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ionic acorn
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Will do...

gentle yew
glossy elbow
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Any US based folks have local weather monitoring equipment tied into their HA instance? I'm interested in adding such a feature but don't really know where to start with hardware.

gloomy spoke
glossy elbow
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Wow. That looks amazing

dull horizon
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Hey guys, any UK based peeps that can recommend some good WiFi light switches? Between £5-£20

opaque dragon
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Anyone had a SR04M-2 ultrasonic sensor working with ESPhome?

sharp otter
soft notch
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are there any connected padlocks other than igloohome's smart padlock (proprietary, not connected)

smoky dock
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anyone have a indoor co2/air pressure/air quality hardware that doesn't need cloud connectivity (and didn't DIY) they can recommend? I think wifi preferred, but I can do zigbee/zwave if needed

soft notch
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@smoky dock separate lab grade sensors are the way to go if you don't want to DIY. i keep coming to the unfortunate conclusion I need to DIY after doing foobot, awair, etc.

karmic olive
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So if I already have HA running inside a Docker container on my NAS.
Can I setup a separate RaspberryPI+RaspBee instance and link the two? Or they need to be running on the same host in order to have HA use it properly?

iron hound
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anyone using a Schlage Connect? trying to figure out if there's a way I can display updates to the bolt being locked/unlocked when it's manually opened/closed

midnight gulch
rich cloud
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So apparently Blink cameras suck with HA

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the more you know

obsidian halo
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Does anyone have any experience setting up an ODROID-N2+ ? I'm stuck at the starting line, can't see it on my network at all. Does it take quite a while to come online?

gloomy spoke
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This isn’t an installation channel

cloud hull
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Under what name should I search for a sensor to detect the level of ambient light?

gloomy spoke
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Any sensor reporting lux will do that

cloud hull
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Yeah, but what are those sensors called?

gloomy spoke
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Many sensors support that, many that have multiple functions

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Light sensors? I’m not sure what you’re looking for

cloud hull
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I want to use a sensor to detect the light levels in my room and turn on the light based on that

gloomy spoke
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Many sensors do that

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A Google search for ‘sensor that measures ambient light for <some protocol>’ is a place to start

midnight gulch
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I was recently amused to discover that the Shelly Door/Window Sensor 2 also has a temp and lux sensor.

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(in addition to the reed switch and tilt sensor)

gloomy spoke
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It’s almost a default ‘why not?’ addition

lapis plume
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Trying to add an I2C sensor to an ESP32-Cam. Can't find any decent info on how to setup the I2C config in the ESPhome YAML. Anyone know where I can find some sample code with both the camera and a second I2C device working?

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Right now I've got the sensor (BME280) on gpio's 14/15 and tried several ways of defining them in the code. None worked.

woven rover
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Any recommendations for microphone for use with Almond?

gloomy spoke
fickle surge
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Hi everyone, I want to extend by "BLE Range", I guess by adding a receiver or two around the house and use them to capture the broadcasts. What sort of device am I looking for? I am having trouble figuring that out.

abstract sage
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Hey all! What hardware are you all running your Home Assistant instance on? I’m running HASS.io Oracle VirtualBox image on Windows - but need to move as Coral no worky. Looking for recommendations. Cheers

dull horizon
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hey there, i use the hass os on hyper v vm,

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not related, but what alarms do you people use that will work with home assistant? either wired or wireless

winged knoll
dull horizon
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im meaning like the actual unit

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with sensors, and outdoor sirens etc

winged knoll
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did you actually read the link?

dull horizon
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yes

winged knoll
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That's a list of all the official alarm integrations - you know, actual units, with sensors etc

dull horizon
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ive been through them all, I guess what i meant to ask was: which alarm systems have people used in the list, either wired or wireless

winged knoll
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Then see the pinned messages

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If you're after recommendations, you need to say more than what have people used

dull horizon
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i will ask later, so i can word it much better...

tiny pelican
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Hi, does anyone integrated shelly 3em? 3 Phase for Monitoring Power? I need the Total of All Phases in kWh i would like to Monitor devices to get sensor data. For automatons.

winged knoll
tiny pelican
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Sry.. Channel mix

drifting grove
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Can someone help me out setting up HA on a synology NAS?

winged knoll
drifting grove
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I do need the supervisor one. Already tried by using Docker, but then the supervisor option is not available

winged knoll
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Correct

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So you need a VM

drifting grove
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Also tried adding the Synocommunity but hass.io is not available anymore. Only HAcore

winged knoll
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Hassio hasn't been a thing for over 18 months

drifting grove
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Ah okay so thats dead now?

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Only option left is using a virtual machine?

winged knoll
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It became HAOS

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And if you want the Supervisor, you need HAOS

drifting grove
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Okay and if i want HAOS i do need a virtual machine?

winged knoll
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Yes

drifting grove
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Okay thank you. I do need to upgrade memory first then.

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I already tried using a VM but the maximum available memory was 250mb

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Thats not enough right?

winged knoll
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Not even close

drifting grove
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Okay thankyou

zealous dune
unreal igloo
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Does anyone know if the kasa smart light switches are still incompatible with home assistant

vague tartan
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Nuc is always said as the big boy step up from pi. Im running an i3 nuc, but with ai etc its not the fastest and thinking future what is the opinion between nuc, generic mini pc (lenovo etc) and a laptop? My next setup would be debian with docker, no proxmox or unraid since i have license, but feel its overkill with nas setup. Regardless what hardware would be most future proof with enough kick to do ai and face detection (so good cpu and nvidia is pro, coral is good for object, but not face)

lapis plume
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So no one has an ESP32-CAM with an I2C sensor hooked to it?

ashen spire
lapis plume
lime acorn
gloomy spoke
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Don’t know if it’s gotten better in a year

lime acorn
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Well that blows. Any recommendations for a 3 in one smart switch like that? I've got a box two wide with three switches in it and I'd love to automate it. Most of my switches are MartinJerry running Tuya so integration and automation are super simple. I've also got some zigbee stuff so i'm just not sure what hardware will fit my use case.

lime acorn
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@ me if anyone sees this and has a suggestion. bedtime for me

wraith scaffold
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Does anybody have experience with the Tuya WiFi-enabled circuit breakers?

zealous dune
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what constitutes "experience"?

wraith scaffold
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As in .... installed / used one?

zealous dune
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yes

wraith scaffold
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Excellent. What was your experience, do they work as you'd expect (which for me is: power draw through each circuit, break upon short (guess you didnt test that), resume working) ... any issues or concern in general?

zealous dune
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i didn't measure power draw. i didn't short it on purpose. resume working is what exactly?

wraith scaffold
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I read somewhere that after a circuit breaker is triggered, these things can flip the switch back to 'on'

zealous dune
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i have Tasmota on it so that's not a concern

wraith scaffold
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Interesting Tasmota will load on there.

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What do you mean its not a concern ... ?

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Not a functionality you require?

zealous dune
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because i have full control with Tasmota and don't depend on Tuya's ideas of "usability"

wraith scaffold
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Ok. But is the device physically capable of making the breaker go back to the 'on' position?

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Sorry for all the questions ... I'm excited you have one 🙂

zealous dune
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i don't really get the question

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what's the point in a wifi circuit breaker that cannot be turned back on remotely?

wraith scaffold
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Ah. I think we're talking about different things.

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Here is a picture of what I mean by 'circuit breaker' :

zealous dune
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yes that is a circuit breaker

wraith scaffold
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Ok, so they can be switched back on. Thats great.

zealous dune
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what would a wifi on a breaker do if it couldn't?

wraith scaffold
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monitor power usage, signal trips

zealous dune
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then its a power monitoring device, not a circuit breaker

wraith scaffold
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Too bad you dont use the power monitoring.

zealous dune
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what makes you think i don't use it?

wraith scaffold
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Perhaps misinterpreted. My apologies.

zealous dune
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you are assuming the circuit breaker is a power monitoring device

wraith scaffold
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I'm going based on shitty descriptions on a local e-commerce site ... so I need to confirm the features are all there that I expect.

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It's not?

zealous dune
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but you don't even know which one i have

wraith scaffold
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Fair point 🙂

zealous dune
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mine doesn't even do short circuit protection, its just a simple switch in circuit breaker format

wraith scaffold
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oh ok

zealous dune
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i just needed something high rated to control a water heater

wraith scaffold
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Yeah you're right ... I still misinterpred when something says "Tuya"

zealous dune
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i did hear those Hoch devices are well made and they do switch remotely if that's what you're looking at

wraith scaffold
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The main use-case for me is power monitoring. I rent, and so I can replace breakers but I can't dig out electricity lines and put current clamps on the lines that go to the air conditioning units.

zealous dune
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then get a power monitor in same form factor

wraith scaffold
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So by replacing the circuit breaker with one that can monitor power draw ... i can detect if a particular a/c is on.

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I dont have enough space on the DIN rail to add devices anymore 🙂

zealous dune
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i don't think you'll find a device that does all the things you want

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there are power monitoring din relays and there are circuit breakers

wraith scaffold
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Entirely possible. One of the product listings said something that when translated COULD be interpreted as power monitoring.

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Hence ... my quest for information 🙂

zealous dune
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could... yeah...

wraith scaffold
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Thanks for the info! Much appreciated.

zealous dune
wraith scaffold
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I really need to real in NextDNS with their blocking ... dear lord

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even an AliExpress link is blocked!

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Excellent. So I'll be looking for one of those then!

zealous dune
wraith scaffold
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ESPHome if at all possible.

