Video idea - there are lots of videos on HA but nothing end to end for a typical setup. Eg 4 bed house, lights, blinds, fans, heating, solar, av, cameras, security, with home assistant. Ie how does someone go from not having used home assistant to a full setup with all of the common things most people would want. It would be a cool videos series.
Thanks for the feedback! I am actually trying to work on something like that - Helping automate a home that has no real setup, chronicle the process. Hope to have something soon! - thanks for the suggestion, and for watching!
Wow, I've been searching for a solution to a problem I have: I want to turn on my Kasa smart switches that control my ceiling fans when the AC goes off, but I haven't been able to find anything. Thanks to you, I just discovered the vibration sensor. I'm hoping this will be enough to detect the vibration of my air handler's fan when it turns on, and then send a signal to turn on all my switches. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the feedback - I am always trying different things - might have gone a little overboard with that one! Glad you liked the information, and thanks for watching!
Some cool stuff, interesting about you wanting plugged in PIR, In my experience have found that PIR and contact sensors last for an eternity on battery.
Thanks! Might be an opinion I formed over time - I think it was because I rely on the motion sensors so much, that I feel it when they don't work - so I always to find plug in solutions (outside especially). But even as I rewatched the video I mention the one in my office has been working for over a year on 1 AA battery so I guess that's pretty good! - thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it - and thanks for watching of course!
I have the sonoff temp gauge and it's offline most of the time. In both the smart life and tuya app you can't see anything, such as the history or last measurement, when it's offline. It also is locked to Celsius in the app (the hardware is F/C selectable and updates measurements relatively fast, but it's expensive when the smart isn't very smart.). I'm not sure if I'm missing something to make the device usable between zigbee updates.
Sounds like you may have got a dud - mine has actually been working great, I have a few around the house now and I like the fact I can just read the temp on the screen as well - replaced some zwave ones that were built into motion sensors. - you should be able to change it from C to F on the unit itself - or from the setting on HA. - hope you got it figured out - and thanks for watching!
Thanks! Working on a couple LED projects - one outdoor, and a couple indoor! hope to have some content up soon! Thanks for the feedback and of course for watching!
why do all the reviews for the zigbee dongle say its no longer supported or stopped working after a couple months....does anyone know of a zigbee dongle that actually supported for more than a year noticing that the biggest problem is finding a stable usb hub that is getting constant updates....things like this make zigbee rough to adopt for most people.
The real test is what works with Matter-zigbee bridges like Hue Bridge for lights, or Third Realities Smart Bridge MZ1 for local control without any subscriptions or cloud work arounds.
All the products I spoke about don't require a third party hub other than a home assistant USB dongle/hub which communicates with the device locally (no cloud). Although some of them do have an available hub, they are not required to work with home assistant - and I would not recommend them unless you stay all with one brand! - thanks for watching and for the feedback - I really appreciate it!
@@Bigglare lol - I know, but different in that this one “hub” can work with all of these products locally - as opposed to some products that require a brand specific hub or bridge
I think they stopped selling the complete HIVE solution (Hub etc) - but I find the sensors and devices are still available and I find them to work great. I guess they could be liquidations, but I have been able to pick a bunch up on sale - and they don't seem to be restocked constantly on amazon. - thanks for the feedback, and for watching!
Keep trying - check out my easy setup videos, I have one on a raspberry pi, and the other using proxmox. If you follow the Raspberry pi video step by step I am sure you can get it going - let me know if/when you get stuck and I am happy to help out. - thanks for watching.
PLEASE continue with great and affordable zigbee devices!
Thank you, I am glad you liked it - I will try to make more similar in the future - thanks for the feedback, and for watching!
Video idea - there are lots of videos on HA but nothing end to end for a typical setup. Eg 4 bed house, lights, blinds, fans, heating, solar, av, cameras, security, with home assistant. Ie how does someone go from not having used home assistant to a full setup with all of the common things most people would want. It would be a cool videos series.
