hardware-archived

[umbral gorge]

I would like to know if there is a way to factory reset it in another way so It would start working again

I got no idea if it can be fixes through software

Is it possible that problem occured in ZigBee2MQTT?

[winged knoll]

If you already factory reset it, then there's not much else you can do

[umbral gorge]

So I guess flashing it is my only choice right now

Or maybe something broke because of that spamming messages dozen times each second

[whole vault]

Does anyone know where I could find a new Raspberry Pi 4 for MSRP??? I can’t seem to find it at most of my major retailers…

[hollow lance]

Where are you

[whole vault]

Chicago/Illinois

I know all about the PC component shortages, but I didn’t know that the semiconductor shortage also got to the Raspberry Pi 😦

[zealous dune]

Understandable since it's not a real computer

[whole vault]

I have seen one retailer with the 2GB model for MSRP, but I actually want the 4GB model just to play it safe…

[zealous dune]

So did everyone else

[whole vault]

Yea…

Is running HA on an Intel Nuc any less reliable than running HA on a raspberry Pi?

[gloomy spoke]

It's much, much more reliable

[zealous dune]

Real PC vs toy

[whole vault]

I’m starting to look at alternatives since I can’t find a Raspberry Pi…

[whole vault]

Good to hear…But a Nuc is more expansive than a Raspberry Pi, right?

[gloomy spoke]

Of course

[whole vault]

What is my best alternative that is roughly in the same price range as a Raspberry Pi?

[fringe moon]

Any minicomputer or laptop from the last decade, Except atoms will be an upgrade from a pi @whole vault

[whole vault]

Alright. Gotcha. 2GB vs 4GB vs 8GB RAM?

[fringe moon]

Anything

[whole vault]

I’ll only be servicing one room… not an entire house

[fringe moon]

Then a toaster

[whole vault]

[fringe moon]

Heck for that use case a pi zero would probably be overkill

But anything will do

[whole vault]

Alright. I’ll see what’s available. Thanks for all the help!

[sudden moth]

@whole vault, I haven't been able to find one, is it for HA? If so, you could put it on an old computer as a virtual machine. Save yourself $50 - $90 on the PI and even more having to buy accessories. I've been reading that you don't want to run it on an SD card for too long because they tend to fail.

I will say, if you decide to go that route, look up how to run it off of an SSD so it doesn't fail on you.

[whole vault]

I’ll definitely look at using a proper SSD with the Pi, if I decide to go that route. As of now the only model I can find for MSRP is the 2GB model. Does HA OS run fine on 2GB’s of RAM? As previously mentioned, I won’t be connecting a whole house worth of devices. I’ll be using HA for a single room, since the rest of the family can’t be bothered/don’t really have the need for HA…

[sudden moth]

You should be good to go with 2GB Ram on one room.

[whole vault]

It does hurt though… Having to pay $45 for the 2GB model when, if it were available, the 4GB model is only $5-$10 more.

[sudden moth]

Yeah. I thought about getting a PI4 but I just built a virtual machine for it. I tried to run it on a Pi 3 but it was extremely slow.

[whole vault]

Even though I know that I would be just fine using an old laptop, I would just feel better having HA run on a new, separate device. Speaking of which, I have been thinking… How do you fit a bulky Zigbee andZ-wave stick on the 2 USB 3.0 ports at the back of the Pi? A hub?

[glossy prism]

Extension cables

[whole vault]

I see… makes sense.

[gloomy spoke]

Which you should use anyway to avoid noise

[sudden moth]

You can get the Aeotec Z-Stick 7 which is pretty small... they've been out of stock for a while though. I'm getting the Conbee II stick for Zigbee stuff delivered tomorrow. I don't know how big that one is.

doesn't look very big.

[whole vault]

I got the Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5+. Seemed like a solid choice. I do like the look of the Gen7 more though…

[sudden moth]

Same, I have Gen 5 have been looking for the Gen 7 for the compactness so it isn't sticking out the back of my machine so far.

[whole vault]

But the Zigbee USB from Sonoff that I want to get seems really big and bulky (for something that has to be plugged in next to other usb devices)

[sudden moth]

When I get the Zigbee device tomorrow, i'll let you know how big it is. I did see the devices from Sonoff and they did seem a bit bulkier.

[whole vault]

I think buying this Pi 4 is going to be my best bet. All of the old laptops I can think that we have lying around are either too old or too unreliable. I’ll need to buy these so called extensions, an SSD, a case… it’s getting more expensive than I thought. I’ll make it work though…

[whole vault]

I’d love to see !

(Sorry for the ping🤦‍♂️)

[glossy prism]

You could also consider a mini PC

[whole vault]

Wouldn’t a mini PC be more expensive than a Pi?

[glossy prism]

After a case, PSU, and SSD (and adapter) for a pi, not necessarily

You'd likely get better performance out of a mini PC anyway

[whole vault]

Damn. You’re right. I keep on comparing all the alternatives to the Pi alone, when in fact I need a bunch of accessories…

[spare iris]

I'm trying to set up an alert for when my crawlspace gets too cold (trying to avoid frozen pipes) but I'm having trouble deciding on a temperature sensor. The sensor will be all the way at the end of the crawlspace, so I would really like to avoid batteries if possible and I have zero experience with arduino or similar dev boards, so I prefer something off the shelf. Ideally, I would like something that I could plug in behind my fridge that had a temperature probe on a wire that I could put through the floor into the crawlspace (there's already a small opening for the fridge's water line I could expand, then seal with caulk or similar)

does anyone have any suggestions?

[whole vault]

Maybe look at some of the Sonoff temp sensors? I saw some of they’re devices using the probe you’re talking about. I’m just spitballing though. I have no experience.

[spare iris]

I saw the sonoff ones, but the one that seems to be most widely recommended is built to be hard-wired into the mains. I suppose I could get a plug to wire it to and plug it in, but I don't have a ton of experience with high voltage elecrical so I'm not super confident

[whole vault]

I’ll take a look at some super cheap mini PC’s. Anything that can run Windows will run HA just fine, right? Also, even though this is probably a dumb question, all of the different HA OS versions are all equal, right? HA running on a Pi is not developed more/better than what is used on a VM or something like that…

[spare iris]

With how PC hardware is right now, I feel like a pi would be cheaper. A power supply, SD card and case are all really cheap

[whole vault]

Nah. Drop it then. If you aren’t confident/not feeling good about it then don’t risk it.

[spare iris]

I wonder if there are any grill thermometers with accurate readings below zero (F) that work with home assistant haha

[whole vault]

I’ll first take a look at recommendations for super cheap mini PC’s and then compare those to a Pi with all its accessories. I just don’t have lot’s of money lying around… I have none, to be exact…😂

And I should also keep in mind that I still need to get a no neutral light switch and at least one motion sensor. But I’m calling it a night. I’ll keep an eye out for possible solutions to your problem!

[spare iris]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TYQRXTK/

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-128GB-Extreme-microSD-Adapter/dp/B07FCMKK5X/

https://www.amazon.com/iUniker-Raspberry-Aluminium-Heatsink-Supply/dp/B07D3S4KBK/

The case is optional for a pi, but I'd recommend it. Just easier to keep it away from conductors that way

(these three all told would be in the neighborhood of $40/45, not including the base board)

[runic drift]

Been running HA on an rpi4 for quite sometime. the amount of ram you would need depends really only on one question. If you plan to pipe cameras into it or not. If the answer is yes than the 4G model is plenty don't need 8GB. If the answer is no than the 2G model is more than enough.

to give reference I have 3 frigate cameras piped into mine and I use less than 1G of ram

[sudden moth]

@whole vault may not be ideal but here is something... It's a Raspberry Pi 400 (not the 4B). It's a keyboard format so it's not what everyone is used to seeing.
https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Quad-Core-Bluetooth-Complete/dp/B08XS24CMV/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=raspberry+pi+4+8gb&qid=1642135741&s=electronics&sprefix=raspberry+pi+4%2Celectronics%2C52&sr=1-9

It has 4Gb RAM, a 1.8Ghz processor and everything else is almost identical to the 4B, the 4B has a 1.5Ghz processor.

[rain nacelle]

Hi! I'm looking to install outdoor lighting from Philips Hue, but need a way to control them. Does anyone have experience with using a light sensor to control outdoor lighting? Philips have an outdoor motion detector which also has a light sensor, but I don't know if I can just use it for light detection. I don't care about motion detection.

[winged knoll]

Yes, it reports light levels

Lots of people here do similar things, light level controlled lighting is pretty common

You can also get a rough approximation simply using the sun elevation, until you get a light sensor

[rain nacelle]

That's a good point. Except in winter, a cloudy day might never actually get bright enough to turn the lights off here

[winged knoll]

You can obviously combine the two, so that it only turns the lights on if it's dark and the sun has set, but I suspect you'll find that once you've got the light levels tuned you won't need to

[rain nacelle]

Seems like the Hue sensor reports every 5 minutes which should be plenty

[winged knoll]

Assuming it's sensitive enough... of course

For light level reporting I do like my Z-Wave sensor, since it's USB powered it can report on 1 lux changes if I want (I don't, because that'd be mad)

As long as the Hue will report on both time and change, it'll be fine

[rain nacelle]

USB power outdoor seems a bit risky though

[winged knoll]

Well, you'd have to have it sheltered anyway, if you used the Aeotec, so at that point it's no big deal

[rain nacelle]

Which sensor do you have?

[winged knoll]

I have the Aeotec, the Fibaro Z-Wave, and the Xiaomi Mijia Zigbee sensors

The Aeotec is the best multi-sensor I've used, but it's priced accordingly

The Xiaomi is a very close second in terms of light sensor, and a fraction of the price

[rain nacelle]

I guess I could install it in a waterproof box with a transparent lid

[fringe moon]

I have mine outdoors

Under the stairs

[rain nacelle]

Is this the one you have? https://xiaomi-mi.com/sockets-and-sensors/xiaomi-mi-occupancy-sensor/

[winged knoll]

That's not the light sensor

[fringe moon]

No, the light sensor one

[winged knoll]

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/GZCGQ01LM.html

The motion sensor is an utterly crap light sensor

[fringe moon]

https://xiaomi-mi.com/sockets-and-sensors/xiaomi-mi-light-detection-sensor-zigbee-30/

I've used the motion sensor outdoors too

For Halloween

[rain nacelle]

:D

That Mi sensor is TINY

[fringe moon]

Yes, and cheap

[rain nacelle]

Any idea of the battery life?

