Welcome to the world of Homeassistant this open source software pulls down all of the devices that use the cloud and expose's your actions to who knows where and keeps it local and the power to create automations is absolutely outstanding look forward to more content in your new journey!
I started my Home Assistant setup using an SLZB-06 for Zigbee. The SLZB-06 worked so flawlessly I got another one for matter and it does a great job at that as well. I haven't mounted them to a wall yet, but I'm thinking I'll print a housing and cable channel to put up on them to improve the appearance. I will, I think, need to add a small, quiet fan to the housing and tap into the POE to power it.
Yea I was so close to motion controlling that, but I was worried about when folks don’t want to use them at all. Say in the middle of the night (the light is visible in our bedroom when the door is open).
@@MandicReallyif you use motion you could set it for a certain time say midnight till 6am to only bring lights on dim just enough at night if anyone needs to use the toilet.any other time set it brighter.etc
The Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 might be your answer to matter. It is a Zigbee dongle made/designed by the Home Assistant team but also has Matter capabilities via software/firmware updates. It just plugs in with USB
I just started down the Home Assistant home automation path. I would love to see more of what you come up with for this. You have a very good way of showing/teaching things and I'm having a hard time finding good sources of HA how-to's.
Nice video. My garage door opener with camera and battery backup is part of my smart home system. Of course I replaced it after my old one broke down but it has been very useful and there are plenty of options on the market. I recommend it.
I live in this bizarre space where I love watching video's like this, but you couldn't pay me to install most of that stuff in my home. I actually like the 1990's era non intrusive "smart" features better. That said the Conch Plus hotend is the first non stock hotend I've seen I'm seriously interested in. It is rather annoying they only have two resellers in the US and neither of them have it. Edit: Nevermind found another reseller hidden near the bottom of the list that has it..and under $40? Thank you! for this amazing suggestion.
Right on! I need to redo my Home Assistant setup. Haven't had it on for some time now.. and need to fix it and get it back to working! Just ordered the Qidi 4 Plus printer, and recently got the Bambu A1 Mini.. a pretty good printer. Have a voron 0.2 waiting to be built and my S1 Pro still sitting apart from when I was upgrading it with x/y/z linear rails. One day I hope to get that working again as I spent more on that than my Qidi 4 plus ANd the A1 mini combined!
Does your intercom have a larger unit in one room (possibly the kitchen)? If I remember correctly that's usually where the individual units from the rooms / doors ended up terminating. Wiring similar to thermostats I think.
That makes sense, and I'm sure one is probably the "main" unit, but no the bedroom ones and kitchen one are identical from the outside. I'll just have to open things up to figure it out.
As a fan of docker, you dont need to swap anything, home assistant will run on any environment that can run docker. I'm running HA on my beefy router (as docker container)
I used to run HA in a Docker on my Unraid box. Problem was that installing community add-ons were more difficult if not nearly impossible. That’s exactly why I moved to Pi based. That and lower power consumption.
@@MandicReally Yes they are harder to install but it's not impossible. With docker you can run pretty much any addon with exception you need to configure it yourself as separate docker container. But I will not agree about power consumption. Having yet another mini pc to run will consume more power than just running it as docker on my router. Unless you do not have a mini server at home i guess. Docker has yet another advantage, it can also run 3rd party unrelated to HA software on the same mini server. So instead of having 5 mini PCs. I have one beefy router that works as router, HA, NAS, webserver and network supervisor.
My goodness, I knew the V-Core 4 500mm was a beast, but seeing this in your garage, it is MASSIVE!! Cool video btw! How is the responsiveness from the doorbell?
Surprisingly good so far. I had a Wyze doorbell before that would be a 30 second to 1 minute delay when rang to the notification on my phone. I believe the Unifi Protect stuff is processing locally for the majority of tasks so it’s MUCH snappier. It rings and a second or two later I get a notification on my phone. Actually useful.
I have a 6 zone bhyve and it is quite good as long as the weather source for your area is good. Initially our airport only updated the weather info like once a day so it would be raining and irrigating at the same time. I have not integrated anything but I do have Ecobee, Lorex cam/security, Lutron lighting, Grundfos water recirc, and Hunter Douglas blinds. I think having a stable tablet/console is what is keeping me from integrating, I don't want it all on a phone.