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But havent checked compatibility.

zealous dune
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description claims ESP8266 inside so it eventually can be compatible

wraith scaffold
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Yeah

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Bastards. I need 4 circuits and the non-Tuya 4P version won't ship to Thailand. However, with model numbers I'm sure I'll find someone who sells them locally.

weak belfry
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Anyone recommend a Bluetooth dongle to get me Bluetooth support on HA?

winged knoll
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Depends on your install method really, but I have a CSR dongle and it works great with almost anything

covert jolt
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Hi, I'm looking to find if anyone else has "Amazfit Smart Scales" as I am trying to see if its possible to read information from them

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they connect via BT and WiFi

weak belfry
winged knoll
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😂

weak belfry
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why you laugh at my noobness

winged knoll
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Everybody has core, and three methods use Docker

weak belfry
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So the one on unraid would be HA container right

winged knoll
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It tells you in the UI

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configuration -> Info

weak belfry
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Yep HA Container

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TIL though

winged knoll
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Then the CSR dongle should work fine for you - ISTR that the 4.0 is the current one, but shrug

weak belfry
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ISTR?

winged knoll
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I
Seem
To
Recall

weak belfry
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thx 🙂

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Do you get pretty good range with them?

winged knoll
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I use mine for presence detection, and range there is fine - just blocked by the exterior walls in some spots

weak belfry
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I use a usb extension cable to move my zwave/zigbee stick to a central point of my house. I wonder If I could connect a hub and plug all three sticks in.

winged knoll
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Or plug them all into a Pi, and run things there

weak belfry
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in addition to my unraid install?

winged knoll
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Sure

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You can run Z-Wave JS there, along with Zigbee2MQTT and whatever you need for Bluetooth

weak belfry
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That's a good idea.

ionic acorn
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Has anyone gotten a the new Hue Wall Switch module to show up in HA with a switch entity? I see there are a lot of people saying thats all they see but no solution. I saw that on Github there was an enhancement that was closed saying it was added but all I get is battery status.

static beacon
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I have an esp32 wroom connected to wifi. Every now and then it disconnects from the network and reconnects most of the time after a few seconds. Sometimes after 2 minutes. Is this normal behaviour for this chipset? I tested a few and all seem to have this problem even when practically on top of the wifi router

winged knoll
ionic acorn
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You may want to turn off the power save mode. That should have it try and stay connected to the WiFi.

hoary rover
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I'm looking to hook up a raspberry pi to a touch screen. Does anyone know of any builds or guides for where to start?
I was thinking the only real thing I need to do is get an OS on the Pi, to open the Lovelace Dashboard, and then somehow lock it down so swipes/touches can't accidentally exit the application.

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I think I should better define the goal maybe.

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I want the Raspberry Pi to somehow easily, on boot, launch a dashboard that is usable by touch. I want it to be something that is displayed full screen, without accidental touches somehow exiting the application (although purposefully deciding to exit it would be ok, I don't need it to be 'secure'). And, it should somehow readily refresh - like if I make changes to the dashboard on another computer, they will update on the dashboard on the Pi.

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This might be most easily done without a Pi. Just a tablet.

winged knoll
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Something like Fully Kiosk is probably what you're after

hoary rover
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I'm getting the feeling that an Android Tablet is also the winning move here.

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Can I run Android on the PI, if I decided I like the idea of a Pi more?

ionic acorn
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I have a Pi4 as a Kiosk and I also found a 7" Samsung tablet for $100, I spent way more on the Pi4 and screen, power supply. After a while I decided that the Samsung tablet was better because I could install things like the Ring app and some other things for notifications which were harder to do on the Pi4. I'm using Fully Kiosk on the tablet and it works reasonably well.

devout rampart
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how much ram do i need on a raspberry pi

winged knoll
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More == better, but IMO 2 GB is a good minimum

devout rampart
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sooo 4 will be ok

hoary rover
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Unfortunately, finding a usage for this Pi I have is pretty hard, so I kinda wanna stick with like Android on Pi.

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Plus, I feel like the Pi Screen is more flush with the wall yaknow

gloomy spoke
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Square peg in a round hole

hoary rover
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You are right about that.

ionic acorn
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How are you mounting your Pi to the wall?

stoic saffron
compact flume
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Anyone know of any zigbee or zwave wireless buttons with a configurable rgb led? Something like the aqara mini switch but with an LED that can be set by state

winged knoll
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I'd not expect any battery powered devices to have an LED like that

hoary rover
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Oh, the Pi would go in the wall.

compact flume
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@winged knoll if it was using just a coin cell, sure, but there are some wifi versions of the same sort of thing out there (using a li-ion battery)

winged knoll
compact flume
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Problem is they mostly have crappy antennas which is why I'm hoping someone has seen a zigbee version

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okie dokie then, sounds like I need to get my hands on an esp32-h2 and have some fun then

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so the waiting game begins....

surreal burrow
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hi there, im thinking of replacing my parents crappy thermostat with an ecobee, but i don't want anything to leave the house

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how functional will an ecobee + homeassistant be?

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they have a synology which i know for a fact has docker functionality

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or i guess, what sort of smart thermostat would be recommended for someone who doesn't want any data to leave the house? and knowing that they have home assistant on the network

gloomy spoke
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you can use the Homekit Controller integration to control them locally, but I don't know if they'll work at all without a net connection

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which is where we are in the 21st century

surreal burrow
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i know linus is using ecobees in his new house

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but linus is also doing some really complicated stuff

gloomy spoke
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a lot of folks use Venstar

surreal burrow
gloomy spoke
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if that's an LTT video, I'll pass, thanks

surreal burrow
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it is lol, just sharing to indicate that he seems to say it has cloud-free functionality

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but this venstar looks pretty good

gloomy spoke
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it might work without a network connection - I do recall that the weather will have a frowny face, but Homekit Controller will control it without touching the cloud

ashen stone
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Good day everyone! I'm not sure if this is the correct channel to ask questions. I'm looking for some smart-thermostat system that works well with the HA. Something like this - https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Danfoss-Starter-Contains-Thermostats-014G0500/dp/B01JZCYH4S/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Danfoss%2BLink%2BStarter%2BPack&qid=1628531754&sr=8-3&th=1 .
What I'm looking for are smart themostats, that could be connected with some central control + thermometer that could define if thermostats should go up/down.

ionic acorn
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@hoary rover I 3D printed a bracket for the Pi that I have as a kiosk with some small magnets to hold it in so I could easily get it off the wall to power cycle it. Later I found with some rare earth magnets I could just stick the table to the wall and it stuck out only slightly more and was easy to just snag off the wall when you wanted to.

hoary rover
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Step 1) Buy a 3D printer

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🙂 I'd love the excuse.

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I actually think my local library rents out a 3D printer.

lime hull
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@tame maple 3 dead SD cards in a year? thats a lot man is there a specific reason for that?

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are you just buying cheap SD cards or is there something wrong with the HA memory being saved onto it?

gloomy spoke
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cheap SD cards and a lack of filtering on recorder

tame maple
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correct Rob

lime hull
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is "filtering on recorder" something you're meant to manually do while creating your automations?

gloomy spoke
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and the old Chinese saying "SD cards are poor for applications that write a lot"

tame maple
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well one wasnt cheap but i did notice a huge diff in load times when i upgraded to a 64gig SanDisk memstick

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he means that the database gets bloated and is being written to way too often which messes up the SD cards over time

lime hull
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Oh really

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How do you avoid doing that then?

tame maple
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cos the recorder feature is doing oo much

lime hull
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or is that just a natural byproduct of lots of automations?

tame maple
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dont use SD cards and dont hoarde data

winged knoll
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It's not even about keeping it, it's about not writing it

lime hull
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Ah okay I see

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Get the HA to run the automations with least instructions required as possible basically?

winged knoll
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Every SD card has a write life, after that many writes it's gonna start dying

lime hull
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clean out bloated commands?

winged knoll
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So, don't write stuff you don't need or even better ||don't use SD Cards||

lime hull
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No SD cards

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gotcha

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damn already saving me a whole lot of trouble

tame maple
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i have a few pis that are hooked up to lights and relay switches - these have SD cards from the same pack of 5 i bought that go wrecked in the HA pi and hese pis been on for about 3 years no probs

lime hull
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Im glad I asked

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Do you just have that many devices that more pis is justified? Or is the average user meant to be running HA on more than one pi?

tame maple
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the HA pi is the server - the other pis have devices atached to them

winged knoll
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You can run things like Zigbee2MQTT, ZWaveJS, and many other things on the other Pis

tame maple
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i could have used other devices like an ESP32 but i had the pis lying around

lime hull
tame maple
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i have a couple of ESP 32s with temp and humidity sensors and a PIR on each of them

civic kraken
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From what I've heard outside of cameras Pi4 is plenty to handle HA. The thing is that you can get better hardware for the same price once you go with an SSD

winged knoll
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Yeah, Pi4 + Industrial SD card (or SSD) is likely enough for most "normal" HA users

lime hull
tame maple
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cos i am a paranoid android

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nothing connects to the net

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i dont need a server in China to turn on my lights thank you 😉

lime hull
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Saw that in a video and thats what I wanted to do

lime hull
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ffs privacy is something im literally conditioned to not even consider these days

tame maple
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a 64gig drive is fine

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u will need a SATA/ USB and and a powered USB3 hub for an SSD

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i tried without the hub and it corrupted the OS in the end a few times

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my fav is a good fast USB3 memstick

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also a good newbee tip is get a good router

lime hull
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Okay sounds good

tame maple
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myself I dont do zigbee or Zwave I do Wifi and all my Iot network is on its own VLAN

lime hull
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Wow

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You've really put a lot of effort into it huh

tame maple
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well i had tthe VLAN and pfsense box already built

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been tinkering around with stuff for years - thats why i got 4 spare pi lying around to throw at HA

lime hull
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Thats awesome bro

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I just got into this stuff like a year ago

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and now that i've discovered HA im mad excited to see where this rabbit hole takes me

tame maple
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its huge i will tell u that

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HA is bloody massive!

lime hull
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Is a 4gb ram pi 4 decent enough?

tame maple
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yes just fine

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i do recommend the proper power supply

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the pi4 complains a lot about under current of cheapo power supplies

lime hull
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yeah i'm on this canadian website thats supposed to be a certified pi reseller and they have a starters kit that includes power supply

tame maple
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haah i know cos i have a sensor on my dashboard monitoring it and my phone dings if it trips

lime hull
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think I'll just get that and an SSD to compliment it

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you've made a dashboard??

