@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeA fairly handy new app just released: #Aivi. It allows you to create iOS live activities that can be controlled via REST, for example via #HomeAssistant. Downsides: proprietary and another subscription, but at least it’s from some guy in Sweden, not a big company or shady startup. Will probably…
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@unixorn@hachyderm.ioPublic service announcement for anyone interested in #HomeAssistant. I created @… to replace the dead @… group.
There is also @…
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I know I could download an older #HAOS disk image, back up, make a new VM, and restore but frankly that's more hassle than I want to deal with.
It would also be useful in the case where someone hasn't updated in many months and may need to move forward in steps to deal with versions that had breaking changes.
@cjhearn@mastodonapp.uk#LongPost Last weekend, I spent some time figuring out how I could control one of my storage heaters via Bluetooth and #HomeAssistant. It was relatively straightforward, adjusting settings, seeing what changes happened using BLE Scanner, and then using ESP32-BLE2MQTT to handle the integration. Sorted.
I'd also noticed that the OEM app synced the heater's clock whenever it connected. "Great!", I thought, and set up an automation to do that automatically each night at midnight. Everything looked great.
Except it wasn't. During the week I'd noticed the room getting colder and colder and that the heater wasn't taking a charge. Yesterday, looking through the heater diagnostics, I saw it hadn't recorded any usage data for the week, so updating the clock at midnight was preventing it from charging. Changed that automation and - hurrah - last night gave us heat! Creda storage heater Home Assistant = win!
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioIs there a way in the UI for me to update #HAOS, but not to the most current version?
Basically most months I want to update to the last version of _last_ month, not the current bleeding edge of _this_ month.
I feel like this can't be that unusual a desire and I'm probably not looking in the right part of the UI.
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@shaman007@mastodon.andreybondarenko.comMy ZigBee mesh is now mesh due to IKEA bu^Wsmartplugs >> random Tuya from Ali. They do know how to route!
Random Ali sensors are more or less OK. #zigbee #homeassistant
@kornel@mastodon.social#HomeAssistant got me hooked up on logging everything. I've got four Wi-Fi thermometers, and I'm debugging heat pump efficiency.
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeI have a wall tablet for my #HomeAssistant. It's a Lenovo tablet that is permanently hooked up to power. It is using the battery protection feature to stay between 80 and 20% charge to enhance battery life.
It just managed to run out of power and shut down. It's now complaining that it doesn't have enough power to boot, while literally hooked up to a power cable.
T…
@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizzaI'm on #proton now instead of Gmail, preparing to move from Spotify to #deezer and have already moved from google to #homeassistant.
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeLooking for inspiration for organizing my automations in #HomeAssistant, so two questions to the mastodon hive mind:
- There are groups and labels - how do y‘all use these?
- what’s your naming scheme for the automations?
Mine are currently all over the place with a mixture of different naming schemes and even languages, and I want to move it over to a more future-proof st…
@kornel@mastodon.socialI've got the Glow Display (IHD/CAD) which works as an MQTT proxy for UK #SmartMeter readings. I can read them locally in #HomeAssistant. I've got near-realtime usage data from the the authoritative source that my energy provider uses for billing. Very cool!
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeJFC how do people deal with modern Android, especially on tablets?
Just got a used Lenovo Tablet to use as a wall tablet for #HomeAssistant. During initial setup, the Google setup was like "Hey, would you like to download these random apps to get you started?". I deselected them all.
Then I got forced into a Lenovo setup which forced me to go through FOUR PAGES of r…
@frankel@mastodon.top @kornel@mastodon.socialI've got Eve smart plugs which happen to report grid voltage they see. I've noticed this is precise enough to observe wire resistance, and see how far each plug is from the breaker box!
#homeAssistant
@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org#Zigbee #HomeAutomation without :homeassistant: #HomeAssistant, instead all defined in :nixos: #nix /
@kornel@mastodon.social#HomeAssistant is pretty good.
It has some quirks, but it's not as much hassle as I feared. I had to edit 4 lines of YAML, but everything else I wanted was in the GUI.
Finally, switch to the #Matter standard paid off. I can keep devices shared with HomeKit, while having way bet…
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioReleased v0.23.0 of the ha-mqtt-discoverable and ha-mqtt-discoverable-cli modules.
Details at #homeassistant
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeQuestion for people who have more than one #HomeAssistant Voice PE: These things seem to have scary good microphones (mine will often hear me from two rooms over). That makes me a bit hesitant to add a second one to the mix.
Do they have some sort of de-conflicting in case more than one device can hear the wake word, the way iOS only activates one device when you have multiple devi…
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeFor a couple of days now, #Zigbee2mqtt in my #HomeAssistant has been randomly crashing, and the „watchdog“ function of HA is not automatically restarting it. I didn’t change anything about the hardware, I just updated the software (but not sure if it is connected to that). It’s been gett…
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioReleased v0.22.0 of the ha-mqtt-discoverable #python module.
New features: Lock devices
Thanks again to Steffan for all his work on the module.
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@luana@wetdry.worldOhhh, there’s this which is cool: #SmartHome #Zigbee #HomeAssistant #IoT #HomeKit
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioFYI for those of you interested in #iot - there is now an IOT tagpush bot in addition to @…
Tagpush bots are less hassle than the old @a.gup.pe bots because instead of having to mention the bot to get your post boosted, all you have to do is follow the bot and any messages you post with its tag will be boosted. You'll see what the bot boosts and not have to do anything special to have it boost other than add the hashtags you'd be adding anyway.
The @… bot boosts anything its followers post with #iot or #InternetOfThings
The @… bot does the same thing for the #homeassistant tag.
@…
@unixorn@hachyderm.ioIf you have a #Nest 1 or Nest 2 that were bricked, #iot #homeassistant #homeautomation