I didn't have that particular B-Hyve setup, but the one I did have (and every HomeKit compatible hose valve) was so frustratingly unstable and unreliable that I ended up buying a 4 zone digital timer instead. The ones I had wouldn't stay connected to the WiFi gateway/Z-Wave/Zigbee/whatever it uses hub and would only work when I was close enough for bluetooth to connect directly to each valve from my phone. Then it would claim it was working but not actually do anything. So frustrating. Good luck with that one, though! I hope it's more reliable for you.
I know this may be a little late but home assistant does not need a matter bridge/gateway. Matter uses Wi-Fi to connect to the network. Home assistant has an add-on that acts as a matter bridge that you just install using the add-on installer. No additional hardware is needed.
Your going to want to get Sashco eXact Color caulk. It's tint-able with paint, so it will match your siding perfectly. I would have used it myself, but it wasn't out at the time. However since I have red siding I just used red RTV.
Check out the Rachio Irrigation Controller - Totally hands off and perfect irrigation once you get the settings for soil type/sun amount/slope/root depth/watering rate dialed in
Not yet. It is standalone but priced really well. They announced MSRP is $24 for the Conch and $39 for Conch Plus. Which for silicon carbide I think is kind of crazy. They told me they are working on complete units that should be available “soon”.
@@Anziilife I wonder why they’re a serious risk in Norway, but the risk is statistically insignificant in North America. Don’t get me wrong; wire nuts suck to use in comparison to wago.
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad well, generally in Norway, it only takes a few fires in order to deem a product unsafe and move away from it. Much like our gun policy, where you need to be evaluated and certified in order to own a gun. All weapons also need to be functionally unable to function while stored in a locker. -But back to the electrical installations. We need to be able to use multimeters without disconnecting anything, in order to make sure the circuit is off. 👍
I have the Home Assistant blue but the stupid Odroid SBC decided that its USB port would no longer work. I swore off using SBCs and moved my install into a VM on my TrueNAS, I just needed a USB card to pass through for my USB radio sticks.
Try the SMLIGHT SLZB-06 it will handle your Zigby and your matter over thread network. You can also place them anywhere you want because they are connected through ethernet so if you have a large house, you can put one at either end and use one as a router to the thread or Zigbee network.
That requires reflashing for Matter Over Threads, correct? I got a Sonoff USB dongle that had to be reflashed but it isn't playing nicely. HA sees it and launches a Threads Border Router with it, but Threads devices are still not connecting properly and it won't authorize with my phone. Behaving strangely.
i've found there's some decent poe -> ethernet & usb power adapters, i use one of those with my hubitat base station (and i've got the hubitat integrated w/ home assistant). the hubitat C-8 models support zigbee, zwave & matter
Matter works with wifi... it's thread that needs it's own transceiver. I have wifi matter bulbs, for instance that do not need their own hub/extender/etc. You probably already know this, but it wasn't super clear in the video. Just lettin' ya know.
Yea I did not make that distinction you are correct. My switches are fine on wifi but the button needs Thread. Still having trouble, close to just adding a Home Pod as a Threads Border Router, blah.
@@MandicReally Honestly, I have the TpLink omada system (basically a knock off unify) and TONS of wireless IoT devices and have yet to have any RF bandwidth issues or slowness. I also have 2 kids and a wife that would definitely tell me if there were issues. :) If you wanted to ditch the threads entirely you probably could and just replace it with zwave or zigbee where absolutely necessary. For instance, I'm using a habitat hub for zwave and zigbee, which ties in nicely with HA.
The intercom system should have a "master" panel aka hub that's way bigger than the rest of them. Think of it as a network switch that's where power goes in and is distributed to the other panels
Ikea Dirigera is a good Matter bridge and then if you want POE to it, you can just get a POE to USB-C/Ethernet adapter. Useful if you end up using any other Ikea smart home stuff but not required. Definitely more expensive than some other hubs.
The pressure that would create would introduce more noise. Most likely it would run well without a fan at all some the air movement of drawing air out will do plenty.
hello the itead Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-ZBDongle-E is a basic zigbee dongle whose firmware can be easily changed to a zigbee thread and matter compatible firmware
I find the accessories to homeassistant a bit pricey, so I tend to build my own. Weird how you'd mod a device rather than get a second hand touchpad. HA can then run on a pi4 and be hidden anywhere.
