Home Assistant Blue First Impressions 

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Different countries have different ZigBee frequencies. So they would need to make the hub country specific. I am in Australia.

It seems to be a metal case, good for heat dissipation, no good for any of the "Waves", like WiFi, Zigbee, Zwave and bluetooth, i think. Concerning ZigBee it is often recommended to use a cable of 1 or 2 meters, to avoid interferences of a Dongle (like ConBee II) with USB3. So i think it is a good decision NOT to include RF-Hardware in the case. By the way, there is a new Standard rising: "Thread", something that could replace or combine the others (in the long run).

@@mhandireowencan we use zigbee here in Australia without major issues, I'm just about to get started. Cheers

Agreed!

@@TechTechMoreTech Oh, and in looking, it should be mentioned that this is another 50-100 in dongles cost on top of the box. Movement in a good direction, just not a full step.

i know Im randomly asking but does anybody know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.

@Cash Rex instablaster ;)

Haha it’s pretty sweet looking. Maybe someone can 3D print a similar case for the RPi that’s HA themed

Fair enough!

Why and how? I mean... zwave and zigbee are typically handled via usb and most viable options only handle one protocol (that nortek zb/zw stick is supposed to be officially discontinued, for instance). For a device intended to be a HA appliance... I can understand ommiting Bluetooth and WiFi... (my current build is WiFi, pi4/ssd will be ethernet... Wi-Fi was convenient for easing in) but ZB and ZW would be nice... bonus points for external antennas.

@@HandlesAreDumb_111 how is a pi zero, pi or other sbc with the zwave or zigbee usb module attached. They then use zigbee2mqtt or zwave2mqtt to convert the protocol to the mqtt which I setup to connect to the server that the HAS setup hosts. The why is to separate the access points from the home assistant setup. If in future I decide to swap my has setup for an alternative, no access point modification required. No new zigbee or zwave network needs to be created pairing all my devices to it again. If an access point dies I don't have to swap out the entire has system. If I want a better faster or upgraded has device I also don't need to worry about the access points. Furthermore, I can put my has server in my boiler cupboard where wireless devices are useless, and put access points in the loft where they get full coverage of the house. There's a lot of advantages to splitting out the brains from the access points themselves.

Which would be more of a life assistant ;)

I never realized how many people use PoE until this video lol

In my opinion POE then is a SPOF (single point of failure) for HA ;) Interesting could be: Combining it with USB-C-PowerSupply connected to a UPS.. ok, overkill ;)

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As an extra bonus you can get Cancer from that RF radiation overload in your home.

Thanks! That’s a fair point, since HA is much more DIY focused and for more tech savvy users, it’s not as big of a deal. And certainly if they had wireless radios they’d would have had to make the case plastic.

@@GaborFabian74 The plugin/ add on nature of Home Assistant is ideal for some. If someone is invested say in Philips Hue and has a Hue bridge, they would never use the Zigbee on a hub. Home Assistant can pull the hue bridge in easily. It's aimed at a different segment to what all in one systems are.

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Thanks. Yeah it’s definitely not the best bargain, but a solid device nonetheless

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You pay for the Odroid in this case. Home Assistant itself is not really aimed at the person who wants an all in one off the shelf system. It is a hub, as Tuya and many other systems have integrations that will work directly in Home Assistant. If you buy Philips Hue, you have a Hue Bridge and your lights on that, you don't need Zigbee in Home Assistant. Just pull them in with the Hue integration. That is the market Home Assistant caters for. Those who are comfortable adding the plugins they need.

I’ve heard of people doing this but I’ve personally never had any interference issues

The Blue is basically just a Ndroid N2+ (which you can buy off the shelf) with a nice case around it. “Better” would depend on the complexity of your home. If you want to go full overkill, you can run HA on an intel NUC pc in a docket environment and have even more powerful hardware. This is probably only necessary if you have a ton of cameras or something else high bandwidth

@@TechTechMoreTech do they make an all in one solution which does zigbee and zwave in one usb stick?

Yes. The Nortek Husbzb-1 GoControl CECOMINOD016164 HUSBZB-1 USB Hub www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ826F8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_WWQ7TP7YAJMQSS17HSHB

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Me too, I wish it at least came bundled

I have a video here that details how to integrate HA into HomeKit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-29reTU13exU.html You will then be able to control all your Ha devices with Siri

@@TechTechMoreTech Hi, not how to integrate, I want to know the next stage, I know how to proceed on the integrations to create a HomeBride and to link all smart devices from homekit transfered to HA and manage all through the HK bride.

This is the stick I use amzn.to/2N09jSI Yes it will work with hue lights as it is just Zigbee, but you won't be able to use them through the Hue app.

Thank you! It’s The default Home all on iPhone

Yes. I even made a guide on how to do this. You will want to check that there is a Eufy plugin for Home Assistant though. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ACkmLC85c84.html

what do you mean?

@@TechTechMoreTech i replied on your web page.

I’m not seeing any comments. Is it in reference to the lights behind me? Someone else just mentioned them, I’ll be doing some editing on them going forward

@@TechTechMoreTech yes it waa about the lights.

I believe you can add modules to it, but I can't find any concrete information.

Hey Hugh, check out this video where I go through the entire installation and setup process. You can skip ahead to when I get it up and running for the first time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xNK3IDxSPHo.html Hope that helps

@@TechTechMoreTech Thank you Carlos.

Nope, needs it’s own power supply

oh jeez now that you mention it I can see it. In person they don't have that effect at all!

@@TechTechMoreTech I am sure they look fine live but you always need to check how lights look during post.

Yeah I’ll be editing them in post, thanks for the heads up

@@TibzzTube Thank God, I thought it was just me