi-way lighting circuit, you stop being able to treat a given position as on or off

boreal oar
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gotcha

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Which switches do you use?

winged knoll
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Well, I'm in the UK... are you in the UK?

boreal oar
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negative

winged knoll
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Then what I use is largely irrelevant

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However, I'd be looking at switch modules, that you fit behind your existing switch

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Then you get the look you want, and the smarts you want, without compromising either

boreal oar
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interesting

winged knoll
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You just have to pick Zigbee, Z-Wave, WiFi, or other

boreal oar
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I'm thinking zwave, but maybe zigbee. I currently have a few of each

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not switches, other devices

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whats an example of the switch module you're talking about? shelly?

winged knoll
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For WiFi, yes

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For Z-Wave, Aeotec or Fibaro

boreal oar
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hmm not sure if i'd have room in the box for something like that

winged knoll
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It doesn't have to go in the box - it can go anywhere between the switch and the fan/light/whatever

boreal oar
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that might help

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the inovelli seems amazingly for the price

white depot
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I flashed the software onto my Raspberry Pi. Is there a way, afterwards, to allow it to use WiFi instead of using Ethernet?

winged knoll
stable gulch
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As Ikea didnt have our style blinds 😦

dull bramble
vocal depot
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Oh sorry

vocal depot
foggy pecan
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i just have a card with a button for the door on my dashboard

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haven't really cared about the rest of it

stable gulch
earnest meadow
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Does anyone here have experience with alarm/security systems

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I have some hardware from alula/resolution and want to be able to get data from it in home assistant

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Re6100 and re500x

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Re6100 appears to have multiple names, bought from alarm relay as helix but alula sells it as connect plus

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As for re500x I can't find any information online

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I would attach images of re500x as there don't appear to be any online but I don't have permission

earnest meadow
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The re500x also has number of codes on the back including GE DL, HW SN, 2GiG Sn, dsc esn, and crypitx id

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If anyone knows a better place to ask this question let me know

iron hound
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has anyone looked into some kind of automated ball valve cut off tied to a water sensor?

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trying to weigh options and it seems like the only things available are these in-line smart sensors that are >=$400

vital sandal
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you could also wire a solenoid valve to a relay and a cheap microcontroller to hook into the HA network

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oh ball valve

iron hound
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yeah I'm getting the main valves replaced, and they're gonna be ball valves

vital sandal
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I spent a bunch of time researching valves for a project a few years ago, even talked to a rather large valve manufacturer, but it seems electromechanical valves are just way behind on the automation front

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I think most factories just time solenoids

iron hound
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this thing looks fairly state-of-the-art

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even is z-wave supported (and recommended)

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just gotta make sure I have enough clearance and separation between the valves I guess

vital sandal
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actually yeah, looks like it's coming along

iron hound
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well seems like I misjudged the location and pipe lengths, so not sure if this would work

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I guess if I'm getting them replaced, maybe they could lengthen the piping there slightly so it could fit

ember shell
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Would it be hard to setup the Conbee2 on an Intel NUC running HassOS?

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The only real issue I see is people needing to use a USB extended to remove interference

winged knoll
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Not hard, no

winged knoll
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winged knoll
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Zigbee FTW

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No

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Zigbee is a wireless protocol

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Not a brand

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winged knoll
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No

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It's 100% local, other than if you use a hub (which you shouldn't)

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That'd not make people money though

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@drifting grove

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stop

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@drifting grove

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tagging

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@drifting grove

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when

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@drifting grove

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replying

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@drifting grove

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Reply is fine

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if you turn off the damn tag

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Read that and the damn gif

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Every
Time
Because the Discord devs clearly don't use their own platform

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As for bulbs, I just buy Zigbee if I need a bulb, picking one known to work

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It's a mesh network, so range is ultimately in your hands

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Point to point you can expect maybe 10 meters

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Sometimes more, sometimes a lot less

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Covering a whole house though is trivial, at least as long as you don't buy a bunch of bulbs and turn the power off to them ablobjoy

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Well, if you use the software to turn them "off", yes

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But if you cut the power, you'll probably break your Zigbee mesh

undone haven
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Might want to think about how you will turn on/off the light should something in your system break. Removing manual control can be an issue. Your call, just something to think about.

nocturne sentinel
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Just checking if anyone here (UK based) has used a Shelly 2 Dimmer? Kind of got two outstanding questiosn before I buy one. Do they work with an existing in-line dimmer? and .. the docs are really unclear if you need the 'bypass' or not. I know in the UK most switches dont have a netural line in the switch but.. the documentation seems to contradict itself 😛

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Hm, Im guessing it reads like you do..

winged knoll
toxic raven
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Do you guys have any preferences for ceiling fans with lights from a Works With HA standpoint?

undone haven
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Yea, depending on your setup, control it at the switch. #zigbee-archived or #zwave-archived. If your light turns on by a pull chain at the fan, you might need a bulb. My setup has individual switches for fan and light so I do zwave switches. Switches are better imho because you will have manual control should home assistant have a brain fart. @toxic raven

steel holly
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Hello ,
I have a RF bridge with Tasmota and Portisch firmware where I try to control a skylight window.
While being successful for few occasions , most of the times it just don't do anything .
While analyzing the protocol is seems that code is identical while what changes are bucket times.
When trying to control a RF ceiling fan I can trigger it off and on but it takes few attempts till it is working .
I wonder if there's any ability to better debug if my unit is defective ?
Might it be that a different configuration is needed ?
Can it be that code is too long ?
Any help will be highly appreciated
In the bottom you can see some codes where I do rfraw 177 and press the RF remote for ~3 secs

"RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01CC 0136 0F0A 0348 602C 4818181818181818180808080808080808080808080808280B080838080B3B08083808080B08080838080808080B083B380B0838080B08380B080838080B0808083B0808380B080838080B 55"}}
"RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01E0 012C 0F00 0348 5FB4 4818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818280B181808181B0B18080808080B08080808080808080B083B380B0838080B08380B080838080B0808083B0808380B080838080B 55"}}

zealous dune
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If it's not identical it's a rolling code

cerulean crater
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Does anyone know of WiFi Circuit Breakers?

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We have one breaker that trips from time to time. It's the one our wifi is on... The wifi is on a battery backup now as a result giving us plenty of time to flip the switch back on, if we're home.

