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Yes , it shows up as two different devices . As far as I know 0 is the zWave and 1 is the Zigbee.
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the latest update for homeassistant broke my integration with homebridge which i was using to integrate with my two nest thermostats no matter what i do homeassistant is not letting me re-add the homebridge controller. anyone experienced this before?
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Nov 11, 2021 03:50
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Any good garden moisture/soil sensors out there? Big backyard incoming and it would be sick to have a bunch of different pots/beds rooted into home assistant for maintenance. Maybe even automating some water valves to do zone watering with misters or a soker hose.
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Nov 13, 2021 05:00
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I think the Rachio 3 controller can interface with moisture sensors? I don’t know anything about which sensor to buy, however. https://support.rachio.com/en_us/soil-sensor-faq-B1Q1dI1Fv I already treat my irrigation like a drat RPG, tinkering with my settings weekly. I hate this thread and how it gives me more ideas to automate in my house.
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Nov 13, 2021 05:20
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House I'm grabbing has a adt protectron panel at the front door. Rolling diy with homeassistant, is there anything I can do to get use of the panel? Or should it just be dumpstered?
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Nov 15, 2021 01:20
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w00tmonger posted:House I'm grabbing has a adt protectron panel at the front door. Depends a lot on what it is specifically. Go find the actual alarm system controller in the basement/a closet and see what you have. Even if the hardware in that itself isn't useful because it's locked down, you could replace it with something else and use some or all of the wiring, sensors and keypads to integrate with HA potentially. But you need to know what you're working with first.
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Motronic posted:Depends a lot on what it is specifically. Go find the actual alarm system controller in the basement/a closet and see what you have. Even if the hardware in that itself isn't useful because it's locked down, you could replace it with something else and use some or all of the wiring, sensors and keypads to integrate with HA potentially. But you need to know what you're working with first. Ah I guess your right, there will be some seperate security box somewhere. Didn't see it in my final walkthrough today but I get possession tommorow so I'll get some models and go from thete
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If you end up integrating HA and want to use Konnected, lemme know. I've got a kit that I bought years ago and never really got hooked up. I went with Ring instead.
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w00tmonger posted:Ah I guess your right, there will be some seperate security box somewhere. Didn't see it in my final walkthrough today but I get possession tommorow so I'll get some models and go from thete w00tmonger posted:Ah I guess your right, there will be some seperate security box somewhere. Didn't see it in my final walkthrough today but I get possession tommorow so I'll get some models and go from thete This is what I'm working with. 2gig go! Control panel. Looks like this is the main box. Opened it up and it has a Telus sim etc so seems to be a zwave hub  So I guess it'll really come down to if I can make the sensors/cameras work and rip this thing out/hack it
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Nov 16, 2021 04:15
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w00tmonger posted:This is what I'm working with. 2gig go! Control panel. Ooh that's what my place had, to replace an even older system. I went with a Honeywell Lyric (HomeKit!) and installed a 5800C2W to take over the wired loops from the basement.
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Nov 16, 2021 12:23
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movax posted:Ooh that's what my place had, to replace an even older system. Still getting familiar with all this, but did you end up removing the panel altogether? 3 wired cameras and entry sensors on everything
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Nov 17, 2021 02:17
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azurite posted:Apparently my smart plugs were from a period where their manufacturer was changing poo poo around without telling them, and they had all sorts of problems. I'm guessing this is why my firmware's not listed on their site (since it's not a guarantee which version I have). I sent them an email and they sent back a firmware file, so I'll see how that goes. Friendship Regain With Inovelli I finally had a spare hour I could dedicate to updating my dud switches. It's not easy or straightforward if you use the HUSBZB-1 + Windows method. However, I was eventually able to find the correct software and procedure to follow, and everything appears to work fine? I'll need to test more because the switches usually take a while before they decide to shut off by themselves. For reference: You can't download the "Z-Wave PC Controller" on its own anymore. You have to install the Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio and add it via the Tools button: https://www.silabs.com/developers/z-wave-controller You also need to install this driver for the HUSBZB-1 using the "Have Disk" method: https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers This is the firmware update process for the Inovelli device, if you're lucky enough to have the correct firmware file: https://support.inovelli.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-s-general-how-to-update-firmware-z-stick-z-wave-pc-controller azurite fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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Nov 17, 2021 06:43
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w00tmonger posted:Still getting familiar with all this, but did you end up removing the panel altogether? 3 wired cameras and entry sensors on everything I removed the old 2Gig panels and the even older 1980s vintage Moose panels, yeah. In my garage, someone in history had gutted all the old security equipment / intercom stuff as well. So, I just put a new LV box there and tucked my 5800C2W + lead-acid battery in there. Upstairs, where the original keypad was, I spliced the sensor signals to take advantage of the old keypad power run from the garage, and then pulled that cable into the box and wired it up to the 5800C2W converter. I guess the trend for even brand-new houses is to go fully wireless, so I have a ton of SiX-series detectors + 5800-series (cheaper, longer battery life on the simpler radios) window contact sensors. I went overboard because I can use those sensors for "free" in HomeKit to trigger automations because they are all exported by the Lyric -- so when I open my front door after sunset, my entry lights automatically turn on. Or, I get an alert if I've left poo poo open late at night -- quite nice. IMO wired sensors win every single time and I wish they made a SiX-encrypted version of the 5800C2W, but can't argue with trends / cheaper cost of install, I guess.
