It has no access to my heating system nor anything else useful to such an enterprise. The only data it could derive from my living style, is the charger for my car going on and off, or my drive light, which happens whether I am home, or not.
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It has no access to my heating system nor anything else useful to such an enterprise. The only data it could derive from my living style, is the charger for my car going on and off, or my drive light, which happens whether I am home, or not.
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Has anyone tried Home Assistant?
I was chatting to a kitchen fitter the other day about home automation and how frustrating it was that I'd tried to go down the Google route but they'd abandoned their plans to go into that market.
He said that Home Assistant is open source and can combine all common products in a single eco system.
You can either run it on a standalone device like a custom made (and sold) Raspberry Pi or, in my case my Synology network drive could host it.
Looks very promising, has anyone tried it?
I was chatting to a kitchen fitter the other day about home automation and how frustrating it was that I'd tried to go down the Google route but they'd abandoned their plans to go into that market.
He said that Home Assistant is open source and can combine all common products in a single eco system.
You can either run it on a standalone device like a custom made (and sold) Raspberry Pi or, in my case my Synology network drive could host it.
Looks very promising, has anyone tried it?
No, but I have heard good things about it.
Yes, I've used it loads, it has lots of plugins supporting all manner of the weird and wonderful from the cheap and cheerful to mainstream stuff. I only have some ZigBee sensors and sockets and a few Wi-Fi mains relays and some control of my heating.
It's Linux based but the install images hide a lot of the complexity of that quite nicely, you don't need to buy their special device, you can just run it on a Raspberry Pi 4.
I would caveat that by saying it needs some IT savvy to get the most out of it
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yeah, no one captures (steals) personal data. What use would it be anyway...
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yeah, no one captures (steals) personal data. What use would it be anyway...
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Based on an ultra-low-power STM32 MCU for daily exploration of access control systems and radio protocols. Open-source and customizable
How many days, do you suppose someone might need to sit in my drive, waiting for a single burst of wifi in 24 hours, which would signal my car charger to switch on? How many weeks might they be waiting there, for me to press the remote control for my garage door? You don't suppose I might notice them sat in my drive, certainly for such a long period of time
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I've used HA. There is a huge steep learning curve to get the best out of it and you will need an in depth knowledge of YAML programming language. I used HA for a few weeks and then gave up as it was just too time consuming.
I'd disagree, you shouldn't have to touch any YAML if you're using mainstream plugins. The only bit I've had to touch is for an ESPHome ESP device with a current sensor hanging off it which is at the fringes of most people's usage.
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In my case I was looking at using HA with my Wiser heating controls. There is a Wiser integration for HA but it still needed a bit of YAML to get things to look and work how i wanted. In the end I gave up! If anyone is looking for a simple plug n play home automation system then HA isnt it IMO.