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fringe moon
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The five minute average would be sort of though

pearl ruin
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real-time would be best but could settle for every X minutes

fringe moon
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But, quite possible with a proper router software, I've done that with *sense for decades

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Opnsense is the go to these days

pearl ruin
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Its quite pricey - was looking for something at a consumer price point comparable to a "normal" router

inner crag
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Looking for Zigbee Plug with Power Measuring preferably from Amazon for <£13. Don't mind the Tuya ones but all I can find are WiFi versions. Uk. And Slim enough/ short enough to fit behind a washing machine.

thick oriole
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Oh uk sorry

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Dunno if theres an uk version of it

sour elm
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Can anyone recommend an alternative to the Slimmelezer? Its been out of stock for a long time now

inner crag
thick oriole
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I‘ve ordered this exact article a few weeks ago (to be precise i ordered them two times) and they are zigbee and work really well with zigbee2mqtt

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The second time i ordered them they needed a week to arrive, that was awesome (Germany)

inner crag
thick oriole
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Yes, send as flight cargo

inner crag
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Dang

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That shop doesn't do UK plugs though.

tame gust
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Hi, I am new. I got a Raspberry pi 4 and successfully installed Home Assistant but I can't get it to recognize any hardware I plug into it. I have a Sonoff Zigbee USB 3.0 dongle and a Deconz Raspbee II neither of which I can get HA to recognize. Thanks.

proven girder
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How are you checking if HA recognises it?

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Under the supervisor?

tame gust
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Yes, nothing I plug into the USB ports or GIO seems to be recognized

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System>...>hardware

tame gust
tiny kiln
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new here 👋

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Is there someplace I could talk about NUC and what some viable options are? Is this the place?

civic kraken
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Yup

tiny kiln
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lol thanks

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alot of the Intel NUC prices are all over the place, how much power do you really need?

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Been seeing some stuff on ebay thats closer to 60-100

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Zotac with FX-7600p 2.6ghz and 4gbs of ram

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Intel N4000 with 4gbs as well (though its double the price)

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HP T620 FX-230CA 2.0ghz with 4gbs

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don't really know much about he NUC world and what to particularly look for in that manner. Would have gone pi 4 but those are also impossible to get so figured this was a better/cheaper (weird right?) option

civic kraken
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Most x86 PCs from the last decade should be fine for running a normal HA setup. Raspberry was a decent first option when it was cheap, but with the current prices it's not worth it. Used laptops could be a good option too, even one with a broken screen

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the ebay listing for the Zotac doesn't include an SSD so that's a bit extra cost

tiny kiln
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thats true, is there cheaper options that would do just as well, or at this rate, spending around 80-100 is a good average

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would you pick the Zotac of the 3 mentioned?

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I just assume that if a Pi can run it, all of these should have no real issues in actual practice, more so preference and availability

civic kraken
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Intel N4000 is pretty damn slow so I would probably skip that one. The HP I didn't check

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But you're right with that assessment. Basically anything is faster than a RPi. Just more power consumption

tiny kiln
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thats fair, maybe worth looking into that Zotac more I don't mind spending a few extra bucks for a SSD (might even have one laying around).

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I appreciate the help!

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Actually one more question are you looking for more Ram in this use case? Saw another Zotac Zbox AD04 that looked okay, but only 2gbs RAM. Not sure if its a better choice than the FX-7600P

civic kraken
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HA will use less than 500MB iirc (maybe someone can confirm?) for a normal setup. So it depends on what else you plan on running on it. RAM can usually be upgraded for pretty cheap though

tiny kiln
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ahh good point on the upgradability, totally skipped my mind

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I am still learning excatly even my use case for HA will be, but I know people also use some motion addon's etc.

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Goal for me is really to centralize all inputs as the expandability of my smart home continues. Maybe its not even needed, but long term would love to have a central visual control panel (ie: Fire Tablet or iPad) and from what I gather HA is needed for that?

civic kraken
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For camera stuff you'd love to have a Google Coral. And the USB version isn't available so having an extra m.2 slot would be great

tiny kiln
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I don't even know what that is lol, I really need to do more learning

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Is it an AI toolkit?

civic kraken
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Yeah does the AI recognition stuff so your CPU doesn't have to

tiny kiln
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Pretty sweet, don't know exact use case but intrigued for sure

runic tinsel
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Would anyone have a recommendation for cheapo vibration sensor (RF, Zigbee or ZWave). It would go outside (in principle cold, but covered from rain) to check if my Somfy covers are in motion. I am in the EU, but don't mind importing from AliExpress.

distant mural
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I'd like to pick your brains on a 433mhz controller. I've got a RPi4b running HA with a Raspbee IO shield installed. It's in a fairly central location in my house. I currently have one device that requires 433mhz signals to trigger. I

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have been looking at wifi RF units, but the tuyas aren't supported in HA (got one of those) and the broadlink seems expensive for just that. I remember reading about USB sticks somewhere.

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Anyone know which one would be a good purchase?

runic tinsel
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I recently got an rfxcom RFXtrx433XL -- a little box on a USB cable, with an HA core integration. I'm picking up InterTechno RF remotes and sending commands to the corresponding plugs all around my apartment (say 10 m range, across a couple of brick walls). Same for controlling the SOMFY blinds. It's picking up some neighbours' temperature and smoke sensors across the floors, but I don't know where it's coming from exactly. But those are proper structural walls of a 6-storey building. If you need to for a beter location, you can plug into any rpi, not even your HA machine, and just run a serial to network device (ser2net) to send across the data.

distant mural
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Thanks! That sounds like a solid device. I'll check it out. Core integration is important, i want training and automating to be carefree. 🙂

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Oh, that was quick - it's around 100 EUR which is a bit much for how much I intend to use it right now. I'm looking for a bit of a lighter version of that.

empty mason
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I have looked through this channel. Can anyone confirm that the Shelly Plus 1PM works with home assistant as the other relays does?

I have some shelly 2.5 that works great but i see some github issues regarding this and i want to make sure the Shelly Plus 1PM ia supported.

Let me know if i am asking in the wrong channel.

maiden root
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hello, I'm pretty new to HA, and have been searching for this, but cant seem to find an answer so im going to ask you guys, as hardware seems like the right place.. Is there a way to customize devices by the model? i have quite a few devices that dont show the correct options, for example motion sensors that i have to change the entity to be a motion class. i would like to do it for all of the devices of that model. Thanks!

serene falcon
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@maiden root That might be better in one of the other channels, but I don't know which. More of a software thing I think.

empty mason
# maiden root hello, I'm pretty new to HA, and have been searching for this, but cant seem to ...

Usually it needs to done on the device itself. Cases where i resolved this issues are Shelly devices and deconz devices where you enter the firmware of the devices, so they report properly back. However sometimes it's done closer to home assistant.

I think there is a way to reclassify entities but the device will not give the proper data back for the state if something underlying is in the way.

What devices are you specifically talking about here?

maiden root
# empty mason Usually it needs to done on the device itself. Cases where i resolved this issue...

I have several, the ones I am most interested in are the Zooz recessed door sensor (which shows up as a CentralLite 3320-L) which I have to reclassify to a door, and the SmartThings Motion Sensors (motionv4) which I have to reclassify to a motion.
I have reclassified the entities for the couple i have moved into HA, but i have a bunch and would rather have it work right off the bat based on the model number

empty mason
maiden root
empty mason
maiden root
empty mason
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I have deconz myself. I guess you are using zha. If so you can try looking at the cluster attributes in the zha configure menu. Have tried it a bit but i use deconz which have their own UI.

maiden root
drifting grove
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I was thinking if I buy an ESP32, connect to the internet and send a OPEN OR CLOSE signal that would work xD?

runic tinsel
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I tried doing an rflink radio using an ESP32 on the cheap, but in the end the noise was always pretty bad and I never managed to get a good enough signal to receive or send. There is clearly some electrical engineering to do there… there is a cheaper version of the Rfxcom device (433e I think), which doesn’t have the support for Somfy.

sand lodge
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Hey! I have a Rpi3b+, HA OS.
How does the HDMI detection work? Do I need a core restart after plugging in the HDMI speaker? (Samsung sound bar)

torn edge
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Any recommended online vendors in Canada for Sonoff hardware? Specifically looking for the zigbee usb dongle

drifting grove
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is anyone here with a working shelly plug integration, with recent firmware and current HA release?

dull shuttle
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I’m running an RPi4, and currently have the Zooz S2 stick for Z-Wave. However, I also have Zigbee devices in my house. Should I replace the Zooz with a single Zigbee/Z-Wave dongle? Or simply add a Zigbee dongle?

gloomy elbow
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I would add a Zigbee dongle.

stiff hull
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Hey guys, Im looking for a way to stream music to my speakers. think about it as making my speakers work as a "sonos speaker" so i can stream music to them and control it from home assistant. I was thinking about getting Chromecast audio but since google is not making it anymore its hard to find them. Does anyone know about any other hardware that can easily integrate with HA and will allow me to stream music to the speakers i already have? ( so i dont have to go and buy those sonos speakers, they are cool but i have much better speakers already)

gloomy elbow
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Does anyone have any recommendations for which protocol/hardware I should use in this scenario? My parents want some temperature/humidity sensors for various rooms and the garage on their property in France. They currently have nothing (but like my Aqara sensors). The property itself isn't too large, but the exterior walls are 40cm, stone, brick, and render and the garage is approximately 20m away from where any Home Assistant device would be installed. I'm debating Zigbee vs Z-Wave for the garage sensor. Down the line they'd also like a weather station but I'm very happy to tell them they're living with 2 dongles if needs be 😂. Their budget is naturally a shoestring, but with their birthdays coming up I'll happily spend decent money on kit that will actually work.

gloomy elbow
stiff hull
gloomy elbow
stiff hull
gloomy elbow
stiff hull
thick oriole
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I am using it myself, works very well, you can use rapsberry pi zeros normal pi, lnux and windows pcs or android devices as clients

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You can feed aircast, spotify connect and many different other sources into the stream

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Its a multiroom audio solution, if you dont need that you could use something like volumio on a raspberry

tiny kiln
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Anyone else have any suggestions on a NUC for HA? Something off of ebay preferably since prices are through the roof on Amazon.

stiff hull
undone haven
neat furnace
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Hello all! Newbie here with a background in linux administration / cloud "devopsy" stuff. When I enable the ikea/tradfri OTA updates via the config (and restart HA), what exactly should I expect in terms when the updates happen? Does it happen only when pairing, periodically.... I'd love if someone could point me to a doco

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(or maybe I should just roll up my sleeves and read the source)

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And I should specify, this is a ZHA specific question... I thought that the link on their website was a ZHA discord, not the general purpose one, apologies!