[winged knoll]

Years

Most of the Xiaomi stuff is like that

[rain nacelle]

That's amazing from that small battery

They're so cute I want to buy 2

[winged knoll]

Buy 2 dozen 😄

[fringe moon]

I've replaced 3 batteries now on 40 devices

Over 2-3 years use

[winged knoll]

Yeah, I've replaced batteries on one Xiaomi sensor, and they're the oldest sensors I've got. I've replaced batteries on every Tuya device, and most of my Konke ones

[rain nacelle]

I'm sold

Oh, they even have a Norwegian store. Handy

[winged knoll]

It's likely cheaper from AliExpress, particularly when you buy in bulk

[fringe moon]

Ja, alltid handle fra AliExpress

Halv pris

[rain nacelle]

1/2 price, 10x delivery time

[fringe moon]

Usually 12-16 days for me

Very reasonable

I order 3-400 items a year from AliExpress

[rain nacelle]

Since we're talking sensors. Does anyone have a CO2 sensor to recommend?

I'd like to monitor the CO2 in the bedrooms and office

[zealous dune]

counting after 3 gets confusing

[fringe moon]

I have no need for CO2 but use this for air quality

https://www.xiaomiproducts.nl/en/xiaomi-aqara-tvoc-sensor.html

[rain nacelle]

I feel CO2 is a much more important factor than VOC for the most part

This seems to have it all https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003623592828.html

[zealous dune]

seems.... 😈

[fringe moon]

Tuya 🤢

[rain nacelle]

No good?

I mean they did name their products after a shrub I dislike

[fringe moon]

Cloud based with generally poor options for local control

[rain nacelle]

Oh. It says Zigbee though

[fringe moon]

It also says wifi

[rain nacelle]

There are two different models

[fringe moon]

Only the gateway says ZigBee if you click it

All the sensors have pictures of tuya smart life

[rain nacelle]

https://i.imgur.com/nXBB7Ga.png

[fringe moon]

[rain nacelle]

Mildly confusing

[fringe moon]

Tuya usually is

And doesn't play by the rules

[rain nacelle]

The optimal would be temp/humidity/co2/smoke and alarm in one unit

I'd buy 10 in a heartbeat

[zealous dune]

good news, you can build them yourself

[rain nacelle]

I'm not sure I'd trust myself with building a smoke detector

[zealous dune]

but you'd trust tuya.... 🤔

[fringe moon]

Good news, the chance of CO2 in your house is low, however Xiaomi and Honeywell make good smart smoke detectors

[rain nacelle]

CO2 is actually a problem for me in winter

I don't have balanced ventilation

[zealous dune]

i use MHZ-19 and SCD30 for CO2

[rain nacelle]

quite pricy

[zealous dune]

not as much as co2 asphyxiation

[fringe moon]

Just open a window once a week

[rain nacelle]

I'm worried CO2 levels affect my sleep quality, but I also don't want -10°C in my bedroom

[fringe moon]

I'd say you are more likely to have sleep apnea

[rain nacelle]

I'm pretty sure my wife would let me know

[fringe moon]

Mine did

[rain nacelle]

I sleep very deep though. Pulse dipping down to ~38bpm

[fringe moon]

Yeah, mine was 42 during apnea tracking and my daily average is 68

Impressive since I have a BMI of 9000

[gentle fossil]

smart watches are awesome for that
https://imgur.com/a/LeSBCs7

• a living room lamp turns red when co2 levels go near 1.300ppm

[rain nacelle]

I have a netatmo in my living room, so I get a notification when the CO2 levels pass 1000ppm and 2000ppm

I'm kind of surprised no one has made a combo sensor with smoke detection and air quality/CO2

[gentle fossil]

yeah i have the same, weather station
you cant get co2 from the watch, just heart beat…

[rain nacelle]

Are there any optical/ionic smoke sensors one can buy? It would be interesting to try and build my own

[winged knoll]

Smoke detectors are usually regulated though

That and many of the smart ones are really shitty smoke detectors

[rain nacelle]

I suck at drawing schematics though

Perhaps I'll just buy these ones https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001709500617.html

I need like 10 detectors

[supple heath]

Hi Guys, I hope everyone is ok and safe

In my apartment I currently have at my door one of this doorbells, any smart replacement that could also fit in the socket that you know off? https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Viking-Electronics-timbre-botón-Panel/dp/B001TA1SW4/ref=sr_1_58?__mk_es_US=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=4EQ28BEZA5PB&keywords=doorbell+switch&qid=1642167927&sprefix=doorbell+switch%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-58

[winged knoll]

FYI, on Amazon links everything from ? onwards is irrelevant

[supple heath]

I know there are plenty of smart doorbells out there, but I was wondering if there is a smart replacement to fit there

[supple heath]

I did not know that, thanks

[winged knoll]

https://frenck.dev/diy-smart-doorbell-for-just-2-dollar/

[rain nacelle]

Yikes, I guess AliExpress has me pay VAT these days. Good bye additional $100 :|

[winged knoll]

I know somebody else simply put a Zigbee door/window sensor in the chime box, so that it's triggered by the magnet in the chime

[zealous dune]

your government and EU makes you pay the VAT

[rain nacelle]

True

[zealous dune]

that would be me amongst others

[supple heath]

I'm afraid I'm too much of an idiot/chicken to do this kind of DYI stuff, I haven't dare to go into soldering yet

[rain nacelle]

Oh well, better than paying the "administration fee" for VAT on top of it

[winged knoll]

Then go down the sensor in the chime route

[supple heath]

I did placed a smart button just outside the door, but now I have 2 doorbells, and I havent been able to integrate the smart one because is dependent on a xiaomi smart thing that in order to crack it requires some soldering

[winged knoll]

You can also buy pre-built units to "smartify" your doorbell

[rain nacelle]

Make an AI based camera bell that'll notify you if there's a person outside. No buttons to press

[winged knoll]

https://www.tindie.com/products/fireflyelectron/wifi-doorbell-sensor/ amongst many others

[rain nacelle]

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/raspberry-pi-person-detecting-doorbell

[winged knoll]

https://www.zuidwijk.com/esphome-based-doorbell/ is quite neat IMO

[rain nacelle]

Bonus points if you can have the doorbell greet people based on face recognition

[winged knoll]

Oh god. You again.

[supple heath]

looking at your links @winged knoll

[rain nacelle]

"Hello Frank, someone will be at the door shortly" or "Hello Frank, nobody is home. Never mind the lights"

[winged knoll]

Hello Frank. We're in, we're just ignoring you.

[rain nacelle]

Now I want to make one and skin it as HAL 9000

[fringe moon]

I'm afraid I can't do that Dave

[winged knoll]

Arming orbital laser platform

[supple heath]

this just reminded me of sumo's song hello frank

[rain nacelle]

😄

[supple heath]

pretty crazy song imo

[rain nacelle]

@supple heath The precursor to Franks Wild Years

[zealous dune]

https://twitter.com/blakadder_/status/1479525753771499534 xiaomi door sensor

[winged knoll]

Ah, you went for give it an external sensor capability?

[zealous dune]

it goes behind a standard doorbell switch, i just fitted some nice plugs

[supple heath]

oh im an idiot, i get now! @winged knoll

😄

[glossy prism]

Even less than that; anything after /dp/XXXXXXXXXX isn't needed 😄

[winged knoll]

I wasn't about to explain how to re-write the URL to the terse option 😛

I reserve that for technical people

[feral night]

Interesting fact: Raspberry Pi 4 consumes almos the same amount of energy as Intel NUC

[glossy prism]

Where did you see that? The latest i5 NUC has a TDP of 40W

[fringe moon]

Depends on the nuc, but a few of them can idle or run low pretty well

[glossy prism]

Under load or average? Average I could maybe see

[fringe moon]

I've seen full NUCs run low loads under 40w

Stuff has gotten quite power efficient over the years

I had a dl180g6 that did low loads at 190w with two sockets and 48g ram

My current main production system is 12 years old, with 14 drives, 128g ram and 2x12c CPUs, plus controllers and multiple 10g NICs, it still averages 240w

[valid frigate]

vat is charged at the checkout on aliexpress now for us in the uk

[trim oak]

I am looking to keep a room at a given temperature, I have a exhaust fan installed already, but I am hoping to control it through a smart plug and connected thermometer/hygrometer

Any suggestions for a thermometer/hygrometer? I have no hubs or anything, just a wifi and ethernet network

[valid frigate]

I am at avg of constant 350w over daytime from my pc setup, but that's including the orbi router, 3 monitors, 10gb switch, 10gb nas, 4 core pico for hass, subwoofer (part of sound bar and 3 hue lights on back of main monitor) (few other items filling up the 10 gang extension) luckily the wiser plug does not trip with it all and reads the wattage

oh lol I lie, just checked I am pulling 378 from that socket at moment 😛

[fringe moon]

Well, that is more than a single system

So yes

[valid frigate]

yep its a bit crowded under my desk and in the small unit

changing it all over though soon (pc wise as a new project has began). but should get a good amount for cpu as its the same as ones used in mac pro, I am sure someone will want a upgrade especially with a unlocked ES one.

[feral night]

Okay, have read about it more and it turns out that nuc 11 idles at 5 - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-NUC11PAQi7-Panther-Canyon-Mini-PC-Review-Tiger-Lake-Done-Right.517573.0.html

Anyway, it's reasonable solution for home assistant host

And probably my go-to solution, if I'll be able to install some sort of hypervisor on top of it of course

[fringe moon]

Anything will be a better choice than a pi anyway

If you run your favorite Linux distribution, just do KVM and docker

[feral night]

I remember your advice haha, but want to host more services on this machine than HA only, that's why I'm considering NUC for my endgame

KVM stands for Rancher or Portainer?

