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Getting into this smart home stuff. I’ve got a bunch of wifi plugs (reflashed to Tasmota) and 2 wemos H&T sensors, next on the list is to change my blynk meat smoker temp monitor to esphome - all going into home assistant. I’d like to do the light switches but there’s no solution that is just a drop in replacement that leaves them looking the same but with remote control. The selling point for me is it all works without a cloud service of any kind, I won’t have Alexa or the like - it’s a shame the only offline voice assistant system got bought up recently by sonoff. What are my options for HA compatible sensors for doors, windows etc? The Wyze stuff posted a while back are well priced but look like they need cloud access, is there a well supported 433mhz option? There’s also a traditional hardwire alarm system, is it worth trying to integrate that into HA? Arming on a timer with additional conditions through HA would be pretty good. E.g. If no presence detected for x time then arm I’m also playing with ble for presence detection with moderate sucess using esp32 as receivers and keybob sized beacons on carkeys. Rapulum_Dei fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Dec 30, 2019 |
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UK switches and ones that aren’t double have more than one switch per room. There was nearly a row when I put Tuya plugs on the lamps in the lounge, so replacing the rocker switches with glowing blue touch pads isn’t going to do. I’ve impulse purchased some Shelly 2.5s to see if they fit, I’m not optimistic though
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Slash posted:I've put Shellys behind all of the light switches in my house (UK also). I did have to install some spacers on the more crowded backboxes to make enough space though. This is the closest i found to a "drop-in" replacement which still leaves the physical switches. Is that particular to 2.5s, I can’t remember if there’s a neutral in the switch, I’ve a horrible feeling they’re all live lines? The main ones I want to change are the switches for the hall and outside lights so I have them come on when it gets dark. But as you’d expect the switch boxes are in solid walls. I think I’ll also pick up one of these to see if it can work with HA https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-900-series-13a-2-gang-sp-smart-socket-white/827gv#product_additional_details_container . Some reviews mention they worth with smart life so maybe the wireless Tuya flasher will work. Cheap enough if it doesn’t. Rapulum_Dei fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Dec 31, 2019 |
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It’s funny, the trope is it’s governments who tell people ‘if you have nothing to hide or have nothing to fear’. But really it’s Apple and google and amazon - they put it in their terms and conditions for everyone to see and consumers are like ‘gently caress it, free stuff’
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# ¿ Dec 31, 2019 22:54 |
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If the app/device is looking for mysmartserver.tplinkaccount.com it’ll work from anywhere but always go through the tplinkaccount.com server, even when you’re at home. So you are reliant on that server being available and responsive. But since the developers _assume_ you’ll be permanently online it tries that first and maybe falls back to local scanning when it times out. This is probably what you’re seeing. Rapulum_Dei fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Jan 6, 2020 |
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Thermopyle posted:Compared to what you could do 5 years ago? Amazing. I couldn’t find any options for standalone voice control, if you can give me a steer that’d be great.
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2020 19:12 |
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Thermopyle posted:Is Hikvision still the IP camera to get? I've seen Uniview being used by an installer as an hik alternative - they certainly look to be pitching themselves at the same level with similar specs but slightly cheaper.
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2020 04:10 |
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sharkytm posted:AKA "Chinese security or technology company" There are ethical corporations?
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2020 18:40 |
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Thermopyle posted:I am an LLC with a total number of employees equaling 1. But that’s just for carpooling so you’re ok.
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2020 10:58 |
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Many (most) IP cameras have a built in web server for configuration so you bypass the need for software. Most can output an rtsp video stream and/or are ONVIF compliant. There’s no need for the cameras to touch the internet. The cloud account is really only if you want remote access. For that convenience you’re using a third party server to route connection to your cameras. You have no idea what data they collect and what they do with it. Of course you _can_ see what traffic leaves your home network. If someone in [shadowy cabal] was routinely streaming feeds from your front yard that’d be pretty clear in your traffic data. Assuming the router isn’t compromised too ofc. Personally I believe my information is more likely to be abused by private entities like google, Facebook and amazon than be of use to Chairman Mao’s big rock candy mountain. So I’m at the point in my smart home journey where I’m eyeing up my old fashioned wired intruder alarm - a ready installed network of door and motion sensors. It looks like integration into home assistant was going along nicely till the main guy decided to commercialise it and make konnected.io Has anyone used esphome binary sensors reading from the standard pir and door sensors wired alarms use? I’m not sure it’s as easy as one wire and a ‘Schottky diode’ to convert the 12v signal to 5v.
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# ¿ Feb 9, 2020 20:24 |
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https://www.hackster.io/BuddyC/ir-controller-for-air-conditioner-5bd0a2
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# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 13:30 |
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Apart from using it to switch lights on and off I’m using mine to spy on my chickens using an esp32 camera board. It’ll also be monitoring my smoker once the weather’s a bit better.
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2020 00:23 |
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quote:Ring products currently use Z-Wave, Echos use Zigbee, and Eero supports Thread. I played with dog tracking using ble and HA. If you google ‘ble trilateration’ you’ll find plenty of info.
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# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 20:25 |
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redeyes posted:I don't expect any answers but I have this problem with my Hikvision setup. I have 4 cameras wired with CAT 6 into a UBNT network switch and then into a WIndows 10 pro server with iVMS4200. I have everything working, recording video 24/7. Not even using motion detection. My issue is at some random time the iVMS will just stop recording footage. No settings have changed and I can't tell anything has happened. Also, if I reboot this Win 10 server, it will stop recording. Again, all the settings are correct, pointing to the iVMS storage server. To get it back working, i have to go into iVMS and re-pick the storage server as the location to save footage and magically it starts working again. What about configuring a shared folder as a network HDD Location in the storage management of each camera? Are you using SD cards in the cameras as well to see if it’s the cameras or the server having the issue? I’d guess the server, but better to be sure.
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2020 21:52 |
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If you do a fresh install onto your new card and copy over /config that should be all you need. That’s how I’ve upgraded the last few times. Edit: when I say install i mean using an image.
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# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 06:40 |
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sharkytm posted:Some of the better Dahua cameras can do it. Don't stick them on the internet, but Blue Iris can receive their triggers (I think). Hikvision can be firewalled and have pretty good smart event detection and notification options. They’re pricey tho.
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# ¿ Jun 27, 2020 12:08 |
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Burden posted:What's the best smart plug to turn off and on a window air conditioner remotely? I already can VPN into my home network if that helps. There’s a Shelly that has the option of a plug in temperature sensor - it’s integration with HA and Onboard UI is better than Tasmota In my opinion.
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Motronic posted:Oh interesting. I hadn't seen that one. Smart - plenty of people would be happy to get rid of their legacy interface/systems add a few sensors and keep the old ones. There’s also this thing https://konnected.io/ which can use your old alarm sensors for home automation and notifications.
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