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Nov 17, 2021 13:27
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Partycat posted:+nthing the HUSBZB-1. It's been just fine on Z-Wave for me, no issues. At least one that's out there has a battery and a button so you can take it with you for device inclusion, but I haven't had so many things as to need that feature. How is the range on Z-Wave or the HUSBZB-1 in general through floors? My HomeAssistant lives on a VM in my home server in the basement but all my Z-Wave devices are on my main floor. Now my house is pretty tiny so the distance between the devices and my server isn't that far, one is almost directly above the server. I also have a RP4 on the main floor that runs Mycroft (Pircroft) and was debating trying to stick a Z-Wave hat or USB into and then maybe install docker and run ZWaveJS2MQTT and have that link to HA? But I'm not super skilled with HomeAssistant or even Linux in general so if I could still just put the receiver on the actual server and just pass it through directly to the HA VM that seems much simpler.
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Scruff McGruff posted:How is the range on Z-Wave or the HUSBZB-1 in general through floors? My HomeAssistant lives on a VM in my home server in the basement but all my Z-Wave devices are on my main floor. Now my house is pretty tiny so the distance between the devices and my server isn't that far, one is almost directly above the server. I have mine on my basement NAS on a VM running HA. I just made sure I added a few lightswitches and/or plugs that also function as Zwave repeaters and range hasn't been an issue.
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Nov 17, 2021 18:53
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Scruff McGruff posted:How is the range on Z-Wave or the HUSBZB-1 in general through floors? My HomeAssistant lives on a VM in my home server in the basement but all my Z-Wave devices are on my main floor. Now my house is pretty tiny so the distance between the devices and my server isn't that far, one is almost directly above the server. Like That Works, I have mine installed in my basement sticking off the top of a RPi. I don't have any issues with it reaching up a couple of floors of the duplex I'm in. Laterally everything may be within ~30-50 feet. The little bit I think I understand about ZWaveJS2MQTT is that it does give you the opportunity to have ZWave transceivers located remotely, since it will publish over MQTT. I gave up with this as entities did not map the same as a direct ZWave integration, and I didn't feel like trying to figure out how to map them manually. Powered devices can be repeaters forming a network that would let you extend range if that's an issue and you have that sort of device. The USB device also seems to present itself as a serial device, so I wonder if there's another way to have a tunneled remote serial port, should that be an issue.
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Nov 17, 2021 19:41
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movax posted:I removed the old 2Gig panels and the even older 1980s vintage Moose panels, yeah. In my garage, someone in history had gutted all the old security equipment / intercom stuff as well. So, I just put a new LV box there and tucked my 5800C2W + lead-acid battery in there. Upstairs, where the original keypad was, I spliced the sensor signals to take advantage of the old keypad power run from the garage, and then pulled that cable into the box and wired it up to the 5800C2W converter. Ive been digging into this 2gig Go panel and I may just need to tear it out if I want to hook into it for automation. Sensors are all radio based I think on some 345 Mhz Band. I may leave it in place to have some sort of security, then add additional zwave sensors on the front/back doors for actual automation which is really all I care about anyways.
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Nov 19, 2021 18:22
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w00tmonger posted:Ive been digging into this 2gig Go panel and I may just need to tear it out if I want to hook into it for automation. I have a (different but similar) radio alarm system and integrated the radio sensors using a RaspberryPi and an SDR dongle - definitely not perfect but it does work to get the sensors in. (Look into rtl_433.)
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Kalman posted:I have a (different but similar) radio alarm system and integrated the radio sensors using a RaspberryPi and an SDR dongle - definitely not perfect but it does work to get the sensors in. (Look into rtl_433.) this is all seeming like such a pain in the rear end. At this point I may just buy some more ring sensors and roll my own. seems like a way better route for what will cost me like $60 in sensors to monitor everything. Happy to dig into programming this out, but a bunch of plag n play zigbee/zwave stuff skips out on so much shenanigans and I can just replace the panel with a proper lovelace UI as well at that point
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Nov 19, 2021 20:24
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If I primarily use Phillip Hue lights is my best bet Phillips hue motion sensors if I want to add that functionality? If later down the road, I'd like my motion sensors to be in sync with more than just lighting would I end up wanting a different product?