[winged knoll]

KVM stands for ... KVM

Portainer is a UI for Docker, to do all the things you can do with Compose, plus also cause you problems

[fringe moon]

Yes

[feral night]

Ohh, I feel like I've insulted two homelabers out there

[winged knoll]

Nah, we've just seen the pain that gets inflicted by people using Portainer

[fringe moon]

I moved beyond homelabs decades ago

[feral night]

So KVM is ... functionality of Linux, that is necessary for docker to run .. and I don't have to do anything special if I'm about to install linux-hosted proxmox on this pc, am i right?

[fringe moon]

No

KVM runs vms

Docker runs containers

None depend on the other

[winged knoll]

KVM == VM == run an entire OS in a box
Docker == kernel namespace == run an application in a cardboard box

[feral night]

hmm probably I'm dull, but if I install proxmox as hypervisor, then create separate VM to run containers using debian with docker then KVM is this Debian-powered VM

Probably yes, basing on Tinkerer's comment

[winged knoll]

You'd be a lot better off running Docker on the Proxmox host itself

[feral night]

Okay, that's really valuable as proxmox can do it

[winged knoll]

Proxmox is Debian with software added

You can take a vanilla Debian install and run the Proxmox installer

[feral night]

So what you recommend is not to install proxmox os on barebones NUC, but install debian, then proxmox and docker on it?

[winged knoll]

That's not what I said

Proxmox is just software on top of Debian. You can use their installer to get both at the same time, or you can install it on top of Debian

Either way, don't create a VM and install Docker inside, install Docker directly on the host running Proxmox

[feral night]

ahh, I've thought that recommended installed on Proxmox project page is separate OS

My bad, sorry

but now I get your hint

[opal hill]

Hello! I recently purchased an ODROID N2+ and set it up with hass.io, and it's working great.

I couldn't find a eMMC module for sale anywhere on amazon though, so I'm starting to look around. I'm a bit confused about all the different colours for them however - is there a recommendation? And/or any ideal resellers?

[sudden moth]

You might want to think about getting a hub. If nothing else, perhaps an Aeotec Smartthings hub. There are a ton of sensors (Motion, door, etc...) that connects to it that can read temperatures. They also have smart outlets to turn stuff on and off. I would recommend playing with HA on an older machine. pick up a couple of WiFi devices and see what works for you.

[peak talon]

instead of some proprietary hub, just use HA on RPI

[uncut trout]

Hi all! I have a question regarding usage of i2c with home assistant running raspberry pi 4. I was trying to integrate a inclination sensor but I don't even know how to start reading values from i2c. Could anyone point me in the right direction?
I've followed the i2c configuration and I see i2c entries in dev folder but no devices under i2c-dev section. Anyone? 🙂

[gentle fossil]

anyone have recommendations for curtain motor? preferrably compatible with HA oob, EU
like these
https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/027/389/052/ec4174ae9647da45db8499a5c95da036_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.0.2&crop=faces&w=1552&h=873&fit=crop&v=1575214583&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=3d461ecebaf7b2cd3be477b1972f93ab

[zealous dune]

A switchbot?

[rain nacelle]

If you want something plug-and-play you could look at getting a Netatmo. Not cheap but works well. Or you could go the route of a ESP/NodeMCU and a DHT22 which is cheap and should work just as well.

[zealous dune]

Again with the DHT22...

[gentle fossil]

this will work?
https://www.amazon.de/SwitchBot-Curtain-Smart-Electric-Motor/dp/B08M3JQGHR

[zealous dune]

That's the original version yes

No idea about HA integration

[gentle fossil]

yes, i want to integrate them in HA 😄

thats why i ask here

[zealous dune]

There is a HA integration but no idea how reliable it is

Is it Tuya level or MQTT level...

[gentle fossil]

i found tuya ones of course and also looked at the steren one on your page

but I haven't flashed a single tuya/tasmota whatever yet

[fringe moon]

Tuya 🤢

If they only had stuck with esp

[zealous dune]

Being cheap is their selling point

[gentle fossil]

"homeassistant" + curtain does not give good results on aliexpress though

on the other hand i might just get lucky with bluetooth ones

was no problem hacking my oral b toothbrush to get data off it,
how hard can it be to send controls to bluetooth devices

guess the whole pairing step is the hurdle

or i go the homepod route but that limits me to homekit

[trim oak]

Yeah I've tried HA with some smart bulbs and it seems pretty cool, I'm have a look into those devices, ty

[fringe moon]

ZigBee bulbs > wifi bulbs

[trim oak]

Will have a look, I've heard of the esphome thing but not really got my head around it

[zealous dune]

wifi bulbs > zigbee bulbs

[gentle fossil]

ok i gave in to the switchhub cloud service 🤮

[zealous dune]

traitor!

[gentle fossil]

but i dont care about my curtain states being in the cloud

[gentle fossil]

mi scusi

[fringe moon]

Cloud

[gentle fossil]

there is no way i can make them useful locally only. one can control them local but you do not know the state they are in

[gleaming yew]

Folks, anyone know of a way to reset a tasmotised Sonoff T2 UK? I tried the 7x off/on but that didn't work. I also tried holding in the button for 5 seconds until the double beep, then again until it triple beeps. It double beeps but no triple beep. How do I either factory it or get it back to AP mode so I can reconfigure it? Rather not have to unwire it if possible as it's the heart of my CH and hot water system

[clear herald]

Does anyone know why the DS02S doesn't work with ESPhome toggling on/off and adjusting brightness? I swapped the chip for an ESP-12F as per here: https://www.esphome-devices.com/devices/TreatLife-DS02S/ but it doesn't toggle. FWIW the switch works with no issues

[winged knoll]

You wanted the #diy-archived channel

Or the ESPHome Discord

[whole vault]

Thanks! Problem is that at that point I might as well buy an Odroid N2+ or something, which is completely overkill…

[clear herald]

thanks I'll try this out

[terse badger]

I've installed a Shelly Dimmer 2 today and so working great! No issues toggling it on or off at all!
Only question I have is around the device's temperature, its reporting as 50.67C at the moment and its been climbing but I'm not sure what the normal operating temperature is... Googling hasn't helped.
Anyone else got any Shelly Dimmer 2 to compare with?

[sweet trail]

Hi there!, So im trying to make it so that i het notifications on my phone when someone rings my doorbell, its an old intercom and im curious how to wire it all.

My intercom: https://www.intercomsrus.com/handset pdf/BPT C-200 Intercom Handset Data Sheet.pdf

I was thinking about Just intercepting the doorbell signal but im not sure how to do it

[gloomy spoke]

Sounds like #diy-archived

[sweet trail]

ill copy it there then 🙂

[lunar pelican]

hey guys i’m looking for a zigbee outdoor 3 (or 4) way plug but i can’t seem to find one. i can only find 2 ways

anyone know if they even exist?

[muted arch]

Are there some known good weather sensors for integration? I have the Aqara combo (pressure/temp/humidity) but it would be cool to add more stuff.

[hollow lance]

As in a zigbee controlled double power outlet?

[slate cipher]

Hey guys - I have another intel NUC question for you all 😉!

Would a NUC with the following specs be good for a HA box, or to even run other services simultaneously? Only asking because they’re free and dunno if I bother paying postage for them.

N3700 Intel NUC with 8gbddr3 sodimm

[hollow lance]

That’s a lot of ram

[slate cipher]

8?

[fringe moon]

Is it though?

[slate cipher]

I sense sarcasm

[fringe moon]

It's a good box for free @slate cipher

8GB was a lot of memory in 2006 for desktops, for a server it was still low

I run a 4105 with 20+ containers and a lot of other services on, don't run too much CPU intensive stuff though, but compared to a pi it's an considerable upgrade in overall

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-N3700-vs-Intel-Celeron-J4105/m33474vsm444211

[slate cipher]

Ah fair enough. Yeah tempted to just pay postage costs to my mate and get him to send me 2 or 3 of them. Even as a test bed it would be ok. I could also cannibalise one and add ram to another?

[fringe moon]

The CPU supports max 8GB

So no

[slate cipher]

Ah. Pheck

I’ll just wait for the next batch he acquires from work

[lunar pelican]

yeah but one with 3 or 4 plugs instead

[hard tinsel]

Is there a vacuum robot that is local only, and supports multiple maps/floors, and of course integrates with home assistant?

[fringe moon]

Roborock

With custom firmware

[hard tinsel]

What custom firmware?

[fringe moon]

Valetudo

[hard tinsel]

Valetudo isn't custom firmware, it also explicitly doesn't support multi maps / multi floors https://valetudo.cloud/pages/dev_faq.html#multiple-maps--multi-floor-

[fringe moon]

Oh, i was sure it did

It is definitely custom firmware though, since I have installed it myself

[hard tinsel]

Tis what led me here, I bought a Dreame D9 thinking that + Valetudo would be an awesome combo, in practice I'm a little disappointed in it. Stuff like the above makes me sad 😦

[hard tinsel]

Nope, the robot retains its original firmware, Valetudo runs on the robot and emulates the cloud, custom firmware would be replacing the original firmware with something new

[zealous dune]

it's a standalone binary

[fringe moon]

Psssh semantics!

[zealous dune]

you don't call docker custom firmware

[fringe moon]

Maybe I should?

[zealous dune]

definitely

altho then you're a #330944238910963714 frequenter

[hard tinsel]

Would be awesome if there actually was custom firmware for these bots lol

[zealous dune]

i'd like to see that developer team

[fringe moon]

I should update soon, I'm running 2021.04 still i think

[winged knoll]

I'm on 2021.6 still

[fringe moon]

I was talking about valetudo though

[lusty crown]

Hello, could you recommend kitchen cooktop compatible with Home assistant?

[willow smelt]

Is there anywhere a current list for European smart plugs available which are compatible with Home Assistant? With google I can't find anything really and I don't think I am the only one with that question.