A separate VLAN is good for security, so the smart devices cannot access the rest of your network, but it does less than nothing to reduce congestion. The radio frequencies are the same either way. If you live in an apartment building and everyone has Wifi, the fact that your devices cannot connect to their networks doesn't change the fact that their network traffic causes congestion on the radio frequencies. It isn't the actual data traveling through a specific network that is the issue, it is the radio waves interfering with each other across any network using the same channels and frequencies.
@@MandicReallyi personally prefer running haos on a vm on my nas has been the most reliable for me and have a zigbee to mqqt running on an old pi for all my zigbee devices
On the ecobee, it would've been cleaner to patch and paint the drywall and mount the ecobee. I love 3D printing but as a handyman the ASA piece sticks out.
It’s been patched and painted once already and would have added a day at least to the project. Versus 10 minutes of design and 45 of printing. I don’t disagree but my work demands being nimble and things like that are the difference between getting a video out or not.
Remember when people were so paranoid about "big brother" spying on them and now we open our whole lives up to let tech, corporate and the government see everything we are doing out of convenience. Not trying to hate, I love automation too but it's worth thinking about...
Home Assistant runs locally. That’s one of the benefits. You get the controls of the smart devices without “cloud control”. Just didn’t break down the ins and outs as I didn’t want to bog down the video.
mmwave radar presence sensors that's peak of home automation. frick buttons! you got 20GHz presence detecting beam turning lights FOR YOU I split 5V from my AC head unit control boards to mount them discretely. It ie. turns night mode for AC, when you leave living room/office for the night or turns lights on and off
I was heading down the motion / presence sensor territory for the step lights, but decided to go “easy” with a switch for now. (Didn’t work out clearly 😅)
While I was filming this I saw a FedEx driver walk up and press the gold button. That certainly happens but a lot of my packages call for signatures, so they doo ring the bell fairly often.
Nice... But, in the spirit of FOSS and FOSS hardware..... Why not do that? With the SBC and ESP boards that are available now... I am sure home assistant should be able to do it with FOSS hardware..... This is unfortunately as you have said, an eco system designed for only that hardware is a limit... I am sure that some smart guy has already or is in the process of developing something open source.... (I hope).. The only other issue I have with all these smart gadgets is the sheer amount of compute power that can be leveraged for Ddos attacks... So, I guess pick your poison? Dumb house un-hackable lights?.... The way things are going right now I do not know what is worse.... Vacuum cleaners mapping out your house and those plans been sold to burglars or a washing machine wanting you to complete and accept the TOS and give it an internet connection before it'll do what you bought it to do which is.... Wash clothes..... And then, get marketing ads thrown at you because of said washing machine its TOS and an internet connection.....
I feel like you didn't really read of watched any starter guides regarding the hardware (dongles etc) compatibility, you could have known the hub wasn't a match. But my nagging aside, great video!
There is a downside to the thermostat provided by your power company. We actually had a setup where we got a discounted rate for our electric water heater and our HVAC heat pump. In exchange for that discounted rate, we were giving our power company the ability to turn off our water heater and/or HVAC based on power demands. A couple of really hot days this summer we noticed the AC had been turned off. While not extreme, our house did rise in temp by several degrees. So while the $30 thermostat from the power company sounds like a good deal, it might be worth checking the fine print to see if and how much control you are giving them.
Our company offers a separate program that works that way. The rebate on the thermostat and water sprinkler controller is not part of that. We can opt into that and get a reduced rate, at the expense of that loss of control. Working from home that’s a no go for us. Good info for others though. 👍🏻
was with this till i realized everything is cloud/app crap... ie more integrations and relying on data brokers...and of course EULAs that say you dont own you anymore, they do!
LOL... so you are telling me that screen does not come with wireless connectivity to plug into the pcie bus on the compute module... LOL shut up and take my money!!!!! In the meantime of course one can run home assistant somewhere else and have a much cheaper and much dummer touch screen console that has wifi mounted in multiple places in the house to control its functions and then the connectivity and other things are not co-located with the screen(s).
Smart Home? I’m not really certain if the means anything unless you have a voice activated AI controlling everything Tony Stark style. Doorbell camera at one time was smart home but now just common place. Controller screen panels have been replaced by tablet apps, and even when it is all done will you really one press close all blinds, lock all doors, and turn off all lights? What happens with that one door that was left open? Locked but not secure. I think we have come a long way with smart locks , door bells, thermostats, sprinkler controllers, and cameras, but are they just the norm for every house these days. I saw a house in the 80s with all that and now it just seems like it was a glimpse into the future. What future tech is going to be the norm in 20 years that we can install today?