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or do you mean like just homepage in the software

tame maple
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both - u design your own dashboard in HA in the end

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i have a " hardware" dashboard also - an old android tablet running the webpage to HA in fullscreen

lime hull
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Oh I had assumed by dashboard that you full on made your own physical dashboard to monitor all your devices

lime hull
ashen stone
pale summit
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Anyone that might help me with a question regarding the use of a Shelly 1PM. I can't seem to find a confirmative post or data online. Currently I have some physical switches in my home that lead to a physical lamp/bulb in the ceiling. However I'm not going to use that place for a lamp anymore, so I will put a cover plate on it.
could I still place a Shelly 1PM behind the cover plate, to use the physical switches to turn on other lamps in the room (which are all smart bulbs managed by HA (or Hue App))? If so, how do I wire it?
I don't need the relay function at all, there will be no need for output power form the shelly.

ionic acorn
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@hoary rover step 1) convince brother who has at least 3 to design, print and mail it to you, thats what I did. 🙂

hoary rover
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Hello Brother, it's me, Drew.

ionic acorn
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He does sell some things that he prints so he may be willing to print one and send it to you but not sure what he would charge. I can post a pick or two here if thats allowed.

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Does anyone have a WiFi switch that allows you to set the circuit to always be closed and integrates with HA? I have a Zooz switch that will do it but I'm hoping to find a WiFi one.

ashen stone
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I bought Tuya wi-fi smart switches as my 1st smart devices. 4 switches. 3 are running okay still, and are integrated through tuya integration beta v2. It worked the best (compared to native v1 tuya integration and localTuya). But for 1 of the switches wi-fi module died. Amazon didn't tried to troubleshoot and just sent me money back. I found out that zigbee module is alot more power efficient than wi-fi module. So I just ordered my 1st Chinese (no-name manufacturer) zig-bee 4 gang switch 😄 All hopes on ZHA integration.

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So from my side - I don't recommend wi-fi switches. Mostly, they work through the cloud. It works slow... Their power consumption is alot higher than normal switches. Wi-Fi protocol would ask you to bind ip + mac address, if you don't, ha may loose his connection to wi-fi devices (localTuya experience).
On the other side zig-bee protocol. You will need to have some kind of hub, zigbee coordinator to use this kind of devices. But once you'r settled up - you'r golden. I had better experience to use HA with usb ZigBee coordinator, than Amazon Alexa as ZigBee hub with native integrations.

zealous dune
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And then there's esphome or Tasmota

tame maple
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ESP and MQTT

silver dock
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Anyone know why my aeotec range extenders are getting picked up as lights when using the native HA Z-Wave JS to MQTT?

upper yoke
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any recommendations for a wifi smart scale that integrates with HA?

ionic acorn
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@ashen stone The issue I have with ZWave and Zigbee is to get good coverage you need more devices and I already have good wifi coverage already so why not use that. Assigning a static IP is easy to do at the dhcp server.

What zigbee switches do you use and can you set them so they leave the circuit on all the time?

drifting grove
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@ionic acorn sonoffs do this

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Sonoff basic

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Uses wifi and mqtt

ashen stone
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@ionic acorn I was also worried about the range. I have now 20dB Antenna on usb stick on 1st floor. Now it is able to cover Basement, 1st Floor, 2nd Floor - so 3 floors with just 1 antenna. I will add +1 on each floor if needed. Lower power consumption, local control and no cloud dependency, really fast responses / status updates bought me 😄 I'm switching to ZigBee from Wi-Fi for sure now, as with current setup I'm really happy how things are working.

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As I previously mentioned, I have right now wi-fi switches, that works with Tuya. 1 of them has this wi-fi module broken. So I'm changing on ZigBee, but also from some China manufacturer. So have no idea yet how it is going to work xD But in case of success - I would like to change all my current wi-fi switches. In my country we just had x2 cost increase for the energy. So power consumption and energy management is very hot topic right now...
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0919SW7BS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

zealous dune
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that's still chinese

ashen stone
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Yep 🙂

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but not with wi-fi module

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that consumes most of the energy...

terse lantern
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Does anyone have experience with making a steam radiator smart in the USA? It seems to be fairly common in the rest of the world but can't seem to find any info on doing it in the USA. (The hardware in seeing isn't sold in the USA and while I can import I'm not sure it would fit, I also don't have the hardware yet (buying the house soonish))

Also not sure if this is the best channel to ask about this

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The most promising solution I've seen online is some Tuya ZigBee smart radiator valves, but again not sure if they would fit (I've never lived with radiators before)

ionic acorn
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@ashen stone what device are you using to get a 20db antenna for your Zigbee devices? If I could count on mine always working I would probably be happy/content with them.

long charm
stray birch
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What do people use for AC current sensing? I need something to tell me when and how long the dishwasher was on.

winged knoll
stray birch
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More info: I'm an Electrical Engineer, and can probably jury rig something up myself, but if there's something already out there that I don't have to build all the better. I also don't have problems modifying wiring or circuit breakers.

zealous dune
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any power monitoring plug would do

onyx dune
ionic acorn
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@onyx dune What you need to do is hookup power to the stat, R and C if memory serves. Then once it boots up go into the configuration and manually configure it so it thinks that there is a furnace, fan or what ever attached even though there is not. They you connect it to HA and you should see everything there and can react to it.

stray birch
ionic acorn
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There is a Shelly one you can use and also an Aeon ZW095 Home Energy Meter Gen5 that you could use

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you could also pull it out and change the connection to a smart outlet that monitors power usage.

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You would have to put a plug connection on the dishwasher but that is not difficult.

onyx dune
onyx dune
ionic acorn
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There are two R connections, do both have power?

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i.e. is there a jumper?

stray birch
onyx dune
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no jumper on it right noiw

ionic acorn
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Did you connect it to Rh or Rc?

onyx dune
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Rc

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trying it with a jumper right now though...

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lets see what happens

ionic acorn
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Connect it to Rh

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that is typical for a standard H/C system

onyx dune
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Dang- same error

ionic acorn
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@stray birch then the shelly or aeon will work because they go in the panel. Using an outlet would just require putting a box inside the wall assuming there is not one there already so it really would not take up much more space.

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@onyx dune just as a thought connect some dead end wires to G, Y1, W1 and see what it does.

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You may have to run a temp wire along the floor to the HVAC device and connect it that way until you can get it on the wireless and updated to the latest firmware.

abstract sky
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Looking for a physical switch to open and close a circuit (normally connected to thermostat), can talk to HA but isn't dependent on it, doesn't go in the wall, visually indicates status, is wireless (zwave or wifi), there's a power outlet nearby or battery would be ok.
Does something like that exist or do I have to cobble together a couple components?

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I'm looking to connect my pellet stove up, basically.

stray birch
ionic acorn
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I bought a Zooz zwave usb stick and it seams to work with the Aeon ok. You have to figure out how to set the zwave options to get it do change its reporting duration but I did not bother with that.

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I did not try the Shelly but that one is wifi I believe.

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@abstract sky not a 100% on this but I believe that there is a Shelly device that will do this. Otherwise I'm sure you can find a ESPHome relay board on amazon that can do what you want.

abstract sky
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Thanks. I'll take a look at shellys. Was thinking I might end up throwing together something with an esp8226. But no sense in reinventing the wheel if this is a device that's already around.

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Or maybe 2 devices superglued together.

onyx dune
ionic acorn
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I have 8 Ecobee stats of various types and I'm relatively sure you can get it to do what you want you just need to have it to have the latest firmware. Also the Ecobee integration requires the cloud so that could be bad.

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Oh, just had a thought, if you do not mind building something you could use a ESPHome device to detect that the stat closed a connection and then use that to control the HVAC system.

onyx dune
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Right now, i have a carrier infinity system--- the scheduling sucks, i cant use remote sensors to schedule which room to monitor, and overall i dont like the thermostat.
i was going to hook up the ecobee and then have it control the carrier infinity

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is that a stupid idea? I couldn't find an automation/blueprint/way to look at each room to control the current infinity one

tired comet
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Looking for a push button that I can use with a nodemcu to initiate a particular WLED sequence through HA. I’d like to have about 5 buttons in a row. I’m having trouble finding a suitable button. Can someone help me find a push button that will work with a nodemcu? An Amazon link would be great!

ionic acorn
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Does anyone happen to know if the Broadlink integration for HA requires the Broadlink hub or can I skip getting it?

onyx dune
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How would you get around not having the hub? arent they all RF?

ionic acorn
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They are wifi and I have at least one device that is wifi and the app gets it connected to your wifi and thats if. So I was not sure if you could use the app to get it on the wifi and then us HA to do everything else.

hoary rover
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What is even the hub

ionic acorn
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Not sure, thats why I'm asking... 🙂

hoary rover
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I have a RM4 Mini, and a RM4 Hub

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Er, RM4 Pro

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They both connect to wifi directly.

ionic acorn
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Ok but do you need the hub for it to work with HA?

hoary rover
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Oh, both of mine are just the universal remote products.