[winged knoll]

Depends on your choice of protocol, if you want Zigbee there's lists of known working hardware pinned in #zigbee-archived

[willow smelt]

I don't have anything yet with Zigbee. I was hoping for something based on WLAN

Or, let's ask it this way around. Does it make sense to think into a Zigbee gateway? I am thinking about incl. window control sensors at a later point in time anyhow

[winged knoll]

Well, it makes sense to get a Zigbee coordinator and use ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

[willow smelt]

anything you would recommend (again for Europe/ Germany)?

[bright jacinth]

Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '~pickyourstick' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[winged knoll]

For sockets the brands that get positive reviews are Hue, Salus, Innr, and Tradfri (Ikea)

[willow smelt]

thx, anything which has a good range for a gateway? Would two gateways interfer which each other? I have quite some ground to cover

[winged knoll]

See the bot message?

And yes, if you don't keep them on separate channels, you'll have issues - #zigbee-archived can help there

[willow smelt]

ok, thx that helps me a lot getting started

[hollow lance]

What country are you in. We need to know that before we can help.

[lunar pelican]

US

[remote adder]

I have a smart door bell that shows an option in dev tools of motion_enabled: true

access_token: api_token
model_name: 'Smart Doorbell '
brand: Tuya
motion_detection: true
frontend_stream_type: hls
entity_picture: >-
  /api/camera_proxy/camera.front_door?token=api_token
friendly_name: Front Door
supported_features: 2

Can I use this to get motion in HA?

I do not see a binary sensor but wondering if I need to "expose" one?

[whole vault]

HA will run on a 2GB Pi 4, right?

Anyone?

[tepid heart]

Yes it will.

[whole vault]

Thanks a million! Wanted to double check before ordering the board and having it shipped all the way from the UK. I decided against it though, as the shipping was expensive. I’m basically waiting for some store here in the US to finally have one of the Raspberry Pi’s in stock for somewhere near MSRP. Fingers crossed! Thanks for confirming for me! I appreciate it!

[unreal oak]

anyone got any bulb recommendation for me? I wanna get like 10 smart bulbs, preferably rgbw

[bright jacinth]

Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

• Which country you're in
• What your budget is
• What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
• Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

Command '~what' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[vagrant verge]

Hi!
I'm installing new windows with motorized shutters that I want to automate with zigbee relays. I have windows with two shutters, and the installers says that you have to put a relay for each motor (but they don't know why). Does anyone know if this is true and why?

[winged knoll]

The reasons may depend on your country's wiring code

[last jackal]

guys.. really desperate factory reset my hue

so far no such luck..

hue thief is one options but I need to get the compatible usb stick

[winged knoll]

Hue what?

[last jackal]

Hue Bulb

😭

[winged knoll]

Of which there are many, many, many

I'll take vague questions for $20 please Bob

My car runs funny, why?
What car?
A Ford

[last jackal]

well philips hue bulb

which I wanna factory reset the damn bulb

so I can connect it to ZHA

[winged knoll]

You do realise that they make more than one bulb

Or is it that early on Monday you left your clue behind in the weekend?

[last jackal]

sorry.. the zigbee one that running on round hubs

[winged knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/hopeless-disappointed-ryan-reynolds-facepalm-embarrassed-gif-14455315

[last jackal]

I believe mine is the first gen

[winged knoll]

Good luck. You're clearly going to need it.

[last jackal]

how many hue bulb out there?

[winged knoll]

Lots

Many years, many models, many generations

Like asking how many Ford cars there are

[last jackal]

especially the first generations

[fringe moon]

Well, best bet for any hue is using a dimmer button

And they are cheap

And available anywhere

[last jackal]

any recommend dimmer?

[fringe moon]

No

The hue dimmer

[last jackal]

@winged knoll its LCT001

that is the series

got 4 of them and want to get rid the old bridges

[vagrant verge]

I have some CLT001. They are easy to rest with the dimmer

[last jackal]

I guess its time to purchase the dimmer. ☹️

[fringe moon]

I have 5 of them, only use one

Need to find some use for the others

[crimson field]

HA Blue 2022 edition, is it a real thing? The new case do not look as nice as the old one though. Any know if you can buy just the old case somewhere? https://www.odroid.co.uk/Home-Automation?product_id=1057

[bright jacinth]

If you bought a Home Assistant Blue and are having trouble with the install itself, or questions about the Blue, please see #330990055533576204.

Command '.blue' was invoked by: atxbyea

[midnight ibex]

Hey there,
What dou you use for indoor location tracking (Like track individual phones)?
As far as I searched there is two technologies, BLE and UWB. But I can't find any hardvare, ble products are like 5-6 years old, and uwb ones are farly new, so only devboard. I am missing somethig here?

[winged knoll]

You can do it with an ESP and something like ESPresence

It works... pretty poorly overall

[midnight ibex]

that sound promising 😄
Thanks for the tipp anyway.

[fringe moon]

Track patterns

Not devices

[zealous dune]

hire a butler

[midnight ibex]

Well, I was cheating a little, cause, I won't use this at home, rather then an commercial place, like a exhibition, help visitors navigate.

[fringe niche]

Hey. I'm still new to HA but making progress. My office room is working perfectly..love the power! Question: I am running on a raspberry pi, can I connect my 3tb usb ssd and have movies etc stored on it and use that as kind of a NAS?

[midnight ibex]

yes U can, But keep in mind, maybe the ssd draws more power so use a proper power supply.

offical raspberry power brick should be okay.

[fringe niche]

nice one @midnight ibex thanks/ I have the official psu. cool. Do I need to run any configuration to set the drive as a mounted one or anything?

[midnight ibex]

well I am sure about the use case what you have in mind.
for media plex: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/
for everything samba : https://community.home-assistant.io/t/samba-share-configuration/68236

But anyone feel free to correct me, if I am wrong

[winged knoll]

The problem with BLE tracking is that most phones and other devices aren't trackable by default. They need to be broadcasting a BLE beacon, which IMO rather defeats the purpose.

https://www.room-assistant.io/ is possibly a little better

[fringe niche]

Yeah the use case is correct. I am familiar with Plex but I think when I connect my usb storage drive to the PI it dones't show that storage space on the drive...when I google ssd rasperry pi homeassistant I can only find way to install HA using ssd. Hopefully I don't have to start from scratch

[winged knoll]

If you flashed HAOS to the Pi then you're probably out of luck

[fickle pike]

I hope this is the right channel to ask this question: I'm looking for 2 hardware options. first for air quality/temperature/humidity sensors to place around my house, and second for a wireless (battery powered) doorbell with video options. I want to link them through to HomeKit, as I use HomeKit as my front end. Anyone got any recommendations?

[whole vault]

Hey. Is the RM4 Pro temp/humidity sensor any good/worth buying?

[proven girder]

For the former, what protocol what do you want. And for both what country are you in

[whole vault]

I trust that the sensors aren’t of the highest quality, but is the cable worth $9.99???

[pearl glade]

Bought a NUC with a quad core CPU at 1.3Ghz. Am I going to regret that CPU?

[zealous dune]

we don't know what you plan on doing with it

also naming the CPU helps in identifying

[proven girder]

Wall art piece 😛

[whole vault]

I think you’ll be fine. It probably boosts at least a tad higher than that anyways?

[whole vault]

If you’re running HA

[pearl glade]

I’m planning on only using it for HA. Would less cores at a higher speed have been better?

[whole vault]

I actually have no idea how heavily Ha uses multiple cores? Does anyone else know?

[zealous dune]

for only HA its enough

but which processor does it have exactly?

[whole vault]

Also, can anyone help me with this question?

[zealous dune]

a 10$ for a sensor cable is never worth it

[pearl glade]

i5-4250U

[whole vault]

Really? I believe, but why? Bad sensors?

[zealous dune]

what are you asking right now?

[whole vault]

Why is $10 for a temp/humidity sensor a bad deal/not worth it? I believe you, and I’m taking your advice, I just want to learn as much as I can. Thus I am curious as to why you believe it (the cable/sensor cable) isn’t worth it?

[zealous dune]

do you know what sensor is inside?

[whole vault]

Not at all. I’ll quickly see if I can find out. Here’s the link in case you need/want it: https://www.amazon.com/Broadlink-Accessory-Temperature-Humidity-Monitor/dp/B081F3C4T4/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/134-0727436-5223038?pd_rd_w=RjVJG&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=AY9F3E8W9MW4JGCXB03K&pd_rd_r=3f0be347-2f7b-438e-8a06-743e251a118e&pd_rd_wg=msm6m&pd_rd_i=B081F3C4T4&th=1

[zealous dune]

have you heard of "buying a cat in a bag"?

[whole vault]

I believe it basically means that you don’t know what you’re getting, right?

I don’t know what/how good the sensors in the cable are… I see…

[zealous dune]

they don't wanna tell you what sensor is inside means its not a good one

[whole vault]

I see

[zealous dune]

they usually brag if they put a decent/well known sensor

[whole vault]

Combined with me already having the included power cable, which is just a micro USB cable, I’m not going to go for it. Is there a “universally recommended” temp/humidity sensor that is worth the money?

[zealous dune]

finished product? which protocol?

[whole vault]

Finished product. Any protocol (Zigbee/Z-wave/WiFi)

[zealous dune]

when zigbee... always aqara

[proven girder]

Can confirm for aqara, works well

[pearl glade]

Did a quick google. Should have went with higher speed half the cores

[proven girder]

Even picked up pressure change from the volcano erupting too

[zealous dune]

not for "only HA"

[whole vault]

Cool. Thank you very much for all of the help. I’ll look at what Aqara has to offer. I was actually already planning on buying their door/window sensor, so thats good.

[zealous dune]

unless only HA means: HA and all the addons in the store

[whole vault]

You’re joking, right?😂

[zealous dune]

nope

[whole vault]

[proven girder]

It seriously was detected

[zealous dune]

detected on all my pressure sensors

[whole vault]

Did you have an automation set up at all ?😂

Seriously though, I think thats very impressive.