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And I just found out that ZHA is a HA mainline component 🙂 Reading the source now

bright dragon
# stiff hull Hey guys, Im looking for a way to stream music to my speakers. think about it as...

You can still use a regular chromecast from google and then get an HDMI audio extractor. Yes, it is another piece of hardware and $25 more but works very well. i have a bunch of them in use since google stopped making the chromecast audio which was dumb on their part. https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Extractor-Converter-JTDAT5CH/dp/B00BIQER0E/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1FWELG0NABT55&keywords=hdmi+audio+extractor&qid=1648604157&sprefix=hdmi+au%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&smid=A2IX3RNQE846HA&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExNlBWRklIUENJRTM1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjUwMzAwMzM1WElZVVk0TTg4NyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTU4MjMxMUExMFRHTVJOWjVWMiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

neat furnace
thorn bramble
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Is there a downside to WiZ lights or something? Trying to figure out why they're so much cheaper than other color bulbs.

thick oriole
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Yes, they work with WIfi

thorn bramble
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What's wrong with that?

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I don't have any zigbee/z-wave stuff yet so I don't know what upside it has over wifi lights, asides from each device extending the range.

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Which doesn't matter much to me.

thick oriole
thorn bramble
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Yea, I don't see anything other than power draw and star vs mesh topology that would make any real-world difference between zigbee and wifi.

proven girder
thorn bramble
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That sounds useful but not worth the extra price to me.

proven girder
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They're not that different in price to wifi ones, plus if you ever get sensors (eg motion or temperature, etc) then zigbee is the way to go

thorn bramble
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I ordered zigbee sensors for my window/door sensors and a zigbee zen thermostat already.

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And I'm going to order zigbee thermometers as soon as I find ones that look decent

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At least the WiZ lights don't need an online/cloud connection, too.

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Compared to other wifi lights.

proven girder
thick oriole
runic tinsel
# stiff hull Hey guys, Im looking for a way to stream music to my speakers. think about it as...

Probably not quite how you are imagining it, but on the software side I would recommend piCorePlayer, as a client for Logitech Media Server, which you can integrate quite seamlessly into your HA world. Then what you need is some hardware to sit on the network and output to the speakers. I have a bunch of rpi's with IQAudIO cards -- you can get one with a built in amp, to really just connect to speakers, or e.g. analog/digital output to connect to an amp which is in turn connected to speakers. Depends on what you have already/need.

runic tinsel
# gloomy elbow Does anyone have any recommendations for which protocol/hardware I should use in...

I have a bunch of cheap (~5-10 EUR) Xiaomi Mi temp/humidity sensors all over my house. They are bluetooth, so if you wanted to integrate them to home assistant, you'd need a BLE radio (I use a ESP32 in the middle my house, but you might get away with a USB dongle at the HA machine). The advantage is that you can add them to an app on your phone, so for the non-techies, you can read the temps without any HA at all, if you are at home.

gloomy elbow
south breach
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hey all, I have a dimmer switch on my wall that reports as two different entities through the local tuya integration: a binary switch on/off and a brightness range (0-255). Because they're two different entities, I can't add a light entity that allows for both a brightness setting and an on/off toggle. When I add the light entity to lovelace, the on/off button just lowers the brightness. Is there anything I can do?

gloomy elbow
south breach
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Ooh

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queen peak
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Hey, what wifi socket do you use for home assistant?

serene falcon
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I'm not sure I understand the appeal of HA sockets/outlets. If it were still 1980, where dumb appliances can be turned on and off by cutting power, sure.

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Turn the tv on, turn the (box) fan off... can't change the speed though.

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Today, it makes absolutely no sense at all.

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If I were automating a table lamp or something like that, I think I'd put the module in the lamp itself, so the automation follows the lamp itself.

tacit pilot
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Anyone else see that there's a new Aqara motion sensor coming out that has configurable timeout?

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Maybe just not available in the US?

tepid heart
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acoustic skiff
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Hello everyone. Just arrived, in HA, I come from an installation with X10 and activehomepro. I have mounted my HA on a NUC, with debian, and I have managed to make my plug and shutter modules work, from the text commands within linux, with the typical mochad, and if now they work for me with command line type <echo "pl a11 on" | nc -w 1 localhost 1099>. But now I don't know how to integrate this in HA, to be able to have the buttons on the screen, and above all to play with other sensors... I know that someone will already have this configured, so I ask you to explain and guide me. Thanks.

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visual pelican
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Can anyone answer a Shelly1 question. Can the Shelly-1 detect a change on the dry contacts and send that change to home assistant? I have no experience with Shelly, this is my first.

languid girder
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Anyone know if its possible to get a bluetooth dongle working in hass on a nuc, running HA OS

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tacit pilot
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That integration I pointed you to is how you would run that with HA

acoustic skiff
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In my confi.yaml, have put switch:

  • platform: mochad
    devices:

    Room1 # Persianas Salon

    • address: a11
      name: Persiana A11
      comm_type: pl
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And exposed shell command
shell_command:
raise_blind_11: echo "pl a11 on" | nc -w 1 localhost 1099

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obsidian halo
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I have an N-DROID 2 with HA installed on it. I'm trying to figure out if a USB Bluetooth adapter is working correctly, and I'm not sure how to go about doing that.

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I know it worked at one point, I have a couple of devices show up in known_devices, but am struggling to get another to

final wharf
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Hi guys, I wondered if someone could help me a bit with my project. Is there a way to display a specific room from the dashboard on a connected epaper display? (inky)

gusty meteor
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Ok, I’ve got a fun, random problem I’m hoping someone can help with. I recently moved homes. In the process, I lost track of a Aeotec z-wave trisensor. The problem: it’s made it to the new house. It reports on my zwave network - but I cannot find it to save my life. Ideas? Can I use signal strength for hot/cold? Any easy ideas? 🙂

obsidian halo
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I got the N-DROID2 that came with HA installed on it. I've tried reading through the product description (https://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-n2-home-assistant-blue-bundle-limited-edition) but it doesn't really spell things out for someone who is new to HA. Is HA installed in Docker? What is hass? I'm trying to get things configured but am not sure what instructions I should even be following. Sorry for what I'm sure is a dumb question

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My info panel has the following: Version core-2022.3.7
Installation Type Home Assistant OS
Development false
Supervisor true
Docker true
User root
Virtual Environment false
Python Version 3.9.9
Operating System Family Linux
Operating System Version 5.10.103
CPU Architecture aarch64

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sorry for not putting that in a code box, I saw the HassBot give instructions for that earlier but I'm not sure what character a backtick is?

winged knoll
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Your install method uses Docker

obsidian halo
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Great, thank you

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I've got a few things set up, it's just that anytime I find something new I want to implement it's difficult to know which instructions I should be following

heavy patrol
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What type of NFC reader would you recommend for this use case: I would want to enter a room in my house, use my smart watch to scan the nfc and then log that in home assistant and perform actions accordingly

winged knoll
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Does the smart watch have an NFC reader or an NFC tag?

heavy patrol
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oh yea that quite an important question 1 sec

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its a galaxy watch 4 I think 1 of the 2

winged knoll
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"Yes" is an unhelpful answer

heavy patrol
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it does have a reader tag bc it has google pay

winged knoll
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Then the first step is to find out if it can be read by an NFC reader

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Your phone likely has one, just install the required app

heavy patrol
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yea well the watch is still on the way but I was already speculating what things I could do with it bc I wanted something so home assistant could now what room who is in

winged knoll
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If it runs WearOS then there's the companion app

heavy patrol
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and I read you cant really program the nfc tag on the watch, just use apps

winged knoll
heavy patrol
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yea its wear os

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ill go there thanks

whole vault
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Ikea motion sensor or Sonoff motion sensor? I know the Ikea has a longer cool down time of 3 min, in comparison to the 1 minute cool down on the Sonoff, but is one more reliable than the other?

winged knoll
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The Sonoff Zigbee sensors have been pretty well panned, there's better options than either of those

glossy prism
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I was so let down by the sonoff motion sensors. Way more false positives than any other PIR motion sensor I've used

winged knoll
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The Develco MOSZB-140 is the best (Zigbee) motion sensor I've got, by far

glossy prism
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Orly

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Looks sort of like the smartthings one

winged knoll
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It's chonky, but it has a temperature and light sensor - both of which report independently of motion

glossy prism
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Neato

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I think the Hue one does the same as far as independent reporting of those conditions

winged knoll
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Unlike the Xiaomi ones, which only report light with motion nauseated

glossy prism
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The only Xiaomi/aqara stuff I have is a couple of water leak sensors

winged knoll
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Their door/window sensors are great. The temperature/humidity sensors are ok. The Zigbee 3.0 light sensor is pretty awesome.

