Welche #Steckdosen möchte man denn kaufen, wenn sie über #HomeAssistant in #HomeKit einbinden will? Bonus Punkte für Stromverbrauchsmessung (und Dokumentation in #HA) ist aber nicht zwingend notwendig. Ich würde gern vermeiden weiterhin in die teuren Eve Energy zu investieren.
Czy istnieje jakiś sposób na spięcie lokalnej instancji HA ze zdalną instancją HA? Przykładowo w sieci lokalnej uruchomiam HA na RaspberryPi. To RPi widzi lokalną kamerę i udostępnia ją do mojej zdalnej instancji HA, postawionej np. na YunoHost.
I've got rid of #fkb (Fully Kiosk Browser) on my FireHD tablet which shows #homeassistant dashboards.
FKB started acting up, not refreshing etc. Now I'm using #HA companion app, pinned, no lock screen and it works identically, even faster.
I’ve bought some #Ikea #Vallhorn motion sensors for 8€ a piece.
Pairing to the #Zigbee network in Home Assistant and #Zigbee2MQTT was somehow difficult, which is not usual for Zigbee devices (at least according to my limited experiences with them). Nevertheless, I succeeded in pairing them.
Unsuccessful attempts
Firstly I tried to pair the sensor with ‘Permit All’ for several times. Pairing failed. I noticed the sensor wanted to connect to my #Aqara smart plug (SP-EUC01), not to the #Sonoff Zigbee stick (the coordinator). Somehow Aqara didn’t like it and rejected the initial Zigbee ‘interview’.
Overall, the design of the sensor looks nice and smooth. On the backside, it has 3 buttons:
Link – for pairing
Timer (1 – 5) – probably to notify connected lights when to turn off (after 1 or 5 minutes). Not sure if this function works or even makes sense in Home Assistant.
Light mode – to notify connected lights when to turn on/off (always, only at night). Again, this function is probably useful if you have an Ikea gateway and lights and not in the Home Assistant
Ikea Vallhorn with holderThe package also includes a holder and a piece of double-sided tape. The manual doesn’t include much information.
Automations
Why I bought this motion sensor at all? The initial idea was to turn on the Home Assistant dashboard (FireHD tablet) when someone approaches the fridge with the tablet attached.
The automation is simple:
If a motion is detected, then send a notification (‘command_screen_on’) to the tablet (running the #HomeAssistant companion app):
Motion sensor log in Home AssistantIt detects motion and turns on the tablet, but the tablet screen turns off after a minute. I’ve noticed the sensor doesn’t send triggers every time it detects motion, only at the beginning of the motion and after the state is cleared (no motion detected). The states are:
Detected -> Cleared -> Detected -> Cleared … and so on
The effect: if someone is dancing in front of the sensor for several minutes, it will trigger only one time. Meanwhile, the associated automation will not be triggered again.
I could prolong the screen on time, but that is not the best solution. I have to think about how to solve this issue. Maybe other types of motion sensors behave the way I want?
Ideas for other 2 motion sensors
Ok, this was the first motion sensor I put in use.
The second sensor I’ve put in my workshop to detect motion. I’d like to build a simple home alarm system. A few days ago I thought I heard someone opening doors and walking in my workshop. When I checked, nobody was there, but the unpleasant feeling stayed. So the purpose of the second sensor is to prove if I’m hallucinating and hearing voices or not 🙂
For the 3rd one, I don’t have an idea yet where to put it.
@tomi Who would have thought that? Changing batteries from 1.5V to 1.2V rechargeable solved false motion triggers. #HA#homeassistant community, you are great.
✨Tomorrow is the day! We will come to #Hamburg and enjoy a day with diverse 🐍 talks and lots of 🍕Pizza ✨ 🧶
🗓️ On November 17th
📍At New Work SE
🐍 @discombobulateme - Galactic Gathering: Forging Indisciplinary Fellowship in Open Source
🍕 Alessandro Romano - Streamlit: Making Data Shine in Minute
🐍 Ellen König - A story of surviving and thriving as an underrepresented gender in tech
🍕Lorenzo Peña - Who cares about URLs
For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.
@homeassistant I started switching every lightbulb over to zigbee. Directly controlled by #HA this afternoon. Gonna be a fun project recreate all scenes and automations.
@thegibson why is #downtime an acceptable excuse. I would think that if someone implements #HA, it would keep them from having to announce rookie moves, like an #outage.
My understanding was that they blocked 2 specific instances, which people are referring to as “defederating” and “having a closed system,” but my understanding is that all other Lemmy and kbin instances can still interact with Beehaw and vice versa, so isn’t Beehaw technically still federated, they just blocked two...
Can someone break down the whole Beehaw controversy?
My understanding was that they blocked 2 specific instances, which people are referring to as “defederating” and “having a closed system,” but my understanding is that all other Lemmy and kbin instances can still interact with Beehaw and vice versa, so isn’t Beehaw technically still federated, they just blocked two...