[zealous dune]

what would you automate?

[fringe moon]

I had to check mine, none of them noticed it, my house is sealed!

[zealous dune]

an announcement that "significant atmospheric pressure change is detected"

[proven girder]

The sudden fluctuation at the right time for it too

[proven girder]

“a volcano has erupted. Reporting to government agency”

[proven girder]

Yeah you’re not in summer, I’ve got doors and windows open

[pearl glade]

Yes to clarify I mean to have some addons. It won’t be used as a flex server or anything like that though

[gentle fossil]

i want a flex server

[whole vault]

I’m just kidding. It would be cool though, if you had all your speakers loudly announce that a volcano just erupted 😂

[fringe moon]

Did someone say flex server

[zealous dune]

"mole men are attacking again"

my server has some serious flexes

[zealous dune]

soooo... not only HA afterall

[fringe moon]

Superdome Flex is quite good

896 cores

64TB ram

64 GPUs

[zealous dune]

http://www.flexservers.com/

#notsponsored

[grim rapids]

the i5-4250U only has 2 cores - wouldn't half that

[proven girder]

You sound like a YouTuber

Shilling without sponsor

[zealous dune]

my head is also randomly exploding

[fringe moon]

Lol 2cores, what is this? 2004?

[gentle fossil]

flex server with 0.5 core

[whole vault]

😂

[zealous dune]

2 cores pretending to be 4 cores?

[grim rapids]

that';s the one

[zealous dune]

where did you buy the NUC? antique store?

[fringe moon]

Hoiperthrowding

[zealous dune]

my desktop is like those

[proven girder]

I gotta steal another old uni computer from the computer science association. Free servers

[fringe moon]

Hey, i install those

Leave them alone

[proven girder]

They’re given away as eWaste. Where else do they go but home servers

[fringe moon]

[proven girder]

Not a fan of eWaste servers 😂

[zealous dune]

another dumpster diver

[proven girder]

Except these are given to the student association to give out for free. Saves the IT guys at the comp sci department from doing anything except taking the hard drive and cleaning the devices

[fringe moon]

They clean them?

Oh lala

[zealous dune]

fancy school

[grim rapids]

I only take my ewaste if it's shiny

[proven girder]

It’s in return for them not having to bother properly disposing of them

[fringe moon]

I should have brought home all 14 racks I was offered , not just one

[grim rapids]

if only energy bills weren't a thing

[pearl glade]

eBay! I’ve never seen a seller ship the item so quickly. No doubt this will be better than my current setup at least.

[fringe moon]

They didn't use to be

[zealous dune]

so it was an antique store 🤣

[fringe moon]

Usually my December bill is $100, this year it was $800

[grim rapids]

that old i5 will still outperform the J4125 I've got coming in some aspects :p

[zealous dune]

some but not most

[fringe moon]

I run a j4105 as my secondary box

Good enough for most test stuff

[zealous dune]

J3455 here

30 containers but no flex server

[fringe moon]

The main system is a dual X5660

[zealous dune]

my electricity bill is also less than 100$ 😁

[fringe moon]

It used to be $15 in summer

[grim rapids]

this J4125 will mostly only need to bother with HA. Dual X5660s seemed a bit much for that 😛

[fringe moon]

Yeah, I have dual e5-26xx V2 and V3 systems too

But those aren't running 24/7

[grim rapids]

back in the day when I had that old 7u quad Xeon as main heating of my student room

[fringe moon]

Quad was pretty cool, but I always preferred 8 socket or 32 socket

[grim rapids]

these were those vertically mounted ones, not sure how they'd fit more

[fringe moon]

A dl980 is a good example of 8 sockets

It's Frankenstein's monster

Superdome flex interconnects 8 chassis with 4 sockets each

M990x does the same with 16 chassis

[pearl glade]

I got my NUC order canceled PHEW. This time I’ll do a little more research before I pick one

[grim rapids]

That's far too recent @fringe moon 😂 I can't find my specs anymore, but I doubt they ran over 1Ghz 😛

[fringe moon]

A 7u quad socket reminds me of the proliant 9000

That was on wheels though

With Pentium 2 / 3

[whole vault]

I need help. Can anyone tell me if this Zigbee dongle: https://sonoff.tech/product/diy-smart-switch/sonoff-dongle-plus/ and this Zigbee dongle: https://www.sonoffafrica.co.za/product/sonoff-usb-dongle-cc2531-zigbee/ . They do seem the same, but Im unsure. I’d appreciate any help.

[fringe moon]

2531

Don't buy

2652

Buy

They don't even look the same in the picture

[grim rapids]

the only think that's the same is 'USB' and 'SONOFF'

[whole vault]

I know. The black one without its antenna and heatsink thing seemed the same as the other one. Thank you for clearing that up for me though. I really appreciate it. I’ll go for the 2652 on Amazon.

[ruby flare]

can anyone recommend an Air Quality sensor that integrates with home assistant without the need of further hardware (like a zigbee dongle e.g.)?

[proven girder]

So you want a wifi based one? And where are you from

[fringe moon]

Long live ZigBee

WiFi is only cool if it is mains powered, and not cloud based

[ruby flare]

yes most likely wifi. I don't care if it is cloud based. I am from germany

[proven girder]

Genuinely the best protocol

[zealous dune]

is it tho... the best protocol

[proven girder]

Well for smart home stuff

Out of what exists

[fringe moon]

Don't ask the Apple sheep

[zealous dune]

most practical.... maybe

[fringe moon]

Matter!

Homekit!

[proven girder]

I wanna see where matter goes and see if it becomes zigbee but better

Time will tell

[zealous dune]

probably gonna be like homekit

not great not terrible

[proven girder]

The home app is great for family who you don’t want to teach another app to. It is slicker looking

But I avoid homekit stuff because how restrictive it is

[zealous dune]

lets hope matter won't be

[proven girder]

I doubt it will, at least not to the level of HomeKit. Since it’s so cross platform

I should get IKEA smart globes for my bedside lamps, and also IKEA smart plugs for other stuff too lol

[glossy prism]

One aspect of Matter/Thread/whatever the hell it's called that I really like is the ability to essentially have a fallback coordinator (or whatever it's called with that protocol)

[proven girder]

Can’t annoy my partner enough unless everything in the bedroom is smart

[glossy prism]

That being said, I'm not about to tear down my zigbee network

[fringe moon]

[glossy prism]

[zealous dune]

everything? 🤔

[fringe moon]

Foldable WiFi enabled boytoy

[proven girder]

Well I want lights and blinds automated, should do the same for the chromecast & tv, unsure what else I should annoy them with 😂

[zealous dune]

automate the bed

[proven girder]

Okay I draw the line at that. Could see that going badly lol

[fringe moon]

I can automate my bed, it uses Bluetooth remotes

[proven girder]

Does your wife change the bed position if you’re there from the other room

[fringe moon]

She could if she wanted

[proven girder]

That sounds like a fun prank

[glossy prism]

Fold it in half

[proven girder]

Revenge for the data centre at home 😂

[fringe moon]

[heavy yarrow]

Hello. Any recommendations for a bluetooth module for Home Assistant Blue?

[winged knoll]

#330990055533576204 can likely tell you better what works there

[gloomy sequoia]

i use this one that i bought with my odroid N2 (before HA blue was a thing): https://ameridroid.com/products/usb-bluetooth-module-2?_pos=2&_sid=4eaea7eec&_ss=r

[karmic cargo]

I've got an Aqara motion sensor. I've used both the Motion and Occupancy settings to turn lights on/off in a room. It seems that it will often detect no motion/occupancy even when I'm in the room (despite my normal fidgeting, it seems I sit still enough to not be noticed by the motion detectors at my office, too), yet the lights will remain on after I've left the room for quite a while - longer than the timeout period I've put in the automation, and will turn themselves on at random times even though nobody (not even the dog) are in the room.

Is there any way to tune the sensor itself or to identify what's triggering it?

We do have forced hot-air heat, and I thought about it picking up the curtains blowing above the vent, but I've watched them and there's no obvious movement (we have a deflector that redirects the air away from the curtains, anyway). Could it be sensing the heat (~100°F) coming out of the register and identifying that as occupancy?

[twilit relic]

Suggestions for a cheap, non cloud, smart power outlet that can report current power draw?

Zigbee preferred

I need a couple to read the state of some dumb devices

[fickle pike]

Prefer Zigbee, I'm EU-based

[gleaming yew]

Are there any advantages of ESPHome over ESPEasy (apart from standardisation of HW)? I have an AM2320 temp&hum sensor that's been running on ESPEasy(test) happily for a couplo years. Redid my whole home network recently and see ESPHome also supports them ootb, so wondering if I should blat it and redo it using ESPHome

[winged knoll]

Choices do depend on where in the world you are

[gleaming yew]

UK

I have all the hardware. I meant standardisation of firmware

[winged knoll]

I wasn't replying to you...

I was replying to the person tagged in my reply

[gleaming yew]

Oh hahah

[twilit relic]

Sorry, I'm in the US

[winged knoll]

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#e=power has a bunch of options then

None of the ones I'd have recommended are an option for you

[twilit relic]

thanks

[slender halo]

I have a couple Sengled outlets that work well. I think they were $20 for 2.

[tacit pilot]

Could the high heat damage a temperature sensor if I put it in a water proof bag in the dishwasher?

[pearl glade]

I imagine it would depend on the sensors capabilities, but I’m genuinely curious what you plan on doing with the temperature of your dishwasher

[tacit pilot]

Just want to make sure it's not getting a fever

No but just to tell if it's on. Might be better off finding somewhere I can slap it on the side or bottom though. Might as well try that first

[zenith sluice]

Can anyone recommend a good lux sensor I can place outdoors?

[winged knoll]

The Hue Outdoor motion sensor includes a light sensor

[fringe moon]

Or just connect it to a smart outlet

[strong path]

Hi, Is this the right place to ask a question about the setup of a reverse proxy?