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The motion sensor is meh

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The leak sensor is way better than the Tuya one ablobjoy

glossy prism
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I like my linkind stuff a lot

whole vault
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So long story short, the Ikea motion sensor would be better than the Sonoff one despite having the longer cool down time?

winged knoll
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Less bad

whole vault
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R.I.P

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Let me check the Develco MOSZB-140...

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On another note, I've never heard of them? Good brand?

winged knoll
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They seem to be, though I'm not sure if they're the OEM or a white label of another brand

whole vault
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I see

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So the "Develco MOSZB-140" would be their "Motion Sensor Mini"?

winged knoll
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Yes

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Though, if they think that's mini, I really don't want to see what they think is medium, never mind large

whole vault
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😂

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So it looks like they manufacture/provide the sensor to a company called "Frient"

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If you don't mind me asking, where did you purchase yours?

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Oh...wait...I found it on Amazon. $32 is a bit steep though. It does much more than the Ikea though...

glossy prism
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Are you in the US by any chance?

whole vault
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Me? At the moment, no. But I have family that can bring stuff over.

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Hoping to move soon though...

glossy prism
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Gotcha. I'm in the US and can't find that motion sensor on Amazon which is why I asked 😄

whole vault
glossy prism
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Might not be available here

whole vault
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Oh...wait

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UK import

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R.I.P

glossy prism
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Yeah heh

whole vault
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So the Ikea is still my best option. Anything close the price of the Ikea, that's better?

glossy prism
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Depends on where you're at in the world

proven girder
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AliExpress also a good option to find stuff if you don’t mind waiting

whole vault
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Well Sonoff devices are about the most popular smart home brand in South Africa😂 I have met very few people here who know what a Google Home Speaker is...

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Problem is (SA being a 3rd world country) I can't have anything shipped to my house, because customs is just too unreliable. It's not a matter them taking a long time, they literally just loose your package.

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So anything that can ship to the US is a valid option. It's wort noting that I am only buying a single sensor. It's a long story.

long valve
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Is it possible to make the Xiaomi Mi Band 6 work with Home Assistant? I saw some BLE config but custom hardware was used

polar crest
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Any recommendations for a door sensor for HA?

tender aurora
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i'm looking for a small display to use with a Pi.. i only want it for output, so no touch needed

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and i don't want HDMI.. i want to be able to just program exactly what should be sent to it.. like SPI? SPC? what's it called?

tender aurora
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I2C? maybe that's what it's called?

rugged oasis
long valve
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But not yet the Band 6

rugged oasis
rugged oasis
long valve
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I was using this

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But when I restarted HA it broke

long valve
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If I'm sleeping there's automations I'd like to trigger

rugged oasis
long valve
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Not sure if that'd work with the Band 6, as that one mentions the Band 3

rugged oasis
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yeah someone in a reddit post says it worked with a Band 4/5 .. sorry don't know anymore.. maybe someone else can help 🙂

dire lark
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So I had problem with my HA using SSD to USB into my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (not +).
Just unstable and wierd experience using HA. Worked fine some hours.. then just totally failed on me and wouldnt start.. and then it could come back again eventually.

The SSD worked fine on my computer last time I used it. And did some tests on it and it seems fine.

Went back to my SD card and now it runs at least stable again.

Is it a fact that you cant run an SSD on an Raspberry Pi 3 model b just using Sata-USB cable into the USB 2.0 slot? I guess you need external power to the SSD?

rocky spruce
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I’m interested to add cameras and was thinking to try Frigate for detection but it seems like coral m.2 is not really available. Was thinking reolink but what is the most popular ? And if coral not an option what is a good alternative for image analysis?

tepid scroll
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good morning.... I've seen some BT temp sensors that might be worth adding to HA. Is there a guide on how to do this using ESP32s? or maybe a BLE USB adapter?

polar crest
rugged oasis
jolly wadi
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Hey looking to run a new instance of Home Assistant off a raspberry pi, I believe it's a 3.0. How much storage space would be appropriate for the install? 32, 64, or 128gb? I know the install it self isn't but 2-4gb just want to see how much space integrations and modifications might take up. Also should I stay away from sdxc A1 cards opt for an A2?

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nvm just looked up the space and people mentioned even 16gb is more than enough just need to know about the A1 vs A2 class

glossy prism
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32GB is the recommended minimum

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That being said, I'd avoid SD cards altogether

jolly wadi
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what would you recommend?

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There aren't any other storage options for a raspberry pi are there?

glossy prism
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SSD/HDD via USB

bright grove
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Hello HA users. Looking for some help with restarting the networking from command line

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i'm running home assistant OS 7.4 and made a few changes on my OPNsense router. HA was the DNS server and networking has stopped on this VM

crystal quest
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Just starting out with HA, buying some sonoff wifi not zigbee devices. Will HA be able to auto discover them?
I researched a bit and there was a couple of repos on github helping with that without flashing. I really dont wanna go down the flashing thing honestly.
Is there any new ways to connect it to HA using the stock firmware? in HACS? or as in an HA addon?

serene falcon
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I dunno. My flashing experience with sonoff (iFan04) was painless. I recommend it.

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The plastic case popped off very easy, no locking tabs broken. The serial port was unpopulated, but it was enough to stick a 1x4 header into it, and the weight of the cable leaning against it kept contact.

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And now China can't use my metadata to try to decide when to launch their Red Dawn invasion or whatever it is they're up to with their shitty cloud software.

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It might vary in how difficult it is to flash with their various products, I've only done the one so far. But if that's like the other models, it's doing to be dead simple. You should go for it.

tepid scroll
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What do most people use for 240v dryer on / off sensor? Electric clamps, shock sensors.... Sense Energy Monitor?

neat furnace
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I am planning to use zigbee smart bulbs even in hallways. I am curious to as if these switches can be made to ignore physical inputs, or is it a matter of simply not wiring physical switches into the box? (can it even operate properly if you don't wire the physical switch?)

My ideal setup for these switches would be:
Wire with physical switches, but have a HA toggle (input_boolean) to disable/enable the physical switch aspect

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The device I linked is just an example, I don't care which zigbee switch it is as long as it gets the job done 🙂

serene falcon
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If you can flash tasmota, I think that all can be made to ignore the physical switch. Or even have it disconnected.

turbid coral
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If I want to craft on budget smart assistant, so that I have full control of my devices, can I use those Google Nest products or are they too much tied to Google services?

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I'm struggling to give assistant a voice

thick zephyr
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can someone help me with mounting a external hdd as a media location
(my config is hassos on an intel nuc)

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i need a step by step, since i couldnt make the udev rule one work for some reason

winged knoll
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There's a guide on the forum AFAIK, but it's not supported

thick zephyr
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ah thanks

winged knoll
unborn igloo
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hey guys do you have a recomendation for a cam? requirements on my part would be POE, big angle (180° or automoving and movement detection), indoor and if at all possible not too costly?

bright jacinthBOT
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winged knoll
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You picked the right channel first time

unborn igloo
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dpttx

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sorry

rocky spruce
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No idea about most people though

ember mantle
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Has anyone tried the Aeotec multi sensor 7?

winged knoll
ember mantle
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Is that my best shot at find out about peoples' experience to know whether they are any good?

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*finding out

winged knoll
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Yup

jolly tinsel
frigid turret
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I want to try setting measurement_poll_interval but I'm new to Zigbee2MQTT and have no idea how to do that

winged knoll
frigid turret
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I don't think it's a general zigbee issue, probably

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I did manage to figure out how to configure that property and set it to 30

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But the energy is reported as None in HA and looking at the zigbee2mqtt logs, those values are null in the JSON

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{"child_lock":"UNLOCK","current":null,"energy":null,"indicator_mode":"on","linkquality":null,"power":null,"power_outage_memory":null,"state":"ON","update":{"state":null},"update_available":null,"voltage":233}

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But anyway I'll try there as well

steel flax
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Can I ask RPI questions here?

thick oriole
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Depends on the question 😂 is it hardware related?

steel flax
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I'd like to know how to run HA on a SSD on a RPI. I don't know where to start.

gloomy spoke
tepid scroll
ruby pewter
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Hey guys, short and to the point - anyone have Sengled Zigbee Smart LED bulbs that blink every 3 seconds and don’t connect? Can’t find anything online about this status code

tepid scroll
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3 blinks typically mean it’s ready for pairing. Might be best to ask in #zigbee-archived

ruby pewter
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It only does this for one one socket in my house, newer sockets its happy with. Is it possible it's not getting the correct input?

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Just frustrating I can't find documentation on what this particular code is

trim wind
# jolly wadi Hey looking to run a new instance of Home Assistant off a raspberry pi, I believ...

the gotcha would be SD cards have a short life span. I am kind of kicking myself for going the SD card route a couple of days ago. USB SSD would be so much better. But with the RPi 3 I don't think you can boot off of USB directly (you can boot from SD but run OS from USB). With RPi 4 you can load a firmware that lets you boot directly from USB.

Now I have to see how hard it will be to move my existing setup over.

trim wind
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I didn't even need to flash the firmware; just take out the SD card, attach USB SSD with HAOS burned to it, power it back up. Wait a bit. At the "let's get started" screen click "Alternatively you can restore from a previous backup."

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Upload backup.tar and wait a few more minutes

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💥 it just works

trim wind
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I spoke too soon. ZHA is no longer working. The integration is up & running but Zigbee network is not coming up anymore. Can't reach any devices.