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Nov 22, 2021 19:20
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Megasabin posted:If I primarily use Phillip Hue lights is my best bet Phillips hue motion sensors if I want to add that functionality? If later down the road, I'd like my motion sensors to be in sync with more than just lighting would I end up wanting a different product? If you use HomeKit, Google Home, or whatever else automation system Hue is compatible with then as long as the sensors are compatible with said automation system it should work. Theoretically speaking of course. There are always hiccups. Google around with what you are thinking and chances are someone has already tried and wrote how great or awful it is.
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Nov 22, 2021 22:21
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Yeah, I haven't used it myself but I know Hue lights and sensors are fully compatible with HomeAssistant, so you shouldn't locked in down the road if you decide to go with a different tool. It just might mean that you have to use a different automation controller (switching from the Hue app to HomeKit or HomeAssistant).
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Nov 23, 2021 16:10
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I mainly meant to ask about the ability of Hue’s motion sensor to act as a general purpose motion sensor. If I have another use for a motion sensor, say for security purposes or activating a camera, can I use Hue’s motion sensor to do that, or is it strictly to be used to activate Hue’s lights and nothing else?
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Megasabin posted:I mainly meant to ask about the ability of Hue’s motion sensor to act as a general purpose motion sensor. If I have another use for a motion sensor, say for security purposes or activating a camera, can I use Hue’s motion sensor to do that, or is it strictly to be used to activate Hue’s lights and nothing else? You should definitely be able to do this, they should show as an independent entity with their own actions so you can tie their actions to any other automations you want. I'm speaking specifically for HomeAssistant but that should generally be true for any controller that supports Hue/Zigbee.
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Anyone having a sale on zigbee switches and motion sensors? Also are there any good doorbells to check out, i want the G4 but those require a unifi protect setup which is a bit outside my scope at the moment.
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Nov 23, 2021 19:36
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Actually for some reason Hue doesn't expose the motion sensor to Home Assistant via integration. I've been meaning to pull mine out of Hue and see if it works with regular ZigBee.
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Nov 23, 2021 22:11
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Cut the ends off those cable ties! Someone is going to poke their eye out!
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Nov 24, 2021 00:16
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God help me if Lutron Caseta switches go on sale Friday.
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Nov 24, 2021 03:24
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:God help me if Lutron Caseta switches go on sale Friday. I feel the same way. The lights in my new place are set up pretty crazy and I'd kill to just automate everything. Is there a good budget option for doing a ton of lighting. Enough light switches it's gonna cost a small fortune to do my whole place otherwise
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Gerdalti posted:Actually for some reason Hue doesn't expose the motion sensor to Home Assistant via integration. I've been meaning to pull mine out of Hue and see if it works with regular ZigBee. Well that's what I get for just guessing when I haven't done it myself.
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I’m so annoyed that the folks who wired my house have almost every three-way ceiling light with the load in between the switches. What a crappy way to save some romex. This limits me from the Leviton Zwave switches to the Jasco/GE ones because of the way they work. The Jasco ones don’t pass the wife test because they are so slow to ramp on and off.
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Nov 24, 2021 14:22
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I can't find any info on this one way or the other, can anyone with Casetta on/off switches (so not the dimmers) confirm that they just switch on and off, rather than fading on and off like the dimmers do?
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Nov 24, 2021 14:33
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FISHMANPET posted:I can't find any info on this one way or the other, can anyone with Caseta on/off switches (so not the dimmers) confirm that they just switch on and off, rather than fading on and off like the dimmers do? I can confirm this. They are relay-based devices.
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My boss tasked me with finding a small hidden-ish camera for her house since she's having issues with a family dispute. It needs to be tiny, have audio, and be monitored from an app. I don't even know where to look for that combo. I tried suggesting the small Wyze ones but those are too big
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TacoHavoc posted:I can confirm this. They are relay-based devices. I think it has to be a good portion of the same guts / core power circuitry as the dimmers — it’s usually the same price or just $5 cheaper than the vanilla Caseta dimmer. I have 2 or 3 in spots where dimming just made 0 sense (like controlling an outlet), but otherwise I’m all dimmers everywhere.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:My boss tasked me with finding a small hidden-ish camera for her house since she's having issues with a family dispute. It needs to be tiny, have audio, and be monitored from an app. I don't even know where to look for that combo. I tried suggesting the small Wyze ones but those are too big Stay the gently caress out of it, that definitely falls under Not Your Problem.
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devmd01 posted:Stay the gently caress out of it, that definitely falls under Not Your Problem. I wish that were an option but it's not
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Our apartment has a gas boiler that provides hot water and runs the radiators. I'd like to replace the old thermostat with a smart one. Does anyone have an opinion on either of these? https://www.netatmo.com/en-eu/energy/thermostat https://www.tado.com/all-en/smart-thermostat I like that they are wireless and have the option to add individual control units to the radiators.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:I wish that were an option but it's not Tell her to Google "nanny cam". There are a ton of them out there and they're built to be simple to use and easy to hide. She doesn't need a complicated solution.
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Hed posted:
That is a configurable setting, you can make it as fast as you want. Separate settings for ramp rate when using the physical switch as well as z-wave.
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