Welcome to the world of Homeassistant this open source software pulls down all of the devices that use the cloud and expose's your actions to who knows where and keeps it local and the power to create automations is absolutely outstanding look forward to more content in your new journey!
I started my Home Assistant setup using an SLZB-06 for Zigbee. The SLZB-06 worked so flawlessly I got another one for matter and it does a great job at that as well. I haven't mounted them to a wall yet, but I'm thinking I'll print a housing and cable channel to put up on them to improve the appearance. I will, I think, need to add a small, quiet fan to the housing and tap into the POE to power it.
Nice man. I have the exact same Unifi setup. The gateway, switches, cam, AP and love it
The stairs shouldn't need a button, it should be motion controlled in my opinion.
Yea I was so close to motion controlling that, but I was worried about when folks don’t want to use them at all. Say in the middle of the night (the light is visible in our bedroom when the door is open).
@@MandicReallyif you use motion you could set it for a certain time say midnight till 6am to only bring lights on dim just enough at night if anyone needs to use the toilet.any other time set it brighter.etc
A house with several cats and motion controlled light - umm no
The Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 might be your answer to matter. It is a Zigbee dongle made/designed by the Home Assistant team but also has Matter capabilities via software/firmware updates. It just plugs in with USB
Just looked into it, thanks for the tip! But it seems that they discontinued it because of a voltage regulation issue
The SLZB-06M works well as a PoE powered Zigbee Router and a Matter Gateway.
Like the way the screws are installed around the light switch! Its all in the details 😁
I just started down the Home Assistant home automation path. I would love to see more of what you come up with for this. You have a very good way of showing/teaching things and I'm having a hard time finding good sources of HA how-to's.
Nice video. My garage door opener with camera and battery backup is part of my smart home system. Of course I replaced it after my old one broke down but it has been very useful and there are plenty of options on the market. I recommend it.
I live in this bizarre space where I love watching video's like this, but you couldn't pay me to install most of that stuff in my home. I actually like the 1990's era non intrusive "smart" features better. That said the Conch Plus hotend is the first non stock hotend I've seen I'm seriously interested in. It is rather annoying they only have two resellers in the US and neither of them have it.
Edit: Nevermind found another reseller hidden near the bottom of the list that has it..and under $40? Thank you! for this amazing suggestion.
Yea the price of that hotend surprised me. I expected almost double that. Glad you located it. 👍🏻
Right on! I need to redo my Home Assistant setup. Haven't had it on for some time now.. and need to fix it and get it back to working! Just ordered the Qidi 4 Plus printer, and recently got the Bambu A1 Mini.. a pretty good printer. Have a voron 0.2 waiting to be built and my S1 Pro still sitting apart from when I was upgrading it with x/y/z linear rails. One day I hope to get that working again as I spent more on that than my Qidi 4 plus ANd the A1 mini combined!
Does your intercom have a larger unit in one room (possibly the kitchen)? If I remember correctly that's usually where the individual units from the rooms / doors ended up terminating. Wiring similar to thermostats I think.
That makes sense, and I'm sure one is probably the "main" unit, but no the bedroom ones and kitchen one are identical from the outside. I'll just have to open things up to figure it out.
As a fan of docker, you dont need to swap anything, home assistant will run on any environment that can run docker. I'm running HA on my beefy router (as docker container)
I used to run HA in a Docker on my Unraid box. Problem was that installing community add-ons were more difficult if not nearly impossible. That’s exactly why I moved to Pi based. That and lower power consumption.
@@MandicReally Yes they are harder to install but it's not impossible. With docker you can run pretty much any addon with exception you need to configure it yourself as separate docker container. But I will not agree about power consumption. Having yet another mini pc to run will consume more power than just running it as docker on my router. Unless you do not have a mini server at home i guess. Docker has yet another advantage, it can also run 3rd party unrelated to HA software on the same mini server. So instead of having 5 mini PCs. I have one beefy router that works as router, HA, NAS, webserver and network supervisor.
I had those same exact intercoms. I removed them when I moved in and drywalled over the hole but I think they were 120V.
I like the ESP32 solution. Very clever.
