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Why not just install landscape lighting? Because the low voltage transformers (they are powered through) have dusk/dawn photocell sensor and timer functions to make their operation effortless. Plus you get the added benefit of adding to your homes curb appeal and your cameras won’t have to readjust all their optical sensors and value settings to try and capture a clear and balanced image each time there is a motion sensor event. Also...... people are less likely to mess with properties that have landscape lighting that might put them at risk of being spotted in the act, or identified afterwards.
The configuration.yaml file is part of every Home Assistant Setup. I have the "Studio Code" Add On installed in Home Asssistant which exposes those files in a VSCode interface right in the browser.
Why not? I work in IT in my Day Job and can do plenty of stuff quicker in CLI than I can using a mouse. And - in my opinion - using the Command Line keeps me "sharp" But Mostly because the copy/paste of the folder is happening on a remote server, not my local computer. Doing a copy/paste of a folder on a remote server over SMB is extremely inefficient.because it copies the folder down to the computer you're working from, then copies it back up to the remote server. Over Wi-fi that would've taken ages to essentially transfer 24GB
FYI, these powerboards only last a year or 2 and will then start making a electical hissing noise, then the outputs will start failing to turn on and off.. A shame because it was faultless until this happened.
You CAN install Home Assistant as a Docker Container, however it's not a great experience. I might visit this topic at some point in the future if there's interest.
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i had this working since years. Few months ago i found it not working anymore. Everything is as your guide, besides the ir remote name in HA is remote.ir_salotto (i dont have the _remote in the name, because the integration didn't add it) in the smartir definition i tried both remote.ir_salotto and remote.ir_salotto_remote but when calling the send command from developer tools, it always give me unknown error, and in the log i see, in order: - Referenced entities remote.ir_salotto_remote are missing or not currently available - Failed to call remote.send_command: Command not found: 'on' - websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: Command not found: 'on'
Hey, do these Arlec puck lights come with the option of screw mounting or only tape? I can't find the manual online and Arlec wouldn't answer my question. Hoping to mount them in my bar in my shed and loath anything mounted with tape, never seems to last IMO.
it's only tape. I've been trying to set aside time to work on my own project that includes screw mounts in a 3D Printed enclosure, but time is elusive.
Lots of people don't wear a watch nowadays (e.g., none in my extended family), the keys are left by the door, and the phone is wherever whenever, and in my home we have 2 phones between the 4 of us, since kids don't have their own phones, but they occasionally use our phones for games or videos or music. Anything tracking BT is just not going to work. I'm shocked if it would work for the majority of households. That said, when we're looking for some phone it'd be useful to know in which room it is, but there are other, simpler solutions to that.
Done this year's back .. not reliable unfortunately .. because the BLE may detect you in the wrong room depending on the house layout no mater what you do .. I since moved to something more precise however it's not for everyone ..
Any preference for the standard Meross smart plugs or the Meross Homekit ones? Some reviews said IOS updates stop the Homekit ones from working. Would also have to install Homekit Device integration for the Homekit ones.
It stopped working but uninstalling and re-installing the custom component brought it back. it's quite frustrating when it happens, but at lease i was able to sort it out.
Great video mate, very in-depth. That said, I can’t get this working. I have spent hours troubleshooting this but not really getting anywhere. I feel that I am missing something. Do you have any sample configs that you could share? Also, when you restart HA in your video after editing your configuration, your sensors just magically show which rooms your devices are in… where did you mention the part about making that part work? Is there an integration that is required? Cheers.
Thank you for a wonderful video. I’d be interested to see the way to connect to a local MQTT local broker as you alluded to in this video. Will you be making a video coving this topic, no pun intended. 😊
I tried to use Enroll to add my devices, but after timing out, it never added them. I thought there would have been a pairing function but didn’t see one.
Click enroll name your Device you want to add and click enroll then open Bluetooth on device and click on espresence to connect when it has disconnected then the device has been added and you can see it in the fingerprints and then you can copy then you can use the name under fingerprints to and to home assistant
Theoretically yes, but I'm not 100% certain, and you might need a more powerful Pi to handle it. Can't hurt to try! You'd obviously need to figure out the start and end pixel numbering for 1/9 of the screen instead of 1/4.
This video was a lifesaver! I accidentally ordered an LG unit without Wi-Fi and needed a solution(well aircon guy fuceked up and did not listen carefully that I wanted same model as my other unit). I could either get a module or SmartIR for control, or pay the steep installation costs to replace the unit. I really wanted a smart air conditioner, and this video helped me figure it out.
You're missing some important info here: - My Home Assistant Yellow runs off PoE - My PoE switch is powered through a UPS/Battery Backup - My Zigbee Bridge is built into the HA Yellow, so also covered by the UPS While it's not entirely clear from your comment, I'm getting a vibe that you dislike Home Assistant for some reason, but you've not provided any real reasoning as to why you say "Not depending on HA at ALL" Sure, Standalone systems are great with hard-wired sensors etc. but, not everyone is in a position to spend thousands on installing a home alarm system that is going to be: - rigidly defined and impossible to customise - a complete pain to upgrade in the future (add sensors, integrate better "smarts" etc) - potentially in a home they rent I'm not saying this setup is for a High-security fortress. What it is is accessible to anyone with Home Assistant and a handful of sensors. Before writing off anyone else's setup as "useless", I suggest taking a second to consider use-cases that might not be the same as yours instead of alienating the thousands of people in the world that use Home Assistant as an Alarm System.
