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What's your smart home set-up? (feddit.uk)

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As we're trending, I thought I'd lean into it and see what everyone is using.

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[–] Riven 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pi0 with zigbee hat
zigbee2mqtt
node-red configured with virtual HomeKit devices

That’s it. No home assistant or equivalent. Automation and other rules are in node-red. Manual control is through Siri via the virtual HomeKit devices.

As for devices, it’s mostly just the lights, thermostats, and a weather station, though I also control a fan and the TV* via a harmony hub and am thinking about getting a smart plug for my dehumidifier.

*getting the fake HomeKit TV to work right in node-red was more trouble than everything else put together :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Thanks for sharing - I had heard of Node-red but didn't know much about it. How did you find it?

[–] Riven 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s been a few years so I don’t remember exactly, but basically I used to use ControllerMate (like autohotkey but not awful) and when it died I went in search of other nodal programming tools. Never found a good replacement for CM, but node-red is amazing in its own way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When HA wa much younger I played with node red as an alternative to its built in automation language, but the HA automations quickly got "good enough" that I didnt go with it.