My goodness, I knew the V-Core 4 500mm was a beast, but seeing this in your garage, it is MASSIVE!!
Cool video btw! How is the responsiveness from the doorbell?
Surprisingly good so far. I had a Wyze doorbell before that would be a 30 second to 1 minute delay when rang to the notification on my phone. I believe the Unifi Protect stuff is processing locally for the majority of tasks so it’s MUCH snappier. It rings and a second or two later I get a notification on my phone. Actually useful.
Cool vid. I'm a big fan of green painters tape myself.
I have a 6 zone bhyve and it is quite good as long as the weather source for your area is good. Initially our airport only updated the weather info like once a day so it would be raining and irrigating at the same time. I have not integrated anything but I do have Ecobee, Lorex cam/security, Lutron lighting, Grundfos water recirc, and Hunter Douglas blinds. I think having a stable tablet/console is what is keeping me from integrating, I don't want it all on a phone.
I didn't have that particular B-Hyve setup, but the one I did have (and every HomeKit compatible hose valve) was so frustratingly unstable and unreliable that I ended up buying a 4 zone digital timer instead. The ones I had wouldn't stay connected to the WiFi gateway/Z-Wave/Zigbee/whatever it uses hub and would only work when I was close enough for bluetooth to connect directly to each valve from my phone. Then it would claim it was working but not actually do anything. So frustrating. Good luck with that one, though! I hope it's more reliable for you.
Don't forget to winterize your sprinkler system boss
Really love that Video. First Vid I ever saw of you. You definitely deserve more subscribers! Keep up the good work
I know this may be a little late but home assistant does not need a matter bridge/gateway. Matter uses Wi-Fi to connect to the network. Home assistant has an add-on that acts as a matter bridge that you just install using the add-on installer. No additional hardware is needed.
Love the stairwell..
Your going to want to get Sashco eXact Color caulk. It's tint-able with paint, so it will match your siding perfectly. I would have used it myself, but it wasn't out at the time. However since I have red siding I just used red RTV.
Check out the Rachio Irrigation Controller - Totally hands off and perfect irrigation once you get the settings for soil type/sun amount/slope/root depth/watering rate dialed in
Does the Conch hotend from phaetus come with the thermisotr and heater?
Not yet. It is standalone but priced really well. They announced MSRP is $24 for the Conch and $39 for Conch Plus. Which for silicon carbide I think is kind of crazy. They told me they are working on complete units that should be available “soon”.
As an electrician, it hurts my soul to see you use the twist-on connectors and not wagos in the junction box behind thise switches. 😅
Reused the ones that were already in the box. My studio is all Wagos. (I also used up all the Wagos and need to restock. 😅😅) I agree wholeheartedly.
Curious…are you an electrician in the US? Because I’ve never opened a junction box that didn’t use wire nuts.
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad no, in Norway. We stopped using those nuts in the beginning of the 90's as they are a serious fire hazard.
@@Anziilife I wonder why they’re a serious risk in Norway, but the risk is statistically insignificant in North America.
Don’t get me wrong; wire nuts suck to use in comparison to wago.
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad well, generally in Norway, it only takes a few fires in order to deem a product unsafe and move away from it. Much like our gun policy, where you need to be evaluated and certified in order to own a gun. All weapons also need to be functionally unable to function while stored in a locker. -But back to the electrical installations. We need to be able to use multimeters without disconnecting anything, in order to make sure the circuit is off. 👍
I'm a fan of the Zoos Dry Contact Relays and Zoos motion sensors. I have my laundry room and garage light set up to turn on with motion.
Can you give some info in the ac infinity Bluetooth setup? I have a Bluetooth controller, and last I looked it wasn't compatible
I have the Home Assistant blue but the stupid Odroid SBC decided that its USB port would no longer work. I swore off using SBCs and moved my install into a VM on my TrueNAS, I just needed a USB card to pass through for my USB radio sticks.
Take a look at the Zooz 800 Series Z-Wave Long Range Remote Switch ZEN34 800LR. It runs over Z-Wave and works well. I have had no problems with it
Try the SMLIGHT SLZB-06 it will handle your Zigby and your matter over thread network. You can also place them anywhere you want because they are connected through ethernet so if you have a large house, you can put one at either end and use one as a router to the thread or Zigbee network.