Thank you! Newbie Unraid and HASS user (and former Melbournian) here. I just found your channel as I was about to install HASS on a newly built Unraid server. Will follow your instructions now, then review your prior HA videos for more tips.
I've not had a lot of time to investigate further. the phone app allows locking, unlocking, and climate pre-conditioning, but I'm guessing there's a bunch of additional security around that.
I just bought these and it looks like they’ve severely limited the ability to do custom paint. Instead of the infinite color bar you show it is now a color wheel allowing you to simply pick 3 colors that get mapped to every bulb. Big downgrade from what you show. Did they update app since you uploaded?
Yes, there was an update to the app after I made this video. There's been a few other comments about this. It's disappointing and I'm hoping the feature returns in a future release.
I have Lutron Caseta light switches and have created a light group including several Caseta dimmer switches. I would like to turn this entire group on from a Caseta Pico 5 button switch. It looks like this can be done but the group is not listed when I go to program the pico switch. There seems to be a way but being new to HA I’m not able to follow what people are suggesting when others have asked. I can control the group from within HA but I want to control the group from a pico switch. Thanks and great video!
If you've been able to define the group within Home Assistant, the next step is to setup an Automation with your Pico 5 Button Switch as the "Trigger" for the group. Hope that helps
I know this is 10 months old but I understand what you are going through. About the same time frame, I was diagnosed with ASD. These tips are fantastic and thanks for sharing.
It seems the procedure outlined for gathering local keys no longer works for new objects going into tuya cloud. I get a blank local_key with new lights I purchased intending to put into local tuya. This video was the original video I followed in 2022 to get all my other lights in local tuya. FYI for those lights and switches I still have access to the local_keys and when I run the same API call it returns the local_key still, just not these new lights. I am reading there was some tuya cloud 2.0 changes that render this process dead for new tuya devices. Hopefully someone shares with me a method that proves me wrong.
I think some of the newer devices are making use of a new API which unfortunately means the Local Tuya functions are no longer compatible. I need to do some more digging. That Said, Tuya are part of the CSA working group on Matter, so I'm waiting for them to get a Matter Device out.
Litter mat and Deoderizer are not included by default. Same thing for the internal light which is part of the deoridizer. And the light does not turn on when the cat is pooping or when you need to clean it, you need to enable the light manually which is a shame considering it has all these sensors that could automate the light. On top of that the light and deodarizer don't use the electricity of the box -> you need extra batteries Right now I 'm struggeling to find how I can bind my cats to this device because the app is not intuitive, I don't see any weighting options within the device. My cats exist within the application but I don't see how to bind them to this specific device. every time one of my 2 cats goes to the box it does not measure weight and does not recogonise a cat. its not like all those promo videos
The Litter mat and deodoriser was included with ours, but we don't use the deodoriser because there's been reports of it causing respiratory issues for some people's cats, so I don't bother with the extra batteries. The litter box should recognise the cats if you've set their weight in the app, but I think they need to be at least marginally different weights. When the cat enters the box, it weighs the cat, and - based on that weight - determines which cat is in there. I have some suspicion that the weight mightn't be 100% accurate, so check the last-logged weight in the box, and assign that weight to the relevant cat.
hello! i bought this item and for some reason my red indicator doesn't light up and my kogan app doesn't have this pet feeder model like yours do. can you help please
Can't say I've had that problem, but also can't say I've needed to find out. Reality - at least here in Australia - if they refuse to honour the warranty, they'd likely get hauled over the coals by the ACCC.
I noticed the spinning bowl and really liked that. In our family, if the cats can see the bottom of the bowl, they are convinced that they are starving. 🙃
oh yes, this is cat logic. "I can see the bottom of the bowl! my human has forsaken me and left me to starve! my death is imminent! look at me I'm wasting away!"
Cool video. Thanks. I have the Kogan one too. Very unreliable and camera doesn't work on IPv6. Nor in HA. I almost bought this one until realised it has no camera. I might check some other models.
Yeah, we've been pretty happy with this ine and like the food weighing feature. The Camera ones don't seem to have the weighing feature and also don't seem to have the bowls mounted up higher for better ergonomics. Can't say I'll miss the camera at all.
I have unfortunately been though 7 powerboards I really like them however my dumb power boards 20 plus years old still working but I get just over 12 months in arlic grid connect so there expensive as well 2 much two only get a yr use.saying this I do still have 1 of every 3 power boards still working
Home Assistant Measurements are in "Settings" -> "System" -> "General" You should be able to select between Metric (ºC) and "US Customary" (ºF) in there
If you've got Google Assistant Compatible Tuya Devices, you can find in the settings for one of them a "Google Assistant" link button. From there you can link Tuya to your Google Assistant. That's where my knowledge of the Google Home platform ends I'm afraid.
