Mentioning the eWelink Remote in the iHost, as it acts in a different way to device pairing it's given me a nice solution for an old problem i.e. a light using a smart bulb, that a visitor switches off at the wall switch. Bridge the live wiring in the wall switch, use a S-mate in the switch box and then set up a scene that reverses the light bulb state when switched on or off.👌
Until now I have not understood the usefulness of this device. I also hear that you can't connect to her via the internet. Maybe I 'm wrong. It would be useful if it supported 3-4 ethernet connections and correspondingly the bridges RF and Zifbees were connected supported ethernet and you could connect them all together to have a stable network without disconnections. And It would be useful if it was IR hub too.
Yes, it is completely local. In the docker menu, there is a tailscale plug-in, with that you can create a VPN connection back to your iHost. I think this is a safe way to access the iHost, but needs a more work from you to set it up.
I made a video on how to use OpenWeatherMap data in Node-Red and from Node-Red I create these virual wind speed sensors. So it is not a physical sensor. I don't think iHost supports any at the moment.