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Buy when we're not at home I'd love to have the switch automated to turn back on after a few minutes

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The only one I've found that looks like it'd fit a US breaker panel is this: ZSGG WiFi Circuit Breaker, 1-Pole Plug-on Smart Switch Remote Control Work with Amazon Alexa Google Home (APP: eWeLink), 16A/32A/40A/50A, 230 VAC White U15U39171RN74 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R3QT6FX/ but no reviews.

steel holly
# zealous dune If it's not identical it's a rolling code

Not sure it is
I have read a bit and it seems the protocol is described here
https://github.com/Portisch/RF-Bridge-EFM8BB1/wiki/Decode-0xB1-sniffed-data
While reading it ( and I might be wrong) some of the changed data relates to the length of the command thus the code itself is the same
Any thoughts ?

12:38:44 RSL: tele/tasmota_5AFB0E/RESULT = {"Time":"2021-07-24T12:38:44","RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01D6 012C 0F00 0348 5FE6 4818181818181818181818181818181818181818180818280B083B3B083B08083B380B08083B3B38080B3B08083B083B080838080B083B0808380B380B380B3B083B3B08 55"}}
12:38:45 RSL: tele/tasmota_5AFB0E/RESULT = {"Time":"2021-07-24T12:38:45","RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01E0 012C 0F0A 0348 5FF0 4818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818280B180B0B080B08083B380B08083B0B38080B3B08083B083B080838080B083B0808380B380B380B3B083B3B08 55"}}

toxic raven
undone haven
simple pilot
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I have successfully transitioned my Home Assistant installation from a RPi4 running HAOS to a macmini5,1 running Buster and supervised. I first attempted to get HAOS to run on the macmini5,1 but since it was already running Buster smoothly, chose the supervised route. It was a super simple transition using the last snapshot from the RPi, changed the IP reservation from the RPi to the Mac Mini and PROFIT!

livid vapor
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Did not realize the blue was not possible to get right now in USA

bronze fjord
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Hello. I'm looking to replace my outdoor camera because it is a piece of crap that provides poor rtsp throughoutput and does not have any static jpeg image (so the outcome in hassio is pretty bad)

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I have looked for recommendations but all pages that I have found are at least a year old and mention cam that can no longer be purchased

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I am lloking for something that goes outdoor, has wifi and integrates well with hassio

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night vision would be nice as well as built-in motion detection but not really mandatory

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any recommendations ?

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or page where I could find this type of information ?

winged knoll
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#cameras-archived has a good history of recommendations, and are better placed to recommend something

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WiFi and cameras however is a bad choice - wired all the way

bronze fjord
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Excellent, thanks

zealous wyvern
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Does anyone know of any wifi padlocks? Can only find bluetooth out there. Would like a wifi one to hang on the backyard gate and connect it up to HA

civic kraken
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wifi will use a lot of energy which is why these probably don't exist

zealous wyvern
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But it works for normal locks such as Yale.

cerulean crater
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I thought yale locks were usually zwave

toxic raven
zealous wyvern
undone haven
toxic raven
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Gotcha. I just wonder about the integrated lights...

undone haven
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What integrated light? On the fan?

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Do you have two separate switches?

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You said you were going to run extra wires

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Actually, zwave has scene control (single, double, triple taps) also. So if you only have one switch, and it is zwave, you could use scene control to control the bulb

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As long as the bulbs integrate somehow into home assistant.

ripe copper
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I just bought some Caséta dimmers/picos and the bridge. I hope to maybe find a good z-wave&zigbee USB stick for my unRAID server and see if I can find a reasonable way to get HA running on it and using that USB stick

winged knoll
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You'll want separate sticks, one for #zwave-archived (that channel can help if you tell them what country you're in) and one for #zigbee-archived (CC2652 based sticks are the best, but again that channel can help)

drifting grove
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Hi everyone, I am having a hard time finding a outlet smart plug for outdoor use that works in home assistant that doesn’t cost 1 million dollars. Any suggestions?

winged knoll
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It's impossible to answer you without at least knowing which country you're in, if not the other things in the pinned message

drifting grove
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Ohhh sry about that Sweden ie European socket

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And I prefer zigbee or WiFi

winged knoll
drifting grove
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Thank you! That pointed we in the right direction. Ledvance seems to be the brand 😊

ripe copper
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I got a lutron Caséta dimmer

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It's not behaving properly with a ceiling fan, and I want to be sure that what I should be looking for is an on/off switch instead of a dimmer

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I don't have the space to have two switches for fan/lights

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So I want it to just be all on or off I guess since dimming is a problem

toxic raven
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In the new house there is only one switch in most rooms, that switches an outlet. Annoyingly. So I'll be dropping additional wires out of the attic to switches and then adding a box to the ceiling so I can install fans.

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*wires to new switches.

iron hound
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anyone using schlage connect with z-wave/HA? trying to get the "open" status to update properly but not sure what ID and variables I should be looking for

steel holly
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Trying again.......
Hello ,
I have a RF bridge with Tasmota and Portisch firmware where I try to control a skylight window.
While being successful for few occasions , most of the times it just don't do anything .
While analyzing the protocol is seems that code is identical while what changes are bucket times.
When trying to control a RF ceiling fan I can trigger it off and on but it takes few attempts till it is working .
I wonder if there's any ability to better debug if my unit is defective ?
Might it be that a different configuration is needed ?
Can it be that code is too long ?
Any help will be highly appreciated
In the bottom you can see some codes where I do rfraw 177 and press the RF remote for ~3 secs

"RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01CC 0136 0F0A 0348 602C 4818181818181818180808080808080808080808080808280B080838080B3B08083808080B08080838080808080B083B380B0838080B08380B080838080B0808083B0808380B080838080B 55"}}
"RfRaw":{"Data":"AA B1 05 01E0 012C 0F00 0348 5FB4 4818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818280B181808181B0B18080808080B08080808080808080B083B380B0838080B08380B080838080B0808083B0808380B080838080B 55"}}
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real canyon
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Got rfxcom DC106/Rohrmotor24-RMF/Yooda working but looks like i can't tell it it's open or closed? can this be solved? I see a binary_sensor.unknown_type_0x19_0x06_7d452c_97 but it doesn't seem to change much

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smoky perch
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im having issues changing the color value on a set of rgb string lights. they linked fine with the tuya integration but i cant change the color at all. When i try and do it dev tools, changing the values doesnt do anything, and also changing the color with their app, and then reloading the dev tools page, none of the values change even tho theyre a different color

