Well this is going well... #homeassistant has not renewed its own LetsEncrypt certificate, so I can't access the web interface. I can find no instructions telling me how the hell to renew it manually from the commandline, and no logs telling me WTF it hasn't renewed...
Zigbee is great -really- but it has an appeal problem as it's not the 'open platform' it pretends to be. It's woefully hard for a non-techie to set up a real smart home with various brand devices.
Even for me it's been a rocky ride until I realized I needed always-connected, same brand devices (bulbs) to stabilize my battery-powered-remote-heavy mesh. I can't imagine how a layperson manouver around different manufacturers stuff.
Fairly disappointed in the Aqara fingerprint lock. It doesn’t work well with HomeKit and requires a hub and a cloud account to work with #homeassistant
I continue to believe Zigbee delivers on the important things that Matter and Thread keep promising, but actually:
• mature
• widely available
• affordable
The one thing Matter over Thread devices can claim is that they work without a hub… except they don’t; the hub still has to be built into your Nest display, Apple HomePod, etc.
I have hundreds of low power, local-only smart devices from a dozen or so brands and it all… just works together.
Macbook takes 3 minutes to wake up from sleep. First window I see: “Force Quit Applications” Home Assistant (not responding) 82.52 GB
Yeah, of course it is the #homeassistant app.
The journey continues: https://noc.social/@noim/112365439208108204
I installed the newest TestFlight now. Maybe this will help ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I mean, I can understand the devs a bit. This issue randomly occurs and is probably hard to debug. But 2 years is way too long for a bug like this to exist.
#musicassistant add-on for #homeassistant is top!
I can cross connect any music source with any output.
UI is very clean and functional.
Why I didn't found it out before?
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.
... 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.
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.
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.
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.
Home Assistant has hundreds of ready to ...continues
@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 )
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
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.