[winged knoll]

No... proxy servers aren't hardware (read the channel topics)

#general-archived would be a good starting point if you're not using add-ons

[idle kelp]

Which intel nuc I should by for home assistant?

[winged knoll]

Anything that's 64 bit capable, with more than 2 cores/threads, and at least 4 GB of RAM

[idle kelp]

https://geizhals.de/intel-nuc-kit-nuc7pjyhn-june-canyon-boxnuc7pjyhn-a2567349.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

or wait for https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/217668/intel-nuc-11-essential-kit-nuc11atkpe.html

[winged knoll]

That's up to you

[idle kelp]

Not sure about the m2 ssd and install progress?

[winged knoll]

What do you mean?

[idle kelp]

You need to copy it as an image and not with an installer like I understand.

[winged knoll]

You need to flash it to the device, and #330990055533576204 can guide you there - it's quite do-able

[idle kelp]

I can use a live Linux distro for it, I'm able to do it.

[dreamy vale]

Hi guys and girls! So, I have a boiler with an RF remote (remote model is Siemens QAA78.910) but I don't know which frequency is running. Any

My plan is (beside world domination of course) to replicate the functions for that remote with and ESP and a RF emitter.

I have googled it and I have no luck finding an aftermarket part that is capable of doing this, but maybe someone knows here.

Also, I'm going to buy a ceiling fan than I want to integrate and the ones that i like are controlled the same way (rf remote).

I currently have a pair of receiver-emitter 433mhz radio modules (xy-fst fs1000a) so I can make a test setup to see if the remote is a 433mhz or not.

Any ideas on this topic that i could benefit from? Thanks and hope everyone is having a great day

[fringe moon]

Is that a water heater with an IR remote?

[dreamy vale]

Water heater with and RF remote

[fringe moon]

What country is this? I'm genuinely interested as I've never heard of that before

[dreamy vale]

Spain. The remote is a thermostat really. The water heater is for water and house heating

[fringe moon]

Ah

We only use the heaters for warm water from the tap

[dreamy vale]

How do you warm up your house? Air?

[fringe moon]

Air to air, water to air, ground to air heat pump

Or electric

Or wood

In that order

[zealous dune]

where do the elves fit in?

[fringe moon]

Under the sink

[dreamy vale]

🤣🤣 burning elves is not ok

[fringe moon]

Say that to the noldor

[dreamy vale]

🤣🤣

[zenith sluice]

Thanks I'll check it out

[midnight bluff]

this right here is a basic button module that is connected to my dumb electric blind motor that controls the open and close with the simple once click button. is there something i can get that lets me sotter something onto the pins of the button and control the blinds over wifi. i was thinking some device that shelly offers.

crap i can’t post pictures on this severe

[bright jacinth]

Please use imgur or other image sharing web sites, and share the link here.

Image posting is blocked in most channels to discourage people from sharing text as images. Sharing text as images assumes that everybody sees the world as you do, which isn't the case. Some people are colour blind, or have visual impairment that means they can't make sense of an image of text.

Command '~images' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[winged knoll]

Sounds like you're more after #diy-archived and ESP type devices though

[midnight bluff]

but basically what i’m asking is what can i wire up to a simple tactile button switch to be able to automate it

ok thanks

[languid apex]

Hey guys. Does anyone know. How and if I can buy a. Amazon fire 10 tablet in the EU ?

[tawdry ocean]

Can anyone recommend some sort of power supply that can power a RPI 3, an SSD, and a ZigBee/Zwave stick? My home assistant is shutting off on its own and I'm thinking it's the PSU since I have a standard 3A one

[winged knoll]

A powered USB hub will probably solve that

[fringe quest]

Hey guys - Wondering if there was any 'Official' high availability hardware system configuration for HA? I've looked at various cluster options with Pis and other hardware - but it all seems a bit cobbled together. I'm currently on a single 8gb Pi4 with SSD for boot and data. However, I would like to have some sort of failover system for potential hardware failures....

[winged knoll]

Short answer, no

The long answer is on various forum threads discussing it

The longer answer is that it really depends on what you're trying to protect against

(and your budget)

[fringe quest]

Trying to protect against an angry wife when it all goes Pete Tong!

[torn prism]

Hi all; looking for someone who has successfully gotten a Nortek husbzb-1 stick to recognize thru a hass install running on an oracle virtualbox.

I have:

1. Done the manual update driver so that Windows sees the Zigbee & Zwave controllers of the stick
2. Configured the VM to allow all USB passthrough, as well as 2 serial ports mapping back to the 2 COM ports the controllers are on (3 & 4).

After doing all that and rebooting the VM, when I go into Supervisor -> Hardware, all I see passing through is the USB mouse/KBD. Supposedly there are entries that show up under ttyS0 & ttyS1, but I got nothin...

[winged knoll]

I'd check with the folks in #330990055533576204

[torn prism]

10-4

[winged knoll]

So, automated backups being copied off the host automatically. That way you can recover from dead Pi.

Then you just need alternative hardware/a VM/whatever - assuming there's no other hardware in play

[dreamy vale]

I use a 12V 3A power supply with a 5V 3A stepdown to power the pi via the pin headers. Also, I have a usb to sata drive connected and for some days I had a tube's zigbee module connected as well.

[fringe quest]

Already do that - backup to Google drive, and local. My issue is when it goes wrong and I'm not at home (I'm away a lot for work) - I need a system that automatically fails over - from a hardware point of view.

I also have a ZigBee dongle plugged into the Pi.

Only a couple of scene switches on ZigBee though - so that's not a game changer, most of my house hardware is wifi or bluetooth and ESPhome nodes.

[sharp stirrup]

Hello My raspi 3est is reaching its limit..... I have a lot of containers and especially influxdb and Grafana Apart from that I wanted to extend my installation with a start of video player and function. NAS I was hesitating between Synology and Mini pc and identified two possible models Either acepec or nipogi celeron j4125 8gram 256ssd. What do you think? An opinion on the holding of perfs and consumption?

[wicked pine]

copied from the other chan: yea that's a bit much for a pi3
personally I'm not a fan of dedicated NAS machines as they are too much of a single task kind of machine with no upgradability
the celeron will be much more snappy and responsive and it has the uhd 600 which I think is the bare minimum for hardware h265 transcoding

[sharp stirrup]

Thks

[wicked pine]

although if you got rid of influx and grafana it would get much more snappy those two are quite a resource intensive duo at times

[sharp stirrup]

Yes i used cpu quotas to limit them but it ils too slow when i start both of the two when needed . The other Times i do not use them. ... Time to sleep now ... Good nightb

[left pumice]

My raspberry pi has a red power light, no activity. Solid green green and amber Ethernet lights

Can't find it in my router anywhere, just started happening yesterday

[wicked pine]

give it a reboot

[left pumice]

I've done that many times

[wicked pine]

probable bad sd card

[proven girder]

Can you plug in a display

[whole vault]

Hey. Just checked my Amazon order and saw that my Sonoff Zigbee USB will only arrive by 23 March, which is way too late. Any recommendations for a solid zigbee USB? I guess anything 2652 right? I saw the ConBee, but the price is about double that of the of the Sonoff ($23).

(Also should I be asking the question in #zigbee-archived? If so, I'll delete the question here and ask there.)

[proven girder]

In #zigbee-archived theres a list of recommended sticks. Tubes one I can recommend

[whole vault]

Thanks for letting me know! I’ll delete and repost. I’ll also take a look at Tubes.

[left pumice]

I'm just gonna reinstall HA on my ras pi 3b+ since I really need a ras pi 4 and they're hard to come by these days 😆

[hollow lance]

I have like 5 😬

I don’t even know how that happened

[winged knoll]

That massively complicates things.

There are some forum posts on doing what you're asking about, but the minute you throw in Zigbee dongles the complexity goes up. That said, my non-Pi install has never failed, and an SSD based Pi4 should be fine too.

[thin flax]

Does anyone have any recommendations for the best RGB light bulbs for Home Assistant? I’ve been using Phillips Hue but wouldn’t mind a cheaper option that can be integrated into HomeBridge

[winged knoll]

Well, if they work in HA then HomeBridge doesn't matter, since you'll be connecting HA to HomeBridge, surely?

[bright jacinth]

Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

• Which country you're in
• What your budget is
• What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
• Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

Command '~what' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[thin flax]

Oh, yea duh. Sorry still new at this.

[winged knoll]

Easy to overlook 😉

[thin flax]

I’m in Canada, my budget is ideally less than a Hue bulb, I’m currently using Hue and wifi for controlling bulbs off of a HA install in a virtual machine on Ubuntu and don’t have any extra adapters.

[winged knoll]

Ikea's Tradfri range are mostly ok. Innr and Sengled are also options, at least if you ditch the Hue Hub and go #zigbee-archived

[thin flax]

Thanks I’ll look at those ones

[fringe moon]

Tradfri RGB is eeeeh

But CT is

[thin flax]

CT?

[winged knoll]

White temperature

Often referred to as CCT or CT

[thin flax]

Ah

[fringe moon]

I'll let the ADHD kids keep their RGB, CT does wonders for the mind

The yeelight i have has ok RGB though, the Ikea is just off, green is closer to yellow and red is closer to pink

[zealous dune]

most rgb bulbs become a showoff thing

[fringe moon]

[proven girder]

Is there a reason why Z2Mqtt decides that it can’t do CCT on the tradfri RGB or are the bulbs just not compatible with that

[fringe moon]

No idea

I only have one

And I only use five settings with it via an aqara cube

[proven girder]

Damn. It’s painful trying to find the colour that’s warm white. Though currently have it set to a scene on HA to make life easier

Housemate is weird. Prefers cool white

[fringe moon]

I love tradfri ct

Does what it says on the tin

[proven girder]

Yeah have 2 CCT bulbs here too. Bedside lamps lol

[unborn igloo]

Has anyone any recommendations for certified (Germany) smoke detectors which can be used as sirens as well? Thank you.

[unborn igloo]

Or has anyone the Bosch smoke detectors set up and running in home Assistent?