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bleak osprey
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what options are there for battery-powered speaker/microphone combinations? something that does not perform any smart functions on its own, but would only be used as audio input/output and connected wirelessly to a machine running the real brain

winged knoll
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Any Bluetooth connected conference speaker should likely do

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Battery life on those tends not to be earth shattering though

cold moon
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any suggestions on hardwired zwave smoke/co2 alarms? I'm only finding wave OR hardwired.. not both

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i have also seen suggestions on reddit to use a listener with non zwave wired detectors. is this a decent option?

soft notch
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did you ever make any progress on igloohome? they seem to be very locked-in so i have stayed away from their hardware.

soft notch
cold moon
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damn

fleet topaz
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Morning all, I’m looking for a UK specific smart breaker rated for 40A, this is to automate the turning off and on of an air source heat pump pool heater which is wired directly into a fuse box with a Wylex B40 1P breaker currently. Anyone have any good recommendations? Would be good if it could automate the switching on and off of the breaker and return its current state to Home Assistant. Thanks!!

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Also, if anyone could recommend a temp sensor that would work well together with the breaker that would be awesome 😊

winged knoll
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I'd say that your choice of sensor should probably follow on from your choice of control

fleet topaz
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Thank you 😊 I’ll have a hunt through that list, from having a look it seems the smart breakers mostly on the market are too low amps wise or multi phase, I’ll have a dig through that long list to see what I can find 😊 may just need to get an electrician out to fit a heavy duty switch in line possibly. Cheers again @winged knoll 😊

zealous dune
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smart breakers come in versions up to 100A

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are UK circuit breakers different from others

fleet topaz
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I personally have no idea as I’ve not looked inside a US distribution box to see what their breakers look like. My guess is possibly due to the voltage differences? But I could be very wrong on that front, not an electrician so no clue

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zenith sluice
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Morning folks

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After using Wyze cams, then moving to Eufy..im itching for a simple ip cam thats easily integrated into HA without all the hoops and jumps thru cloud cams web based API and such

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They dont seem to work well.

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When I use to look, it seemed that barebones IP cams either were poor quality or very expensive

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Does anyone here have any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

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Ah, theres actually a Cameras section, ill take this over there

cloud hull
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Anyone got a recommendation for a smart lightbulb? It should be RGB since I have it set up to receive notifications bug it should mainly have good white colors

Country: Czech Republic (but can get anything in the EU/on Aliexpress/Ikea)
Budget: Should be reasonable for a lightbulb but it shouldn't be a problem to pay for something higher quality
Protocols: Would prefer WiFi but can also do zigbee

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Protocol?

cloud hull
dull bramble
# cerulean crater We have one breaker that trips from time to time. It's the one our wifi is on......

Do you know why it trips from time to time? My first focus would be on figuring that out before solving it with a remotely resetable breaker.

There are a bunch of reasons a breaker may trip, that are not directly related to overloading the circuit. Weak Breaker, loose lugs, burned bus bar, water leak into your load center, ect.

If you truly are overloading the circuit, run a separate branch. Smart Breakers, while designed to be remotely turned off and on; are not designed as a trip reset mechanism. Some of them when tripped will not reset without manual intervention. Most smart breakers are designed to allow the remote control of an entire branch.

The product you linked is not a panel breaker, though they designed the case to look like one. It is a load switch designed to be direct wired to a branch. In the US you will likely have either a Siemens, GE, or Squard-D load center in your home. You will need to source breakers that are made specifically for your load center, they are generally not cross-compatible.

Leviton now makes a residential smart load center that you may want to look at if you are set on going that way. It may be time for a panel upgrade anyway depending on why your breaker is tripping.

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Unfortunately i rent. I can't solve wiring issues, or swap out the panel

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As far as i can tell we're aren't overloading the circuit. It happens very randomly

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When it happens we always just flip it and everything is ok. So replacing with a smart solution won't really change the situation.

marble night
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does anyone know of a zigbee/zwave thermostat that can also control a humidifer? the only one I've found is https://www.telkonet.com/platform/hardware/touch-combo/ which doesn't seem to be available for individual purchase. ecobee can do this, but afaict the hass integration only works via their cloud, which I don't want.

chrome gulch
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Anyone have experience with the Shelly 2.5? Looking at it for a possible scenario. I have two switches for a single light. I’m wondering if it can be configured to have two different switches control one power output.

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I want the tradition switches to function like a 3 way by using the Shelly

trim oak
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Not really sure if is the correct channel, but does anyone know of any wifi controllable dimmer sockets?

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or fan speed controllers

real canyon
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why wifi? but i'm sure they exist

trim oak
real canyon
lime ginkgo
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¿Does anybody knows any wi-fi dimmer/potentiometer that will regulate the brightness of 11 growing lamps? The power could exceed 2kW

real canyon
lime ginkgo
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Hm, could be a solution

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near valley
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Does anyone have recommendations for smart breakers and outlets that monitor and control energy usage and are HA compatible?

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earnest meadow
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how do i mount a usb drive

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i have a 1tb hard drive with a usb adapter

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and its passed through by vmware

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and I want to save recordings from motioneye onto it

winged knoll
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Depends on your install method

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See the relevant channel for help with that

earnest meadow
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its the os running in vm

near valley
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Oh sorry I forgot to mention that stuff, I am in the USA and I don't necessarily care about budget and currently use WiFi devices, I am unfamiliar with zigbee/z-wave and I want to control on/off/dimming and see power monitoring

cerulean crater
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Trying to get out of this place, but not currently an option, so just looking for a stopgap to be able to recover from when it flips.

dull bramble
cerulean crater
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I hear that :/

cloud hull
winged knoll
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Anything WiFi based is a roll of the dice

cloud hull
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And a bit of a personal question, but do you do anything except answer questions here? You are the first to respond any time I ask anything here :D

winged knoll
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I'm a swarm AI

cloud hull
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:D A very helpful swarm AI

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Also would you recommend RGBW or RGB+CCT light strip for lighting?

upper yoke
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is there no way to integrate home assistant with fingerbot?

twilit relic
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Best sensor for lux?

