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early_riser

@ early_riser @lemmy.world

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  • Thermostat recommendations?

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  • I use a z-wave thermostat (Honeywell T6 IIRC). If you want to avoid the cloud WiFi probably isn’t what you want. I’d look at z-wave or zigbee models. Some thermostats also require a common wire (C-wire) which means they’re powered by the HVAC system itself rather than using batteries. This is especially true of WiFi models.

  • I made my Unifi camera excitedly scream 'Doggo!' every time it detects an animal. I did not account for the several minute delay for image processing and the fact we have stray cats.

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  • The cameras are connected to a Unifi Dream Machine Pro. Home Assistant is running on a Raspberry Pi 4.

  • I made my Unifi camera excitedly scream 'Doggo!' every time it detects an animal. I did not account for the several minute delay for image processing and the fact we have stray cats.

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  • ¯(ツ)_/¯ maybe. I assumed the detection happened on the NVR (Dream Machine Pro in my case).

  • Nabu Casa - Ending production of Home Assistant Yellow

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  • I don't own a yellow but I'm also blind. I'm not sure it would be that difficult to set up physically from what I know. IIRC you just have to slot the compute module in place.

  • Critters in the crawl space

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  • Not unless there's a Home Assistant auto body disposal as well. Also I was wrong, it was a opossum.

  • Critters in the crawl space

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  • This is a Sonoff PIR sensor.

  • Switching from Raspberry Pi 4 to Home Assistant Green or Yellow?

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  • I'm already running a proxmox server on an old laptop. Maybe I could look into that. I need to figure out USB passthrough for the zwave and zigbee dongles.

  • Privacy friendly keypad/electronic door lock at home?

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  • Just installed the Kwikset HomeConnect 620 deadbolt last weekend. It's a Z-Wave lock, which as others have said makes it independent of someone else's computer the Cloud. It has a keypad using tactile buttons which makes quick no-eyes operation easier. It also has a regular key that can be used in the event the smart features fail. It works with Home Assistant meaning you can operate it remotely if you open the right ports on your router or buy a HA cloud subscription.

    The only gotcha is that creating and revoking PIN codes via HA/Z-Wave JS isn't straightforward. You have to go into the developer tools and search for the correct action.

  • Control light without 3rd party app

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  • You can buy a zigbee USB dongle and use the ZHA integration to control (most?) Philips Hue products. I can at least confirm their light bulbs and motion sensors work. You add them like any other zigbee device.

    Thirdreality might be a better fit than Hue if you're using HA, as they advertise HA compatibility right on the product page. I started home automation with Hue bulbs right after they first came out, so my HA setup was very much brown field.

    This is the zigbee dongle I use. It came in a 2-pack for some reason.

  • A couple questions: adding codes to a kwikset z-wave lock and looking for a DLNA speaker, etc.

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  • I'll look into that, though I was hoping for more of a plug n play solution.