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2022-04-03 19:52:32 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.zha.core.channels.base] [0x3050:1:0x0006]: async_initialize: all attempts have failed: [DeliveryError('[0x3050:1:0x0006]: Message send failure'), DeliveryError('[0x3050:1:0x0006]: Message send failure'), DeliveryError('[0x3050:1:0x0006]: Message send failure'), DeliveryError('[0x3050:1:0x0006]: Message send failure')]

half arch
drifting grove
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Hey,

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I am getting a Shelly Relay and I want to know which type of wire to use to connect it to a garage controller

trim wind
outer osprey
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Anyone who could link me to a good pi 4 for HA?
I’m in the US
I have a high budget and am wanting to get the yellow in the future just need something to get me going.

errant oriole
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Hello, does anyone know some good devices with generic input/outputs that is connected directly to the pi over USB or something? There are some io expander modules https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mcp23017/ but all of the integrations say that they will be removed.

trim wind
thick oriole
rugged oasis
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or a refurbished office pc (dell optiplex sff/micro).. much more bang for buck

hallow rock
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Hi, I haven't succeeded in moving from the old zwave integration to zwavejs, I think because the old setup does not have a network key. My devices show up but are all dead. Anyone know a fix?

winged knoll
hallow rock
midnight ibex
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hey there,
What kind of tablets/screens do you use for dashboard?
Is there a purpose build harware for that?

outer osprey
tacit pilot
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Will this work in the US?

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I mean it's zigbee and zigbee is zigbee right?

thick oriole
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Throw an m2 coral accelerator into it an no need for an yellow anymore

exotic swift
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anyone know some good smart dimmable light switches? looking for something thats $15-30 each and integrates well with HA. wifi is preferred but zwave also works (canada)

should i just get a bunch of tuya dimmers and install tasmota? or is that not possible anymore

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idk if the OTA bug got patched since its been a while that i've used tuya stuff

jolly tinsel
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Anyone implemented LoRA with home assistant, saw some cool projects for mailbox sensor 🙂

dusk mirage
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Hey there,

I like to start HA for a full house setup (10 electric roller shutter, about 20 switches and probably more things like outdoor lights motion detection what's not).

I really struggle to settle for my lighting setup. Iam a bit afraid that WiFi devices like Shelly's are to much for my WiFi. Therefore I though about settling with ZigBee. However, I miss a roller shutter. For light switches I though I could go with sonoff zbmini. But I am open for other suggestions.

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Oh iam located in the eu. So no Wemo Thread switches or whatnot

void valve
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Can I use my Ikea hub as a zigbee hub?

drifting grove
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Hey. I have this garage door controller:

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I want to add Shelly Relay. There is a wire in the Stop. But I can plug in the open and close. Any recommended wire gauge or wiring setup?

void valve
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Wire gauge is determined by the current load, if you're talking low voltage, you could use an Ethernet cable, which gives the advantage of multiple signals and twisted pair

drifting grove
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I don't have ethernet cable 😦

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I think its low volt what would be a corresponding gauge?

severe hearth
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18 or less is good for low voltage

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Anyone have a good light sensor? preferably pollable. I have the aqara motion sensor with lux, but it is just not working for me...

drifting grove
severe hearth
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how often does your lutron refresh

drifting grove
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Inside home assistant?

severe hearth
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yeah

bold flax
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Looking for any ideas on how to get car mileage into HA every time I start the car preferably. Not sure if an odb-ii wifi or bluetooth adapter could be read with ESP maybe?

drifting grove
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I don’t think it refreshes a lot

drifting grove
proven girder
midnight ibex
proven girder
midnight ibex
midnight ibex
proven girder
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Then you’re looking at something a lot more complicated than just what everyone else uses

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And is an important note to include too

midnight ibex
jolly tinsel
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cheapst is probably a tablet

proven girder
dusk mirage
proven girder
dusk mirage
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I have electric motor rollers outside of my windows. They are currently controlled by some.wall switches with an integrated timer (old school). I want to snartify them

winged knoll
dusk mirage
bold cradle
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Gm All. Pretty new to HA, coming over from not so Smartthings. I have added some devices and am trying to set up an simple automation using the "motion-activated light" blueprint. When I go to create the automation, the motion sensor I want to use is not in the drop down. I have 2 motion sensors added rn. The first is an Aeon Multisesor 6 (this one shows in the list) and a gocontrol PIR sensor (this one does not). Can anyone point me in the right direction or to the right channel?

winged knoll
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If you share a link to the blueprint I'm sure people can help

dense lintel
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Is this a good spot to ask about device management? My USB device driver can't be opened by zwavejsmqtt but I can see it in terminal

winged knoll
dense lintel
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Thank you!

dreamy gate
bold cradle
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speaking in Smartthings lingo, I was wondering if it needed a different device handler etc

odd ice
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Are there motion sensors that can also tell you directional data? like if I put one in a stairway, could it tell me if someone came up or went down?

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and are they supported in HA

winged knoll
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I'm aware of one, very new one, nothing else

odd ice
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what is it?

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and let me guess its like $500

winged knoll
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Cheaper, but try getting a hold if it outside of China

odd ice
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ah

winged knoll
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Presence events: "enter", "leave", "left_enter", "right_leave", "right_enter", "left_leave", "approach", "away"

odd ice
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is there a way I can automate the effect if I got 2 sensors?

winged knoll
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Probably

odd ice
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I don't feel like itd be that hard to get working

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also I run my HA in a vm on linux. is there a cheap but decent zigbee/zwave hub that is just usb?

winged knoll
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The challenge you'll have is the blind time

odd ice
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perfect ill probably get the ConBee one

thick oriole
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Oh no!

odd ice
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what

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is it not very good?

thick oriole
odd ice
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yeah

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it said that only the conbee ones were supported

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the over ones where probably a bit more than I need

thick oriole
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They’re exactly what you need

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If you want a cheap one, get the sonoff zigbee 3.0 dongle plus

odd ice
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do you think I would need a usb extender for that?

winged knoll
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You need it for any Zigbee coordinator

odd ice
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oh ok

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is this like a 3' deal or like 20'

winged knoll
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Well, half the point is to move it away from the computer to reduce interference

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The other half is to avoid USB 3.0 interference

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So... enough

glossy prism
odd ice
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yeah ik

dusk mirage
glossy prism
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It can with a zigbee adapter and zigbee2mqtt, hence why it's on the supported devices list

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It will work with ZHA if it either follows the zigbee spec or a quirk exists for it if it doesn't follow the spec

graceful valley
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I just bought rpi4. Do I need SSD for home assistant or SD card?

glossy prism
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SD card will work, but an SSD would almost certainly last longer

graceful valley
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How much storage do I need?

thick oriole
mild pelican
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Hello. I bought three SD cards (SanDisk Extreme 64GB A2, https://www.westerndigital.com/de-de/products/memory-cards/sandisk-extreme-uhs-i-for-mobile-gaming-microsd#SDSQXA2-064G-GN6GN) and none of them are read on my Ubuntu Laptop and as it seems my Raspberry Pi isn't booting off of it. The green LED is not blinking at all when I turn on the RPI. Is there something wrong with this type of SD? My Windows PC, a Mac and my Android phone all read the SD cards. When I put it into my Ubuntu laptop, absolutely nothing happens and it doesn't show up anywhere

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I specifically bought a class A2 card since it's recommended on the website

honest veldt
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What security camer with night vision and without batteries would you suggest. 😅 there are so many

glossy prism
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Dahua/Amcrest has a nice lineup

honest veldt
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Cool will have a look at them thanks

rugged oasis
mild pelican
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oh no sorry

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balena

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rpi-imager was for RPI OS, did that as well 😛

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Balena Atcher

rugged oasis
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and that didn't work?

mild pelican
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the flashing worked

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but the RPI isn't reading the SD at all, only the red light is on

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something is messed up with those SDs and Linux

rugged oasis
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hmm ..

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before you flash the image, did you use SD Formatter to wipe the drive?

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have you tried another power source (not sure if it will help.. but worth a try)

winged knoll
rugged oasis
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@winged knoll any ideas? i can't think of anything lol

mild pelican
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me neither haha

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it doesn't make any sense that my linux machine isn't reacting to the SD card at all, I tried exfat, FAT

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NTFS

rugged oasis
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you have ruled out the imaging software and the images., and used multiple SD card

mild pelican
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2 SD cards of the same type

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newly bought

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I have a third one but I don't wanna unpack that

winged knoll
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Power would be the only possible thing

rugged oasis
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sorry what light do you get upon boot again?

mild pelican
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in what sense?

winged knoll
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If the Pi isn't getting enough power it can cause it to not even try to boot

mild pelican
rugged oasis
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yeah Pi s are a bit sensitive to power from what i read

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which pi do you have?

mild pelican
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some old 8GB SD card

mild pelican
rugged oasis
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ah

mild pelican
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it's not the Pi and not the PSU or anything

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it must have something to do with the SD card

rugged oasis
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yeah that rules out a few other things

mild pelican
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it's random enough that 2 SD cards aren't recognized at all on my linux machine (as if it wasn't plugged in)

rugged oasis
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in theory balena and the raspi imager will properly format the card and set the right partition formats etc

mild pelican
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I suspect the reason why my linux machine cannot read it is the same as why the RPI can't read it

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I ordered a USB hub with a SD slot to try on my linux machine

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if it works on windows but not on there, it must be the OS

rugged oasis
mild pelican
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hm

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I'll try when I get the SD card reader, I don't have a SD slot on my windows machine. used my friends adapter

rugged oasis
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but it's my own (dumb) practice to wipe it separately before imaging

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then how are you flashing images?

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ah your friend's adaptor*

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you could try flashing an image if you have an android phone with a microsd slot.. i have tried that before

mild pelican
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I do

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how?