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Trying to find alternatives to the Hue motion/light sensor which is like, $40

twilit relic
upper yoke
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i see there's a switchbot integration, which is a similar product so i'm gonna try that first.

gloomy spoke
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it looks like it's based on Tuya, and they're actively collaborating with HA

twilit relic
upper yoke
gloomy spoke
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no, Fingerbot, which you initially asked about

upper yoke
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whoops, i meant fingerbot. yeah, it doesn't work with the switchbot integration. rip.

sharp bear
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anyone here use raspberry pi as a IO board with MQTT?

tepid heart
twilit relic
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another bump, looking to purchase asap: good "how bright is it" sensor that works well with home assistant?

tepid heart
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BH1750 with ESPHome. Cheap, reliable. Easy to DIY.

twilit relic
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ehhh, ok, but was hoping for unbox and connect

tepid heart
twilit relic
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i'd need to power it, get it a case, solder, ... i wish i had time for that

upper yoke
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if I wanna toggle switches from my phone's Tuya app in HAS, am i installing the HACS tuya or doing the addons (supervisor page) tuya..?

spare barn
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Has anyone made a smart mailbox yet? I’m designing a new mailbox for myself where I plan to get those cheap outdoor garden solar panels/batteries/LED lights to light the number after dark, and I’m thinking with enough volt-amps on the panel and battery I could provide a supply for a sensor to tell me if there’s mail somehow

twilit relic
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I have a sensor on my mailbox

spare barn
upper yoke
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the local tuya from hacs?

spare barn
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That ones more work

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The default integration you can search in integrations will link your cloud account and access them the same as your phone app does.
Local tuya is a method to control them without the cloud in the middle

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I’ve used both now, and I’m kinda waiting on option 3

vague crest
# spare barn Has anyone made a smart mailbox yet? I’m designing a new mailbox for myself wher...

I originally had a door sensor directly in the mailbox, but it’s black and the temp would register 115 F before it would die.

So I just redid it with a simple dry contact switch; some cheap reed switches, some wire, and an Ecolink door sensor (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5HB4U5/) inside (as my mailbox is hung to the house). These have dry contact posts which work great for a simple NC/NO circuit on battery.

twilit relic
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the trick comes with intelligently programming the automation. like, when i walk out to put outgoing mail in, i don't want it to say "YOU'VE GOT MAIL"

spare barn
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Well we don’t do outgoing mail

vague crest
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Yeah, me neither. I set a binary switch that reports whether I’ve gotten mail today based on whether it had been opened. Resets at midnight

spare barn
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So for us, the mail pokes in a slit at the front and we check/retrieve from a door on the back so door/window sensing might not play. Im thinking if I float a panel that’s a little springy it can close the circuit when a letter puts weight on it

twilit relic
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or a good motion sensor. less complicated

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PIR-based should work in the dark

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test it out 🙂

simple fox
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Hey! Figured I'll try my luck here as the forums are a bit sleepy 😁
I'm trying to see if I can add some more functional support for JBL soundbars, much like the sonos integration.

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The media player option is sufficient only for basic media controls, but one cannot even select the source (not to mention the cumbersome features that are hidden in the remote 😛 )

I've done some lookups and found several open ports on the soundbar (7000, 8008, 8009, 9000, 10001), but I'm not sure how to proceed with this.

Is anyone somewhat familiar with the JBL soundbars and/or with this type of reverse engineering, and can give me some instructions in the right direction?

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I was thinking an alternative approach would be to have a remote entity, but HASS doesn't natively find the remote itself (I'm not even sure if it's IR or BT 🙁 )

sharp bear
tepid heart
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Nope.

shut palm
winged knoll
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No

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

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winged knoll
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That channel can help you, but there's even answers in the pinned messages there

tiny pelican
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Anyone experience with RFXtrx & somfy rts?

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sharp bear
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I'll give it a shot

void valve
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Anyone have any suggestions for how I could reduce the audible buzzing from LED strip based dimmable light fixtures?

winged knoll
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Depends on where the buzzing is coming from - it's probably the dimmer or power supply in which case replacing them will help

void valve
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Lutron Caseta

void valve
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It's a brand new dimmer, and I can hear the sound emanating from the lights themselves

winged knoll
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Could be you need different lights then, those may not be dimmable with that dimmer - there's leading and trailing edge dimming

minor lance
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Does there exist any article that shows which Zigbee/Z-wave/Wi-Fi/whatever enabled smart devices will work with Home Assistant? Do all devices supported support scripting?

sharp bear
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trail kestrel
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Hey all, wondering if anyone has a working Logitech Harminy hub setup? i'm "just" trying to script a button press to control a DVR device... i'm sure there is something silly i'm missing...

winged knoll
trail kestrel
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sorry thanks 🙂

sharp bear
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I can't seem to get this GPIO board workinh

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well I can't get MQTT to run with the Flyte mqtt-io

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looks more current

sharp bear
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NM I got it - I think

sharp bear
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hey @tepid heart may I ask: the MQTT config references pin: 0 - what is this 🙂

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I guess GPIO 0 is ON the board and not in the 40 pin connector?

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and if you hit ground to 3.3v you reboot the board

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its like grounding your sparkplug on an engine 🙂

tepid heart
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I have no idea what you are talking about and please stop @ ing me.

sharp bear
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tom I tried inverted: yes and inverted: true but it doesn't seem to work

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you know anything about that?

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aren't you the guy who posted on the forums about the GPIO on the raspberry pi?

sharp bear
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hmmm looks like the same icons for your avatar

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😦

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🔍

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@tepid heart if I have the wrong guy - my apologies

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I think he has me muted

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not sure if he doesn't like me or doesn't want to be bothered with me

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or both

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🙂

winged knoll
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I'd expect he's got you blocked since you don't get the message about not tagging

sharp bear
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well I didn't get a response

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so I @@@@@ him

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🤷‍♂️

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sharp bear
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yeah

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Similarly, please don’t DM (direct message) people asking for help. It also comes across as demanding, and means that others can’t learn from what you do.

Finally, please keep tagging people in replies to a minimum. That too can become annoying very quickly and should be used only when it's necessary (such as if it's been a long time, or there's multiple conversations going on). When using Discord's new Reply feature it defaults to pinging the person you reply to, click @ ON to @ OFF to stop this - on the right side of the compose bar.