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I do not.

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It works with HA directly, with these two products

zealous dune
tired comet
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Thanks. I saw so many different buttons I wasn’t sure if just any of them would work. As long as it doesn’t have to be a specific button, I’m good.

little siren
echo moss
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I'm having trouble with a bme280 sensor and HA not seeing it

abstract sky
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Maybe start with what problem you're trying to solve or fun thing you'd like to do and that might help narrow down what might be suggested?

echo moss
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Ahh I see that when I boot up the raspi home assistant is trying to install some bme280.py that apparently has some issue is there another way to get this sensor to work?

midnight steeple
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Looking for a zigbee UV / lux sensor, any ideas?

ashen apex
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Hue motion has lux, but not UV.

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Hue motion is decent value for money considering it's PIR + lux + temp in one.

winged knoll
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Xiaomi Mijia do an awesome dedicated light sensor, but no UV

midnight steeple
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looking for something outside to trigger automations on

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I've been scrolling the supported zigbee2mqtt hardware for a while

winged knoll
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Well, search for UV 😄

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The only outdoor one I know of would be the Hue Outdoor, but I'm pretty sure the Xiaomi one will work if sheltered

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Yeah, nothing there mentions UV, which doesn't surprise me that much

midnight steeple
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oh, maybe not to many ha users in oz / africa where UV is a killer

ashen apex
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You could use an API to get UV index I guess.

midnight steeple
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I do but it's not acurate

winged knoll
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There is a Z-Wave one, but given that most sensors are for indoor use, UV is likely not a big concern

ashen apex
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Plenty of HA users in AU, just sounds like a super specific use case that you're likely better to make an ESP device yourself for.

midnight steeple
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ye thinking I might do that

young patio
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I'm sure this has been asked before so sorry in advanced, but my google and discord skills are failing me.

I'm looking to get some zigbee products and I don't have a hub for zigbee (only a hue hub). From my searching all I can find is people talking about zigbee USBs, my problem is that my HA is running as a VM on a machine that I have in a downstairs storage room. That + the house is quite old so the walls and floors are basically concrete or similar. I don't think a little zigbee USB is going to be able to function well with all the sensors etc being upstairs in the house. So I'm trying to see whats the best network based hub that I can use to allow me to have it upstairs. I'm probably going to go for aqara sensors at first but I want to be able to add other zigbee devices later.

Are there any network based hubs (wired or even wireless) that are pretty well compatible with HA? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but all my searching just brings up USBs.

winged knoll
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Those work with either ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT, though you can also just run Zigbee2MQTT on a Pi placed somewhere centrally with any (decent) USB stick

young patio
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Oh nice, I didn't come across anything like that, thank you. Normally I would just go with the USB option as that seems to be the most popular but not really optimal for me given where my HA is running. Thanks for the help 🙂

ionic acorn
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One thing I read is that most if not all mains powered zigbee devices are a repeater. So really you could use some say zigbee outlets here and there around the house to extend the range/reliability of the network. That way putting it in the basement would not matter.

young patio
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Hmmm, good point. Only issue with that I think is for the moment, I only plan on getting door sensors, motion sensors etc which would all be battery powered. The other thing that still concerns me though is the downstairs room isn't like a traditional basement, its only accessible from the outside, there isn't any pathways between the upstairs and downstairs internally. So the signal would still need to try and reach along the edge of the outside of the house. I think one of these network serial coordinators might be my best bet.

winged knoll
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Depends on the walls/floors too - sometimes you can get signal through fine

ionic acorn
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You could also get one that has an actual external antenna on it. I have a conbee2 and mine is in the basement and I found pointing it up and at the rest of the house made a really big difference.

young patio
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The walls are all concrete or something similar, no drywall in this house lol. Floors are floorboards except the kitchen, which is the room above the downstairs room lol. Then it would be plugged into the lenovo box inside the cabinet.

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Is there an added benefit to trying to use something directly on usb like the conbee2 over something like tube's ethernet based ?

winged knoll
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Well, not the Conbee unless you're using deCONZ, but it does mean that the software and the stick are co-located so if you do anything to your network it doesn't impact the mesh

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TBH there's not likely a lot in it either way

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Floorboards are fine for Zigbee, concrete not so much, but it really depends on thickness, angles, etc. You may get a signal, you may not

young patio
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I'm pretty new to zigbee other than my hue stuff so just want to make sure i'm making the right decision. Just given the construction and age of the house I don't think I will have a good time with anything operated out of the cabinet down stairs. The router is upstairs so not far to go at all to get on the network. Then its a direct cable I've run from the router down to the switch then box running HA. Think Tube's thing might be my best bet with the circumstances.

winged knoll
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Certainly if you've got wired networking around your house it's not a bad choice at all. If you've got PoE then it's a no-brainer.

young patio
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Yep I've got as many things wired as I can, and I've got PoE so perfect situation.

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Cheers for the help and pointing me in the right direction

ionic acorn
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Did I miss something...? Is there a POE zigbee adapter?

winged knoll
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Yes

ionic acorn
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Oooh...

echo moss
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Ok so my home assistant is having trouble installing bme280.py I guess how do I fix this?

winged knoll
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Head over to your install method channel and share the full details

proud warren
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Hi, do you know how you can activate UART on the raspberry pi pins other than the usual 14/15? I'd like to add a second UART device on say PIN 0 and 5 🙂

proud warren
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e.g. set the dtoverlay=uart1,txd1_pin=32,rxd1_pin=33

civic vapor
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Hey everyone, looking for advice on wifi dimmer/switch that work if cloud is unvailable, ideally without a hub

winged knoll
paper meteor
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How difficult is it to get Aqara stuff working on HA? I know on SmartThings (🤮 ) it could be difficult.

zealous dune
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Depends on how you're trying to integrate it

paper meteor
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Basic integrations. Leak sensor gets wet, I get a notification

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Things like that

zealous dune
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Which one is basic integration

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What kind of gateway/coordinator do you plan on using

paper meteor
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Yeah you lost me lol

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I have an odroid n2+ and a HUSBZB-1 zigbee/zwave dongle

zealous dune
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Then its not difficult at all

paper meteor
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It'll pair right to the dongle eh? No aqara hub bs?

zealous dune
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That's how Zigbee works

paper meteor
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TY

winged knoll
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Pick Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA, install some Zigbee routers, job done

snow kite
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Is it worth going from a Pi 3b to a pi 4? And if so what RAM on the Pi4 is advised? Whats the real benefits, I notice that sometimes my automation's or asking Alexa the temp on one of my sensors can be a bit sluggish some times, is that down to the Pi 3? I do like that the Pi4 is POE. I do also have a Synology DS918+ that I could run HA on Docker, any pros or cons moving to that and docker ?

winged knoll
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Synology > Pi4 > Pi3

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Part of the Pi3 issues will be the SD card, moving to a Pi4 and an SD card won't be a huge win, but Pi4 + SSD would be

snow kite
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my only worry on the Synology is its also my Plex server that supports around 5-8 devices. so the CPU does get hammered... worry that HA would get "bogged down"

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ah thats interesting on the SSD, never thought of that or looked into it.

winged knoll
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SD cards are s l o w

snow kite
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months ago when i first played with HA i couldn't get HA in docker to show Supervisor... user error? or just how it is wiith Docker ?

winged knoll
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Well, you only get the Supervisor with HAOS (||or Supervised, but that's a thing to avoid||) - lack of Supervisor is normal with any other install method

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You don't need the Supervisor, it's just a convenient way of installing other software, taking local snapshots, etc

snow kite
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ok will have another look into it. will the Pi3 support SSD ? being lazy, i can go find the answer myself

winged knoll
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Yes, but the USB bus is slower than on the Pi4 and you won't get as much of a gain

snow kite
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ah ok.. thanks.

winged knoll
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The same bus is shared by networking, and more, so ... it sucks

snow kite
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what do you run on out of intrest ?

indigo bramble
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is anyone familiar with zephyr rtos for nrf 52?

zealous dune
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familiar as in?

indigo bramble
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used it before

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im having trouble flashing to my arduino nano 33 ble and am searching for alternative flashing ways

winged knoll
winged knoll
indigo bramble
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didnt even ping you, so proud of the process

granite lagoon
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Hey All, after watching Linus' home upgrade, I've decided I want to spin up HomeAssistant on a raspberry Pi and buy some temp/motion/humidity etc. sensors for each room of my house. Any recommendations on which version of Raspi and sensor I should buy?

winged knoll
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Pi4 is the best option there, ideally with an SSD

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For sensors...

granite lagoon
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sorry

winged knoll
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The emoji shows you where to look

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Top right of the window, there's a pushpin icon

granite lagoon
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omg top right

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how have i never seen taht before

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OK, USA, up to $40 per sensor, Z-Wave so I'm not using up 2.4g channel space, and temp+humidity minimum, motion/light would be a bonus but not needed.