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I doubt that's gonna do anything

rugged oasis
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there's an app on the play store lol

mild pelican
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oh okay

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I'll try

rugged oasis
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i can't remember what it is called

mild pelican
rugged oasis
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but when you insert it into your linux machine... i assume you type lsblk or dmesg to check if it is connected?

mild pelican
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I used everything you can dream off

rugged oasis
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i can imagine haha

mild pelican
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I didn't check dmesg

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hang on

rugged oasis
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not sure how you connect your sd card to your linux machine...

mild pelican
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there's an error in demsg

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wait

rugged oasis
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(I was assuming via usb.. maybe not?)

mild pelican
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let me copy it over

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[Di Apr  5 21:31:54 2022] mmc0: tuning execution failed: -22
[Di Apr  5 21:31:54 2022] mmc0: error -22 whilst initialising SD card
[Di Apr  5 21:31:55 2022] mmc0: cannot verify signal voltage switch
[Di Apr  5 21:31:55 2022] mmc0: tuning execution failed: -22
[Di Apr  5 21:31:55 2022] mmc0: error -22 whilst initialising SD card
[Di Apr  5 21:31:56 2022] mmc0: cannot verify signal voltage switch
[Di Apr  5 21:31:56 2022] mmc0: tuning execution failed: -22
[Di Apr  5 21:31:56 2022] mmc0: error -22 whilst initialising SD card```
winged knoll
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This is going to sound crazy, but assuming you're using a microSD to SD card adatper: try another adapter! I just had this problem with a known good card, and discovered that it worked perfectly with a different SD card adapter. (The "bad" adapter worked correctly with a different microSD card.) I have no idea why this would be, but it was a consistent fix in my case.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/872183/sd-card-reader-error

mild pelican
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yeah just found that as well, but I tried

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I used both adapters that came with it and another one I had laying around

rugged oasis
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umm isn't there like a switch on the SD card for read only?

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but i assume if that's set to read only you won't be able to flash the image..

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anyway.. good luck with that 😄

mild pelican
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tried the switch in multiple settings

rugged oasis
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the only other thing I would check is if you happened to get a fake sandisk card..

mild pelican
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I got it in a big store (Media Markt)

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how would I check?

rugged oasis
mild pelican
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yeah very quickly

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just read a guide, but it looks fine

rugged oasis
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well.. can't think of anything else, looks like you covered all basis already

mild pelican
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it's quite old 😄

rugged oasis
mild pelican
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I'll wait for the new SD card reader, though I doubt it will fix my RPI issue

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but maybe I can get it to work in Linux

rugged oasis
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yeah

drifting grove
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Hi guys, my garage company just confirmed 24Volts and it has a stop, open and close. How shall I connect the Shelly to control all 3

drifting grove
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Hey

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how do you connect shelly to garage open, stop and close (not just open and close)

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can the shelly support 24v>

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I just read Shelly 1 has operation voltages of 12V and 24-60V DC

dusk mirage
drifting grove
glossy prism
dusk mirage
winged knoll
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It will encourage you to buy more Zigbee devices, draining your wallet

dusk mirage
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Is this "just" a good usb cable or anything fancy

winged knoll
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It should be either a decent USB 2.0 cable or a decent USB 3.0 cable in a USB 2.0 port

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USB 3.0 interferes with Zigbee

dusk mirage
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Is there any suggested hardware for the? Just run on any Raspi?
I do have some older Raspberry Pies (If i remember there are some 2B and whats not but not 4) here or rather pick up an Raspi 4?

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Or something else

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stability is a thing

winged knoll
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Not on a Pi running on an SD card is always good

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Some folks have run Z2M on a Pi Zero, though I'd suggest that's a bit much

sleek blade
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hey guys. sorry if wrong thread/channel. i need help finding smart lock. is there any great ones that you all can recommend? i need to be able to remotely lock/unlock/check the lock and most importantly remotely set new passcodes. i'm going to be setting that lock in an airbnb home in a different city and need to be able to assign new codes to new customers. pls help. thanks.

dusk mirage
winged knoll
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SD cards die, if you run on a Pi with an SD card at some point you'll be sad when it all stops working

dusk mirage
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Do i have one server only for z2m AND HA or do i need 2 Serves

winged knoll
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Either works

dusk mirage
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Well than i see no need to run 2 devices.
Is there anykind of NAS or "selfmade" NAS/Sever you could suggest

winged knoll
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There's many choices there, more than you can count

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

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
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dusk mirage
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Okay, but a Pi2B with an ssd will be good for a stable setup to run HA and Z2M ?

winged knoll
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Pi2 ... abkneonno

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Pi3 is the lowest recommended spec

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Pi3 will struggle with HA and Z2M due to the lack of RAM

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A Pi4, or any second hand laptop/PC from the last decade. As long as it's 64 bit, got at least 2 GB of RAM and at least 2 cores (more of everything is better)

dusk mirage
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Thanks. Therefore i need to buy "something" anyway.
Country: germany
Budget: 😉 Not sure but wont like to buy a 500€ machine "just" for HA. If there is an powerfull all in one option (FTP for ipcam, backups, HA, Z2M, whatever) iam happy to spend some bucks
Protocol: Zigbee, Wifi (cams and maybe some shelly for stuff), (maybe thread in a hopefully not so far future)

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Oh, i have some old pc hardware in the basement, if i remember right i3 gen 2 or so + a bunch of RAM
But i wonder if the power consumtion will kill any savings

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But its not an SSD

stark sun
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what's the best smart switches?

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redoing a house and about to buy switches

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any suggestions?

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

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
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stark sun
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open to any protocols, looking for reliability, and in the US

dusk mirage
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Are there any zigbee wall switches which i can use with GIRA faceplates?

thick oriole
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Hue wall switch 😬

dusk mirage
thick oriole
dusk mirage
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Well thats pretty much the same as sonoffs, isnt it. Its just my wall is just like 4cm deep. That seems to tight. As the mechanical part is about 2-3 cm on its own

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@thick oriole

thick oriole
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They are much smaller than the sonoffs i think

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Less than 1 cm i think

dusk mirage
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woo that would be tiny

thick oriole
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Ok its 10,2mm thick

dusk mirage
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thats still not much!

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great thing

thick oriole
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Except the price, they‘re really nice

dusk mirage
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sometimes they are on sale currently there is a pack of 2 for 50€

thick oriole
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Yes, i already have 5 👍

dusk mirage
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To bad they dont sell motor shutters, i will gonna get some moes tuya ones

dusk mirage
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is there any option to put bosch smart home switches into HA ?

void cove
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Would someone be able to help me figure out why one of my zooz 4 in 1 sensors is not connecting properly? It comes up on HA as node 11

whole vault
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So, with the "Official" Raspberry Pi Case fan connected to a PWM header, I can turn the fan on and off. Which is fantastic. Is there any way that I could actually control the speeds at which the fan spins/operates? What would the changes (if any) in my configuration file be?

drifting grove
glossy prism
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that's a factor of the zigbee software you're using moreso than the adapter

drifting grove
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deCONZ it is

drifting grove
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Hi everyone. I have a jabra speaker(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S8NKN5G/) connected to my raspberry pi 4(with home assistant os) over usb. The speaker has "pick up call" and "hang up call" buttons. How can I make those into triggers for an automation?

pine saddle
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Hey all, I'm looking for a standalone lux sensor, preferably Zigbee or WiFi. I've found Xiaomi Mi Light Detection Sensor, but that doesn't seem directly available in the UK. Are there any others that someone could recommend? Thanks!

winged knoll
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You can buy them from AliExpress, that's where I got mine

outer osprey
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My conbee stick is having an error
Failed to probe the usb device
I'm using a VM on Win 10. I let the USB device passthrough to the VM.
I've tried deconz and the zigbee add-on
Tried another port / restarting the VM / restarting my instance / googling

2022-04-07 15:14:22 WARNING (MainThread) [zigpy_zigate.api] Retry command 0x0002
2022-04-07 15:14:24 WARNING (MainThread) [zigpy_xbee.api] at: No response to AP command
2022-04-07 15:15:50 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task was destroyed but it is pending!```
supple heath
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Hey guys, do anyone here has experience with this? I've managed to flash openwrt on my xiaomi gateway but not I dont know what to do with it https://openlumi.github.io/

pine saddle
winged knoll
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I've found those light sensors to be pretty good - every bit as good as my Fibaro multi-sensor, and very close to my USB powered Aeotec multi-sensor

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The Develco multi-sensor is probably on a par

pine saddle
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The Tuya or Xiaomi? I've got the Xiaomi motion sensor with lux and I've found it great so far. Tempting to make my own as i've a spare esp32, but I like the convenience of something already packaged up

winged knoll
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Tuya nauseated

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Xiaomi blobcsignyes

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Develco blobcsignyes

pine saddle
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😆 I've no experience with Tuya

winged knoll
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That's the best kind

pine saddle
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I've ordered the Xiaomi one from powerplanetonline, should turn up next week fingers crossed

tepid elm
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konnected io siren

drifting grove
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Can I somehow use keyboard inputs to trigger automations? I have a raspberry pi 4 with home assistant os.

winged knoll
steel flax
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I'm running ha now on a RPI. Does the UI show the CPU temperature anywhere?

winged knoll
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Only if you install an integration that provides that

jovial needle
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Anyone have issues with Shelly 2 crashing? Every time I send an off command to the light entity the Shelly crashes. And won’t work again till I turn power off and back on

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Looks like turning it off in the Shelly app does the same thing.. guess I should be looking at Shelly support

wheat pumice
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I need to have a smart plug (UK) that can be controlled by HA despite being installed at a totally different location - ie. cloud based. Can anyone recommend something like that that works well with HA?

tepid scroll
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well, just a FYI, the Sengled Zigbee Smart plugs don't really support 15a as listed. They only support 10am before faulting.

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sucks, beecause I bought them to monitor a washer... half the time it'll, the other half it woin't

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Anyone else have a alternative that supports more than 10amps?

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

  • Which country you're in
  • What your budget is
  • What protocols you prefer (eg Zigbee, WiFi, Z-Wave)
  • Any features you want (such as power monitoring, dimming, etc)
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tepid scroll
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Anyone else have a alternative Zigbee Smartplug (USA) ($30 budget) that supports more than 10amps?

drifting grove
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Hi guys

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regarding the Xiaomi Air purifier PRO

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The purifier does have a built in light sensor. Problem is the sensor only updates when the purififier is on. Is there a way to have the light sensor working regardless of its state?