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sharp bear
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who cares

winged knoll
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Well, you will when everybody who can help you has you blocked

sharp bear
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we were having a broken up conversation where he responded to me

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so what do I know

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thats true

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homeseer here I come 🙂

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hahahahah

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im joking of course - im crazy not stupid

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is the project he referenced and I even participate in the forums. I was trying to get some clatification so what do I know

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🙂

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I will figure it out

abstract sky
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It would be nice if the hardware I was buying had operating temps on them that I could believe. They're always suspiciously round numbers.

buoyant plume
pliant forum
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Hello, I’m seeming to have an issue with my Kwikset 914C lock. It sometimes doesn’t report it’s state correctly in HA even when I look at the ZWave JS logs it says the correct state.

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In home assistant it also has an entity called “lock jammed” and that’s always on for some reason even though it’s not jammed

gloomy spoke
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cloud hull
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Anyone got a recommendation for a rgb flush ceiling light?

Country: czech republic (but can use any european amazon or aliexpress
Budget: prefferably under 100 dollars
Protocol: zigbee/wifi
features: RGB, good whites

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  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
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keen crystal
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Has anyone had issues on rpi4 with an external bluetooth dongle just stopping and having to reinsert the dongle and restarting hass to get it working again?

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I'm trying to figure out what causes this

pallid brook
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Im looknig into a Nuc/Micro PC to migrate my HA to so I can separate it from my Unraid server ideally running Proxmox to run separate dockers (z2m, zwave) outside HA. What specs should I be looking for in the ballpark? Ideally trying to spend around $250-300

austere flare
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anyone use KASA light bulbs and can report no issues with them

ashen apex
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I've just had 4 wifi power monitoring sockets that were all flashed with ESPHome at about the same time die on me within a month (3 of those have been within a week). They've been working fine for at least a year (probably closer to 2) until this month. Any idea what would cause that? Some people are saying that ESPHome/Tasmota are kinda aggressive when writing to flash. This makes me believe it could be the case, as they are different brands of sockets, but were all flashed at the same time. Or is it likely that there's some energy supply issues/spikes that have been happening (I have had about 2 short blackouts in the last month).

languid apex
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Hey guys. I'm looking for a thermostat , I'm gonna need 5 of them so budget is a thing , anyone have suggestions ? Preferably hardwired

peak talon
storm saffron
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Morning all! Can anyone help me understand which clamps I need for a Shelly em in a UK new build property?

tepid heart
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What size are the circuit breakers / fuses on the circuits you want to measure (in Amps)?

storm saffron
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tepid heart
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That's your main switch. Rated at 100A. So a 100A CT if all you want to do is monitor the whole house. If not You need to check your distribution board.

storm saffron
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There are pics of both at the link

storm saffron
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Sorry. Didn't scroll down. What do you mean "each" there are seven circuits.

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And it is difficult to see the ratings in that photo because the CB levers are obscuring the ratings.

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Ok so which circuits do you want to monitor?

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You get two per shelly EM

storm saffron
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@tepid heart Smoke alarms don't matter so 6 of them, would the idea be 3x Shelly ems?

tepid heart
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You would be better off with something like the IoTaWatt for that many circuits.

storm saffron
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You want a CT with a rating that is just bigger than the marking on the CB you want to measure. i.e. The smallest one above that CB rating. So for a 32 Amp CB a 50A CT would do so would a 100A CT but the 100A CT would have less resolution.

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awesome! thank you for that, makes much more sense, can i use a 100A CT for a 100A circuit or does it need to be higher?

tepid heart
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Looks like 50A are the smallest they make so 7x 50A CTs for the branch circuits and a 100A for the over-all measurement (unless you want to do that in a template by adding up the branch circuits), then you don;t need it.

storm saffron
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And any idea what "RCD CONTROLLED CIRCUIT" means?

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what am i measuring on that one?

tepid heart
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The branch circuits are split into two groups that are protected by two 80A residual current devices. If they measure an imbalance between Line and Neutral (i.e. leakage to earth) they trip. You don't need to monitor them.

storm saffron
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excellent, and good to know! Many thanks, think I have a plan, if you were wondering what prompted it, yes i do read the beta patch notes....

tepid heart
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Yeah interesting release. I just had an SMA energy meter installed. It's connected directly to my SMA solar inverter. I can either get the Inverter to read the meter or Home assistant. Not both 😡 Think I need to get the installer out here to reconfigure it.

storm saffron
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is it zigbee?

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My other exploration (which i may still do) is intercepting my smart meter (which talks between the main breaker and the meter in my house via zigbee)

tepid heart
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No it's Ethernet (or "Speedwire" as SMA call it).

oak edge
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Has anyone experienced any issues with the Aqara Magic Cube? I am using Zigbee Home Automation intergration and a CC2531 USB stick in a Raspberry Pi. When ever I watch for zha_events, it picks up any event fine, however when those events trigger an automation (ie playing a Spotify playlist, skipping a song etc) it can take over a minute to do the action. The LQI is between 25-45 but the RSSI shows as unknown. Has anyone ran into issues or have an idea on how to improve the delay?

winged knoll
nocturne sentinel
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Anyone here been using Shelly Dimmer 2's? Installed two today and the experiance hasnt been.. great...? Lots and lots of flicker on one, and the second the lights flicker even worse, dont dim below 20%..

oak edge
rotund burrow
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anyone recommend a good occupancy sensor that doesn't (only) rely on motion detection?

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I'm currently using cameras with ML to detect if a human is in the frame but that requires running poe ethernet cables so I don't have to worry about power or wifi bandwidth, and also takes a lot of gpu power to process them all

rotund burrow
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these PIR and ultrasonic sensors sound good, don't see any complete solutions though, would need to attach to something like an rpi and with maybe a zigbee attachment

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or probably wifi + mqtt

austere flare
rotund burrow
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I've got an ecobee, it was fine for a year or so but the thermometer on that thing doesn't work well now, I have it set to 72, its definitely not 72, I got a couple portable thermometers to verify, its 77 downstairs and 80 upstairs.. the ecobee has a configuration that allows you to give it a temperature offset but the offset isn't a static number it varies from day to day

gloomy spoke
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I just use a few remote sensors and tell it to ignore the one in the thermostat. It’s always an outlier

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My 2 Ecobee 3s have always been that way

soft notch
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is there a way to verify that a usb device (coral) is being recognized by my rpi4? it used to work, now it doesn't, and i'm stuck.