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I'm trying to monitor temp changes over the course of the day

winged knoll
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The Aeotec multi-sensor is a good choice then

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Temperature, humidity, light, motion

granite lagoon
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my guest BR sits 10F hotter than the entire rest of the house (partially due to my server being in there) and I'm just trying to get more metrics on it so I can show the landlord that the area isnt insulated well

winged knoll
gloomy spoke
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if I was your landlord, I'd recommend moving your giant homelab server somewhere else 🙂

granite lagoon
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$60 per sensor, hmm.. I only have a few rooms to do, maybe illl stretch my budget a little

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lmao its not a big server. average power draw is 165W

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so it cant be putting out that much heat

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I've turned everything off in that room and have some little accurite thermometers in there

winged knoll
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Zigbee is way cheaper, but you want the expensive stuff 😄

granite lagoon
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You right, you right.

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I guess that’s the price for not being in WiFi spectrum range

zealous dune
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its the price of licensing

winged knoll
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Yeah, Z-Wave has a lot going for it, but it drives the cost up

granite lagoon
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ok whats the zigbee recommendation for the above wishlist?

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might as well try it out, if there are no wifi issues then.. profit?

winged knoll
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Xiaomi or Konke do pretty good temperature/humidity sensors. Both also do pretty good motion sensors.

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Xiaomi Mijia light sensor is awesome

granite lagoon
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all in one or separate sensors?

winged knoll
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As written 😛

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temperature+humidity
motion
light

granite lagoon
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dang

winged knoll
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Sure, but they're individually cheap

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Buy them from AliExpress

granite lagoon
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are the xiaomi's rebranded to Aqara now or something?

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that's all im finding on ali

winged knoll
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Xiaomi Aqara

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Also Xiaomi Mijia

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The Aqara range is mostly newer than the corresponding Mijia range, except where it's not

granite lagoon
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lmao super straightforward

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thanks for all the info!

zealous dune
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its best to seach for specific model number

echo moss
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What are some good, affordable, reliable humidity/temp sensors I can hook directly to the pi?

gentle fossil
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dht22

zealous dune
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not that good or reliable

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BME280

gentle fossil
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I thought it was just me and my cabling but apparently they are only cheap or affordable 😄

zealous dune
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still better than DHT11, the random number generator

echo moss
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Hmm I think the bme280 I got is broken I can't for the life of me get it to work

iron hound
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any recommendations for water/leak sensors that don't cost an arm and a leg? US and preferably z-wave based

cloud hull
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Does anyone know a UPS/Surge protector with EU plugs that has individually adressible sockets that I can controll from home assistant?

Which country you're in
Czech republic, but can get anything on amazon.de/aliexpress/banggood/whatever
What your budget is
Would like to fit it under 200 bucks
What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
Can do WiFi, Zigbee, Ethernet but would prefer one of the first 2
Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
Need 6+ plugs and power consumption monitoring would be nice,

Edit: need to turn off/on 3 devices which I want to have protected, more would be just a bonus

nocturne sentinel
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Slowly, slowly going insane. Anyone know any decent quality light-socket devices that can dim LED bulbs and intergrate with HA (Either Zigbee or Zwave) that work in the UK with 2 wire system

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Been looking for weeks now, tried a few devices (Shelly, Fibaro Walli Dimmers, Aeotec NAno dimmer) none seem to fit the bill

echo moss
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Other than enabling i2c do I have to do something special for home assistant to see the bme280?

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ok...it's supposed to be 3.3v or 5v... should i try powering it with 5v instead of 3v?

minor ridge
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Hello everyone! I'm extremely new to HA. I have a question about getting my RFlink hardware to configure properly. Is this the room to ask or is there a better room to ask? I didn't see a configuration room, though I could go ask in the integrations room if that's better.

ashen apex
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Super random question - rechargeable batteries in Zigbee locks. Are they any good? Seem to remember something about rechargeable batteries being bad because they misreport voltages (and therefore battery level). Ended up accidentally buying more Eneloops than I need :/

tepid heart
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If you mean NiMH rechargeable batteries they have an open circuit cell voltage of 1.2V compared to 1.5V of alkaline cells. So yes, they will be reported as having less remaining charge. They should still work though.

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Particularly good quality cells like you have.

ashen apex
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Cool. If I can't find another use for them (or anyone who wants to buy them off me), they might end up in the door. It's still on its first set of 4xAA batteries, almost 2 years after install.

tepid heart
viral beacon
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Has anyone successfully connected a CC2531 Zibbee > MQTT device to a Smart Meter? I'm in Vic Australia for reference.

winged knoll
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Smart Meters usually use an encrypted protocol and you can't

last locust
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Hi all, does anybody know a heated rainsensor / rain detector, operating on 230V, which could be integrated into HA, connected via WiFi, 2.4 or 5 GHz?

I seem to not find any rain sensor which is really able to cope with -20°C ... +60°C (when exposed to the sun or cold), the typical temperature range in our region... and it has to be IP54, IP56 or IP58 from what I see because it is exposed to the elements.

lyric prism
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For running Home Assistant on a Pi, what is the current recommended Pi board?

I'm mainly wondering if it would be worth getting a CM4 with eMMC.

winged knoll
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Pi3 or better

lyric prism
winged knoll
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SSD good, SD bad

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No idea what the spec of the CM4 is, you'll have to check

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1 GB RAM is the minimum though

lyric prism
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CM4 is basically a Pi4, but you can get one with a 32GB eMMC on board.

winged knoll
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Then if it has enough RAM you'll be ok

lyric prism
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Is 4GB still the recommended amount of RAM, or should I spring for 8GB?

winged knoll
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4 GB will be fine, you'll run out of eMMC space before you run out of RAM

lyric prism
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How much storage space does HA need? In the past I have run Hass.io in Ubuntu on a Virtual Box.

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I will probably run whatever the easiest drop in solution is on Pi.

winged knoll
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32 GB is the minimum from memory

lyric prism
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You mean storage I think.

winged knoll
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Yes

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It's mentioned somewhere in the install docs

lyric prism
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Okay. Seems like I might as well get a Pi4 and a USB to SSD adapter then.

Is that what most people are using?

winged knoll
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The answer is not really, but it's not a terrible choice

lyric prism
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winged knoll
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Sure, any proper hardware - like any second hand 64 bit computer from the last 8+ years

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Actual PC >>>> toy

lyric prism
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That's basically what I am using right now, though the system also runs th occasional game server.

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I try to keep things segregated with Virtual Boxes.

spiral kindle
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I just installed a Venstar thermostat. In HA it shows up as an unnamed climate device. Is it possible to give it a unique id and/or is it possible to have the temperature reading show up as a sensor?

lyric prism
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@winged knoll the current system is a circa 2014 i3.

sharp plank
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I think I might be in the in the same situation as aviphysics here my pi3b+ just had the 3v3 power die on it last night. I'm looking for my best option for a hardware update. pi4 or try to switch over to a vm based container maybe hosted off of my unraid server? Sounds like something like that is what Tinkerer is recommending.

winged knoll
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VM is likely to be worlds ahead of a Pi

sharp plank
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Any good article for "moving" from hassos to a vm based setup? I have recent snapshots and config files and I'd prefer not to start over from scratch. (or is the setup going to be fundamentally incompatible?)

winged knoll
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Snapshot, restore

sharp plank
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beautiful! I'll figure where I'm going to run this thing 🙂 And come back with any questions after some more research. Thanks @winged knoll

drifting grove
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Hi guys, does anyone know how to monitor “congestion level” of a wifi network? In particular I am interested in airtime saturation…if that can be measured

inner crag
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However, I do have more of a noob question. I'm looking to move from Smartthings to HA, I have a PI running as a Plex Media server. I know I can run HA alongside that, but what dongle should I get for my devices? I've a few IKEA bulbs, a few Smartthings sensors and a few WiFi products.

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@ me please in any reply.

dense widget
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-Hi, guys! I use the Aeotech Siren 6 (ZW164), and finally I can configure it in HA using Zwave JS integration. However I cannot control the volume_level.
Here is my code:

sequence:
  - service: siren.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: siren.sirene_stue
    data:
      tone: 02 Ding Dong Tubular (9 sec)
      volume_level: 0.4

Is the Siren 6 not compatible for volume_level?

winged knoll
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echo moss
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Bme280 should be fairly easy to get working right? I'm thinking I may have got a bad one

winged knoll
drifting grove
drifting grove
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Hi, could anyone explain to me how a Zigbee light switch with no neutral work? Doesn’t it also need power to operate?

supple granite
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Anyone got any recommendations for smart light switches, My landlord replaced the bathroom light for 'safety' but it means I can no longer use my smart bulb. I'm in the UK and I think the switches should have neutral running to them as they're metal but I will check when I get the chance.
I only really need one but the switch I want to replace has one one way and one two way switch and ideally they should work as normal.

winged knoll
drifting grove
winged knoll
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Well, generally it means those devices won't be routers for your Zigbee mesh, which may be a problem for you (or may not).