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or to stop the fan even when the device is on?

restive mortar
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I currently run HA OS on pi4, use a very old laptop for Blue Iris (4 IP cameras), and have a soon-to-be sunsetted WD MyCloud for basic file/photo storage and remote access. First Seagate Cloud, now WD…so I’m looking into Synology but my question is - any way for me to use less hardware? Do I even need to? I basically want to view my stored files and photos (WD Cloud ❌) anywhere, check my HA (Nabu Casa ✅), and view my cameras (Blue Iris ✅). I see Synology has a Surveillance feature? Can I use a 3-bay Synology (one for each app? - overkill..) I have subpar home server knowledge and never did a VM, but am good at tinkering if someone can direct me somewhere to read. Thanks ☺️

undone haven
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Are you looking for storage or a way to view stuff you already have while away from your network?

restive mortar
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I believe both now? The WD Cloud drive still is fine storage, but remote access discontinued. So I basically have an external HDD now

undone haven
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Well, a VPN or a reverse proxy would be good things to google.

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Sounds like you really only need access to your network when away.

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Depending on your tech level, neither are extremely difficult

restive mortar
#

Sorry, last question, which is where I’m stuck. Besides pi and Windows hardware (always on), I also have Verizon stock router (wifi disabled) and 2 Unifi AP points. What “gets” the VPN? Router w/ no wifi? AP? Always-on Windows? That will get me in the right spot

glossy prism
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well, there are a few options. some routers support different types of VPNs, or you could run something like piVPN to set up a VPN on a server

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or manually set up a VPN on a server

dusk mirage
#

I wonder if a ZigBee usb stick is enough for a whole house installation or rather get an stick with an externa antenna for better range ?

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Previously: is the antenna on a stick like the sonoff one good enough or maybe get an extra sma antanna (a bigger one)

glossy prism
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with enough routers, it should not be a problem

dusk mirage
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You mean ziggbee devices that act as a router ? Like the sonoff zbmini?

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Great.

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Do you have any experience with meos tuya devices

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Amazon ratings are medicore

glossy prism
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i avoid anything tuya

dusk mirage
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Why?

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Do you have any alternative for shutter motors? It's pretty tough to find any EU located

unreal oak
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is that for windows? like for shades and such>

unreal oak
rugged oasis
unreal oak
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there are similar models for EU

proven girder
faint vector
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My kid's room has a wall switch that controls a normal outlet with a standing lamp. All dumb stuff, nothing smart. Now the kid (2.5y) is tall enough to reach the wall switch and turn on their light and it keeps them awake. Looking for a smart thing that'll lock them out at night while still letting the wife use the wall switch during the day. Like, I dunno, a smart plug that remembers on/off when it loses power?

proven girder
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You could get a smart control for the wall switch to deactivate the switch itself during certain hours (think the shelly can do this)

dusk mirage
slender anchor
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Hi everybody i could use some advice, and the talk of the town states that this is the best place to go for that 😉

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I am currently running Homaassistant on Docker on Ubuntu The hardware is an Intel NUC that unfortunately doest not support bare metal installation of ESXi

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Celeron CPU and 4 GB RAM NUC DN2820FYKH.
But my installation is not supported and I am thinking about reinstalling! But which way should I go with my current hardware. I am proficient in networking and server/ESXi, but I am a novice at Linux

fringe moon
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Which is the least desirable installation method

slender anchor
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Jep

fringe moon
#

And install the software you need in containers

slender anchor
#

I use Deconz bur i think that is the only add on

fringe moon
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That exists as a container

slender anchor
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jep it is running as one right now

fringe moon
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Then, regular container install is a good option

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Just uninstall supervised first

slender anchor
fringe moon
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One runs free of supervisor

slender anchor
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ok And the Docker system should be on debian correct?

fringe moon
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No

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Which noone should

slender anchor
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arhh ok

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so I can just clean up my ubunto POrtainer/Docker setup and install #449717345808547842 and restore the backup of the system

fringe moon
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Not the backup from supervisor

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But you can extract the config folder

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And restore that

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The supervisor backup is only for two of the installation methods

slender anchor
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ok so i cant do i system backup and restore on the new setup

fringe moon
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Sure, by backing up the config folder, or extracting it from the supervisor backup

civic kraken
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People hate on supervised but if it works for you then I wouldn't bother changing it. It just breaks easier than other methods

fringe moon
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It should have been killed years ago

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But all the kids running it rebelled

slender anchor
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My primary concern is that It alway says that the supervisor i unpriviledged when its not, a hard restart of the supervisor will give me the option to upgrade the Core, but it is kinda irritating. Given the chance I would run the .OVA on a bare metal ESXi install on my NUC

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I was super disapointed when i discovered that it wasn't posible to install ESXi on the hardware

fringe moon
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Well

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You can just run KVM

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It is a fully fledged hypervisor

slender anchor
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Hmm I am not familiar with KVM how is the difficulty rating on that

fringe moon
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Easy

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And runs in Ubuntu

next ember
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Wondering if you can use a broadlink ir hub in the reverse manner....always listen for ir signals, and react with automations based on incoming ir inputs

slender anchor
fringe moon
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Most stuff from the last decade plus does

slender anchor
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year but since the ESXi wouldn't install I was kinda expecting that it wouldn't support it 😄

fringe moon
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Well, esxi is enterprise software

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Run by proper hardware usually

slender anchor
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But would I be able to run me current HASS install simultaneous with a KVM install until a have restored config

fringe moon
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Yes

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It isn't very resource intensive in itself

proven girder
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@slender anchor if you’re wanting a virtualisation solution more similar to ESXi then proxmox will run on pretty much all hardware. Though depends if you want it to be a gui and fancy management over the top of what is basically KVM on Ubuntu anyway

hard tinsel
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I notice the kindle fire HD 10 is on sale at Amazon atm, the 3GB version. Is that still the best choice for a wall mounted tab? Will it handle streaming a few camera feeds?

odd ice
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I want to get a good wifi motion sensor, but I can't find anywhere that has a list that isnt dominated by zigbee stuff. I currently dont have a zigbee hub, though I might end up getting one later

dusk mirage
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Aren't there plenty WiFi ones? SonOff offer some as far as I remember

fringe moon
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WiFi is horrible for motion

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ZigBee will give you 3-4 years of battery life minimum

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WiFi will be...a lot less

rugged oasis
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There are bluetooth ones also (but probably need more research on how to set them up.. ), zigbee ones are ok but have a cooldown period, RF ones are cheap and have a short cooldown, but need an RF bridge (probably flashed with tasmota)

ionic moss
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How come Philips Hue bulbs are so dang common? By far the most expensive I'd say

fringe moon
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Because they have better colours usually

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For CT i notice no difference to tradfri

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For RGB it is a lot better

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I've had 80+ bulbs for 4 years now, the only ones that have died are Philips hue

ionic moss
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What's CT and tradfri short for?

fringe moon
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Colour temperature

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Ikea tradfri

ionic moss
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Oh okay thanks for explaining that. I kind of thought the RGB would be better with Philips Hue as well. Didn't expect them to fail though. The IKEA stuff works well for you though?

fringe moon
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Yes

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Never had issues

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And usually buy them marked down or in the cheap corner used at ikea

ionic moss
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That's an advantage you have over me. No IKEAS where I live. Maybe Costco has some of this tech for cheap

fringe moon
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You can order online

ionic moss
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do i need one of these?

fringe moon
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No, i suggest doing a usb coordinator

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And zigbee2mqtt or zha

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I use a Poe coordinator and zigbee2mqtt

ionic moss
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one of those USB dongles like Sonoff makes?

fringe moon
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Yes not the cc2531

ionic moss
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roger

fringe moon
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The 2652xx based

ionic moss
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You use those because they are required or because they speed things up?

fringe moon
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Because the offer more flexibility

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I can add support for any device

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And they aren't vendor bogged down

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And don't use cloud nønsense

ionic moss
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The cloud has been pissing me off since I started all this LOL

fringe moon
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My whole house works without internet

ionic moss
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I don't think that could be the case for my things. Nest thermostat and Roku TVs need it I think

fringe moon
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Ewww nest

ionic moss
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Yeah, I'm frustrated that I can't use my sensors in HA

fringe moon
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ZigBee is life

ionic moss
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I'm new2game

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Doesn't make sense to take the thermostat out at this point. No chance at returning and getting the $$

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Hey have you ever tried creating one of those gentle wake ups?

fringe moon
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I tried but then I had kids

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Now I have no gentle wake-ups

ionic moss
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When you tried did you use the IKEA or the Hue?

fringe moon
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I used Xiaomi and hue

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One led strip and two E14 bulbs

ionic moss
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See when you said Hue for RGB I was thinking a gentle wake up probably would use some color and some temperature changes to create a good effect

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Hue works on Zigbee from my research

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and I think you can emulate a hub to save $50 or whatever it is now

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i see what you mean now

cunning phoenix
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Hey so i am looking at some so off switch and wonder does the sonoff nszb01 work well with home assistant?

ionic moss
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it looks like it uses zigbee so you'd want an adapter to talk to it

cunning phoenix
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Yeah I was looking at that one also. Also can that dongle be used for Philips hue at the same time?

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Instead of the hue bridge

ionic moss
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i was just looking at the Hue doc cause I wanted to know if I needed the bridge also but sadly I think the answer is yes

fringe moon
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You want one mesh

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For better coverage

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And less inference

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So choose one

cunning phoenix
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One mesh? A different dongle than that one?