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and how do i tell if my HA is running in 32 or 64 bit mode?

soft notch
upper yoke
soft notch
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@upper yoke thanks, and that plugs into the pi4 usb3 port w/o any backfeed problems?

upper yoke
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backfeed problems
i really have no idea how to tell. i googled a lot about this and people kept saying the pi4 has measures in place to prevent damage from backfeeding, but i really don't know.

soft notch
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you'd know because the pi locks up entirely 🙂 i learned that from this terrible sabrent

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like it won't even boot

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reviews check out -- thank you so much!

upper yoke
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then no. my pi4 is stable. good luck, i think it should work for you.

soft notch
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it will, thanks a million. you made my life better. my coral sucks up too much power from everything else, was taking down all my usb periphs, and we just had 2 break-ins in our neighborhood so i am stuck choosing between person detection in the driveway and z-wave telling the lights to turn on 🙂

trim oak
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Does anyone have any HA compatible smart sockets they would recommend? 300 watt load maximum

nocturne sentinel
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Depends where in the world you are, if your UK, 300 is not much so something like a Tradrfi smart plug seem decent if you use Zigbee, The Sonoff Inline devices seem to be 'alright'

thorny owl
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I'm trying to get some strip LED lights for under my cabinet to work. I bought some connectors so I could bridge the gap between the cabinets but only the first strip works.

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I'm probably missing something stupidly obvious

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they're tied to a zigbee controller

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and the strip that works works perfectly through HA

rotund sphinx
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can I use my wireless sunscreens with a 433MHz remote frequency in home assistant

final ridge
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any suggestions on a smart garage opener that works well with HA?

soft notch
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i think there are some z-wave now as well but insteon is the fastest as it's just x10 underneath

trim oak
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im UK based

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ill have a look for the isteon ones

soft notch
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oh ok sorry, i am not sure if there are insteon uk plugs!

soft notch
winged knoll
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There's a load of Zigbee options

grand solar
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In terms of hardware is there any advantages / disadvantages of using for example a stick instead of just buying the required gateway for the product you buy?

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Or is the only difference that it's cheaper to buy the stick instead of maybe having to buy more than one gateway?

gloomy spoke
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controlling devices directly from HA is almost always the better way to go

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faster, local, doesn't depend on another box

grand solar
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Using a gateway makes it not local anymore? For example I was planning to run the aqara gateway as well as the ikea one

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Kinda just realized conbee was a thing after buying the gateways and was debating sending them back or not

gloomy spoke
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sometimes. depends on the gateway

grand solar
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There is no "depends on the cloud" icon at least. Thanks for the heads up though I might just send them back and go for another solution

gloomy spoke
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but dongles > gateway for every use case that I can think of

grand solar
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👍

buoyant plume
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I am still struggeling with Bluetooth audio 😦

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Any tutorial or idea what to do with HassOS?

snow mantle
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shame it's impossible to use an old ipad as a panel for home assistant

rotund sphinx
upper yoke
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so i have the 1gb pi4 with has os on an ssd. everything seemed fine up until i started using frigate, i'm getting random reboots every hour or so and i wonder if it's because of memory leaks due to frigate or something.

will upgrading to an 8gb pi4 potentially fix the issue? i only have ~90-100mb of free ram with everything up and running, before frigate i had like ~220-230mb free.

or should i upgrade to some kind of intel NUC? aside from the SSD, i'm also running a coral stick from a powered usb hub.

stray pasture
thorny owl
clear cave
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Hey all, anyone knows what brand of cloth washmaschine and dryer are compatible with home assistant?

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Like candy or samsung?

stray pasture
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i have an lg

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works nicely

clear cave
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@stray pasture is the LG supported out of the box?

stray pasture
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wifi enabled and via lg thinq app

clear cave
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And in homeassistant?

stray pasture
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i can see the programs running i can set the state of the washing machine i can turn it on/off

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you know...the basic stuf

grand solar
winged knoll
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#zigbee-archived would be the most likely place to get an answer to that, or maybe the deCONZ Discord

grand solar
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Thanks

clear cave
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@stray pasture ok thanks 🙂 I will buy an LG then 😉

rotund burrow
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anyone recommend a good occupancy sensor that doesn't (only) rely on motion detection?

thorny owl
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theres flir sensors, bit diy right now

jade agate
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not really sure where this goes, but this is the question: got a 3d party hardware water meter. it connects over mqtt and topics a startup_time with '2021-08-01T15:30:21Z' and because of the Z i ques, my device_class: timestamp puts it 2 hours in front of my own timezone... how to fix that please?

winged knoll
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Whatever that is, can't you just correct the time on it?

jade agate
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maybe in the mqtt sensor itself? which now is - platform: mqtt state_topic: watermeter/smart_gateways/startup_time name: Watermeter Startup time device_class: timestamp

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can I add a value_template there? value_template: > {{value|split('Z')[0]}} maybe?

winged knoll
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Should be able to do something like that

jade agate
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any idea why a Z would be there in the first place? it was {{value.split('Z')[0]}} btw... and working 😉

winged knoll
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Because that's a standard indicator of Zulu aka GMT or UTC

silver dock
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hi guys. does anyone have any ideas why my aeotec 6 range extenders are added as lights? Only found some info on the forums

rotund burrow
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10 years ago a sensor project might have been fun, no time these days though :\

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do they make light switches for smart lights such that the light is always receiving power but the switch sends a signal controlling whether the light should be turned on or off?

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I suppose that would be kind of a diy also

full frost
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Hey guys, are the Yeelight S1 bulbs considered as cloud devices now? I read on the forum that Xiaomi lights seem to have upgraded their firmware and now require cloud control. I can’t distill any definitive answer about Yeelight.

grand solar
full frost
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Aight, thanks for the response. We’re looking into suitable bulbs that have a good price to quality ratio

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Suggestions are welcome

jade agate
grand solar
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I'm looking to replace my bulbs as well , don't know the best option yet 😦

full frost
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Alrighty

twilit quartz
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Does anyone have an idea on how to deal with RGB bulbs that have warm white and cold white split into color temp and brightness? These are the bulbs I'm using:
https://templates.blakadder.com/athom_LB01-15W-E27.html

Every time HA makes a call with the following data:

data:
    rgb_color: [255,0,0]
    brightness: 255

it turns to red then quickly turns to white (checked logs and there's two commands being sent by HA: one to set the RGB color and other to set it back to white)

full frost
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Personally I love philips hue, but they’re quite expensive

autumn igloo
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Currently I've only Philips Hue lights. I had GU 10 spots of the brand Trust, but the connection was not reliable. I would look into innr lights shortly. Also ZIgbee so you can connect them to your Philips Hue bridge.