[drifting crown]

Any recommendations for turning a regular single pole light switch into a virtual 2 pole? (Current switch is running a zooz zwave smart switch). If I want to have another smart switch control it somewhere else in thr house, what should I get?

I was thinking something like this, but don't need the remote, and would prefer it to be hardwired so I don't have to charge the battery

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/zooz/products/zooz-z-wave-plus-700-series-remote-switch-zen34-battery-powered

[thin flax]

Why are you insulting me for wanting RGB?

All I did was ask a question

[fringe moon]

Not you specific no, you weren't mentioned at any point

[thin flax]

I asked a question about RGB and your response directly after was to say only people with ADHD want RGB.

[fringe moon]

"ok"

[thin flax]

There’s also the negative connotation you’re putting on people that have ADHD and that’s not cool

[eternal mason]

Are there USB battery packs that Home Assistant can read charge levels from? I'd like to have charge levels show up on my dashboard so I know when to plug them in

[winged knoll]

Only if they report it to HA in some way

[eternal mason]

How do people normally manage power on those Home Assistant tablet/control panel setups? That's basically what I'm doing

Are they just plugged into the wall?

[winged knoll]

I'd expect so

[eternal mason]

Alright that's probably a better solution anyway

[fringe moon]

I have had my kitchen fridge tablet plugged in for three years

[tacit void]

Not sure if this is the right channel for this. I recently got an Argon case for my Raspberry Pi and followed the instructions in this forum post (https://community.home-assistant.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-home-assistant-os-5-5-dev-version-on-a-ssd-and-the-argon-one-m-2-case-in-progress/248025). Everything is working well, but I'm wondering if there's a way that I can get the fan speed as a sensor so that I can see historical data of the fan speed.

[winged knoll]

Is the fan speed an attribute of an entity already in HA?

[tender aurora]

i have two shelly dimmers where only one of them has button input.. so on that dimmer i use one button mode.. i then want to use the other button input to control the second dimmer.. i'm able to get power on/off working just using short button press.. but i want to get dimming up and down working over http as well using the long press.. which api endpoint should i talk to to get this working?

[tacit void]

Not that I'm aware of. There's the service "argon40.set_fan_speed" but I haven't seen any entities in Developer Tools that have "fan" in any attributes.

[winged knoll]

Then you're likely out of luck

[tacit void]

Bummer. Not a huge deal, but would have been a "nice to have".

I guess I could always create a Number Helper and also set it at the same time I set the fan speed in my automations.

[sharp stirrup]

No USB decices . Unplug them before boot

[sharp stirrup]

Devices

[chrome portal]

I'm using an older Pi 3 to run my HA and my memory usage is steady at 71%. Am I in any danger of something failing or crashing?

[fringe moon]

Memory usage below 95% is usually fine

If it starts going 100% constantly, you have issues

[chrome portal]

Thanks

[fringe moon]

Unused memory is wasted memory

After all it is X times faster than other storage

CPU on the other hand isn't free

[chrome portal]

Idle, CPU is at 4%

[fringe moon]

That is great

If you have a 4 core system anything up to load values of 4 is ok, above 4 you have issues

Example from my 24core system

Lots of headroom on cpu

[chrome portal]

I'm thinking of possibly upgrading, though. I have a 10-year-old iMac that's not doing anything. A fresh install of Ubuntu or Debian and I may get better performance. It's not hard wired, though.

[fringe moon]

That'll be a huge upgrade over a pi

Basically anything is better than a pi 3

Horrible storage system

Horrible networking

You are going to want something wired though

That can be accomplished via a usb dongle

[chrome portal]

That's not the problem. My router is in a very small space, hence the Pi. Not enough room for a whole iMac.

And I don't want to run wires between floors

[fringe moon]

Lots of great minicomputers for $100 from China

Or used

Probably cheaper also

[chrome portal]

Considering I'm only planning on adding some Hue lights and maybe a thermostat, I should be fine

I don't have too many smart devices in my house. Can't put pictures in chat but it's 3 Google Homes, 2 Rokus, 4 security cameras, and my computer RGB

[fringe moon]

That's how it always starts out

Now I control and monitor a few hundred devices

[chrome portal]

I don't have that big of a house.....and my wife is very anti-smart

Other than lights and a thermostat or two I can't think of anything else. Not getting smart locks, don't have a garage for the door...maybe a smart plug here or there

[fringe moon]

My wife was too, now she asks me to design stuff

I have two rules, no smart locks, no indoor cameras

[chrome portal]

I mean, this is #the-water-cooler but I'm doing cool stuff to my car with RGB strips and ESP boards...

[fringe moon]

RGB 🤢

[chrome portal]

I agree with those

[civic kraken]

We all do. No one would like to watch atx's indoor cameras 😏

[fringe moon]

[eternal mason]

Is $100 reasonable for a six-pack of multicolored A19 ZigBee bulbs? Looking at a Sengled set but $100 for six lightbulbs just feels wrong 😅

[glossy prism]

It's not unheard of for zigbee stuff. Do note that sengled lights don't act as routers though

[lusty ember]

I hope this is the right channel. Ive got 4 xiaomi ble temp/humidity sensors (LYWSD03MMC) flashed through Telink Flasher with Aaron Christophel's firmware and its coming into ESPHome jsut fine but even though I select advertise in degrees F, esphome is getting the temp as degrees C, so HA is then converting it into degrees F, which makes it appear that my house is around 160 degrees. I'm guessing its a setting somewhere but I can't seem to figure it out. Anyone have the solution by chance?

[hollow lance]

I didn’t realise you could flash custom firmware onto those, that’s cool.

[bright jacinth]

ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32, with a native integration for Home Assistant.

You can find their documentation here, and get help with ESPHome itself here in the #diy-archived channel (#integrations-archived for the Home Assistant side integration with it). They also have their own Discord server too.

Command '~esphome' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[unique cargo]

can anyone recommend smart plugs that report back amp draw, wattage blah blah blah?

by smart plugs i mean smart switches

[fringe moon]

Plugs...

Or switches...

[bright jacinth]

Looking for advice about a device to buy? Remember to provide guidance on:

• Which country you're in
• What your budget is
• What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
• Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)

Command '~what' was invoked by: Tinkerer

[winged knoll]

☝️

[unique cargo]

switches i guess, or do i mean plugs..

[winged knoll]

[unique cargo]

things i can say "hey google turn the lamp on" the lamp turns on like magic

switches

[winged knoll]

Switch - something that goes on the wall and controls lights
Plug - something you stick in a mains socket and plug something else into

[unique cargo]

a switch, thank you tinkerer

[winged knoll]

Options, as always, depend on which country you're in since it turns out we don't have a single universal electrical standard

[unique cargo]

Ah yes, that little detail.. well I live in Australia so if the past is anything to go off it should be pretty fun finding a suitable product.

[winged knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/well-youre-fucked-jane-fonda-grace-hanson-grace-and-frankie-youre-screwed-gif-16231460

[fringe moon]

Since you are in Australia

Just buy smart bulbs

Which is what I would recommend anyway

[proven girder]

IKEA tradfri are good as long as you don’t mind getting zigbee

Otherwise @unique cargo there’s a whole section on the HA forums about approved stuff in australia. There’s shelly stuff that hide in the wall behind the switch which is also an option (wifi based)

[tepid heart]

https://smartguys.com.au/

[fringe moon]

Is that like Chippendale's, but for smart stuff?

[tepid heart]

It's someone to blame if your house burns down. They get certification for the stuff they import.

[proven girder]

They even sell @fringe moon’s 2 favourite HA items, conbee and HA blue 😂

[fringe moon]

Why not just pull a raspberry pi and #330990055533576204 into this too

[slate cipher]

anyone using tasmota lights have issues where they won't change state on command? i.e. its stuck on or off?

[zealous dune]

they always change state on command

[slate cipher]

so if I go to the device in HA, and try to toggle it, after a second or two it flicks back to the state it was originally in

Other times, they just appear as Unavailable

[fringe moon]

That sounds like network issues

[slate cipher]

I can go into the device via IP address and change it fine, however it takes a while to load sometimes

[slate cipher]

layer 8 most likely

[fringe moon]

Have you added it via IP or?

[slate cipher]

via MQTT

I have also tried via the Tasmota integration

same result from both

[fringe moon]

I use native tasmota integration, no issues here with 10 or so devices

Flat network

[zealous dune]

broker issue

tasmota integration still uses mqtt

[fringe moon]

Yes

[slate cipher]

ah

[fringe moon]

Just a different topic right?

[slate cipher]

how would I trouble shoot the broker?

[zealous dune]

is it a HA addon broker?

[slate cipher]

no, its running on a separate device, a beautiful raspberry pi

lmao

zigbee2mqtt and mosquitto broker on the pi

[zealous dune]

clear retained topics related to the device, correcctly set up persistence on the broker, if using ACL set it correctly

[slate cipher]

listener 1883
protocol mqtt
persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/
log_dest file /mosquitto/log/mosquitto.log
allow_anonymous true

thats my config file

[zealous dune]

that is enough

then you have connectivity issues between tasmota and your router and/or broker

[slate cipher]

hmm... if they're on separate VLAN's, may that be the issue?

[winged knoll]

If you messed up network routes/firewall configuration, yes

[slate cipher]

layer 8 naturally

all my other devices seem to work tho

like zigbee2mqtt devices

[proven girder]

[fringe moon]

"securing my network"

[proven girder]

Is the Z2Mqtt on the HA side of the VLAN?

If so then it wouldn’t affect it

If it is the VLAN then the issue is crossing over, not if you stay within one

[slate cipher]

i def have a rule set up to allow anything on that VLAN to the MQTT broker (IP address) and ports

[winged knoll]

Do you see the Tasmota devices connecting to the broker?

[proven girder]

What about from mqtt to that VLAN

[slate cipher]

just added one but from what I can tell anything from the VLAN the mqtt broker is on will be accepted by the IoT VLAN

[proven girder]

Also what happens if you manually post to the mqtt broker. Will it still do the same?