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Oh one mesh for both hue and sonoff

ionic moss
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Hue Hub and Dongle broadcast so the goal is the limit the radio waves

dusk mirage
#

So either hue hub or ha with sonoff usb stick right?

cunning phoenix
#

Is there a device limit with the sonoff stick? As u currently need at least 2 bridges which is a bit anoying

fringe moon
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There are people running hundreds of devices

cunning phoenix
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Awesome. A big issue with those bridges is they can handle roughly 60 device before they start to give issues.

fringe moon
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I run 120+ currently, not even a hint of latency

cunning phoenix
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On the hue bridges?

fringe moon
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No

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Thankfully

cunning phoenix
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Just ordered one of those sonoff dongels

dusk mirage
#

I still search for electrical outside shutter controllers. The only ones that don't feel like a rip off are the tuya but ppl say tuya sucks ;/

odd ice
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tuya is super annoying to set up

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you have to go through their iot platform, even if you want to use the local tuya integration

fringe moon
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Only tuya worth buying is esp based

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Because you can flash it to local control

glossy prism
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and good luck finding that these days

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at least many of the non-ESP tuya modules are transplantable with ESP modules though

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but that's obviously more involved than tuya-convert or serial flashing

cunning phoenix
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Well i learned tuya the hard way..

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At least for those switched that can't be flashed

dusk mirage
#

Okay so no tuya ZigBee things.
But what else? I going to need about 10 controller

silk smelt
#

My wife wants led candles. Any ones that work well with Home Assistant? I might just roll my own, but it sounds like one of those things where premade would be a lot cheaper if I can find it. 😄

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Googling ZigBee LED candle just comes up with bulbs.

rugged oasis
silk smelt
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Seems the situation is the same. Anything that says "candle" is still just a regular bulb.

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Doesn't have to be ZigBee, just something that I can use with HA.

stoic jay
#

Hello, I have a HA Blue Odriod-N2+. Earlier this evening, I triggered a reboot of the host after noticing some squirrelly behavior and it didn't come back up (no core or supervisor). I hooked up a monitor and keyboard and still could not get it to respond. I pulled power and watch it boot up and it seemed to boot fine except that it complained about the file system needing to be check due to improper shutdown. How do I get the device to run fsck after I reboot it?

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I've tried going into the login from the ha > prompt, and then trying something like touch /forcefsck but I get a read-only file system error. I think I might be close, but lack the experience I need to perform this. Would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

proven girder
#

Basically an avoid if possible but zigbee is always without cloud

ashen apex
#

What smart weather stations do people tend to recommend? Ecowitt brand ones are on sale on Amazon today and was considering one.

tepid heart
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Weatherflow Tempest. Integrates perfectly with home assistant (3rd party integration). Piezo rain sensor does not pick up drizzle and you have to be careful how you mount it to eliminate vibrations that will give false rain readings.

ashen apex
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Yikes, $700AUD is a bit more than I'm willing to spend for a 10m x 4m garden weather station!

tepid heart
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Not sure where you got that price. I got it $498.31 AUD delivered.

ashen apex
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And I was more hoping in the ~$200aud range.

tepid heart
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Never buy from Amazon AU. Unlike the US Amazon it is just a marketplace for middlemen to add their massive cut. You can usually find much cheaper prices elsewhere.

ashen apex
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Well you can't buy direct from Weatherflow, so where were you seeing $500aud?

tepid heart
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Send them an email if your budget will stretch that far.

ashen apex
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How recently did you order? Because they have AU as an option on their site, but order button is greyed out.

tepid heart
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3rd Oct 2021.

ashen apex
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Thanks. Will consider it.

tepid heart
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I received it a bit over 2 weeks later.

slender anchor
#

Hi anyone here had a problem with Homeassistant KVM not booting on ProxMox It seems to try booth PXE and HTTP and then fails out to uefi shell

fringe moon
ionic moss
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morning yall

vague stump
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Hello all,
My father is replacing his nvr and blueiris installation. He is running / planning to run 10 1080-2k cameras. I would like something that is easy where is boots up straight to home assistant / frigate like you can with raspberry pi. What would be some hardware recommendations. I know a google coral would be best but they seem to be out of stock or very expensive

winged knoll
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You need Coral

vague stump
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It’s out of stock

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And I have visited that page but it’s not helpful as it uses general terms on camera capacity

cunning phoenix
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Any recommendations for a wall mounted tablet? Max 7 inch

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Preferably something with the most minimum android and not much more as it isn't needed i think

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Perhaps the possibility for wireless charging?

silent wagon
#

guys i have an ip camera srihome sh020 that is connected with srihome app on andoid and i watch it from my phone through cloud

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Now i want to connect it only local to may router and H.A and not to the cloud, how can i do it

winged knoll
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Does it support RTSP or ONVIF?

silent wagon
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yes both

winged knoll
silent wagon
#

yes i have manage it, but now camera is connected to srihome app on android and i can see it remotely , i think it is not secure at all. I want to operate anly local and not from srihome app

winged knoll
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You'll probably have to block that on your router, if your router even supports that

silent wagon
#

nice idea . i'll try

rugged oasis
dusk mirage
ionic moss
#

Is the Sonoff USB Zigbee Gateway a good one?

solid whale
#

I have one, and it works. But I've only had it for a whole two days.

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Bought it because of the serious antenna looking antenna

proven girder
#

What’s a good light/ illuminance sensor that’s zigbee based, I’m in australia and budget is not too stupid

fringe moon
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Aqara is great @proven girder

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I even use it outdoors

proven girder
fringe moon
#

It's actually branded mijia

proven girder
fringe moon
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Strange

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Neither can I

proven girder
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Huh

fringe moon
#

I see it in the local Xiaomi store though

vague stump
#

Found a used pc which has a Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 @ 3.60GHz and a and r9 380x 16gb of ram

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Any issues with this running frigate with 8-10 cameras

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Can get it for 325

winged knoll
vague stump
#

Already read through that. Unless I missed something.

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We had this same convo yesterday

winged knoll
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Yup, so, that gives you a good guide for what you need, and you still need a Coral board/stick

vague stump
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It’s not a good guide. It is a guide ;). Also I don’t need a coral. My current instance does not have a coral and runs well but I want one just a 6 month wait

winged knoll
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It's the official guide for Frigate

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Kinda makes it the best guide for Frigate

vague stump
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It may be the best by default as it is the only one I have found. Does not make it good. It lacks specifics to make informed decisions

winged knoll
#

Then I'd direct you to the #cameras-archived channel, where you'll also find the developer of Frigate

vague stump
#

Perfect

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One more question not related to frigate

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Would I be able to install home assistant directly on intel based hardware or do I need to run Linux with docker/vm

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I know it runs on other os as well

winged knoll
vague stump
#

Ok I saw that. Thought that is what that meant

void valve
#

I pickedup a SNZB-03 and have since learned it's a poor choice for a motion sensor, is there one that works reliably?

winged knoll
#

Depends on your budget, and protocols. Assuming Zigbee then Hue is the gold standard, though the Develco mult-sensor seems pretty close. The Xiaomi sensors are ok.

void valve
#

so the Sonoff stuff is meh?

winged knoll
#

Sonoff and Tuya are both ... of variable quality

void valve
#

I picked up one of their usb dongles, the docs I had read at the time suggested it was the gold standard for adding zigbee to a containerized install of HA

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Hue, as in Philips?

winged knoll
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Yes

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Sonoff is popular because it's cheap, same as Tuya

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You get what you pay for

dusk mirage
#

Well I am at the same point right now. Order a sonoff stick as it goes the power chipset as well as tuya roller shutter. Any alternatives? @winged knoll Ian very open for anything else

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I probably read the same doc for the usb stick

bright jacinthBOT
#

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
dusk mirage
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Well I picked the sonoff from the list which is cc2652p. Therefore I wonder why sonoff should not be fine

winged knoll
#

Should be fine, there's been some build quality issues reported, but they seem to be rare

bright jacinthBOT
cold nexus
#

It seems I have posted what the HassBot thinks is code which is fine. It is decoded packets to control a tempurpedic ergo bed. https://hastebin.com/coxexiweha

gloomy spoke
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It just means that you posted more than 15 lines #rules

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I also control my tempur ergo base with those sequences

rugged oasis
dusky blade
#

Ikea has a very long timeout 90s and doesn't support continuous motion reporting (at least not in deconz)...
Battery life is also below expectations.
I cannot recommend it in any way.

rugged oasis
upper scarab
#

Hope this is the right channel, if not please direct me... I have an BME280 sensor that is used with esphome. However after weeks if normal operation, it started reporting "nan" for humidity this weekend.(only for humidity, temp and pressure work normally)
I thought it might have to do with updating to the latest esphome and updated esphome.
After the update everything was working again.
Until this morning when humidity started reporting "nan" again. Recompiled esp32 and now it's working again, but now I wonder for how long.
Does anyone have any clue what might be going on, or how I can get more low level feedback on why it is failing.

solid whale
#

Does just power cycling it fix it as well?

upper scarab
#

I haven't tried, its not as easily accessible, so it was easier to apply this method. But next time it will stop working I'll try that. What will that tell me?

dusky blade
#

Welp speaking of presence detection...
Are there any actual reviews for Aqara Presence Detector FP1 (RTCZCGQ11LM)?
or similar type of sensor?

solid whale
#

if just power cycling fixes it, my guess would be on an issue in the firmware, that just either over time gets itself stuck somehow, or some specific trigger breaks it

upper scarab
#

Ok that makes sense. Do you know if it is possible to echo the I2C commands and replies in the log of esphome?

rugged oasis
#

just as we talked about it.. my xiaomi motion sensor stopped working 😦 and it was pretty reliable for several weeks now

proven girder
upper scarab
#

Ok, so my humidity sensor data just went to unknown (showing nan in the log), but after a power cycle of esp32 it works again.
Any tips of what to do/check next are appreciated...

tepid heart
bright jacinthBOT
upper scarab
#

Thanks @tepid heart

little grotto
#

A friend of mine from the US is looking for webshops for smart home products, where do you buy your products?

winged knoll
#

AliExpress

little grotto
winged knoll
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Why?