grand solar
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tbh if you don't need RGB IKEA bulbs may not be a bad option, I bought a couple of them to test out and they are working quite well for the price

full frost
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Ah INNR are good aswell

deep pollen
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So I've got a room of Fyrtur shades, and I'm happy with the functionality and the intergrations with HA. I need to move to the next room but I need more customizability without jumping to Serena costs. Any suggestions on rollers that will sit closer to the 250-300 range that'll have the same functionality in HA?

vague tartan
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Is it any 4g dongles or simple usb hardware that is not the huawei usb storage / mode switch nightmare? Im tired of the dongle working then not working

buoyant plume
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InfluxDB was really really hammering the SD-Card

cloud hull
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Anyone got a tip on how to cover up an anoying LED on something so it doesn't light up half of the room while still allowing me to see it?

ember cargo
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does anyone have a recommendation for a small screen or tablet to display a specific camera?

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im usually on the pc all day so was thinking of having a small always on display with a specific camera on it

cloud hull
ember cargo
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i want it to be low spec as possible, the room that it'll be viewing will be mainly stationary

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think of it like a baby cam

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but doesnt need to be 4k

cloud hull
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I'm currently using a 15.6" portable monitor placed vertically to display my HA stuff. You could get one and use the top part for random stuff and the bottom for the camera.
But I got it a year ago for school (where I haven't been even once because of the pandemic) for ~200usd and have no idea how much they cost these days where you live

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And it has the benefit of being an actual (portable) monitor if you don't need it

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It think mine's called MB16AC

grand solar
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You can get a tablet for like 100 USD, something like a lenovo tab 8. Maybe it's a lot for just a display to show a camera and there is a cheaper option?

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Could also try to get a second hand tablet or smartphone

soft notch
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hey, this community has helped me out so much, i have an extra argon one rpi4 (v1 not v2) case i'm happy to mail out to anyone for free for the cost of shipping which should be around $4-5 USD. let me know. i upgraded to v2 and don't see myself making a new rpi build anytime soon.

undone haven
soft notch
hollow lance
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does anyone know if the V1 Argon One can be booted automatically on restoration of power?

soft notch
hollow lance
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damn

soft notch
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i had it behind a UPS but even then, after 2-3 hours it's still going to turn off

hollow lance
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even though it has the same pins! that's lame.

soft notch
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so now we did solar -> whole house battery -> UPS -> rpi in argon 🙂

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@hollow lance the control board on the v2 is different though and it thankfully finally has full size hdmi

hollow lance
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huh

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well looks like i'm replacing my V1 as well then

soft notch
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haha yes!

hollow lance
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I guess it'll make a good media centre case...

soft notch
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a media center that still won't turn back on when the power goes out unfortunately 😁

hollow lance
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arguably i don't need it until i get home, at which point i can turn it on

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(assuming i'm out when the power drops)

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or it can be my workshop pi

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pity they can't just sell a replacement control board

soft notch
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yeah it's cheap enough to be worth it to upgrade i guess. and they are selling it with that m.2 add-on base now

hollow lance
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I thought about picking that up, but couldn't justify the extra expense

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uSD is fast enough for HA in most use cases

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and it's not like it takes up a lot of space

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interesting add-on though

soft notch
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agreed, mine is fine. i guess the fear is that sd cards fail eventually.

hollow lance
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all storage fails eventually

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btw, apparently SOME v1 board support auto-booting

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the manufacturers included some beta control boards in the v1 cases towards the end of 2020

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totally randomly, so pot luck if you've got one or not

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i2cset -y 1 0x01a 0xfe

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^ running that on the command line in raspbian (i assume?) is supposed to enable the feature, if the board in your v1 is the v2 beta

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apparently there's a 100~ second delay on the power-up after power is restored

lament bridge
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Anyone have experience with the Shelly Dimmer 1 vs. 2? I have a neutral wire, so connectivity is no issue. Any feature differences that would make for an easy decision?

hollow lance
hollow lance
ember cargo
quasi mica
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Noticing more and more devices switching from esp8266 to the Wb3s

cloud hull
grand solar
ruby harness
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Are there any up to date lists of hardware that is good to use with HA? I'm rewiring my house soon so am looking at what light switches I can put in so that I can have dumb bulbs on smart switches. UK based but with the rewire I can get a neutral added. Any recommendations greatly appreciated with how many products are being released these days!

fast bane
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Recommendations: Reverse Cycle Aircon with Good Home Assistant integration?

brisk token
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I've had my Home Assistant Blue in order with Baumann Elektro since the 17th of June. Every time I call them they tell me that "they're about to receive a shipment of Home Assistant Blue's and will ship them out this week" but I've been hearing that for over 3 weeks now. Anyone else getting the same run-around?

clear cave
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--!!WARNING!!--
Before you buy an airco of innova, please know this upfront: I talked with the support, there is NO integration possible with google home, apple home kit, homeassistant, tado or anything!
They don't give the API guide (so you cannot built your own integration) and they are NOT planning to make an integration!!!🤬🤬

tepid heart
wanton marsh
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need Door & PIR sensor suggestions. I've been trying to flash some tuya ones to ESPHome and I'm about to sledge hammer them....

tepid heart
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i can recommend Aqara zigbee door and window sensors. All my PIRs are standard 12V units hard wired to a pi gpio. Very reliable but involves a lot of crawling in the roof and under the floor.

wanton marsh
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PIR will be replacing Wyze sense unit and there's no power nearby. I'm looking into zigbee for speed and battery life, but I run HASSOS as a VM, so doing a zigbee USB stick is going to be a real PITA.

