I am so incredibly lost All I want to do | Home Assistant | Page 1

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:33 AM

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Where are you stuck? What does "connect" mean to you?

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:35 AM

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connect to me means so that I can turn on and off an outlet depending on humidity from the info my Mi takes in

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and I assumed that any Zigbee device could connect to another.

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but I think I am wrong and I would need to connect them both via a larger system like home assitant?

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:36 AM

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Well, sadly no... matter promises to address that

And yes, that's exactly what HA does

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So, your starting point is to install Home Assistant

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:36 AM

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but I don't want to buy a connector dongle so was hoping I could just use the Mi smart home hub instead

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:36 AM

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Yeah... not gonna happen 😉

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:37 AM

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So I would need to spend $50 AUD on a stick and learn to program?

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:37 AM

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Hubs are locked down and only support what they support, you can't use them as a general purpose Zigbee coordinator

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:37 AM

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ah I see, that sucks :/ thanks though

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:37 AM

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Not really learn to program, but yes, buy a good #zigbee-archived coordinator and then learn HA

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There are plenty of bad choices of Zigbee coordinator - the #zigbee-archived channel can guide you to the better choices

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:42 AM

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Do I also need to buy a rasberry pi?

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:43 AM

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No

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You can run Home Assistant on almost any vaguely modern computer

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I run it on an 9 year old laptop, others run it on a Pi, an oDroid, PC, Mac...

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:44 AM

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does the computer need to be on permanently?

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:44 AM

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Yes

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Computers, like toasters, don't work when they're not on

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:45 AM

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haha nice quote. So my devices wont talk to one another when the computer is not on?

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ok

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:45 AM

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No, because they're using the computer to talk to each other

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:45 AM

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yea alrighty thanks

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:46 AM

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They're really talking to the computer, and it's then passing on a different message. Think of the computer (HA) as a translator for the different languages each devices "speaks"

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The humidity rises, and the sensor sends that information to HA. HA then goes ah, I've been told that when the humidity goes above 80 I should turn on the fan so it sends the turn on command to the fan

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:47 AM

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Yea makes sense. I don't really plan on making a crazy system, I just want it for this one purpose 😢

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:47 AM

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It's going to be massively overkill for that, but it'll work

tiny stream Nov 30, 2022, 9:47 AM

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signal canopy The humidity rises, and the sensor sends that information to HA. HA then goes _a...

Yea thats the goal

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Yea thats what I am thinking haha

signal canopy Nov 30, 2022, 9:47 AM

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You can buy extractor fans with humidity sensors that'll turn themselves on and off

#I am so incredibly lost All I want to do