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Save money, buy cheaper 😉

little grotto
#

Because my friend prefers to buy from the US. and not everything he wants can be found on Ali.

hallow rock
#

Hi. I bought a Shelly door/window sensor and it was easy to add in home assistant, but after a few minutes, it stops updating the sensor entities

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Using the default settings and latest firmware

zealous dune
#

what do you mean by "stops updating"

hallow rock
#

Lat update also says 13hours ago

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Additionally, I see the sensor respond to ping when a state changes, and waking it up manually does not update the values in HA either

hard tinsel
#

Hey folks, I built a home assistant glow, which worked great until I got solar panels, now the impulse LED on my meter flashes when I consume or return power to the grid, and of course the glow has no way of knowing which is which.

I guess I need to upgrade to some CT clamps, and ones that are aware of which direction the energy is flowing. Does anyone have any recommendations?

thick oriole
undone bough
#

do u really need 6?

proven girder
undone bough
#

but like, even with solar, uve got like 4, in from grid, out to grid, to battery, in from inverter

#

in fact in/out from grid could probably be same ct clamp

proven girder
#

(Eg room 1, 2, aircon, lights, etc)

latent valve
#

Anyone have Eufy L20? Does it work for local only on Home Assistant? I am open to using something like motionEye if needed.

boreal oar
#

Anyone got horizontal blinds, the kind with two strings on one side that adjusts tilt, and a cord on the other to pull them up?

proven girder
wanton oak
#

Hey everyone! I'm looking for an in-wall switch, hopefully with at least three buttons that I can use to control a smart bulb on/off/on without flux, that works as a regular light switch cutting off power when Zigbee/Wi-Fi/Whatever connection is lost.
Does such a thing exist, or do I have to get a separate "smart switch" to place right above the dumb switch, and be forever doomed to swat people's hands away from the dumb switch unless the smart one isn't working?

proven girder
wanton oak
proven girder
wanton oak
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They will failover fine, since everything is run on there then passed to HA
Then does that mean they cut power to the bulb even if they are able to reach HA?
I need something that will always send power to the bulb when HA is reachable, but will act like a normal dumb switch only when HA is unavailable.

wanton oak
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Well I've been digging around and it seems the best course of action is to grab any of these smart relays that can have ESPHome flashed into them, and just write the fallback code and custom behavior meself.
Works for me. Thanks @proven girder for pointing me towards the right path!

proven girder
boreal oar
wanton oak
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Ha! Apparently this is already the default behavior of the Shelly 1 after flashing with ESPHome and enabling its own detached mode. Nice

drifting grove
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hello, someone have olimex esp32-poe + ttl rs485 for modbus ?

wheat mural
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Hello guys.
I used to buy 192w 4*4a rgbw controllers.

I couldn't help but notice that today the controllers are with 100w 4a/ch rgbw.

What was there? Are there really these two models or is it just a subtitle error?

jovial pulsar
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Avoid cross-posting. Please remove your message from #energy-archived.
4 times 4 A at 12 V is 192 W so that seems likely. 100 W would be 6.25 V for 16 A which is... weird...

wheat mural
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Sorry for multiple postings.
I also found this new configuration strange.
Here's a link with a 100w 4a/ch product

wheat mural
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are they really two different products?

jovial pulsar
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They look the same to me.

winged knoll
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Quite possibly it's a case of:
Per channel limit of 100W
Total limit of 192W

wheat mural
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I found it strange a subtitle 4a/ch and the other 4a*4ch

wheat mural
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I think I understand. It would be 100w maximum for 24v which gives 4.16a per channel. And if they were 12v, it would be 50w per channel to give 4.16a

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makes sense?

gray terrace
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Does anyone have recommendations for a speaker for low-latency TTS announcements? I have echos and I have used alexa media player for this, but there's a pretty decent delay between the trigger and the announcement. I'm looking for something with near-instant notifications, specifically for things like "front door opened" kind of notifications.
Edit: Would it be best to pre-record messages as mp3 files and have them played locally some way? I think that might be the only way to avoid a cloud-call?

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While I'm at it, how about a zigbee keypad for arming/disarming of an alarm? I've seen mentions of an Xfinity keypad, but it didn't seem to be integrated into zigbee2mqtt quite yet, and my coding prowess is lacking, lol.

winged knoll
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Cached TTS will help reduce that delay. With cached TTS I get near instant from both Sonos and Google Home

slender anchor
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Hey folks, I am trying to do something seemingly simple as make an grid card with picture entities with my family and their status home/away
But I am struggling to find a solution for Pictures of my family, in the grid card. That will work both when we are locally connected at home or remote connected through companion app
How have you solved this challenge???

winged knoll
slender anchor
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😄 sry

heavy locust
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What are best option for switching on/off bathroom fan? Wifi, zigbee, zwave? What are you using?

dire lark
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So I guess ESP Home is too heavy application for my Raspberry Pi 3 model B right? Its not even the +. So I got like 1 GB ram? 😄

winged knoll
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ESPHome runs on the ESP, not the Pi

surreal light
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For folks in the US, does a Shelly fit properly in a 1 gang box behind a dumb switch? I'm only seeing pictures of them in European boxes which seem much bigger.

gray terrace
glossy prism
winged knoll
gray terrace
dire lark
winged knoll
dire lark
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during the "preparing isntallation"

winged knoll
dire lark
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So not hardware related?

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how can I tell if I'm out of ram?

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shouldnt that be the error?

winged knoll
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what model of Pi?

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What other add-ons are you running?

dire lark
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I have a Pi 3 model B not the +

winged knoll
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Well, 1 GB of RAM... that's not a lot

dire lark
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yeha guess so :S I have a few other addons running

fringe moon
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Oooooof

balmy summit
turbid coral
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Okay, I'm weirded out because an item I thought first to buy when I heard of "smart home"... doesn't seem to exist

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A light switch that acts as completely normal light switch, but which can have its state switched by some wireless smart signal as well

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Does this really not exist?

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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

zealous dune
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that's a smart switch

turbid coral
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But the ones I see at least in local shops are such that they are purely wireless

zealous dune
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then you're looking at smart remotes

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a smart light switch cannot be wireless since it needs to be wired to the light power line

turbid coral
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Like, that's the name most smart remotes call itself, "smart switch"

zealous dune
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then don't believe them

turbid coral
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Yeah but I don't find these smart switches. It's always smart remote

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Calling itself smart switch

zealous dune
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have you tried looking online?

turbid coral
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To the point that I've started to doubt if this thing even exists

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Yes

zealous dune
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i highly doubt that

winged knoll
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Regardless of where in the world you are, there's dozens to hundreds of those devices

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Where in the world are you?

turbid coral
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Finland, EU

zealous dune
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same dimension?

winged knoll
old grotto
surreal marlin
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the motor go in the rod of the roller shutter

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you need to know how heavy the shutter is to choose the right motor

old grotto
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Thanks, will check out.

surreal marlin
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but please consider that these are just examples and you have to look for the exact products yourself depending on weight, size and voltage

tawdry basalt
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getting an error when I try settting the sensittivity... Error: Error Publish 'set' 'sensitivity' to 'Dryer Vibration' failed: 'Error: Write 0x00158d0007c63c78/1 genBasic({"65293":{"value":11,"type":32}}, {"sendWhen":"immediate","timeout":35000,"disableResponse":false,"disableRecovery":false,"disableDefaultResponse":true,"direction":0,"srcEndpoint":null,"reservedBits":0,"manufacturerCode":4447,"transactionSequenceNumber":null,"writeUndiv":false}) failed (no response received)'
Info MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/log', payload '{"message":"Publish 'set' 'sensitivity' to 'Dryer Vibration' failed: 'Error: Write 0x00158d0007c63c78/1 genBasic({"65293":{"value":11,"type":32}}, {"sendWhen":"immediate","timeout":35000,"disableResponse":false,"disableRecovery":false,"disableDefaultResponse":true,"direction":0,"srcEndpoint":null,"reservedBits":0,"manufacturerCode":4447,"transactionSequenceNumber":null,"writeUndiv":false}) failed (no response received)'","meta":{"friendly_name":"Dryer Vibration"},"type":"zigbee_publish_error"}'

tawdry basalt
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another case solved by dumb luck and 6 hours of reading and experimentation.

fringe niche
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Hey. I've my wired network in my garage/office. I want to add some Bluetooth temp/humidity sensors into each bedroom in my home. Is there a Bluetooth hub I can connect into my home that will be connected to my home assistant raspberry pi via network. The Bluetooth from my raspberry in garage does not reach the home

spare barn
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Worst case, a second pi and ha-remote could be used to act as that extension

peak talon
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depending upon the size of the house, bluetooth hub (if you get those) may not be suitable. consider ESP 32 chips and xiaomi /aqara bluetooth sensor - you can check the support in esphome.io

hard tinsel
rugged oasis
hard tinsel
winged knoll
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They're terrible temperature sensors though

hard tinsel
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Not wrong, I have 3 of them on 3 windows all in the same room, and they are reading 32C, 35C and 37C, it's also night time so can't be any issues of the sun shining on them.

gentle yew
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I think im growing obsessed with temperatures and humidity... any recommendations for outdoor weather stations I can buy/build myself and connect to HA?

winged knoll
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Where in the world?

thick oriole
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Build it yourself probably esphome

balmy summit
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I have a room with a ceiling fan/light fixture, and right now it has a smart bulb in it. The switch is a single slot (US) double switch, what are some budget friendly options for a smart switch? My goal is to control the fan, i don't really care about the light switch part since i have a bulb

balmy summit
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Update: Looks like a Shelly relay might be a good option