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I'd assume you don't need a retractive/momentary switch, but I haven't read the manual for it

drifting grove
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winged knoll
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Whether it runs through your lights or not I don't know, probably

drifting grove
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Ok thanks again that answers all my question 😊

nova umbra
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Hi Everyone,

I´ve been offered to buy a used Intel Nuc 7i3dnk1e (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122495/intel-nuc-kit-nuc7i3dnke.html) which is an i3 with 8gb of Ram and m2 SSD 150gb and considers moving my HA-OS there. The seller is offering it to me for 150€. Would you say that´s a good machine to run HA-OS on? Currently running it virtually on my server but wife is complaining about sounds so trying to scale down...

winged knoll
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It'll be better than a Pi anyway

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Worth checking what similar devices sell for on eBay though

nova umbra
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They appear to be around that price-point

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prices are slightly higher as I´m in Europe

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the major pain in the ass I guess is to flash the M2-SSD with the OS.

paper meteor
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Hi all. My HA odroid n2+ is a a real data hog. It's downloaded 22gb over the past 24h and 141gb over the past 6 days, and uploaded 7 gigs in that time. I'm not doing any camera streaming to or from it although ring and arlo are integrated. I don't have adguard set up on it yet.

peak talon
paper meteor
inner crag
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wind vale
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Ikeas ip44 trådfri spotlights any good?

halcyon jungle
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so I am quite new to home automation and I want to start with a few smart switches but can't seem to wrap my head around this whole thing yet. can home assistant control Lutron Caseta Smart Dimmer without a bridge? and what does these switches run on zigbee?

winged knoll
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The lutron_caseta integration in Home Assistant is responsible for communicating with the Lutron Caseta Smart Bridge for...

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You need a bridge

halcyon jungle
winged knoll
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I have no idea, I don't use it...

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I'd guess that the presence of the bridge means it doesn't use your WiFi, but others will know (as will Google)

halcyon jungle
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ok I found the answer

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"Lutron Caseta does not use Z-Wave or ZigBee, but instead uses their own patented, proprietary wireless protocol which they call Clear Connect."

halcyon jungle
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so what is a good switches do you guys recommend then?

winged knoll
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From your reference to Lutron I'm guessing you live in North America somewhere?

halcyon jungle
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no I live in the Caribbean but our buying trends are heavily influenced by the us.

winged knoll
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Your choices will vary according to where in the world you are, so that's important information 😉

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halcyon jungle
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Country: St. Kitts & Nevis

gloomy spoke
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Hamilton!

halcyon jungle
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Protocols: I am trying to figure that out now

halcyon jungle
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i think I am liking this community already its quite lively here. this isn't your typical tech community is it?

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people actually talk to you.

gloomy spoke
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Sometimes just exclaiming random historical facts

halcyon jungle
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one of my friends is telling me now that running your IoT over your wifi isn't so bad. he says he has over 50 devices including switches on his. so I guess I can now also search for some WiFi ones.

inner crag
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winged knoll
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That stick is US only anyway

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You can buy it, but the Z-Wave part will be a brick

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(both sides are also old, previous generation chipsets, there's no good reason to buy one these days)

inner crag
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@inner crag Really?

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I'm here, I'm talking with you, I really don't need the damn notification pings

inner crag
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Sorry.

winged knoll
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And no, that's what the creator called it

paper meteor
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Am I really missing anything w/ the Nortek's older chipset?

inner crag
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Might buy it just for the name.

winged knoll
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You're missing all the features of the latest generation of Z-Wave, and you're using an old, slow, chipset for both

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That's not terrible, but it's reasons to not buy it if you're just starting out

paper meteor
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Alright, well if I did want to swap to separate, new dongles, I would have to exclude everything and re-pair it to the new dongles?

winged knoll
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Sadly yes

inner crag
paper meteor
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oof

winged knoll
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You might be able to migrate the Zigbee pairings, but #zigbee-archived would know

winged knoll
paper meteor
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That means re-doing all my....everything. So yeah I'll stick with my old one for now lol

inner crag
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US website.

winged knoll
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It's not old enough to be worth upgrading from - that'd be the case if you'd bought a CC253x stick though

winged knoll
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I know, I bought one twice

inner crag
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See $$ signs and panic.

drifting grove
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Could someone confirm if Sonoff R2 Mini flashed with tasmota works with HA?

winged knoll
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If you can flash it with Tasmota, it'll work

inner crag
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Is there Z Wave dongle on that website as well? Or is it even worth getting one?

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Don't think I have any Z Wave only devices.

drifting grove
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I am reading that HA does not not work with the lite tasmota version and R2 Mini can only be flashed with lite version

winged knoll
woven mortar
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Hi I looking for some energy meter like sonoff pow r2, but rated to 16A on 230V@50Hz the best would be if it can measure 3 phases instead of one. It's better if it's not a DIN version. It must have housing (that covers the electronics, the connections can be uncovered).

civic vapor
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for cloud free switch I guess that my best option are z-wave or zigbee

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wifi seem to all be either shelly or tuya

zealous dune
woven mortar
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@zealous dune I looking now this shelly, just I need to process this...

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I suppose this is not a serial and I need to put those two climps on it

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on the cable I mean

zealous dune
woven mortar
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ah yeah, but how accurate are these electro magnetic field measuring things?

zealous dune
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more accurate than powr2

woven mortar
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hmm with 5 times of the powr2 price I would expect that actually...

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pricy

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hah they also have Shelly 3EM

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@civic vapor for tuya or zigbee do you have any idea/example?

inner crag
paper meteor
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Anyone using opengarage.io with their HA? Gonna buy one to ditch my Nexx unit I think since it won't integrate with HA.

winged knoll
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eternal mason
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Anyone have tips for soundbars? I'm buying my first one this week but was curious if there's anything tech related to look for, like possibly integration with Home Assistant? Brand new to the soundbar game so I know basically nothing about options lol

neon spoke
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I am having an issue with my Envisalink integration. Everything works as expected except that when I run the alarm_trigger service my Honeywell 20p panel does not respond. All of the other services seem to be passed onto the 20p except this one. Any common issues in configuration that I can look at?? Have read everything that I can find and nothing has shed any light on how to resolve.

winged knoll
sharp shale
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Is there a good guide getting hue dimmer switches working? Maybe even one for a newbie?

zealous dune
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working how?

sharp shale
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Real basic stuff, click button lights turn on.. All I can see is battery level now.

zealous dune
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depends on what integration you're using

sharp shale
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I am very new to this, but I think that is "Configuration -> integration -> philips hue"?

zealous dune
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go to the device card for the dimmer switch and click + in the automation column

sharp shale
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All I get there is options to create automations when battery level reaches a certain level?

zealous dune
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then something went wrong when adding the switch or its not supported in the integration

sharp otter
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does anyone know of a cheap raspberry pi 1u rack mount? All I could find seem ridiculously overpriced

tired comet
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I’m having issues with the Shelly plug US version. I’m on my third one and they are all doing the same thing. The first two were bought months ago and I thought maybe they came from the same bad batch so I ordered new ones. The two new ones just came in and I’m already having issues with one of them. I have connected it to my Wi-Fi, given it a static IP address, and linked it to my home assistant. Quite frequently, it just stops connecting with anything. It is not connected to the Shelly app, nor home assistant. If I wait it out, reboot my router, or restart home assistant, it’ll come back but not always. Tonight, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and within a few minutes it is now available in home assistant. Am I doing something wrong with the Shelly plug? I’m planning on using one in an automation soon and will need an instantaneous reading of power. Is there another plug that is better? I have recently purchased the cloud plugs, but they seem to update about once every 10 seconds or so with power use, so they’re no use to me in this particular automation.

small cypress
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Are there any other canopy fan+light controllers out there, other then ifan03 that needs capacitors replaced or the unsupported Quachip one?

spare oak
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In my case when the plug stopped responding the wifi light would be a solid blue and the physical button wouldn't work.

small cypress
slender saddle
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a dual dimmer switch

small cypress
slender saddle
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How does it work? is the fan side 3 speed, as in pushing it once changes it once?

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@small cypress

small cypress
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4 speeds, lights fully dimmable

slender saddle
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also does it need any extra hardware like a hub?

small cypress
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Nope. Just wifi, but you will need some soldering know how

slender saddle
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I know how but i'd prefer to avoid that if possible.

small cypress
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I've settled on this one after testing several. Let me know if you find a good alternative. Some people use localtuya to fake tuya cloud and operate them that way, but I never got into that

slender saddle
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do you have a guide or something for the soldering and flashing?

small cypress
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Same device, but TreatLife has swapped their chips and no longer supported. But the link I sent still seems to have the good ol chip in them

slender saddle
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cool

zealous dune
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stoic jay
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I need help with a problem on my HA Blue hardware. The device has been working fine for the last month I've had it. Now in the last two days I've woken up to a HA offline and the hardware stuck in a loop. Complaining about the RTC.

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stoic jay
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okay thanks

mellow pendant
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Hey

I want to get 6 spots in my bathroom. Im wondering if they should be ip44 certified or if it doesnt matter at all.
Is there someone who could give me some advice?

winged knoll
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Where in the world?

mellow pendant
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? I live in the netherlands

winged knoll
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That matters for what the standards require

stark sun
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Hi everyone! I’m trying to setup home assistant and was wondering if I should go with an ODroid N2+ or a RPi 4 8gb. I only plan to run HA on this

fleet topaz
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Hi all,

Looking to get some smart lights setup in my flat (In the UK) currently have HA running some smart plugs and Govee screen backlight but now looking to sort out the 3x B22 and 1x E27 in the kitchen and living space but I am struggling to find "normal" bulbs, basically I don't need the ability to have different light colours, I would be happy with one fixed white colour, or possibly the ability to make the light warmer or cooler as required.

Protocol wise I can be pretty flexible as I don't have anything other than WiFI devices right now, but was quite interested in the Z-Wave kit I have seen so far especially the Aeotec WallMote Quad (when it comes back in stock).

