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First Automation Project Pellet Stove in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure if home assistant allows you to create a virtual thermostat entity or something like that using a separate temperature sensor and smart relay, but if it does, then this will work.

Why do third party Lightning cables eventually die? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

In the span of this year, I've had two random apparently MFI certified, but definitely not reputable brand cables stop working on my iPhone and work perfectly fine on my iPad (7th gen).

Need tech knowledge/assistance? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If you use Quickstart, a lot of settings sync across.

Dust in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It could scratch the screen underneath of the screen protector overtime. I'd recommend removing the screen protector and putting the other one on after cleaning off the screen thoroughly. Make sure there are no bubbles in the screen protector before you stick it down.

MQTT Smart Dimmer Switch in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Again, the problem is not Wi-Fi or that the devices use Wi-Fi to communicate. The problem is the protocol that they are communicating with. You can't immediately say that any Wi-Fi smart home device is inherently bad just because it uses Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is synonymous with cloud control, but more and more products are including Wi-Fi and local control, including some official standards like matter and MQTT.

Is it possible: I want to program a smart plug to come on every time my smart lights are powered on (turned on from a wall switch, not from phone). in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Can you at least cover up the wall switch?

Best budget wifi thermostaat in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Search Amazon for TUYA thermostat. I found options for as low as $25. If you want something that's actually going to be a good product, the Amazon thermostat is good I guess, it just is insanely walled off from everything else. Something that is worth considering as an alternative is the Wyze thermostat.

Eufy pushing ads under my "motion detected" notification category. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I wonder if this is how they subsidize EUFY and soundcore. Soundcore is another sub brand of anchor and they make quality Bluetooth speakers for a cheap price, but yeah… UFY pulling crap like that is not great. Makes me not want to buy anything other than soundcore speakers from anchor. Ridiculous! They also pulled HomeKit integration from their latest devices. Also ridiculous.

Zigbee 3.0 devices to Echo Dot 5th gen in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

MOES has a Zigby hub. Otherwise, you might just be able to pick up an echo fourth generation and pair your devices directly with that.

Zigbee 3.0 devices to Echo Dot 5th gen in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It doesn't look like that hub supports Amazon Alexa. It only supports Google Home, and apparently there's an updated version that supports Apple HomeKit.

Apple HomePod in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

r/homekit r/homepod

Smart plugs etc via powerline(-like) system in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

X10 lol.

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Publishing the state of Amazon echo temperature and ultrasonic occupancy sensors as MQTT topics/messages (alien.top)
 

Hi. Sorry if I sound like a noob when it comes to this. For most home automation things, I'm not, and I'm usually answering other peoples questions here, but for MQTT, I am. So apologies in advance for any wrong terminology. What I would like to do is publish the readings from the temperature sensor and the ultrasonic occupancy sensor on our Amazon echo dot fifth generation devices as MQTT messages. This will allow me to Use the HomeBridge MQTTthing plug-in to add these sensors to HomeKit I think. Is this possible, and how do I do it?

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Complicated automation, possible to achieve within HomeKit? (alien.top)
 

Hi. I'm wondering if the following automation could work with HomeKit:

in our bathroom, we have a device that mechanically flips our existing switch for our bathroom fan connected to HomeKit through Homebridge, along with a combination temperature, motion, and humidity sensor from ONVIS. I'd like to get one contact sensor for each of the two bathroom windows and a combination temperature/humidity sensor that is rated for use outside mounted directly below the windows.

I would like the automation to take only the humidity sensor in the bathroom into account as to if to turn the fan in the bathroom on or off when both of the windows are closed. However, when at least one of the windows is open, I would like the automation to take into account the sensor outside, and only turn the fan on if the sensor outside is reading a humidity of 65% or more and the sensor inside is reading a humidity that is 10% higher or more than the humidity being red outside. I then would like the fan to be turned off via the automation when the humidity inside and outside match each other if the humidity outside is reading at 65% or above, and if the humidity outside is lower than that, I would like the fan to turn off when the humidity inside is reading at 65% or below.

Is this something possible to do directly within in-home kit?

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If there is a room that has a door that primarily stays closed, but that you go in a lot, opening the door to enter and closing it again, here's how to automate the lights to turn on and turn off. (alien.top)
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