... the cover: materialized and in its natural habitat.
The wall socket box was too shallow to hold a breaker, 24V transformer and #Esp32 board with a relay.
Not very aesthetic, but it covers all the door unlocking junk.
Managed to get #HomeAssistant working with a #RaspberryPi pico W. The only trick was with the initial firmware load. The ESPhome menu offers direct connect an webserial, neither of which seem to be actually supported. But the download option is fine - it automagically builds a UF2 file that you just download and put in the pi yourself. After that it's all over wifi as usual.
Well #Zigbee2mqtt is a lost cause. No matter version I install, it refuses to communicate with my devices. It sometimes saw one, but it failed more than it succeeded.
But I finally managed to get #HomeAssistant to see the #Zigbee USB stick and complete the install. And now I’m setting up all my devices again but this time directly in hass.
Greenhouse now monitored by #Homeassistant (homebrew ESP32 with two Dallas temp sensors bwahahaha) - air temperature and water temperature. When the Athom relay board turns up, it'll run nutrient into the water as well. All in a nice, 3D printed box. That's me for the day.
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 )
Anyone else seeing issues with #HomeAssistant and #Frigate after the latest HA 2024.5.0 release?
I've restarted everything and so far the issue is un-resolved. What I'm seeing is the Recordings switch is not reflecting the actual state of recording enabled or not. This is using the frigate-hass-integration. I see the recordings value toggle in MQTT, but it's just not updating in the device within the integration.
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
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! ✨
What they shouldn't tell you in the #HomeAssistant manual: Use the Supervisor Panel. It no longer exists. The Control Panel a quick web search tells you to use instead no longer exists either...
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.
#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.
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).
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.