[slate cipher]

yeah I can see them

[zealous dune]

send a command from HA and monitor whether it goes through your broker and to Tasmota

[slate cipher]

yep, it went thru.

i think its actually working now

working now, for now...

[proven girder]

Final point, don’t have anyone on your mqtt server playing funny games with it? 😂

Could be intermittent by external influence lol

(But glad to hear it’s working!)

[slate cipher]

haha nah i don't think anyone would bother messing with me... unless @fringe moon managed to hack in to my network

[fringe moon]

[slate cipher]

i legit saw this guy at the shops the other day. will pm you a pic of him IRL

[proven girder]

You saw @fringe moon the other day?! 😛

[slate cipher]

Probably was him tbf

[fringe moon]

[slate cipher]

Thanks for the talk / troubleshooting lads

[zealous dune]

and thanks to atx for temporarily stopping his shenanigans

i guess too busy migrating to a new stick

[fringe moon]

I'm already done

Don't worry

[proven girder]

Well guess it’ll break again

[slate cipher]

Now time to migrate ONTO the other stick

[zealous dune]

time to migrate a certain someones network

[fringe moon]

I currently have a sleeping baby on top of me, doing z2m migration on my laptop next to me while typing in discord with my phone

[slate cipher]

Can’t wait for him to find what I’ve left for him

[fringe moon]

Noice 2mqtts1broker.mp4

[proven girder]

Sounds awkward

[fringe moon]

It's is

[slate cipher]

How old now?

[fringe moon]

A month

[slate cipher]

I beat you by two months on our second

[fringe moon]

[slate cipher]

Much easier this time round, she started sleeping thru the night at 6 or 7 weeks old

[proven girder]

Ooh never seen a Norwegian keyboard before.

But also aww. Even when you go back to working I’m sure you love WFH to be there with the little one

[fringe moon]

Yes, i was home with the first one too

I get all 40 weeks of paid leave

Since the wife is a student

[gentle fossil]

milk and playstation controller, what a life

[proven girder]

The milk is for atx

[fringe moon]

[orchid nebula]

Hey, I'm looking for suggestions about implementing smart switches in my new home. I've looked a bit online and it seems like smart relays are a good solution, but I’m not sure what to buy.
Shellys? Sonoffs? Flash them with Tasmota or not? What works better with HA?

[fringe moon]

Try different things

See what you like

I skip switches overall, only smart bulbs and outlets

[proven girder]

Also depends on your location, wiring, etc

[proven girder]

How do you keep the power always on for the bulb

[orchid nebula]

I live in Italy, and I'm working on my wiring right in these days

Smart switches will be just for guests, so if they want to turn on a light they dont accidentally cut power to the bulbs, I have motion sensors in all the rooms

[fringe moon]

Noone can reach the buttons yet

[normal spear]

Has anyone ever come across hardware to automate the opening and closing of plantation shutters?

[winged knoll]

#diy-archived can help with that or even the WLED Discord

[lusty ember]

I have multiple WLED isntallations and the easiest way IMO to get up and running quickly is to buy a DigUno or DigQuad from @wary bluff who runs a worldwide store and through @crystal sail for buying boards in the US. They come preflashed with WLED and are super easy to use. check it out at quinled.info and both of those guys have a ton of videos on their youtube channels covering WLED, how to wire it in, HA integration and on and on. They both were a huge help in getting me from something I wanted to do to having it up and running all over my house!

[thorn thicket]

Hello everyone. I'm planning on connecting home assistant to my house, but i wanted to ask for some advice when it comes to hardware. My house is rather big, and every lamp is a "smart lamp" connected trough either MQTT or bluetooth. I've gotten them to connect to a raspberry pi trough MQTT so i know that it works. I'm wondering what specs a home assistant computer should have that would be connected to about 10-15 different lamps. Also could i face issues with MQTT range, is there a way to extend the range?

[winged knoll]

MQTT doesn't have range...

I'm guessing you might be confusing it with Zigbee2MQTT?

Regardless, your minimum spec is a Pi3, which will be fine for far more than a dozen lights

[gloomy spoke]

Wonders if you could have an MQTT client on the space station...

[winged knoll]

I remember somebody worked out the maximum distance based on TCP timeouts

[thorn thicket]

Oh haha, just out of curiosity, how does mqtt work?

[winged knoll]

MQTT is a message protocol - there's a few million articles on it out there

Your devices will connect using Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc

MQTT is a layer above that

[thorn thicket]

Aha, i see

[winged knoll]

Google OSI 7 layer

[fringe moon]

Are you thinking of greenhouse venting?

[winged knoll]

Plantation shutters sounds like window shutters, that go on the inside

Instead of curtains

[fringe moon]

I was thinking like I have on my greenhouse

[winged knoll]

More this I suspect

[fringe moon]

[gentle fossil]

maybe http://www.isba.ch/.imaging/stk/pop-mobile/zoom/dam/isba/images/produkte/lichtkuppeln/Lichtkuppel_Typen/miniEnergie-Kuppeln-Typ-S/minienergie_Kuppel-_Typ-S_mit-ESG_VDG_Glas/jcr:content/minienergie_Kuppel-_Typ S_mit ESG_VDG_Glas.2020-04-29-15-55-40.jpg

[winged knoll]

We have them (though without the rod in the middle) instead of curtains and love them

[lusty ember]

As a follow up to my question on the xiaomi temp/humidity sensors, I flashed them with the most up to date firmware and set them to advertise in degrees C since that is how esphome was taking in the number regardless of how it was advertising. This may or may not be the "right" way to do it, but I now have correct temperature being reported.

[whole vault]

Hey. I need a hardware recommendation, specifically a smart dimmer switch. It can use Zigbee, Z-wave or WiFi, can't require a neutral wire/has to be no neutral and it also needs to be rated for 220V power. I can't find anything. It's a complete nightmare. I need help. Please.

[lusty ember]

check out the Shelly line of products. I don't use them myself but lots of HA/SH users do. Only ever heard good things, you can wire them in behind existing dumb switches, no neutral required and I'm 99% sure they all are good with 110/220. I know this Shelly 1L is. https://shelly.cloud/knowledge-base/devices/shelly-1l/

[whole vault]

Hmmmmmmm. I'll take a look. What happens when the "dumb switch" is turned off though? Either way, I'll look into it. At the moment this is my only leed.

[winged knoll]

You wire the dumb switch to the Shelly, so that the Shelly controls the actual light, and the switch is simply an input to the Shelly

Like https://www.vesternet.com/pages/apnt-138-standard-lighting-circuit-using-fibaro-dimmer-2

[glossy prism]

that one won't work with a dimmer though

[whole vault]

I think I understand. Thats pretty cool. By the looks of it, the switch doesn't support dimming though.

[whole vault]

Exactly... But I'm stil better off than I was before asking here. I couldn't even find a simple no neutral on/off switch... Now, at the very least, I have an option.

[lusty ember]

sorry, I saw the dimming part and just got distracted when posting. The Shelly dimmer 2 works with or without a neutral wire. https://shelly.cloud/knowledge-base/devices/shelly-dimmer-2/#:~:text=Dimming without a neutral line&text=Shelly Dimmer 2 can be,dimmable LED and ferromagnetic transformers.

[hardy plinth]

Question: I want to switch to Home Assistant , but I am going to use a 27" screen I have in the kitchen. So no touch input. But when I don't have an input that kindoff defeats the purpose of HomeAssistent. Anyone have a good Idea as input. Just putting there a mouse would look stupid. I was thing about custom pannel with button. But don't know if HA is so easy to setup with keybinds. or maybe anyone has a better idea.. 😄 https://i.imgur.com/DkWYGDL.jpeg

[winged knoll]

This is a home automation platform. Why are you thinking of using a giant remote?

[hardy plinth]

To have clean overview of all camera's and devices

[winged knoll]

You don't need control there then

[unique cargo]

About to install a "smart" ceiling fan, hope I don't put a foot through the ceiling.

I've been on a rigorous diet and training regime the last few weeks to ensure I can squeeze my fat ass through the manhole.

https://tenor.com/view/boxing-shadow-cat-boxing-gif-13017752

[daring tusk]

Hi all question.
I have cordless blinds. Is there anything to automate those. Or should I just look into balli blinds or similar

[zealous dune]

You will need to be more specific

[daring tusk]

So my blinds that were in the house are newer cordless ones

The top doesn't have too many mechanics it just uses string that runs through the blinds

And I was wondering if there maby was a motor that could replace the top portion to automate them

My home is almost all zwave, so I'd want either that or wifi

[zealous dune]

How do you move them if they're "cordless"

[daring tusk]

There's a cord going through the actual blinds. But not like a pull string

[zealous dune]

So not cordless?

[daring tusk]

So you put a bit of pressure on the bottom and it retracts

[zealous dune]

Is it a spring mechanism?

[daring tusk]

There's something holding tension n the top

Not sure if springs or not

Is there somewhere I can post a pic for context?

https://youtu.be/1vlaMGg_e3o?t=12

[rustic elk]

Anyone have a decent outdoor zwave or ZigBee button? Need a doorbell lol

[proven girder]

Unsure if anything exists, but could always just use a esp chip and wifi

[lunar pelican]

are there any good zigbee no neutral light switches? i can only fine either wifi no neutral or zigbee neutral required switches on amazon

[onyx pier]

Hey I'm looking for some recommendations for which brand/product to buy, that can be used without connecting to the vendor's cloud network or any internet connection at all.

[fringe moon]

Zigbee

[bright jacinth]

Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '.pickyourstick' was invoked by: atxbyea

[onyx pier]

I recently purchased couple of light bulbs, Phillips/WiZ and Xiaomi. The Phillips one works offline but Xioami requires internet. Also tried Tuya products they require you to register 2 different places and create a cloud account, basically if you don't have internet you cannot control it.

[onyx pier]

Zigbee is a brand?

[fringe moon]

No

It's a protocol

[onyx pier]

Oh!

[fringe moon]

With a plethora of brands

Ikea tradfri

Philips hue

Xiaomi aqara

Gledopto