Especially with all the latest updates to HA
Thanks for the feedback! I am actually trying to work on something like that - Helping automate a home that has no real setup, chronicle the process. Hope to have something soon! - thanks for the suggestion, and for watching!
Wow, I've been searching for a solution to a problem I have: I want to turn on my Kasa smart switches that control my ceiling fans when the AC goes off, but I haven't been able to find anything. Thanks to you, I just discovered the vibration sensor. I'm hoping this will be enough to detect the vibration of my air handler's fan when it turns on, and then send a signal to turn on all my switches. Thanks so much!
Nice, hopefully that works - let me know - would be great to hear a success story! :-) - thanks for watching and for sharing!
The video fade in effect on each camera change is very distracting. The information in the video was good!
Thanks for the feedback - I am always trying different things - might have gone a little overboard with that one! Glad you liked the information, and thanks for watching!
Some cool stuff, interesting about you wanting plugged in PIR, In my experience have found that PIR and contact sensors last for an eternity on battery.
Thanks! Might be an opinion I formed over time - I think it was because I rely on the motion sensors so much, that I feel it when they don't work - so I always to find plug in solutions (outside especially). But even as I rewatched the video I mention the one in my office has been working for over a year on 1 AA battery so I guess that's pretty good! - thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it - and thanks for watching of course!
I have the sonoff temp gauge and it's offline most of the time. In both the smart life and tuya app you can't see anything, such as the history or last measurement, when it's offline. It also is locked to Celsius in the app (the hardware is F/C selectable and updates measurements relatively fast, but it's expensive when the smart isn't very smart.). I'm not sure if I'm missing something to make the device usable between zigbee updates.
Sounds like you may have got a dud - mine has actually been working great, I have a few around the house now and I like the fact I can just read the temp on the screen as well - replaced some zwave ones that were built into motion sensors. - you should be able to change it from C to F on the unit itself - or from the setting on HA. - hope you got it figured out - and thanks for watching!
Very interesting stuff, Thanks for the clear explanation. Looking forward to your LED vid(s).
Thanks! Working on a couple LED projects - one outdoor, and a couple indoor! hope to have some content up soon! Thanks for the feedback and of course for watching!
why do all the reviews for the zigbee dongle say its no longer supported or stopped working after a couple months....does anyone know of a zigbee dongle that actually supported for more than a year noticing that the biggest problem is finding a stable usb hub that is getting constant updates....things like this make zigbee rough to adopt for most people.
The real test is what works with Matter-zigbee bridges like Hue Bridge for lights, or Third Realities Smart Bridge MZ1 for local control without any subscriptions or cloud work arounds.
Sonoff S40 lites work great with Hue and 3R.
Sonoff SNZB-06P are excellent mmWave Occupancy Sensors, yeah works great with 3R's hub. Not to Mention Ikea's Parasoll door sensors.
All the products I spoke about don't require a third party hub other than a home assistant USB dongle/hub which communicates with the device locally (no cloud). Although some of them do have an available hub, they are not required to work with home assistant - and I would not recommend them unless you stay all with one brand! - thanks for watching and for the feedback - I really appreciate it!
@@yoyoTechKnows home assistant is a third party hub. Lol
@@Bigglare lol - I know, but different in that this one “hub” can work with all of these products locally - as opposed to some products that require a brand specific hub or bridge
I thought Hive stopped selling in US. Are these sensors supported by them or they work in HA but SOL if there is hardware issue?
I think they stopped selling the complete HIVE solution (Hub etc) - but I find the sensors and devices are still available and I find them to work great. I guess they could be liquidations, but I have been able to pick a bunch up on sale - and they don't seem to be restocked constantly on amazon. - thanks for the feedback, and for watching!
I can't even get home assistant up and running
Keep trying - check out my easy setup videos, I have one on a raspberry pi, and the other using proxmox. If you follow the Raspberry pi video step by step I am sure you can get it going - let me know if/when you get stuck and I am happy to help out. - thanks for watching.
@@yoyoTechKnows thanks I got it up and running now, stand alone
You need to remove that dark transition, I couldn’t watch the video through