Essentially I am struggling to find B22 bulbs that either aren't £50 each (which for that price I may as well go down the Hue route...), checked Vesternet and they don't have any B22's except a couple Zigbee ones for about £28 a piece, budget wise I don't have a set preference right now, but the cheaper the easier I can get this past the OH! Thanks in advance 🙂

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The Hue ones are the gold standard, but there's many other brands that are also pretty solid

fleet topaz
# winged knoll If you go Zigbee you have _way_ more options than £28 a bulb 😄

Thank you! Outside of Vesternet is there a list of region specific shops I can peruse? (Mainly looking for in the UK, but if there is already a nice list I can sit and do my reading 🙂 )

Also, follow up daft question... Can Hue ones just work with a Zigbee hub or has to go via their hub exclusively? Because if that's the case I have a Currys 2 minutes up the road... 😂

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(I have just googled and indeed you can but it may not be "as reliable") well I'll be... Thanks Tinkerer 🙂

zealous dune
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Hue can work with other Zigbee hubs

stark sun
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Are ODroid N2+ better than rpi 4 with ssd?

winged knoll
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Apparently, yes

winged knoll
stark sun
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Is it less supported?

winged knoll
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No

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The HA Blue is an N2+ I believe

stark sun
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Do you know if I’ll feel a difference?

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Basically trying to get a super low power consumption board

winged knoll
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It really depends... if you fully load it then yes, but at that point you'd probably have been better off with an old PC

stoic jay
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There you go

stark sun
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Problem I have with an old pc is that it probably uses more power idle

winged knoll
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And now we get into the race to idle world

zealous dune
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probably but not necessarily

stark sun
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Race to idle?

zealous dune
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how do you expect your home assistant server to idle if its running home assistant?

winged knoll
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Google it, but higher power systems can be lower power overall since they spend less time in the high power state

stark sun
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Oh sorry, that makes sense

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Which is kinda why I’m asking here

winged knoll
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I run on an 8 year old i5 laptop. It's not as low power at idle as a Pi4, but it spends a lot less time busy

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Given that a good part of the 45W power budget is screen and GPU, it's a long way from that at peak load

stark sun
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Gotcha

zealous dune
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my Celeron board with 3 HDDs draws less than 36w

stark sun
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So generally what you guys are saying is an RPi would probably consume less power at idle but HA would be a decent load for it whereas something else might run HA with lots of headroom and may use less power?

zealous dune
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precisely

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and consider you need and SSD and external power supply for it to run HA reliably on the rpi4

stark sun
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Gotcha

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Do people run the Odroid with an ssd?

zealous dune
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odroid has an EMMC

stoic jay
stark sun
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Another thing I’m considering is with a rpi4 it seems super common

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With a NUC or something, issues seem harder to deal with?

winged knoll
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Like what?

stark sun
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Idk dongle issues

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And the like

winged knoll
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Ah... vague problems

stark sun
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Drivers

winged knoll
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Yes, vague things are hard

stark sun
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It’s more likely I’ll get support with an rpi right?

winged knoll
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Not really

stark sun
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Oh?

winged knoll
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If you want to run a Pi, run a Pi

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If you want to worry about FUD, that's on you

stark sun
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Gotcha

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Ty for the insight

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I’ll do some more research

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Oh and if I do go with a pi, do I need 4gb or 8gb?

gloomy spoke
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4GB is plenty

stark sun
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Gotcha ty!

rotund burrow
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anyone recommend a good ceiling fan/light that works well with ha?

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rotund burrow
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I'm in the US, no budget or protocol restrictions really

bold bay
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Anyone had sonoff switch stuck open? I suspect the relay but mine is only about a year new

zealous dune
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a year could be long time depending on what the relay was used for

bold bay
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It's for garage door. And it's rarely used.

zealous dune
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well that shouldn't have made it fail then, but again sonoff used cheap components

bold bay
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I just expect more people with the same issue if it's relay. However I found nothing from google

zealous dune
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which device exactly?

bold bay
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mine's the zigbee switch...BASICZBR3

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I have it turn on then off after 300ms. Worked for months

zealous dune
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R3's should be reliable

bold bay
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I'll just try to open it up and clean the relay

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Not sure what else I can try

grand rune
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Hi all, i have quite a strange behavior with my Home Assistant, i realized it shortly while Unifi Controller add-on drops 32bit Support. I have A Raspberry Pi 4, 4G with ARM v8 Processor. But Home Assistant is showing armv7l because of that i cannot update the Controller. is this a known thing or is this something to open a issue on GH. I was searching but i did not find any useful information about my issue.
I run the following:
Host Operating System Home Assistant OS 6.2
Update Channel stable
Supervisor Version supervisor-2021.06.8
Docker Version 20.10.6
Disk Total 57.8 GB
Disk Used 14.3 GB
Healthy true
Supported true
Board rpi4
thx for any input.

winged knoll
grand rune
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ok, i will do that, thx for the hint, i'm quite new here...

thorny owl
stark sun
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Is there a reason to do that over an RPi?

thorny owl
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emmc is more robust than an sd and faster than a ssd over usb

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way better architecture than rpi imo

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I've been thinking of upgrading and have a T620 to do so but that would be to add real time processing of cameras etc

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I bought the N2 before the Rpi4 as well. Their similar in processing power now, but the N2 was way better than the rpi3

stark sun
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I’m thinking of using a separate system for cameras

thorny owl
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if I switch to the t620 for the main system the n2 will go in the shop I'm buiding to run a second zigbee network and pipe the data to mqtt over ethernet

stark sun
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How long does the n2 take to spin up?

thorny owl
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very little

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I've never timed it but its in the one minute range for full functional

rotund burrow
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actually I think I want to be able to add my own light bulb w/ the smart ceiling fan

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because these LED ones don't have much for color options

wind bison
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Hey I am searching for a temperature and humidity sensor that is preferably WiFi compatible. I own a hue bridge but I don’t know it zigbee thermometers will work with it. If someone can recommend one for around 20€ it would be a perfect fit for me.

winged knoll
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I can recommend Zigbee ones, both the Xiaomi and Konke ones have worked well with me. Sadly I doubt either work with the Hue bridge

wind bison
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Which bridge do you use for them ?

winged knoll
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None 😄

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I use Zigbee2MQTT and a CC2652 based stick

wind bison
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Hmmm my server sadly is in the basement so I doubt that something not network based will work

zealous dune
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there's always BT via ESP32

winged knoll
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(or run Z2M on a Pi in the main house)

wind bison
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That sounds like it could be a solution for me but is something like this also a possible solution. https://www.amazon.de/SONOFF-ZBBridge-Dual-Protokoll-Unterstützung-APP-Steuerung-Multi-Geräte-Management/dp/B08BCL961G/ref=sr_1_11?adgrpid=69954903806&dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwmeiIBhA6EiwA-uaeFcIuwhJO87Fz1mi5X7rOFxc554GsQWyJaokj7ykG1OR0F_qUqUOIGBoCJn0QAvD_BwE&hvadid=352812065498&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9043447&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15123792222199843104&hvtargid=kwd-302415362361&hydadcr=27925_1737049&keywords=zigbee+hub&qid=1629114295&sr=8-11

zealous dune
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it's not really

wind bison
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So something like a BT based like a esp32 is a better solution?

weak belfry
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Is the SONOFF RF bridge a good device if I want to use 433MHZ in my HA?

zealous dune
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its not better, it's different

zealous dune
wind bison
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I will try that

weak belfry
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Ideally it will let me just get a bunch of cheap 433 door sensors ect

zealous dune
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do you already have the door sensors?

weak belfry
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No, I am currently using some zwave ones.

zealous dune
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why do you want to degrade to ancient technology?

weak belfry
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I need 4-8 more sensors and don't like the $30 price tag lol

zealous dune
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rfbridge should work with basic 433mhz door sensors

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that's why there's zigbee

weak belfry
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the aqara ones?

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those are still like $15-18

zealous dune
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its your choice 😄

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i hope those rf sensors are less than 5$

winged knoll
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The Sonoff is also a pretty crappy Zigbee coordinator

weak belfry
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I have a zigbee controller, I'll steer clear of the RF it sounds like its not worth the savings 😄

winged knoll
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AliExpress sells the Xiaomi Aqara door sensors for under £4 each

zealous dune
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it does have that retro vibe going for it 😉

winged knoll
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(admittedly those are listing as shipping from Russian, and they won't ship to the UK, so I'll have to pay about £8 for mine...)

zealous dune
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10$ is the usual price without VAT

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you can find for less if you buy in bulk

winged knoll
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Yeah, given that Z-Wave sensors are £30+ each, I'm happy to pay £10 or so

weak belfry
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Where do you see those shipping for $5

winged knoll
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I just searched on AliExpress, but it was shipping from Russia - if you're in the USA I doubt that helps you

zealous dune
weak belfry
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4 for $36 isn't bad

zealous dune
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6 for 54$ is even better

weak belfry
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nice I clicked your link.

zealous dune
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there were listing with larger quantities, you just have to shop around a bit

winged knoll
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Yeah, it's not like you really only need one or two, it's more like one or two dozen 😛

weak belfry
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Shoping alixpress is kinda like christmas shopping. shipping takes so long I usually forget and its like a surprise when it shows up

winged knoll
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Yeah, I ordered a webcam for about 20% of what I could get it in the UK, and then forgot...

