honest lynx
I’m very much interested in constructing a “distributed thermostat” for my multi-level home in the hopes of better triggering my HVAC system to keep expenses/energy costs controlled & understood, and this has come into my field of vision:
https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
It was recommended to go with pre-built sensors from Acu-rite.
How would one go about installing that into HAOS? I’m pretty new here, so any assistance will be appreciated.
opal fox
433 is an old format, pretty much fire and forget. It can be shoehorned into HA but doesn't lend itself well to anythinf built in the last 10 years.
Zigbee, Zwave, Wifi, Mattr-Thread are all better choices. Even LoRa if you have longer distances involved has hadvantages over 433.
I have some 433 stuff and I need to fire the command 3 or 4 times to make sure it is properly recieved, and then there is no feedback for a check. If you are dealing with keeping your pipes from freezing, I would not rely on 433.
clear portal
rtl_433 works pretty well for sensors. I have a ton of Acurite ones. I wouldn't use it for commands.
opal fox
The ones I have sometimes 2 fire at once and I loose the data from both.And the couple of plugs I have left the command sends the data 3 times to up the odds of making it happen. Very love-hate.
I still use the door sensors everywhere, and some pir/light socket pairs.
Nothing mission critical.
honest lynx
rtl_433 works pretty well for sensors. I have a ton of Acurite ones. I wouldn't ...
This is what I have seen on reddit. Trusting but verifying…if I get serious, I’d love to see how you go about yours
clear portal
I'm just running rtl_433 manually and send the output to an MQTT broker, then consume in HA with manual MQTT templates. There are a log of ways to go about it.