That requires reflashing for Matter Over Threads, correct? I got a Sonoff USB dongle that had to be reflashed but it isn't playing nicely. HA sees it and launches a Threads Border Router with it, but Threads devices are still not connecting properly and it won't authorize with my phone. Behaving strangely.
i've found there's some decent poe -> ethernet & usb power adapters, i use one of those with my hubitat base station (and i've got the hubitat integrated w/ home assistant).
the hubitat C-8 models support zigbee, zwave & matter
Could be worth lookong at a Wyiming sattelite on the intercom speakers
Can you share those files for the BTT pad! That’s a great idea
Matter works with wifi... it's thread that needs it's own transceiver. I have wifi matter bulbs, for instance that do not need their own hub/extender/etc. You probably already know this, but it wasn't super clear in the video. Just lettin' ya know.
Yea I did not make that distinction you are correct. My switches are fine on wifi but the button needs Thread. Still having trouble, close to just adding a Home Pod as a Threads Border Router, blah.
@@MandicReally Honestly, I have the TpLink omada system (basically a knock off unify) and TONS of wireless IoT devices and have yet to have any RF bandwidth issues or slowness. I also have 2 kids and a wife that would definitely tell me if there were issues. :)
If you wanted to ditch the threads entirely you probably could and just replace it with zwave or zigbee where absolutely necessary.
For instance, I'm using a habitat hub for zwave and zigbee, which ties in nicely with HA.
The intercom system should have a "master" panel aka hub that's way bigger than the rest of them. Think of it as a network switch that's where power goes in and is distributed to the other panels
This Old House with MandicReally
Ikea Dirigera is a good Matter bridge and then if you want POE to it, you can just get a POE to USB-C/Ethernet adapter. Useful if you end up using any other Ikea smart home stuff but not required. Definitely more expensive than some other hubs.
7:24 shouldn't the fan be the other way?
The pressure that would create would introduce more noise. Most likely it would run well without a fan at all some the air movement of drawing air out will do plenty.
I wish I could afford a home like that man. Congrats! Any advice for a soon-to-be-33 year old?
hello
the itead Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-ZBDongle-E is a basic zigbee dongle whose firmware can be easily changed to a zigbee thread and matter compatible firmware
i've bought couple different variations (a, c, micro) of poe power extractors with ethernet passthrough and they've all worked well for my power needs
What if you get a Poe to usb and rj45
That’s a great idea. Ended up that unit won’t work for me anyway though so I’m going to a usb only option.
I find the accessories to homeassistant a bit pricey, so I tend to build my own. Weird how you'd mod a device rather than get a second hand touchpad. HA can then run on a pi4 and be hidden anywhere.
Couldn't you run the Home Assistant devices on a separate VLAN, so it doesn't interfere with normal network traffic?
A separate VLAN is good for security, so the smart devices cannot access the rest of your network, but it does less than nothing to reduce congestion. The radio frequencies are the same either way. If you live in an apartment building and everyone has Wifi, the fact that your devices cannot connect to their networks doesn't change the fact that their network traffic causes congestion on the radio frequencies. It isn't the actual data traveling through a specific network that is the issue, it is the radio waves interfering with each other across any network using the same channels and frequencies.
So less traffic congestion and more radio traffic congestion. Gotcha!
Very brave running home assistant on an SD card. Home assistant is write heavy. Can't wait for the video in 3-6 months, "My home assistant died"
I’m running it on EMMC storage. I mentioned later in the video that the CM4 is an EMMC variant. 👍🏻
@@MandicReallyi personally prefer running haos on a vm on my nas has been the most reliable for me and have a zigbee to mqqt running on an old pi for all my zigbee devices
On the ecobee, it would've been cleaner to patch and paint the drywall and mount the ecobee. I love 3D printing but as a handyman the ASA piece sticks out.
It’s been patched and painted once already and would have added a day at least to the project. Versus 10 minutes of design and 45 of printing. I don’t disagree but my work demands being nimble and things like that are the difference between getting a video out or not.
instructions unclear... house.3mf hasnt printed yet 😆
Thanks for sharing the process, very cool to see your process of doing it !
Buying equipment from the power company sometimes allows them to control your unit when they want.
That garage door can be added to your HA
I just want to remind everyone that Bungeegum has both the properties of Rubber and Gum
Wait a dang minute
i love to use power over ethernet. The home we just bought has rj45 ran in ever room with a back up.
When does the Crystal Skull Vodka come in?