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Guess I have a spare now

weak belfry
civic kraken
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Does anyone know of a cheap BLE "keyfinder" that I could integrate to HA? Would be neat to ask my voice assistant where my keys are and not having to install some software on my phone that tracks my every movement

zealous dune
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an ibeacon

civic kraken
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Tile seems to be one option, but pretty expensive by the looks of it

zealous dune
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battery life is not that great

civic kraken
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How bad is it?

zealous dune
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around 6 months

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i did use cheap IKEA batteries tho

civic kraken
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a year would be much nicer but 6 months is okay ig

zealous dune
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atleast you know it works with esphome

mighty shore
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Hi everyone, I've a IKEA sensor connected to IKEA hub and I want to create a automation with it, but the only information HA seems to see is the battery level. Anyway to see when the sensor detect a move ?

gentle fossil
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maybe it shows up as event? not sure I only have tradfri bulbs and ditched the hub

dense wyvern
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I have 2x IKEA Tradfri bulbs. When I switch them on using light.turn_on with a transition key set to 5s one of the bulbs turns on gradually as expected, the other flips straight on to 100% brightness.

Has anyone else experienced this?

mighty shore
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@gentle fossil : How to check if it's a event ?

smoky kestrel
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some question about DSMR reader and Nodemcu-ESP8266

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I get this message: [D][DmsrCustom:183]: No data available. Is P1 port connected?

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I have tried different pins but no success

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what else can I do?

wind bison
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preferably with good wireless range

winged knoll
winged knoll
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You may need further devices to extend the mesh far enough

wind bison
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I tried the range with my hue bridge and it worked is that comparable ?

winged knoll
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Probably

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With any wireless (aka RF) signal there's a lot of it depends

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If you're putting the USB stick in the same place the Hue bridge is currently then the odds are good

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Of course, you can also replace your hub with ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT, which will help a lot

wind bison
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ok so I've now decided to get a cc2652 stick to flash it with zigbee2MQTT, what is the best option available in germany for around 20€

winged knoll
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Not a hope in hell for that little though

wind bison
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but do the generally work all the same ?

winged knoll
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He's at least shipping in a timely manner these days

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Yeah, they're all much of a such - it's purely whether you want USB connected, or network connected (which would be an import from the US)

craggy bay
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I'm probably really dumb. But what's the point of zen mode in the blue odroid board?

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It does not have wifi so your zen-mode is blocking the ethernet jack and all other ports?

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I must be missing the point immensely 😊

civic vapor
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does any know a dimmer that you can put inside the light electric box. I have found many switch but do dimmer :/

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ideally wifi

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civic vapor
dense widget
civic vapor
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🙂

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good to know that this thing exist

dense widget
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Try Shelly’s official@store online

civic vapor
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will do thanks

dense widget
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  1. What is the best camera doorbell these days for native HA integration?
  2. Can the Amcrest AD110 work without any additional integrations? WiFi of course.
civic vapor
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way cheaper on the official web site

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thanks

dense widget
civic vapor
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im in canada 🙂 so us is good for me

reef hornet
fleet gorge
zealous dune
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yes

fleet gorge
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🙏

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does it integrate well with HA?

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don't have experience with Tuya

zealous dune
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that depends on the integration you use

fleet gorge
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I am rocking a conbee 2 and rpi3

zealous dune
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neither of those are an integration

fleet gorge
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there are sever integrations for Tuya?

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can you recommend one please?

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several*

zealous dune
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why would you use a Tuya integration if you already have a zigbee stick

fleet gorge
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so the only integration I need is the one for conbee?

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sorry I am a beginner 😦

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I got conbee working with a door sensor, though

zealous dune
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once i find out which integration that is i may be able to actually answer some of the questions

fleet gorge
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ZigBee
deCONZ

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that's the integration for all my zigbee devices
I don't have Tuya devices, and I am not sure what integration you want information for

zealous dune
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if you want to buy a zigbee device i was looking for the zigbee integration you're using

fleet gorge
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trying to find one that matches

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the product I shared is not in that list, and I am having trouble finding something similar

zealous dune
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that's what you get for deconz

fleet gorge
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this is the closest one

zealous dune
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its the same thing

fleet gorge
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you mean it will work? I don't understand 😦

zealous dune
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are you looking for a device identical to what you posted or a device that can operate 2 channels via a double light switch?

fleet gorge
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the latter, any device that can work and is available

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is there a better integration than deconz?

zealous dune
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yes but not for your stick

fleet gorge
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ok

inner crag
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Are these boys back in stock?

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I was able to add it to my cart... but then it got removed because it can't be shipped to my address..?

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They can only ship to outside of the UK and EU but will have it back in stock come mid September... for flip sake

rotund burrow
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anyone recommend a good ceiling fan/light that works well with ha?

green summit
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Does anyone recommend a good US wifi light switch that does not require a neutral wire? Or a good wifi remote/scene controller?

runic drift
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@green summitdo you have a ground wire? or is the box grounded?

green summit
runic drift
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well you need to check. no neutral smart switches come in two flavors, needing a ground and not needing a ground.

green summit
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Even a solution that is a remote might work.(where I just take the switch out of the equation) At the moment I have a smart light bulb.

runic drift
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smart switches and smart light bulbs do not mix

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well for the most part. I know there is like a couple exceptions in the world today lol

green summit
runic drift
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I think GE makes some that don't require a ground or neutral. I believe they are called C by GE or something. try looking them up

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I would make sure yours is not grounded and you have no ground option. cause with a ground your options go up

green summit
runic drift
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which? the GE one? I think there is a way, not sure. you will have to look it up. I would do some serious research on other possible brands and then seeing if those have integrations for HA before buying anything. Just know going into it you are way limited

green summit
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Yes certainly. I’m thinking something Tuya based should work well. Thanks!

inner crag
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Thanks for all your advice, finally went for the Slaesh! Ready and willing to hear everyone tell me that was a bad idea haha

velvet pivot
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Just got a ZZH stick that supports LE Bluetooth. Anyone got a Bluetooth device they really like ?

winged knoll
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It supports it - in hardware

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The Zigbee firmware doesn't support it

velvet pivot
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Hm, I did flash it with the firmware they suggested for ZHA. Did I just disable the other radios on the stick?

winged knoll
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The features of the stick depends on the firmware it runs

velvet pivot
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gotcha

vestal cloud
winged knoll
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If you're using one of the #zigbee-archived integrations then check their lists to see if they're known to work

shut fog
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I got an energy gateway from my electricity company that allows me to get real time smart meter readings. I'm trying to get into the device to figure out what's going on in hopes of finding a path forward to integrating it with HA.

https://fccid.io/2AUYW-A010001/Internal-Photos/EUT-Internal-Photo-4695782

Doing a port scan I only see port 80 open. The gateway is essentially a mini computer (Intel atom e3805) with a USB port. I tried using a bootable USB drive but it didn't boot to it

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Any recommendations on ways to get into this thing?

winged knoll
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Can you remove the eMMC?

shut fog
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I haven't gotten into it yet, I needed to order a torx security bit. It will be a could days before I get it. The year down makes it look like the eMMC is soddered in but I'm not certain

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Tear down*

winged knoll
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If it is removable that's your best way in

shut fog
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It does have a data port inside, but I'm not sure if I can make use of that

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Sata port*

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That's the eMMC, looks like it gets soddered in

winged knoll
shut fog
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Thank you, I'll look this over now with my coffee :)

stuck warren
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I'm looking for a ZigBee smart plug that also collects electricity data, any recommendations or are there none?

winged knoll
stray birch
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Location: Canada, Price: Under $100, I was about to change out the switch on my laundry room to a WeMo (already have several WeMo light switches installed), but found out after I took apart the wall switch that there's no neutral wire. The fixture is just a double bulb florescent utility light. Should I 1) use the Lutron Caseta (more $$) 2) Wire up something inside the light fixture with a Wemo plug or even a Shelly relay? Would #2 be recommended or not? Issues: If someone switches off the light switch, then the Wemo plug is turned off, so no wifi until someone turns on the lights --> cannot remotely turn on the light. The Caseta system would work better in this case, I guess. Opinions, anyone? (btw, already have one switch as a Caseta in the house, but it's at the other end. Not sure if the Caseta bridge will reach)

raven condor
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Here's a stupid question - I have a smart bulb by the coat closet - but is there anything (battery powered) that I can install on the door or perhaps inside the coat closet that triggers the smart bulb to turn on? Note the bulb is actually just outside the closet.

winged knoll
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You can add a motion sensor or door sensor and have HA do it

raven condor
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like a battery powered motion sensor?

winged knoll
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Sure

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Zigbee, Z-Wave, or other

raven condor
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any particular ones that come to your mind? Amazon is coming up empty

winged knoll
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I use mostly #zigbee-archived and I find the ranges by Konke and Xiaomi Aqara are both good

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AliExpress is way cheaper than Amazon

raven condor
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Wonder if i could get one of the Tradfri ones (ikea) and trick it to just work with a xiaomi bulb

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oh - xiaomi aqara might just work!

winged knoll
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Well, yes, but probably no

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You need a Zigbee coordinator/hub

raven condor
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I have a tradfri hub

winged knoll
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Well, if it's all hooked into HA you're good

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It's just some automations at that point

raven condor
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yep it's all connected to HA

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both Tradfri and XIaomi bulb are - just a matter of that motion sensor that i can't figure out haha. Doesn't look like Aqara will work, it requires its own hub.

winged knoll
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Well, yes, but no

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It requires a hub that supports it

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Which is why we always so no hub, use ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

raven condor
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makes sense ! I'll dig deeper. See if Tradfri's motion sensor might be the easiest solution and if i need to dig deeper