empty bay
Hi i have a question about relays/switchs.
Normally what i understood is that you would either get a smart switch/relay or a smart bulb.
Because the smart bulb always needs power, is there a type of relay that instead of cutting the power it sends a signal to the light to turn of instead of cutting the power?
Or is that how they work and i just understand them wrong?
Semi new to HA
odd wadi
Hi i have a question about relays/switchs.
Normally what i understood is that y...
some relays (like the shelly ones) have options on what to do with when switched.
so you can tell it to do nothing on switch then have a home assistant automation to turn on/off the smart bulb when switch changes state.
the issue with this is that if home assistant is down then you cant turn the bulb on with the switch.
empty bay
How do you know wich brand has this feature is there a symbol or term i need to look for?
odd wadi
I know the shelly ones do and those are generally what I would recommend. I am sure about other makes. its called "switch input mode" or something i think. so would be something to that effect
empty bay
Hmm aight will try to look for that, knew about shelly but they are a bit pricey if u compare them to the cheapo aliexpress versions
odd wadi
Hmm aight will try to look for that, knew about shelly but they are a bit pricey...
there's a reason for it... btw if your looking at cheap stuff on AE. if its TUYA then don't buy it
odd wadi
they are cheap and shit. and also you end up spending 5 hours setting it up instead of 5 minutes
the wifi stuff is cloud dependant (server in china)
SOME of the zigbee stuff can be okay, but its flakey and can disrupt your entire zigbee network