We have 1 very obvious doorbell and the delivery people only hit it like 20% of the time...
I got an Ecobee from PSE a year or so ago for 30 bucks. I couldn't pass that deal up.
Packages on the STOEP? Are u dutch or something? 😂
Get RATGDO for that garage too. 😊 $40.
Why is the real doorbell button skewed? It hurts my eyes!!!
Literally did NOT need the trim piece for the Ecobee.
Remember when people were so paranoid about "big brother" spying on them and now we open our whole lives up to let tech, corporate and the government see everything we are doing out of convenience. Not trying to hate, I love automation too but it's worth thinking about...
Home Assistant runs locally. That’s one of the benefits. You get the controls of the smart devices without “cloud control”. Just didn’t break down the ins and outs as I didn’t want to bog down the video.
bro lives in pacifica
mmwave radar presence sensors
that's peak of home automation. frick buttons! you got 20GHz presence detecting beam turning lights FOR YOU
I split 5V from my AC head unit control boards to mount them discretely. It ie. turns night mode for AC, when you leave living room/office for the night or turns lights on and off
I was heading down the motion / presence sensor territory for the step lights, but decided to go “easy” with a switch for now. (Didn’t work out clearly 😅)
i think i'd be cooking myself in that much extra wifi...
What
they dont ring cus they dont touch anything. ive only had my doorbell rang maybe twice in years
While I was filming this I saw a FedEx driver walk up and press the gold button. That certainly happens but a lot of my packages call for signatures, so they doo ring the bell fairly often.
Nice... But, in the spirit of FOSS and FOSS hardware..... Why not do that? With the SBC and ESP boards that are available now... I am sure home assistant should be able to do it with FOSS hardware..... This is unfortunately as you have said, an eco system designed for only that hardware is a limit... I am sure that some smart guy has already or is in the process of developing something open source.... (I hope).. The only other issue I have with all these smart gadgets is the sheer amount of compute power that can be leveraged for Ddos attacks... So, I guess pick your poison? Dumb house un-hackable lights?.... The way things are going right now I do not know what is worse.... Vacuum cleaners mapping out your house and those plans been sold to burglars or a washing machine wanting you to complete and accept the TOS and give it an internet connection before it'll do what you bought it to do which is.... Wash clothes..... And then, get marketing ads thrown at you because of said washing machine its TOS and an internet connection.....
I feel like you didn't really read of watched any starter guides regarding the hardware (dongles etc) compatibility, you could have known the hub wasn't a match. But my nagging aside, great video!
There is a downside to the thermostat provided by your power company. We actually had a setup where we got a discounted rate for our electric water heater and our HVAC heat pump. In exchange for that discounted rate, we were giving our power company the ability to turn off our water heater and/or HVAC based on power demands. A couple of really hot days this summer we noticed the AC had been turned off. While not extreme, our house did rise in temp by several degrees. So while the $30 thermostat from the power company sounds like a good deal, it might be worth checking the fine print to see if and how much control you are giving them.
Our company offers a separate program that works that way. The rebate on the thermostat and water sprinkler controller is not part of that. We can opt into that and get a reduced rate, at the expense of that loss of control. Working from home that’s a no go for us. Good info for others though. 👍🏻
was with this till i realized everything is cloud/app crap... ie more integrations and relying on data brokers...and of course EULAs that say you dont own you anymore, they do!
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LOL... so you are telling me that screen does not come with wireless connectivity to plug into the pcie bus on the compute module... LOL shut up and take my money!!!!! In the meantime of course one can run home assistant somewhere else and have a much cheaper and much dummer touch screen console that has wifi mounted in multiple places in the house to control its functions and then the connectivity and other things are not co-located with the screen(s).
Smart Home? I’m not really certain if the means anything unless you have a voice activated AI controlling everything Tony Stark style. Doorbell camera at one time was smart home but now just common place. Controller screen panels have been replaced by tablet apps, and even when it is all done will you really one press close all blinds, lock all doors, and turn off all lights? What happens with that one door that was left open? Locked but not secure.
I think we have come a long way with smart locks , door bells, thermostats, sprinkler controllers, and cameras, but are they just the norm for every house these days. I saw a house in the 80s with all that and now it just seems like it was a glimpse into the future. What future tech is going to be the norm in 20 years that we can install today?
You lost me at Linux-based :/