I can 1000% recommend the Meross smart garage door opener with HomeKit for anyone looking to open/close/check on their garage door remotely—it’s easy enough to install and works great over the local network with Home Assistant (thanks to HomeKit, even if you don’t have any Apple devices)!
It can work with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple Siri if you’re into that stuff, too.
Personally, I’m just happy to get away from the shady and abusive MyQ (owned by Chamberlain, like most other garage door brands) which is cloud-dependent, has systematically removed features, locked out DIY-ers and smart home enthusiasts by blocking API access, added ads to their app, and partnered with Amazon and Walmart to let them into your garage—eww.
You can automate much of your home and devices with a Raspberry Pi and open-source Home Assistant
This article is a worthy reminder that are already many things in your home which you can automate from garage door openers, to your home router, to a solar system, to lights, to speakers, and so much more.
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@danie10 if you hook up IoT devices like a Camera for example, how do you avoid it from 'phoning' home, which most models are made to do and possibly sending the feed to the manufacturer too? #HomeAssistant
@danie10 I was arm-twisted and persuaded that we need a Nanny Cam and at the moment we have a EUFY Indoor Cam. The only reason I bought it is because it's the only Cam I found that features E2EE for feed, local storage and if activated cloud storage too. But I see that #HomeAssistant has standard support for Cams like Xiaomi, which ordinarily I would not dream of buying - just wondering if Cams like that can be 'safely' integrated/operated with Home Assistant.
Just released version 1.4.0 of week-planner-card for #HomeAssistant. This version introduces a setting to hide days without events except for today and a feature where you can click on the weather forecast to get the weather more info popup (thanks to @beyondwatts )
Our final inspections are done for the heavy up, EV charger and range outlet, and Pepco has come to connect our new service line, so I could finally reinstall the Emporia Vue Energy monitor in our new panel. It’s working great and now my #HomeAssistant energy dashboards are working again. 🤓
Sinds 2019 is er een kleine (maar fijne) Nederlandse Discord chat community rondom domotica en alles wat er bij komt kijken. Van #HomeAssistant tot #Homey, slim omgaan met #Energie, en zelfs #3DPrinting
The template card/bar card dashboard I've been using to display my current power consumption broke after a recent update.
I got the code from the #HomeAssistant community. I updated the color codes from a very long # code (much longer than what HEX would be), and used RGB. Colors are back, but they are muted and the bar isn't resizing as it used to.
Asked about it on the thread where the original code came from, hopefully there's an answer
Big thanks go to @jan for making it possible to install a new dependency (python-isal) and to @stefano for hosting brew.bsd.cafe where the homeassistant rc script is now located.
Any comments, suggestions, or corrections - please let me know.
My electricity bill for last month: Import costs ~£50, export credits ~£90. Overall credit for April: £40 (including standing charges and running an electric car).
This is thanks to Solar PV, a House Battery and a flexible tariff from #Octopus (Intelligent Go) - all orchestrated with #HomeAssistant
Capital cost was high but well worth it 👍 #solar#solarpower#battery#solarpv#lowcarbon
My Zigbee network failed a few days ago. Devices were unresponsive, the log was full of errors, and nothing worked.
After 2 years I wanted to throw #homeassistant through the window.
I downgraded z2m. Fixed wifi/Zigbee channels to reduce interference. Disconnected rogue devices. Researched all the forums. Nothing worked.
Today, as a last attempt, I updated the firmware on my Sonoff dongle.
Suddenly everything works again, snappier, even OTA!
Happy.
Spent some of the weekend playing with Arduinos + Home Assistant (@homeassistant) to keep a better eye on my plants. Even though it's C++, it's so refreshing compared to shipping modern prod code!
Single file, no tests, no 3rd party dependencies, no infra, just run code & see results immediately (if it works, it's done). And with deep sleep the result should keep running on battery for years untouched. Super fun! ✨
#HomeAssistant shows a lot of promise for #SmartHome integration across manufacturers, but right now, there is still an awful lot of Fucking About™ required to make things happen.
I'm trying to integrate something and the bit that's required before I set the integration up requires SSH, an additional interface element (HACS), and an installation sequence, accompanied by clearing browser cache, that does not easily seem to work.
I'm as keen as the next geek to mess with stuff under the hood, but this is pretty much deep nerd only territory.
Every time I check for progress on my #HomeAssistant PR for adding support for the #APsystems EZ1 inverter, I get pissed. I've put a lot of time into the PR I've been waiting for a review since over a month and that one guy says he doesn't have time for that, but still reviews other PRs. I mean, I can't judge, he's also just a volunteer, but I still feel a bit cheated on. The other thing is that HA is (kind of) a commercial project and they ask me to review 2 others PRs to get my work merged.
Further adventures with #HomeAssistant and #ESPhome show that a Dallas 1-wire temperature sensor can be wired up via a 4K7 and it just works! Greenhouse temperature now monitored, option to send "It's bloody cold out here you know" messages enabled. NZ-compliant wifi socket for the heater on order...
Hey @Unixbigot !
I wondered what that multi-microphone home assistant module was as per #EverythingOpen presentation? Went and installed #HomeAssistant didn't I? Can give it up any time I like...
Configured an #ESPhome#HomeAssistant device up with two buttons on it, and an 18650 battery. Battery doesn't last overnight, which is a bit disappointing. I need something I can stick on a wall that runs forever off a CR2032 (used to have those with the ancient X10 system).
@techducks wie vertrauenswürdig sind solche smarten Steckdosen? Die Firmware wird sicher nie erneuert um Sicherheitslöcher zu stopfen und wenn man Namen wie TP-Link 🤮 Tapo liest gibt es bestimmt einige. Zudem die Apps von denen nach Hause telefonieren, Standortfreigabe verlangen (z.B. Tuya) und die Verbindungen auch sicher über deren Server laufen und somit eine weiter Angriffsfläche bieten. Ist es das Risiko wert? Oder gibt es smarte FOSS Steckdosen? #Smarthome#HomeAssistant
I hate HomePods so much at this point. Playing music in my living room and it's a bit too loud. I want Siri to reduce the volume and it cries about a missing internet connection.
How can you play Music without Internet?
Why the fuck does this shit pile of overpriced tech need an internet connection to reduce the volume?
Well. The Era 100 just arrived yesterday. It took me about 20 Minutes to figure stuff out and my "Toddler sleeps" automation finally runs completely with #HomeAssistant without any hacks.
I guess, every time a #HomePod annoys me, I just buy another #Sonos now, sell the HomePods and move on.
The way HomePods work these days, this should take about 40 Minutes. 😅
But seriously. I wish that my previous experience with Sonos wasn't that bad. The I would've probably tested this out months ago.
Thanks to @motoridersd for testing my use case in Home Assistant before buying Sonos again. That made it much easier for me.