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I'll drop down to the zigbee channel to get recommendations there...from what I'm gathering there's no good wifi options for these due to either power consumption or low speed due to power savings/reconnect time correct?

clear cave
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@tepid heart thanks, I will check it out

tepid heart
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Yep.

burnt leaf
surreal marlin
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is there a sticker on the back side?

burnt leaf
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@surreal marlin No

surreal marlin
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are there screws or is it clipped

burnt leaf
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No screws, twisting motion with a coin to open

surreal marlin
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how big is that thing

burnt leaf
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hockey puck

surreal marlin
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ah, so you open the battery compartment with the coin and what about the rest of the case

burnt leaf
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I have not open it yet, but there is a coin cell battery and no marking of any kind

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its hard to google when there is no texts

surreal marlin
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maybe a look at the internal circuit board will help

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if you don't mind opening it

burnt leaf
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Yeah, I might have to do that. I cant even find the receiver from somewhere inside my kitchen cabinet

sonic torrent
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Anyone have any good options for battery powered light switches? can be z wave or zigbee. feel free to ping me.

mystic oyster
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Are there any alternatives to Sonoff Basic R3? EU, preferrably WiFi, but Zigbee could work as well. Full local control, no cloud. The smaller the better. 230V input+output and a push button. I'd like to make various dumb lamps smart and easy to use without any app, replacing the analog switch (e.g. https://imgur.com/a/0cRIzCH).

zealous dune
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alternative as in same form factor or just same function?

mystic oyster
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Same function to start with 😄 Mostly wondering if there are any smaller options than Sonoff Basic R3, it feels a bit bulky for this use case

zealous dune
mystic oyster
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Thanks, that was a good site 👍 Preferrably it would also have the same kind of fairly clean looks as Sonoff Basic R3. I won't be able to hide all of them

zealous dune
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for that lamp you posted there aren't any sleeker wifi solutions

mystic oyster
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What about zigbee? Or just anything else

zealous dune
mystic oyster
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It does look nicer than the Sonoff

dire nebula
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Hi all, i'm running home assistant os 6.1 on an ESXi server. I have a zigbeeZmqtt usb dongle, however, my dongle is not detected by HA

tepid heart
winged knoll
dire nebula
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sorry, will post my question in that channel

short aspen
unkempt sky
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Hi! I'm having trouble figuring out the process for choosing devices. So for example, I wanted to try a camera integration, but how do I figure out which brand and model will be supported? I saw this: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-buy-sell-other/calgary/d-link-security-camera/1578229927 but I'm not sure if it will work with HA. I'm still trying out the HA vdi, but I did get the philips wiz light working. We already had the lights, but when I go out looking to purchase hardware, how do you make sure it will be supported?

winged knoll
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#cameras-archived is a good place to mine for recommendations, since it's been asked a lot, but basically look for RTSP or ONVIF support

unkempt sky
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and that would be for cameras specifically. but what about other hardware, say doorbells and light switches?

winged knoll
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Here is fine, but see the pinned message

unkempt sky
winged knoll
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Where in the world you live often has a big influence on choices

gloomy spoke
unkempt sky
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I'm in Canada. Budget ideally should be kept to minimum, and I don't mind used stuff, i.e. the link I posted above. For functionality, I guess, and this is not specific to cameras anymore, I want to stick with hardware that will be able to retain most, if not all functionality - I did see some (was that wyze) where you lose some functions... so really because I don't have the hardware yet, I wanted to work around what's supported by HA. That's why I was interested in knowing where to get that info, or what to look for in devices.. and so yeah, I'm starting the protocols.

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so eth0 is out of the question since I can't run cables anymore

winged knoll
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Zigbee FTW

nocturne sentinel
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Has anyone any experiance (UK) with LED based dimmers? I've tried the 'Shelly' devices but they seem bloody awful (Flickering, pulsing etc). Looking at Aeotech stuff but jesus they are expensive

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(like £60 after a bypass module) far too rich for my blood, not sure if there are other 'good' options that wont make my house look like a Rave -.-

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As for protocols, could go Z-wave or Zigbee or even MQTT, ideally like.. £30 ish.. each? ideally,

unkempt sky
# winged knoll Zigbee FTW

so this and zware looks like the way to go... do you need to have something to work with these protocols? or is that HA's integration's job?

nocturne sentinel
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You'lll need something to act as a hub, the "ConBEE" is pretty popular and works well with HA (If you want to use Zigbee)

unkempt sky
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so one for zwave, and then another if you have zigbee devices? - this going to be a lot of reading... lol'

nocturne sentinel
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Yeah, generally. There might be combination devices that'll do both (Maybe?) but yeah. YOu'll need a hub for both protocols if you go down that route

winged knoll
nocturne sentinel
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I dunno if you have any suggestions for dimmers Tinkerer, I seem to recall your uk based? 😄

nova crystal
#

With the new power consumption features in HA, does anyone have recommendations on solid hardware options for main panel monitoring (ideally wifi) for a US based panel?

unkempt sky
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so we have an echo lying around, which means I won't need a separate zigbee hub?

nocturne sentinel
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The Echo isnt a hub as far as I know, but you'd be best asking in #zigbee-archived for specific questions about it 🙂

unkempt sky
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i'll just try it out and see what it can do

winged knoll
vocal depot
#

Anyone here using the new energy monitor feature?

winged knoll
vocal depot
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Thank you, didn't see it in support. I'll take my questions there.

midnight gulch
#

I'm watching the Release Party video from today and Paulus mentioned a small bug with the ShellyPlugs and that Shelly is aware. I have about 15 of the shellyplugus versions and wondering what specific issue he was rerferring to.

winged knoll
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Do read the topics 😉

midnight gulch
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But I'm referring to the plugs themselves. I don't think it was a bug in hass's Shelly integration, but a firmware bug Shelly was fixing, so Hardware seems more appropriate.

winged knoll
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If it is with the devices themselves then yeah, true

calm hearth
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Is this a good channel to ask an arduino question in?

gloomy spoke
calm hearth
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Yeah, kinda home assistant related, but on the tertiary for sure.

wraith marten
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Hey I use several Shelly plug s and they all measure the power correct. But with the latest ha update I wanted to show the overall power consumption in the new energy dashboard but just see they are all showing 0 for the overhaul usage. Is that a bug? Should that work?

winged knoll
wraith marten
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Should statistics sensors work with the new #energy-archived dashboard? I can not see my statistics Sensor for energy devices

winged knoll
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(still)

wraith marten
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Ah sorry

clear cave
ionic acorn
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Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I have HA running on a Pi4. The other day I was working with one device and according to the docks HA should find it automatically but does not. I'm sure this is because its a WiFi device and my WiFi has its own subnet. So I thought I could just setup the WiFi connection on the Pi4 in addition to the wired connection but when I did that HA works but I found that my ESPHome OTA stopped working and says it cannot find a route to host. I'm reasonably sure its a routing issue between the two interfaces.

So my question is, has anyone tried this and did you get it to work? Does anyone know how I might get this to work so my HA install can talk to both networks at the same time?

winged knoll